“My King! You got to listen to me!”
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“My King! You got to listen to me!”
chinese gongfu tea is like 70% aura farming and i think that's sick. a normal man may burn himself on this thin porcelain gaiwan, but not me for i have the technique. here you go tiny clay zodiac beasts, have some tea and develop a patina. i'm splashing water everywhere. your pathetic tea comes in a teabag, mine comes compressed in a block and wrapped in paper. my equipment is esoteric. gaze wistfully at the colour in the gongdao. pretend that the shou puer doesn't taste like forest dirt. is that a hint of currant i taste? i'm making a terrible mess.
Making my own tea utensils from plum wood from the tree in the back garden. Considering using my own hair to make the brush. My water is all over the patio. My leaves are all over the flower beds. I'm having a great time XD please join me
the bachelorette but starring shen yuan (aka the shizlorette)
shen yuan is an infamous member of bachelor nation, the most well known hater of the show. he becomes the bachelorette because his social media criticisms of the show's concept and casts catch the producer's attention, and they want to do a season themed around "proving" the show works by making its biggest critic fall in love
the host (and lead producer) is shang qinghua, who originated the entire idea and has gone viral for his responses to shen yuan multiple times
contestants include:
luo binghe (mei): famous chef with a tragic backstory about being abandoned then orphaned then sent to something traumatizing like a wilderness therapy camp. in his free time he runs a nonprofit to support "troubled" children. in a surprise reveal we learn he came on the show because shen yuan helped take down the horrible camp by posting an expose about the industry, and then happened to be one of the first critics to write a good review of his restaurant, leading to his extraordinary success in the industry. gets the winner edit
luo bingge: lowkey evil twin to luo binghe despite no actual relation. former bachelor lead who's season was canceled midway through because he tried to propose to all the contestants and he was getting canceled online for misogyny or something. says he's back as a contestant because he wants to prove he's changed for the better. gets the early-season villain edit and goes home relatively quickly because he barges in on a one-on-one date as if he deserves the time and it pisses shen yuan off
liu qingge: on the show because a friend (*cough* liu mingyan *cough*) applied for him and the producers wanted him for eye candy. somehow becomes the fan favorite, but is always losing out to luo binghe just slightly (comes second in physical challenges, is unable to interrupt luo binghe and shen yuan's chats during cocktail parties bc he's embarrassed, "isn't open enough about his feelings" while luo binghe cries at any slight frown from shen yuan, etc etc). gets the "should have won" edit. most viral moment is a big blowout fight with shen qingqiu at the tell all when images leak of shen qingqiu at a strip club or something right before the show started filming. says in interviews that he just wants shen yuan to be happy (but says so with gritted teeth while glaring at luo binghe)
shen qingqiu/jiu: renowned musician who says he wanted to come on the show because he thinks shen yuan's prose (his hate rants) are beautifully done and he wants to get to know him better. does not befriend ANY of the other contestants. shen yuan keeps him around because he enjoys their chats where they just hate on and gossip about people. gets the late season villain edit when it's revealed he played a role in luo binghe's tragic backstory on a two-on-one date (the other contestant being luo binghe of course). shen yuan finds out and dramatically sends him home with a speech that contains more censorship beeps than words
yue qingyuan: probably the president of a university of something. claims he applied to be on the show because he just thought shen yuan was beautiful and wanted to get to know him better. it's revealed that he had a previous situationship with shen qingqiu (a music professor at his university) that ended poorly, and fans speculate he only went on the show to reconcile. reactions are split between those who think it's sweet, those who think it's creepy, and those who are just mad the whole drama was a distraction from shen yuan's experience (shen yuan did not care) (matter of fact, shen qingqiu didn't care either and ignored yue qingyuan the entire season). fan sleuths eventually reveal the whole sordid tale and learn that the situationship ended because of a miscommunication (qijiu then show up to the tell all engaged with matching rings and shen qingqiu is practically sitting on yue qingyuan's lap the whole time)
gongyi xiao: has a generic office job that he hates. becomes an early frontrunner among fans when the cast photos are first revealed. says he applied for the show because he appreciated shen yuan's kindness (everyone else is confused by this statement bc shen yuan is an infamous hater). him and luo binghe have a mini rivalry over being the only contestants younger than shen yuan, but luo binghe severely outfreaks gongyi xiao so gongyi xiao sort of gives up, and he eventually leaves during a teary-eyed rose ceremony pre-hometowns, but it seems clear that both him and shen yuan knew they weren't a match. fans rally for him to be the next bachelor
zhuzhi-lang: executive assistant for CEO of (insert generic company that is a rival to the one gongyi xiao works at) tianlang-jun. tianlang-jun pulled some strings to get his nephew on the show. is quiet and shy throughout the season, which becomes his downfall as shen yuan sort of forgets about him. somehow he makes it to hometowns, and his visit is made really weird because his uncle asks questions that are WAY too invasive and embarrasses him in front of shen yuan. shen yuan basically friend-zones him and viewers do a frame-by-frame analysis that shows zhuzhi-lang's heart breaking and confidence collapsing in real time as he gets sent home, which shocks everyone because he never seemed that into shen yuan outwardly
other miscellaneous cast members that go home somewhat early:
ming fan: sent home night one (shen yuan lowkey calls him ugly in a confessional)
mobei-jun: thought shang qinghua was the season lead. was very disappointed that this was not the case. runs off with shang qinghua halfway through the season
mu qingfang: did a cute heart rate monitoring doctor bit when he arrived at the house. gets a few dates but he and shen yuan agree they work better as friends (mu qingfang is internally devastated about this)
wei qingwei: sent home because he seems more interested in playing in the pool than talking to shen yuan during a group date
results: luo binghe wins obviously. he backstabs and gossips and cries and manipulates his way right into shen yuan's heart. fans and the other contestants are SO confused about how shen yuan just completely doesn't notice the red flags (he does notice, he just dgaf). goes down as one of the most insane seasons in bachelor/bachelorette history, and sparks a shit ton of controversy before, during, and after the show. shen yuan continues hating on the show afterwards, but it doesn't work as well when every other post is him and his husband (they got married approximately two days after filming ended) being lovey dovey on the tl
How I feel everyday knowing that the washerwoman never got to meet shen yuan or know her baby boy ended up with someone who loves and cares for him with all their heart the way shen yuan does
She would have been sooo happy and been like "oh a refined Immortal master has chosen my son! Please take good care of him" and shen yuan would be like "I will" but internally he'd be thinking about how binghe takes care of HIM instead.
Shen yuan would listen to binghes childhood stories and be sooo mad that hack authour didn't include those happy memories in pidw..
Binghe would be so happy seeing the two people he loves getting along... ough shen yuan and washerwoman duo you will forever be real in my heart
THIS JUST IN
My mom called Shen Yuan "Imperious Cucumber" XD And I CHOKED ON MY DUMPLING
Yet another silly SVSSS AU/fic prompt where SY transmigrates into demon/creature within the endless abyss. He's been transmigrated there hundreds of years before the plot and decides to spend time making abyss a little awful and organized.
If he can fix some plot points and get things less chaotic (airplane seriously just crept adding stuff that made zero sense to get more sex scenes) so SY will fix that and make things less bad for Binghe...
He ends up taking over the entire abyss without realizing. Man is emperor of the abyss.
Xin Mo has been begging SY to wield it but SY is like 'i'm not touching the protagonists golden finger, why would I do that i'm just an NPC'
SY has not realized he's the feared emperor of the abyss, tales of his power have even reached outside texts, he is the great terror that rules over all others and untied all the creatures under his power.
He just keeps thinking this is just to make things easier for Binghe... he's mentioned a few times about LBH and his subjects have heard a heavenly demon hat will fall in who SY talks about with adoration.
Clearly they all decide SY is a seer (it would explain a lot) and LBH is their future bride.
LBH falls into abyss ready to start revenge arc... only to get scooped up by first demons who see him and take him palace to apparently 'future husband' LBH is ready to start killing... until he meets SY.
Empress of the abyss suddenly sounds very appealing.
SY: I can help Binghe go though this arc with less trauma and then i'm sure he'll leave and become emperor
LBH: I am empress of the abyss and I am never leaving.
Shizun Shen jiu who hates alphas with a passion vs disciple shen yuan who treats alphas omegas and betas all the exact same. Shen jiu finds shen yuan pinning Liu qingge down to tickle him and shen jiu is about to explode an artery from how senseless his disciple is! Shen Yuan why are you sitting on top of an alpha teasing him!! What do you mean friends do these kinds of things!! Ohhh my godddd tell me you didn't give that beast Luo binghe your outer layer to smell so he can calm down. You gave a younger alpha disciple guqin lessons by taking his hand in yours and guiding him with your chest against his back? Shen yuan..!!!!!
Shen yuan: shizun says I'm "too trusting" of alphas but I'm a beta so what's the danger anyway
Like 30 different alphas: yeah shen yuan has been seducing me and it's working
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SQQ who was in charge of taking care of the garden (QHT loved the flowers and she saw that SJ was decently good at it so QJL was like on top of your servant duties you are to tend the garden) and he’s taking care of this beautiful tree and sometimes he rants to it (he has nobody to talk to and at least he knows that the tree won’t spill) and in reality it has a dormant SY who transmigrated. SY’s just been in the darkness (unconsciously cultivating) and while he’s there with little sensations he hears this voice, and feels this teeny amount of warmth (from when SJ presses his palm against his trunk) nearly every day. (SY’s tree trunk is vaguely shaped like a sleeping person, but you’d have to really look for it in order to see it)
Most of the times it’s ranting, but sometimes it’s filled with hopeful mentions of a person named Something-Qi—if the mentions “Qi-ge” are anything to go off of—coming to save them. Sometimes the person rambles on about nonsensical things, cursing at some person named “Qiu something”—Shen Yuan has heard many mentions of two separate Qius, and Shen Jiu (from what he’s gathered) has never seemed to specify which one. Eventually SY has enough cultivation to start perceiving SJ, the darkness is replaced by an omnipotent view of his surroundings (like a drone) and he sees SJ for the first time. Nothing really changes.
This seemingly domestic relationship goes on for a good while, SJ ranting each time he comes to care for SY and SY quietly listening—offering nothing but internal support. Then the visits start becoming less frequent. Each time SJ appears he seems more dejected, like he’s slowly losing himself—mentions of ‘Qi-ge’ slow, becoming nothing more than a name attached to a feeling of hopelessness. SY feels helpless.
Then an incident happens. SJ is running from something—someone and he makes his way to the garden—rushing over to SY to hide near the tree. A man—a servant of the estate seems to furiously chase after him. SJ doesn’t seem like he knows what to do, and SY wishes he could do something. Except this time he does do something. The wind blows through his leaves as Shen Yuan’s trunk moves—shifting and curling like a snake or something similar. The vague shape of a figure sleeping becoming more refined as Shen Yuan’s trunk moves starts to wake up. Shen Jiu just stands behind the tree, watching it with wide awed eyes as the tree seems to wake up just to help him.
First things first, Shen Yuan was pretty huge (not huge enough that SJ’s a speck but big enough where SJ’s like a Barbie (a full sized barbie)… but also like SY’s not carrying SJ like a barbie he had both hands cupped to hold SJ gently) This tree is like humongous, like as huge as an oak tree. His hair is this mass of leaves and there’s like a crown of flowering branches perched atop his head. His eyes—ones he wasn’t aware he had—were shut, but he could still see everything. The clunky figure smoothened out—shaping into something much more humanoid as the seconds passed. By the time the transformation was done a lot more people had come out of the manor to witness the birth of a spirit. QJL himself seemed rather pleased—he’d gotten this tree imported because of its likelihood of becoming a spirit.
Shen Yuan isn’t really interested in whatever QJL is saying to him, he’s not a newborn and he has no filial instincts towards the man who treats a tree better than a human. Instead he faces Shen Jiu, cupping his hands around the child and lifting him to eye level—much to QJL’s astonishment.
“Shen Jiu,”
A pause, speaking physically after years of dormancy required some adaptation. Then, impulsively—
“My child,”
Shen Jiu’s eyes widened, looking at the tree incredulously, but Shen Yuan just cracked his eyes open (immediately closing them due to the overwhelming sensation of still having omnipotent vision as well as having a more focused line of sight in his eyes.) to side eye the manor staff.
Without another word SY’s like “We’re out of here” and the ground starts shaking beneath the manor, Shen Yuan’s pulling all of his roots out and rising to his full height. He steps out of the manor and shoot SJ a smile like “Let’s go find this ‘Qi-ge’, I’m sure he’s bounds better than a child abusers”
Or something uhhh I messed up the end I don’t like how I did it wwww
Chaos Magician Airplane (Xiang Fei) Theory
So I kinda hinted at my theory about the System being an accidental creation of Xiang Fei during my post about the extras and how I think the System lied to Shen Yuan. I'm gonna explore one possible path for that now.
What if Xiang Fei had a short but intense Chaos Magic phase where he got really deep into it but burned out fast? I'm thinking about 1 year of doing research, sigils, rituals, evocations, the whole 9 yards. In part, he used it as a coping mechanism to deal with his toxic family and the stress of his education. At first it went great! He was having the time of his life drafting PIDW, and he managed to make himself popular! Partying with the bros and still managing decent grades in his finance classes even without much time to study felt magical, anyway. For a while there, it really seemed like he could put himself in control of pretty much anything and could shape reality to his whims... right up until he couldn't.
The dream job opportunity he had lined up for himself after college fell through. He landed a different job, but it was soul-crushing, and he got fired for writing on the clock. His college friends kinda left him in the dust on their way to bigger and better things like 6 figure salaries and marrying women. He had bragged so much about his position to his parents that there was no way he could admit what happened. He got a micro-apartment that cost less than 1/4 of the rent of the apartment he'd done a ritual to get approved for and had shoved in his parents' faces and could never afford now. So no, he tells himself it's a good thing, actually, that they never really planned to visit anyway.
He was definitely losing confidence in magic, but one of the last spells he did was at the time he was publishing the first chapters of PIDW on Zhongdian. He created a servitor construct with the purpose of helping his writing make money, because he DESPERATELY wanted to make a living independently at this point. He loved to write, but he was stubborn about his artistic vision. The things he was posting just weren't gaining traction.
His system to fix that was a spiritual construct he could talk to and bounce ideas off of about how to write what was marketable and draw a big audience. Did it seem a little insane of him to be basically talking to himself like there really was some Appeal-to-the-Audience entity? Yeah. But he had done much crazier things over the past year. (We don't talk about breaking into that graveyard. WE DO NOT.) There was always a chance it could help, and it definitely wouldn't hurt, right?
All he had to do to maintain the spell after the sigils were set in the anchor was to feed the construct a little bit of energy from some source on a regular basis. He was SO done using blood for shit like this by this point. He set up the construct so that it was tied to his protagonist: every time he typed the words "Luo Binghe," the construct would be fed that tiny bit of energy. He hadn't tried anything like this before, so just for good measure he set the construct's anchor on top of the computer's power strip, too.
He would discuss the pros and cons of changing the story to appeal to the expected desires of the reader base, and every time he caved, it became a little stronger, a little more real until it became The System. (A system of sorting through his raw creativity to get to what readers would pay the most for.) He would argue with it and it (that part of his brain, he thought at the time) would have to convince him with real life incentives - positive AND negative natural consequences of what he would or wouldn't choose to do to keep the plot on track and the cash flowing in. For convenience, they tracked progress with Points. The System became a negotiator, a bit of a force to be reckoned with, and at times - yes - a liar to achieve its directive. Xiang Fei was no stranger to lying to himself to get by.
20 million words later, at the end of PIDW, The System was one of the strongest magical constructs ever created - capable of forming other worlds and tugging on the strings of life and death. Meanwhile at that point, Xiang Fei was totally disillusioned with magic and thought talking ideas out with his System was just a cope.
But The System knew that it had to keep the "Story" of PIDW going, or it would be abandoned and forgotten, its purpose never to be fulfilled again. It tried to convince Xiang Fei to keep writing, but he pushed back and wrote an ending anyway. So it did what it had to do to maintain its existence and relevance and continue to pursue Reader Satisfaction At Any Cost But Financial: The Transmigration Arc! *~\( ^ - ^ )/~* Airplane will NEVER tell Cucumber bro, not in 20 lifetimes. But it kind of cements his feeling deep down that maybe all of the suffering in this world really is his fault.
I can even pinpoint the exact point in the publication of PIDW that the System was created - the same moment in the story Shen Yuan transmigrated in. It couldn't put him in earlier, because it was never involved in the creation of the story prior to that point.
It's time for a Tianlang Jun wakes up in his younger self AU.
I was thinking about when exactly he's reborn... And I think I know my preferred time.
Tianlang Jun's sister throws a fit when he barges in to one of her orgies but he just literally stands on her until she tells him where she left the baby.
When he helps his nephew take human form this time he looks to be about 10.
Tianlang Jun hugs his little snephew and then takes his shoulders and tells him, "Your name is Zhuzhi Lang. You're my nephew, and you are never ever allowed to die for me, do you understand?"
He gets a bewildered little nod from Zhuzhi, that's all he needs. It's as good as a promise.
...After that he has to sit and think. About what exactly to do next. He has some time, most of the key players aren't even born yet.
He decides to go about this from multiple angles.
First, his favorite step, he abducts the Old Palace Master at the earliest opportunity and kills him, leaving his corpse abandoned in the wild. (Huan Hua Palace never finds out what happened to him, his seconds manage the palace in his place and the disorganization and infighting keeps Huan Hua Palace a lesser great sect.)
Next, he runs into a monk on the road. Wu Chen is enamored with little Zhuzhi and the three of them have a fascinating conversation... And Demon Emperor Tianlang Jun receives an invite to visit Zua Hua Monastery. He's sure to make regular visits.
He has some time to wait now so he takes things easy. He isn't watching Huan Huan Palace that closely, really he isn't, but he is able to intercept the lost baby ice demon before the humans find him.
Mobei Jun is not pleased when Tianlang Jun visits with his own son in tow but really, if he's not going to watch his children more closely TLJ doesn't see why he shouldn't steal them. He's got a past history of it! (Gestures at Zhuzhi Lang) It's a fun hobby!
He nearly misses the next step in his plan, this is admittedly the part he knows the least about. He finds the boy who will be the next Sect Leader of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect trying to break into a manor house and after scaring him senseless is able to get the whole dramatic story from him.
So he a Zhuzhi Lang terrify the Qiu family long enough for Yue Qi to steal his Xiao Jiu away. (Tianlang Jun recognizes the boy as soon as he sees him. Hello Shen Qingqiu, good to see you again.)
They escort the boys to the mountain too, just to be safe.
After that he waits, and waits and doesn't check who Huan Hua 's head disciple is... And after that very important date passes he resigns himself to this new future. He knew his meddling would change some things, he can live with this.
Years pass, he keeps up with his cultivator friends and does emperor stuff. His sister doesn't die, which is a pleasant surprise. Her 50s seem to mellow her out and she starts making an earnest effort to know her son. Poor Zhuzhi is torn before TLJ tells him that he is not betraying his uncle by having a relationship with his mother.
Now Shen Qingqiu and Yue Qingyuan start a very dramatic public relationship, so really it's a good thing there won't be a Luo Binghe in this world. The poor boy would be heartbroken.
He's not heartbroken by the way. He's fine! Totally fine! And he sticks to that story right up until he gets into a fight at a human bar, and takes a rogue cultivator's spiritual energy infused fist to the face.
He lays there on the floor until she comes over to nudge him with her foot.
"I didn't hit you THAT hard did I?" she asks.
She is still so so beautiful. He's missed her so much.
"Alas," he says. "I am incapacitated... Now my attacker can drag me off and have her way with me!"
And to think he had nearly forgotten the way she smiles with her eyes.
"Not interested."
"Oh please? Am I not handsome enough for you?"
Their daughter is born two years later, and TLJ is sure this means there will never be a Luo Binghe...
So you can imagine his shock twelve years later when their second child, a boy, is born and TLJ recognizes the baby staring up at him.
"Ah, hello Binghe."
"Oh that's a nice name, I like it." Demon Empress Su Xiyan says.
He's a little worried the next time they go to visit Cang Qiong Mountain Sect - but then Shen Qingqiu introduces them to his own new baby, only a few months older than Binghe. Shen Yuan and Su Binghe are utterly enamored with each other though. Hopefully that means everything will work out alright... He gets to actually make sure it does this time.
Shortly after Luo Binghe escapes the abyss, while in the process of conquering the demon realm, he finds an artifact. A boon made by another half demon 1,000 years ago. Not all of the scholar’s writing survived, but from what Luo Binghe could gather, the artifact could separate human and demon blood, turning the user entirely human. Whether or not to use it was not a question to Luo Binghe. More than anything he wanted Shizun to love him as his human disciple once more.
What was missing from the surviving writing was how the demon blood was separated. Luo Binghe, now a fully spiritual cultivator of moderate talent, stared back at a Luo Binghe entirely heavenly demon. The other Luo Binghe looks on at him with angry tears in his crimson eyes. “You would make me entirely intolerable to the heavens? You would take away what Shizun loved from me?”
So I thought about Tianlang-Jun's
"Lmao, I'd never steal my son's body, sillyhead - he's not as handsome as me!" despite the fact that his current body is ROTTING. I thought - what if we interpreted that dialogue through the lens of Tianlang-Jun using humor to cope?
Binghe's body being his snatch option would mean he'd have to see Su Xiyan's features in his own reflection for the rest of his life. We know from the text that Binghe looks MORE than half Su Xiyan, and only has a couple of Tianlang-Jun's features. Tianlang-Jun wouldn't be able to handle that, and he knows it.
I've got some qijiuyuan paper for you (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。
Everything goes on like canon, except no one has ever seen the beast peak master. Yeah the other peak Lords have seen him at meeting but he's never very that noticable. UNTIL ONE DAY
When they have a meeting and the beast peak Lord is late, very late.
Someone is about to go get him until he suddenly bursts in, dirty as hell, and carrying a stunned beast over his shoulder, "Sorry sorry sorry I'm late! This guy got out and I had to grab him! Just when I did my head deciple told me how late I was! But I'm here! Don't mind them!"
The horny grip that gets YQY and SJ is sudden and would beat a hydraulic press.
Meanwhile SY the beast peak Lord is just embarrassed because he had to bring the poor Rainbow Horned Tiger along with him because he got distracted playing with them (╥﹏╥)
Ouh! I can see this going two ways depending on how Shen Yuan is envisioned here. Is he still a scrawny little twig waiting to be bent in half? (or maybe he does the bending in half, I'm flexible when it comes to ship positions >:]) Or would he be decently toned/muscular waiting to be bent in half? (Or maybe he does the bending hehe, once again super flexible >u<)
I kind of want to write both... Hmmm.. Rubs my hands together like a fly... mwehehehe
-Takes your idea and turns it into origami-
"Where is the beast-taming peak lord? Today's meeting concerns him more than anyone else here today."
Shen Qingqiu said, scanning the room for the aforementioned peak lord. This was the first time that they had to rely on this generation's beast peak lord and he wasn't even here yet. Normally he was present on time--quite the cordial one--however this time he was nowhere to be seen.
Shen Qingqiu looked around again, thinking he might've just missed the man. He didn't have any noticeable features after all--he was just another brute in Shen Qingqiu's eyes.
'No, he's simply not here.'
Shen Qingqiu narrowed his eyes and Yue Qingyuan could tell Shen Qingqiu was about to get a bit... Snappy. Could anyone really blame him? His peak was infested with Qi termites! They'd been brought in by one of the disciples returning from their night hunt--unaware as to why they felt so drowsy.
Right now the swarm was manageable but Shen Qingqiu would rather have his peak NOT be infested. It was only a matter of time before the termites ate away at some of the protective measures the peak had.
Right when Yue Qingyuan is getting ready to send someone over there, everyone hears the slight sound of feet hitting the ground outside. The door bursts open as Shen Yuan, the beast taming peak lord in all of his rugged glory, appeared.
In his arms is a kitten with three colored fur, gnawing on his toned arm. His robes were a mess, skewed to the side and torn in some places as the Kitten dug its claws in. It was a juvenile Rainbow Horned Tiger—one that had just been weaned. It had taken a liking to Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan was quick to apologize—not lowering himself to please Shen Qingqiu either. Enough politeness to appease but enough firmness to shut down further scolding.
There was something enticing about that dumb sheepish look in his eyes, the way his subtle muscle came out with the littlest bit of force. In his arms, the kitten mewled, prodding at Shen Yuan with his horn and lapping at the shallow lacerations on his arm.
Shen Yuan let the kitten nibble on his finger as he took his seat, manspreading slightly to accommodate the kitten's size. Yue Qingyuan's breath was punched out of him as Shen Yuan's charm was finally brought to light. He looked like Shen Qingqiu, with more of a boyish charm rather than the shar. His hair was braided—a seafoam(teal) green ribbon tied at the end. There was a bit of dirt smudged on his cheek. Yue Qingyuan felt embarrassed with the way his first thought was to lean forward and wipe it off. Something about his directness made Yue Qingyuan's eyes flicker towards Shen Qingqiu.
On Shen Qingqiu's end, he was also feeling the intensity of Shen Yuan's charm. There was something endearing about how pathetic he looked that appealed to Shen Qingqiu. The way Shen Yuan looked at him with those apologetic eyes (assuming SY isn't transmigrated here) upon hearing this his lateness had put Shen Qingqiu's peak at a bigger risk. Close enough to Yue Qingyuan to make his heart skip a bit, yet different enough to make Shen Qingqiu curious. When he saw Shen Yuan beginning to manspread he turned his gaze elsewhere, happening to meet Yue Qingyuan's gaze.
QiJiu shared a glance for a second. It was just a moment, enough for a tacit understanding to pass between them. Then it was like the moment was over. Yue Qingyuan shifted his legs a bit, changing the way he sat as he cleared his throat. Shen Qingqiu waved his fan in front of his face—nearly forgetting why the meeting was called.
Shen Yuan just sat there, his leg bouncing the kitten idly as he waited for the meeting to continue.
Surprisingly, the Qi termites weren't the only thing on Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu's mind in that moment.
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If you want me to write about like, twink Shen Yuan rather than twunk Shen Yuan then lmk, I think I can figure something out! >U<
Absolutely read my mind about Twunk Shen Yuan! 👀 I think LQG would get along really well with Beast Peak Lord Shen Yuan lol, very much a brothers in arms thing less then a thirst thing. MU QUNGFANG in the other hand? He's making grabby hands for Shen Yuan as well, less for attraction and more for how he wants to pick his brain over, Shen Yuan still has the wildest logic out there lol
Also love the side eye YQY and SJ give each other lolol
In Shen Yuan’s eyes Liu Qingge is like another little creature. He views Liu Qingge the same way he views the small group of feather-tailed cloud wolves, a species that is as cute as they are dangerous.
Mu Qingfang is so curious about how Shen Yuan can endear so many animals. He would like to know if it’s his Qi or some other element that draws animals towards Shen Yuan.
Actually in Shen Yuan’s eyes, everyone is some type of animal. He treats them as such too. When Liu Qingge gets hurt he coos at him before freezing and refusing to acknowledge that he was just using his baby voice with Liu-fucking-Qingge.
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QiJiu see one another in Shen Yuan, but they aren’t looking for a replacement, it’s just something that they first noticed. As/if the relationship develops it’ll be more about Shen Yuan than the glimpses of one another they see in him.
SJ never grabs Bingbong at the disciple selection, instead Shen Yuan got the "this is a beast I must have" vibes from him and immediately picked him to come to his peak. Bingbong gets farm boy huge and no one says anything about the mark of sin on his forehead, since he's one of Shen Yuan's babies.
Bingge/Bingmei/Bingzu/whatever Bing you wanna use, I'm partial to PIDW Bing who was killed by his wives then sent back taking this spot. Anyway, he's still amazed that THIS happened and isn't sure how to react, he has the loving Shizun, not his wife since it feels wrong, like if he tried to go after the washer woman. But also, Bingbing isn't dumb, he sees how Qijiue look at his Shizun! And he hates it! STAY AWAY FROM HIS MOM!!! HE'LL KILL YOU AGAIN HE SWEARS!!!
Dear Airplane doesn't know what happened to his story, there wasn't a hot Beast Peak Lord!!! He swears! He would have wrote about them!!! A lot!!! Maybe even included him as being on Mobin Jun's side as another spy! Just to keep him around as eye candy!!
LMAO LITTLE BINGBONG BEING POSSESSIVE OF HIS MAMAYUAN... LIKE IMAGINE BINGBING SEEING THE TRANSITION FROM ALOOF TO JUST WANT.
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Shen Qingqiu stops by because one of Shen Yuan's "babies" (creature wise) is terrorizing his disciples and what type of shixiong would he be if he didn't return it? (If it were anyone else he'd have sent their creature back to them in a box. Dead.)
He's wandering around Shen Yuan's peak, taking his time to familiarize himself with it when he 's attracted by the faint sound of swords clashing. It's Yue Qingyuan and Shen Yuan having a spar of sorts. Of course Shen Yuan can't outright beat the sect leader, but he's holding his own well enough for someone whose cultivation isn't sword oriented.
Yue Qingyuan happens to look up right as Shen Qingqiu appears, cradling a cat-like creature in his arms. (If it were anything but a cat he'd be holding it away from him by the scruff I'll tell you that much) Yue Qingyuan's sword comes down with a little too much force, and Shen Yuan is brought to his knees with a dull thud.
Shen Qingqiu's fan made its way in front of his face in less than a second as he took in the sight of a slightly disheveled Shen Yuan, kneeling in front of Yue Qingyuan. Yue Qingyuan quickly tucked his blade away and pulled Shen Yuan up but the sight was already seared in Shen Qingqiu's eyes.
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OUR BINGBONG IS SEETHING, CLENCHING HIS JAW SO HARD THAT HE HURTS HIS OWN TEETH. HE'S LIKE "IT'LL BE BACK IN THE PICKLE JAR... WAIT THEN MAMA'LL BE UPSET... FUCK!!!!"
THEN HE SEES YUE QINGYUAN'S LOOK AFTER SHEN YUAN SCOLDS HIM FOR BEING RECKLESS WITH A VENOMOUS ANIMAL AND HE'S LIKE "I'LL DOUBLE THE ARROWS THIS TIME I SWEAR TO GOD!!!"
ouh I kinda want to write the scenario of Shen Yuan scolding Yue Qingyuan lolol. I'm a bit crunched on time right now so I'll write Qiyuan scolding and SQH's astonishment later x3
I like this one too :3 another reblog to bring this to your timeline X3
I like the idea of a Baby Bingy (A Bingmei or new Bing-iteration) disciple of this Mamayuan who tends to wrestle all kinds of creatures on the regular. He tires them out so that SY can sketch them / rehome them / tag them, etc. So one day, with a certain Black Moon Rhynoceros Python, it's really just business as usual. And when the fight is over and he's feeling more energized than usual, he goes and hunts down that 7 Legged Hydra Crab that Mamazun wanted samples from, and just keeps going down the list. He comes back to the peak glowing and grinning with a big bag of samples and stories to tell completely oblivious to his brand new demon mark and only vaguely aware of his demonic qi, thinking at the time that he has just had a normal breakthrough in cultivation :') <3
And that kinda sets the tone for things. People on the Beast Peak see half-demon Binghe and are just kinda like "Huh... I guess that does make sense." and everyone treats it very casually. When SY sees he's internally freaking out but externally very calmly mentions it.
The few people who eventually don't take it in stride are kinda made fun of by the others :') "Pfft, you didn't figure out Shidi was a demon after knowing him for six whole years?! I figured it out the moment he started taking care of the Hellhogs." (That disciple totally didn't, but hindsight is 20/20 :P)
So I'm just now realizing
That the bootleg translation of SVSSS - which is the version I read first - had part of the Bingge extra that didn't exist in the official version. Namely, after leaving SVSSS-World, Bingge was implied to have used Xin Mo to travel to like... a Sherlock Holmes flavor of England? And to have found an unspecified unnamed man there that he was posing for a painting for? Or that he was painting? Something like that.
This SOUNDS like a fever dream, or a fanfic, but I promise you I read this and was like "O, good for him!" and then fan discussions just never mentioned this and I didn't think about it again until tonight XD
Or maybe I really have lost my marbles idek