i like the theory that bingge straightened his hair because shen jiu thought it was messy, but honestly i felt like bingge had just straight poured all his awful unrequited feelings into trying to imitate shen jiu.
he really loves shen jiu's beautiful straight hair, copies it instead of addressing *that*. feels weird about the rumors that shen jiu spends all his time at brothels, builds a ridiculously huge harem. and obviously he emulates his cruelty, which kind of ties into the demon mentality of paying everything in kind.
the saddest part to me that he only ends up emulating shen jiu at his worst, where his actual self is most hidden. shen jiu has unkempt wavy hair as a kid, he loves and only finds comfort in the presence of women (bingge uses women for power and sex), and his cruelty is his most extreme defense mechanism. in trying to find some comfort from his shizun, all he ends up doing is getting further away from how he actually was
Qijiu fans are like here are two characters who were heavily codependent as children, they went through hell together, the only thing that could separate them was breaking yue qingyuans bones over and over while he was locked in a cave, they are both platonic and romantic soulmates, they've grown into the kinds of people they hate most because of each other. and then jiuyuan fans are like two shizuns are twice as hot they should fuck
GUYS I NEED MORE LIUJIU FICS NOW!! GUYS PLEASE! LONGFICS!! NEED! :(
On a real note, if you have any recs, gimme :3 I dont care if its explicit, i just wanna read a longfic where they eventually get together. Anything 20k+ is fine if its multi chapter. Doesnt even need to be completed yet, just needs at least a somewhat recent update time(i will NOT suffer through reading a fic just to find out it last updated in 2023). If its a oneshot, 10k+ is cool too :3
Would also be fine with scumcum👀 or even scumplane👀 or mujiu👀 and maybe a little qijiu👀 I'm not very picky guys👀 if you do know of a longfic with wei qingwei/shen jiu, I'd like to take a gander at that too👀 no guarantees I'll read all recs, since my standards are way too high, but it'd still be appreciated(*ゝω･*) ty
Yuan turns out to be the fake young master of the Ming family. By an absurd coincidence, it turns out that his real son is his classmate, Shen Jiu. At first, Yuan is a little afraid of him, expecting to be accused of embezzling property. But Jiu turns out to be a very sweet guy, albeit a bit mischievous. Jiu is happy to have a family, but the Ming parents don't reciprocate. They ignore Jiu or accuse him of every mortal sin. This terrifies Yuan. How can they be so cruel to their own son?
Yuan supports Jiu, openly showing that he likes and cares for Shen. But the bullying continues. Yuan simultaneously tries to find his real parents. And he finds them. He turns out to be the lost young master of the Shen family.
Shen Yuan proposes to the Ming family that he and Shen Jiu are engaged. Even though they don't like him (Jiu), they agree for the sake of money and kinship with the Shen family. They don't suspect that immediately after Yuan and Jiu's wedding, the Ming family will be crushed to smithereens
I think part of the reason I’m so obsessed with MXTX’s works is the way that each story seems to hold you gently as say “Your kindness mattered. It didn’t alleviate the suffering, it did not undo the pain. But your kindness mattered.”
Kindness could not erase Luo Binghe’s abuse, but it changed the story into a kinder one.
Kindness did not stop Wei Wuxian’s death, but it did save a-Yuan.
Kindness did not undo Xie Lian’s suffering, but it renewed his sincerity to help others.
Kindness did not change the entire world, but it helped create a softer future.
Its such a nice message, that maybe kindness will not protect you, maybe you don’t see the outcome of it, but you should still try to be kind, and I love that honestly.
*bashes head into a wall* xie lian is not naive for trusting hua cheng. xie lian is not reckless for trusting hua cheng. xie lian is eight centuries old and has experienced just about everything. xie lian is used to himself and others dismissing his trauma, his suffering. it's only human to be drawn to someone when it feels like for the first time in your centuries old life span, someone is listening. someone that isnt patronizing him. someone isnt claiming all that he has stood for is wrong and foolish.
who's opinion is he supposed to value here? fxmq? or the heavens who've never agreed with his actions in the first place?
is he supposed to dismiss the sincerity and kindness he sees infront of him (an entire city built for beings considered outlaws, shunned by the world!) or hearsay?
and that's not even discussing how xie lian is able to let loose because he knows if things go south, he'll handle it. he's done it before.
- The world needs more better and amazing og!Shen Qingqiu fics and I’m here to deliver it all. For now, here it is!
Here’s some of my top all time favourite Shen Jiu centric reccomendtions! Just so you know I LOVE whenever Shen Jiu beng described as calculating and cunning the way he deserve to be.
1. When the Wound is Tired of Singing, It starts to cry, By Bananapink. (Unfinished BUT I SWEAR YOU WONT REGRET READING IT)
absolutely fantastic and the most beautiful fic that accurately describe Shen Jiu getting his second chance at having a good life. Nothing compared, in fact- I would say this is the best fic of Sheng qingqiu as it have no pairing whatsoever and merely focusing on Sheng Jiu reflecting on his faults and hardships he have gone through. Life changing fic 10/10, blows my mind and forever in my heart. NO SHIP!
2. Where the Bamboo Bends, the Willow Grows, By Bananapink
(Incomplete, BUT VERY GOOD PLEASE) - Another brilliant work from the author! But this one is a crossover Svss x MDZS. im so not into crossover, but the way the Author describe the story is phenomenal and deserves a read! NO SHIP. Found family! Badass Shen jiu.
slowburn! Very VERY slow, Bingjiu fic. Warning for Bingge obviously. Set YEARS after the canon event of PIDW. shen jiu being resurrected and married Bingge. Also political fic. BAMF Shen jiu.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/74883421
4. Our Hearts Whisper For Love by tomyam (oneshot)
Bingjiu. beautiful one shot! Canon divergence, lighthearted story to read to pass the time. 10/10.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46718317
5. The Hidden Flower 隐花 (Yǐn huā) by demonqt (61 chapters, completed!)
Its a beautiful written fic, one of the most popular shen jiu fic. Shen Yuan and Shen Jiu being the same person, accidentally created a harem and becoming a grandmaster to a hidden sect. Best for Yuejiu! Multishippers dream come true! I absolutely reccomend you guys see their other works as well. Especially shizun prized napa cabbage!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36698833
6. Scum Villain’s Death Progress Bar, By exocara. (3 chapters, completed!)
technically bingjiu but its more so Shen Jiu and Yue Qingyuan centric. marvelous fic, a good light hearted fic. Alternative au, Shen jiu get a system where he have to reluctantly save his own life to save Yue Qingyuan!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18709633
7. Residing Over Autumn Leaves, By hasa3810 (Unfinished)
Light reading! It has 10 incomplete chapters. Good to pass the time. Shen Jiu lost his memories. I love when the fics got the disciples protective over their og!shizun.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33283768
8. Let me shoulder your blame and shelter you from your scars, By Justrass_h. (Completed)
A Liujiu fic, What if the trial of Shen Qingqiu had happened before Luo Binghe made his appearence?
Liujiu fic! A very cute one too. Shen Jiu accidentally drank a love potion and wouldn’t leave Liu qingge alone!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/70309866
10. As The Wheel Shatters, by orphan_account (9 chapters, completed.)
Third time’s the charm! Returned back in time, I forgot what the fics about most but my taste is undeniably good and so I bet this one is as good as the others.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33282235
11. How to cultivate healthy cabbages, By NazakiSama116 (Incomplete, 6 chapters)
I LOVE how petty and hilarious the fic is! HAHA, What if, Shen Jiu was a good Shizun who nourished Luo Binghe's talent instead of suppressing him? A good read, I also love how unhinged Ming Fan is.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51769357
I hope you guys like the fics I reccomend, i actually have SO MUCH more fics of Shen jiu and many others from different fandoms. You guys can put your own fics recs as well if you guys want hehe.. (im greedy for more Jiu’er fics. I wanna write one as well but I’m too shy to post my writting stuff)
I apologise for any misspelling, grammar error or any nonsense stuff I accidentally wrote! English is not my first language.
[credit to the artist! Any arts that I posts on my account are NOT mine!]
Idk what it is but SQQ that smokes is just kind of satisfying to me it scratches an itch within. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S OUT OF ONE OF THOSE SEXY PIPES.
LIKE
the vision of a narrow-eyed SJ leaning in a mass of discarded robes, turning look at the door lazily.
SJ being vulnerable in his own space to smoke and having someone walk in on it is lowkey like so fire to me idk how to explain it
it works really well w/ LiuJiu because I don't really imagine anyone else barging into SJ's space the way he does.
Bonus points if it's a super bad habit that SJ picked up with his little trips to the brothel so you just have the sight of LQG barging in and seeing SJ trying to smoke for the first time on his own, wide eyed and bristled wwwwwwwww
Liujiu get hit by a plant that makes them share all bodily sensations and lqg immediately drops to the ground writhing in pain
Sj is like "wtf is wrong with you" and lqg responds "wtf is wrong with *you* why does everything hurt so much"
Turns out sj has been dealing with chronic pain his whole life thinking it was completely normal and that's one of the main reasons he's the way he is
Lqg is dumbfounded ("what do you mean it's like this *all the time*" "did you think I could just turn it off you dumb brute") and sj is equally so ("not everyone is in constant agonising pain??????")
Once they cure the wifeplot lqg immediately goes to interrogate mqf on how to fix sj's chronic pain and makes it his life mission to find a way to heal him or at the very least make it less painful
Sj has no idea how to handle his emotions relating to this and it breaks his mind a little bit
Silly SVSSS AU/fic prompt when Shen Jiu is away on mission finds baby Shen Yuan and takes him back, Shen Yuan looks like his previous self similar to Shen Jiu but not identical. So everyone is convinced he is biologically Shen Jiu's child.
The peak lords find out and freak out...only instead of assuming that the child other parent is a concubine they think it's one of the other peak lords.
Shen Jiu: I found that brat on a mission he's not mine
Qi Qingqi: So you just happened to find a abandoned newborn who looks almost just like you while away on a nine month mission
Shen Jiu: Yes
Qi Qingqi:...
Just every single peak lord looking at all the others like 'Which one of you is the other parent?' just constantly looking between Shen Yuan and other peak lords trying to find similarities.
Shen Yuan terrified thinking all the peak lords are onto him when really they're just trying to figure out which of them gets to claim him as the other parent. (Also some of them really want to court Shen Jiu and are ready to propose... they're all been trying to court him for ages 1 look at Shen Jiu being all sweet with baby Shen Yuan and suddenly the wife beam KO'd all of them)
(Apart form Shang Qinghua who when people suspected him raise both hands like
SQH: NO WAY I DIDN'T HAVE SEX WITH HIM I COULDN'T HAVE I'M ENGAGED TO A DEMON...
Peak lords: Your what?
SQH:...oh fuck
Cue Shang Qinghua awkwardly asking Mobei Jun to pretend to be his fiancee please... Mobei Jun thinks his courting has finally worked)
You really start to understand that the “angry black woman” and “mean lesbian” stereotype only exists to shame us for the fact we get reasonably upset about people wanting to horrifically abuse us indiscriminately. Let’s get meaner !
One of the most painful thing about Madara is how he is technically right. His view of the world are rooted in his personal experience, and, despite all our effort to create a better world, we will never stop conflict. It's only human, after all.
If I believe Hashirama settled for too little, I am convinced Madara's fault was to aim farther than he could ever reach realistically. As much as I am an idealist myself, I think it's important to realise that humans have limitations and to respect that fact.
But well, Madara was a desperate man, isolation and grief made him spiral and broke him beyond repair. There is something truly tragic about him, and that's something I truly love about his character.
