Honestly mobei-jun must be so smug about how great a husband he has compared to Bingqiu. Like Binghe has to do all this paperwork and man the house and sure he likes it but like his husband is just spoiled and doesn't even do anything but look really cute and give him kisses.
NOW HIS HUSBAND does all his paperwork and runs his kingdom while spoiling Mobei-Jun rotten. Man hasn't done legislation in years. Yes he's a trophy husband but unlike those guys he's got the very important job of being scary and powerful so everyone listens to his adorable little rat man. That's so much more impressive than just giving love and affection. He gives his husband prestige and status. They're the power couple of the century. Look how deep the circles under his husband's eyes are. Isn't he sexy???? Here husband I stamped all your new laws with my important seal. I killed enemies in cold blood. I'm super impressive right? Way better than those two idiots. I even made more work for you by killing this advisor you hate.
Qinghua who got kicked out of bed when Mobei-Jun turned in his sleep last night and hasn't been able to bathe or take a break because he's filling the void left by the dead advisor: 🫠 my king
Who wants to bet Peerless Cucumber has an entire fan base within the pidw’s fandom? Potentially even bringing in a portion of pidw’s readers who just want to enjoy shen yuan just loosing it in the comments.
Like sure, some of the fandom’s definitely there for the toxic masculinity and papapa, but I guarantee you there’s an entire section dedicated to gleefully watching the fandom sewer rat being feral.
I don't have time for a proper ramble on this issue, but like. Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan) behaves differently around different people and that's why different SQQ ships have such WILDLY different vibes. And I may kvetch a little about how sometimes we lose sight of the fact that's he's still the same loser inside, but like, it's valid. You know what I mean, right? There's no standard "Shen Yuan in a relationship".
Binghe gets the doting sajiao boyfriend in the end of course, but take Liushen--SQQ teases and flirts and play-acts this easy submission to big manly hero LQG and not even complaining when LQG kicks down doors, which must have been so jarring after Shen Jiu.
YQY gets this fondness beam from a respectful distance combined with a kind of smugness about knowing he's the sect leader's sugarbaby favourite shidi.
ZZL sees this cool dude, stubborn and enduring and a bit weird, but also a kind of a romantic ideal for his devotion to Binghe.
GYX is absolutely seeing him as a kind, weeping maiden, change my mind. To Gongyi Xiao, Master Shen is a delicate and sweet damsel in distress and badly in need of a knight in shining armour. I apologize for breaking my own rule about not overly feminizing SQQ but facts are facts.