JingRen

Jingren is the slash ship between Jing Yuan and Blade from the Honkai: Star Rail fandom.

Canon
Jing Yuan and Blade share an intertwined history of which has not yet been revealed. Following their acquaintance, they were soon coined as a bickering duo. Despite the unclear timelines, it is heavily implied that both men have practiced under the same Sword Master of Luofu, and were once ironically in perfect harmony while operating the High-Cloud Quintet as a legendary team of five. In present time, Jing Yuan has become the wise and brave Arbiter-General of Luofu, Xianzhou, who aims to ensure peace and win wars, while Blade has become a Stellaron Hunter whose job is to work against the Interastral Peace Corportation. Although this change has pitted them against each other in terms of goals and moral values, it appears that them being on disagreeable sides once more, metaphorically for the sake of old times, has neither affected their habit of getting involved with one another nor their arguably strange, unexplained attachment and narrative of working together against all odds.

High-Cloud Quintet
Jing Yuan, a product of respected background and heritage, grew up aware of the wishes his parents had for him. He was trained by no other than Jingliu as he matured[1 ], but he was also trusted by his parents to carry on the legacy and inherit the mantle of a scholar or an official[2 ] at the Realm-Keeping Commission. Instead, he decided to join the Cloud Knights as means of escaping a life doomed with boredom and family expectations. He proved to be worthy of the esteemed title, as his feats were commended as a knight as well as his masterly strategies, and soon word of his flawless, bloodless victory had reached the busy ears of Xianzhou Generals, who took it upon themselves to appoint him to a position of importance in the alliance. Hearing this, Master and previous Sword Champion Jingliu, offers him an invitation to the High-Cloud Quintet, reuniting them both and presumably Blade.

Blade, on the other hand, has never settled. He was a child without family and honour and his name held not even a single ounce of prestige. However, in order to perfect his craft and his education, the outworlder has always been on the move. He has lived among strangers and other long-life species that were never of his kind. He has travelled across ships as a short-life merchant vessel since Zhuming, Xianzhou, and his final stop was the Luofu. There, the young man was able to explore his obsession by dedicating all of his hours to forging inspirations like he was running out of the time that everyone, but him, seemed to have in abundance. Based on his drive and motivation, it is assumed that Jingliu had taken him under her wing some point during his education and researches.

Fanon
Jingren is currently one of the most popular slash ships in the fandom. In chronological order, after Dan Heng/Blade and Dan Heng/Caelus.

Despite the lack of direct lore and frequent leaks, including main storyline involvement, the pairing has accumulated an impressive amount of 384+ works on AO3. While the number is still in active growth, the aforementioned ships have had the fortunate opportunity to reach their milestones, in terms of written content, with the aid of in-game interactions and consistent speculation. This is what makes the ship between Jing Yuan and Blade so captivating, as their unrevealed past, suspicious mirroring symbolism and attachments to each other has never failed to turn heads of fans and non-fans alike. Furthermore, the pairing is by far the most popular when it comes to garnering engagement for content creators.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION