#I think SQQ’s ended up my favorite

[jade-len]

okaaaayy, so, i saw a post that i think was sort of targeted towards one of my posts talking about how "lbh was better than me bc i too would've gone bat shit insane"

"I've seen a post saying that that they understand LBH going bat-shit crazy because one guy (Shen Jiu) rejected him, and that they would've done the same."

and i would just like to say that i am in no way justifying bingge or bingmei's actions, and i think i made it pretty clear that i knew how fucked and unhinged lbh was ahaha..? though it's not just because one guy rejected him, but because of the terrible side dishes, nasty after taste, and tragedy galore!

all i was rlly doing was putting myself in lbh's shoes. in my post, i was saying how if i was thoroughly bullied and alone throughout my whole life and then was randomly taken cared of by someone and proceeded to fall completely in love with them, and then out of nowhere they turned a complete 180 and pretty much told me to fuck myself bc of my race and pushed me down into literal hell, i think i would've gone crazy! absolutely bonkers. then that person kept running away from me when i'm just trying to talk to them? i don't know how my mental health would be able to take that! the post was more placed in a joke-y manner, but i do think that i would've done the same if that was my situation. is that okay? hell to the fucking no, i'd be horrified of myself if i were to see me doing that no matter the reason. the same goes for the og, the pidw binghe's situation

and really, the same goes for sj as well. if throughout my whole life i was on the streets and then a slave and beaten etc... shit, i probably would've turned out just like him. it doesn't make it right, and i'm not justifying it, but i'm placing myself in the characters' shoes and understanding how they came to be such a way

so, i was pretty much saying that i understood luo binghe, though in no way did i mean to excuse his actions. but i understand that it sounded like i was justifying it, so i can 100% see that now looking back which i am completely at fault for. and, i for one also dislike it when people try to downplay luo binghe's actions or justify what he did

"by your logic, can we excuse serial killers going on a rampage because the person they liked refused them?" no, absolutely not. and no, i wouldn't be okay with a crazy bastard taking it out on someone i cherish for a stupid reason. i wouldn't be okay with someone taking it out on anyone for any reason. there is a line between reality and fiction that i do not cross, and even in fiction i can very thoroughly recognize the fucked up side of my favorite characters

lbh's fucked and definitely a little more than unhinged, and i don't truly think that he's a completely good or even bad person, but i do appreciate that (at least, to me) he seems to try to become a better one after all of that at the end of the series and recognizes that he can't own sqq

and, hey, sj is one of my favorite characters! i enjoy how mxtx made the svsss characters be fucked in some degree. like how lqg thinks just beating up his disciples is a valid teaching method. i enjoy stories with characters who aren't necessarily "good" or "bad" only. moral ambiguity with characters is so interesting!

i really don't think that we should be putting lbh stans and sj stans against each other because, well, there will always be people on both sides who justify the characters' actions. it's not just one side is doing this and the other side isn't doing that, ykwim? and this isn't even just about lbh and sj when we think about it, it's how some people perceive characters who are morally questionable and don't truly look at all sides of the character! the bad, the good, and the ugly

i love sj and lbh, i love my characters with ambiguous morals, and i love that i can put myself in their shoes and see where they're coming from/why they're the way they are no matter how delightfully screwed it is. especially bingge, he's a deliciously tragic and horrible person

so, if i were to believe that lbh's (or tbh any svsss's characters') actions were okay and justified, and also proceeded to believe so if it took place in real life, then there "might" just be something wrong with me

#this is not meant to attack the other poster! i just wanted to explain myself and give some thoughts #sorry if this post was a little messy lol #hey if it wasnt targeted towards me then im sorry about that but i think this still stands #also i think the difference between lqg and sj's teaching is that sj went out of his way to directly target lbh #like providing him a fake manual etc #not justifying lqg btw but that provides a reason why people dont give lqg a lot of shit #like yes he does actively also go out of his way to beat up his disciples though sj just wanted to sabotage lbh for a reason- #-us fans don't know! #this is all so silly #svsss #mxtx svsss #svsss meta #luo binghe #shen qingqiu #shen jiu #liu qingge

[nyoomerr]

What made you fall in love with bingqiu? Or rather what do you enjoy abt them as a couple? I'm a big fan of your Fics aaaa hope you have a lovely day

how could i not be obsessed with the most unhinged unwell bbygirl + his number one obsession, that inwardly is just as insane about him in turn? freak4freak werido4weirdo bingwife and his shizun-mommy-father-husband-wife is ideal... sy/sqq is my self insert for taking care of binghe as he deserves...

dkfjgh on a more serious note, my dark past is that svsss was originally my least favorite mxtx book when i first read them all years ago. but for mdzs and tgcf, i was content with how they ended and how deeply the characters were explored, so i didn't feel the need to think up any of my own stories for them.

for svsss, it felt like there were a lot more stories that i wanted to see told about the characters + world, and a lot more places in the original story where i could think of a million different rly fun divergences. the bingge extra especially... i wanted so badly to see it continued, so i did it myself LMFAO

in the end it became a positive feedback loop, every time i create any sort of fan content for svsss i just became more obsessed with it (with binghe)... and although i'm in support of fandom bicycle sqq, for lbh, i only ever really like him with sy/sqq because he's the only one weird enough for him <3

(and thank you, i'm happy you enjoy my fics!! let's all become more and more obsessed with binghe and his #1 enabler together....)

#i hope you have a lovely day too! ty for the ask!! #dfkjgh hope that actually answered the question lmao #basically “i grew obsessed with binghe and i think sy/sqq is the only one good enough for him” AHAHA #nyoomerr ask #ALSO TO CLARIFY these days svsss is my favorite mxtx book! i've spent enough time rotating it in my head that i've grown to like it best #after all it is the only one with binghe 😌😌

[labyrynth]

ppl who have gotten it into their heads that svsss is problematic bc of the age gap of all things are so fucking funny like

first of all that “age gap” is like two years by the end lmfao

“weh weh weh but the master/disciple relationship means that there is an inherent power imbalance between them!!”

i mean this would require sqq to actually think of lbh as like. an actual person while he’s a disciple, and not just “cute character that will eventually grow into my favorite bamf character and oh fuck that’s actually bad news for me”

but setting that aside: did u miss the part where lbh is a literal demon emperor with the power to combine the realms, kill ppl from the inside using his own blood, and enter a person’s subconsciousness? he’s super charismatic and he knows it, his social game is insane, and he’s incredibly manipulative, to boot. he has an entire DEMON ARMY if he wants, not that he needs it.

HE’S the one you’re worried about??? you’re not more worried about the uhhhh everything else going on here???

but if you’re still hung up about the whole master/student thing: lbh is fine. more than fine, he’s into it. he has like a whole kink about it.

#moi #svsss

[ultfreakme]

Danmei ask, what are your top 5 (or top 7) favorite moments from MDZS? Also, can I ask why you love those 3 (JC, WWX , XXC)?

(Riki, I'm so glad when found out you also love Jiang Cheng. You must know how many haters on his character in tumblr and twitter. Like, I was blocked 4 times by MDZS lover blog, when they knew I love Jiang Cheng.)

I love reading your MDZS/ SVSSS crossover, they're so in character.....And yes, SQQ must love Sukuna and Jogo if he ever read JJK...

Thanks for the ask Anon!!

Top 7 moments:

When we find out the Jiang Cheng sacrificed himself to the Wens to save Wei Wuxian. It was dropped so casually and I had to backtrack and go "wait, wait, WAIT! DISCUSS IT PLEASE!!"

The juniors in the Yi City arc, they were so adorable, I loved reading them putting on a brave face and investigating.

Wei Wuxian murdering the crap out of Wen Chao with his sexy undead ladies. Him and Jiang Cheng together torturing him while Lan Wangji was sent out and it's like, LWJ is confused, shocked, and horrified.

The scene where Wei Wuxian's roasting Jin Guangshan at the conference post-war and everyone's scandalized. I love it when Wei Wuxian gets bitchy.

Jiang Cheng's intro scene in the donghua where he emerges from the shadows of that tree, pushing aside the leaves. That's so hot of him.

Wei Wuxian covered in blood in the second siege of Burial Mounds and Lan Wangji is defending him. That scene's so cool and romantic in all its iterations. The donghua went above and beyond and made it seem like a wedding.

Jiang Cheng giving Zidian to Jin Ling ;_; It hurts me. It's so much worse knowing that MXTX was planning on killing Jin Ling soon after to really hurt Jiang Cheng.

Reasons I like:

Jiang Cheng-

He's so complicated! You can't immediately look at him and say he's the good guy or the bad guy. I personally think he leans more towards the good guy category.

He's the perfect opposite of Wei Wuxian, he's not a genius cultivator like wwx, he had to work for every bit of progress he made. He started off simply wanting to keep his family together and at peace, but the war happened and his priorities shifted. He's duty-bound, he's always fighting and scraping to be recognized but no one ever does. He wanted so bad to help wwx, but duty made it so that he was forced to pick between his sect and wwx. Forever chained, closed off.

He's jealous and vicious and so, so angry. I get it, I understand the worst parts of him and relate to it.

Wei Wuxian-

Again, super complicated as a person. Wronged at every turn. He wanted to do good and protect people, and for that he kept sacrificing himself over and over again with little value given to himself as a person. He's got his sharp edges and cruelty too, and I feel like people often forget that Wei Wuxian's traumas and his lack of self-appreciation and value on himself show in ugly and vicious ways.

His story obviously shows a key message of MDZS, which is that when people sacrifice themselves thinking that they're protecting their loved one, they only hurt them in another way. I understood his desire to do good, protect people, but there's no one to stand at his side. The loneliness and fear that comes with fucking up so bad that no one even tries to hear you out, no one's listening no matter how loud you shout.

Xiao Xingchen:

He's like Wei Wuxian but 100% times worse and more self-sacrificial. Too trusting, too good, and everyone kept taking advantage of that without bothering to guide him or be honest with him. Like legit, no one told him what they were truly thinking.

I love that xxc wants to be a good person, i hate that he was ruined for it. God I really wanted him to have a happy ending because he's just, he's so NICE. In a world filled with betrayal and deceit, xxc wanted to spread goodness. And yet.

AAHHHHHH

I think these characters made me see the point of MDZS in a very clear way, or in a way that impacted me most. So they're my faves.

Being a Jiang Cheng liker is a struggle! I was getting into MDZS even before the donghua started airing, like around 2018 and back then Jiang Cheng hate was so bad. I kept waiting year after year for the hate to go down but it just got worse the more popular MDZS got. The misunderstandings built up too. I got black and got into a million arguments too ;_; We have to stick together!!!

i have so many thoughts about Jiang Cheng specifically because, okay I read and watched everything about 3 years ago, so I don't remember much other than my fav, so I'm always thinking about everything he did.

nbsdhfb SQQ's monster-loving ass would go gaga for Sukuna. Four armed man wrecking people??? Yes sir! (side note; big tall powerful man who is called king who is only nice to his close servant and confidante???? SQH come get your boy!)

#riki asks #mxtx #svsss #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #scum villain self saving system

[stardust-falling]

Hello.... Can I ask your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from SVSSS? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the series? Thanks if you want to answer....

Top 5 favorite characters:

1 - Shen Jiu 2/3 - Yue Qingyuan, Shen Yuan 4/5 - Luo Binghe, Gongyi Xiao

Honestly, it's super hard to decide my favorites, hence the 2/3, 4/5 here lmao. Depending on the meaning of "like" I really don't dislike any SV characters (obviously OPM, QJL, WYZ can go get fucked if we're talking about emotional affection/blorbofication, but I do still enjoy them in a meta sense for their roles in the story). But because SJ is both my favorite in terms of "I feel affection for this character and he is my little scrungly blorbo" as well as "I want to study him under a microscope like a bug" he gets the top spot easily.

Top five favorite moments is pretty hard too, since things are my favorite for different reasons... So I'll pick my favorite scenes for analysis, not necessarily for emotional reaction or attachment, in no particular order. Going under a cut because I rambled, as usual:

I really, really like the entire Holy Mausoleum arc, but I specifically like the part where SQQ and LBH are confronted by OPM and QHT. I feel like it's here that we can really see beneath the unreliable narrator and actually see that SQQ truly does love LBH back. Holy Mausoleum in general just says a lot about Bingqiu without saying it directly, and I do encourage everyone who thinks that SQQ doesn't actually love LBH back please reread that part while looking for it because damn, SQQ's narration tries to hide how much he actually cares for this boy.

Qijiu extras, the scene in the Lingxi caves. Between SJ's paranoid and irrational internal monologue that shows that despite everything, he really doesn't actually see himself as he is or as a legitimate peak lord, Yue Qingyuan's appearance at a critical moment to keep SJ from spiralling past the point of no return (contrasting this to his inability to return to Qiu Manor in time), the fact that even though they are not on good terms, YQY is still able to calm SJ down from qi deviation, and that SJ tolerates both his presence and his touch, it shows a lot that despite his paranoia and his hurt, a part of Shen Jiu still trusts Yue Qingyuan. The fact that it's revealed that they're in the very cave that YQY was trapped in with Xuan Su is just the icing on the cake... the truth is laid out before them, just a step from being revealed, but still isn't... I just think this scene really is so important to show how 79's relationship stands on a deep level, both the trust that is still there as well as the barriers.

Skinner demon confrontation, after they're captured. The irony of the first mission being to take down a demon that's literally wearing someone else's identity as their own is great. There's also Luo Binghe's sexual awakening upon seeing SQQ shirtless, which is honestly quite funny to me as an ace person. But my favorite thing, I think, is the way that SQQ sets up Die'er's defeat by using LBH as bait which, while it is successful due to the genre's conventions, also makes Luo Binghe's trust waver... it sort of sets the tone for the entire emotional conflict of the novel. Despite SQQ knowing that LBH will be fine, since it has all been decreed by plot, he underestimates how much it will hurt him-- and he's thinking about hurting LBH in terms of how it will affect SQQ himself later on, rather than LBH's own pain. Then, afterwards, SQQ leaves LBH behind to go into seclusion, he gives LBH the new manual but doesn't move him out of the woodshed, and there's no indication that Ming Fan's bullying stopped during that time either. When SQQ returns, he ends up sacrificing himself and taking the poisoned hit for LBH... in a way this all just parallels the actual plot of the novel in short-form and I think that's very, very neat.

The water prison arc-- everything from LBH's visit where he stops LPM from attacking SQQ, where SQQ refuses to answer LBH's question because of his inaccurate perception of the situation, LBH's volatile emotions in this sequence, Gongyi Xiao's assumptions that LBH had assaulted SQQ and SQQ's complete obliviousness to that possibility, plus just GYX being the best boy ever tbh, he doesn't deserve to live in this messed up book and certainly doesn't deserve to die. This sequence has so much about how inaccurate perceptions of situations can lead to wildly off-base interpretations and how a lack of proper communication can escalate a conflict where it really didn't need to escalate. The "perceptions and interpretations vs. reality" idea is another major theme in SV, and this sequence really showcases a lot of that in a clear way.

Maigu Ridge. This one's controversial. A lot of people have a lot of opinions about it and let me just make a disclaimer that I'm not including this one because I enjoyed reading it on an emotional level. Maigu Ridge is FUCKED UP!! It's a massively fucked up situation for all parties! It's uncomfortable, and definitely something that warrants a trigger warning before reading the book-- and yet, it's so interesting to analyze from a hypothetical standpoint because the situation is just so, so messy in terms of who gives consent and who doesn't-- and does anyone really have the option to consent here, since both parties are under the complete control of the narrative-- in terms of who hurts who, etc. There are a lot of little details to debate, and of course there's the instant, knee-jerk surface reaction that people get, which I can totally understand especially if you didn't go in expecting this sort of scene and ended up getting triggered by it, but once you start to peel back the layers you can actually find that this scene is way more complicated than 'one party as the aggressor/one party as the victim.' It's a deconstruction and subversion of tropes, but also a really interesting place to analyze themes of consent as a whole, and the effects on the individuals involved. For this, honestly, people just need to remember that these are fictional characters. It's not saying anything about IRL survivors, and I'm a major proponent of considering massively fucked up situations through a fictional lens in order to understand the shades of gray that may exist in similar but less-extreme situations in real life, without the possibility of your deliberations causing harm to any party since in the fictional scenario, since none of the characters are real (I can't even begin to tell you how much of my own trauma I've processed based on extreme fictional scenarios). But on the flip side, if the scene upsets you or triggers you, it's perfectly valid to dislike it! It's also perfectly valid for you to dislike the Bingqiu relationship because of it! It's not for everyone and I completely get that, but also, keep in mind that people analyzing the scene in different ways doesn't have anything to do with how they'd react to real-life situations. It's all about what works best for each person.

Anyway that last one got really long, just because I've seen so much knee-jerk reaction in fandom with it and tbh, I feel like I have to cover my bases these days.

A lot of people say that SVSSS is less well-written than MXTX's other books, and while it does have issues, I wouldn't say that the book isn't well-written. I have no idea how much of what I talked about in those scenes above is deliberately intentional storytelling and how much just sort of happened, but those are just some of the reasons that I really do think it's actually a very good book, genuinely, and not the only scenes at that, I just limited to five here.

I hope you enjoyed reading all my ramblings-- SVSSS brainrot is real and the hyperfixation is going strong haha.

#svsss #zhuixing svsss #analysis #svsss meta #as a writer svsss is such an interesting book for me #like anything else that takes on genre tropes in a meta lens #but coupled with characters that i just find myself so emotionally connecting to as well as that i enjoy analyzing #i talk about maigu ridge here but i keep things pretty vague so i don't think it needs a cw #but let me know if you think it does!

[gaywarcriminals]

Hi,.....if you don't mind me asking, can I ask your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from SVSSS? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the novel? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks....

Sorry for the late reply, I was offline for a bit when it was sent and the notif got buried!

Characters

Yue Qingyuan. I think it will come as no surprise to anyone given my blog title and header lol. Explaining why I love him so much would turn into a full character analysis, but he is just So soggy and bitable. He tries so hard but lives in a world where he's destined to fail, both because of his background and the narrative he's trapped in. He cares so much in a world that will never reward him for that. He repeats the same mistakes over and over because he can't see an alternative path. He is SO SAD AND SO DIVORCED and so traumatized but probably has a complete inability to recognize that fact and he loves and loves and loves but love is not enough to save anyone.

Shen Jiu. He's probably the reason I'm obsessed with SVSSS, instead of just having a passing interest. A week or two after I read the novel for the first time, I started thinking about him and just ended up full on weeping. I find his character incredibly compelling; I love absolute messes, and I really really love seeing a depiction of trauma where the character does not come out stronger or "beautifully broken". It's hard not to be compelled by a character who literally represents the cycle of abuse, who is allowed by the narrative to be both tragic victim and heinous abuser, who is allowed to show what abuse does to people. On a lighter note, I find his younger personality very funny, especially with his dynamic with Yue Qi. He's an absolute gremlin and he lends well to absurdity in lighter fics.

Luo Binghe. Who doesn't love the protagonist!! My reasons for loving Binghe overlap with my reasons for loving SJ— they're foils after all— but I think the core of it is that Binghe is just Deeply Human. He’s just a little guy who’s desperate to be loved. He’s a poorly trained puppy biting down to hold on to the only person who’s ever treated him properly. He’s never done anything wrong in his life.

Shen Qingqiu. His internal dialogue/ narration is why SVSSS is so fun to read! He’s the man shaping this tragedy into a comedy. He’s so insane and so unselfaware, I need to dissect him. Ultimately he’s just a really fun character! 10/10 would chuck him at a wall.

Liu Qingge. He has sword autism what more need I say. I don't talk about him as much on here because my interpretation of him tends to contradict fanon, but I love him so much and I shove him into so many OT3s. Bonus: Qi Qingqi and Mu Qingfang. They're the two background characters with minimal characterization I've latched on to and created massive sprawling headcanons for. This is mostly because I think they are both very sexy.

Moments So fun fact I have clinical memory issues and it’s been a little bit since I read all of SVSSS, so this is WAY harder for me, and I'll definitely miss something. But of what I can recall: 

Xiao Jiu threatening to bash another boy’s head in with a rock, and Yue Qi saying “he didn’t mean it”, even though SJ Definitely Meant It and YQ Definitely Knew That. I just find it cute when children are violent I guess 🤣 (Cheng Qian my beloved), and It kind of foreshadows their later dynamic where YQY covers for SQQ without question— YQY thinks he’s doing the same thing as when they were kids, and SQQ thinks YQY is trying to sweep a troublesome mess under the rug. In general, YQY puts a lot more value on their times as slaves than SQQ does/ is more nostalgic for it (probably because YQY’s Intensely traumatic moments were after he joined CQMS, whereas the worst parts of SQQ’s life were all before that point (until Bingge lol))

YQY paying for SQQ’s gambling at the the IAC. Canonized his findom kink.

“My hand slipped 🙂” YQY’s sexist moment in the book imo. Makes me scream on reread. 

CQMS will always stand by you 🥹🥹🥹 (honestly any moment where LQG/YQY/the other PLs go to bat for SQQ)

“In this life I’ll give all my loyalty to you” I LOVE THIS LINE SO MUCH AND IM SO SAD MTXT CUT IT IN THE REVISION

#fish answers

[cooliogirl101]

what are your top 10 bingqiu fics?

Note: These are not in any particular order of preference because I can't possibly rank these, I love them all so much.

High Mountain, How I Long by Minimalistness: This fic is just...beautifully done. The author portrays the emotions so deeply on both sides and it hurts in the very best way, yet the ending is so soft and treats the characters so gently...gahh. Only good things to say about this one.

System Restore by Straightforwardly: Short but excellent. I need more fics centered around SQQ just absolutely overwhelming Binghe with affection because that shit is A++.

you don't need poltergeists for sidekicks by nyoomer: This fic honestly made me cry, every part of it is perfect. The ending is slightly bittersweet but ends on a very hopeful note and it's just all-around an incredible story.

Plastromancy by x_los: Creepy in the best way, if you like Coraline you will adore this fic. Warning for body horror-- it's not too graphic, but definitely present. Does a very good job of portraying the monstrous edge to LBH's devotion.

to love another (and to learn yourself) by nyoomer: yet another fantastic fic by nyoomer (all their fics are fantastic tbh), starring OG!LBH and SY. Wonderful study on redemption, forgiveness, and trying to be better. The character development in this fic is fantastic and I love the way SY stands up to Bingge in this one.

Scum Villain AUs by Feynite: A collection of SVSSS mini-fics, as the name suggests. Honestly all these AUs are super creative and well-written but my favorites are the supervillain, genderbend, and dragon monster AUs.

How to stop being strung along by a guy and get what you deserve by x-los: Another amazing fic by one of my favorite authors. Red string of fate soulmates AU and I adore the potential implications here. LBH figuring out who SQQ is immediately and helping him adjust to the PIDW world? Yes please. My only complaint for this fic is that there isn't more of it.

Unfinished Business by kitsunealyc: Basically SJ dies and is reincarnated as SY (where he gets some much needed therapy) and then reincarnates back as SQQ, and tries his best to stop the whole generational trauma thing in its tracks. The whole redemption and healing process is done so, so well done here. I usually don't like OG!LBH/OG!SQQ fics but in this one they both go through so much character development (and besides, SQQ and SY are the same person here). Also, this has one of my favorite lines in a fanfic ever-- "In hate or in love, if Shen Qingqiu placed second in Luo Binghe's esteem, no one would dare to claim first." Like?? Literary genius.

but every day still new to wake up by millepertuis: This fic has it all-- humor, wholesome moments, denial, thirst (on Binghe's part-- SQQ is, of course, oblivious), hurt/comfort. I lost this fic once and spent over 2 hours trying to find it again and it was worth every bit of that time.

To Conquer an Emperor by zarasu: SY transmigrates into one of LBH's wives. I think this fic gets better as it progresses and I love the concept (Rachel for Leah by x_los is the other SY reincarnates into one of LBH's wives fic that I really love) and the character development for LBH is excellent. Also the latest chapter? LBH's self-loathing and self-doubt meets SY's unconditional acceptance? Yes please.

BONUS:

Sit With Your Soul by Tossawary: Not bingqiu but this is one of my top 3 svsss fics ever, basically it's a daemon!AU where SY transmigrates into SJ's daemon. The focus is on platonic SY/SJ but SY's interactions with LBH in this fic are adorable as well. One of my favorite characterizations of SJ.

#svsss #fic rec #also if you’ve read any of these fics please come talk to me about them #seriously I want someone to talk about svsss with

[cursed-angelic-art]

For the ship ask game and the crackhead ships I find hilarious and interesting:

BingLiu

LiuShang

MoBing

JiuYuan

(I think they're funny and silly)

Oh man, this'll be a long one. Tysm for the ask! I think as a disclaimer for these asks, to get it out of the way; I can't really conceptualize any of these ships without Bingqiu and Moshang still there, lurking. I try to think of just the ship at hand, but the uninvolved characters from each of these pairing are still coloring my perception of each ship listed.

Bingliu

Ship It

What made you ship it? Honestly it's just the antagonism. I'd like to read some UST into it. Also, while I believe Shen Yuan is narratively the best person for Luo Binghe (on account of him caring so much about LBH and about him having a good story), I think from Luo Binghe's pov, he just needed someone to step in at the right moment and care for him. I like to entertain an au idea of LQG being in the wrong place at the right time and blundering into stopping LBH from being abused, leading to LBH's lifelong obsession with his Shishu.

What are your favorite things about the ship? Literally the enmity. Being at each other's throats for five years, fighting over a dead man, does something to a person.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? Idk what's unpopular since I haven't spent much time on just these two. I think if it weren't for sqq, these two wouldn't need much to warm up to each other? At least from Luo Binghe's end. He values loyalty and strength. Liu Qingge is a harder nut to crack imo. It would depend on the circumstances.

Liushang

Ship It (Somewhat)

What made you ship it? From the little fanwork I've seen, I think it could be viable and fun.

What are your favorite things about the ship? Mostly just Shang Qinghua finding more stability among the peak lords and being taken care of. Having someone on his side who is explicitly loyal to him and cares about him more overtly. Idk how things fall that Liu Qingge would end up taking on that role, but I believe it could happen.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? Not really, because I haven't explored this ship much.

Mobing Don’t Ship It

Why don’t you ship it? I just see these guys as coworkers/friends, but not even super close friends. Binghe is kind of a young upstart/apprentice to Mobei-jun, and I just struggle to see Mobei going for that??

What would have made you like it? Probably a talented fic author. I'm willing to read any ship, and I think if an author set things up such that Mobei sees in Binghe some of the parts he's attracted to in SQH, but in like early PIDW canon, I could be invested. Beyond fanwork, I think maybe if canon showed them interacting a bit more, that would have helped.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it? There's loyalty, there's hot guys, there's committing atrocities together. I can see why people ship it for sure.

Jiuyuan Don’t Ship It

Why don’t you ship it? I think I just struggle to see it conceptually? It's hard for me to reckon with Shen Yuan falling for someone who hurt Binghe. That said, I still enjoy some fancontent for it. AU stuff can be really creative in a way that makes me enjoy it on occasion, but I tend to gravitate towards canon compliant or canon divergence type fics.

What would have made you like it? Honestly, outside of enjoying fanwork and aus about, I can't really think of something that could be changed about the canon, that would have made me invested. Maybe if Shen Yuan was at all haunted by Shen Jiu's corpse, that would be really zesty, but would also have changed a lot about the story. I'd def read an au about that though.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it? I do think that Shen Yuan comes to have very mixed feelings about the previous SQQ, and could be persuaded to care for him more than pity him. In an au, I can see this being a basis for something. I don't think that something would necessarily be healthy, but are any of the pairings in this book? I think an au where they're both inhabiting the body together could be a really fun way of smooshing them together where they have to become wholly invested in each other.

Ship/Don't Ship Ask Game

#For most ships I've answered #ill def read fic about them #i believe anything can come of a good story #but the ones i mark as ship it are ones that have occasionally brought to the verge of brainrot #to ones that give me fulltime brainworms #svsss #liushang #bingliu #mobing #jiuyuan #scum villian self saving system

[monsieurboyardee]

"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum but modern svsss, where sqq gets really drunk one night and calls his ex-student/ex-boyfriend lbh and just starts ranting about how much he misses him and how badly he needs him.

and maybe the reason why they broke up was because binghe could never tell if sqq actually loved him or whether he was just dating binghe out of pity/for the sex (definitely NOT the latter, seeing how shitty their sex was the first six times around). but really it was a weird combo of sqq being conflicted about dating his student or smthn/sqq being unable to actually voice his wants and his needs with the relationship and being too embarrassed to express how much he loved binghe. So ultimately sqq thinks that it'd be better for binghe if they broke up, bc he was so attractive he could have anyone, so why should he settle for this old man? And it destroys binghe bc he thinks that its because sqq didn't love him, or even worse, used to love him but doesn't anymore. And he's left wondering just what he did wrong, and if he'd been less clingy or less of a crybaby or etc., would they still be together?

But then a year passes. And sqq has gone on dates and tried to get over lbh, but he couldn't ever really get over him. But he swears that he's over him now, so to celebrate, sqh takes him out with some friends one weekend, and they all get really, really wasted. sqq is totally sloshed, and he stumbles his way into the bathroom, and the next thing he knows he's leaning heavily against the sink and he's dialing lbh's number (which he never deleted).

Binghe picks up after three rings. "S-shizun?" comes a soft voice, and sqq immediately melts.

"Binghe."

Lbh doesn't say anything as sqq just says his name over and over, loving the way that it rolls around on his drunken tongue. Sqq giggles.

"Shizun? Are you alright?"

"Mmmm fine." sqq murmurs, closing his eyes. "M' miss you."

The other end goes quiet, but sqq is too drunk to notice.

"It's-it's like...I should be over this, right? It's been twenty...twelvety....a whole bunch of time, right? But I still have your number and your address and that hoodie you left at my apartment-"

"My favorite one? The black one?"

"Mm, yeah, it used to smell like you, but it doesn't anymore." sqq slurs, stumbling over and sliding down the wall. There's a sharp intake of breath on the other end. "just smells like me now. That's one more thing I don't have anymore, I guess." sqq sighs. He's very, very drunk, and Binghe's voice is just as smooth and rich and good as he remembers.

"Shizun, are you drunk?"

"NO," sqq shouts into the phone, though it comes out more like a really loud moan. "M' not drunk."

there's a huff of laughter on the other end. "Alright Shizun, if you say so."

Sqq sighs, tilting his head back against the wall. He's so comfortable. His eyes are already slipping closed.

"M' miss you." he whispers, "Miss you so much, Binghe. Miss you, want you, need you."

There's a moment of silence. "Shizun, are you with people right now?"

Sqq hums. "Yeah, but I'm in the bathroom now. I don't think they know that though, they're all like suuuuper drunk right now." He giggles.

There's a rustling sound, then the sound of a door closing.

"Where are you right now, Shizun?"

Sqq struggles to rattle off the address, but Binghe seems to understand him all the same. "I'm coming to pick you up Shizun." Binghe says. There's the sound of an engine starting over the phone. "I'm gonna take you home, okay?"

Sqq hums. "Okay. You're so good to me, Binghe, so good."

sqq falls asleep as binghe hangs up the phone.

#scum villian self saving system #svsss #bingqiu #luo binghe #shen yuan #modern au #copy pasted this from my twit #ace’s archives

[foundmywei]

Liushen Fanfic Recs Part 1

Here are my favorite liushen fics. Mostly older ones bc I haven't read any recently. Enjoy!

Part 2 , Masterpost

Deus Ex Machina by qikiqtarjuaq

(6,399 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-divergence, marriage of convenience

In hindsight, Shen Qingqiu shouldn't have been surprised that marriage was a legitimate get-out-of-jail-free card in this world's illogical and badly constructed justice system.

The Woes of Growing Pains by CheckersXIV

(26,495 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-divergence, teen peak lords

No one has ever had a successful time acclimating to transmigration.

At least, that's what Shen Yuan tells himself after he accidentally breaks The System. It doesn't help that he wakes up as a teenage disciple inside of the bane of his existence- Proud Immortal Demon Way. He's trying to take precautions to avoid all the death flags that this stupid villain's body of his is going to get him into, but some other disciple really seems to have it out for him...

Fire in Bloom by qikiqtarjuaq

(5,498 words | Teen and Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-divergence, LQG stays suspicious of SQQ for longer

Liu Qingge was certain that Shen Qingqiu was up to something.

Lean On Me A Little by MonroeKnox

(1,711 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-compliant, sickfic

Liu Qingge gets a fever and refuses to take care of himself. So Shen Qingqiu is forced to take up the job.

Drunk Sincerity by Suspicious_Popsicle

(3,293 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon universe, established relationship

Liu Qingge put Shen Qingqiu strongly in mind of a stray kitten he'd once taken care of. It had been cute as could be, but it was feral and skittish, the sort of cat that had learned humans might be good for a bit of food sometimes, but shouldn't be trusted. It had taken months of consistently feeding it, staying nearby as the kitten ate, and speaking softly around it before the little beast had even deigned to sniff his fingers.

Ever since preventing Liu Qingge from dying because of a qi deviation, Shen Qingqiu had thought about that cat a lot.

a thousand, eight hundred and twenty six battles by whytte

(9,455 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-compliant, open ending

A battle for each day without him.

Shen Qingqiu has too much power over a War God by poison_dart_frog

(16,891 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 5/5)

canon-divergence

Liu Qingge is hopelessly in love with Shen Qingqiu, unfortunately Shen Qingqiu is the only one who is unaware. This leads to Liu Qingge sending an uncountable amount of courting gifts to Shen Qingqiu, in the hopes he will get the message, all the while Shen Qingqiu thinks he hates him--a vicious cycle of suffering for Liu Qingge.

Many an Ill to Cure by Asymptotical

(8,092 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-divergence

The system abandoned him with nothing but a cryptic message. It took Shen Qingqiu days to realize that it was referring to a single throwaway line in a filler chapter.

He could have done with a bit more warning about being married.

When tea becomes ritual by rinsled05

(4,651 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon-compliant, post-abyss

“I’m in the middle of training,” Liu Qingge says in a clipped tone.

“That’s all right,” Shen Qingqiu says, flicking his fan in the air. “Go train, I’ll wait.”

Liu Qingge stares at him. “Wait?”

“Until you’re done, of course,” Shen Qingqiu says, as if it’s the most obvious thing. “I’ll find us some tea.”

Liu Qingge could have told Shen Qingqiu that his training would last all day. He could have informed him, brusquely, without care, that he dislikes having his rituals interrupted, that Shen Qingqiu would be waiting for the sun to cease its rise and fall, the mountains around them to crumble and fade.

Instead, he lets out a rush of air through his nose. “Fine. I will join you when I’m done.”

Shen Qingqiu’s face lights up, soft and pleased.

In which Liu Qingge's rituals are interrupted by Shen Qingqiu, and he learns that he doesn't mind that one bit.

Love Interest 'Liu Qingge' by liuniverse

(17,095 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 7/7)

canon-divergence

“There’s a secondary storyline?! System, why didn’t you say so before?! Activate it! Activate it!” Shen Qingqiu hurries to say, not really thinking about it. If there’s a way to avoid throwing an innocent teenager in that place, of course he’ll do anything!

System: [‘Secondary Storyline’ has been activated. ‘Seduce and marry Liu Qingge’ is now available. Thank you for choosing us.]

Seduce and WHAT now?!?

Or, Shen Yuan transmigrates into an alternate version of PIDW where liushen got married

say it again and again by nk009

(15,640 | Mature | Chapters: 4/4)

canon-divergence, time-loop

“So, you’re saying,” Shen Qingqiu says, sitting opposite him at his tea table, peering around the entire room except Liu Qingge as if expecting someone to jump out and prank them, “you’ve been reliving the same day – that is, today – over and over again.”

“Yes,” Liu Qingge grits out for the third time.

“And nothing you’ve tried has broken the cycle?”

“I’ve tried–” Liu Qingge thinks about all the antics he’s been through the last pseudo-month, “everything.”

Liu Qingge finds himself stuck reliving the same day without an end in sight. Unfortunately, he has no idea how to fix it.

a kiss for every scar you got for me by liuniverse

(27,625 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 10/10)

canon-divergence

“Shidi—”

Wait, he wasn’t meant to call him that.

Fuck- fuck- fuck- fuck- where is that damn fan to hide behind when you need it? Did I lose it?

“What did you call me?” Liu Qingge is trembling. Did he anger him that much?

A rewrite of the second half of SVSSS where Shen Qingqiu stays in the body made by the Sun-Moon Dew Mushroom and falls in love with Liu Qingge.

Fate Line. A Crescent Moon. A Swallow by Moontwyrine

(16,329 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 5/5)

canon compliant

Shen Qingqiu has a plan.

In a little more than 3 years a very powerful and pissed off demon lord will come back for his head (well, his legs and arms and tongue and eye...really, too gruesome!) and Shen Qingqiu didn't die in his original world just to die in this one as well.

So, what to do?

It appears that, by sheer dumb luck, Shen Qingqiu has saved the only person that could, probably (hopefully) fight against said pissed off demon lord without dying in the first ten seconds of battle.

Shen Qingqiu wants a bodyguard and Liu Qingge owes him his life! It's only fair that it would be him.

The Pain in my Lovesong by theinkquiry

(5,089 words | General Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon universe

But the worst thing, the thing that caused nights like this where Liu Qingge could do nothing but lie there and ache, was the way Shen Qingqiu looked at him.

Liu Qingge used to think Shen Qingqiu was taunting him.

Even if that was still the case, there was nothing Liu Qingge couldn’t tolerate anymore.

There's nothing like staying up in the suffocating heat on a summer night to get some feelings to surface. Shen Qingqiu opens his eyes and Liu Qingge dares to hope.

the stages of [...] by tennssi

(47,373 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 9/9)

canon-divergence, MCD (not liushen), dealing with grief

Despite all efforts, Luo Binghe died before the abyss event, and the only thing that saved Shen Qingqiu from being transported back to his world were the points he painstakingly accumulated to prevent Binghe’s blackening.

Stuck in a state of mourning that he himself is unaware of, he finds an unexpected comfort from a certain Peak Lord, who despite everything, never left his side since.

Here may the happiness you seek by rinsled05

(10,685 words | Explicit | Chapters: 1/1)

royalty AU

The boy stands with his back straight and his face stern, looking very much like a little adult. His eyes roam the store, taking in the clothes and fabrics on display, ponytail swaying with the turn of his head. His own clothes are neat and clean and not at all wrinkled the way Shen Yuan’s is, and Shen Yuan can’t help but stare at him in wonder from behind his mother’s robes.

Or, Liushen royalty au, in which Liu Qingge, son of the emperor, and Shen Yuan, son of a seamstress, meet and grow up together as childhood friends. Only, Shen Yuan has no clue who Liu Qingge really is.

Thank you, Bai Zhan robes! by bibiaaa

(4,238 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 1/1)

canon universe

Liu Qingge has developed a little habit of showering Shen Yuan with the colors of his own peak.

Fake it till you make it by liuniverse

(17,400 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 7/7)

modern AU, fake dating

"I can explain," Shen Yuan starts, ready to confess his lie.

"Explain what?! Seriously, from all the people you could have dated, you chose that hooligan?! Do you not have any respect for your only family?!" Shen Jiu starts his dramatics again. He’s not even his /only/ family.

"He punched you once, years ago!" he feels the need to say even though he should be correcting the dating part.

Or, that one fake dating AU where liushen keep lying about dating for no reason

Grasping a Kite with Broken String by yamabuki_kana (cygnisor)

(10,928 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon compliant, not a happy ending/open ending

Despite how hard Shen Qingqiu tries to hide it, everyone knows how he mourns for Luo Binghe's loss in the Immortal Alliance Conference.

Liu Qingge tries to help him.

The Journey Home, The Hollow Victory by MonroeKnox

(1,263 words | General Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon compliant, canonical character death (SQQ)

The journey back to Cang Qiong Mountain seemed longer than it’s ever been.

Unlike so many times before, peak lord Liu Qingge was returning victorious.

But, in his heart, there was nothing to celebrate.

Liu Qingge could not outrun his grief forever. Especially not when he has finally brought Shen Qingqiu home.

running out of holy places by technorat

(11,901 words | Mature | Chapters: 5/5)

canon-divergence

Shen Qingqiu is brought to the Water Prison to await trial for his many crimes.

Liu Qingge fights against the ticking clock in order to save Shen Qingqiu.

Luo Binghe no longer knows what he wants.

Kicking in the Dirt, Kicking in the Sand (and stirring up trouble) by poppyholdingseal

(4,396 words | General Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

modern AU - actors

“Liu-shidi!” Shen Qingqiu calls as he pushes the door open with his shoulder, robes bundled over his arms. “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me!”

Ning Yingying gasps. Liu Qingge doesn’t dare look at Shen Qingqiu’s face.

You came to me through the green of a forest by namio

(1,943 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon compliant

...I woke, and the low moon’s glimmer on a rafter

Seemed to be your face, still floating in the air.

A gentle laugh, inky reeds upon a white fan. This is a figure he will never see again, Liu Qingge realizes.

A spell of flowers by Cecentre

(4,213 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon universe, hanahaki but with a twist

How Liu Qingge had to deal with Shen Qingqiu and himself when he was the only person seeing all the flowers blooming around Shen Qingqiu when no one else did.

perfect target by RennieOnIceCream (Hitsugi_Zirkus)

(1,891 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)

canon universe, established relationship

Although now, Shen Qingqiu was distracted. His eyes had lifted once and now he was captivated by the fall of sunlight on Liu Qingge’s face. It was an exceedingly handsome face, not one person could argue against this fact -- high cheekbones, sharp jaw, a noble brow…

The highest charm point that completed this handsome face was, of course, the beauty mark placed just beneath the outer corner of his left eye.

(In which Shen Qingqiu realizes he likes targeting his shidi's beauty marks. Specifically with his lips.)

#liushen #svsss #scum villain's self saving system #shen qingqiu #liu qingge #liushen fic

[chaoticgoodlawyerwrites]

I was tagged by @fieldofclover!

Rules: Go to your published works on AO3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favorite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of—for whatever reason.

First Fic: Transparancy

This was literally the first time I ever attempted to write something. Originally published on ffn, this was in my Hetalia era and thus is under a different pseud than most know me for (by design). I went from mimicking the fandom norms to finding my own voice and understanding of characters, and before DYK I thought this would be my longest fic.

Last Fic: Just Adventurous Enough (For My Own Good)

Monsterfucking hualian fic inspired by a tweet with art featuring dragon!HC and trans!XL. I had a lot of fun with this, beyond getting annoyed at myself that I was unable to write anything shorter.

Fic I wrote for Fandom Once: Fated

My foray into Ranwan, also inspired by a tweet. It was fun, but I don't think I'm likely to dip my toe back into the fandom. While 2ha is actually my favorite novel, Chu Wanning triggers the fuck out of my own issues. I love him, he's my favorite, I cannot spend a lot of time in his head.

Favorite Fic from fandom with most works: Let Me Be Your Babygirl

SVSSS canon!AU with lesbingqiu's featuring trans!Binghe. I love a lot of my works, but when I reread this I find myself wanting more. I just adore these two.

Fic I wish more people read: As Long as We're Going Down or The H(a)unting of Shen Yuan

Both of these fics (the first of which is from my previous fandom which I have long since left), are where I really explored darker themes with characters in a way that was both interesting and thrilling. It intrigues me to have villains be protagonists/love interests, and I definitely want to take my original writing in this direction in the future.

Fic I Agonized the Most Over: A Different Lie

This was a request/comm and I had a really hard time finding the right balance of new information/changes to established DYK canon. I initially was leaning towards wanting to take it to a very dark place, but had to pull back. That being said, I'm happy with where it is now.

Fic that sprang fully formed in my mind: Can't We Just Skip to the End?

This little trojan horse of a fic was supposed to be a quick three or four chapters about a time travel concept inspired by a monsterfucking bingqiu fic. As the currently EIGHT PART SERIES suggests, it did not turn out that way. That said, I banged this out in two months because it was so very there in my head. I'm constantly astonished so many people like it.

Fic I'm Proud of: Don't You Know (That I'm Yours)

My longest but also most complex fic to date, I really love DYK and am proud of how I was able to tie together elements from the very earliest chapters into the larger conclusion. Also, I will ALWAYS be proud of finding a way to make SQQ Sect Leader.

Hmm. I don't follow a lot of folks on here as this is a side blog, but bestie @mocheng-gusto you're up if you want to be. Also, any fic writer that follows this blog, please consider yourself tagged if you are interested!

#oop thought i posted this hours ago

[nyoomerr]

tagged for the 'fic writer interview' by @mikkeneko! thanks for thinking of me, hopefully i have something interesting to share in it 🙈

Fic Writer Interview

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

21! the bingplush fic this last week finally pushed me over the edge of the page limit, i no longer have only a single page of fic!!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

440,163

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

every time i post a fic i hope to somehow oust 'to love another' from that #1 spot... every time i know it'll never happen :'D

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

every one i get, for the most part! i never want to take for granted the people who support me, and making sure i actually sit down and take the time and effort to respond to comments is, i've found, the best way for me to do that.

that being said, there are exceptions. i generally don't respond to criticism, general negativity, comments that don't really seem to be... about the fic, or comments that have a grammar correction and nothing else 😅

5. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

'raised by winter winds' or 'you don't need poltergeists for sidekicks' - both have bittersweet endings, which is the closest i'll ever get to an unhappy end, LOL.

6. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

discounting the short fics i've done that are just slice of life / domestic bliss for bingqiu, probably 'shallow water weather.' as happy an ending as any of my stuff, but with none of the angst to get there 😂

7. Do you write crossovers?

nope, and generally don't plan to. even the AUs i do, i prefer to put them in a generic or original world than the world of another story.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

oh sure, law of large numbers and all that. the truly nasty hate, i just delete. generally i'd prefer to just ignore it, honestly, because i think deleting a comment is also a form of engagement with the hate that i don't necessarily want to give to the person who left it, but...

based on past experience, leaving the comment up and unanswered seems to invite other readers to engage with the hate in whatever way /they/ choose, and i really don't want to accidentally be the facilitator of a conflict :'D

9. Do you write smut?

nope, and i've learned to put that disclaimer in the notes of longfic i write 😅

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

ehhh not in this fandom (that i'm aware of), but i have had a translator go rogue - which is why i currently only allow translations of my fics to be posted on ao3 only.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

several times, + some podfics! outside of the odd occurrence mentioned above, they've all been wonderful opportunities. i have massive respect for everyone who spends time making fics more accessible to others!

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no, and i feel like i'd be too picky to do so 😅 collabs in other ways - minibangs with artists, inspiration train games, etc - are all fun though, and i enjoy them!

13. What's your all-time favorite ship?

whichever version of bingqiu/binggeyuan ends up with lbh at his soggiest and most pathetic

14. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

i have a post canon bingliushen fic that's been sitting in my WIPs for... over two years? i like the idea of it a lot and think parts of it would be very fun!

unfortunately, though, i like bingliushen because i like bingqiu and i like liushen and i think that sqq has two hands. this does not lend itself well to writing fic where bingliushen get together, since every time i try to work on this WIP the focus keeps turning to trying to get lbh and lqg to coexist well enough to allow bingliushen... and sadly i'm just not really into bingliu :')

15. What are your writing strengths?

i think i do humor and dialogue well enough! it always makes me happy to hear that my fic made someone laugh :>

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

although i think i'm alright at writing angst, i do think i have a tendency to resolve it too quickly/easily. i personally really do not enjoy fics where angst gets dragged on for awhile, and i know that this preference affects the pacing of my own angst in a way that perhaps puts me too far on the other side of the spectrum, lmao.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i'm not sure what this is actually referring to, honestly 😅 i guess i use italics for that...?

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

attack on titan (please forgive me for my crimes)

19. What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

although i do have that aforementioned WIP, i really do want to actually finish a bingliushen fic... maybe i just need to give up and write a sqq harem fic like the old fandom days 😂

20. What's your favorite fic you've written?

generally, whatever fic i wrote 2-3 fics ago 😂 i tend to be offput by my most recent work, so work that i've had some space from but is still recent enough to reflect my current preferences and skills is what i always consider my favorite. right now, either rent a bingge or the sy!shixiong au!

and that's all the questions! i won't tag anyone 'cuz i'm a bit shy about that sort of thing, so anyone who wants to do it can take this as your invitation to do so!

#thanks for tagging me! #nyoomerr rambles

[zykamiliah]

Because I can't help making parallels between my favorite characters, this recent issue with SY!SQQ kind of reminds me of BBC Merlin's Gwaine. This is another example of a really nice, morally sound and incredible character, specifically one who doesn't like royalty and refused to disclose he was a noble because he thinks nobility it's something you achieve in life with your actions. He loves his friends, he loves Merlin (you know it's canon) and Percival and Elyan and all of those he met in Camelot and became his family, will fight to the death for them.

But Gwaine unfortunately holds prejudice against sorcerers(which is the show is kind of a metaphor for queerness) because he doesn't know better, because that's what he has learned in the land he lives in. He ends up serving a kingdom that didn't lifted the ban on sorcery as a knight who has to enforce the law.

And still you can't say he's a bad person in canon because he isn't, those prejudices are just a reflection of his society.

The same applies to Shen Yuan.

And even then SY!SQQ is not actively exercising his internalized queerphobia on anyone, nor is he shaming anyone outside of his head. He treats even a villain with unspecified gender with respect and uses neutral pronouns on his head to refer to them. He never calls his future husband any derisive words. His queerphobia is all internalized and a reflection of his issues with his sexuality and how closeted and repressed he is.

Kind people and good people can be prejudiced. That's an unfortunate part of life. What I think is that there's always opportunity to learn to be better, chances to understand other people and experiences.

#svsss #bbc merlin #shen yuan #gwaine #merlin meta #svsss meta #queerphobia #zykamiliah posted this #zykamiliah-merlin #zykamiliah-svsss

[piosplayhouse]

OMG what is this cumplane baby NHS AU I just heard of [quietly slides into your blog] My secret WWX/NHS thoughts were just fed ;u;

Original cumplane nhs child au post !

Tldr: cumplane accidentally platonically have a baby via plant baby nonsense or something, 2 agents of chaos turn into THREE agents of chaos

Nhs/wwx is one of my favorite casual rarepairs where it's like. I don't want them to end up together or even like get together in the story but I still wish they had more fanon content!! Like come on guys .. the sexual tension between you and the guy whose tests you used to cheat off of and also who you now have set up an elaborate plan to revive from the dead ?!

I think it would be even better in this au because NHS would've inherited sqq's weakness for scary misunderstood protagonists but with the added angst that he knows the protag will still end up with his love interest and he doesn't want to interfere.. tho I won't lie I wouldn't be opposed to lwj/wwx/nhs . You do know what would be super funny though. After getting over wwx, nhs decided to go for jiang cheng instead because he also inherited sqh's weakness for the protags right hand man

#love you anon!!! #nhs cumplane child au #mxtx crossover #svsss #mdzs #nie huaisang #nhs #cumplane #mdzs spoilers #cql spoilers #gdc spoilers

[alyikav]

ok so, there's this (prob/most likely dead dove) het h manga I read a while ago (tragic isekai reincarnation as the villaness) that has big binggeqiu vibes and I keep trying to adapt it into a gay au so I'm just gonna ramble for a bit here

sy got transmigrated into an otome game as sqq the villan who is engaged to lbh, the powerful prince of the country.

sqq character is a wealthy mage with low level powers that lives in a village, and he goes to a school in main city to learn to control them. but sy has other plans. while playing watching his sister play the game, he found an npc character (sj) that had a past with sqq but never got looked into, so that's the first thing he wants to do in this new life of his

sy ADORES lbh, his favorite character and all but HE'S NOT GAY, so he tells his parents to send a letter to dissolve the engagement before going back to his village. he founds sj and discovers their secret shared past (idk I'm gonna think about it) and promises to come back to talk more

when sqq goes back to school, everyone notices that he changed and starts gaining fans. lbh is curious bc EVERYONE wants him, he's fucked with a long list of ppl and someone rejecting him is NEW and EXCITING so he looks for sqq to talk about it

sy decides to tell a small lie and say that he already loves someone else from his own village and lbh is curious but always polite, bc that's the mask he's always had. but when he's about to ask more, the bell for next class rings and lbh is like "oww, wish we could talk more about this. but it's not like I could burn the whole school down so I could avoid responsibilities lol"

and sy is like "yeah that checks out" and lbh asks him what does he mean??

sy says "oh shit, I didn't mean to say it outloud hahaha... I just said that uh, you look like you would burn a place down just bc it's inconvenient for you?"

and lbh is FLOORED bc you see, when he was little and his powers manifested, they were too strong and he ended up killing a bunch of ppl accidentally, and his servants were like "welp, accidents happened, my lord! dw!!" and literally no one ever talked about it

and that was too much for smol lbh. could he get away with that just bc he was the prince?? so he did a couple of experiments, he grabbed random ppl and tortured them or outright killed them infront of his servants and everyone just let it slipped, saying that it was nothing my lord, we didn't see anything

so lbh always felt empty bc everyone saw him as the beautiful perfect prince that never did anything wrong, so he felt that he was surrounded by mindless puppets, all bowing to him.

BUT THEN sqq changed and SAW HIM as he really was. a psychopath that could burn a whole place down just because he felt like it

so ofc he kidnaps sqq and fucks him into submission, saying that they belong together, and when sqq asks him to let him go back to his village lbh replies "if your village is all you think about, I'll have to get rid of it"

AND HE DOES!

so sqq doesn't have other option than to marry lbh

this is ✨ problematic ✨

chef kiss

#svsss #dead dove idea #bingqiu #it's not safe or sane but they can be like this #as a treat #mentions of death tw #mentions of torture tw #not to bingqiu but to other chacters #dub/noncon tw #that is for bingqiu #I just literally changed the part of the mc being in love w someone else to sy being IM NOT GAY LOL #but everything else is in the manga #I just wanted to bingqiu-fy jt

[breadandblankets]

20 questions writer meme.

thank you @crimsonrainseekingflower for tagging me!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

26

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

101,970

3. What fandoms do you write for?

MXTX (SVSSS, TGCF), Fallout, Batfam, Bungou Stray Dogs, and i just started writing for S & D Tier

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the window to the soul (and other such fallacies): scumplane fixit/romance told through weekly tea breaks i fell in (to a burning ring of fire): moshang fast burn strangers to married in under 5 hours a conversation i just can't have tonight: moshangliu chronic pain au pt 1 extreme hurt very little comfort and all this devotion I never knew at all: tgcf he xuan gets Hugged!!!! Agenda!!!! this has baby ghost kings and cuddles and v strong XL til the morning when it's time for us to go: msl chronic pain au pt 3 shangliu dates extreme fluff very little hurt, except for mbj he's suffering

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! usually!! i just like to let people know that i am appreciating their appreciation.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

thats fucking Hard cause i put some of them svsss boys thru some Shit, probably life is a current which cannot be fought which is less a fic and more of an archived twitter thread in which SQQ gets angsty drafts of PIDW and are trying desperately to stop it only for it all to go horribly wrong and everyone dies! it ends with cumplane! cause im evil! i should reformat that into something readable tbh

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

besides my hugging ghost kings agenda uhhh probably my dear atlas (let me hold the sky for you) which is a tianlang-jun/yue qingyuan crushing (like the cuddling method)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

yep! i delete it

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yes i do! any kind really, ive got everything from trans lesbian threeways to getting dommed by an actual literal computer tower (and a soft spot for tianyue which features a penis haver using a strap on)

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

only one! its ongoing and a tgcf/dc fusion in which jason todd comes back as a ghost and gets trained by HC and HX (with secret guest appearance from BWX if anyone is paying attention ;) ): so i can find someone to rely on (and run to them)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no? i dont think so

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope but i have had someone make a podfic!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

if you count twitter threads? or someone coming up with an idea and i expand on it? otherwise nope

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

impossible choice but uhhh idk maybe moshang? maybe?

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

in the morrows, good mourning a moshang serial killer/mortician au, unless i get some surge of inspiration its pretty much dead in the water (unless someone wants to finish it 🥺🙏)

16. What are your writing strengths?

dialogue/voices

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

whatever the fuck they're doing During the dialogue

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i mean i do my best, i prefer to have it translated in line

19. First fandom you wrote for?

doctor who by hand in a notebook lmao

20. Favorite fic you've written?

recently ghost jason! other than that if someone would only want to be sweet and kind (nsfw)

Tagging: @livingmeatloaf @owldork1998 and anyone else who wants in!!!

#tag games #thank youuuu alex this was fun