plumblossommusings

[red-garden]

Euuueueue thinking about Shen Jiu keeping Ning Yingying intentionally naive because he had to grow up so fast, so his idea of the kindest way to treat her is to keep her in a prolonged state of adolescence 😭

She shouldn’t be pressured to learn in her martial lessons because he doesn’t want her to have to fight to survive

She shouldn’t have to do chores because he wants her to have fun and be free

She shouldn’t learn about people’s bad intentions so that she never lives in fear of the people around her

She shouldn’t learn to think critically and question authority, because what if she came to the reasonable conclusion that her Jiu-jiu is a rotten, terrible man, who never truly cared for her? He wouldn’t survive it.

[confuzing]

"Ok," I say to Luo Binghe. "I'm not saying you can never cook congee ok? I get that Shen Qingqiu likes it. But you can only cook it ONCE per fic alright?"

"Ex-fucking-scuse me??" Luo Binghe says. Rightfully so, who the hell am I to question him?

"Look if you keep this up people are going to start thinking it's all you can cook ok? And if you can only cook one thing you aren't actually a good cook are you?"

Luo Binghe huffs. "Fine, I get your point. I'll make noodles more often."

[red-garden]

Because of their jobs, Shen Yuan and Binghe can’t always be together. After the honeymoon period of traveling, they had to settle back into the roles they have taken, the time consuming duties and distance included. Shen Yuan misses Binghe certainly, but he knows his husband has it worse. Binghe needs reassurance, otherwise their reunions are always tear soaked, his husband utterly convincing himself that Shizun will leave him for good this time. Shen Yuan can’t have that! But in lieu of voice messages, he decides to write Binghe letters, labeled on the outside for when to open them. ‘Open if Binghe is blaming himself’ ‘Open if Binghe feels he’s a bad ruler’ ‘Open if Binghe feels lonely’. He writes new ones as Binghe goes through them, even knowing he keeps and rereads them. They make his husband feel happy and safe, and that’s all Shen Yuan has ever wanted.

[darthwillies]

say what you like about him but i have a lot of respect for luo binghe’s courtship methods. like he tried the “look what you’re missing out on” approach okay, he gave it a fair go. “look how cool and hot and powerful i am” is a straight up classic and he had it nailed down, he had his evil sword and dramatic poses to strike, he was locked tf in. but then when that failed to work he pivoted like a champion, going from his sexy badass persona to full-on sad kitten out in the rain, and i don’t think he gets enough credit for that. he is a grownass demonic emperor with subjects and presumably a lot of enemies looking for weakness, and yet he has fully committed to the untried and extremely specific “warbling baby bird” approach to wooing shen qingqiu. he is wailing and clinging to the best of his exceptional ability, all dignity abandoned, to get his man. that’s dedication.

[allpiesforourown]

Did original bingge as a white lotus know about jerking off. Because bingmei was 100% horny for shizun but bingge had no sex ed nor any friends or family to give him the talk or anything. Did he have sex with Qin Wanyue and go what the fuck is happening with my penis

[red-garden]

I actually really like that Bingqiu are allowed to still be mentally ill at the end of the story. I like that they’re allowed to find joy and love without being “fixed”

[allpiesforourown]

Remember when shen yuan felt Ning yingyings boobs and got really scared. Straightes man alive you guys

[backoffbleep]

LiuJiu WIP

There is something in Shen Jiu that feels distinctly settled after his encounter with Lui Qingge.  Like a raging forest fire tamed to a small controlled flame, still present, still dangerous, but not actively so. This by itself is particularly odd, as typically the man leaves him unsettled, if not furious at the man and everything he seems to stand for

Liu Qingge is a whirlwind of his own whim, doing as he pleases when he pleases, and what's worse, the man hardly even realises that is what he is doing. Every part of the man seems to scream stability; he has the rigid self-assurance in his own honourable nature that comes with never having to fight for scraps. Shen Jiu has found that only those afforded the privilege of comfort in their upbringing truly believe that they can uphold such firm morals in life.

 Perhaps that's the reason for his calm, Shen Jiu muses, dragging his brush across the refined paper. Perhaps knowing he has the power to pin down such a force of nature is what brings him such serenity.

He wonders briefly if Liu Qingge would still be the man he is today if he had grown up in such circumstances as himself. Would the honourable war god have ended up like Shen Qingqiu, a vagrant, or Yue Qingyuan, a liar?

Ink seeps into paper, both so expensive that it seems a waste to use them at all, and Shen Qingqiu decides that if put into his own upbringing, Liu Qingge would be dead.

It brings a weird pride and whole new point of resentment to consider, the foolish man would have been just as foolish as a boy running his mouth until someone actually wanted him to speak. Those types never survive long. Not in the slums.

[lorewritesstuff]

LMY (and others') view of moshang: And then the big scary ice demon pushed down the weak, trembling cultivator who was unable to escape his tender mercies.

meanwhile Moshang:

MBJ, robes artfully falling around his chest: Shang Qinghua. Come to bed.

SQH, all but stabbing the paper with red ink: Not now, Daddy's about to end this man's whole career.

[thesecretsharkmafia]

svsss hot take: i could see a great many ways that shen yuan could end up acting like shen jiu. but i could never, NEVER, see shen jiu ever acting even remotely like shen yuan whatsoever. their base personalitys are night and day and i will die on this hill.

[red-garden]

I’m tired of over protective Liu Qingge, what about Liu Qingge with a completely warped understanding about what is a reasonable amount of risk or danger for people other than himself. You could have died when that rock flew at your head? But you dodged. I don’t see the issue.

Shen Yuan is very happy with this arrangement since he’s constantly being mother henned by everyone else in the wild, but it will not turn out well since he has the survival instincts of a grape.

[liusumeowhua]

pushing, pulling

[red-garden]

When writing Shen Jiu, ask yourself;

Is he actively contributing to his own downfall?

He hiding what he perceives as weakness?

Is he simultaneously clinging too and pushing away the people he sees as Good™️?

Is he aiming for the throat every single time?

Is he refusing to give up anything he’s ever seen as his?

Is he afraid?

If the answer to any of these questions is ‘No’, go back and reexamine what you’ve written.

[lorewritesstuff]

LMY (and others') view of moshang: And then the big scary ice demon pushed down the weak, trembling cultivator who was unable to escape his tender mercies.

meanwhile Moshang:

MBJ, robes artfully falling around his chest: Shang Qinghua. Come to bed.

SQH, all but stabbing the paper with red ink: Not now, Daddy's about to end this man's whole career.

[naonap]

saintess sha

[drwcn]

How To Name Your Chinese Characters: 

1) LAST NAMES: 

I’ve pasted the Top 100 common last names in alphabetical order, and bolded the ones that appear in CQL:   

B: 白 Bai C: 蔡 Cai ; 曹 Cao ;  常 Chang ; 曾 Ceng ;  陈 Chen ;  程 Cheng ;  崔 Cui ; D: 戴 Dai ; 邓 Deng ; 丁 Ding ; 董 Dong ; 杜 Du ; F: 范 Fan ; 方 Fang ; 冯 Feng ; 付 Fu ; G: 高 Gao ;  葛 Ge  ; 龚 Gong ; 顾 Gu ; 郭 Guo ; H: 韩 Han ; 何 He ; 贺 He 洪 Hong ; 侯 Hou ; 黄 Hua ; 胡 Hu ; J: 贾 Jia ; 蒋 Jiang ; 姜 Jiang ; 江 Jiang ; 金 Jin ; K: 康 Kang ; L:  赖 Lai ; 李 Li ;  黎 Li ; 廖 Liao ; 梁 Liang ; 林 Lin ; 刘 Liu ; 陆 Lu ; 卢 Lu ; 路 Lu ; 吕 Lü ; 罗 Luo ; M: 马 Ma ; 麦 Mai ; 毛 Mao ; 孟 Meng ; N:  倪 Ni  ;  牛 Niu ; P: 潘 Pan ; 彭 Peng ; Q: 钱 Qian ; 秦 Qin ; 邱 Qiu ; R:任 Ren ; S: 邵 Shao ; 沈 Sheng ; 史 Shi ; 石 Shi ; 施 Shi ; 宋 Song ; 苏 Su ; 孙 Sun ; T: 陶 Tao ; 谭 Tan ; 唐 Tang ; 田 Tian ; W: 万 Wan ; 王 Wang ;  汪 Wang ; 魏 Wei ; 吴 Wu ; X: 邢 Xing ; 夏 Xia ;  蕭 Xiao ; 谢 Xie ; 徐 Xu ; 许 Xu ; 薛 Xue ; Y: 阎 Yan ; 严 Yan ; 杨 Yang ; 姚 Yao ; 叶 Ye ;  余 Yu ; 于 Yu ; 袁 Yuan ; Z: 张 Zhang ;  赵 Zhao ; 郑 Zheng ; 钟 Zhong ; 周 Zhou ;  朱 Zhu ;  庄 Zhuang ;  邹 Zou ;

Above are all single character last names, but there are some double character Chinese last names, seen below (list not exhaustive): 

独孤 Du’Gu ;  公孙 Gong’Sun ; 南宫 Nan’Gong    欧阳 Ou’Yang ;  司马 Si’Ma ; 上官 Shang’Guan ; 宇文 Yu’Wen ; 长孙 Zhang’Sun ; 诸葛 Zhu’GE ; 

2) GIVEN NAMES/COURTESY NAMES

《Elements》: 

Light*： 光 (guāng) - light，  亮 liàng - bright / shine， 明 (míng) - bright， 曦 (xī) - early dawn， 昀 (yún) - daylight， 昭 (zhāo) - light, clear，照 (zhào) - to shine upon，

Fire: 焰 (yàn) - flames， 烟 (yān) - smoke，炎 (yán) - heat/burn， 烨 (yè) - dazzling light，  

Water: also see “weather” OR “bodies of water” under nature; note the words below while are related to water have meanings that mean some kind of virtue: 清 (qīng) - clarity / purity， 澄 (chéng) - clarity/quiet， 澈 (chè) - clear/penetrating， 涟 (lián) - ripple， 漪 (yī) - ripple， 泓 (hóng) - vast water， 湛 (zhàn) - clear/crystal， 露 (lù) - dew， 泠 (líng) - cool, cold, 涛 (tāo) - big wave，泽 (zé)，浩 hào - grand/vast (water)，涵 (han) - deep submergence / tolerance / educated

Weather: 雨 (yǔ) - rain， 霖 (lín) - downpouring rain， 冰 (bīng) - ice， 雪 (xuě) - snow，  霜 (shuāng) - frost 

Wind: 风 (fēng) - wind

* some “Light” words overlap in meaning with words that mean “sun/day”

《Nature》:

Season: 春 (chūn) - spring， 夏 (xià) - summer， 秋 (qíu) - aumtum， 冬 (dōng) - winter

Time of Day: 朝 (zhāo) - early morning / toward， 晨 (chén) - morning / dawn， 晓 (xiǎo) - morning， 旭 (xù) - dawn/rising sun，昼 (zhòu) - day，皖 (wǎn) - late evening，夜 (yè) - night 

Star/Sky/Space: 云 (yún) - cloud，天 (tiān) - sky/ heaven，霞 (xiá) - afterglow of a rising or setting sun，月 (yuè) - moon，日 (ri) - day / sun，阳 (yáng) - sun，宇 (yǔ) - space，星 (xīng) - star

Birds: 燕 (yàn) - sparrow， 雁 (yàn) - loon， 莺 (yīng) - oriole， 鸢 (yuān) - kite bird (family Accipitridae)，羽 (yǔ) - feather

Creatures: 龙 (lóng) - dragon/imperial

Plants/Flowers:* 兰 (lán) - orchids，  竹 (zhú) - bamboo， 筠 (yún) - tough exterior of bamboos， 萱 (xuān) - day-lily， 松 (sōng) - pine， 叶 (yè) - leaf， 枫 (fēng) - maple， 柏 bó/bǎi - cedar/cypress， 梅 (méi) - plum， 丹 (dān) - peony

Mountains: 山 (shān)， 峰 (fēng) - summit， 峥 (zhēng)，

Bodies of water: 江 (jiāng) - large river/straits， 河 (hé) - river， 湖 (hú) - lake， 海 (hǎi) - sea， 溪 (xī) - stream， 池 (chí) - pond， 潭 (tán) - larger pond， 洋 (yáng) - ocean

* I didn’t include a lot of flower names because it’s very easy to name a character with flowers that heavily implies she’s a prostitute. 

《Virtues》: 

Astuteness: 睿 ruì - astute / foresight， 智 (zhi)， 慧 (hui)， 哲 (zhé) - wise/philosophy, 

Educated:  博 (bó) - extensively educated， 墨 (mo) - ink， 诗 (shi) - poetry / literature， 文 (wén) - language / gentle / literary， 学 (xue) - study， 彦 (yàn) - accomplished / knowledgeable, 知 (zhi) - to know， 斌 (bīn) - refined， 赋 (fù) - to be endowed with knowledge

Loyalty: 忠 (zhōng) - loyal， 真 (zhēn) - true 

Bravery: 勇 (yǒng) - brave， 杰 (jié) - outstanding, hero

Determination/Perseverance: 毅 (yì) - resolute / brave， 恒 (héng) - everlasting， 衡 (héng) - across, to judge/evaluate，成 (chéng) - to succeed， 志 (zhì) - aspiration / the will

Goodness/Kindness: 嘉 (jiā) - excellent / auspicious，磊 (lěi) - rock / open & honest， 正 (zhèng) - straight / upright / principle，

Elegance: 雅 (yǎ) - elegant， 庄 (zhuāng) - respectful/formal/solemn， 彬 (bīn) - refined / polite， 

Handsome: 俊 jùn - handsome/talented 

Peace: 宁 (níng) - quietness/to pacify, 安 （ān) - peace, safety

Grandness/Excellence：宏 (hóng) - grand，豪 (háo) - grand, heroic，昊 (hào) - limitless / the vast sky，华 (huá) - magnificent， 赫 (hè) - red/famous/great， 隆 (lóng) - magnificent， 伟 (wěi) - greatness / large，轩 (xuān) - pavilion with a view/high，卓 (zhuó) - outstanding

Female Descriptor/Virtues/Beauty: 婉 (wǎn)，惠 (huì)， 妮 (nī)， 娇 (jiāo)， 娥 (é)， 婵 (chán) (I didn’t include specific translations for these because they’re all adjectives for women meaning beauty or virtue) 

《Descriptors》:

Adverbs: 如 (rú) - as，若 (ruò) - as, alike，宛 (wǎn) - like / as though，

Verbs: 飞 (fēi) - to fly，  顾 （gù) - to think/consider， 怀 (huái) - to miss, to possess， 落(luò) - to fall, to leave behind，梦 (mèng) - to dream， 思 (sī) - to consider / to miss (someone)，忆 (yì) - memory， 希 (xī) - yearn / admire

Colours: 红 (hóng) - red， 赤 (chì) - crimson， 黄 (huàng) - yellow， 碧 (bì) - green，青(qīng) - azure，蓝 (lán) - blue， 紫 (zǐ) - violet ，玄 (xuán) - black， 白 (baí) - white

Number：一 (yī), 二 (er) - two, 三 (san) - three,  四 (si) - four,  五 (wu) - five, 六 (liu) - six, 七(qi) - seven, 八 (ba) - eight,  九 (jiu) - nine, 十 (shi) - ten

Direction: 东 (dōng) - east， 西 (xi) - west， 南 (nan) - south， 北 (bei) - north，

Other: 子 (zǐ) - child, 然 (rán) - correct / thusly

《Jade》: *there are SO MANY words that generally mean some kind of jade, bc when ppl put jade in their children’s name they don’t literally mean the rock, it’s used to symbolize purity, goodness, kindness, beauty, virtue etc*  琛 (chen), 瑶 (yao),  玥 (yue),  琪 (qi),  琳 (lin)

《Spirituality》

凡 (fan) - mortality 

色 (se) - colour, beauty. In buddhism, “se” symbolizes everything secular

了 (liao) - finished, done, letting go 

尘 (chen) - dust, I’m not… versed in buddhism enough to explain “chen”, it’s similar to “se”

悟 (wu) - knowing? Cognition? To understand a higher meaning

无 (wu) - nothing, the void, also part of like “letting go” 

戒 (jie) - to “quit”, but not in a bad way. In buddhism, monks are supposed to “quit” their earthly desires.

极 (ji) - greatness, also related to the state of nirvana (? I think?) 

[ineffectualdemon]

Shen Qingqiu: this is Luo Binghe, he is practically perfect in everyway and the center of my universe and if you look at him wrong I will hate you forever. We are inseparable and that's how I like it.

Also Shen Qingqiu: this is Shang Qinghua. He's a horrible little rat and is terrible at everything and he's vitally important to my mental wellbeing. You can slap him around a little but if you seriously hurt him I'm going to be pissed