they have access to all human knowledge so im imagining Rocky being like hmm i should research human culture relationship terms so i can talk to Grace about this & then shortly thereafterwards being like 'Rocky Adrian Grace Throuple Statement' and Grace being like 'Rocky Adrian Grace what'
yah... it's time for my bi-annual AU drop. i've always been a fan of AUs where the mentor figure turns out to actually be the biological parent of their protège so this one was a long time coming, but uh... how are we feeling about a "shadowsan is carmen's biological father" AU? listen. here me out.
okay so basically, in this au, suhara and dexter are the same age and they're buddies. they're bros. they're besties. they're both two of the most promising young vile operatives, and they're both up for consideration for the open faculty seat. because of this, they've got a bit of a rivalry going on, but they're still friends.
well, one day suhara starts to realize that dexter is kind of just phoning shit in, and though he'd always been pretty come and go like a cat, he seems to never be around anymore—its like he doesn't even care about the faculty position anymore....well suhara puts two and two together and he approaches dexter like, "so. who is she?"
and dexter is like "oh hey, i thought you'd never catch on. you gotta meet her, okay? i think you'll really like her and i honestly need a wingman."
so suhara reluctantly allows for himself to be dragged to a bar where he's introduced to carlotta, dexter's newest friend. immediately he realizes three things:
carlotta and dexter are totally into eachother
dexter was right, he does like carlotta.
oh no. dexter was right...
so the the three of them form a close friendship, and suhara is still pretty much a huge piece of shit at this age, but he's at least trying to respect the fact that his friend is into this woman. besides, despite the fact that they're both dancing around the fact, it's super obvious that those two are meant for each other. and he can respect that. he can super totally respect that. besides, having a crush on a vile outsider is stupid and dumb and is only for idiots like dexter. it is NOT for idiots like suhara!!!
lol. so anyway, one day dexter gets pretty badly hurt on a job bc even the best can be caught lacking sometimes literally just look at his (canonical) daughter... so it's pretty touch and go and suhara is left wondering if his friend is even gonna survive. he realizes that carlotta, who dexter had been planning to go meet in the next couple days, is kind of just left in the dark abt what's going on. atp she knows that they're both into some shady shit, but they both make it a point to share as little as possible abt vile for her own safety. anyway, he's like "damn, well, she shouldn't be left to worry so i'll just meet up with her instead and let her know what's going on."
so like he tries vaguely explaining to her what happened, but she doesn't appreciate his general evasiveness so she eventually gets the full truth out of him and she's like "hey, wtf that's so messed up. you both need to stop doing that immediately."
and suhara is like "um. well. it's not that easy, you know?"
and carlotta is like "spare me the excuses sir, you're telling me he's lying somewhere in critical condition and it's 'not that easy?' what's so difficult about it! just quit! make him quit, suhara!"
and you know, suhara isn't psyched about this either—hes already having doubts about vile and carmen's not even on the picture yet... look at you go, suhara! really speed running that development—! he's just as worried about his friend as she is and now that he's talking about it with someone, he realizes that the uncertainty about his best friend's fate is actually getting to him... so he and carlotta are both in this emotionally vulnerable state and they've both had a couple drinks, and you know these conditions are perfect for making a silly little mistake!!! one thing leads to another, and oh shit, they hook up. immediate regret on both their parts, btw. carlotta is like "oh man, this can not happen again. you're my friend, but I'm not into you like that. you're not dexter." and suhara is like "yeah that's cool I get that... I think I might be a terrible person btw..."
fast forward a little bit, and dexter recovers and he realizes he's got to stop fucking around. he needs to confess his feelings to carlotta. he tells suhara about his plan and basically, this happens:
(yes i gave dexter a real name... dw about it...)
yeah, so they cutely beat each other's asses but then they make up because that is what bros do. anywho. carlotta and dexter end up getting together and everything is great and wonderful and going perfectly and oopsies daisies, carlotta is pregnant. suhara is like "wtf wtf wtf this is the worst thing that ever happened to me" whereas dexter is like "ykw this is great. it doesn't if it's mine or if it's yours...let's ditch these vile losers and then all three of us can raise the baby together #family"
okay well fast forward through the pregnancy and dexter is the one who's consistently there for carlotta whereas suhara is not. when baby carmen is born and they find out suhara is the father, he feels immense guilt bc dexter is a way better partner and father than he could ever be and it should have been him... he suggests naming the baby alejandra after dexter (alejandro). Carlotta is like "awesome. sounds good. so this means you're gonna pull your weight, right?"
and suhara is like "well, yes!" bc despite being a twenty-two year old shit head, he does love his new daughter #cute.
Dexter is like, "hey, that's great man. so you're gonna join me in defecting, right?"
and suhara, who is a coward is like, "uhhhhh hold on now...."
so like suhara's refusal to defect causes some tension and LOL dexter becomes the father who stepped up... he starts acting much in the same way that he acted in canon before attempting to leave vile, and the faculty, as per canon, takes notice. they decided the do away with him, and they choose to make suhara prove his loyalty to them over his best friend by sending him to kill dexter. suhara has no plans to actually do this, and he fully plans on like helping to fake Dexter's death.
so he shows up at Dexter's place and he explains the sitch, and Dexter is like "okay, wait. hang on. your plan is to help me fake my own death so I can disappear with carlotta?"
and suhara is like "uh, yeah. obviously I wouldn't kill you."
and Dexter is like "okay okay okay. cool cool cool. so uh. quick question. what about your daughter?"
"uhhhhh"
"jeez man, you're a real class act. you're telling me you won't even risk your own ass for your daughter???"
and suhara explains that ideally he'd defect too, but it's too late for that now....and maybe if they just give him a few years for the heat to die down he can fake his own death and disappear too. so they're going back and forth arguing when interpol shows up and canon events play out and suhara and carmen are kind of just looking at each other like 🧍♀️🧍♀️
he tries desperately to find carlotta so he can get carmen to safety and explain what happened to dexter, but they had been in the process of scrubbing any traces back to her and because suhara has been so in and out in their lives, they hadn't had the chance to update him on her whereabouts or methods of contacting her. and now dexter is dead. and suhara has the faculty breathing down his neck. and he can't find the mother to his child. cue mental break down.
so, inevitably he is forced to bring baby carmen back to the island where he then lies about her paternity to protect himself and carlotta. and he is forced to accept it as coach brunt renames his daughter some stupid shit right in front of him. and everything is terrible. rip dexter. rip suhara. rip carmen's chance at a normal(ish) life.
i like to imagine that his relationship towards black sheep stays mostly the same as she's growing up due to his guilt and his piss poor ability to handle his feelings appropriately. though, in her early early childhood maybe he's more involved in her life and he grows distant as she grows up. and though they're distant, he's less mean to her and maybe they do have the occasional moment of closeness. every now and then he sometimes slips and calls her alejandra. so when black sheep runs away and takes up the name carmen, she also gives herself a middle name... LMFAO and then fast forward to the deep dive caper where she finds out allllllll these scandalous details and she discovers that not only is shadowsan her father, but she's literally been using her real name all these years without even realizing it.
thank you for reading my dissertation. I hope it pleases the PhD board or whatever I don't know how PhD candidates are selected I only have my bachelor's degree
Saw someone mention a bloody Mary au where Adrian finds Simon before Grace & Rocky return, and frankly I need to take a crack at writing it. Because simon being the one who needs the translator to talk to them, and he ends up learning Eridian super fast. Hes a silly little engineer and Adrian thinks about their mate every time they looks at him.
This would also be perfect for a physically stable and healthy Simon and Grace on the edge of death from malnutrition. Rocky panicking as soon as he in radio distance like "Hey guys, picked up a random alien human and he needs food I need us to synthe–"
"Yeah we have it already,"
"What?"
"Adrian found a human 2 years ago. We have everything,"
They have to introduce them like how you introduce cats. Simon would be a very mean cat when he's getting acclimated to Grace, and Grace is so excited to meet another human
Au where Shen Jiu is actually a plant baby and his parent had no idea he was ever created
Yue Qi finds little baby Shen Jiu and like no one can tell he's a plant baby it's not really something people can tell without going through cultivation techniques
So Shen Jiu's father yeah? It's Shen Yuan, a peak lord of Cang Qiong Mountian Sect, of the beast peak to be exact. Shen Yuan had absolutely no idea that he had at one point bled on a child bearing flower and made a child.
So imagine what would happen when Yue Qi gets to the sect. And he sees Shen Yuan.
Imagine Yue Qi absolutely hating him, because this is the man that abandoned his son for the wolves. But Yue Qi keeps being denied a sword and permission to leave the mountian. And he needs to get Shen Jiu out. So he goes to the beast peak and seeks out its lord.
Yue Qi finds Shen Yuan, and tells him he knows he abandoned his son once but to please, rescue his friend- To please help the son he abandoned, just once.
And Shen Yuan is so confused. Like, kiddo? I don't have a son?
But Yue Qi argues back that Shen Jiu looks just like Shen Yuan, down to every detail. And he's so sopping wet pathetic that Shen Yuan can't help but want to help this kid and his friend, so he agrees and swoops Yue Qi up in his arms onto his sword to fly off and use him as his compass.
Yue Qi is incredibly startled, being held kind of like a bewildered cat gets held by a small child, legs dangling "Can you put me down on the sword?" "And risk you falling off and your Shizun killing me? Not a chance, kiddo. Uppies."
They get to Qiu manor, and Qiu Jianluo is so incredibly fascinated by the man at his door that looks like his favorite toy. And even more so when he realizes he's a cultivator, so he brings him inside. Not because he's stupid, no. Because if this man is Xiao-Jiu's father, then he'd clearly sold him into slavery. Maybe he'd even like to see how well behaved a slave the brat became.
So Shen Jiu is brought out to serve tea, and he sees Yue Qi first, white as a sheet and terrified next to Shen Yuan. Then his gaze turns to Shen Yuan, and he drops the tray he'd been holding. Because it's like looking into a more mature reflection. He feels like his heart is going to stop.
And Qiu Jianluo makes a mistake. He decides he can punish Shen Jiu for breaking the tea set here, in front of Shen Yuan. He gets as far as getting his hand on his whip when Shen Yuan speaks.
"... I have a son.. You. Have my son. Why is my son a slave." Shen Yuan demands, his gaze turning both cold as frost, and hot with rage as he rises up and rests his hand on the hilt of his blade.
Qiu Jianluo doesn't live to see the next day. According to Shen Yuan, he was possessed and tried to kill him and his shijie's disciple. Yue Qi echos the same story if asked.
Shen Jiu is astounded- Qi-ge came back! He really came back-! He'd been giving up hope, and now he's here!
And.. His father... Is also here? He has one of those? His father just killed that monster unprovoked. His father was talking to him kindly, and offering him spare robes, and a meal, and-
"A home-? You- You want me to go to your home with you?"
"Of course I do-! I just found out I have a son, I missed enough of your life already yeah?" And it takes a bit more convincing than that but honestly Qi-ge is also at the sect so he can probably see what kind of man his father is... Though he's distrustful.
Eventually they have a kind of awkward father son thing going, and Shen Jiu goes to the official disciple selections, and is kidnapped by the Qing Jing peak lord. Shen Yuan is displeased by this, but his son seems intrigued so... Fine, fine, go go have fun.
And then Shen Jiu makes head disciple and gets his name
This is giving me many many brain worms. I originally was going to put them all in the tags but it was getting so long that I have to put them in here.
Shen Yuan glares DAGGERS at his Qing Jing Shixiong during the next Peak Lord meeting after he takes his baby bun as a disciple because this is cutting into his Father-Son Make-Up Time (and he's got more than a DECADE to make up for! That's not much to a centuries' old immortal but Shen Yuan still knows that it's a Big Ass Deal to his son because that's all the time he's ever lived). Qing Jing Shixiong is, of course, completely unapologetic because he could tell immediately that Shen Jiu had the makings of a peerless scholar in him (just like his baba, Qing Jing Shixiong thinks bitterly) and was not about to let a Shen slip through Qing Jing's fingers a second time.
Normally Shen Yuan has a good and close relationship with his Qing Jing Shixiong as Shen Yuan is very scholarly minded despite being more invested in beasts than the Four Arts. Shen Yuan's Qing Jing Shibo had tried to poach him from the Beast Peak numerous times as a disciple (Shen Yuan is, of course, oblivious to this) but not only was Shen Yuan's Shizun (the previous Beast Peak Lord) wholly unwilling to lose out on his future head disciple, but Shen Yuan was solidly in love with the Beast Peak and became an unskippable cutscene whenever his hyperfixation was triggered. Still, Shen Yuan spent a decent amount of time on Qing Jing with his shixiong, who was strangely insistent on practicing alongside Shen Yuan, leading him to be at least passable (by Shen Yuan's standards) through osmosis.
(This is a long way of me justifying Shen Yuan still knowing how to play the guqin solely so he can play modern songs for Shen Jiu on it)
Shen Jiu, meanwhile, ends up in a quasi-split custody agreement between his Baba and his Shizun. And for his part, Shen Jiu thrives on Qing Jing without any harassment from his rich-kid shixiongs. There were attempts at first, spawning from jealousy over how much attention Shen Jiu got from two separate Peak Lords (namely Shizun) and how Shen Jiu took to the Four Arts and cultivation as a whole like a fish to water, outstripping his shixiongs in skill and power with blinding speed. Buuuttt they learn VERY quickly that bullying Shen Jiu will trigger Mama Bear Shen Yuan to swoop down on them like death from above, and for all his kindness and gentle hand towards discipline (compared to his martial siblings), Shen Yuan is ruthless when it's his precious son being harmed. Needless to say, any bullying of Shen Jiu is put to a swift and brutal end, and Shen Jiu's would-be bullies are forced to sit and stew in their jealousy, or worse, actually work to improve themselves.
Whenever it's Shen Yuan's turn to have Shen Jiu on his peak (Shen Yuan and his Qing Jing shixiong have something of a 50-50 custody agreement), he tells Shen Jiu of his uncles, his aunt, his grandparents, and of Shen Yuan's own childhood. Since I'm an adherent of Chronically Ill In a Past Life!Shen Yuan and Shen Yuan only ever talks about his family in the past tense (to say nothing of the small memorial altar in one of the back rooms of Shen Yuan's house, crowded with no less than five carefully carved tablets that Shen Jiu found when snooping one day), Shen Jiu concludes that Shen Yuan's parents--his grandparents, Shen Jiu thinks with no small amount of awe--sent his Baba away to Cang Qiong in order to cultivate to save his life. Baba may have tried to minimize and gloss over the severity and extent of his childhood illness, but Shen Jiu is no fool and by now knows that his idiot Baba does not show himself the same care he shows to others (despite his Baba regularly claiming that he's lazy while being the most hard-working man Shen Jiu has ever met). And naturally, his Baba flourished and became an immortal cultivator who stood above the rest. However, the family that had loved his Baba enough to send him away remained mortal and lived and died as mortals do long, long ago.
And in a way, Shen Jiu is correct. There's just no way he could have ever known that Shen Yuan is from a world far removed and alien to the one Shen Jiu was born in.
Even as a disciple, Shen Yuan had been tight-lipped about his origins, only ever speaking vaguely or deflecting any questions completely. Mostly this is because Shen Yuan's origins in this world were unclear even to him. After reincarnating, he found himself in a child's body in the midst of a smoldering ruin. No bodies had remained untouched by the long gone flames save for his own and the ruins were damaged so severely Shen Yuan couldn't decipher anything of use from them. Left with no other option, Shen Yuan had walked away into the wilderness, discovered what world he'd been reborn into, agonized over whether or not to join Cang Qiong before concluding it was the safest option for an apparently orphaned child in PIDW after a near miss with slavers, making it to the disciple selections and being picked by the Beast Peak Lord of the time (after a dead-heat race to claim Shen Yuan between most of the present Peak Lords), and then promptly cursing out the universe for placing him well before PIDW's canon once he realized he recognized NONE of these Peak Lords.
Yeah, Shen Yuan kept his past--both from this world and his previous one--close to his chest. But that just made any crumb of lore he let slip so much more valuable. Because Shen Yuan wouldn't be Shen Yuan if he didn't wife-beam nearly everyone he ever interacted with. Unbeknownst to Shen Yuan, he has a line of admires long enough to circle the whole of Cang Qiong several times. Nearly all of them are men, which goes a long way to reinforce his obliviousness of their affections (Shen Yuan's Qing Jing Shixiong is one such instance and he is a source of fierce jealousy among Shen Yuan's numerous suitors because he gets to live out a familial fantasy through the split-custody arrangement over Shen Jiu).
Shen Jiu doesn't mean to let his Baba's Lore disseminate to the wider world, but he admits he may have been careless when talking about it with Qi-ge. Some nosy busy-body overheard and Shen Yuan's suitors were fed well.
The news that Shen Yuan had a son definitely caused a stir, and naturally Shen Yuan never mentioned that Shen Jiu came from an unexpected encounter with a Spring Day Heart Lotus aside from his martial siblings (who could largely be trusted to keep their mouths shut). This coupled with the Lore Drops overheard from Shen Jiu spawn a number of heart-wrenching tragedies of a third son from a middlingly rich family that suffered from an incurable illness but was kind and loved (and beautiful beyond compare). And because he was so loved, this tragic beauty was tearfully sent away to a cultivation sect in the hopes that cultivation would be the key to saving his life. And it does. Too well, in fact. Because the tragic beauty out lives his beloved family by many many years, leading him to close off his heart in his filial grief. At least until he discovers he does still have family left. A son he never knew he had who was alone in the cruel world and suffering terribly at the hands of a monster (Qiu Jianluo is often cast as Secretly A Demon because the wealthy human sponsors of these works don't want to confront the idea that One Of Them could do something like That to Shen Yuan's precious son--to say nothing of the thousand and one casual cruelties they inflict on people they see as Lesser every day that would make Shen Yuan despise them--so the perpetrator MUST have been secretly a monstrous demon all along. The motive in this take for Qiu Jianluo's cruelty is often covetous and ruinous lust for Shen Yuan taken out on his son).
Shen Jiu's exact origins as a Plant Baby aren't really known outside of Cang Qiong (Shen Yuan's admirers amongst the mountain don't want to give the competition Ideas on how to baby trap him), so these stories often include a Generic Female Lead to act as Shen Jiu's mother. Characterizations of the supposed mother vary from story to story. Sometimes she's a scheming vixen who takes advantage of the tragic beauty's kindness and cruelly abandons both the beauty and the child they begot together when it no longer serves her. Sometimes she's the tragic beauty's First True Love who tragically perishes after giving birth but before she could tell him of his child's existence (somewhere, somewhen across the universe and sealed beneath a mountain, Tianlang-Jun sneezes). Sometimes she's the author or sponsor's blatant self-insert (often genderbent) who becomes the tragic beauty's True Love and wife and mother of his child who is cruelly stolen away by a covetous and cruel demon (Qiu Jianluo, who is spinning in his shallow grave). The last one is often something of a retcon as after the Tragic Beauty Male Lead discovers and reunites with his long lost son (usually thanks to cosmic chance or divine revelation. One or two include a Childhood Friend of the lost son making the reveal, but that's very rare), the stories veer off into dogblood dramas and blatant wish fulfillment that caters to one or more of Shen Yuan's many many suitors.
Shen Jiu discovers one of these stories years later and is furious that people are lusting after his Baba and writing such garbage about him that they share with the wider world rather than keep to their rotten selves. When Shen Jiu tries to tell his Baba about these affronts to his honor, not only does Shen Jiu find out that his Baba knows about these stories, but his Baba has been an avid follower of a number of the worst, verbally shredding these terrible stories as he resurrects his inner Peerless Cucumber while also being blissfully unaware that these dogblood garbage stories are all about him and written by and for his many suitors.
Part of Shen Jiu wishes his Baba would ascend with his martial siblings if only to hopefully get him away from his many depraved suitors, but the more selfish part of Shen Jiu wants his Baba to stay with him. He's quite pleased to find out his Baba feels the same, holding off on ascension to stay by Shen Jiu's side (which totally has nothing to do with Shen Yuan being confronted with the knowledge that his precious bun of a son is supposed to be the Scum Villain and the fate Shen Qingqiu suffered in PIDW doesn't look as vindicating as it did now that he knows it would happen to his son, whom he loves).
Unfortunately, Shen Yuan doesn't stop attracting flies after retiring as a Peak Lord when his son's generation ascends to the post.
The most dangerous amongst them being the Heavenly Serpent General, Zhuzhi-lang, who the Saintly Ruler of the Demon Realm is shamelessly encouraging in his attempted courtship (Tianlang-Jun is an avid fan of the stories Shen Yuan spawned and while he's too in love with Su Xiyan to seriously pursue Shen Yuan himself, he is enough of a shit disturber to goad his smitten nephew on instead). And maybe through the power of unintentional double dates Shen Yuan gets literally roped into, he susses out the Old Palace Master's schemes and averts Tianlang-Jun and Su Xiyan's tragic fates...
Excellent. Because I have more. Hope you have room for seconds.
Shen Yuan's backstory is kind of up in the air for me. What I wrote is what came to mind for a Mysterious Backstory that isn't too generic. The scattered thoughts in my head that lead to it is "cultists," "dragon cult," "ritual went wrong and all the cultists died in the backlash," "shen yuan's reincarnated body is fire proof," "he's maybe a sealed dragon or was infused with Dragon Qi and it gives him Dragon Powers," "the og character was supposed to be a guardian over the ruins Shen Yuan woke up in and the surrounding areas because Plot and also MacGuffin but Shen Yuan promptly fucked off into the undergrowth blissfully unaware of any of his potential plot relevance."
The PIDW Beast Peak Lord is Shen Yuan's beloved shidi. They had a friendly rivalry for the head disciple spot but were cordial with each other when Shen Yuan emerged the victor.
In true Shen Yuan fashion, he is a much stronger cultivator than he assumes he is. His notion of power-scaling is hilariously skewed and he could easily pancake most of his shixiongjie but assumes that because he's a No-Name Background Character and the Lowest Ranked Peak Lord that it somehow means he's weak.
As I was writing this, I initially wanted to make Shen Yuan very Yang Aligned, but was struck with the brilliant idea that the character Shen Yuan was reborn as was supposed to be a wife character. But because Shen Yuan is a Man and dragons are OP as fuck, his body just made itself as he wanted it to be. He is wholly unaware of the precisely five seconds he had boobs before he instinctively Transed His Gender (as are his suitors, thankfully, because a number of them would undoubtedly go rabid if they figured out Shen Yuan can shapeshift). So Shen Yuan is oddly Yin Aligned for a man, which leads to Shen Jiu--his biological son--to be as well because I adore the "Shen Qingqiu (Jiu) is Yin Aligned" fanon. This adds to Shen Yuan's...appeal to others.
Since Shen Jiu was born from a magic plant, he has the natural aptitudes of a dragon and a few of their abilities (like fire immunity, which would have been handy if he burned the Qiu Manor to the ground after all) but he's technically not a dragon in the same way Shen Yuan is. Shen Jiu doesn't have a dragon form like Shen Yuan (though Shen Yuan is wholly unaware of it) but he's got the peerless aptitude for cultivation, qi reserves, and natural resistances that dragons have.
I'm not too attached to this backstory so do with it as you will.
Shen Jiu actually grows up fairly well adjusted all things considered. He still has some general instinctive fear of men but it's not as intense as the original verse but he's not as wildly insecure and self-destructive. Having Shen Yuan as a father did a lot to help Shen Jiu learn to love himself and gave him a refuge whenever insecurities rear their heads (he's a bit shameless in taking advantage at first, just to reassure himself that his Baba's love for him is genuine. If he had a lot of nightmares for several years after Shen Yuan brought him home that pushed him to seek out his father for comfort, well...Shen Jiu had good reason for that after all he'd been put through). He's still petty and sharp-tongued, maybe even moreso than he was originally because he had Shen "Peerless Cucumber" Yuan as inspiration, but there's a steady confidence to him that the original Shen Jiu never managed.
(Shen Jiu's relationship with Yue Qi is also leagues better than it was in canon since the broken promise thing never happened. The two are closer than ever, which their shizuns are pleased about with them being the sect's future leader and second in command)
Shen Jiu and Liu Qingge do still have some friction but it's mostly because Shen Jiu finds it entertaining to mess with Liu Qingge, who rises to take the bait every time. It's nowhere near as bad as it was in the original story. It's more like pigtail pulling than actual rivalry.
I bring this up because I have the image of Shen Yuan plucking a tiny disciple Liu Qingge out of the air as he tries to start a fight with Shen Jiu and scolding them both for the mutual antagonism regardless of if it was genuine or not. Liu Qingge just dangles, despite his best efforts to free himself, from Shen Yuan's unyielding iron grip and has a few realizations about himself.
I'm imagining that Shen Yuan in this is both a Disney Princess and a feral field researcher who wrestles dangerous beasts into submission with his bare hands. He has a spiritual sword, sure, but he mostly uses it to fly since he prefers a hands-on approach for handling beasts. Man has a sleeper build. He looks willowy and delicate but he is actually stacked under all those robes. His grip strength is absurd and also a centerpiece of Shen Yuan's bottom-leaning suitors' fantasies.
He can come off as 'normal' at first ofc but you stand next to this man for more than 5 minutes and you realise there's something DEEPLY wrong with him.
This goes triple for during sex btw. Dissection can and should be foreplay to him.
Where fisherman Shang Qinghua (who suspiciously catches too little fish and has too much information) finds an mysterious injured man at sea and takes care of his injuries
Still thinking about Bai Zhan Shixiong Shen Yuan. He’s five years older than Liu Qingge, but even at 17 he’s being trusted to take his juniors out on night hunts. Liu Qingge is puny at 12, like under 5 feet (153 cm)— small enough that when Shen Yuan is crawling through the brush to track prey he gets Liu Qingge to crawl under him so they’re less visible/disturb less foliage. When a big scary monster inevitably spots Liu Qingge, Shen Yuan is easily able to carry him under one arm and wield his sword with the other. Even though Shen Yuan doesn’t like to fight so much, Liu Qingge can still get him to agree to spar. As time goes on, these matches quickly become Liu Qingge going
You know THE SECOND Liu Qingge hit 16 (marriage age way back in the when) he’s doing everything in his power to court his super cool and strong Shixiong. He’s even able to convince Shen Yuan to let him come on all his hunts after he gets Cheng Luan. One day Shen Yuan confesses that he wishes he didn’t have to fight anything, that he could just explore and find cool shit, Liu Qingge does his loyal knight thing and says “So long as I’m around, Yuan-ge will never have to raise his sword if he doesn’t want to” gripping his hands and making passionate eye contact and everything. Liu Qingge is 100% operating under the assumption that this was a clear and direct proposal of marriage, while Shen Yuan thinks this is just another attempt from his junior to impress a senior, so he obviously accepts. He only finds out differently the day before the wedding.
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