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I made this mini comic a year ago, I thought it was worth posting here too. It is inspired by an Ao3 fanfic written by my best friend (ू•ᴗ•ू❁)

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@perpetualgrey's comment on this post

Ok my first instinct was to laugh, but then I realised you might be onto something???

Shen Yuan is LITERALLY an impostor, who’s more far more kind and beloved by Binghe than the original. The Guanyin pendant is a counterfeit, but it carries the love of Binghe’s mother and is far more precious than any real jade could ever be.

The heartbreak Binghe’s mother felt after realising that the Guanyin pendant was fake and she’d been tricked was part of what lead to the gradual decline of her health.¹ In wanting to do something kind for Binghe, she felt that she’d failed, and this led to her demise. What is Shen Qingqiu’s entire story, but trying to be kind to Binghe, feeling inadequate at this, and dying? (More than once!!)

Guanyin is a Bodhisattva associated with mercy, kindness, compassion and unconditional love. She is a patron of mothers, and is called upon in times of fear, uncertainty, and despair. The Bodhisattva she originated from is seen as a saviour, through whose grace even those with the most negative karma can achieve salvation. Even when she is not worshipped as a goddess, she is revered as the principle of love, compassion and mercy.² From wikipedia, “The act, thought and feeling of compassion and love is viewed as Guanyin. A merciful, compassionate, loving individual is said to be Guanyin.”²

The original Luo Binghe appears never to have lost his pendant. Shen Qingqiu tells us: “It was the only bit of warmth in Luo Binghe’s dark world, always by his side, and even in the future when he was at his darkest, it could summon up his last dregs of humanity.”¹ He also states that “it was Luo Binghe’s biggest berserk button.”¹

Our Luo Binghe does not cling to the pendant when he’s at his darkest: he clings to the love he has for his shizun and to memories of his kindness, and later, to the lifeless body of Shen Qingqiu himself. His biggest berserk button isn’t when people insult the pendant or his mother, or try to take it away; it’s Shen Qingqiu: when people insult him or try to take him away.

From the start, Shen Qingqiu expresses truly unconditional love for Binghe. He spends three years showing endless compassion and kindness, actions which feel insignificant to him but are more than enough to completely change Binghe’s life. He holds no blame or resentment for the things he fears Binghe will do to him; though he doesn’t want to be tortured, he forgives Binghe for it nonetheless, before it has even happened. He sacrifices himself to save Binghe as his mind is eaten away at by Xin Mo, when he believes that Binghe just slaughtered a hundred Huan Hua Disciples, when Binghe’s reckless use of the sword is putting countless more lives at risk.³

Shen Qingqiu is a counterfeit that is more precious than the original could ever be. For Binghe, he personifies kindness, compassion and unconditional love. His regrets over his treatment of Binghe lead to his temporary demise. Binghe clings to him in his darkest moments, and he is that which Binghe protects most fiercely.

I always found the pendant’s role in the story to be almost lacking: it’s treated as such an important item to Binghe, yet in the end its return is almost anticlimactic. But perhaps this is because the role the pendant played in Bing-ge’s story has been overtaken by Shen Qingqiu. When he returns the pendant, Binghe is relieved and appreciative: but his joy seems to stem more from the fact that Shen Qingqiu held onto it and cherished him than from the pendant itself. The pendant doesn’t matter all that much to him anymore, at least not compared to how important it seems to have been in PIDW. Binghe doesn't need an object to symbolize love and kindness; he has a person to love, who loves him back.

In conclusion: Shizun was in fact the fake jade Guanyin pendant all along!

sources cited below :)

1. Seven Seas Volume 1, Chapter 1: Scum. Pages 40-41.

2. “Guanyin,” Wikipedia. There’s a lot more to her than what I mentioned here, she’s quite interesting.

3. Seven Seas Volume 2, Chapter 8: Death. Pages 154-156.

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qing jing disciples gettin real tires of binghes shit

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Reblogging for a future fanfic I'm writing

The symbolism of flowers

Flowers have a long history of symbolism that you can incorporate into your writing to give subtext.

Symbolism varies between cultures and customs, and these particular examples come from Victorian Era Britain. You'll find examples of this symbolism in many well-known novels of the era!

Amaryllis: Pride

Black-eyed Susan: Justice

Bluebell: Humility

Calla Lily: Beauty

Pink Camellia: Longing

Carnations: Female love

Yellow Carnation: Rejection

Clematis: Mental beauty

Columbine: Foolishness

Cyclamen: Resignation

Daffodil: Unrivalled love

Daisy: Innocence, loyalty

Forget-me-not: True love

Gardenia: Secret love

Geranium: Folly, stupidity

Gladiolus: Integrity, strength

Hibiscus: Delicate beauty

Honeysuckle: Bonds of love

Blue Hyacinth: Constancy

Hydrangea: Frigid, heartless

Iris: Faith, trust, wisdom

White Jasmine: Amiability

Lavender: Distrust

Lilac: Joy of youth

White Lily: Purity

Orange Lily: Hatred

Tiger Lily: Wealth, pride

Lily-of-the-valley: Sweetness, humility

Lotus: Enlightenment, rebirth

Magnolia: Nobility

Marigold: Grief, jealousy

Morning Glory: Affection

Nasturtium: Patriotism, conquest

Pansy: Thoughtfulness

Peony: Bashfulness, shame

Poppy: Consolation

Red Rose: Love

Yellow Rose: Jealously, infidelity

Snapdragon: Deception, grace

Sunflower: Adoration

Sweet Willian: Gallantry

Red Tulip: Passion

Violet: Watchfulness, modesty

Yarrow: Everlasting love

Zinnia: Absent, affection

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I was just humming along to a song that got stuck in my head, but I couldn't remember what it was. So, I started singing it out loud over and over again to see if I could find a specific word or phrase to jog my memory, but I got nothing.

However, I still kept going, hoping I could figure it out until FINALLY I GOT IT!!!

Unfortunately, I had my revelation while making eye contact with my boss with a crazed expression after shouting, "That's it! That's the song!"

Someone please end me-

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WARNING!! TW: Blood, gore, violence, dark themes, etc. Please don't proceed if these trigger you or make you uncomfortable!

I think someone told me they were sad I didn't add memes on any of my posts except on Instagram so I'm going to do it in every social I have :3

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Out of ALL the danmei you've read:

Which one was your personal favorite and why?

I'll go first, mine is 2ha because I love the story build-up and how the characters interact in their past and present settings.

#danmei #donghua #svsss #2ha #mdzs #tgcf #dumb husky and his white cat shizun #chu wanning #mo ran #ranwan

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SQH is not like other girls. 💅

Shang Qinghua is just a bit extra I guess

#shitpost #svsss #shang qinghua

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heavy erha spoilers, as usual!

(my tg channel decided that goutou is a girl, and who am I to argue)

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Sure is a beautiful day, innit?

I wake up at 315am every morning and won't go to work around 445am..

WHY TF ARE YOU NOT SLEEPING AND SENDING ME MESSAGES @ 12 IN THE MORNING!? GET YO ASS IN BED!

Good morning to you too, my love. ^^

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I wake up at 315am every morning and won't go to work around 445am..

WHY TF ARE YOU NOT SLEEPING AND SENDING ME MESSAGES @ 12 IN THE MORNING!? GET YO ASS IN BED!

Good morning to you too, my love. ^^

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great, now they need a bath

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This is absolutely no hate genuinely write whatever you want but Mean Dom Hua Cheng is so funny to me like Xie Lian literally burned his house down and Hua Cheng showed up with his crying sword and neck bared because he gave Xie Lian an ouchie that bitch is not doing punishment play.

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svsss au which occurred to me last night: when Shen Yuan!SQQ self-destructs, Shen Jiu gets immediately shunted back into his original body

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does narinder get zoomies

Definitelly some time after he was indoctrinated (once he was able to walk again). After millennia of imprisonment gotta get those bones shaking.

After a while it simply turned into pacing. He's too busy running after his kids lately.

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✨magical girl San Lang! ✨