Consider this my post of all the important Blade character portrayal notes that either deviate from canon or just some things I wanna emphasize on. These will be included for both Yingxing then Blade respectably. My portrayal of Blade is canon divergent.
When it comes to his birth name, it was not Yingxing but something else that has since been lost to him. Much of what Yingxing remembers in regard to his childhood is drowned in the imagery of blood. The grief & loss. He doesn’t remember the name he once bore even more so hardly remembers the faces of his family as the years went by. Yingxing was the name given to him by Huaiyan once deciding to train under him. I have a headcanon here for most recent name labeling.
The saying ' of 5, 3 must pay the price ' is not said by Blade at all since it was a saying mostly adopted from Jingliu. It doesn't take away the fact however that he does see himself as someone that has to pay a price for what occurred.
Blade does have lingering anger towards Dan Feng for the pure purpose of thinking he did something wrong during the whole process or caused him to turn this way. It's why that anger was taken out on Dan Heng even if such a thing wasn't right to do so. As for the chance of some sort of 'civility / reconciliation', that'd be possible but would take a lot lot of work, that can be left up to plotting ( for both Dan Heng or any Dan Feng muses ). This will vary though from portrayal to portrayal as well.
Firstly being that for my writing of Blade, I see his hair being more of an inky black color with a blue / purple sheen to it ( much like that of a raven's feather ) but without the red tint at the ends. Yingxing at the time of the sedition for me was somewhere in his early 50s to mid 50s. When he was younger his hair was the same color that Blade's is but prematurely started turning a grayish - white due to both genetics + life stress, somewhere in his early to mid 40s.
Now for the skin, Yingxing's hands were rather rough & calloused when it came to the skin from all the years of working as a forger. This is how it'd been for most of his life considering he'd been doing this work for much of his life. His face does have rather prominent wrinkles ( crows lines, frown lines, tear throughs ).
For Blade the once calloused & rough hands are now smoother which only brings about a solemn feeling due to how he'd once found pride in such a thing. He has crows lines & the tinge of dark circles under his eyes from the lack of sleep each night.
My writing of Yingxing instead has him with very light blue eyes that do sometimes appear purple at times from light reflection. Blade's eyes are that of a golden amber - red which makes it appear close to the colors of a fire. In modern verses Blade's eyes are an amber - brown instead.
When it comes to canon verses, Blade's scarring is not as bad for my portrayal in comparison to in game. He has tried multiple ( a lot ) suicide attempts, fighting against Dan Heng & having been in battle as a Stellaron Hunter. The scarring is more moderately medium but in AU verses it's equal to in game appearance.|
The glove that Blade wears on his hand is mostly to help with gripping his sword while the bandages on his other are mainly serving for support & protection. Both help with the dexterity of his hand in making swift & precise movements with his sword. They give more stability when doing other tasks as well since Blade's hands are not what they used to be. It can be difficult to do smaller tasks that require precision ( such as drawing, forging & the like ).
