Not want to cause drama... Who do you think are the characters suffered with Xingqiu-Chongyun syndrome?

Its about X character always been shared with the spotlight to Y character who is more fleshed out to help X to stand out.

To be honest, aside from his hangout, do we ever seen Chongyun act alone without Xingqiu in fact Xingqiu can act alone without Chongyun?

Its not like Alhaitham-Kaveh situation where they are paired together in equal footing how fleshed out they are, its just how it can back-fire to that character with the other more fleshed out character as a narrative crutch of their traits, goals, and importance.

Just like Clorinde-Navia... Navia is there with Clorinde to flesh her out but its just feels like Clorinde's identity of Navia's more prominent characterization just overshadows her so much... and its not funny that they always been paired with each other that doesn't help Clorinde's identity at all for the audience.

Maybe if they have their own spotlight without the other may as well be more beneficial for a narrative standpoint... what you guys think?

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babangelsin2026-01-28 16:21

We didn't see much of Xingqiu or Chongyun, but when it did happen there was a good amount of screentime they had without the other.

Navia is actually a terrible example for this since Iirc she has the most voicelines of any playable in the 4.x timeline while Clorinde has only a fraction of that.

Fancy_Society_69142026-01-28 16:48

Though I barely see Clorinde act independently without Navia, just that I wish she don't paired much to her than she needs to be.

Navia is a yapper alright and she's flesh out... while someone like Xiao isn't but he already solidified his character to the audience.

As for Xingqiu and Chongyun, I just believe Xingqiu still have that edge with the events like the Iodori festival, story quest, even for having anecdotes, while Chongyun just have his waterborne poetry in 4.1 where Xingqiu is sidetracked while Chongyun have a good character development... even though just a glimpse of his innate condition but literaly overshadowed by Diona's, well you get what I mean...

Hatarakumaou2026-01-28 16:29

Beidou and Ningguan to a certain extent.

Ineffa and Aino is a positive example of this trope.

EnGardevoir2026-01-28 16:47

I'm not sure what you're saying to be honest. I do agree that Chongyun is an underdeveloped character but Xingqiu is not. Xingqiu was featured heavily in a decent number of quests, like off the top of my head he was in one very early on in the game, where you have to help the guy with books in Qingce Village, and he was featured in many limited time quests like the time he went to Inazuma for a writing event and met Venti. He's frequently had appearances without Chongyun around. Chongyun hasn't has as much screen time but he has had a few events without Xingqiu, like the limited time quest where he and Diona find the spring fairy which turns out to be an oceanid that lives in the spring in Springvale. They definitely have had some screen time separately from each other lol.

NLiLox2026-01-28 17:48

they are specifically saying xingqiu has more characterisation than chongyun

takenusername50012026-01-28 17:11

>do we ever seen Chongyun act alone without Xingqiu

Mondstadt/Liyue poetry event

Ayrou20202026-01-28 20:24

Xingqiu was still in this event though

takenusername50012026-01-28 20:48

They showed up together then were apart for the rest of the event

He didn't even tell Xingqiu about what happened with callirhoe and finch

RoyAhoym2026-01-28 17:55

Lyney and his siblings maybe? Especially Freminet. Possibly Candace with Dehya, Sethos with Cyno, Ifa with Ororon? I feel like most of these characters are fleshed out though and the friendships are nice to see.

Artistic_Cable62182026-01-28 18:53

It was event with oceanid in human form. Chongyun was alone and even has a secret what Xinqqiu don’t know

Neospanner2026-01-28 20:26

It could be chalked up to being an introvert/extrovert thing. Chongyun doesn't interact much without Xingqiu because he doesn't feel the need to interact with people. Xingqiu is MUCH more outgoing, and tends to draw Chongyun out of his shell.

Navia and Clorinde are similar - on her own, Clorinde isn't very talkative or sociable, while Navia has that in spades.

Ayrou20202026-01-28 20:29

I agree so much with you. So many times it is so annoying to me. Each year we keep saying characters interact mostly with the same characters all the time. At one point even the Kaveh and AlHaitam interactions started to piss me off because it's always one being annoyed by the other. I want to see some variety in the interactions. Like for once seeing Ganyu not always only being with Shenhe or Keqing. And wathever happened to Xiangling and Keqing's friendship is a mystery. I'm glad Natlan and Nod Krai have more variety in the interactions. I honestly think Liyue can be the worst in this. These are just my feeling so if you disagree with it it's okay.