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[greentrickster]

@caspertheloudassghost In this universe the old peak lords all ascended right? I imagine the only reason SQH’s vacation lasted this long was due to his officials, finally giving up on understanding SQH’s organized chaos, desperately try to get his Shizun to decode it to not ruin SQH’s first vacation in two millennia. “You re-raised him right? You should know his filing system right? Right?!” (His filing system is entirely based around a version of Microsoft excel that only he can run. He knew this when he left)

XD XD XD Okay, canon on the Microsoft excel idea! But, unfortunately for the Heavenly Officials, they were not brought into being by a particularly lawful god. Meaning that, while they know that their Lord is incarnated somewhere in the world... they have no idea who, where, or even exactly why, because he told them exactly None Of That, specifically so they couldn't interfere.

Not even because they're busybodies or obnoxious coworkers, but because the Heavenly Officials are the original assistants that Airplane made for himself in this world once it got more complicated than he wanted to deal with on his own. As a result, while they're quite good at their jobs (and can manage a very respectable amount of Heaven's filing, just not anything in Airplane's personal system) and very pleasing to look at, they're also a bit clingy. Because they were made by a lonely young man who was mostly ignored by everyone around him in his first life, so who can blame him for wanting to be around people who also wanted to be around him?

Thinking about it, in a way this trip to the mortal world to be Shang Qinghua was probably at least partially for the sake of these original, highest-ranked Heavenly Officials alongside Airplane wanting to take a vacation and experience the Plot firsthand. The celestial equivalent of parents leaving their older kids in charge of the younger kids, the pets, and the house for a week while they go off on a vacation or business trip or what-have-you. A chance to test themselves a little without the person/people in charge on hand, to grow as an individual and an adult. And the Heavenly Official coming down to beg Airplane for help was the equivalent of said teens having to phone their parents five days in because the dog got into something it probably shouldn't have, and it'll probably be fine, but there is also the sudden and very real fear of "Oh gods, what if we accidentally kill the dog?" Basically a chance for them to exert some independence and grow on their own for a little, with an unexpected 'I need an adultier adult' situation popping up a decent way in.

As for SQH's ascended master, you're right, he would probably have been able to help with the filing system at least a little... if anyone had thought to show it to him. As it was, cultivators have been ascending for centuries, the Heavenly Officials have no reason to believe that this latest batch from Cang Qiong know anything more about their vacationing boss than any other human. Heck, the only reason Shang Qinghua gets found is because Shen Qingqiu sees some notes in pinyin during his ten-year check-in as to how he's settling into his new role of God of the Ninth Road (full AU here if you haven't tripped over that segment yet), and he comments on it (on the grounds that he'd been under the impression that it was just some made-up writing system his shidi had invented).

In an amusing twist, the issue that necessitated the Heavenly Officials to crack and call upon Airplane for help? Turning off Binghe's Protagonist Halo. Because the 'story' is over now, so no need for a protagonist, and it's not going to particularly nerf him or anything, just make him less center-of-attention-the-world-literally-revolves-around-me. Long term it's even going to be a good thing, because it'll allow Binghe and Shen Yuan to settle into a life together without having to deal with a new Plot Arc starting every month or two. It's for the best for everyone.

Except all the upper Officials have been through everything over a dozen times, and no one can figure out how to make it stop, Airplane left at least some instructions before he left and all the signs point to it being time to turn off the halo and he forgot to include instructions on how to do that, please don't leave out key information, your excellency-!!!

#svsss #shang qinghua #shen jiu #great god airplane #caspertheloudassghost

[greentrickster]

@cullen-blue23: LBH: Mobei. You’re drooling. Calm down, go take a walk outside. You’re creeping me out

Mobei-jun: With all due respect, this king does not wish to hear that from Junshang.

Starting a new thread for the Great God Airplane AU (on the usual grounds (ie the original thread was getting Long)), because I've got more to say about it, because I'm me.

Was thinking about how having access to his god!memories would potentially effect Shang Qinghua, and I'm a little surprised to find that I don't think it'd make much difference, at least in this AU. I think the main, most noticeable change would honestly be that he's a lot calmer afterwards. The surprising part is that this isn't because he's not afraid of getting hurt or because he's got OP god powers or anything now, but simply because of how long he's been doing all this.

Like, one of the key features of Airplane's lives seems to be that he's always kinda hanging on by his fingernails when it comes to surviving, keeping up, managing to get by. He's busy busy busy all the time, and as a result of this he's not really aware of how impressive any of the stuff he does really is, because he's never had the time to really sit back and internalize it.

But that's what he finally got when he arrived in this world as a newly divine being with a perfect memory of both everything he'd written and his original outline, and only the instructions 'create it the way you wanted it to be.'

And he did.

He spent years upon decades upon centuries slowly, carefully crafting his world from the ground up, putting as much or as little thought into every single piece as he wanted to, no rush, no deadline, no obligations to anyone or anything but himself. The ability to lose himself in the pleasure of creation, consequence-free, the time to step back and take in everything he's made so far. Anything he needs, anything he wants, he can have, he can make, from snacks to assistants to handle the details he doesn't want to do but which the world needs in order to function, and in order to hold the story he wants it to tell.

And with all that time and experience came the gradual, quiet gaining of confidence. Because he's been doing all this for such a long time that not only the ability but the knowledge of having that ability has sunk deep into his bones. The ability to look at a task and know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he's capable of doing it and more.

Shang Qinghua still flusters and laughs and complains and grumbles and thirsts (oh how he thirsts), but instead of a basis of fear that he'll be overwhelmed and crushed beneath the demand, it's on a basis of 'if push comes to shove, he's up to the job.'

It takes him a little bit to notice this change in himself and, once he does, I think he goes and cries a little bit. Because his human memories are the predominant ones at the moment, so it's a strange, shocky sort of relief to suddenly realize that "Oh. I really am good enough. I've always been good enough. I don't have to be afraid that I'm not anymore."

In contrast, I think the thing he has the most fun with is that now, if one of his martial siblings is being a pain about budgets or something, he can go, "You know what, maybe I should just go back to Heaven and let you deal with all this! I could be eating celestial melon seeds right now while writing wildly self-indulgent danmei between organizing my files, but instead I'm down here, dealing with the fact that you can't manage a simple monthly budget! Because, you know, one of these things sounds a whole lot more fun than the other-!!!"

And then his martial siblings get to go, "You know what, on second thought I was being unreasonable, maybe I should see if there's something else I could do to fix this problem instead of just trying to make you fix it..."

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #mobei jun #luo binghe #cullen blue23

[greentrickster]

Important question: What does Mobei-jun think of all this?

Important answer: In a word? Hot.

Like, so hot.

We all know this man probably has a competency kink, and Shang Qinghua not only just - beyond all odds - managed to become even more competent, he gained this quiet confidence in his own competence and Mobei-jun needs him in every position in every room of the Northern Palace yesterday, oh gods, oh fuck, xianxia!Jesus take the wheel, how is he supposed to function under these conditions-?!?

Starting a new thread for the Great God Airplane AU (on the usual grounds (ie the original thread was getting Long)), because I've got more to say about it, because I'm me.

Was thinking about how having access to his god!memories would potentially effect Shang Qinghua, and I'm a little surprised to find that I don't think it'd make much difference, at least in this AU. I think the main, most noticeable change would honestly be that he's a lot calmer afterwards. The surprising part is that this isn't because he's not afraid of getting hurt or because he's got OP god powers or anything now, but simply because of how long he's been doing all this.

Like, one of the key features of Airplane's lives seems to be that he's always kinda hanging on by his fingernails when it comes to surviving, keeping up, managing to get by. He's busy busy busy all the time, and as a result of this he's not really aware of how impressive any of the stuff he does really is, because he's never had the time to really sit back and internalize it.

But that's what he finally got when he arrived in this world as a newly divine being with a perfect memory of both everything he'd written and his original outline, and only the instructions 'create it the way you wanted it to be.'

And he did.

He spent years upon decades upon centuries slowly, carefully crafting his world from the ground up, putting as much or as little thought into every single piece as he wanted to, no rush, no deadline, no obligations to anyone or anything but himself. The ability to lose himself in the pleasure of creation, consequence-free, the time to step back and take in everything he's made so far. Anything he needs, anything he wants, he can have, he can make, from snacks to assistants to handle the details he doesn't want to do but which the world needs in order to function, and in order to hold the story he wants it to tell.

And with all that time and experience came the gradual, quiet gaining of confidence. Because he's been doing all this for such a long time that not only the ability but the knowledge of having that ability has sunk deep into his bones. The ability to look at a task and know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he's capable of doing it and more.

Shang Qinghua still flusters and laughs and complains and grumbles and thirsts (oh how he thirsts), but instead of a basis of fear that he'll be overwhelmed and crushed beneath the demand, it's on a basis of 'if push comes to shove, he's up to the job.'

It takes him a little bit to notice this change in himself and, once he does, I think he goes and cries a little bit. Because his human memories are the predominant ones at the moment, so it's a strange, shocky sort of relief to suddenly realize that "Oh. I really am good enough. I've always been good enough. I don't have to be afraid that I'm not anymore."

In contrast, I think the thing he has the most fun with is that now, if one of his martial siblings is being a pain about budgets or something, he can go, "You know what, maybe I should just go back to Heaven and let you deal with all this! I could be eating celestial melon seeds right now while writing wildly self-indulgent danmei between organizing my files, but instead I'm down here, dealing with the fact that you can't manage a simple monthly budget! Because, you know, one of these things sounds a whole lot more fun than the other-!!!"

And then his martial siblings get to go, "You know what, on second thought I was being unreasonable, maybe I should see if there's something else I could do to fix this problem instead of just trying to make you fix it..."

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #moshang #mobei jun #shang qinghua

[greentrickster]

Starting a new thread for the Great God Airplane AU (on the usual grounds (ie the original thread was getting Long)), because I've got more to say about it, because I'm me.

Was thinking about how having access to his god!memories would potentially effect Shang Qinghua, and I'm a little surprised to find that I don't think it'd make much difference, at least in this AU. I think the main, most noticeable change would honestly be that he's a lot calmer afterwards. The surprising part is that this isn't because he's not afraid of getting hurt or because he's got OP god powers or anything now, but simply because of how long he's been doing all this.

Like, one of the key features of Airplane's lives seems to be that he's always kinda hanging on by his fingernails when it comes to surviving, keeping up, managing to get by. He's busy busy busy all the time, and as a result of this he's not really aware of how impressive any of the stuff he does really is, because he's never had the time to really sit back and internalize it.

But that's what he finally got when he arrived in this world as a newly divine being with a perfect memory of both everything he'd written and his original outline, and only the instructions 'create it the way you wanted it to be.'

And he did.

He spent years upon decades upon centuries slowly, carefully crafting his world from the ground up, putting as much or as little thought into every single piece as he wanted to, no rush, no deadline, no obligations to anyone or anything but himself. The ability to lose himself in the pleasure of creation, consequence-free, the time to step back and take in everything he's made so far. Anything he needs, anything he wants, he can have, he can make, from snacks to assistants to handle the details he doesn't want to do but which the world needs in order to function, and in order to hold the story he wants it to tell.

And with all that time and experience came the gradual, quiet gaining of confidence. Because he's been doing all this for such a long time that not only the ability but the knowledge of having that ability has sunk deep into his bones. The ability to look at a task and know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he's capable of doing it and more.

Shang Qinghua still flusters and laughs and complains and grumbles and thirsts (oh how he thirsts), but instead of a basis of fear that he'll be overwhelmed and crushed beneath the demand, it's on a basis of 'if push comes to shove, he's up to the job.'

It takes him a little bit to notice this change in himself and, once he does, I think he goes and cries a little bit. Because his human memories are the predominant ones at the moment, so it's a strange, shocky sort of relief to suddenly realize that "Oh. I really am good enough. I've always been good enough. I don't have to be afraid that I'm not anymore."

In contrast, I think the thing he has the most fun with is that now, if one of his martial siblings is being a pain about budgets or something, he can go, "You know what, maybe I should just go back to Heaven and let you deal with all this! I could be eating celestial melon seeds right now while writing wildly self-indulgent danmei between organizing my files, but instead I'm down here, dealing with the fact that you can't manage a simple monthly budget! Because, you know, one of these things sounds a whole lot more fun than the other-!!!"

And then his martial siblings get to go, "You know what, on second thought I was being unreasonable, maybe I should see if there's something else I could do to fix this problem instead of just trying to make you fix it..."

#svsss #shang qinghua #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #sad scared hamster man realizes that he has in fact been Kenough all along

[greentrickster]

For all my followers who find it easier to read my insane AUs over on AO3 than here on tumblr... good news, the creator-god!Airplane AU is now archived on AO3! Yay! ^U^

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #shang qinghua #great god airplane #shen qingqiu #fanfiction

[greentrickster]

Me: ...welp, I've gotten Callyn's omni-crafting-and-gathering all the way up to level 70 in everything, which is as high as I can go in the free trial. Time to-

Blue: Buy the game?

Me: No, still too much stuff to do on the free trial, not worth it yet. So it's time to-

Blue: Finish off the last couple post-Heavensward arcs and start Stormblood?

Me: -start making my secondary FFXIV character a fully-leveled omni-crafter-and-gathered!

Blue: Wait-

Me: (pulling up Albert) Secondary omni-crafter-and-gatherer!

Blue: No-!

Me: (heading off to do my Grand Company delivery dailies then start on the Ixal questline for more crafting dailies) Secondary omni-crafter-and-gatherer!!!

Blue: Why are you like this, just play the game-??!

#he actually doesn't care how I play as long as I'm having fun #but he does think I'm insane for doing this #afternoon reblog

[greentrickster]

@cullen-blue23 YQY is still going to have a Xiao-Jiu-is-a-god-now-holy-shit freak out tho. It’s inevitable

Oh yes, naturally, I would never dream to imply otherwise! Only that I'm a super soft touch, so it's not a realization that's going to lead to angst or unhealthy habits. ;)

@cullen-blue23 Wait hold up how did MOBEI react to the fact his husband is not only a god, but the damn CREATOR?? He’s definitely going to rub it in a lot of demons faces…

Honestly? I don't think Shang Qinghua could get much better in Mobei-jun's eyes than he already considered him before all this came out, that demon may be emotionally incompetent but he's also besotted. And that Shang Qinghua's going to be the one to brooch the subject, only to get a "Qinghua is Qinghua, and he will always be welcome in this king's home."

To which Airplane stares at him a moment, blinks, and then just blurts out, "Marry me."

Mobei-jun: Yes. (and then, adding what he now realizes must have been a sacred phrase all this time) No take-backies.

@linya333 #Maniacal laughter #OMG I love this so much #Like I can't even #Not sure what this makes sqq #But he's still gods greatest critic #Just imagining airplane getting his memories back and frantically trying to pretend he didn't #Or whinging no I am on! Vacation! Got figure it out yourself! #only to of course to sort things out because this man really doesn't know how to leave things alone #Also just imagining everyone's reactions

^U^ Yee~ thanks! And I'm not sure what it makes Shen Yuan either, but there's probably gonna be a place for him in Heaven once he gets there, because bros stick together! Though he may never fully recover from learning that not only did this pathetic, sell-out hamster invent everything in this world, he really is the main god of it all.

XD XD XD You're so incredibly right! Airplane's first act, upon fully getting his memories back, is probably going to be his old stand-by - fainting. When in doubt, faint your way out. Then trying to feign his own bout of amnesia when he wakes up, he knows none of you, what is this place, only for Qi Qingqi to go, "Oh, so this means I can have a bigger budget for uniforms?" and Shang Qinghua shuts her down like a shot because he's told her a million times that no, her peak does not need- oh. Oh damn.

Caught.

Not only caught, but now all the peak lords have to live with the knowledge that not only is Shang shidi one of the most important people in the world, he still tried to faint his way out of having to deal with it all. This is the world they live in, and Shang shidi is in charge of it.

The heavenly official, meanwhile, is unbothered, because this is normal behaviour, the Creator has always been like this, it's fine, he's just playing, offer him snacks and he'll get up, do the work of ten officials in two minutes, and then get back to his vacation like it was never interrupted, it's fine!

SVSSS AU set post-canon, the peak lords are having a meeting, business as usual, right up until a heavenly official manifests smack dab in the middle of it. Said official takes one look around, spots Shang Qinghua, and basically falls into a perfect kowtow in front of him while being a level of distraughtly sticky that would make Luo Binghe proud.

"Your excellency, we know you wanted to oversee this section of history, we know it's your holiday, but we need you back, please, no one can figure out your filing system-!!!"

There is an absolutely reasonable amount of pandemonium from ten of the remaining peak lords, Shen Yuan is feigning indifference while also paying razor-edged attention because 'dammit, Airplane, what did you do now', and Shang Qinghua is desperately trying to figure out how to get this god to stop crying and hugging his ankles while babbling about paperwork. Once everyone has calmed down enough, it's revealed that Shang Qinghua, on top of being Shang Qinghua, really is the creator-god of this world and his current human incarnation is the equivalent of a sabbatical to watch some really interesting current events.

Now, the thing is? Airplane is still very much Airplane, all that's true. The part where it gets complicated is that he really is also this world's creator-god, divine powers and all, and he arrived much earlier than the 40+ years ago he thought he had. He has, in fact, been here for most of the world's history, managing the logistics of things to keep them running relatively smoothly the whole time. Except then he realized, "Hey, we're getting close to the era of the Plot, I wanna see that and maybe fix it some!" So he sealed his own memories from between his death and his arrival in this world and incarnated himself as Shang Qinghua specifically so he'd get a chance to meet his favorite character.

The real kicker is, the System? Yeah, there's a reason it has such a modern-tech interface and sounds so Google translate and stuff.

Because Airplane made that, too. Primarily because, while it's been awhile and he doesn't fully remember how he was as a human, he does remember his tendencies to try and wriggle out of stuff, and even now he prefers a comfy life with a not unreasonable amount of delegation, so he decided to give himself a little something to keep himself on-task.

He did not mean to make the damn thing so mean, that was an oops on his part.

While Airplane is reeling with all the headache that is gaining a few thousand extra years of memories while still remaining primarily himself, one of the peak lords asks if the official is certain they have the right person.

They get a derisive sneer for their efforts. "Of course it's his excellency, you think a normal man could run the logistics for a great sect, the Northern realm, and a portion of the Demon Emperor's court, even without having a writing career and social life on the side? Besides, he's the only one we've found who takes notes in his excellency's secret language." And they point dramatically to where Airplane's scribbled some pinyin in the margins of his paperwork.

Airplane can feel Cumcumber-bro's judgement from across the room. On the plus side, his memories of being a god included how to power down the System, so that's something at least, right?

Right?

...

...he needs to go stick his face in his king's chest and cry for a little, he can just feel his workload increasing...

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #shang qinghua #mobei jun #cullen blue23 #linya333 #long post

[greentrickster]

@cullen-blue23 Uh oh. Is it safe to let Yue Qingyuan find out Xiao Jiu became a god? On one hand it means hooray! His Xiao Jiu is alive and thriving! …but on the other hand YQY could potentially develop a mildly unhealthy obsession with worship

I mean... safe or not, the guy finds out pretty dang quick, on the grounds that Airplane doesn't know that this is what happened to Shen Jiu either - creator god he may be, but he's not omniscient. And he definitely asks how he got found, and his underling (and ah-haha, this high-ranking heavenly official is actually his underling, all of Heaven are his underlings, my King, my King please, this humble servant needs a pillow to hide in, please lend your chest to the cause...) naturally tells them all what's what. It's something of a perfect storm, really.

It's also such a strange, unsettling discovery for the everyone. That the man they've known as Shen Qingqiu for the past decade or so is in fact a stranger from another world, one who was brought to this world to unknowingly help save it. That Shen Qingqiu, jealous, grasping, cruel She Qingqiu, gave up everything that was his, everything he guarded so jealously, even his name, even his identity, for the sake of everyone else. He didn't even know he'd get anything particularly good in return, only that his sacrifice would not be overlooked. Cheap and worthless words to someone like Shen Qingqiu but, for all that he often hates them, for all that they hate him, he doesn't want to see his martial siblings destroyed, nor harm come to his disciples.

So he agreed, fell into his final qi deviation, and awoke as Heaven's newest member.

As for Yue Qingyuan developing an unhealthy obsession with worship, well... that's assuming that Shen Jiu is the sort of god you can find amongst temples and trappings. Perhaps even that he hasn't been as busy these past years as anyone in the main cast.

Because a rumour started, you see, a bit more than ten years ago. Whispers among people bitter and desperate and beaten, but not yet broken. Rumours of a new god - or maybe he's a ghost? He doesn't act much like either, and he has no interest in growing a wide following, certainly not amongst the rich masters or the righteous sects, and he won't find you, no matter how you call. If you're willing to risk it all, then run. Run from whatever's trapping you, beating you, from the gutter and the masters and everything you know. You have to keep going, he won't come to you, down the first road, then the next, and the next after that, until you reach him, the God of the Ninth Road, in his temple that is everywhere and nowhere. He's a tall man, beautiful, with cruel eyes, and he'll offer you his hand.

Ignore all the warning signs.

Take his hand.

Because if you do, the ones who would hunt you, who would drag you back... they'll never catch you, they'll never find you, and the ninth road will lead you someplace better than before.

(I like the idea of Shen Jiu becoming something between a god and a ghost story, for all that he really is a heavenly official, I think it suits him. And it feels right that while he'll help people trapped in terrible situations escape them, he's still the sort who makes you prove that you're willing to put in the effort, since there's no point in waiting around to be saved.)

(Though he is a very young god still; who knows, perhaps he'll grow a little kinder as time goes on and he has a chance to heal from his own wounds some more. But, in the meantime, at least he will offer the other Little Nines of the world a better hand to grasp than one such as Wu Yanzi's, should they dare to try for something better than anyone has ever told them they can have.)

(And perhaps that day might come a little faster with some help from the Creator-god and the man Shen Jiu gave everything to for the sake of the world (because bullying your sect leader is okay when it's to clear up tragic backstories).)

SVSSS AU set post-canon, the peak lords are having a meeting, business as usual, right up until a heavenly official manifests smack dab in the middle of it. Said official takes one look around, spots Shang Qinghua, and basically falls into a perfect kowtow in front of him while being a level of distraughtly sticky that would make Luo Binghe proud.

"Your excellency, we know you wanted to oversee this section of history, we know it's your holiday, but we need you back, please, no one can figure out your filing system-!!!"

There is an absolutely reasonable amount of pandemonium from ten of the remaining peak lords, Shen Yuan is feigning indifference while also paying razor-edged attention because 'dammit, Airplane, what did you do now', and Shang Qinghua is desperately trying to figure out how to get this god to stop crying and hugging his ankles while babbling about paperwork. Once everyone has calmed down enough, it's revealed that Shang Qinghua, on top of being Shang Qinghua, really is the creator-god of this world and his current human incarnation is the equivalent of a sabbatical to watch some really interesting current events.

Now, the thing is? Airplane is still very much Airplane, all that's true. The part where it gets complicated is that he really is also this world's creator-god, divine powers and all, and he arrived much earlier than the 40+ years ago he thought he had. He has, in fact, been here for most of the world's history, managing the logistics of things to keep them running relatively smoothly the whole time. Except then he realized, "Hey, we're getting close to the era of the Plot, I wanna see that and maybe fix it some!" So he sealed his own memories from between his death and his arrival in this world and incarnated himself as Shang Qinghua specifically so he'd get a chance to meet his favorite character.

The real kicker is, the System? Yeah, there's a reason it has such a modern-tech interface and sounds so Google translate and stuff.

Because Airplane made that, too. Primarily because, while it's been awhile and he doesn't fully remember how he was as a human, he does remember his tendencies to try and wriggle out of stuff, and even now he prefers a comfy life with a not unreasonable amount of delegation, so he decided to give himself a little something to keep himself on-task.

He did not mean to make the damn thing so mean, that was an oops on his part.

While Airplane is reeling with all the headache that is gaining a few thousand extra years of memories while still remaining primarily himself, one of the peak lords asks if the official is certain they have the right person.

They get a derisive sneer for their efforts. "Of course it's his excellency, you think a normal man could run the logistics for a great sect, the Northern realm, and a portion of the Demon Emperor's court, even without having a writing career and social life on the side? Besides, he's the only one we've found who takes notes in his excellency's secret language." And they point dramatically to where Airplane's scribbled some pinyin in the margins of his paperwork.

Airplane can feel Cumcumber-bro's judgement from across the room. On the plus side, his memories of being a god included how to power down the System, so that's something at least, right?

Right?

...

...he needs to go stick his face in his king's chest and cry for a little, he can just feel his workload increasing...

#shang qinghua #shen yuan #svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #shen qingqiu #shen jiu #yue qingyuan #cullen blue23

[greentrickster]

Me: ...welp, I've gotten Callyn's omni-crafting-and-gathering all the way up to level 70 in everything, which is as high as I can go in the free trial. Time to-

Blue: Buy the game?

Me: No, still too much stuff to do on the free trial, not worth it yet. So it's time to-

Blue: Finish off the last couple post-Heavensward arcs and start Stormblood?

Me: -start making my secondary FFXIV character a fully-leveled omni-crafter-and-gathered!

Blue: Wait-

Me: (pulling up Albert) Secondary omni-crafter-and-gatherer!

Blue: No-!

Me: (heading off to do my Grand Company delivery dailies then start on the Ixal questline for more crafting dailies) Secondary omni-crafter-and-gatherer!!!

Blue: Why are you like this, just play the game-??!

#my life #ffxiv #omnicrafter #finally a fantasy barding #my friend blue #he actually doesn't care how I play as long as I'm having fun #but he does think I'm insane for doing this

[greentrickster]

@mr-k-chan Rip, now he’s just going back to ore bureaucracy. How does SQQ factor in all of this?

The greatest irony of Airplane's life is that it's logistics all the way down. On the plus side, he's now got a few thousand years worth of memories involving slowly creating every single one of those systems himself and adjusting with them as they grew in complexity. There's a reason this official interrupted the big boss's vacation, Airplane is literally the only person in existence who can understand his filing systems in their totality.

On the plus side, it's all also second nature to him at this point, which is why he felt confident enough to leave it in the rest of Heaven's hands for a few hundred years while he went to mess around on Earth. So on the one hand, yes, potentially a lot more work, but on the other hand the work he already had just got a lot easier.

As for Shen Qingqiu... that's also on Airplane, in a way he himself didn't expect. While he changed a lot during his time running this world, he maintained enough of his original self (and a certain level of imposter syndrome) to be concerned that, you know... he might not be able to fix the mess the world becomes via Binghe and Binghe's Everything on his own as a human. And like... he wants to get to see this all first hand, but he also very much wants to prevent the merger of the realms and create a better ending for everyone, now that this world is real and full of real people, you know?

So to that end he added a little fail-safe back-up System, set to trigger if the 'story' got far enough along without Airplane being able to have any tangible effect on its canon trajectory. If this happened, the secondary System would find two people - one from Airplane's original world and one from his current world. One who cared enough about his world that they'd be able to blend in and do whatever it took to make a 'better story,' and one who was willing to give up their place in this world to allow the new person in to help save it.

In all honesty, Airplane was kinda expecting one of his more devoted readers to show up, and for the person willing to make the sacrifice to either be Liu Qingge (since he was slated for death originally anyway) or some background character or something.

He was not expecting Shen Yuan and Shen Qingqiu to be the ones who stepped up to the plate, but that's part of what makes life interesting, isn't it?

As for what happened to the OG!Shen Qingqiu... well you can't just ask someone to be willing to give up everything to save the world without giving them something nice in return, right? Which is to say that the crying heavenly official knew where to look for Airplane in the first place because one of Heaven's newest officials got a look at an official document and mentioned that the notes in the margins looked surprisingly similar to ones he's seen one of his shidis write in the margins of his papers. ;)

SVSSS AU set post-canon, the peak lords are having a meeting, business as usual, right up until a heavenly official manifests smack dab in the middle of it. Said official takes one look around, spots Shang Qinghua, and basically falls into a perfect kowtow in front of him while being a level of distraughtly sticky that would make Luo Binghe proud.

"Your excellency, we know you wanted to oversee this section of history, we know it's your holiday, but we need you back, please, no one can figure out your filing system-!!!"

There is an absolutely reasonable amount of pandemonium from ten of the remaining peak lords, Shen Yuan is feigning indifference while also paying razor-edged attention because 'dammit, Airplane, what did you do now', and Shang Qinghua is desperately trying to figure out how to get this god to stop crying and hugging his ankles while babbling about paperwork. Once everyone has calmed down enough, it's revealed that Shang Qinghua, on top of being Shang Qinghua, really is the creator-god of this world and his current human incarnation is the equivalent of a sabbatical to watch some really interesting current events.

Now, the thing is? Airplane is still very much Airplane, all that's true. The part where it gets complicated is that he really is also this world's creator-god, divine powers and all, and he arrived much earlier than the 40+ years ago he thought he had. He has, in fact, been here for most of the world's history, managing the logistics of things to keep them running relatively smoothly the whole time. Except then he realized, "Hey, we're getting close to the era of the Plot, I wanna see that and maybe fix it some!" So he sealed his own memories from between his death and his arrival in this world and incarnated himself as Shang Qinghua specifically so he'd get a chance to meet his favorite character.

The real kicker is, the System? Yeah, there's a reason it has such a modern-tech interface and sounds so Google translate and stuff.

Because Airplane made that, too. Primarily because, while it's been awhile and he doesn't fully remember how he was as a human, he does remember his tendencies to try and wriggle out of stuff, and even now he prefers a comfy life with a not unreasonable amount of delegation, so he decided to give himself a little something to keep himself on-task.

He did not mean to make the damn thing so mean, that was an oops on his part.

While Airplane is reeling with all the headache that is gaining a few thousand extra years of memories while still remaining primarily himself, one of the peak lords asks if the official is certain they have the right person.

They get a derisive sneer for their efforts. "Of course it's his excellency, you think a normal man could run the logistics for a great sect, the Northern realm, and a portion of the Demon Emperor's court, even without having a writing career and social life on the side? Besides, he's the only one we've found who takes notes in his excellency's secret language." And they point dramatically to where Airplane's scribbled some pinyin in the margins of his paperwork.

Airplane can feel Cumcumber-bro's judgement from across the room. On the plus side, his memories of being a god included how to power down the System, so that's something at least, right?

Right?

...

...he needs to go stick his face in his king's chest and cry for a little, he can just feel his workload increasing...

#shang qinghua #shen yuan #svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #mr k chan

[greentrickster]

SVSSS AU set post-canon, the peak lords are having a meeting, business as usual, right up until a heavenly official manifests smack dab in the middle of it. Said official takes one look around, spots Shang Qinghua, and basically falls into a perfect kowtow in front of him while being a level of distraughtly sticky that would make Luo Binghe proud.

"Your excellency, we know you wanted to oversee this section of history, we know it's your holiday, but we need you back, please, no one can figure out your filing system-!!!"

There is an absolutely reasonable amount of pandemonium from ten of the remaining peak lords, Shen Yuan is feigning indifference while also paying razor-edged attention because 'dammit, Airplane, what did you do now', and Shang Qinghua is desperately trying to figure out how to get this god to stop crying and hugging his ankles while babbling about paperwork. Once everyone has calmed down enough, it's revealed that Shang Qinghua, on top of being Shang Qinghua, really is the creator-god of this world and his current human incarnation is the equivalent of a sabbatical to watch some really interesting current events.

Now, the thing is? Airplane is still very much Airplane, all that's true. The part where it gets complicated is that he really is also this world's creator-god, divine powers and all, and he arrived much earlier than the 40+ years ago he thought he had. He has, in fact, been here for most of the world's history, managing the logistics of things to keep them running relatively smoothly the whole time. Except then he realized, "Hey, we're getting close to the era of the Plot, I wanna see that and maybe fix it some!" So he sealed his own memories from between his death and his arrival in this world and incarnated himself as Shang Qinghua specifically so he'd get a chance to meet his favorite character.

The real kicker is, the System? Yeah, there's a reason it has such a modern-tech interface and sounds so Google translate and stuff.

Because Airplane made that, too. Primarily because, while it's been awhile and he doesn't fully remember how he was as a human, he does remember his tendencies to try and wriggle out of stuff, and even now he prefers a comfy life with a not unreasonable amount of delegation, so he decided to give himself a little something to keep himself on-task.

He did not mean to make the damn thing so mean, that was an oops on his part.

While Airplane is reeling with all the headache that is gaining a few thousand extra years of memories while still remaining primarily himself, one of the peak lords asks if the official is certain they have the right person.

They get a derisive sneer for their efforts. "Of course it's his excellency, you think a normal man could run the logistics for a great sect, the Northern realm, and a portion of the Demon Emperor's court, even without having a writing career and social life on the side? Besides, he's the only one we've found who takes notes in his excellency's secret language." And they point dramatically to where Airplane's scribbled some pinyin in the margins of his paperwork.

Airplane can feel Cumcumber-bro's judgement from across the room. On the plus side, his memories of being a god included how to power down the System, so that's something at least, right?

Right?

...

...he needs to go stick his face in his king's chest and cry for a little, he can just feel his workload increasing...

#shang qinghua #shen yuan #svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane

[greentrickster]

And then I finally remembered to share some pictures of plague mages I've made with y'all! Sorry, that only took well over a month! ^_^U

In any case, they're made mostly the same way as my regular mage plushies, but with a different hood shape, and the plague doctor mask instead of safety eyes. The mask and this hood shape aren't my own pattern, they're from one of CholyKnight's patterns (specifically their adorable plague doctor) on etsy, and they're okay with people selling plushies made from their patterns as long as it's not being done in a factory and they're credited as being the one who made the pattern.

#my life #my mages #plushie making

[greentrickster]

Okay, so, been reading some good scumplane (OG!Shen Qingqiu/Airplane) lately, because in this house we support Airplane being loved by terrifying/terrifyingly hot men, but also, like... I do love Moshang just so so much as a ship.

And all this has awoken a mighty need in me.

A need for a Moshangjiu fic with scumplane getting established first and then bringing our favorite popsicle in on things.

Anyway, scenario! Shen Qingqiu starts noticing Shang Qinghua when they're disciples via the classic scenario of being smart enough to realize something is fishy about SQH being the only survivor of a demon attack, begins paying attention to his most anxious shidi, accidentally shows his most anxious shidi the simplest of Human Kindness, accidentally becomes shidi's favorite shixiong, accidentally becomes friends with shidi, accidentally catches feelings. Continues being a Sneaky Bastard in order to figure out what shidi is up to (and now also to confirm shidi is single).

Ah, shidi is entangled with an Ice Demon. This shixiong will make use of his scholarly peak's library to learn all and then decide to- wait. Wait, it's super violent by human standards, but is it- is this demon attempting to... court shidi?

...

Not if SQQ dates him first he's not!!!

There follows a whirlwind romance between SQQ and SQH where no one really knows what's going on, especially the two involved, it involves a lot of shit talking about everyone else in their lives, snacks, and accidental trauma bonding.

Also Airplane being Airplane and accidentally spilling that not only is he also kinda crushing (bad) on Mobei-jun, but also Mobei-jun's entire backstory and please, shixiong, I know it all looks bad but this shidi's house is literally the only place in the world it's completely safe for his king to sleep, everyone deserves to sleep without having to worry about their relatives murdering them for things that aren't their fault from time to time, right, shixiong???

Shen Qingqiu: ...goddammit, the demon's a fellow sad little meow meow. (only not in these exact words because he doesn't know these phrases, naturally)

In a wild, bold, and - dare I say it - shockingly sexy convolution of thought processes and ideas, SQQ manages to finagle SQH into letting him meet with MBJ (SQH nearly has a heart attack three times in the process but it's fine, it's cool, this is his life, this may as well happen, it's fine-).

SQQ: It has come to my attention that my shidi is spying for you on our sect.

MBJ: (glowering at SQH, who is cowering behind shixiong wondering how he got talked into all this)

SQQ: However it also appears that this is merely a cover story and the only thing you really do is use his room to nap. And also that you are quite fond of him.

SQH: (This is it, this is how I die. Again.)

MBJ: (...if I stare straight ahead and don't change my expression, no one will be able to tell that he's right)

SQQ: So anyway I think you should join Cang Qiong Mountain Sect.

MBJ: (gears grinding)

SQH: (squawking splutters of protest and confusion)

SQQ: (who speaks panicking!SQH at this point) Stop that, it's perfectly reasonable. He has the head disciple of our logistics peak under his thumb, it would be the simplest thing in the world for him to have you throw the sect into absolute chaos without even trying, then organize an attack, swoop in, and crush us all. He could have done it years ago, but he never has, he never even seems to initiate anything. I don't think he even cares about taking the Northern Throne, I think he's just incompetent about wanting to spend time with you. So he might as well just lie low until our shizuns ascend and then I'll take him on as a disciple on Qing Jing and you two can stop sneaking around like idiots.

MBJ: >8O

SQQ: Are you actually opposed?

MBJ: (folds arms and looks away sulkily, because like... it's true but you don't have to say it like that)

SQH: 8O ...reverse uno...

SQQ: What?

SQH: You're reverse unoing my blorbo!

SQQ: Quit making up word-

SQQ cannot continue because the System just presented the option to accept this potential new plot line (even if it does have the rather confusing title of 'Shidi Has Two Hands'), and holy shit, Mobei-jun seems to be potentially down for it, holy shit, apparently Mobei-jun actually likes me, holy shit, SQQ may have just solved all my problems-?!? This is great, this is fantastic, this is the best day of my life, this- is a long time I'm being allowed to be myself about all this, why is Shen shixiong not interrupting...?

Ah.

It is because I am kissing him full on the lips.

Cool cool cool.

At least I'm gonna die on a high note.

SQQ: O///O o_o (ahem) Shidi's- shidi's a really bad kisser.

SQH: Ah-haha, I can explain-

SQQ: We should work on that. Later.

SQH: (BEST DAY OF BOTH MY LIVES!!!)

MBJ: (I... did not actually hate watching that. Hm.)

Anyway, he agrees to the plan, SQQ and SQH start dating, some more time passes, the previous generation of peak lords ascend, the new generation take their places, and a week later Mobei-jun is an outer disciple of Qing Jing Peak.

The other peak lords are not amused, Qingqiu that is a demon, no.

SQQ: So what I'm hearing is that whole 'Cang Qiong will accept anyone from anywhere' philosophy was a lie then?

He's a demon!

SQQ: Children can't help where they're born. Now if you'll excuse me, I have classes to teach.

First lesson of the day is SQH and SQQ are a package deal, take it or leave it. Second lesson is no canoodling with Shang Shibo until you've finished with lessons and chores for the day. Third lesson is if you see any Bai Zhan disciples hassling our peak's disciples you can break their swords. Just snap 'em in half. Throw them off the peak. Don't kill them, but do make them cry.

SQH, meanwhile, has now seen MBJ in an outer disciple uniform and had a whole bunch of new awakenings on top of all the other things he already knew about himself.

And, in a twist of dramatic irony... Qing Jing's first disciple to ever have demonic heritage decides the dorms are a no-go after one night because, to him, they are broiling hot, how can anyone sleep in this heat, and chooses to go sleep in the wood shed instead.

#next day reblog #long post

[greentrickster]

Also, Mobei-jun is going to Qing Jing instead of An Ding for two reasons.

Let's be real, Mobei-jun is not suited for logistics. Even beyond the fact that seeing his perfect man in disciple robes will completely ax Airplane's ability to do any work whatsoever, don't put this ice man in charge of math and supply stuff, we all know that won't end well.

I am fully certain that Mobei-jun's never gotten a chance to actually, you know, do art stuff before. He's probably been exposed to painting, music, fine calligraphy, tactical games, and the like, but I doubt he ever had a chance to do anything but the tactical games. This guy has been fighting for his life since he was Smol, let him play with the paints and be painfully average at the guqin.

Seriously, let him learn to make stuff for once. And then let him start presenting the stuff he's made to Shang Qinghua, because I fully believe this guy's love languages are gifting and services, and he's just been given a bunch of new avenues to attempt these things with since the demonic courting wasn't working and Shang Qinghua still won't tell him what he wants from Mobei-jun other than to be his follower, well haha, now Mobei-jun's the follower and Shang Qinghua and Shen Qingqiu are in charge, he has to tell Mobei-jun what he wants from him now-!!!

Shang Qinghua does not tell Mobei-jun what he wants from him now because he's not Mobei-jun's shizun, Shen Qingqiu is. He is therefore instead the recipient of lot of extremely beginner-work art and embroidery, including a rudimentary but recognizable painting of An Ding. Which is like... my king you can't do this to your poor servant, no one ever paints An Ding-!!!

Shen Qingqiu continues to watch all this and snicker at his boyfriend and his boyfriend's suitor being incompetent with each other, right up until he's gifted a fan with a very basic design of bamboo and snowflakes. Because Shen Qingqiu was the one who said that he and Shang Qinghua were a package deal, take it or leave it.

...

It's completely amateurish, the balance is all off, the wood doesn't match the silk, no you can't have it back it's Shen Qingqiu's now, no take-backises, fuck you.

Okay, so, been reading some good scumplane (OG!Shen Qingqiu/Airplane) lately, because in this house we support Airplane being loved by terrifying/terrifyingly hot men, but also, like... I do love Moshang just so so much as a ship.

And all this has awoken a mighty need in me.

A need for a Moshangjiu fic with scumplane getting established first and then bringing our favorite popsicle in on things.

Anyway, scenario! Shen Qingqiu starts noticing Shang Qinghua when they're disciples via the classic scenario of being smart enough to realize something is fishy about SQH being the only survivor of a demon attack, begins paying attention to his most anxious shidi, accidentally shows his most anxious shidi the simplest of Human Kindness, accidentally becomes shidi's favorite shixiong, accidentally becomes friends with shidi, accidentally catches feelings. Continues being a Sneaky Bastard in order to figure out what shidi is up to (and now also to confirm shidi is single).

Ah, shidi is entangled with an Ice Demon. This shixiong will make use of his scholarly peak's library to learn all and then decide to- wait. Wait, it's super violent by human standards, but is it- is this demon attempting to... court shidi?

...

Not if SQQ dates him first he's not!!!

There follows a whirlwind romance between SQQ and SQH where no one really knows what's going on, especially the two involved, it involves a lot of shit talking about everyone else in their lives, snacks, and accidental trauma bonding.

Also Airplane being Airplane and accidentally spilling that not only is he also kinda crushing (bad) on Mobei-jun, but also Mobei-jun's entire backstory and please, shixiong, I know it all looks bad but this shidi's house is literally the only place in the world it's completely safe for his king to sleep, everyone deserves to sleep without having to worry about their relatives murdering them for things that aren't their fault from time to time, right, shixiong???

Shen Qingqiu: ...goddammit, the demon's a fellow sad little meow meow. (only not in these exact words because he doesn't know these phrases, naturally)

In a wild, bold, and - dare I say it - shockingly sexy convolution of thought processes and ideas, SQQ manages to finagle SQH into letting him meet with MBJ (SQH nearly has a heart attack three times in the process but it's fine, it's cool, this is his life, this may as well happen, it's fine-).

SQQ: It has come to my attention that my shidi is spying for you on our sect.

MBJ: (glowering at SQH, who is cowering behind shixiong wondering how he got talked into all this)

SQQ: However it also appears that this is merely a cover story and the only thing you really do is use his room to nap. And also that you are quite fond of him.

SQH: (This is it, this is how I die. Again.)

MBJ: (...if I stare straight ahead and don't change my expression, no one will be able to tell that he's right)

SQQ: So anyway I think you should join Cang Qiong Mountain Sect.

MBJ: (gears grinding)

SQH: (squawking splutters of protest and confusion)

SQQ: (who speaks panicking!SQH at this point) Stop that, it's perfectly reasonable. He has the head disciple of our logistics peak under his thumb, it would be the simplest thing in the world for him to have you throw the sect into absolute chaos without even trying, then organize an attack, swoop in, and crush us all. He could have done it years ago, but he never has, he never even seems to initiate anything. I don't think he even cares about taking the Northern Throne, I think he's just incompetent about wanting to spend time with you. So he might as well just lie low until our shizuns ascend and then I'll take him on as a disciple on Qing Jing and you two can stop sneaking around like idiots.

MBJ: >8O

SQQ: Are you actually opposed?

MBJ: (folds arms and looks away sulkily, because like... it's true but you don't have to say it like that)

SQH: 8O ...reverse uno...

SQQ: What?

SQH: You're reverse unoing my blorbo!

SQQ: Quit making up word-

SQQ cannot continue because the System just presented the option to accept this potential new plot line (even if it does have the rather confusing title of 'Shidi Has Two Hands'), and holy shit, Mobei-jun seems to be potentially down for it, holy shit, apparently Mobei-jun actually likes me, holy shit, SQQ may have just solved all my problems-?!? This is great, this is fantastic, this is the best day of my life, this- is a long time I'm being allowed to be myself about all this, why is Shen shixiong not interrupting...?

Ah.

It is because I am kissing him full on the lips.

Cool cool cool.

At least I'm gonna die on a high note.

SQQ: O///O o_o (ahem) Shidi's- shidi's a really bad kisser.

SQH: Ah-haha, I can explain-

SQQ: We should work on that. Later.

SQH: (BEST DAY OF BOTH MY LIVES!!!)

MBJ: (I... did not actually hate watching that. Hm.)

Anyway, he agrees to the plan, SQQ and SQH start dating, some more time passes, the previous generation of peak lords ascend, the new generation take their places, and a week later Mobei-jun is an outer disciple of Qing Jing Peak.

The other peak lords are not amused, Qingqiu that is a demon, no.

SQQ: So what I'm hearing is that whole 'Cang Qiong will accept anyone from anywhere' philosophy was a lie then?

He's a demon!

SQQ: Children can't help where they're born. Now if you'll excuse me, I have classes to teach.

First lesson of the day is SQH and SQQ are a package deal, take it or leave it. Second lesson is no canoodling with Shang Shibo until you've finished with lessons and chores for the day. Third lesson is if you see any Bai Zhan disciples hassling our peak's disciples you can break their swords. Just snap 'em in half. Throw them off the peak. Don't kill them, but do make them cry.

SQH, meanwhile, has now seen MBJ in an outer disciple uniform and had a whole bunch of new awakenings on top of all the other things he already knew about himself.

And, in a twist of dramatic irony... Qing Jing's first disciple to ever have demonic heritage decides the dorms are a no-go after one night because, to him, they are broiling hot, how can anyone sleep in this heat, and chooses to go sleep in the wood shed instead.

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #moshang #moshangjiu #scumplane #shang qinghua #mobei jun #shen jiu #shen qingqiu #long post

[greentrickster]

It's true, that is how you can tell.

My fiancé and I started playing No Man’s Sky together tonight. I, naturally, had to do all the loving fiancée things, like dancing on the nose of his spaceship and shooting him in the back with my mining laser to see what would happen.

He named the new planet he found “This Land.” I named our base on This Land “Your Grave.”

🦕🦖 That’s how you can tell it’s love.

#couple goals #no man's sky #malkere agent malkere

[greentrickster]

@yggidee while I'm by no means an authority, I'm ass-deep in the fandom and "tinny" isn't one I've heard before. Maaaybe I've seen "Stinny". The most common nicknames I've come across are "Batman" or "Stinky"

Once again I enter a long-established fandom, bringing with me things they neither needed nor asked for.

Okay, does anyone else in the FFXIV fandom mentally refer to Estinien as 'Tinny' or is this just a me thing? I started back in ARR while I was doing the Dragoon quest line, it has persisted ever since, and now I'm just curious. I asked my friend Blue his thoughts on the matter, but he gave me a look like I was a crazy person (which, given how well he knows me? Valid).

Anyway, I'd look it up myself, but I'm trying to avoid a reasonable amount of spoilers now that Heavensward has succeeded in finally making me truly care about this world, its people, and me getting to be the one to save them, so I'm asking you all instead.

(You know I only started playing this game because 1) I was desperate for a decent MMORPG after watching Bofuri and 2) my brother-in-law to be really likes it and I wanted to have something to talk to him about (and I've seen the job stones around etsy and they looked cool). I was looking for something a bit better than Dofus, not a new personality facet!)

Also I'm by no means going to stop calling him Tinny, I just want to know whether this is going to make ladies faint if I called him that in the civilized sections of the fandom.

#my life #ffxiv #estinien wyrmblood #ffxiv estinien #yggidee