#But handsome-er

[bubbarnes]

“... what's gonna happen? people are not gonna like me for it? or what if i fail? well, guess what? like, you might fail. but you might as well fail at the fucking thing you want. yeah, then fail at something.”

[phoenixkaptain]

A story like Thousand Autumns is very subtle in its romance.

Shen Qiao has only ever known his sect. He knows it very well, because of this fact. He knows the people, he knows the rules, he knows the daily doings and who is doing them. He knows every blade of grass and every stone. He’s like a lonely mountain flower, on the highest peak, unseen by any but a few birds and unknowing that there’s more it might never know.

When he finds himself away from his sect for the first time, he’s confused. At most, he’s gone to the base of the mountain, maybe the fields surrounding that, but no further. The flower was plucked and tossed aside.

For a man stumbling blindly in the world, literally and figuratively, there really isn’t a better guide than one that knows just about everything. And that’s, without a doubt, Yan Wushi.

Yan Wushi has lived longer than Shen Qiao, has been more places than Shen Qiao, and has fought more battles than Shen Qiao. Yan Wushi is the perfect example of something out of reach even for someone out of reach. He’s the only one who could answer any questions asked of him, but especially the questions that Shen Qiao would want to ask him.

And there’s no question in my mind that Yan Wushi doesn’t fall for Shen Qiao at first sight, but he’s certainly attracted to him. Not in an overtly sexual or emotional way, but Yan Wushi, the way his character is set up? It’s impossible for him not to be fascinated by Shen Qiao.

He knows Shen Qiao is the very picture of a peerless immortal. He’s well aware that Shen Qiao is considered untouchable by even the people closest to Shen Qiao. He’s most aware that Shen Qiao is Qi Fengge’s (coughhndisputedcough) favourite disciple, and honestly that’s enough for him to overwhemingly want to mess with Shen Qiao.

There are a lot of reasons for Yan Wushi to fall for Shen Qiao. Most of the people in the novel fall for Shen Qiao, after all, there is a precedent.

But the one I’ve seen questioned is Shen Qiao’s affection for Yan Wushi. Where does it come from? When did it start? Does Shen Qiao even fucking like that asshole?

The easy answer is: yes, he does. The novel tells us that. Shen Qiao, despite everything, does fall for Yan Wushi’s, um, “charms” in the end. This is made clear.

But why? A thousand voices cry out. Why the fuck would any reasonable person like Yan goddamn Wushi in any capacity?

Well, there’s your first mistake. Shen Qiao is not a reasonable person.

Shen Qiao as a character is absolutely terrifying. He could absolutely destroy the world given half the inclination, but he just doesn’t want to. He’s already considered unmatched before he’s pushed unceremoniously off of a mountain, and his journey only increases his strength. He isn’t quite equal to Yan Wushi, but he’s the only person Yan Wushi ever sees as equal to himself.

Shen Qiao’s best and worst trait is his patience. He’s unwavering. He really just embodies taoism, especially as it’s presented in the novels. He is the picture of a river that doesn’t stray from its path.

Which is why it’s hard for him to reconcile his own attraction to Yan Wushi, but let’s all be clear here. Yan Wushi absolutely starts seducing Shen Qiao on day fucking one. If he could’ve (if Qi Fengge hadn’t been there) he would’ve tried to eat that cabbage when it was just a little sprout. Shen Qiao is unpracticed in most social interactions, to be frank, but he’s especially unused to romance and Yan Wushi really is his first introduction to being hit on.

Yan Wushi is far from good, at really any point, to anybody but especially to Shen Qiao. But that doesn’t particularly matter because Shen Qiao chooses to forgive him, again and again. And I really think, after giving Shen Qiao to a confirmed terrible, awful person who has already promised to do terrible thing to Shen Qiao, that Shen Qiao himself wouldn’t forgive literally anyone else for doing that. And he shouldn’t, because it was really fucked up, but that still doesn’t matter because Shen Qiao ultimately DOES forgive Yan Wushi.

What am I saying? I’m saying that Shen Qiao fell for Yan Wushi first. It is the only way the story makes any sense. Shen Qiao is annoyed at him, he’s furious at him, he’s so fucking pissed he could kill that man, but he likes him. He likes Yan Wushi’s company. He likes that Yan Wushi gives him a challenge. He’s exasperated, but he likes it.

Shen Qiao forgives Yan Wushi SO MANY TIMES. Yan Wushi humiliates him and mocks him and is the absolute worst, but Shen Qiao forgives him and more than that, Shen Qiao always is waiting for Yan Wushi to come back to bother him more.

Is there more to Shen Qiao’s attraction? Probably. Is it a daddy kink? It could be. But I honestly can’t help but read it as Shen Qiao falling for the absolute pits of a man that is Yan Wushi. Shen Qiao likes that old bastard and decides to spend the rest of his life with the fucker and he is just too much of a block of ice to show it.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price

The Haunted Palace (1963)

[zhansww]

[jimmyspades]

[maplesugarcookie]

Hey Lego Monkie Kid fans, what do we think?

I, personally, believe them to be brothers and believe them to share a brotherly love! I'm not really a fan of Shadowpeach, but I'm curious to see what everyone in our lovely community thinks! Feel free to justify your answer in the comments!

[luck-and-larceny]

Lieutenant Loofah Baath will take it from here.

Loofah takes her job as a Lieutenant Yellowjacket very seriously and demands that same dedication to the law from you.

The Yellowjackets have an important duty to fill in Limsa Lominsa and, by Llymlaen!, Loofah will see her duties through. Leave the prisoner to her. She'll see they end up where they belong.

Don't look too hard at her uniform. It's perfectly up to code and you are wasting valuable time by scrutinizing her when you should be scrutinizing the crime scene. Over there. Away from her.

Don't worry; the prisoner will without a doubt make it to their cell and you will without a doubt soon receive a promotion! Loofah promises to put in a good word for you.

[crezz-star]

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[sysig]

It started with a whisper ♥ (Patreon)

[kaijusaur]

hi, sorry, what the hell is he wearing here???

[laxmiree]

[CN] Lucien new ER - Safe Zone

"You can reveal all your worries to me."

[yibo-wang]

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price behind the scenes of Twice-Told Tales; The House of the Seven Gables segment (1963)

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Handsome Siblings (2020)

Episode 11: Tie Xin Lan tells Xiao Yu Er that he looks like Hua Wu Que, that to her they look like brothers... but Xiao Yu Er denies that this is so, because Hua Wu Que seems like a pretentious person, and he doesn't like that.

[thorstenlannert]

i'm a simp

und bonus gif (because he is so fuckin hot in that scene):

Richy Müller als Thorsten Lannert im Tatort "Happy Birthday, Sarah", 2013

[simp-for-mark-waschke]

heck it's him

Mark Waschke als Johannes Riether im Tatort "Tote Erde", 2012