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#JESUS CHRIST ANAKIN??? #VADER HASN'T BEEN THIS SHIT YOUR PANTS LEVEL TERRIFYING #SINCE THE LAST TIME HE MADE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM SHIT THEIR PANTS IN TERROR #SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT OUR FAVORITE SENTIENT TRASH CAN MAN #BUT HE'S A WALKING NIGHTMARE ASSHOLE WITH PIZZAZZ #THAT SHATTERED GLASS TRICK WAS FUCKING SICK #NO OTHER COSMIC HORROR OF AN ASSHOLE WET CAT IS DOING IT LIKE HIM

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Qin Wanyue: Unsung Villain of Proud Immortal Demon Way

I know, I know, most of you are going, ‘what?’ (and some, perhaps, ‘who?’). Let’s just say that the interplay between several layers of narrative was one of my favorite elements in SVSSS, and I am delighted to share some of my findings! As you may have guessed from my enthusiasm, those are some messed-up findings, so: content warning for discussion of fictional s/exual a/ssault, though nothing that wasn’t described or alluded to in the novel – ie, if you’ve read the entire novel and were fine, nothing in here should extend past your tolerance.

But that’s for the latter half of this meta. First, some context on what I mean by ‘layers of narrative’: SVSSS, belonging as it does to transmigration-into-a-novel subgenre, includes both ‘the original novel’ PIDW’s story and the altered by transmigration story (which I will be referring to as ‘the new story’ going forth, because while the new story kinda is SVSSS itself, it also really isn’t). The situation is further complicated by mentions of ‘the original outline’ version of PIDW, the possibility of characters from ‘the original novel’ crossing into ‘the new story’ and being influenced by it (as per extras), the fact that ‘the new story’ is still a story, and the limitations that imposes on characters and events, and, of course, our primary narrator Shen Yuan|Qingqiu’s unreliability – both regarding the events happening to himself, in the new story, and the events of the original PIDW.

Keeping in mind the interrelations between those layers is an angle that I found very rewarding for analyzing this novel – which leads me to writing this meta about a character who has… two, I think… in-person appearances in all of SVSSS. Qin Wanyue’s lack of page-time – and relevance – in ‘the new story’ makes sense, given the shift in events and narrative roles brought on by Luo Binghe falling for Shen Qingqiu, demoting her from a prominent love interest to background extra. But I believe that we, as readers, were largely misled about her relevance in PIDW’s story – because Shen Yuan, bless his heart, has all the facts but fails to put them together. Not in the ‘oh he is so oblivious’ way, but rather in a combination of ‘effects of toxic masculinity’ way and ‘lack of critical engagement with reading material’ way. Which are two topics that the novel delves into with some regularity, so hey, makes sense! Anyway, time for us to use our critical thinking and excavate the clues MXTX left us.

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I guess the biggest problem with tentacle porn is that it seldom has a positive message

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Ok if we exclude Palpatine who has the gayest lightsaber?

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There's a subsection of people on Tumblr who seem to be unaware of the concept that it is - or should be - possible to deduce what other things someone might already know, based on what you've verified that they do know. A good rule of thumb is that if they demonstrate that they are aware of some more advanced piece of knowledge, it is safe to assume that they already know the more basic info that you also know and believe to be relevant to the conversation.

Complex knowledge is built on top of simple knowledge. A person who mentions that they've been learning how to ride backwards on a horse probably already knows that you can also ride a horse while facing the same direction as the horse. You do not need to tell them this. A person who seems to be familiar with foraging edible mushrooms probably already knows that there are unsafe and inedible mushrooms. You do not need to tell them this.

Assuming that a person who seems familiar with more advanced knowledge would not be aware of the basics of this field is like assuming that someone who is in the fourth floor of a building has not been to the second floor yet. People will assume that either you are stupid, or that you're assuming they are stupid. People don't like either option, and therefore will not like you.

If it's within your power to stop doing this, by all means you should stop doing this.

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This is one of those true, declassified government things that always sounds made up but one of the things Henry Kissinger did with his career was use the CIA to help turn small, prosperous socialist nations into fascist dictatorships just to keep those nations powerless and possibly to keep socialist systems *looking* doomed and futile to the American public, like maybe just to scare Americans out of demanding better infrastructure or universal income. Yes it sounds like an insane conspiracy theory a maniac would invent. It also happened multiple times and several generations of people around the world are still living in misery because of it.

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.......... totally unprecedented, eh?

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Scientist bakes sourdough bread with yeast derived from 4500 year old Egyptian pottery

i'm losing my mind @ this thread......historie......

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Päivän paint-tuherrus

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Hey idk who needs to hear this but your partner demanding a paternity test on your mutual kids is not normal. Like even if they weren't the nominal sperm source's kids, your partner should know you well enough to be aware of that, accept that this is who you are as a person, and be happy to raise your kids regardless. But if you're not rawdogging anyone else and you've told your partner you aren't, and they don't trust you to tell them the truth, get out of there.

You shouldn't date someone who doesn't trust you, or someone you can't trust. But you should absolutely not have kids with someone who doesn't trust you, or someone you can't trust.

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has YOUR favorite fictional woman over the age of 30 experienced fandom misogyny from people who are mad at Their Mom From Real Life? call our offices, toll-free, day or night. we're the nation's #1 law firm that specializes in defending adult women who make choices and have character traits. if the prosecution has started calling her a selfish bitch, pick up the phone today!!!

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people are really fucking clueless about generative ai huh? you should absolutely not be using it for any sort of fact checking no matter how convenient. it does not operate in a way that guarantees factual information. its goal is not to deliver you the truth but deliver something coherent based on a given data set which may or may not include factual information. both the idolization of ai and fearmongering of it seem lost on what it is actually capable of doing

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Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

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@william-snekspeare

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crazy to me that I've been on tumblr long enough to see the vast majority of posts i see on a daily basis evolve from superwholock and fandom shit to this