The Insane Theory Behind Star Rail's Screen Cracks | Honkai Star Rail Lore

[@totallynotfangirl8102]

Honestly, it feels so plausible. Memory is already a huge theme in star rail with the three of the Nameless being amnesiac in some shape or form

[@Accountthatexists]

Unrelevant but another huge theme is "make choices u won't regret" which is re said ALOT (the story writers really want u to know that😂) and it was re said AGAIN in the recent live stream (for 1.4) during the story replay feature, because they said ths only rule is that U CANNOT make different decisions, and it's not that if u make differnct choice u can get differnt rewards, the developer really went out of there way to code and make sure that U CANNOT make different decisions in the replay cause if they didn't care, they would just cope and paste all of the coding, but they instead added to it, and that shows they REALLY care about this which makes the players know that this is important (also ik that they don't "love the game and care about it so much", it's a gacha game they only care about money when u make it, they do stuff like this to keep discussion about there game to keep it relevant, and when a game is relevant u attract new players, and what do new players do....spend MONEY💵💵💵)

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

​@@Accountthatexists Its funny since in both genshin and star rail decision is a Illusion. 💀💀💀 If they give you a option you still have to follow the one they want. KEK. What a troll.

[@somebody5224]

@@Accountthatexistsyou can be passionate about making games while also wanting to make money. Just because a lot of companies are greedy as hell doesn’t mean gacha = greed and no love for the game whatsoever

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm4946]

Nameless more like memory.less amirite?

[@marley7659]

Dan heng. Scion of permanence. March 7th Scion of remembrance??. MC Scion of Trailblaze/Akivili??

[@kenohere]

In Kafka's companion quest, you can also "go against fate" and get the 'True Free Will' achievement by refusing to help her.

[@R4GNAR0G]

What happened after that? Do you get anything after refusing?

[@ЯрославПодгорный-х3м]

​@@R4GNAR0Gyou'll just get another achievement and the quest won't even begin.

[@JellyEllipse]

@@R4GNAR0GYou will also get the rewards

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Looool what

[@podled942]

That's what I did, worth the time saved and I don't get to see any more of that btch

[@mythril30]

The Messenger already explained this to the MC when you first met her. She mentioned they can just go unnoticed but she showed herself to MC bc MC's memories are important. They wanted to make copies of MC's lost memories in the Forgotten Hall. Like she said it, Forgotten hall is to "rekindle your lost memories" which is your battles. It's already in the battles even before you met her probably for gameplay's sake (like how MC is Destruction already even before Nanook gazed upon him/her). Or just maybe bc they were copying your memories without permission lol. I like your theory but I think the cracked effect is just the symbolism of memory fragments being unraveled and being seen piece by piece; the whole battle being a whole memory(mirror/glass/crystal/ice).

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Why Kafka then seems to know what will happen? 😲

[@jadenichols1873]

@@chaosinfernoid9008 Kafka doesn't know it. Elio does. As far as the story implies.

[@Maevix3142]

I think its entirely possible that the cracks are also just the messenger taking apart or shattering that particular moment into pieces to store as a memory and why the screen cracks. I did consider to include this but didnt want the video to be too long and confusing but definitely possible this is just related to the messenger alone 😁

[@renge598]

I thought the MC was Destruction by default because IS a Stellaron, the body is justs a vessel. And we drew Nanook's gaze already in the fight against the big dragon where Welt stops us from going apeshit. The reason is because the Stellaron is Nanook's creation and ''Cancer of all Worlds''.

[@andreyorlov5751]

​@@Maevix3142I would have thought so myself, but I already saw this effect in Honkai Impact 3rd, when Otto Apocalypse sacrificed his life to create another possible timeline for Kallen, in "Thus spoke Apocalypse." animated shorts. Now I have more questions than answers 😢 And the fact that Otto's partner (void archive) after this in HSR with Welt made me scarry about their role in this (Foreign for them) universe.

[@duyguecemertan8521]

There is actually another potential proof for this! If you decide to stay on Herta's ship instead of joining the express, you get a cutscene that explaines what happened to the members of the express, a story in which they eventually fade away. Perhaps that was what was meant to happen, and we broke that by joining the Express

[@skyzy1060]

This actually makes a load of sense! It's almost as if the Trailblazer is an unexpected anomaly in the universe that Fuli hadn't archived. So maybe the trailblazers very existence and actions are breaking the universe and changing predetermined events. Also, interesting to note is that battles don't have the broken glass/ice screen in the simulated universe...since it's not reality but a simulation. Very plausible indeed! 🤓

[@whyvern6817]

This makes a lot sense when you take into account that MC was able to see Fuli's Messenger in the Express. With Kafka's Companion Quest, if you ask her if the fate is set into stone the true answer is No. Also in Clara's companion mission, Svarog insist that you make the final decision because the MC is the 'Variable' which also seems to be hinting towards it.

[@Maevix3142]

I think with both Kafka and Svarog, on some level they seem to imply that fate isnt set in stone but they themselves might not be able to change it and the MC is someone who can for whatever reason

[@heilamwether8911]

@@Maevix3142I personally think it’s because of the stelleron; An entity that is no longer considered to be mortal, something on the plane of something *else* off of the high resonance with just about every spectrum (heliobi, the paths, the harmony, the other stelleron’s and the fricking trash cans.) they have a weird resonance with everything, and for that reason, combined with the game recording all your achievements and stats (with some web-events being based on those facts.) their is a high chance that Trailblazer is changing fate, which if we assuming is due to the stelleron, explains the endings we’ve gotten. (From a meta perspective, it would also make sense: We control the trailblazer, and by allowing them to go back to their original destiny; not boarding the Train, refusing to help aventurine, etc. their story would’ve ended, since that’s the most logical choice, and being an amnesiac and not knowing what to do, that’s what most would’ve done, but we didn’t, the stelleron and us, the player didn’t allow that to happen, that’s why the screen cracks. *where going down the path that they wouldn’t have gone down.* We’re Blazing a new trail for them and everyone else to follow. Or that’s what I think.)

[@lilharm]

something that follows this theory is the characters you can have in your party you casually have major criminals running around with you, or characters so busy they shouldn’t be able to leave their post, or characters you haven’t even met in the story somehow helping you out, or characters fighting themselves which would make sense if they’re simply the memory of those characters helping you fight

[@dee6561]

Doubtful. It's just a gameplay element.

[@bred9901]

​@@dee6561would be cool if the gameplay element is also lore

[@Noaaaa3]

​@@dee6561almost every gameplay element in this game have lore, the Mail even have lore, the Special program on KZbin also have lore

[@Faiqal_x1103]

@@Noaaaa3 special program too?

[@Noaaaa3]

@@Faiqal_x1103 yes, special program are from the IPC. Broadcast media (something similar to KZbin), along with March and Guinaifen Livestream, and Owlbert is one of the IPC workers

[@zigazav1]

Well, I DO believe the cracks seem to only happen in vital moments, there may be another reason why they happen than the whole game being one flashback sequence. Hoyo reused that exact screen crack animation for the Captainverse storyline in HI3rd, at I think that moment of Sirin fighting against fate of the eternal cycle magical girls are fated to defeat the dark lord, only to become the next dark lord to replace them. Sirin was fighting against the fate of magical girls as a whole. In Star Rail, those screen cracks are there also for moments of fighting against fate. Perhaps the "cracks" on the screen, symbolizing the Trailblazer fighting against fate by "cracking" the "wall" blocking him/her from changing fate itself. I dunno, take everything I say here with a grain of salt, I'm very sleepy and so, my senses are dulled from sleepiness. I may have made mistakes I haven't found out of in this comment. If so, forgive me. I was trying to make adaptions of most of your theory here, while still putting my thoughts into it.

[@Darkclowd]

​@@Tritalluvsu oh yeah they did didn't they

[@tamacitas]

can i add? i just realized that farming in the world has the same transition as simulated universe. however, the screen cracks only for calyx and bosses IN THE WORLD and not in simulated universe. you are onto something here

[@Maevix3142]

Huh, i didnt notice that good catch. Makes it pretty fitting now that a simulated version of the universe doesnt have the same transition

[@angelcarrasco7801]

Star rail has the whole motif about changing fate and so, hell, even the lyrics of wildfire are about the effort to change fate, so i wouldnt be surpised if this is true

[@normalpair]

Congratulations. You made my appreciation for star rail skyrocket! I am so excited for more story content and lore! 👍

[@Omegaphoenix128]

I think the crack effect is indicative of the trail blazer destroying the fate set in stone. The overall theme seems to be "everything is doomed, and there's no stopping it". But the TB is essentially a kink in that "end". Their existence and subsequent journey is going to break the fate of everything ending, opening up a new unexplored future of possibilities to trail blaze. This is, far as I know, actually somewhat confirmed if consider the symbolism of the express and the effect your choice of going with it or not has in the beginning of the game. If you think of normal trains, their start and finish is pretty much set thanks to the tracks. But the express doesn't have one, so to speak, and is kinda boundless. Now, if you refuse to join the express, it gets annihilated at some point, cementing the fact that it can't avoid the fate all is doomed. But if you join, your decision and presence alters that fate, changing the future from one that is doomed to one that is free and open. Those concept keeps repeating. Our presence saves the doomed world of Belebog. As does it save the xianxio (however its spelled). It is likely also going to be thr case our presence will save Penacony from destruction (and probably a few characters too). Our presence upsets the doomed course of these places, giving them open brighter futures. So those cracks in the game is us breaking the pre ordained fate for an open one free of descrtuction. Our fights and encounters are altering the course of the universe, one interaction at a time.

[@mrmechpunch4653]

This gives me the Multiverse/timeline theory, where if nothing from the outside intervenes, the fate and destiny can't be changed, but Kafka,SW and the other stellaron hunters mostlikely have outside information that cause a major change to happen. Elio in the original timeline was never supposed to succeed at creating a stellaron vessel (mostlikely). Welt Yang was NEVER supposed to cross time line between universes and board the Astral express. (since he indeed is from a another universe) The idea of fate and destiny being inevitable exists only in a vaccum of a single universe. for the theory of Aeon of rememberance being affect by changes it would mean fate and destiny are only bound to their universe and only when taken on a multiuniversal scale it can change. The trailblazer themselves are a anomaly (similarly to how descenders in genshin are considered anomalies) and that is what allows changes to the future.

[@HeyYouFromThatGame]

That theory is used alot in hi3rd

[@sch3ffel]

​@@HeyYouFromThatGameyea like i only got to do this last captainverse event as my first, and noticed this theme there too. i think hoyo writers really like this theme of changing an already set story and predestined ciclycal fates.

[@HeyYouFromThatGame]

@@sch3ffel that's pretty nuch it in the events. In the main story it's a mindfuck that will make you cry 24/7 when you understand it

[@KING-lw8nv]

I like that one theory in the reddit sometime ago that Honkai star rails story progression is like that one music video that relates to dementia

[@blackcitadel9]

Only found the vid now, but feels similar to the MC of Kingdoms of Amalur - The Fateless One. The Trailblazer seems to be in a similar vein with their unique birth and the stellaron inside them. I do find it interesting that you follow the path of the Trailblaze whilst riding a train, a vehicle than can only go where the tracks lead it, and most likely where someone has been before, since someone had to build the tracks.

[@Maevix3142]

I've always been curious about that, I seem to recall (might be wrong) that the tracks were laid by Akivili himself and that the nameless in present day just follow those same tracks in which case Akivili is the one that connected a majority of the universe which again if i recall correctly he was credited for. However if it wasnt akivili, I wonder whether its something that has always existed or its a symbolism for following a predefined/predestined path.

[@ChaoticIdiot616]

Another thing is that when Seele destroys the bullet shot at Bronya, there seems to be a similar crack screen effect, which implies a few things. a) Seele wasn't meant to protect Bronya, thus causing a crack. b) Seele wasn't meant to meet Bronya (either at this specific time or at all) and form their relationship so early (or at all). and my personal favorite: c) Time keeps readjusting to all the changes we make, to prevent Fuli from full-on shattering to death. The bullet was meant to kill Bronya (or she was meant to die around this time) since it didn't crack immediately after firing it, and Seele's unexpected protection caused a crack instead. The last one's definitely a little shaky, but it gives a bit of an explanation and expands upon this theory a bit more than just extra evidence. Of course, it could just be that cracks in reality happen when fighting, but considering this is Honkai, they'd give an explanation like they did with the Caverns, Echoes, and etc.

[@kyllernotkiller]

Thinking about it, in SU the path resonance of the Remembrance is crack that looks like glass that than explodes, but a thing that bugs me is that preservation also has the same thing, literally the same animation but recolored. Every path has a different animation but only these 2 are similar, it's just too suspicious to randomly be the same. I guess they kinda align both trying to "preserve" everything but in different ways, but it doesn't make sense that Qlipoth the Preservation, a giant golem with a hammer, has glass cracking as its animation, it's just too suspiscious

[@kyllernotkiller]

@aleste they could have easily done a different animation than a recolored version of Remembrance, they are the only animations to be similar out of the 8 paths, they are all different except these 2: Hunt has arrows, Destruction has a rock from the ground explode, Abundance heals and grass grows, Propagation has a swarm buffing a character, Elation has rainbow lights, Nihility has a strange black hole animation, Remembrance has glass shattering, Destruction has the fricking same as Remembrance but orange/yellow. It's the same from the sound to the visuals, and idk how many earthquakes sound just like a glass window being shattered, to me usually they sound like rocks falling

[@Crowned_Hearts]

The thing is there are some parts of the story that has us playing as another character usually dan heng. And the MC is not with us. Those cracks still happen however. I feel like People are taking this effect that lets the game smoothly transition from story to gameplay a little too seriously

[@Maevix3142]

Its very likely just a simple combat transition much like a lot of other games, I just thought itd be fun to speculate on stuff like this 😁

[@Glac1alWasTaken]

knowing mihoyo it could also be a nod to toaru majutsu no index where the mc is amnesiac and the ad break transition is a window shattering (pretty sure one of those nods is also imaginary element break achievement)

[@Super-Godzilla99]

it could also be cracked because these characters shouldn`t go there own way normaly they only go on there own path because the mc is there with the others. remember without the mc the other characters didn`t had the chance too get on there own missions, because they had other things too do or in the main squad from the start.

[@sndragon5650]

You know what, I have always had a theory about how we are recounting Genshin's events in "real" Paimon's perspectives. By this theory, there could be a "real" March as well. Now then... which characters are on the game icons? Hmm...

[@wagonwheel6657]

this theory is even more insane for those who remember the sea of quanta chapters from hi3

[@Maevix3142]

I didnt personally play hi3, but i did hear about genshin being an bubble universe or something which makes me wonder if star rails universe is similar in nature

[@snehamahmud8943]

Your theories are really great and u are also the only one who make theories about the star rail lore and I love it , keep up the good work !!

[@Lightmagician60]

"~Frozen and Banished, out of Grief. in their restless dreams, they try so hard to breath. Pluses flutter and string, in this bleakness. ~~ Pain will come with the blade, Pain will wake up the despondent crowd in this dormant world somehow, unsheathe the sword not to kill, unsheathe the sword to rend those clouds above the ground, wake up, it's time to gather now. the only warmth remains, in hands clasped so tight, the only fire exists in brave hearts. season that refuse to change over the years, will find their way back, back on track, ~~ WE'VE MADE A CHOICE, GO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE"

[@franciscobustamante7333]

Have you seen what happens when you choose not to go with the express in the beginning? Since you don’t go they follow the script to destruction. The fact that you change the story by being added to the story

[@RhythmOSauce]

If the song "Wildfire" wasn't enough for a red flag then hopefully this theory might provide this possibility to be true.

[@Super-Godzilla99]

i like that very much because in most games and storys the main character is the one that can change fate, all the other are not able too do so because they are in that world from the start have there own lifes there. and it makes sence, when you play other characters story lines in the game without the mc there from the start, it is cracked also it means that they are not suposed too be on there own missions normaly. so that the mc is there is the reason fate changed because he shouldn`t be there from the start, his prensence alone changes the fate of others around him. it is also a comon theme in genshin that the mc is the one that changes fate not only for himself but for the other characters as well. and honkai star rail seem too have it too.

[@coriakacoron5851]

In the very beginning of the story, if we choose to stay in the space station instead of going travelling with the Astral Express, it will state that the Express and the Stellaron Hunters will meet an astonishing and galaxy-shaking (but probably not good) ending this is probably the sealed fate without us, the stellaron-wielding trailblazer, intervening but as long as we are involved in this fate, we are able to twist it (the Chinese lyrics of Interstellar Journey even has this line which directly says 'Right before we reach the end, we will overthrow the fate and rewrite it')

[@IDGAG]

we've made a choice go fight against your fate!

[@shimishuro]

Fragmentum, memory? Fragments of memory = we dont even know the full story and we only get a glimpse at fragments of the bigger picture 😭

[@qaztim11]

might be pausible, might be bullshit, but i believe in this theory. It just makes too much sense with Elios and Kafkas roles in the story, trying to make a future where the universe lives Elio might be someone that saw/survived the destruction of the previous universe and is trying to change the fate of it, this game has yet to go into samsaras(apart from the aeons trailer)/ Time loops/ cycles, but we are bound to go in that direction since this is a hoyo game and it is one of their lore staples

[@tazboy1934]

So the honkai star rail universe has not become a bubble universe yet?

[@qaztim11]

@@tazboy1934 it probably is, but we haven't gotten anything other than hints yet

[@IkkyArean]

elio when mc deicide to stay in herta spaceship and gets trailblazers passengers died horrifically: _💀_

[@iamspeedwoof]

Or the cracks means you are removing the info from the archive to watch it, like removing the cd from the case.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

i can believe this theory as at the start of phase 2 of the Cocolia boss fight when she does that big attack the lyrics QUITE LITERALLY say "YOU MADE A CHOICE, GO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE!!!!", so yeah, i accept this theory as a strong possibility

[@mrpyrostorm3165]

"Reach the end of the story in your own way." Yeah this tracks with the theory. Good vid.

[@R4GNAR0G]

That actually reminds me to Kiana's statement "End this wretched story... the way we've always wanted." Could this mean that Caelus or Stelle would become some sort of an Aeon of Finality in the future. Hmm.

[@pandoravex4791]

“Rules are meant to be broken”

[@netherfire50]

Yknow that could explain the fact that we can just stay on the space station instead of going onto the express

[@austinmartin612]

And I quote "We've made a choice, go fight against your fate!" -Wildfire lyrics

[@ohamatchhams]

In Honkai Impact, characters with great amount of self-awareness tend to achieve status of higher orders that goes breaks the 4th wall, from Captain of Hyperion, Rosemary Rita, Lambda Ai Chan and to limited extent with Elysia's Herrscher of Ego All of them breaks the 4th wall and with examples akin to Lambda Ai Chan and Captain of Hyperion himself 4th wall breaks into aware of both Mihoyo itself and the ongoing events of the main story, despite Captain's adventures supposedly mostly are going deeper in saving people in Sea of Quanta and rotating around Imaginary Tree, well except when Captain unintentionally introduced the concept of Timelines and time-traveling to save Kongming Theresa and Emberyan Rita in a 2020 CNY event where even this event also have moments of Captain aware of what's happening in the main story at least as of early 2020 and aware of Herrscher of Sentience supposed to be only in the main story, which was Imaginary-based before Otto's final animation confirmed it with him tapping into Imaginary Tree powers via Void Archive and creates a new timeline in the leaf universe where Kallen Kaslana doesn't die Captain's side events in Honkai Impact introduced a lot of Metaphysical concepts to Mihoyo's multiverse which lays foundation to many aspects of Honkai Star Rail lore and worldbuilding, albeit now it's now have resorted to more of galaxy scale and reducing bubble universes and leaf universes to reside in different planes and realms with limited traversal (hence the upcoming Part 2 of the main story is limited to solar system as in with Mars and "Sea of Data" segment of Sea of Quanta, simply to focus the worldbuilding into more grounded sci-fi, with exception when Captain's old pals akin to Lambda AI Chan and Bronie suddenly helped the main casts to defeat Kevin and usurped Cocoon of Finality in the part 1 of main story, which possibly being one of the legacies of the Aeon of Finality which embraced by Kiana Kaslana as the current authority (She might possibly get hired as an emanator of Finality right now) before races of aliens spotted and took interests to Earth of Honkai Impact main story's leaf universe when Honkai was sealed for 5-10 years before all of humans in her Earth could adapted to Honkai energy, as she's still has limits even as current authority of Finality

[@fufu-jh]

this was very interesting to listen to . plus recently we are geting more hints for mc's past journey while following kafka and etc. even argenti have a very suspisious voice line about them , i'm loooking foward to witness more

[@Maevix3142]

Glad you liked it, I have this weird feeling that the MC may not be the central figure but just the catalyst that causes all this ripples in the story. Like theyre the stone you drop into a still pond but every other thing stems from that. Based on kafka's explanation of our past it seems like were mostly just a tool, artificialy created for a purpose we dont yet know

[@Belarhos]

Too bad this theory doesn't explain why my game crashes anytime that VFX happens on my computer.

[@Lordmaster316]

Bad/slow internet, potato pc

[@kieragard]

My theory is your computer is trash. Time for an upgrade.

[@arceuse1999]

Fuli is having a seizure

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Your universe restarted Kappa

[@Maevix3142]

Fuli doesnt want you to actually see the 'changed' story

[@TinkRomero]

Ok, I have a potential idea about the cracks. I believe the cracks that occur have something to do with the Path of Beauty … and with absolutely little to tiny information about Idrila the Beauty, this theory is up for change when we obtain more info on Idrila. The reason why I believe this in the first place, is because in the Data Banks screen, we can see some Universal Script in the background, encrypting them all reveals, “Traveler Guide”, “Fables About The Stars”, “Mr Nobody”, and lastly “Cosmos as a Mirror”. (There are smaller universal scripts around the background as well, they all say “Index”.) Of these Data Bank Hidden Messages, only two are of … mysterious meanings. Mr Nobody, and Cosmos As A Mirror, for the time being, let’s focus on the latter one, “Cosmos As A Mirror”. There is only one Aeon that relates to a Mirror, that being Idrila, and the Mirrors of Transcendence. When Idrila died, she shattered into pieces of mirrors, and scattered across the cosmos. … and this is mirror is able to manifest the holders concept of Beauty into reality. This leaves me with a theory that somehow the Path of Beauty is constantly effecting the cosmos as well, and that is why we have the screen crack, it isn’t from a story, it’s from the Monitor, a Mirror into the world (universe) of Honkai Star Rail. We see Sampo just about break the 4th Wall to us in a dream, and before speaking to us, he was speaking to a Monitor as well, very likely talking to his other Friends of Elation. This could suggest several things to us, about the Path of Beauty being as 4th Wall Breaking as the Path of Elation. After all, in the Simulated Universe, Aha basically found out about the Simulation instantly. Honestly, this hypes me up even more about the Path of Beauty, and it’s potential Mind Blowing Capabilities.

[@underdrow5572]

This kind of relates to my theory about it being canonical in the world of Star Rail that's it's a game, and certain people know it. If I had to guess, Sampo definitely knows he's in a game, so does Silver Wolf, her ult lines are literally, "At this speed, too slow", and when you speed it up, "This is double speed". Plus she can hack reality, so maybe even the Punklord Hackers know it's a game, and have just taught them to hack Star Rail itself. And the last person I believe knows it's a game is Elio himself. Not only that, he can see the script, or maybe (and this might be stretching it), is the games creator. After all, he knows what every character is going to do, except the player character. Sure he tries to guide you to the Express through Kafka, but you can just refuse and the game ends.

[@mcsmouche]

Upon coming across your thoughts, I also believe that Idrila play some part in this. Especially with the fact that idrila’s entire niche is based upon your values, beliefs, and ideas-all encased in beauty. Her faction, the Mirror holders possesses an item called the mirror of transcendence. The mirror does not reflect the material world but rather what you see through your eyes. We often recount them in the echos of war , the glass shatters every time. Not that they are delusions of some sort, the event itself exist, it’s just that it’s very much leaning into the idea that we’re are the protagonists and the idea of triumphing against all foes is the most beautiful.

[@SwobyJ]

@@underdrow5572 PC's idle is playing away at a video game ("Yes!"), and whenever anything is teased of their supposed past, it sounds like a normal schoolkid that perhaps then goes on some isekai post/near-death experience and is in Star Rail now.

[@felblades1375]

you are on the right path to discover the true meaning of the story, im not going to spoil you but tell you a tip, you need a open mind both in game and in reality to go to the deepest lore because genshin, honkai impact 3 and HSR are connected, and the "cosmos as a mirror" is indeed a huge clue if you have played honkai impact 3 story until the final part 1 theres something wich is also a mirror

[@TinkRomero]

@@felblades1375 this is the most terrifying thing I’ve read yet … I’m looking forward to it!!

[@kyllernotkiller]

Don't we actually know why Fuli is archiving everything? I think it's that he thinks everything is so beautiful and important that everything should be archived and it gets recollected as memory, as the path of remembrance

[@jonathannigel8979]

I think we can't take Aeons on its face value. The dendro gemstone on Genshin suggest Sumeru archon is worshipped and danced all over the nation but we already knew whats the bad side of it after getting to know Sumeru itself not just based on a Gemstone description.

[@kyllernotkiller]

@@jonathannigel8979 counter point: it's not genshin. Other point I'll say, every Aeon is an entity that had a will so powerfull for a specific thing that they pratically became god, so if the god of that thing is actually doing hid thing for something else, the Aeon wouldn't be an Aeon, because the Aeons are really devoted to their paths and so they never would change intentions, and if they do, they wouldn't be Aeons or at least of that path. Every Aeon have their goals in mind and every Aeon has stated what they want: Nanook the destruction thinks the universe is a horrible place that he wants to destroy everything; Lan the Hunt has the only purpose of hunting Yaoshi because the Xianzhou got sick of getting mara struck from the abundance; Akivili the Trailblaze is an entity that likes to socialize with everyone and blaze a path for everyone and that's what we're doing as the mc is with the Nameless etc... There are some Aeons that we don't know the origins but they all have a clear intention.

[@ahyuyuyu6949]

I also have my very own theory! But this theory is at the end of the game storyline, here's my theory: When we fight the Aeon of Destruction, Nanook the MC will be self destructing using the Stellaron inside him, The reason why I think this will happen is because Herta said that the MC is like a living time bomb that can explode at any time, So I believe at the end of the storyline I think that the MC would sacrifice himself by using the Stellaron inside him to defeat Nanook, Why do I think a Stellaron could defeat Nanook? It is because the Aeon of Trailblaze, Akivili perished by an Stellaron, So I believe a Stellaron could defeat Nanook. That's my theory! Though it may not make sense but hey, Theories are just predictions

[@cerbruhrus4982]

There is a canonical scene that proves that these cracks in each scene are creating a new branch on the imaginary tree. When Otto reaches the Imaginary tree and creates infinite possibilities in reality for Kallen, a similar orb forms around her and cracks, just like it does in HSR.

[@wedothings8]

I still think that this is the second Honkai eruption and everytime the universe is reborn that the story different because memories aren’t perfect

[@allentayoto7387]

This is an amazing theory... yes... but Welt's existence sort of completely breaks this theory. Because so far, everything about Welt fits the chronology of APHO (the game mode in Honkai Impact where this version of Welt is originally from). So, although the theory is plausible, Welt's existence is enough to break it. In any case, this is the problem with Welt's existence in HST. I see a lot of theories about HSR's story, which ends up getting debunked due to Welt. Since the fact that Welt is in HSR universe is proof that the HSR universe is within the boundaries of rules that exist in Honkai Impact 3rd. These "rules" includes how the Imaginary Tree, the Sea of Quanta, and Honkai operates. Since APHO just ended up being confirmed to be connected to Honkai Impact's main story, that then adds a lot more of complicated stuff.

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Im not a hI3 player explain please

[@emmakun7544]

Is Welt existence really changed the story? I think the story still goes as It should be until the MC came to existence. I think Welt is smart enough to not do anything that can affect the timeline of Himeko.. I think.. As far as I know, he's only giving advice from his experience but leave the decision to us/them but I do think Welt knows something about the MC.

[@MbahtedjoOfficial]

Hsr have high possibility was a bubble universe, because like fuli say this universe already destroyed and her job was to collected piece of universe. She want to make a multi bubble universe become one again. Also, sometimes i kinda imagine why everyone know about finallity who will exist in end of universe. I think the reason about it because finallity was the one who destroye hsr universe, because it was who can control fate it was coocon of finallity.

[@accompolice4694]

Cant wait till Fuli drops his contingency plan to March 7 and reveal that March will be the new Aeon of the new universe

[@gloomynasai2646]

Though even if its entirely a theory... There could be a possibility where will see himeko dying again, since in every honkai universe himeko dies But if the MC actually has the power to change fate we might be able to save her in this universe.. For some reason though..i don't know why kafka put the stellaron through the MC's Body..perhaps there's actually a reason for it

[@Maevix3142]

Maybe thats why welt is here, to see whether there is a way to circumvent fate itself. I think kafka likely doesnt know why but Elio probably does

[@Naroline]

If the rule of the universe is that the end is already set in stone. Then rules are meant to be broken !

[@anotheraltaccount]

Okay yeah I really like this idea whether it plays out or not. Great job here!

[@chickensky1121]

At least HSR is honest about it, unlike Genshin which has no justification for its meaningless dialogue 'options' 🙄

[@Maevix3142]

HSR seems a bit more self aware, they even poke fun at their own stuff sometimes

[@exu7325]

Eh... It's probably just the Messenger storing your memory into the mirror.

[@Maevix3142]

Its possible, maybe the cracks are just the messenger taking apart your memories at that moment and making them fragments for storage

[@DeathkaiserG]

So the trailerblazer made a choice and goes to fight against his fate... Wait

[@Maevix3142]

Holup, are you referring to the song that plays during cocolias fight

[@DeathkaiserG]

@@Maevix3142 yes that was the joke.... xD

[@BoyKagome]

I don't Fuli understand. You dropped a Qiloth of knowledge here.

[@HispachioZ]

6:07 if this is the case then.... then... we can prevent.... Himeko's death....

[@chaddickhaut140]

It's a cute theory that plays well with the established lore. As you say, though, time will tell as to whether it's accurate.

[@ieatwalnut9088]

I think this theory has some truth into it . I mean when the stellaron activated and nanook gaze at trailblazer during herta station, the trailblazer saw future scene.

[@mikoajbaszczyszyn4568]

I think it's just a way for a cool and nice-looking transition, since some kind of transition screen *is* necessary. But it's a really cool theory.

[@byul3312]

Yeah, first i thought the same way like you, it's just a way for transition but the crack is not always there right? It only happen when important event/story accured. Sorry for my bad grammar if you confused what i mean😅.

[@handihasan8823]

HSR Theorycrafter : Hey the cracks its the change of the memory HSR Developer : Man its cools animation before battle

[@Maevix3142]

Hahah pretty much 😂

[@Norzrah]

Interesting theory but Welt and Void archives being in hsr changes all the speculation, I don't think the manga for honkai alien space is finished and HI getting part 2 in 2024 might have links to Hsr's lore as HI will kind of get into space. It can sure be a "future event" being told as a game similar to apho but yeah in the end it's all speculation, also story already being finished kinda limits the things devs can do as a game being retold as they will be limiting themselves by "We have to show the end at some point, right ?", "what's the end ?" will become the main lore, they can instead keep going as long as they want with a good lore similar to HI, it's already a 7-8yrs old game at this point with part 2 coming out in 2024 xd.

[@honkaiclips4973]

with mihoyo story is about samsara,based on previous games. this is valid theory to me.

[@yoohoo236]

I said at the beginning of the game that March 7th was the Aeon of Beauty. Im convinced of this

[@Maevix3142]

Well in 1.5 we are getting a character directly associated with that particular path, perhaps we might get hints of that once they release

[@yoohoo236]

@@Maevix3142 HMMMMMMM

[@shadowsvods6397]

Like like the Mc says himself RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN

[@whisper3856]

Me when it’s revealed that Terminus is actually just a Kevin alt: 🤯

[@yamazakisouma438]

I'm a simple man ... I see a pun ... I click

[@_cybik]

That's a cracked theory if I ever saw one.

[@sushi_17]

I have some similar theory about this one. While mine is really just a shower thought, yours seem more believable and well-researched. TBH I have already forgotten about it but seeing this video, it brings me joy that some people out there are having the same thoughts as me

[@Maevix3142]

This whole channel was built on the idea that no shower thought is ever too silly to be shared 😆

[@potioncoven]

i wanna know more about fu xuan!

[@zetacrossbone5694]

The cracks are formed when RULES ARE MADED TO BE BROKEN! And when WE'VE MADE A CHOICE TO GO FIGHT AGAINST OUR FATE!

[@A207.]

Completely unrelated But i think us the player is somehow involved in this For kafka and mere mortals, our choices are just a matter of great will, a path we chose from the our genuine soul But for Aeons like Fuli or Terminus, there may be a certain pattern they had noticed, moreover on the choices Even with the thousands of possibilities, most commonly given to us is only 2 choices in dialogue, and to only have 2 possibilities of happening, im sure the Aeons are curious of why it is like that Especially when we could literally just not join the astral express

[@Maevix3142]

Im kinda curious about that especially given that sampo scene at the end of the belobog campaign. Maybe the aeons are even aware this is all a game, i mean Aha knew it was in the simulated universe why not self awareness to involve the 4th wall. It also wouldnt be surprising if the aeons knew but didnt care, i mean most of them are just too hyperfocused on their own paths.

[@A207.]

@@Maevix3142 except for Nous tho, he would probably get interested in our existence Especially on how and why we are interacting with their universe in the first place There's also that theory of Akivili being the traveller twins from Genshin Bc if thats the case, it reinforces our involvement in the story too, since in this sense what happened to star rail and the hoyoverse in all it's glory is bc of us in someway That's how the beings in the verse see us, they haven't gotten the third party involved, their overall creator, Mihoyo themselfs And don't even mention the various times Star rail characters has said the portion of the games name Even in Genshin, players are finding mihoyo logos in the map of Teyvat The moment the game starts to mess with our game controls is the starting point of how we are involved And I have only seen a hint of this of some sort Most notably on Genshin where our choice of dialogue got manipulated in the story quest And I don't know if it's me, but at random times in Star rail, the dialogue tends to switch over to a dialogue choice even when I chose the opposite That happened more than once and I have never experienced it before in Genshin so that's another suspicious thing

[@maxvitor7023]

I wasn't expecting this to make so much sense...

[@abba9881]

it is literally a week one theory. same storytelling angle as in genshin, just with some different expositions.

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Its Interesting to me i forgot there's even a chestboard at the train. That is surely not a reference right or should tell us something?

[@noice2349]

This is actually really really good

[@sla-fo4uj]

5:54 "THE STELLARON CHANGES EVERYTHING"

[@nhutminh9290]

the devs who add its only for visual aesthetic " ok im Listening "

[@Maevix3142]

Yeah its probably just a neat visual but as a theorist its my job to blow everything out of proportion 😂

[@bloody4558]

Theory: these are the memories of the universe as it reaches its finality, so we must preserve... Reality: it's just a cool intro effect for fights

[@jreamy21]

Would also like to mention that this is literally a part of the chorus for Wildfire: "We've made a choice, go fight against your fate!"

[@plushycatt]

Does this imply Elio, "Destiny's Slave" is somewhat related to Fuli?

[@jqyhlmnp]

“Have we met before” “No”

[@iversonsilva793]

The only thing that might crack this theory(heh) is the intro, unless the stellaron hunters breaking into hertas station at that point was also some serious deviation from the original timeline(wich, could be the case, elios script might take existing events into acount to change fate into favorable outcomes that changes the destiny the universe is suposed to move towards.)

[@marcusbullock2753]

Elio will reveal all as a possible Emanator of a Know it all.

[@kinfungames100]

hoyoverse and its love for stories prewriten or in a cicle being broken by the flaw of now having a protagonist in them

[@trinityguise1021]

Bro I read the thumbnail’s “Cracked” with peter’s voice saying crack

[@Maevix3142]

😂

[@Nevio1810]

This theory makes even far, far MORE sense after Penacony and Apocalyptic Shadow, and the explanation of the Finality from Elegy😅.

[@Maevix3142]

Its coming full circle now.. 😂

[@darknetworld]

It is possible story has ended but retelling of the story from different people that is the player. Like no one would notice how player will fail the game or quest and restarted and take another path. As well the secrets ending of the first station that MC didn't join the star rail.

[@Wagonball_Z]

please do a video about Fu Xuan back story ❤

[@randomprozimity]

I think in Honkai if I remembered correctly, Aponia says the same thing about fate is already decided saying Mei will die, yet like Elysia said that fate may have been decided but you can change how things flows... or something like that. That story about Mei will die yet she still lives on, and that story about a doctor will die due to something killing her(forgot the detail) yet she change it by killing herself, tho might be the same results the flow still changes. Tldr Honkai story is confusing yet beautiful at the same time xD

[@Ellie-Elysia]

Not exactly, Aponia’s prediction sid that Mei would cause the fall of the Elysiam Realm (she did because of HoC) so she wanted to kill mei to try to avoid her prophecy

[@iDroiD-Gaming]

Good theory, and good presentation. You just earned a sub my dear

[@nameless1767]

and wasn't it said that trailblazer will inevitably go against nanook and the stellaron hunters are kinda preparing us for it via best possible paths foreseen by elio? nanook being the aeon of destructioonn idkk

[@aloywong658]

Mc: fuck you aeons I am my own god. *proceeds to break rules of the universe itself*

[@justarandom_guy3854]

İf what I heard is true there's actually a ending that we doesn't go with the express if we speak with some people before it we can stay and herta will search us but then she gets bored asta helps us and express is goes missing after a few years I guess but its probably impossible/wrong but still

[@jonnevitu4979]

Wilfire's lyrics tho 💀💀💀 its literally about fighting fate

[@Trailblazer_Uchiha]

This is proof that caelus and stelle the siblings are AKA Master trailblazers are the strongest characters in the game they're the strongest because this is what happens in games like this

[@sorakuzunoha108]

That's actually pretty cool

[@MageofFlowers-UwU]

so the shitty relics I get were forced on me by destiny?

[@Maevix3142]

Unfortunately, yes. You were destined to have them 😂

[@MageofFlowers-UwU]

@@Maevix3142 welp I got 3 Danheng IL, 1 Clara, 1 Sparkle, 1 Sparkle LC in 30k Jades. so i aceept the shitty relics :D

[@slaymequeen.1]

Just so you know, aeons dont have the standard genders. THEY all go by THEY/THEM

[@joshuak6968]

I think the cracks are just pretty neat.

[@Maevix3142]

They are indeed, though sometimes it lags my potato PC

[@db-py8on]

have not seen the video yet, but guessing it is about the rememberance aeon

[@Maevix3142]

You are indeed right 😁

[@seikatsu.]

finally someone who shares the same memory of getting shit -artifacts- relics. Anyhow this theory is very quite honestly possible there is Memory of Chaos too which is... a memory of chaos

[@karinabatumbakalnaevissmit7637]

As we progress in the story of Belobog we understand that a Stellaron has its own consciousness and all Stellaron are known to be the destruction of one's planet Yet the MC which is the also a Stellaron that's place in a prototype body acts nothing like the Stellaron from belobog?

[@Maevix3142]

Its odd that we dont hear the voice of the MC's stellaron more often, perhaps their body has a way to supress it while the belobog one was free to just have brain chats with anyone it wants 🤔

[@karinenathania6862]

Fuli makes me think they are like accord from drakengard3