#Shen Jiu

[lurkinginnernarrator]

The first two chapters are up!

I'm excited to see where this story takes us, and I hope you all will join me for the ride!

Shen twins or bros au where the Shens go through Qiu Manor and Wu Yanzi together but only Shen Jiu joins Cang Qiong with Yue Qingyuan. Cut to Cang Qiong facing a problem that needs the expertise of a demonic cultivator and Shen Jiu presents the most powerful and elusive demonic cultivator as his brother

...how is it that the demonic cultivator brother is nicer than the one dressed in pastels

[tossawary]

There are some things that I don't like about Buttercup's characterization in the "The Princess Bride" book, which I can't articulate fully before re-reading it. She's not too bright, especially compared to how poetic she is in the movie, and the narration seems a little mean about it. (In general, I find that the characters each being inhabited by good actors, who can deliver specific expressions and vocal tones, gives the film a degree of additional sincerity and feeling that works well to balance out the book's sharp wit.)

But one thing I do really enjoy about Book Buttercup, especially when she's young, is that she's so spiteful. She's a jealous, self-centered little creature as a child. All she wants to do is ride her horse (named Horse) all day, which frustrates her parents because she also hates bathing. She fails to notice all of the other village girls giving her the silent treatment for a month. She thinks boys are gross and quickly learns to freeze them out because they harass her relentlessly. In my opinion, with how she likes to keep her own company and seems disconnected from everyone else's behavior, she comes across as potentially some flavor of neurodivergent.

And after recently finishing "Some Unknown Corner", Young Buttercup reminds me of no other character more than Young Shen Jiu (SVSSS) at the moment. The difference in their backstories is obvious, the comparison feels bizarre from that angle, but the "everyone except for me is an idiot" tone of voice is remarkably similar. There's a shared "I have a lot of my sanity resting on this one other human being whom I like to boss around, and if anything happens to them, I will lose my mind" vibe.

[thegoldenavenger]

is it weird that alt versions of the liujiu art live on the bingliu server? perhaps. perhaps not.

[wyyvoren]

has anyone made an SJ doll that has detachable limbs yet?

[gyrovagus-bibliophile]

Why did i read that last part like Alfred from Snapcube omg????

Do you think Shang Qinghua gave his characters nicknames when he was writing them, and after he transmigrated he accidentally called them those names

Mobei-Jun: Shang Qinghua

Shang Qinghua: Yes Baobei?

Mobei-Jun, blushing: ...

Shang Qinghua: Oh god, my king, I'm so sorry-!

~~

OG Shen Qingqiu: Finish these reports for me

Shang Qinghua: Oh course my poor little meow meow

Shen Qingqiu: What the fuck did you just call me?!

~~

Luo Binghe: I've finally finished conquering both the realms

Shang Qinghua: Good job, son!

Luo Binghe: ...Daddy?

[huab1nan]

Wifeys

[finalfivecarts]

On today's game of Jeopardy, lets play: What is Shen Jiu reacting to⁉️

[makedonsgriva]

SYSTEM! Shen Yuan AU where he dies in his world and becomes a system in charge of making sure Shen Jiu survives the novel events

System Shen Yuan has his own system that checks up on his performance. System Shen Yuan also has the opportunity to become an in universe character (while also still remaining a system like role) if he accounts enough points. So he is like desperately trying to farm points by trying to guide SJ.

(SJ gets the system post his escape from the Qiu manor btw)

SY, on the verge of tears: I beg you please don’t murder any more people

SJ, already slaughtering a rogue cultivator in IAC: fuck you

[burningalpacajellyfish]

love this art style !!

BD gift

[lurkinginnernarrator]

Shen Yuan should be surprisingly good at makeup. Like, we all know that Shen Jiu could draw eyeliner sharper than Cheng Luan, but Shen Yuan had a meimei.

Imagine she has a school dance or something, and maybe a mean girl at school said something that made Shen-mei decide she was going to wear makeup for the school dance.

Now, of course, Shen Yuan and his geges make sure to tell her that the girl was just mean, and she's beautiful when she's comfortable and happy, not because of makeup etc etc it's all very good intentioned.

Even so, she says, she still wants to wear makeup.

So she buys some, and starts practicing. She's ... Not the best. Shen Yuan finds her crying in the bathroom with crooked eyeliner, mascara transfer marks on her cheeks, foundation and concealer in the wrong shade, contour that looks like a 5'o'clock shadow, overfilled brows, blush that won't blend...

He helps her take off the cakey makeup and bundles her into the living room, comforting warm drinks in hand. They spend the night watching makeup tutorials.

Step-by-step Shen Yuan learns along with his meimei how to do a full face of makeup.

The school dance goes perfectly, Shen-mei was the most beautiful resplendent girl in the school and had a wonderful time with her friends.

Shen Yuan and Shen-mei don't stop watching makeup videos and doing makeup on each other though, it becomes a shared hobby. Every few weeks, even into adulthood, they'd meet up, turn on some makeup influencer and take out their makeup brushes.

It was their special thing, something that just the two of them shared.

Cut to post-transmigration, during a visit for planning the 'garden', Shang Qinghua idly asks Cucumber-bro how he manages to draw the huadian perfectly every single time.

(I don't know the correct term, I tried looking for the proper terminology because what I believe Shen Qingqiu wears is some sort of scholar's mark? But I couldn't find anything. Please let me know if anyone knows the correct term!)

Shen Yuan shrugs and goes 'not like it's hard, you probably just suck.'

This leads to an argument wherein Shen Yuan decides to demonstrate his superiority.

They did forget that there was a Peak Lords meeting, and so Shen Qingqiu strolls in with flawless eyeliner, lips, huadian, the whole combo, and Shang Qinghua walks in with a red face and smudged eyeliner (it does look good though, fits his messy vibes).

Liu Qingge feels a little faint when he watches Shen Qingqiu absentmindedly press his fan to his lips, leaving lipstick marks on the fan. (SY wonders why at that moment, the System lets him know that his fan has leveled up.)

Luo Binghe is trying to figure out a way to get Shizun to teach him to do makeup... The thought of Shizun taking the brush to his lips, concentration furrowing his brows, letting Luo Binghe admire his face even more unabashedly then usual ...

Qi Qingqi changes her tune faster because she has to know how Shen Qingqiu got his eyelashes so perfect.

[scumvillainess]

pidw canon-divergent au where shen qingqiu and yue qingyuan are actually able to reconcile with each other, except it’s mainly from the pov of the other cqms peak lords (who are currently the head disciples of cqms) who immediately think the worst and freak out when they see qijiu getting along with each other, because since when the actual fuck do those two have a functional relationship?!?!?!?!?

[yuhua-a]

"does zhangmen shixiong bother all his shidi in their spare time, or is this qingqiu particularly troublesome to need such supervision?"

poor qi-ge just wants to visit xiao jiu 😿 me too yue qi, me too 😹

[gyrovagus-bibliophile]

Shen Yuan:

Modern Shen twins au

Sj: what are you reading

Sy: I’m reading this trash web novel pidw

Sj: I tried to read that but I couldn’t get into it. The writing is just trash.

Sy: I know right!

Sj: yeah the main character is such a whiny bitch.

Sy: ….get out of my room.

[gaywarcriminals]

Imo, the ideal vibe for Shen twins is "I should have eaten you in the womb"

[pr0cyon-lotor]

I think it'd be real sexy of Ming Fan to haunt the narrative just like his catty father figure