Hsr Jade - Blog Posts

Trailblazer: What did you get Aventurine for his birthday?

Dr. Ratio: I got him a cat cake.

Trailblazer: Really? Me too!

Boothill: Shirt! Same here!

Acheron: I also got him a cat cake.

Jade: Looks like we had the same idea.

Topaz: Argenti, please tell me you didn't also get Aventurine a cat cake.

Argenti: …I got him a kitten.

*Meanwhile*

Aventurine, in his room surrounded by multiple cat cakes and a single kitten: This is the best birthday ever!

Part 1 part 3

"Oh jade is evil!" "Jade is a horrible villain"

SHUT UP THAT'S WHY I LOVE HER (no actual hate btw I completely see why one can hate her)

Hoyo playing into a character's evilness and not downplaying it is so refreshing and I will forever love that. And NO I'm not condoning her behavior.

Jade is selfish, manipulative and downright sinister. It plays well into the symbolism of her representing the snake that tempts Eve. She is sin itself and it works so well.

I really hope hoyo doesn't give her a sob story. But it also makes sense for her to have a complicated past since she is a multifaceted character. Idk I just hope the story does her justice.

Okay so 2.3 SP dropped and we get to see Jade's gameplay! She's so beautiful omg. But I also noticed something.

Am I the only one who feels like there's a connection between Jade and Vyn from ToT?? Both of them have the infinity symbol representing them. Vyn's alias is 'Adjudicator' which is also a role that Jade technically has as an IPC stoneheart. Their personalities also have quite a few similarities in my opinion.

Maybe I'm looking too deep into this and it's probably at most just a small Easter egg. Either way I think it's really cool and I'm so excited!!!!

HSR Jade Earrings Store Find/Photo Shoot!

These earrings I found (bought as a gift from my dear, far better off sister) are so Jade core, so I did a little photo shoot 💜

Courtesy of the Walmart Halloween jewelry section ♡

Sorry if the lighting is bad! Did this during a cloudy day inside my room.

Some Evidence in Favor of Jade

One thing I've constantly seen in Jade hate posts is the idea that she's trapping good and innocent people like Aventurine and Topaz and chaining them down to the IPC.

But I actually think it's this act--choosing Aventurine and Topaz to be her proteges--that tells us a lot about whether Jade is a fundamentally bad person or not.

First, it's key to understand that Jade is in a significant position of power within the Stonehearts. When Diamond chooses not to appear, it's often Jade who goes in his place and acts as his voice. When it comes to making administrative decisions on who will get to join the Stonehearts, Jade had a direct hand in supporting Topaz's ascension (by accepting recommendations) and an even more direct role in Aventurine's ascension, choosing and testing him for the job herself.

So Jade is a character with enough power to have a strong say in who gets to become a leader in the IPC. She possesses enough authority and trust from Diamond to catapult a wanted murderer like Kakavasha straight up 45 ranks in the Star Rail universe's single most powerful corporate entity. She helps to decide who rules.

And who has she picked with that power?

Aventurine and Topaz are both good people. Although they'll do whatever is needed to advance the IPC's aims, they're both essentially kind-hearted and unwilling to put others at unnecessary risk. They both deeply value friendship and exhibit many of the other positive traits one associates with heroes--loyalty, generosity, gentleness, and honesty. Topaz takes a hit to her own reputation and rank to protect Belobog. Aventurine, infamous for high-stakes gambles, specifically spells out that he absolutely refuses to cheat his way to victory.

In an organization that is otherwise known for the literal colonization and extermination of civilizations--in an organization that puts wealth and material value above anything but their own god--in an organization with people like Obsidian who literally want to turn things into a bloodbath--Jade's top picks are both quintessentially good characters.

She is extracting value from them. She is profiting from their work for the IPC.

But Jade had the power to promote complete monsters into the Stonehearts. She could have picked heartless, profit-driven villains who would have forwarded the IPC's goals at the expense of the human element entirely. She could have promoted more evil into an already evil organization. But she did not. Jade chose to support two disadvantaged young people who had clawed their way up from the bottom while still maintaining their principles. At least two of the Ten Stonehearts are people the Trailblazer can associate with without extreme moral guilt, thanks in part to Jade.

The people that Jade chooses to throw her support behind mean something. Topaz and Aventurine's presence in the Stonehearts indicates that Jade is capable of not only recognizing goodness--but has actively chosen to elevate (at least relatively) moral people into positions of authority. This act, choosing to promote and support inherently decent human beings, speaks greatly to Jade's sense of who deserves power--and, from there, to her own sense of justice.

Just something worth thinking about, I feel.