A Silly Little Guy, With Silly Little Interests

Sometimes a Godot just needs a caffeinated beverage

[sadbugbois]

I was gonna draw a quick silly quijiu valentines thing but it got away from me

[supertaliart]

Ok one more svsss Cat AU post-it. Now Meow Jiu has a Shen Nyan!

[supertaliart]

More Cat!LiuJiu post-its!

Part 1

[supertaliart]

This is an interaction that happened between @chaoticmitochondria ‘s cats and it made me think of LiuJiu as cats!

[hehearse]

And he asked: "Forget what?"

a commission of a scene from this fic ! ^^

[nigelgraz]

I am happy because everyone loves me

[rever-z4]

Shen Yuan Is little clingy

[seaside-tropical-sun]

Whoa-oh, Qingge on a chair

[xiyao-feels]

☕ NMJ broke the sworn brotherhood oath before JGY did

He certainly tried to kill JGY before JGY started music-poisoning him!

Interestingly in the novel we don’t see them swear the oath or learn the oath they swear; the only thing we do know is that it seems to be unusually violent:

Lan XiChen, “Since Brother chose to make the oath with you, it means that he has indeed approved of you.”

Jin GuangYao spoke with dejection, “But, Brother, didn’t you hear what he said in the oath? Every sentence meant something more. ‘Face a thousand accusing fingers, be torn from limb to limb’—this was clearly a warning for me. I… I’ve never heard of such an oath before.”

(Exiled Rebels, ch 50)

But yeah, I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to literally attempt to kill your sworn brother.

[suddenlystolen]

Oh just to throw in a fun fact: the part which Exiled Rebels translates as “be torn from limb to limb” is actually “五马分尸” in Chinese (literally to die with body dismembered by five horses). It’s an especially cruel method of execution reserved for the most heinous of criminals, such as a subject who commits treason against his country. In it, a rope is tied to the person’s head and their limbs. These ropes are tied in turn to five different horses. The horses are then prodded to gallop in different directions, tearing the person apart while they’re alive. The person’s corpse also gets desecrated as their dismembered parts are dragged along the dirty ground. So together, the lines “a thousand accusing fingers” and “die with body dismembered by five horses” paints a picture of a public execution watched by a jeering crowd.

For anyone who’s had a passing exposure to the trope of an oath of sworn brotherhood through novels or c-dramas or even the most famous brotherhood in Three Kingdoms, it’s very easy to agree with JGY that one has “never heard of such an oath before”. Like seriously, wtf.

Usually the vibes of these oaths are very chivalrous and romantic — “we’ll share our blessings as well as our burdens together (有福同享，有难同当)”. Or they’ll repeat the refrain from the famous oath by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei “we ask not to be born on the day, same month, same year. Only to die on the same day, same month, same year” (不求同年同月同日生，但求同年同月同日死). The overall theme of the oath is that the sworn brothers are in this together, and that they’ll be willing to die for each other in battle. The loyalty and devotion displayed in such scenes is very moving.

At most such an oath will mention that those who break it will incur the wrath of/be punished by heaven and the people 天人共诛/怒/戮, especially if the brotherhood was formed to serve a higher purpose like defend the country. Or it won’t be mentioned at all because such oaths are made in confidence, trust and mutual admiration, rather than on a contractual basis.

So for NMJ to get this specific about the method of death? And to invoke the most horrific mode of execution in chinese culture, in an oath that is supposed to be founded upon camaraderie? Wtf NMJ. You’re not supposed to do that!!! I think this scene is supposed to radically disabuse the reader of the romantic image that is usually evoked by the trope of three brothers coming together to pledge an oath of brotherhood that deepens their devotion to each other, especially if that was how they imagined the 3Zun brotherhood began. I think it implies that there was something messed up about the 3Zun brotherhood right from the start.

Novel Raw quoted from Enjing: 第50章 狡童 蓝曦臣道：“大哥既然当初和你结义，这就是认可你了。” 金光瑶苦闷地道：“可是，二哥啊，你没听他的结义词是怎么说的吗？句句意有所指，‘千夫所指、五马分尸’，分明是在警告我。我……从没听过这样的结义词……”

[magekrove]

my svsss comic about sqq and his little personality split (what if)

[magekrove]

like father like daughter

[artofchira]

Scum Villain Self-Saving System.

A 7/9 Recovery AU where Shen Qingqiu is saved and rehabilitated with Yue Qingyuan… I want good things for them.

[vebokki]

my piece for the #SVSSSBigBang! 

based on the incredible fic Helpless is the Heart by @matsinko which you should go read right now immediately

[vebokki]

my piece for the #SVSSSBigBang! 

based on the incredible fic Helpless is the Heart by @matsinko which you should go read right now immediately

[aramintax]

Jin Ling's uncles (April and May 2024)

[5850154587]

two mimir 🌼🌼

[tea-cat-arts]

Actually the funniest thing to happen in any of the mxtx fandoms is that in svsss, Shang Qinghua never published Shen Jiu's backstory because he didn't want to deal with the discourse, and then irl every other post I've seen about Shen Jiu is some kind of discourse