#Shen Company

[theladysunami]

I had a very odd dream where a train (or bus?) I was on got yanked into another world. While my dream had nothing to do with SVSSS, it did have my waking self thinking about how hilarious and/or horrifying such a thing could be as an AU.

Imagine Shen Yuan riding the subway, train or bus one day, when something happens and his whole car gets yanked into the world of PIDW. Nobody else in the car knows anything about PIDW, so Shen Yuan finds himself with the self imposed task of keeping this eccentric group of strangers alive in a weird world full of demons, monsters, and aphrodisiac plants.

The group’s first assumption would probably be that they’re still on modern earth, and just got teleported somewhere. Their second assumption, if they come across common folk, might be they somehow ended up in the past.

Then they run into some monster, or people riding on swords with specific uniforms, or a commoner mentions a name or event only Shen Yuan recognizes. The rest of the party debates what sort of Xianxia or Wuxia world they’ve ended up in, while poor Shen Yuan sweats bullets. He knows exactly what world they are in, and they are so screwed.

I have this image of poor beleaguered nerd Shen Yuan successfully protecting and leading this group of primary school kids, their cute teacher, and a handful of grannies and grandpas, while all the other adults and older teens keep wandering off and getting themselves in trouble.

[spottedgardeneelstan]

shen qingqiu’s narration in svsss is generally regarded as very unreliable. but how unreliable truly is he? how many times in the novels does he either intentionally mislead both himself and the reader? how many times does he mislead us by being dumb as hell and just getting it wrong? when one is plagued by questions such as these, there is only one course of action!!!!!!

i went to the store and bought physical copies of vol1-4, a highlighter, and a blank book jacket. my next few weeks at work will be spent 1/4 doing my job, and 3/4 doing my more IMPORTANT job- ACADEMIC(?) RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS!!!!!!!!!!!

i’ll compile them into a comprehensive list once i’m done reading and post it on here! when it’s posted, if you notice missing sqq lie, please let me know so i can update the list!

[dailyfigures]

Venti ; Genshin Impact ☆ Good Smile Company

[dages-big-naturals]

I know a lot of fan theories have Shen Jiu going to the Warm Red Pavilion to 1) sleep in a safe space far from men, or 2) gather information from his courtesan network, but my hc is that SJ straight-up goes there because they're nice to him. And he never tells anyone because, to him, paying someone to be your friend is worse than paying them for sex.

[benevolenterrancy]

ZHUZHI-LANG IS BACK! excuse me, for the next 20 pages I shall be experiencing pure rapturous joy (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*˖⁠♡

EDIT: STOP BULLYING HIM ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡

[myendlessobsessions]

They are so cute I can’t 🥹

Binghe‘s face is so adorable. Love that cute little puppy so much 🥲

I am so happy I was able to find them! Even got the Preorder Base.

[coquelicoq]

"i already knew that you liked me, but do you know i like you?" she's not actually dead. she's got eyes. and ears. and a brain. i think maybe she figured it out.

[reviilo]

i was thinking of doing my own version of "leo's trans discovery" and went to rewatch some eps and then–

it's so adorable how leo develops deep relations with women he knows way faster than with men

it got me wondering if he and his brothers saw tang shen as some kind of matern figure

and then they got to actually meet her, see how kind she was and saw her dead

[qilingxiong]

oh there's no WAY he's not another player

[devouringnight]

Big SVSSS Plush News

Plush Wonderland is having a presale for Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe plush dolls.

Plush Doll - $19

Plush Doll with Skeleton - $26

Clothes - $16

The plush doll and clothes sold separately. Presale shipping date is November.

They are also considering making a Liu Qingge so they have deposits open. Deposit shows interest and if they get enough funds they will make LQG Plush Dolls and those who had deposited will get a $10 off coupon.

SVSSS Merch Listing

[woogleart]

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[eastasiansonwesternscreen]

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[kep1er-net]

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[sunderwight]

Headcanon that Shen Yuan was hotter than Shen Qingqiu, actually.

Like yeah SQQ being a cultivator gave him a boost to enough attributes + being in a stallion novel where everyone is either unrealistic hot or dog's butt ugly got the Shen Qingqiu body extra points, and he wasn't bad looking to begin with. Plus not being ill is vastly more important to the new Shen Qingqiu than those extra hotness points (Without a Cure notwithstanding). But part of the reason why he's kind of like, meh, at least I'm not hideous or anything, is because Shen Yuan's original body was a knock out.

I also like him as chronically ill, and, as many people know, beauty standards and sustained suffering are not as incompatible as they should be. Shen Yuan was conventionally attractive in part because conventional beauty standards seem to want everyone slowly dying all the time. But even setting that aside, the man had flawless bone structure, an appealing figure, captivating eyes, and the kind of voice that stopped people in their tracks.

All of which was a contributing factor to his antisocial lifestyle, actually. Despite the fact that Shen Yuan does enjoy company and requires a certain baseline of social enrichment for his enclosure, his internalized homophobia and closeting did not play well with overtures from interested parties (regardless of gender). The only way to minimize the odds of him being asked out on dates was to essentially become a shut-in, especially since even Shen Yuan can only make so many excuses before he himself starts to notice that he's going to a lot of effort to avoid specifically that avenue of socialization. Far better to just remove himself from any risk of it, and then vocally lament that oh no he's just too much of a nerd to get anywhere with women!

Anyway this largely doesn't matter much outside of sheer comedy potential for any situation where SY gets his old body/life back. Like imagine a reveal scenario where the System is going to transport them back to their old lives.

Shang Qinghua: well bro I guess this is gonna be the ultimate test of love, right?

Shen Yuan: what do you mean?

Shang Qinghua: our husbands are gonna see what we looked like back before we were glorious cultivators! they're going to have to track us down in our mundane, kinda shitty pre-transmigration lives! it's gonna be at least a little embarrassing, right?

Shen Yuan: *gets his old body back*

Shang Qinghua, normal human with average looks: ...

Shen Yuan, exemplary 11/10: ?

Shang Qinghua: what. the fuck?? bro what the fuck why are you hot???

Shen Yuan: don't make it weird

Shang Qinghua: make it weird??? why were you sitting at home reading my shitty novel when you could have been out there building your own harem???

Shen Yuan: stop exaggerating

Shang Qinghua: oh my god you've always been like this. this is it, isn't it? it wasn't even brain damage from the transmigration or something--

Shen Yuan: hey

Shang Qinghua: --you've just always been completely unaware, haven't you? every time I wrote a beautiful woman who didn't know her own appeal you'd be jumping down my throat--

Shen Yuan: because that's a stupid trope--!

Shang Qinghua: --JUMPING DOWN MY THROAT EXACTLY LIKE THAT but this whole time THIS WHOLE TIME it wasn't even a glow-up issue, you've just been that, personified, yourself--

Shen Yuan: look I know I'm not ugly but I'm not I'm hardly that good-looking

Shang Qinghua: YOU ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE THAT TROPE AGAIN! oh my god. how many broken hearts did you leave behind when you died?!

Shen Yuan: none, I wasn't even seeing anyone--

Shang Qinghua: yeah full offense but I am nottt taking your word for that. I bet you had a harem you didn't know about in this lifetime too. I bet you had a fan club, like an anime prince

Shen Yuan: *mumbling*

Shang Qinghua: what was that?

Shen Yuan: I said... only in high school...

Shang Qinghua: oh my god

Shen Yuan: it wasn't a big deal!

Shang Qinghua: *frantically trying to see if he can find any trace of it on the internet now*

[some1onao3]

Honestly, even though I do reasonably enjoy Bingqiu, I have to agree. Bingqiu is always meant to be a bit dysfunctional and that's precisely the appeal. No relationship in which one party begs the other to do anything to them as long as the other doesn't leave can be anything but unhealthy. LBH's struggle with abandonment and SQQ's struggle with guilts and fears motivate a lot of their interactions, and I believe their journey to become a healthy couple is what the ending signifies. However, while SQQ doesn't harbor romantic ideas for white lotus LBH and Bingqiu only get together as adults, and that the real age difference is negligible if you count the 5 years SQQ spends being 'dead', that's only speaking from a technical level. When it comes down to it, SQQ did raise LBH (not for long, but those years are so vital for shaping who LBH is as a person that they hold the most weight of his formative years) and for the longest time, their relationship is a lot closer to parent and child than romantic imo. SQQ and LBH's relationship development post death is parallel almost exactly with that of a parent learning to respect their child as an adult with independent thoughts and feelings. From the start, LBH is so starved for affection that he latches onto SQQ as soon as he starts being kind. The fact is that all parental figures in his life have left him for one reason or another, while not always by choice, it must've left a scar. LBH straightup says he hates himself for not being able to keep anyone in his life, so it makes sense why he'd hyperfixate on keeping SQQ. All of his Binghe's actions point to trauma response. Realistically what he truly needs is emotional security. The way it is, Bingge's obsession with revenge and desperate need to fill the hole in his heart only get replaced by Bingmei's unhealthy obsession with his Shizun. Indeed SVSSS with SQQ providing LBH a parent's unconditional love and Binghe getting a sense of fullfillment from developing more healthy relationships wouldve been such a wholesome found family story. And if Liushen happens to be an item in this hypothetical story? Well, that'll just be the cherry on top 😌

I'm not gonna say that I think Svsss would have been a better novel if Shen Qinqiu had developed a paternal relationship with Binghe and teaching them both that there is more to relationships than romantical love or friendship, and that it would had significantly lessen the creepy "I dated the student I met when he was a minor and I was a grown man and also there's ton of unnecessary sex scenes" whole thing they had going on BUT...

[allpiesforourown]

when we think of courtesan shen yuan au, its very easy to think "he would not fucking do that." But honestly? I can see it.

He doesn't have sex with any of his customers, no. He's too proud and "straight" for that. But he can entertain them with music and stories. He can serve them tea and smile and ask about their day. And that alone would make him more popular than anyone else at the brothel.

And I think people would go in with the plan to fuck him, but the second they bring up the idea of sleeping together, Shen Yuan raises an eyebrow and gives that 'how can you even ask something like that?' face and they immediately feel guilty and say haha that was just a joke,,..

every interaction goes like

customer: i really enjoyed spending time with you, can we go to bed now?

shen yuan: *gives a disappointed look*

customer, about to cry: OR NOT! YOUR COMPANY ALONE IS ENOUGH! you were telling me about this 'airplane' authour?? please continue

he's been the most popular worker at a brothel for like 5 years and no one has ever bed him