#grand unified theory of shen qingqiu

[perevision]

Yessss I finally finished it! From Chapter 447 of The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu by @blondejaneblonde - who completely by coincidence dropped a whole new chapter just as I was finishing this up so I haven’t read it yet.

LQG teases SQQ about making Sect Leader a set of robes in that cool new half-off style that’s going around. Excuse you, SQQ makes robes for best friends who have become fine gentlemen, thank you very much. No off-the-shoulder ho outfits for his Qi-ge!

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Disney Songs Shen Yuan would have heard

I didn't include Disney Songs on my 'list of English language songs Shen Qingqiu might know' list.

Every song here has a mandarin counterpart on YouTube, so even if he didn't know the lyrics english speaking readers would, he would probably have heard the tune. This first section are disney films he probably would have seen at least once growing up, followed by the most notable song. I only included up to 2015, the year Scum Villain was first published online.

Toy Story- You got a friend in me

Little Mermaid- Part of your world, Under the sea

Aladdin- A Whole New World, One Jump ahead, Prince Ali,

Beauty and the Beast- A tale as old as time, Belle, Be our Guest

Lion King- Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata, Can you feel the love tonight,

Mulan- Reflection, I'll make a man out of you, Honor to us all, a girl worth fighting for

Hercules- Go the Distance, Zero to Hero,

Tarzan- Strangers like me, You'll be in my heart

This section are movies and songs he might not be that familiar with.

Frozen (2013)- Let it go. Easily the latest on the list, but I doubt he could have avoided hearing it, even if he didn't watch the movie.

Tangled (2010)- I see the Light, When will my life begin

Cinderella- A Dream is a Wish your Heart makes

Sleeping Beauty- Once upon a dream

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are Disney Classics, but not that interesting to the average young boy. So they're on the list, but if he remembered the music well enough to possible reproduce it is another matter. Tangled is the opposite- a fairly new movie he may not have seen, being well into his teens.

[gnomeicecream]

Reaction to new Grand Theory of Shen Qingqiu update

[thegoldenavenger]

i'm declaring this finished! some fanart for an early chapters of The Grand Unified Theory of Shěn Qīngqiū by @blondejaneblonde

[marichromatic]

Me, looking at my copy of Anna Karenina that I bought last year: "Yeah... I feel like it's way too long, I don't have the mindframe to tackle this right now, better read The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu for the third time.

Jane Blonde (a.k.a. The Author™): Hey! This is officially longer than Anna Karenina now!

Me, a clown:

[everylastbird]

Me at the top of 'Shen Yuan and Shen Jiu Are the Same Person' AO3 Tag hill: Surely this won't awaken any feelings of interest, appreciation, or excessive sympathy for OG!Shen Qingqiu

Me, having slid down the slippery slope of 'Shen Yuan and Shen Jiu Are the Same Person' AO3 Tag hill and found herself strolling through 'Shen Jiu Gets a Happy Ending' AO3 Tag lane:

[hellenhighwater]

welp. I've got a four-day weekend so it's time to reread The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu from the beginning

[illogicalvulcans]

[Fic Book Covers 8/?] The Grand Unified Theory of Shěn Qīngqiū by 00janeblonde

Shěn Qīngqiū new game pluses himself into a happy ending and unlocks some premium content along the way.

[princessshikky]

Okay, this post has been a long time coming.

Basically, there is a huge amount of misconceptions about liujiu and their history, and it's very frustrating to see in arguments about canon, so. I'm here to clear Liu-shidi's reputation and browbeat SJ with a newspaper (affectionate).

There is a whooping total of 4 liujiu interaction scenes in SVSSS. In chronological order:

The first meeting occurs at an inter-peak competition, where SJ hates LQG at first glance. LQG wins a sparring and has an air of "matter-of-fact arrogance" about him, which only strengthens SJ's dislike. What's interesting is that next SJ ambushes LQG after the sparring and "uses every means" to attack him, as recounted by Yue Qingyuan. Which does nothing to endear SJ to LQG and makes LQG very understandaby wary of SJ.

The second meeting occurs in a brothel. Backstory: SJ stumbles upon a Baizhan disciple named Ji Jue on the street, they have a quarrel, SJ beats and seriously injures Ji Jue, then goes to a brothel. LQG hears about it and rushes to "teach SJ a lesson". Interestingly, nowhere in the text is it mentioned that SJ is injured in any way after his scuffle with LQG, even though the fight has apparently taken quite a while and LQG is a way better fighter than SJ.

The well mission. SJ, LQG and SQH are assigned to deal with some evil spirits in a remote village. Spirits fly out of an old well, one of them attempts to attack LQG from behind, SJ sees it and attacks the spirit, but accidentally brushes over LQG's shoulder, which LQG mistakes for an attempt to kill him. SQH tries to clear the misunderstanding, but SJ threatens him into silence. Again, LQG and SJ come to blows, but no injuries are mentioned.

The disciple acceptance ceremony. SJ and YQY are watching the potential recruits, LQG arrives, has a brief but civil conversation with YQY, SJ intervenes, LQG insults him and leaves.

That's it, folks! That's literally every liujiu interaction in canon! Now with this out of the way, let me disprove some of those fanons I see in liujiu fics every damn time I dare to open one.

LQG did not mistakenly believe SJ to be a son of a wealthy family. Nowhere in the book does LQG ever comment on SJ's origin. This is a fanon from "The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu", which is a great fic, don't get me wrong, but god did it mess with people's perception!

In the same vein, LQG never accused SJ of being lazy. Ever. That was QQQ.

LQG wasn't unreasonable to immediately assume SJ was trying to kill him during the well assignment. Think of what LQG knows about SJ at this point: SJ is willing to ambush someone because of entirely stupid and petty reasons like a lost sparring; SJ is perfectly willing to seriously injure his fellow disciple (see: Ji Jue); SJ is constantly threatening to kill LQG (mentioned in the brothel scene); SJ is not above using dirty tricks to achieve his ends. Yes, the suspicion made SJ feel bad, which is perfectly understandable (poor SJ was just trying to help!), but it wasn't entirely baseless. LQG's conclusion was based on SJ's prior behavior.

Speaking of SJ's dirty tricks: no, when people mentioned SJ's penchant for dishonest means, they weren't talking about harmless tricks like qiankun buttons. SQH insinuates in canon that SJ wouldn't be above shanking LQG with a poisoned knife in the middle of a sparring (Airplane extra, when he watches LQG spar with SY!SQQ), and Ji Jue, someone who's fought SJ personally, seems to agree.

LQG did not condemn SJ's womanizing and/or his visits to the brothel. The only times when LQG comments on SQQ's private life in canon have to do with LBH and bingqiu. To put it simply: LQG did not give a damn about SJ allegedly spending time with sex workers. Nor did LQG constantly stalk SJ to try and catch him in a brothel. Nor did LQG ever lecture SJ about sex being bad for his cultivation (that was YQY, but no one ever remembers this bit).

Actually, it can be inferred that most of the time liujiu tried to ignore each other when forced to be in each other's presence. They only interact when they cannot avoid it/when SJ does (or seems to do) something so shitty LQG cannot ignore it. Or when SJ deliberately attracts LQG's attention.

Conversely, LQG did not constantly pursue SJ demanding a sparring with him. Not ever. I have no idea where this particular fanon stems from.

LQG did not gossip about SJ's private life. It is never mentioned in the book; however, it is said that several Baizhan disciples knew of SJ visiting a pleasure house. Any of them could've spread the rumour; or hell, it could've been someone else who saw SJ entering the place at a later date. Or the brothel workers may have shared the story with their other clients. It's never clearly stated, but there's no reason to believe LQG specifically was the one responsible for spreading this rumour. For one, YQY promises SJ that LQG would keep quiet about their skirmish. Also, it just isn't in character for LQG to gossip.

Just... every time people write liujiu, they go out of their way to completely erase SJ's shitty behavior, blaming all of the bad blood between them on LQG "misunderstanding" the poor innocent SJ. Oh, if only LQG knew the truth, he'd immediately recognise the error of his ways!.. Except no, actually, it's not how it is at all. And I'm so tired of the people constantly mistaking fanons for canon.

[rayshippouuchiha]

So doing this anonymously because I don’t really have the energy to deal, but I need some advice from an A03 author. Long story short if I’m lucky I have 2-5 years left, and would be very unlucky if I last more than that because cognitive ability would be too deteriorated to be worth living. There’s a couple of authors I read religiously that have very long fics that have no end in sight. Especially The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu. Do you think it would be okay if I contacted them and maybe offered to pay for an outline of the fic? I have no idea how to word that without coming across as entitled.

All I can say is that I hope you go when and how you want to and with as much peace as possible.

I, personally, don't think it'd be offensive if you did that given the circumstances but I obviously can't speak for everyone else. I'd say go for it because all they can do is say no.

As for how to word it? Just like you did here. It was short, sweet, and honest.

[perevision]

I should be working on a different project but I had to take a minute to doodle this self-indulgent scene from chapter 447 of the Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu, where Liu Qingge teases Shen Qingqiu about dressing their shixiong in the cool new half-robe trend going around. SQQ is not sending his Qi-ge out looking like a ho.

Yue Qingyuan is my big weakness in the book and this fic, so I may have been a little too into this idea. I will ink this soon.

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Songs SQQ might know

A year ago I started a list of English language songs that Shen Yuan might have known. Then I updated the list, multiple times through reblogs. This is the compilation of those updates.

The following list is compiled from research into popular English language choices for kareoke in China, and then research into English speaking artists whose world tours have had shows in China, and a few other that made sense to me, like Reflection covers and CoCo Lee who released albums in both America and China. @blondejaneblonde says her SQQ transmigrated when Scum Villain was first published in 2015, so I used that year as my cut off date.

Michael Jackson- Beat it, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror, You are Not Alone, Childhood

Celine Dion- My heart will go on

Bryan Adams- (Everything I do) I do it for you

Carpenters- Yesterday Once More

Lady GaGa- Bad Romance, Alejandro, Telephone, Papparazzi, The Edge of Glory, Born this Way,

Backstreet Boys- I want it that way, As long as you love me, Show me the meaning of being lonely, Incomplete, I'll never break your heart

Whitney Houston- I Will Always Love You

Josh Groban- You raise me up

Emilia- Big Big World

Taylor Swift- Love Story, Forever & Always, White Horse, Breathe, Red, Everything has changed, We are never ever getting back together, Blank Space, Out of the Woods, All you had to do was stay, Bad Blood, Wildest Dreams, Clean

Elton John- Can you feel the love tonight, Sorry seems to be the hardest word,

Michael Buble- Haven't met you yet, the way you look tonight, Fever, Sway, Come fly with me, How can you mend a broken heart, Moondance, Put your head on my shoulder

Coco Lee- Do you want my love, Reflection (Mulan cover)

Yo-Yo Ma and CoCo Lee- A Love before time

Crystal Liu- Reflection (Mandarin)

One Direction- What makes you beautiful, Live while we're Young, Little Things, Perfect, If I could fly

Ellie Goulding- Lights, Love me Like you do

Beyonce- Crazy in Love, Crazy in Love (remix, 2015), Halo, Best thing I never had, If I were a boy

Adele- Someone like you, Rumour has it, Turning Tables, Hello, When we were young,

Katy Perry- Teenage Dream, Roar, Unconditionally, Dark Horse, The one that got away, E.T., Pearl,

M2M- Pretty Boy

Michael Learns to Rock- Take me to Your Heart

Mariah Carey- When you believe, We belong together, Hero, My all, Fly like a bird, Fantasy

Justin Bieber- One time, Boyfriend, What do you mean, All that matters

Avril Lavigne- Let me go, Wish you were here, Alice,

Westlife- Flying without Wings, My love, When you're looking like that, World of our own, when you tell me that you love me, The Rose

Wham!- Careless Whisper, wake me up before you go

Christina Aguilera- I turn to you, Hurt, Fighter, We remain

Britney Spears-Born to make you happy, criminal

Usher- Burn, Here I stand, moving mountains, DJ got us falling in love

Bob Dylan- It's all over now, Baby Blue, Tangled up in blue, Simple twist of fate, thunder on the mountain, Forever young,

Carly Rae Jepsen had a show in Beijing in May 2015!

Carly Rae Jepsen- Call me maybe, curiosity, good time, this kiss, Tonight I'm getting over you, Almost said it, Take a picture, Really like you, All that, Beautiful (with Justin Bieber)

And performed for the first time at the Beijing China show, "Run Away with Me", "Emotion", "Your Type", "Black Heart", and "Gimmie Love".

Mamma Mia opened in 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, so we can also include ABBA!

[fondofeveryprickle]

My AO3 Wrapped 2023

Welcome to my AO3 Wrapped 2023, where I take a look at some of my favourite fics from 2023 (one bookmark per month). 

There were so many amazing fics in 2023, so many new people and friends I met because of fanfic <3 So here’s to a very good 2024, full of words and worlds!

Let’s go to the fics:

January-

The Fine Line Between Hormones and Home by seekingmoonscapes (Bad Buddy: The Series)

In an almost canon universe where the only difference is that it is omegaverse, Pat is an omega, and Pran is an alpha. And during one of his heats, Pat is at home, and decides to ask Pran for a shirt with his scent to help with his heat. But instead, he asks Pran for help in other ways. Fic where the porn IS the plot, everything is super consensual, and sexy and hot. Alternating POV, so on Pran’s pov we get to see all the pining.

February - 

If Never Again, If Every Day by gallifreyburning and takiki16 (The Old Guard)

This fic was wonderful from beginning to end. For reasons, 2021 Nicky goes back in time to Jerusalem and his first death at Yusuf's hands. Meanwhile, 1099 Nicolò goes forward in time to 2021 and meets Joe. It's heartbreaking and loving and funny and so full of love. Nicky and Joe miss each other even when around their younger versions. But the love they feel for each other is stronger than that. Wonderful story, happy ending.

March - 

Wooing the Water Tribe by lenaballena (ATLA) @dameferre

Sokka has been living in the Fire Nation as Zuko's second in power and his best friend and everything. When Katara comes to visit, Sokka thinks Zuku is courting her. And he realizes he is also in love with his best friend. Lots of pining. There's absolutely no courting of Katara. It's also really funny. My heart broke for Sokka at some moments.

April - 

The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu by 00janeblonde (SVSSS)

WIP - This story is all fluff and no angst, like the tags say, slice of life and it's wonderful. SQQ dies at Maigu Ridge, and is offered to acquire the Game Plus, where he can go back to the past with his cultivation and memory intact, and try again. Doing that he discovers that he is actually the real Shen Jiu reincarnated, and he can try to recover memory markers to be able to restart the "game" even before than when he first "transmigrated". His friendship with YQY becomes strong, LQG also becomes his friend (it's really sweet how he wants his friends back). Everything is very soft. Absolutely great teacher SQQ.

May - 

but for me, there is a storm by Authoress (Haikyuu!!) by @kiribakus

An epic pacific rim au. Hinata and Kageyama are both cadets who want to be Jaeger pilots, but they cannot get along. So they work really hard because they are their last hope to pilot a one of a kind Jaeger - a Kaiju/Machine hybrid. They solve their problems in the beginning (and then later they have more problems). Hinata and Kageyama are not the only main characters, other characters are also very important and have their own storyline and pov. This story is heartbreaking as well. There's MCD, and it made me cry so hard I got puffy eyes. It's a wonderful read, and very well written.

June - 

The UA Analyst Kid by RogueVector (BNHA)

Izuku meets the UA teachers before getting OFA and they see how good his analysis is, so they start to train him (together with some other heroes). But some things don't change and Izuku still meets All Might and gets offered OFA. This story is funny, sweet and with amazing relationships. Izuku is OP with his intelligence and training. All the teachers and heroes are so supportive and good. A really feel good story.

July - 

Deku? I think he’s some pro… by Clouds (BNHA)

After All Might told Izuku he can't be a hero, he finds himself in a forum used by some underground heroes and offers his analysis to them, since he can't be a hero, he will help them. The underground heroes think Izuku is some kind of retired pro when they ask for help analyzing some villains and all, and when they finally meet face-to-face they all decide to practically adopt Izuku and teach him to fight so he will have a chance to be a quirkless hero. It is amazing! Also, the relationship between Izuku and the underground heroes is more like friends than teacher-student, and it's amazing that way. (some All Might bashing - be warned)

August - 

Mobius by Foxquills (BNHA) @fox-quills

WIP - I love this story so much!!! Third-year Izuku is sent to the past because of a quirk accident, to the time both Shouta and Hizashi are third year students at UA. Problem is, according to Nedzu, time is constant, or a loop, so he can’t change anything in the past, and everything that has happened, will happen again. He becomes fast friends with both Shouta and Hizashi, and starts crushing on them as well. Both Hizashi and Shouta also start crushing on him. It is lovely. There’s pain. It’s awesome. (also omegaverse).

September - 

Factory Settings by Anonymous (Good Omens)

Post season 2 au, because Crowley follows Aziraphale to heaven. Things happen, and instead of Crowley, there is Raphael, without any memory of all the time he's lived as Crowley. Heaven and Hell are at it again. Aziraphale has no idea what to do, and he misses his Crowley. Muriel is a sweetheart. Both Aziraphale and Crowley/Raphael povs. Great story, feels very much canon.

October - 

Justice in Defiance by Foxquills (BNHA) @fox-quills

WIP - Aizawa is a hero turned villain who kills both heroes and villains alike. And one day Izuku finds him right after he kills someone. They fight. And now Izuku needs to know more. What made Aizawa turn????? To do that, he will also need Hizashi in his corner. Absolutely lovely story!!!! The povs are amazing. The feelings and pining are perfect.

November - 

If I Must Starve (Let it be in Your Arms) by Igneum807 (The Witcher)

So think about the softest story involving Jaskier and touch-starved witchers, and this is the result. During his travels alone, when he and Geralt go their different ways for a few weeks, Jaskier meets Geralt's brothers, who are just as touch and companionship-starved as Geralt was before meeting Jaskier. It's super soft and tender.

December - 

Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain by NeonGhostCat (SVSSS) @neonghostcat

When SY transmigrates, the System tries to put him on SQQ's body, but SQQ is aware and is able to stop it from happening. The System then gives SY his own body, but something goes wrong with the system and SY is decided to not get involved with the plot, or with Cang Qiong Sect, and specially SQQ. He finds an abandoned mountain, with an abandoned house there and decides to stay there until he is strong enough if SQQ finds him and wants to kill him. Obviously things cannot be that simple. Now he is stuck on the mountain he can't get out of, every full moon night there are monster attacks and one day LQG appears on the Mountain, how can he get out of helping with the plot now? Shen Yuan is absolutely perfect on this fic. I love how he deals with the mountain and its beasts and plant-life. Liushen is the softest you'll see. Slow burn, super domestic, feel good story.

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Enjoy your readings!

[notacatyet]

One of my favorite fanfics of all time, The Grand Unified Theory Of Shen Qingqiu, just ended and got a second part. What a time to be alive. I need to re-read the whole fic yet again.

I’ve been following this fic for so long. I’m just. Emotional.

[marichromatic]

Happy Tortoise Eating a Watermelon

Been reading again @blondejaneblonde 's The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu and thought I'd practice a bit with digital watercolors when I got again to this cute chapter and then got reminded of the lines "They carry their homes with them".

It was a nice practice but for some reason I feel like it would have been easier to use actual watercolors, I can't seem to make the digital brushes behave the same way lol

[bauhin]

No you see I’m technically a fan of 500k The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu by 00janeblonde instead of mxtx’s scum villain as on my 4th reread it has overridden the original in my brain and when i insert query “svsss” in my brain that is the only thing that comes up in the search results