The Tragic Irony of Aventurine | Honkai Star Rail

It's interesting to juxtapose Aventurine's luck with the Nihility, because nihilism also speaks against the idea that "things happen for a reason." One can try to find meaning and reason behind surviving a tragedy, but what reason and meaning can possibly justify the tragedy in the first place. One is left asking, "Why me?" And a nihilist would answer, "No reason. Just luck."

"Your luck is other's failure" he is the embodiment of this phrase

"lucky but also unlucky" just like Aventurine's fans right now... We were eating so well with his content and got hit with "aight, this is the last time you will see this fella for a longgg time, bye"😭

Put in an analogy, lets say aven was a genshin player. he'd be the type that gets 6 limited 5 stars back to back in a single ten pull, but he is actually going for a standard banner 5 star character. His massive luck prevents him from being unable to get a specific standard banner character that he wants, causing him to wait for 3+ yrs... perhaps forever. And he started genshin only bc he wanted that standard character. He is chasing after something so easy yet so hard to obtain, all because of his massive luck that others desire. (btw this analogy is VERY surface level, I just wanted a "lighthearted" analogy for him)

I've been seeing a lot of mixed things on the meaning of him 'having a nice body' in the chinese translation. I don't know a lick of chinese myself, but a common consensus seems to be that they mean people are willing to bet on him in the arena because he's attractive, despite being scrawny. It definitely feels like the darker implications are there though. I've always loved the cocky gambler archetype, so Aventurine was a hit for me from the beginning, but they really fleshed him out in a way that I loved so much more than I expected. I especially like his relationship with Ratio, the 'doctor's advice' note definitely had me tearing up a bit, before I devolved into full on sobbing as he said goodbye to his past self. That channel member list is getting pretty long, happy to see it growing!

and people still say “Aventurine doesn’t have the best character development in the game” or “furina is better” “aventurine is meh” 💀💀

hes literally Nagito, the most unlucky lucky guy ever, the nah i win incarnate, he wishes to had the luck of the master chief, because his luck is akin to divine providence but aventurine is the devils luck, the best luck for you, the worst for all the rest

Great video, its nice to see someone approach the character with some maturity rather than just repeating the same 3 "zest" or "rizz" memes. Hoyo clearly put alot of effort into developing him and really focused on telling a story that feels incredibly mature, and in a way, very real, and I have alot of respect for them for that. The fact that they managed to accomplish so much in a single patch is really impressive. Personally, I hope Aventurine actually gets to fade out of the story for now, having served his "purpose" for the Penacony arc to an extent, and that in the meantime he can go and find his own purpose in life in the background, somewhere in the universe. I hope one day, perhaps a year from now or even two or more, we will randomly stumble across Aventurine during our travels. He could have a different outfit, something much more normal and pedestrian, have made friends of his own or even started a family, managed to fit in with a community and would have found something to live for now that he is truly free for the first time in his life. That'd be my ideal ending for him atleast. I'm not sure if his "luck" thing is still present or if it perhaps changed after his "death", but man, the boy really, really deserves a happy ending of some kind.

I swear to god they took inspiration from Nagito from Danganronpa, but I'm not complaining. If the wheel isn't broke don't fix it. Both are amazingly written characters.

Star Rail really built Aventurine as a villain in 2.0 only to make him the most conflicted and sympathetic character in 2.1. I think Aventurine definitely suffers from survivor's guilt, that's why he's always so willing to bet his own life. Also believe that, from his perspective, he definitely feels unlucky but can't ever say that, because otherwise all the suffering his people went through would hold no meaning at all.

reminds me of this quote by zuko from atla: “My father says she was born lucky; he says I was lucky to be born.”

Loved the video and your playthrough. Yee, I think also a nice through line for Aventurine in 2.1 is the idea of rebirth. He is born on the Kakava, the day Gaiathra Triclops reincarnates. His Cornerstone prayer mentions rebirth. The most pivotal points in his life feature rain, in conjunction with Acheron's comments on what rain means, to erase, hide, or wash away, it almost works as a baptism, to wash and be born again. How Aventurine in 2.1 ends parallels his mother when he is born: His mother prays, questioning why her son has been born into world that he cannot live in, only to find her answer with coming rain. Aventurine is also questioning why he was born, why he gets to live, while death takes everyone else from him. Again, Acheron brings the rain and helps him find the purpose he needs. I think part of the reason Aventurine followed the Path of Preservation is because it is a path that is very good at giving meaning to pain and sacrifice. All that he went through, everything his loved ones and people did to keep him alive, they mean something, they are important in the view of the Preservation, which I think is something he really needed.

My favorite definition of luck is "Where persistence meets opportunity" which I think is pretty accurate for Aventurine and why he ended following Preservation instead of Nihility or Elation which were both opportunities that seemed to lay before him at certain points in his life. Despite him facing quite a large number of hardships he always chose to endure, which can be quite the hard choice when facing seemingly insurmountable odds. To be clear I don't really "like" many of the Penacony characters, but I do find them intriguing which in general is a sign of good character writing. Quite looking forward to how this narrative resolves.

From Belobog to Xianzhou, and now Penacony, every area contains a number of tragedies and sad stories. The game IS truly named after Honkai😢

In Genshin Impact, Bennett has shown that he can find good luck in bad luck. In Honkai Star Rail, Aventurine perfectly proved that the other way is also a thing And oh my god I love both of these characters

Aventurine reminds me on the song "Go Down Gamblin'" by Blood, Sweat and Tears. "Down in a crap game I've been losing at roulette Cards are bound to break me but I ain't busted yet 'Cause I've been called a natural lover by that lady over there Honey, I'm just a natural gambler but I try to do my share"

This was a great analysis of our zesty gambler (Qingque is still the OG). Aventurine was the real star of 2.1, both his character arc and NA voice (Camden) delivered so much (i still can't believe Aventurine was Camden's first major role.) On 2.0, Aventurine was just placing his chips for the bet, so it was hard to connect with him (everybody being sus in penacony didn't help either). I didn't hate him, sure he was a prick and played the antagonist role, but Shaoji never leaves it plain and simple. Most, if not all of the characters written by him on HI3rd had complex depht, the flamechasers argueably are the best ones to date. Having said that, 2.1 delivered on all fronts, i can't wait for 2.2.

Something thing I noticed that may be worth bringing up is the Dream Journal. In the segment recapping the boss fight, if you say his motives were wanting to die the following paragraph mentioned how Adventurine "murdered his family with his own two hands"

I like how he is a gambler who win but gains nothing. To him,'all or nothing' is the same,if he wins the bet, he gets all the chips but he don't actually get what he wants aka 'his family' but if he finally lose,He will lost everything and die but he finally get to reunion with his family.Ironic he always wins so his luck is a curse that keep him from getting to finally see his family.

Another thing that makes me so sad about Aventurine is the fact that he really wants to befriend people, but absolutely no one trusts him. Everyone is just out here throwing slurs and insults at him, and he just keeps smiling. Like when Ratio insulted his schooling and his parents, only to be shocked to find out AVENTURINE HAD NEITHER!! And Aventurine just smiled and said he didn't take offense, but I imagine it did break his heart a lil to have that thrown back in his face. When he talks about playing the "role" of friend, it def comes off as the idea of friends being a hollow term to him. Reciprocal, transactional, and ultimately temporary. What I'm trying to say is: I CAN FIX HIM GUYS!!!