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[mwahoy]

I JUST DISCOVERED SOMETHING INSANE.

Shen Jiu already knew about Yue Qingyuan’s secret, and he also already suspected the reason why Yue Qingyuan never rescued him.

In the extras, after torturing Shen Jiu, Luo Binghe simply walks in and throws a broken sword in front of him, nothing more.

Even after being tortured, Shen Jiu’s mental state was still stable. But after hearing Binghe’s words and seeing the fragments of the broken sword, he doesn’t hesitate: he completely loses his mind.

Shen Jiu is arrogant and selfish, so why did he believe so quickly in someone he hates? He knows Binghe is capable of everything he says, but he had been tortured for days; he could have easily thought it was just another method of torture to humiliate him.

Shen Jiu thinks Luo Binghe has already uncovered all of his disgusting secrets and his “relationship” with Yue Qingyuan (at least that’s what I think). He believes everyone is against him, so it wouldn’t be impossible for him to think: “Ah, this dog is just trying to scare me.” But no. He doesn’t question it. Just the sword falling is enough to make Shen Jiu’s vision shake. I’m sure he didn’t even hear Luo Binghe’s words at first.

Shen Jiu saw the sword and became certain Yue Qingyuan was dead. He loses his mind, doesn’t question it, and doesn’t create comforting illusions like: “It’s just a sword, Yue Qingyuan must have escaped” or “During the fight, Yue Qingyuan must have broken the sword.” No. He instantly accepts that Yue Qingyuan is dead.

Shen Jiu knew the sword was Yue Qingyuan’s life, and that without it, he wouldn’t survive.

Everyone knows Shen Jiu’s personality and everything he went through. So how can he simply go insane after seeing a broken sword? There is no other proof that Yue Qingyuan is dead besides the sword and Binghe’s words.

Of course he doesn’t believe everything Binghe says; in fact, he prefers not to believe him, since he knows Luo Binghe would enjoy making him angry. But the sword? He simply sees it and loses his mind.

Shen Jiu is arrogant, but also extremely intelligent. It makes no sense for him to truly believe that the person who spent half his life by his side simply enjoyed life and gave up on him, especially knowing Yue Qingyuan’s personality, since he always protected him.

At first, Shen Jiu creates the false illusion for himself that Yue Qingyuan was enjoying life while he suffered, but that was clearly a thought born out of anger. After all, there he was buried in the mud, while his “savior” wore clean robes and belonged to a prestigious sect.

Shen Jiu may have thought this as a way to vent his anger, but he is rational. It’s impossible that he spent his entire life until death truly believing that.

Shen Jiu knows something happened that caused Yue Qingyuan to be delayed in rescuing him. He also knows the sect was one of the factors that delayed Yue Qingyuan.

Another thing: Shen Jiu is obsessed with cultivation. He would try everything to improve it. How many books and scrolls must he have read? It’s obvious he would piece together the reason Yue Qingyuan never unsheathes his sword and always keeps it protected.

He also knows that after leaving seclusion, Yue Qingyuan became extremely powerful, to the point of already being the sect’s successor. It’s obvious Shen Jiu would investigate Yue Qingyuan.

Not to mention that this was a time when Yue Qingyuan had not yet covered up all of his secrets, because he was too worried about Shen Jiu. He came out of seclusion and immediately went looking for him. So even when Shen Jiu was already with his master, Yue Qingyuan was still focused on him and probably couldn’t erase all traces.

You can’t silence everyone. He may have killed the person who deceived him, but other people could have seen him with that person and later noticed their “disappearance.”

Besides that, Shen Jiu knows that when Yue Qingyuan came out of seclusion, he had already left that place. It’s impossible Shen Jiu didn’t investigate this once he became responsible for one of the peaks.

Because of that, this can be considered one of the reasons Shen Jiu hates the sect: it was responsible both for Yue Qingyuan not saving him and for ruining his life.

So the illusion that “Yue Qingyuan was enjoying life while he suffered” is just a way of not accepting the fact that Yue Qingyuan almost died. He may not know exactly what happened, but he must have a rough idea.

And when he saw the broken sword, he didn’t create any illusion that Yue Qingyuan could still be alive.

Also, Yue Qingyuan lowers his guard a lot around Shen Jiu. So Shen Jiu could very well be the only person who knows his sword’s design, since no one has ever seen that sword fully unsheathed.

Even when Yue Qingyuan only drew half of the sword, it probably wasn’t enough to see its name. Everyone may know the name, but not the way it was written.

Obviously this isn’t written in the novel, but I believe Luo Binghe only threw a few fragments of the broken sword, not the part with the engraved name. After all, if it was destroyed, you probably wouldn’t even be able to see it.

So Shen Jiu immediately recognized the fragments of Yue Qingyuan’s sword.

Just the fact that he knows the sword’s design is already enough to assume he investigated Yue Qingyuan’s life, both directly and indirectly.

Since Shen Jiu has known him since childhood, it’s easy to connect the dots — especially back when Yue Qingyuan still wasn’t sect leader.

That’s why Luo Binghe couldn’t find anything other than Shen Jiu that could truly affect Yue Qingyuan.

The fact that Shen Jiu instantly believes Yue Qingyuan’s death just by seeing his sword means he is certain Yue Qingyuan “transferred” his life into that piece of metal.

Connecting the dots: Shen Jiu knows something happened to Yue Qingyuan.

Shen Jiu would never admit this. He knows Yue Qingyuan, but hates knowing him so well.

He knows something happened that prevented Yue Qingyuan from coming back for him, and precisely because he knows him so well, he creates these illusions to forget the past.

He is a “new” person now, so he creates the illusion that Yue Qingyuan changed, that he was fine while Shen Jiu suffered.

But Shen Jiu knows Yue Qingyuan, so he creates these illusions precisely because he knows they are lies.

The second thing Shen Jiu hates most, in my opinion, is being deceived. So he would seek the truth at any cost.

He is a villain who only has low IQ when he’s near the protagonist. In fact, it is literally written in the extras that Xiang Fei “lowered everyone’s IQ” so the protagonist would seem superior.

In other words: if everyone has the same IQ, when Luo Binghe isn’t around, technically their IQ returns to normal. Kind of hilarious hahahah.

Xiang Fei only received fragments of the story and, to make money, altered the entire plot without deeply exploring the characters.

So the original story fills in the gaps Xiang Fei ignored.

For example: in what Xiang Fei wrote, Shen Jiu mistreats Binghe simply because he is the protagonist, grows quickly in cultivation, etc. Nothing beyond that.

He didn’t develop Shen Jiu; he just turned him into the final boss for Binghe’s happy life.

But the original story fills in this gap, revealing the real reason Shen Jiu hates Binghe.

Continuing.

Shen Jiu is very intelligent. It’s impossible he survived that long if his intellect were low.

He obviously didn’t let anger blind him; he investigated Yue Qingyuan and noticed small signs.

But because of selfishness, he wanted Yue Qingyuan himself to admit everything.

Even if Yue Qingyuan lied (which obviously he never would, and Shen Jiu knows this), Shen Jiu would still believe him.

Because Shen Jiu knows Yue Qingyuan still remembers their “shameful” past and never changed the way he treated him.

That’s why Shen Jiu would believe any lie Yue Qingyuan told, because he would know Yue Qingyuan is only lying to prevent Shen Jiu from feeling guilty.

In the same way, Yue Qingyuan knows Shen Jiu would believe him — and precisely because of that, he tells him nothing.

But Yue Qingyuan has no idea Shen Jiu already knows his secret.

Shen Jiu hates men, but Yue Qingyuan is his only hope.

That’s why he loses his mind when he realizes Yue Qingyuan truly died.

Even with all his pride, he still asks: “Why didn’t you come back?”

He knows the reason. And that is exactly why he feels angry.

Angry at Yue Qingyuan, at himself, and at the entire situation.

The more he asks, the more hope he has of receiving an answer.

He also wanted Yue Qingyuan to tell him the secret for completely selfish reasons.

Shen Jiu thinks the worst of himself.

He definitely blames himself for Yue Qingyuan not telling him anything.

Maybe he thinks: “He doesn’t want to tell me because he thinks I’ll blackmail him?” or “He knows my biggest secret, but won’t tell me his. Is he threatening me?”

But those are just self-destructive thoughts.

Deep down, he knows the truth.

He creates illusions to feel more comfortable with himself, because he would never admit his inferiority complex.

He feels disgusted with himself while looking down on others.

I only feel bad for Yue Qingyuan, because he is absurdly innocent when it comes to Shen Jiu.

So to me, this isn’t even a theory, but a fact.

Every fan of Scum Villain's Self-Saving System knows Shen Jiu’s distorted personality, but few truly understand the character.

He is not a “good” person hidden behind a cruel mask to protect himself.

Shen Jiu going insane and Binghe being surprised, without making ANY jokes, is extremely suspicious.

That is a very obvious sign for the reader — honestly, I think almost no one noticed it.

During years of torture, nothing affected Shen Jiu.

Nothing.

Shen Jiu is practically immune to everything except Yue Qingyuan.

You can tell that the moment he saw those sword fragments, his entire world collapsed.

He didn’t go insane because of Binghe.

He went insane because of himself.

Because he finally accepted that Yue Qingyuan died trying to save him. He accepts that Yue Qingyuan always tried to save him.

Shen Jiu lives in illusions that Yue Qingyuan changed.

So Yue Qingyuan’s death proves the exact opposite: he never changed his feelings for Shen Jiu.

Shen Jiu knows this, but refuses to accept it.

Going insane was the only form of self-preservation.

Yue Qingyuan was the rope Shen Jiu was still hoping to grab to pull himself out of the mud.

But that rope was cut.

In a situation like that, madness becomes the only escape.

There was even that case of several people trying to commit suicide at the same time on a bridge.

After interviewing survivors, they discovered that when someone is close to death, the body sends warning signals.

Many people reported needing to drink alcohol to gather the courage to jump, because when out of their right mind, they stop feeling fear and stop thinking rationally.

Something similar can happen with suicidal people: they create illusions or enter dissociative states to keep surviving just a little longer.

Shen Jiu’s case is similar.

He goes insane, curses Binghe to feel better, and creates the illusion that he is still perfectly fine, because he doesn’t want to give Binghe the satisfaction of victory.

But the one illusion he does not create is that Yue Qingyuan might still be alive.

Anyway, this text got huge hahhahah.

I’ve never seen anyone talk about this. My English isn’t good and my feed doesn’t have much content in other languages, so I don’t know if anyone else has already thought of this.

SVSSS isn’t my favorite novel, but because it has an unreliable narrator, it’s really fun to analyze.

Honestly, the original novel of PIDW would be really interesting. Even though it’s BG, I would read it easily.

It would be extremely tragic, but incredible, with very well-developed characters.

This was just a thought I had. I didn’t even revise it beforehand, so even though it’s long, it’s not a super deep analysis — just the basics you can notice if you try to think like the character.

I don’t completely understand Shen Jiu, so this part about his thoughts is more my own speculation, because it doesn’t explicitly appear in the novel.

But one thing I am absolutely certain of: Shen Jiu knew Yue Qingyuan’s secret hahhahahha

I made an account here just to post what I think, because on Twitter you can’t post long texts

[wisedo]

LQG transmigrated to the modern world AU

The comic on AO3

[nikasia]

Best cómic ever of LiuShen

[nikasia]

Don’t look back, cause i won’t be there

Just like in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Liu Qingge will be able to battle the gods to win back and save the person he loves most, but in the process, he forgets the risks involved. Luo Binghe is all too aware of the desires and thoughts running through the mind of the god of war, but if anything hurts more than reality, it is knowing that if the person you love were to see you two, trying to kill each other in some way, he would be deeply disappointed with both of you

[cruelfrenzyalchemist]

I drew Zhuzhi Lang for the first time and he's such a cutie, his design is so beautiful!!!

[nikasia]

The best kisses are those that finally bring you back together with the one you love

[#moshang #shangqinghua #mobeijun #svsss ]

[deikshen]

The Demon Prince Shen Yuan (third son of a vast demonic kingdom specializing in the printing and reproduction of books) at only five years old, he is betrothed to the son of the current Demon Emperor. Except that the Demon Emperor, Tianlang Jun, doesn't have any children yet, and doesn't even plan to have them; he simply made that promise to get discounts and free books

Thus, Shen Yuan grows up knowing that he is destined to be wife of the future Emperor. Except that never happens. Tianlang Jun disappears one day and a rumor spreads that he was sealed under a mountain. And there is no trace of a son

So, when twenty years later Luo Binghe rose to power, decimating armies, conquering lands, and marrying women left and right, Prince Shen Yuan's kingdom is furious. Outraged. Horrified. Where is the promise that was made?! That new Emperor should marry Prince Shen, not that bunch of women!

And, well, Prince Shen's kingdom doesn't have any army. But they have something better: their books. By reproducing and creating, they can control history. Thus, books that recount Luo Binghe's exploits have little reach, unlike books that portray him as a cruel half-breed, someone insatiable for revenge, a horrible, ruthless being that he would betray anyone, that he doesn't even love his wives, that he collects them for power, that he doesn't even remember the names of half of them...

The books arrive at the harem, and the wives go crazy. They begin to play small tricks on Luo Binghe by dressing like others wifes, or calling themselves by names that are not their own, hoping that Luo Binghe will even recognize them. That doesn't happen, and Luo Binghe is at least three more confusions away from his wives mutinying against him over stupid books. So he does what he usually does when situations like this happen: he draw Xin Mo, one of the books full of fallacies and exaggerations (he DOES feel affection for his wives!) and goes to that horrible kingdom of paper, books and libraries that has nothing interesting to offer him

Except that upon arriving, of course, he is required to fulfill his father's promise. Luo Binghe has no idea what is happening, and as expected, he does not react well to the fact that his neglectful father promised him in marriage based solely on books. However, a promise is a promise, and filial duty is required of him. Except now, this kingdom demands more: since Luo Binghe did not fulfill the requirement of marrying his Prince first, it would be an insult for this prince - and all his years of education invested in preparing to marry the future Demon Emperor - to join a harem. This prince MUST be his Empress

Luo Binghe, obviously, disagrees. Then he meets Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan, a great admirer of his, has quarreled with his family for trying to tarnish his reputation. He knows every story that has been told about his conquests or battles with beasts, and above all, he can understand each of Luo Binghe's cruelest acts - and perhaps be a little crueler and more scathing than Luo Binghe would have expected

...mn, on second thought, Luo Binghe has no problem marrying this Prince and making him his Empress. After all, a promise is a promise, and even if Luo Binghe wasn't informed at first, who is he to break it!

[nikasia]

Sha Hualing character set reference for future projects! WIP

[sapin7]

Love me anyway

[confuzing]

I kind of want to see how badly YQY and SQQ could fuck up their own reconciliation but still ultimately reconcile.

Currently my idea is that they have a drunken and/or hormones assisted tryst and SQQ gets pregnant.

YQY atticwifes him and forces him to keep the baby without actually explaining that you know, he actually loves SQQ and would never willingly abandon him so SQQ thinks the whole time that YQY only wants the baby not him.

The actual reconciliation comes after the traumatic birth because YQY was also not taking SQQ to prenatal appointments, so both SQQ and newly arrived SY try to die dramatically as is the Shen way.

But once they stop doing that and YQY actually explains his whole fucking deal SQQ is feeling much better - except that he hates the baby and can't look at or touch him without wanting to off himself.

YQY: Cool cool cool, there is definitely nothing anyone could have done to prevent this!

So SY gets a nanny and only really sees SQQ on special occasions and never for long, which is how he's like nine when he finally figures out his distant mom is The Scum Villain!!!

And YQY is doting but also distant because if he spends too much time with SY SQQ gets jealous.

So SY has all the material possession he could possibly want but is desperately lonely and thinks neither of his parents love him. He's worked out Something Happened around the time he was born and has determined all the lingering hurt feelings and trauma must all be his fault somehow.

And SQQ gets to feel like a failure and a bad mom and YQY gets to know he's a failure and that he could have spared his husband and son a lot of pain if he'd just opened his mouth earlier...

And yet when little baby SY asks him if SQQ hates him he's just like, "of course not honey" and pats his head.

YQY tells himself it's just because SY is too little but SY asks again and again as he gets older and YQY can't bring himself to explain...

"Will you at least tell me why you both hate me?" Shen Yuan asks him in their tent at the Immortal Alliance Conference. "I've asked him. He just glares at me."

"We don't hate you Yuan'er, we love you."

His son just sighs, "You don't have to keep lying to me, I'm not six anymore." And leaves.

The confrontation at the edge of the Abyss is extra messy and both YQY and SQQ are there. Really Luo Binghe turning out to be part demon is the least emotionally devastating thing that happens.

Both SQQ and YQY qi deviate when Luo Binghe wraps his arms around their son and pulls him into the Abyss with him.

[lynnthefrenchtoast]

shen twins au where shen yuan is out studying fauna, researching wild beasts, fully dedicated his life to exploring the world of PIDW and helping improve citizens' everyday lives

he comes back to see jiu-ge very randomly. sometimes it'll only be a week or two before he gets homesick and flies back. sometimes he's so engrossed in a project, he doesn't remember to visit for a year.

(jiu-ge is very insistent that shen yuan lives his own life far away from cqm. despite missing his didi, he knows that if he stays for too long, shen yuan will like it. he will begin to form attachments because thats how he is. and yue qingyuan will smell blood in the water, will take the opportunity to never let shen yuan go - just as shen jiu was trapped by an offer too good to refuse, forever tied to yue qi's side. he refuses to let shen yuan share his fate.)

(add onto that the fact that shen jiu has many enemies who would love to exploit the fact he has a darling younger brother. yeah, he's keeping shen yuan's existence hidden and each visit is a risk.)

imagine his surprise when he visits one year and his brother says "yeah, i've taken the position of peak lord. my new title is shen qingqiu."

cue "oh fuck my brother is the scum villain"

he starts visiting a lot more, trying to change the plot to save his gege's skin. but he can't visit too much or it gets suspicious. he tries to admonish his behaviour, but his brother has always been stubborn, and refuses to listen. the day binghe gets selected, shen yuan is hiding and holding his breath. when shen jiu pours the scalding tea over his head, shen yuan wants to throw up.

they have a big fight over his treatment of binghe. shen jiu just can't understand. shen yuan thinks that what hes done is horrible, and he's too emotional to argue well, to make shen jiu see his point. they go to sleep in separate rooms.

shen yuan sneaks out of the room and looks for binghe.

while he is sleeping, shen yuan tends to his wounds and leaves medicine and a container of hot food with a heating talisman.

after the abyss, shen yuan dresses up as his brother and apologizes to binghe for all he's done in the past. his acting is superb. every facial expression, every intonation of his voice - shen yuan has practiced tirelessly. he knows binghe is not easy to fool. but nobody knows shen jiu has a brother, and he had to at least try and save his brother's skin, and if binghe is unsatisfied then at least the one who gets maimed will be him and not jiu-ge.

meanwhile, luo binghe stares at the man with the most sincere eyes he's ever seen. when shen yuan says sorry, indeed, he is sorry. the guilt is clear.

and yet.

this person is not his shizun.

luo binghe thinks back to the times he caught "shizun" leaving warm food at the woodshed. to the late nights he had caught "shizun" wandering around the peak, where "shizun" would look at him, actually look at him - not just pass his eyes over him like he was trash on the street.

to the night where he had woken up, and "shizun" was there, applying salve to the wounds he himself inflicted.

he thinks,

caught you, "shizun."

[stealingpotatoes]

happy ides of march i 3D modelled Caesar so i could make him do fortnite dances

[kazimo]

Hi everyone!! 😊

Coming here today to share a little preview of the huayin piece I did for the @mxtxrarepairzine zine!!

The MXTX Rarepairs zine is fully digital (with a print on demand option) and all of its proceeds will go to charity! So if you're interested, please do check it out!

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[nikasia]

Ning Yingying

[thiscatdraws]

Bingyuan commission for @/othersharks for their AU! I had such fun with these designs 🥰

[othersharkss]

♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

[nikasia]

Mxtx's novels are incredible at bringing many stories to life, and with them many elements that are common both in ancient times and today. The stories in each of them have always fascinated me (it's true that l've only known some of them through graphic novels and spoilers along the way), but that doesn't take away from my deep respect and admiration for each of them.

I won't deny that choosing favorites for this occasion has been difficult, but I will bring them back in the future.

Anyway, to commemorate this day dedicated to women and for many more years to come in which we remember all those who fought for the recognition and rights we have today, happy Women's Day!

[cruelfrenzyalchemist]

JC: ngh--Y-YOU-- SHAMELESS!!!