Why is it so hard to get this guy's fic?!

[cashew]

OK, I don't get it, JY wins the 2024 popularity poll and yet the most popular pairing is Aventurine/Dr. Ratio?!

Why?!

Fandom, FFS, what are y'all doing?!

Edit: I am highly amused that Argenti squeezed into the top 8. Less amused at Blade's ridiculously high rank. Have to say I'm a bit surprised by Kafka's high ranking.

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Meanwhile, this guy agrees with me that 骁卫 is second-in-command only to the general. Glad I'm not completely barking up the wrong tree.

Additionally, the sequence of events is slightly clearer. Jingliu was sent to protect Dan Feng in the battle against Shuhu... Wow, Dan Feng must feel like crap... (Also, apparently Jing Yuan was not yet promoted during battle against Shuhu. There's apparently a document where Jing Yuan noted his first job as general was cleaning up the Imbibitor Lunae mess, meaning he got promoted in the midst of battle, which is also presumably when the previous general died. Man, piecing together this timeline is difficult.)

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[tanithryudo]

Kafka is obvious fanservice, and was clearly used to advertise to male fans in the build up to game launch, so her popularity is understandable.

Blade's popular probably for the same reason Draco is.

Jing Yuan is popular for representing Space!China. But is too goody two-shoes as a character to enjoy much fic following.

Aventurine definitely seems to be the dark horse of this race. His popularity came out of nowhere. I guess it is because Penacony shoved all of his sob story into the main questline instead of a personal quest line.

Looking at the comments, I like this person's suggested timeline:

藤宵战死余倏忽之乱，景元前往元帅之处授封，丹恒应星造就孽龙，镜流带队诛杀孽龙，景元授封回来刚刚碰上引月之乱，这个顺序理论上是合理的。