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let's get ✨vulnerable✨

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Itty bitty qijiu angst nuggie

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Admittedly, I don't tend to read much fanfic in fandoms I write for, because I don't want to get my canon and fanon mixed, so my selection is limited, but I've never seen anyone mention the fact that Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu (Shen Jiu) had a big sister.

One of the children in their "group", presumably numbered between "1" and "6", was a girl, and when he remembers her, Shen Jiu directly associates this lost person with safety and comfort. He thinks of her as the equivalent to Qiu Haitang before Qiu Haitang: someone who provided a place to "hide" from the rest of the world. It's not just that there happened to be an older girl in their group, but this was a girl that Shen Jiu apparently liked and trusted.

Here's the relevant quote from Part 4 of the Qijiu Extras in SVSSS Volume 4 (the one where Yue Qingyuan finds Shen Qingqiu fighting with Liu Qingge in the brothel):

"All those years, whenever one of his beatings from Qiu Jianluo was over, or whenever he had a premonition of another beating, he had crawled to Qiu Haitang’s room and remained there, quivering. As Qiu Jianluo was unwilling to let his sister see the side of him that was perverse and lunatic, that had been the only place where Shen Jiu could hide.

And even longer ago, there had been some girl in their group, their big sis. But after she reached a certain age, that big sis had been sold to a withered old man to be his second wife. Afterward, they’d left that city, so they’d never seen her again.

Liking women wasn’t the least bit shameful, but treating women like saviors, cowering within their embrace and seeking courage from them… even without anyone saying it, Shen Qingqiu knew that was horrendously shameful. So even if it meant his death, he would never tell anyone, least of all Yue Qingyuan."

So, on the very short list of people that the original Shen Qingqiu actually liked, there's: 1) Yue Qi before he became Yue Qingyuan, 2) Qiu Haitang, 3) Ning Yingying, 4) "the tender young lady carrying the pipa" who "had long since thrown on her thin robes and dashed out in terror" when Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu were fighting, maybe, and 5) this unnamed big sister who was sold off and never seen again.

I've seen plenty of fics and fic ideas where Shen Yuan transmigrates in as a twin to Shen Jiu or a biologically unrelated sibling to SJ and YQ by being a part of their group, but not as this barely canon big sister character. He could give both Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu so, so many more Jiejie issues, I'm sure.

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If your shen jiu wouldn't rip a man's throat out with his bare teeth if necessary then that is not Shen Jiu

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average interaction of the co head disciples of qing jing peak

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‘Friendly’ duel between head disciples

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memeception

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Are you trying to kill your mother? Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

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I said parts of this in the notes of another post but I think it deserves it's own post:

What I like about Shen Jiu is that unlike Shen Yuan he is relatively self aware. He knows he's doing wrong. He knows he has earned his torture and death by Luo Binghe and he knows he can only blame himself.

He has known this is how he would end up because he couldn't see any other way it would.

That's why he doesn't defend himself. Even if he is innocent of Liu Qingge's death he understands why he's being blamed. He threatened to kill him in public often enough.

He didn't harass the young women in his care but he allowed himself to develop a reputation by openly going to brothels. Of course they would see him as a lecher (and he maybe feels dirty anyway)

He decided to torture and abuse a child for the crime of having had a loving mother and talent.

And by doing so he made the monster that will kill him.

This, perversely, seems fair to Shen Jiu, or if not fair, at least inevitable

He just really didn't want Yue Qingyuan to get caught in his mess.

However he doesn't get this mercy

The biggest torment in his life was not one inflicted by Luo Binghe.

It's inflicted by the only person with the power to truly hurt Shen Jiu down to his core.

Yue Qi did not come for him when he desperately wished him to

Yue Qingyuan came for him when he desperately wished him not to

Despite all this torture it wasn't Luo Binghe who broke Shen Jiu.

It was Qi-ge

It was always going to be his Qi-ge, the one who never listened to his warnings

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"It is just like as you always said, 'I'm sorry' is nothing but an empty phrase...I must let you hear, not to ask for your forgiveness or sympathy, but because if I don't say it now...it will be too late." Shen Qingqui's heart felt bitter, his eyes hot. It was already too late. Shen Jiu was no longer here.

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did you know you can maybe grow tits if you hit yourself hard enough and often enough

Over 70 percent of the German battalion's soldiers have been diagnosed with significant gynecomastia. Military officials have promised to keep an eye on the men's breasts.

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Anyway, I don’t just bring this up when I talk about Twilight, but I do bring it up every time I talk about Twilight:

Reminder that the Quileute tribe, whose sacred stories made author Stephanie Meyer a multi-millionaire, never received any money from the enormous success of the Twilight books or films.

Their entire community is located in a Tsunami disaster zone, in a region where a world-changing earthquake and tsunami are expected to hit perhaps within our lifetimes.

They should be set for life financially based on the use of their stories in Twilight. Instead, they have to publicly raise funds to move to higher ground and have been raising the same funds for years.

Anyone is encouraged to donate, but if you have personally purchased a physical or digital copy of any Twilight media or Twilight merchandise, I recommend matching the purchase with an equal donation to the Quileute People.

Recently, they successfully moved their school to higher ground! It was a major accomplishment to ensure Quileute children can learn in a safe environment! But there is still much to be done .

Statement from the Tribe (link to the source):

“Living in a tsunami zone at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, a catastrophic earthquake can wipe out our community in less than 10 minutes – an entire generation of the Quileute people will cease to exist.”

You can even set up a monthly donation. I don’t have much, but I’ve had a small monthly donation coming out of my PayPal for a few years now.

Many people don’t realize that the tribe didn’t profit off of Twilight, so I mention it whenever I bring up the series!

If you want to read more about how Twilight impacted the Quileute People, check out “The Truth vs. Twilight.”

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lol, lmao.

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Oh, that wonderful feeling when you’re plotting and brainstorming and the dots just start CONNECTING all over the place and then it just spirals into this oh… oh???? Oh!!!! OH??!?!?? moment which is an unmatched high as a writer

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The problem for any fic writer that wants to make Shen Jiu happy but also write him in character is that Shen Jiu fundamentally doesn't want to be happy

So you have to manuever him so that he gets enrichment and healing by wrapping it in a situation that lets him do it out of spite and pettiness

Kind of like:

"You think you're better then me? That you can know me and my abilities? Well, you'll see! You'll alllll see!"

*does self care*

"take that!"