Heartthrob

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## The Porcelain Prince

### Combat Type

 Quantum

* Bio
* Voice

### Factions

* The Family (on profile)
* The Nameless

### How To Obtain

Character Event Warp - ꧁•⊹The Tell-Tale Veil⊹•꧂

### Japanese

Takuma NAGATSUKA

> **꧁•⊹٭“Bygone visions of life asunder, long since quelled by newfound wonder.”⊹•꧂**
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**Jiki Lovelace** is a playable Quantum/Harmony member of "The Family" in *Honkai Star Rail* created by the user *CrypticRainbow*.

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## Introduction

He is a prominent member of "The Family" who goes by the alias "Heartthrob" (he is known to only give his real name to people that he befriends or that knows he can trust), and has been in the group since his mid-adolescence, but strives to perhaps one day escape that life now that he's an adult. even though it's... monsterously difficult. he often feels like a canary in a coal mine - trapped. He makes quick comrades of the trailblazers when they arrive for the banquet, and sometime during the trailblazers time on Penacony - joins them to traverse the stars. wanting to experience what lays beyond his home world .. and finally have the freedom he had been yearning for; for so long. he has a prominent musical related online presence separate from "The Family" affairs, and has a lot of die-hard fans in the universe (fans of whom gave him the nickname "The Porcelain Prince" due to his cutesy appearance and prince-like mannerisms and themes with his music / meet & greets .. its a promotional thing that is/was enforced by his mother - who is/was his manager in the musical field, to take advantage of the 'idol' trends that are popular. even though he's not a fan of that stuff himself). He is also an Emulator of the Aeon of Harmony (Xipe).

(The displayed here was something I commissioned from someone, i did not make it but i do own it.)
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## Personality

Jiki, at first impression or upon first sight, seems to be a normal soft-spoken and very gentle boy who wouldn't even harm a fly. Someone who was a doormat and very polite, well mannered, and sickeningly sweet. He’s a “heartthrob” in the eyes of many people in non magical society, the poster boy of the idol/music industry. This is mostly how he presents himself during his idol career, interacting with fans and producers and while performing on stage. And for the most part he does seem genuine in that way to any outsiders looking in at him and his life, as he's not an evil or bad person, he is someone who does wish to help and assist others.. for the most part. Beneath that front however, he has a brash country boy attitude with a surprisingly short temper, easily annoyed by certain things - not a very patient person, and a rough way of speaking. But can be gentle when he wants to. He hates being told what to do, especially by his mother or any authority figures. As he's been bossed around but those who are older then him basically all of his life. Making him try to act out as often as he can, or do things out of his usual capabilities, to show how manly he is and how he's not some dainty English flower. He is strongly on the side of "freedom" and all its forms: of speech, of way of life, of will, etc. and why he actually pushes against it with his own type of justice! though of course he trusts fellow members of "The Family", and wouldn't ever willingly go against them .. he still feels as though the way they do things might not the best way to do things. even though he can never express these thoughts out loud, in fear of facing certain ... repercussions, he still holds them close and doesn't waver from them.

His appearance contrasts with his rowdy and rebellious nature. He hates being weak and being perceived as fragile. He wants to be seen and recognized as the tough and strong biological man that he is. Being motivated by being mistaken for a girl by others (which happens more than you'd think) because of his appearance. Making him have an abrasive attitude towards others and being closed off, not being easily trusting. But once you have his trust he's extremely loyal and would do practically anything for you (within reason of course). He attaches to any kindness given to him, as he's rather touch starved and is used to an emotionally cold environment - thus doesn't know how to properly express himself (in positive ways). As most of his family members, besides his grandfather, weren't ever all that touchy feely with him or each other. And are more emotionally and physically distant with each other unless it involves business. Which was what his parents parenting style was.. tough love, no coddling or emotions of any kind past the age of maybe 2 or 3. He doesn't have much experience in social situations, mostly concerning people his own age, as he was home schooled his whole life and wasn't really allowed outside all too often. Unless it was to visit family or to do modelling work. Meaning he's not good with comfort and is kind of emotionally detached, being unable to "read the room" or most social cues. He's never had people who have shown him true kindness just for the sake of it or wanted to genuinely get to know him before, only ever people wanting to get close to him due to his family's wealth and his own influence as a celebrity, to try and gain something from associating with him. Hence making him less trusting of new people overall.

## Backstory

His mother is a Penacony native, and his father is originally a Luofu native who works as a merchant - but moved to Penacony for a change of environment and a chance to perhaps increase his business to other places besides his home ship. they did like each other, but mainly got together for the business prospects and connections , rather then for love. they never displayed much, if any, affection to each other - so those who didn't know them personally wouldn't even be able to tell they were a couple .. and would assume they were only coworkers of some sort. they never 'neglected' Jiki, but he is definitely emotionally deprived. even as a, somewhat, well-rounded adult.

His mom is a paragon of Beauty within the industry, so it was no surprise when Jiki gained her looks, to a degree. Of course he’s a boy, but he did have rather feminine features, him being mistaken as a girl was common. It worked out for his mom as she had always wanted a girl but could never conceive one, all of her pregnancies before Jiki were girls but were either stillborn or miscarried. So when Jiki survived birth and infancy it didn't matter to her that he was a boy, as she was going to milk his cute looks for everything they had. He was what was known as a ‘rainbow baby’. He was a rather weak and somewhat sickly baby/toddler/young child, so he was often fretted about quite a lot by his mother and house servants.. But not in a loving way. It was more patronizing than anything, from his pov. Treated as though he couldn’t do very simple things himself. His mother had him start off with modelling at a very young age, at around 2 years old, having him star in ads for diapers or baby food, which sold like hotcakes. Though as he aged she made him do more musical things - as she wanted a leg in the pot of the profitable idol market, which had been steadily rising as a popular genre in recent years in the part of the world they lived in.

Most of his fame was made by his association to his mother, who was very popular in the realm of theater (being a popular actress) and thus those associated with who would be well known by a lot of the population of non magical society, even if they didn’t listen to it - they’d still see his face on postures and whatnot. A majority of his time was spent either alone studying, or at either one of his singing or dancing lessons by high class trainers. His mother would push him to his limits each day, leaving him exhausted and spiteful. Her being so harsh made him act out, which in turn got him punished in various ways (having to do wall sits or having to balance a stack of books on his head for about a half hour. Though some physical discipline did happen, it was mostly verbal or psychological. All of this isolation made him grow up to be a very lonely child, due to his parents never attempting for more children again after him. Lonely children don't have to share, sure, but no like he had any freedom.. He envied the kids who could go wherever and do whatever with whoever.

A life like his would make anyone happy, but he wasn't happy. He never cared much about money and fame anyways, and he hated how his whole life was always being photographed. It was hard not to know who Jiki was, or to not at least recognize his family's name. He knew that he was nothing but a tool for his mother to get more money, and he hated being used like this, especially for things he didn't like. Being an idol had started to become stale for him, though he didn't like it all too much to begin with. seeing as he was being forced to do it. Never being a big fan of being told what to do - a trait that he got from his mother, along with his stubbornness and short temper. Of course he liked singing and dancing, and making others happy, but.. When was he allowed to be happy? Who was gonna make him happy? The glitz and glamour didn’t mean anything if he couldn’t use it to better others - like charity donations, which his family did around the holiday but mostly as a public display and not because they wanted to. He wanted to give it all away, so that he has not a single penny or maybe just a small amount of money to keep himself alive long enough to get his bearings and then just .. run away. Start his life anew somewhere; where no one knew his name or face. at the chance to be in control of his own fate… just like those 'trailblazers' he read tales about online as he grew up. they were so free... and he wanted that freedom. but sadly, couldn't achieve it.

He lost his legs from being a victim of a starskiff crash on the luofu (another starskiff driver was speeding and hit them) while visiting his grandpa with his parents when he was 9 years old .. his grandpa dying on impact and Jiki needing the lower halves of both his legs amputated due to how badly they were damaged. His parents got out unscathed - physically, due to not being with them when it happened.. mentally, though, this just made them anchor down in Penacony and refuse to ever leave the planet - not even to visit family anymore .. only communicating with them via the internet, and become intense helicopter parents to Jiki, even into his adulthood. He was very close to his grandpa, more so then he was to his own parents, because he treated him like a person .. and allowed him to just be a kid. they didn't see each other often before the accident, but Jiki wishes they did. after loosing his grandpa, he felt like he was even more alone then before. learning to walk all over again with his replacement legs was hard, but he managed. he often refused to even use them or do anything due tot he grief he felt, but thanks to the persistence of the doctors - they eventually got him to power through the therapy and complete it. slowly, but surely.

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