#it does end up bingliushen

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Mushroom body shenanigans

SQQ!Yuan self-destructs and next thing he knows he's digging himself out and... This isn't where they planted the bodies. But there's a stash of money and clothes and while the trappings are anonymous they're definitely his vibe. There's even a fan!

When he sees his reflection, he's jumpscared by looking 80% like his original body and 20% like sqq. Which is nice but definitely weird.

Wearing a weimao he goes to a village near cqms (and wow SQH really moved their bodies CLOSE that was not the plan!) to hear news only to find it's been only a few days since his detonation and apparently LQG is fighting LBH to get his body back! Lbh wasn't his death enough?!

After a few weeks, SY really, really can't take watching his shidi tear himself apart for nothing, so he reveals himself to the peak lords only...

YQY, big bro, why are you so hostile?! YQY refuses to accept SY's explanations but 'graciously' lets SY leave unmolested though as far as the sect is concerned he's an imposter and not welcome.

SY is extremely confused because certainly YQY would have sussed him out years ago? Why now?

LQG tells SY that YQY was beside himself over the death and nearly had a severe qi deviation and had to seclude himself so he's just not in his right mind and he'll come around

LQG however still thinks they need to get his body back.

Thankfully he fights more conservatively now and not every day. SY eventually watches one of the fights and tells LQG that while LBH is clearly not killing LQG on purpose (and he definitely could) the sword is corrupting LBH and that was the whole reason for the self detonation.

LQG considers this and tells LBH to stop wasting SQQ's sacrifice by giving himself over to that sword. After a few days of this, LBH fights LQG with a new spiritual sword and they end for the day when it shatters under his demonic Qi and he's back to using Xin Mo next time

SY leaves LQG to it and goes out to find the legendary smith from the novel whose eventually daughter LBH would eventually marry and then his ability to make mix race swords would be completely forgotten.

It takes some effort, but sy's wife beam is powerful (though the smith is very happy with his new wife ofc, just, he'll make one sword and come back you know how it is?) he lowkey thinks sy is a fairy and this is a divine quest from the heavens

When lbh initially refuses the smith, he's told about the fairy and the divine quest and Shizun had always told Binghe it was important to fulfill divine quests whenever they appeared (after discussing with other disciples and asking seeing the sect he didn't think divine quests really happened more than once a generation but Shizun was so insistent and now it's come to pass. Several times)

However given the previous divine quests resulted in the fairy trying to sleep with him, he is uninterested in meeting them

Fights with LQG continue but LBH becomes slightly more stable.

Sy meets up with SQH and gives him shit about moving the bodies

"I didn't move them bro"

So they go out to see and yeah... He didn't move them. But his body that they planted, uhhhhh, it responds to gentle probing like his soul is in there. So to avoid having an existential crisis, SY uses his special cultivation to speed up the growth and

Oh shit

Oh fuck

That's the original goods. Run bro, fucking run

[asha-mage]

BingLiuShen au where Shen Qingqiu's fevered heteronormativity poisoned brain decides that the best way to avoid dying for the crime of being a heterosexual male in a stallion novel is to pretend not to be heterosexual and thus not a threat to the protagonist's harem. He figures if he can hit that sweet spot where his (supposed! Not real at all!) sexuality is just a quirk of the beloved mentor then the narrative will have no choice but to keep him alive. Airplane might be a hack, but he's exactly the sort of hack who would put in a token gay character, then shunt them off to the background, only to be trotted out again when he's getting flack in the comments for sexist, homophobic, and/or generally shitty writing decisions.

And for Shen Yuan, whose stated life goal is to idle away the hours in luxury and occasionally bask in Binghe's protagonisty coolness (in a very heterosexual way of course!) that would be the perfect out. There's just one problem- how does he demonstrate his (definitely fake!) homosexuality without playing into homophobic tropes and getting himself killed for offending the genre's aggressively het sensibilities?

The answer? Pretend to be pinning away silently in unrequited love for another man. It's perfect! All he has to do is drop a few extremely subtle hints in Binghe's hearing implying having feelings he would never act on for say, Liu Qingge, and he'll be golden. After all, what person attracted to men (which he isn't!) wouldn't fall immediately in love with the Bai Zhan War God? It has the added benefit of proving what a good Token Gay he is by the fact that he saved Liu Qingge's life without any expectations or hopes and without ever even revealing his (supposed!) feelings.

Shen Qingqiu gets about a week of feeling like a genius after putting this plot into motion before Liu Qingge starts showing up at Qing Jing with small gifts and pastries and asking to spar, and well. In between melting down (because how on earth did he put it together from the grand total of three entirely ambiguous hints he dropped!) and trying to stay composed (because even the straightest guy- which he is!- would get flustered by having Liu Qingge smiling at him Like That) he figures the only rational thing to do is just Commit To the Bit, resign himself to one day becoming cultivation partners with Liu Qingge and retiring together into the background of future plot shenanigans. Their are clearly no other possible ways of dealing with this situation, and hey being with Liu Qingge of all people isn't bad. That's a fan favorite character and he's stupidly handsome and brave and kind! Shen Qingqiu could do a lot worse, especially in a world like PIDW. In fact given the alternatives, Shen Qingqiu's could probably consider himself incredibly lucky. Objectively that is. From a purely 'guy trying to survive this dumb novel' point of view. It would be an honor to have Liu Qingge's arms wrapped around him. If he where into men of course.

Meanwhile you have Luo Binghe in the background of every scene the two are in with a forced smile, internally speed running the '*fork in garbage disposal noises*' to 'I just want my Shizun to be happy! I swear!' to 'actually Liu-shishu is really nice I can see what Shizun sees in him' to 'oh no I think I want to be in the Middle Of Whatever That Is' arc.

(And of course, Binghe at the end of the day IS the protagonist, and after much trial and tribulation, is supposed to get exactly what he wants...)

And all the while you have Liu Qingge, utterly oblivious to the mental anguish and gymnastics of his shidi and shizi, who just keeps turning up at Qing Jing, because he really does like Shen Qingqiu and even if that first date was his sister's idea he's found he really does enjoy spending time with Shen Qingqiu, and also Shen Qingqiu's sticky first disciple who despite the crocodile tears is actually clearly pretty strong. He has no idea that Shen Qingqiu is silently picking out drapery for the future house while Luo Binghe tries to rationalize his out of control heartbeat as a completely normal side effect of the sparring match they just fought (Which he only keeps challenging Liu-shishu to make sure he's strong enough to protect Shizun! He swears!).

WIll the three of them ever figure it out and get their act together? Sure. Will they do it before the Conference/Abyss arc upends everything? Absolutely not.

[grubus]

Hi! do you have any svsss fic recs? I really like syonr and I'm curious about what you like to read!

*rubs hands together*

Alright alright. Now some of these are probably already well known, but still!!

I make no secret of this, but as Prim is my favorite author and very cool friend, I will HAPPILY recommend these first;

Masochism is probably THE qijiu fic of all time, absolutely adore it. It's set in their disciple era, with YQY just grabbing at whatever scraps he can even as SQQ tries to push the boundaries and see what will make him BREAK. So, so good. Happy ending!

Tarnished Gold is my favorite original Binghe fic, and I hope more people give it a chance. I think the summary scare some but it's GREAT! I love it! Binghe's thought process, the way someone perceives SY as GYX from an outside perspective, and omg LPM is such a great character in it...

of course I recommend basically everything Prim writes.

(Shen Yuan Voice) It's not gay if- by Nachtofthedead is porn. Just straight up modern time BingYuan porn. It is filthy and great and *thumbs up* love it. Bingge decides to play along with SY's delulu thoughts on gayness and everyone are happy.

The Many Trials and Tribulations of Ming Fan by The Feels Whale (miscellea) is great and I think often overlooked. A oneshot from MF's point of view on how to handle SQQ's wife beam, deeply funny to me. They also wrote-

Dust and Broken Grains , which is basically "Binghe discovers early that Crying Works" and it becomes a fix-it fic. but there's more to it than that!!! Love it a lot.

Celestial Afterglow by elanor_pam is just. So good. SO GOOD. It's hilarious, it uses the System in a way few fics ever does and it has me cackling every time I read it.

What Is Seen by CaveteDracones is a fix-it with a side of whump fic, where SQQ's trial at HHP goes VERY differently. Truth serum! Torture! System Reveal! Yay!

Dual Cultivate or Date by acernor is THE BingLiuShen fic out there. Adore it. I'm sure many have already appreciated it, but it doesn't hurt to remind others that it exists!

A Child Once by Tossawary is a very, very good BingQiu and MoShang fic, and I honestly love not only BingQiu being forced to play parents, but also the MobeiBing friendship? Great, amazing. All the relationships in this is great, and I know most have heard of Tossawary but if you haven't given this specific fic a chance you SHOULD.

easy fix by airplanelanding (TheCourtSorcerer) is a smutty cumplane oneshot, where they are friends with benefits (approved by their husbands) for whenever said husbands are unavailable for Dual Cultivation Cure. This fic just really captures the snark and is also *chefs kiss*

with the tail of the snake by tciddaemina is a very, very good monsterfucker!SQQ fic where Binghe became a dragon in the abyss. I LOVE IT. It's a WIP, but *clenches fist* it's just so good. Soft and gooey and so HHHH yes good. I would probably put all their svsss fics in here but I am running out of time!!

.... but I have enough time to recommend my other favorite fic from them, which isn't even svsss! And is how I found them to begin with!

come all ye mighty is a Solo Leveling fic! It's Igris/Jinwoo, from Igris' pov, and I love the world building in it. As they say in the author's notes, it's a little bit of an au since it doesn't follow the original plot of the comic, but I reread this so, so often. 10/10, if you like solo leveling at all please give it a go I BEG OF YOU.

[anonymous-dee]

My Top 5 Scum Villain Ships

5.CumPlane

There’s just something so silly about them. I love the way they bicker and banter, and you can’t deny the obvious shitpost potential of them both coming from the real world.

I fucking love the memes where they’re speaking in brainrot to each other and all the other peak lords are like 🤨❓

4. MoShang

They make me so mad fr. I stand with SQH as a child of divorce so yk, I can’t be too upset with him. BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THEIR ABANDONMENT TRAUMAS LOVE TO CLASH CONSTANTLY AND IT’S SO DJFJDJF 🍽️ I hate it so much *desperately filling my plate with fics and fan art and headcanons and—*

3. JiuYuan / ScumCum

Another ship w the sillies. One of my favorite dynamics with JiuYuan is Shen Yuan being like “ugh” but then realizing how broken Shen Jiu is and then going “sigh, I can fix him…” and then he DOES fix him and it’s sweet and cute and perfect.

And yk, I think it’s so important for Shen Jiu to experience kindness and gentle touch and actual love, and it’s like YEAH I love the drama of QiJiu and LiuJiu, but with QiJiu it doesn’t hit the same because in order for it to work in a /gen way, Yue Qingyuan has to have his redemption arc and regain Shen Jiu’s broken trust.

I still do ship LiuJiu ans QiJiu, but ScumCum is just more wholesome in my eyes.

With Shen Yuan, there was no original betrayal, he just comes out of the transmigration oven with warm hands and healing vibes. For the most part.

I like that they are both also similar in a hater way too. If you think about it, they’re both 100% capable of going on the BEST RANTS and being a hater and I just KNOW they have the BEST debriefs after seeing the others do questionable things in public. Yk, they give each other the 👀 “are u seeing this shit” look knowing fully well they are both gonna have a 2 hour mutual ted talk about the absolute audacity.

You also gotta love the dynamic of Tsundere (soft) and Tsundere (will kill a bitch). Because on one hand Shen Yuan has to have his gay awakening so he’s in denial for a hot minute. And then you have Shen Jiu who’s ALSO in denial—probably also in the closet bc he has to overcome his mental block of fearing/despising all men before he can become open to the idea of allowing one man.

#not all men #actually yes, all men #just not that one in particular #yeah him, the fucking twink in the back

And then you can easily end up with a dynamic where both of them realize their feelings and it turns into

SJ: god shen yuan is so fucking annoying (wasn’t allowed to kill someone)

NPC: yeah I hate that guy

SJ: what the FUCK did you just fucking say

I love them thanks.

2. BingLiuShen

**CREDIT BOTH OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ART PIECES TO SAIRUSB AND CHECK OUT THEIR PAGE THEIR ART IS AMAZING**

Slot number 2 goes to BingLiuShen. Everyone repeat after me: SHEN QINGQIU HAS TWO HANDS!

I think the most interesting part about any Poly ship is the multitude of dynamics; it’s more than just SQQ x LQG x LBH. It’s also BingQiu. It’s also LiuShen. It’s also…uh, BingLiu(?) for the life of me I cannot remember if that’s their ship name, BUT ANYWAY.

Each of these individual dynamics has its own individual charm that gets explored once you start overlapping them together. You have the base with some delicious seasoning if you will.

Not gonna lie, it was a 100% tag team effort between SairusB and Celardor that initially sold me on BingLiuShen.

I love Luo Binghe being a menace, Shen Qingqiu being ‘:3’, and Liu Qingge being shy and not used to romance at all. Not that any of them really are, but I love how many ways you can play around with this specific concept, which I will elaborate on more in the next part of the post.

(Anyone who knows me, you know who I’m putting in the number 1 slot)

Everyone please read Sharing is Caring / Love in Another Shape by Celardor on ao3 that fic literaly altered by brain chemistry and it’s so fucking good please believe me PLEASE

1. LiuShen

**CREDIT THIS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK TO VELINXI, THE ARTIST FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION OF SVSSS**

My beloveds. My silly little guys. My pretty scrimblos. My mipys. Ft. the art that got me to See The Vision™️ for the first time.

Love that we get LiuShen art in the official artstyle btw, I will never shut up about it bc Velinxi’s art is so gorgeous and I cherish everything she draws so so so dearly.

LiuShen is so special to me. I’ve talked about it several times before on my blog but I just love their dynamic so much. Somehow despite both being tsunderes (well, idk if I count SQQ as a FULL tsundere, but still) they end up being so soft with one another it’s so fucking wholesome.

As much as I do enjoy BingQiu, I say as it did not make the top 5 list LMFAO I absolutely love how many ways there are to write LiuShen. Given that SQQ is ship silly putty already, it really does provide the opportunity for endless fun.

There are fics where both of them are self aware of how they feel, there are fics where neither of them are. There are fics where one of them realzies they like the other and have no shame about it. And BOTH are equally as entertaining. I love ‘:3 Liu shidi is pretty I wanna touch him’ fics just as much as I love ‘>:( I’m gonna bring Shen Yuan courting gifts and challenge him to a fight to express my devotion’ ones.

And then you have the fics where one of them is oblivious and accidentally ends up married to the other—I’ve seen it go both ways and it’s perfect every time I swear to god.

Props to Celardor AGAIN because I think they perfectly balance the tsundere and soft vibes between the two. The fic “Sharing is Caring” goes beyond just the silly wife plot it starts out as. It deadass goes from “teehee silly wife plot” to “let’s actually explore the dynamic and the world and the plot beyond just this silly adventure”

Celardor said “I think I see potential here” and both parts of the fic series amount to 254,349 words AND COUNTING BC PART 2 ISN’T DONE YET.

Okay this isn’t a fic review this is a SHIP review so setting Celardor’s fic hesitantly aside, it’s sort of hard for me to explain how much they make me happy but I just love the blushy x blushy dynamic so much LET THEM BE SHY AND SOFT TO EACH OTHER AAAAH

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

What is your favorite SVSSS ship?

[the-switch-conspiracy]

The thrilling third act to whatever the fuck is happening in my sims 4 game. I wish this was scripted, I really wish it was, but no, my sims apparently just have 1 braincell and Binghe's the only one using it.

First things first, Liu Qingge decided to take up boxing for his new career of military man.

Shen Jiu has given birth, welcome Yingying to the world! And oh GUESS WHO THE FATHER IS.

It's this asshole. Again.

Congratulations x3. Shen Yuan is now the father of two and only one of them is from (one of) his husband(s). Whatever, what's done is done, Yixuan has had his birthday and is now an infant. Liu Qingge has actually been stepping up now that Shen Yuan has to deal with 2 kids.

Binghe is progressing with his culinary career! He's a very studious boy! However he does tend to leave food hanging around in mass piles everywhere.

Despite the, ahem, suprise parenting of another man's child, Bingliushen is still going strong!

A couple weeks have past, and it's wintermas/christmas time in the sims and... wtf. Apparently everyone in this household has the hots for Santa Clement Frost. Single braincell.

With the new year, new income, and new family member, the gang has decided to move up in the world. They are still very broke, BUT they now have a new house. Don't ask how they got it.

Liu Qingge and Shen Yuan spent their first night in the house together <3 Liu Qingge is loving the new work out area as well!

Things are starting to look up for them! Well let's just leave them on auto for a couple of days while I play with my Wangxian and Hulian sims, so long as nothing else happens while I'm away we should be lickity spli-

...

... You're kidding me right. Again? You were ON birth control! You had rubbers! Qingge is this what you want?? To be barefoot and pregnant for the rest of your days?? Once more he's so proud and smug about it! Drastic measures must be taken. I said there would be consequences if this happened again!

The cats have been spayed. Shen Yuan's prolific reign of terror will end! Oh god it has to. I can't take care of three toddlers. They certainly can't take care of three toddlers! What have I done to deserve this? The only "person" currently happy in the household is Bingpup!

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[hootyhoowoo]

ah! I totally get keeping your ao3 private! in any case, do you have any svsss fic recs you’d shout out? any ships is fine! bingqiu, Liujiu, 79, Liushen, I’ll take it!

Okay i'm sorry this took so long!! I was trying to look through my fics and see what would be appropriate to post bwaahahah

So disclaimer, i'm more of a one-shot type of reader for the most part, I really enjoy a nice hearty and wordy piece. I'm also a whore so I enjoy a lot of pwps!! I delve into omegaverse and some dead dove fics a lot too so please READ THE TAGS before reading

Also, these are more of my own personal reviews of the fics? You can read the summaries +tags to find out more :D I'm sure the authors can summarize better than I can

but anyway, I'll start out with the fics recommended to me by others, and ones that are so widely loved by the fandom!

These are multi-chaptered:

"I Wish You Were My Husband"- Feynite; Bingqiu, Liushen, and Qijiu all in one!

This fic was recommended by a good friend of mine, and it is sooo good anon. It's got wife stealing, love triangles, and is sooo hilariously funny it's made me genuinely laugh out loud while reading. There was times where I felt like I was just reading canon content and had to remind myself this wasn't mxtx writing. The author does a wonderful job in delving into Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan's inner mental gymnastics, and the complicated history and relationships between the different pairings is so tangible and well done. Not to mention the dialogue between SQQ and SQH made me CACKLE.

"Like A Tooth From a Mouth (I Leave A Hole)- Anonymous; Bingyuan (?)

Okay I started this fic but still haven't gotten through all of it, but the first chapter (first few paragraphs really) captivated me so much I was instantly hooked. Actually, I may draw this out at some point bc I really love the beginning of this fic. So angsty. So well written- especially once Liu Qingge gets introduced, he's so cute and I really like the dynamics of everyone in this one. Disciple!Shen yuan with his system and Shizun!Luo Binghe will always be messy and i'm here for it <3

"Shen Yuan of No Relation"- Gemi ; Bingyuan, Qijiu (i'll probably come back and edit if needed)

Ahhh. Ze fic of all time. OKAY so I haven't actually finished this one yet, i'm currently still reading. BUT I WILL SAY: It is so good so far. So good. The author's writing feels so hearty and their descriptions of the setting is something I fell in love with immediately. The way they write the characters is very endearing and i'm giddy with excitement to continue to read c: This fic was very very recommended by multiple friends so i'm happy to finally start it!!

"Love in Another Shape"- Celardor ; Starts Liushen -> Bingliu -> Bingliushen

Okay this fic was recommended to me by the same person who recommended IWYWMH so you know this shit is bangin. I have not read this yet, but I have had many people gush about it to me and had the lovely opportunity to chat w the author and they are the sweetest person so I'm very excited to start it next!!

'Satisfaction'- Raiiskaim ; Bingjiu

ohohoho ok- can I just say I love Raiiskaim's works, but this one is soooo delicious. It's got dead-dove like elements so be warned, but ahhh the follow up to this fic is "Discontent, and the spaces inbetween" and dude omg the ending literally made me gasp. Can't recommend this enough if it's your flavor.

"Blessing in disguise" - chamsie; ...implied Qijiu?

yeah i like omegaverse and i will not be shamed about it on my own blog. BUT this one is not...your typical pwp omegaverse fic. It's very shen jiu centered around him and his babby- shen yuan! it's very cute and good and I quite enjoyed it when I read it a whiiiile ago. Actually, I think it's time for a re-read. heh

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These next ones are one shots

"We Should Stick Together" and "You're My Best Friend, I'll Love You Forever" - Pennydaniels; Liujiu

ohhhh my god. OHHHH MY GOOOOODDDD. Do you ever read a fic and have it touch something so deeply in you and it's like a soothing balm to a really rough aching burn? yeah so that's how these two fics are to me. I vividly remember reading them on an airplane and literally crying my eyes out I had to ask the flight attendant for tissues- and got side eyed by the other passengers. Specifically YMBF,ILYF.... this fic definitely shaped the way I would like to be loved. Excellent works, definitely recommend, read tags, as always. Pennydaniels is one of my fav ao3 authors, so definitely recommend checking out their other stuff too!

"Through the Widening Circles"- ancient_moonshine ; Bingjiu

Please read tags. It didn't bother me but ik it may not be everyone's flavor- but trust me when I say that this fic also made me sob like a baby, especially towards the end. The author does a great job of navigating through trauma and healing in such a touching way, but it is a pretty heavy fic because of these delicate topics. Such a good read, and I think one of my first SVSSS fanfics too!

"Vedaniya" - ancient_moonshine ; Bingjiu

Once again another fic by this amazing author, this one is a little more kinky ehehe but it's still very good and there's a gut wrenching scene that gets me every time near the beginning.

Anyways I hope this list satisfies! I can't wait to read more and get recommended more as we keep going on this scummy adventure :D if you have any recs, please be sure to drop them down below or in my inbox :3 always happy to add to my queue of reads.

[ineffectualdemon]

Okay I was thinking more about bingliushen taking my kids idea that there is a fourth secondary gender called Gamma which protects their partners while they are in heat and rut and provides comfort. They are aided in protecting their partners as during their partners heats/ruts they produce a toxin in their fangs that incapacitates people. I like to imagine it knocks them unconscious for several hours

The teenagers idea is that they tend to be asexual but not exclusively so

And I was working originally with Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu's Gamma but what if it's the other way around?

So Liu Qingge gets hit with aphrodisiac at the succubus den and goes into heat while the succubus' flee. Shen Qingqiu is u affected by the pollen but not the heat and goes into protection mood

He scents Liu Qingge to calm him down during his heat away from his nest and bites a few people who try to get to the omega

Afterwards they do have a bond as a Gamma and Omega which means regular scenting, cuddling in a shared nest, and even when Shen Qingqiu is wandering he is always home when Liu Qingge is in preheat and through his heat protecting his space and taking care of him

Am omega without an alpha but with gamma mostly sleeps through their heat in my mind but it's like they have a high fever for it

It's similar for an alpha who has a gamma but not an omega

Also I'm going to say their bond bites go on the wrists

So when Binghe shows up Shen Qingqiu smells like Liu Qingge which just makes things worse

While Shen Qingqiu is dead Liu Qingge shows up to fight at the beginning of his preheat once and the fight gets...charged. they never speak of it again and fights don't happen when they are in rut or heat. Which works out because their cycles sync for some reason

They don't think about why

Post canon Shen Qingqiu goes back to Cang Qiong to be with Liu Qingge during his heat if he'll still have him. Liu Qingge of course does want him there.

Which is fine except it's not because Luo Binghe is also in pre rut while Liu Qingge is in pre heat.

Binghe reluctantly offers to delay his rut using his heavenly demon blood but that doesn't work because being near Liu Qingge is overwriting his attempts to delay it

Mu Qingfang is like "usually if a Gamma has and Alpha and Omega they bond with but they aren't bonded with each other the Alpha and Omega usually end up bonded. But what do I know? Anyway figure it out"

So they go home and spend a week getting ready for ruts and heats in separate rooms with Shen Qingqiu attending them both

Only Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge keeping being drawn together and find to their disgust they don't hate each other and Shen Qingqiu is grooming and scenting them both and filling the house with happy pheromones whenever they are getting close which even drives them closer together

[allpiesforourown]

What do u think of bingliushen? no judgement i like seeing ur brain thoughts

People who like bingliushen are super valid but I can't really imagine it. I could never imagine sharing someone as lovely as shen yuan with anyone and I think the same goes for binghe and qingge. Binghe is too possessive and Liu qingge is too protective. The polycule would last 3 hours max before binghe and qingge try to kill each other, and somehow shen qingqiu is the one that ends up dying because that's what he always does

[happypeachsludgeflower]

dream curse au outline

Beginning of Chapter 1

While on a joint mission, Mu Qing is hit with a curse and falls unconscious. Feng Xin, worried, takes him back to heaven and has someone fetch someone that might know something about the curse (Ling Wen perhaps?). Before anyone can arrive, Mu Qing wakes up. Feng Xin was in the middle of checking the other man’s meridian’s and is caught by surprise when Mu Qing calls him husband fondly and drags him down for a kiss. Feng Xin, after a moment of stunned panic, breaks away and knocks Mu Qing unconscious again and orders the surprised Xuan Zhen deputies to tell the person they called for to hurry the fuck up. 

Mu Qingfang arrives a moment later to check Mu Qing over. He sends a message to Ling Wen to double check some information (he was asking for some documents about a similar incident that happened from his peak lord days that ended in a bingliushen wedding and is the reason that Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu never ascended to heaven and are still in the mortal realm with their husband, Luo Binghe, to this day) and informs Feng Xin and the deputies that Mu Qing is affected by a dream curse. Mu Qing is convinced he's living his fantasy life and acting as if his deepest desires are true. (In the background the deputies are snickering, and another is long suffering and passes them money.) Thinking back to Mu Qing calling Feng Xin “husband” and kissing him, Feng Xin tells Mu Qingfang that he’s bullshitting him. There’s no way that’s what Mu Qing is cursed with. Obviously, this is some sort of opposite curse or something where the person does a complete reversal of their actual desires. Internally, Feng Xin is upset that Mu Qing dislikes him so much that he’d only dream of calling Feng Xin “husband” in the midst of a nightmare. 

Mu Qingfang gives Feng Xin a polite but patronizing stare and remembers how freaked out Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu were when Liu Qingge was convinced he was married to both of them. After a pause where he exchanges a look with the deputies behind Feng Xin (and probably looks at where Feng Xin is still holding Mu Qing’s hand), he tells him that the “reversal” curse is still broken the same way as the “dream curse”. Mu Qing’s ideal fantasy has to become true for the day or he’ll stay stuck in the curse forever. Feng Xin has to go along with every single one of Mu Qing’s whims until the curse is broken.

After a moment of pensive contemplation, Feng Xin shakes his head and insists that no, there has to be another way to break the curse. He storms out of the room and leaves for the mortal realm to recheck the place they were at when Mu Qing was cursed. He gets there and combs over the area, but all evidence he finds seems to agree with Mu Qingfang’s assessment. Frustrated and flustered at remembering what Mu Qing was convinced of, he returns to heaven and goes to find Mu Qingfang to ask is certain that’s the only way.

Mu Qingfang had waited at Xuan Zhen palace knowing Feng Xin would be back soon (he remembers the bingliushen incident and knows denial is just one of the steps; Luo Binghe was in denial for a while that Liu Qingge wanted him and not just Shen Qingqiu and dragged the curse out an entire week while freaking out) and is having some tea with some of the Xuan Zhen deputies. When Mu Qingfang says that it's the only way to break the curse, Feng Xin asks what to do if what Mu Qing wants to do to break the curse will harm Mu Qing’s cultivation path. Before Mu Qingfang can answer, the deputies snicker and reassure Feng Xin that that won’t be a problem. Feng Xin asks them what they mean, confused, and the deputies let Feng Xin know that Mu Qing changed his cultivation path centuries ago, but never informed the rest of heaven. Feng Xin is very flustered with this information. 

As Mu Qingfang and the deputies leave to let Feng Xin handle Mu Qing by himself (they are all very aware of exactly what their general is probably going to want from Feng Xin), Feng Xin asks them where Mu Qing is. They laugh and tell Feng Xin that Mu Qing is busy preparing a special meal for his husband in the kitchen and refusing to do any of his godly duties. Feng Xin goes to find Mu Qing, still very confused and reminding himself that Mu Qingfang was bullshitting him about the exact details of the curse and that this is Mu Qing’s opposite, not what Mu Qing wants (even though the evidence in the mortal realm says otherwise too). All he has to do is break the curse and get it over with and Mu Qing will be back to normal. Feng Xin is deep in the throes of denial. 

End of Chapter 1 

Beginning of Chapter 2 (here is the post with the beginning of this written)

When he finds Mu Qing, Mu Qing has woken up a while ago, as the deputies had said, and changed into skimpy robes and prepared a meal for Feng Xin that he’s laid out on the table for him and proceeds to be very dedicated to welcoming his “husband” home. What follows is a lot of seductive Mu Qing dragging his husband from one domestic activity to another, interspersed with copious amounts of sex. (Mu Qing has a domestic kink and wants to cook with Feng Xin and cuddle a lot and liberally call Feng Xin his husband.) Feng Xin is convinced he is losing his mind and possibly that he’s the one that’s actually cursed (as opposed to Mu Qing) and that he’s living out his own fantasy of Mu Qing wanting him in a dream. He is convinced there’s no way any of this is actually happening. Over the course of the day, Feng Xin goes through all the stages of grief for the loss of his sanity and finally settles into acceptance that this is what Mu Qing wants. 

More details need to be added on the exact shenanigans that occur. 

When the curse breaks* the next day however, and as he wakes up, Mu Qing remembers everything that happened and freaks out. He’s convinced that Feng Xin went along with it because he felt obligated to break the curse and not because Feng Xin wanted to. Mu Qing is mortified that his feelings were exposed and probably not reciprocated, and that the other day was probably a pity fuck as he reminds himself. He bolts out of bed (they fell asleep together cuddling the night before) and throws on a robe and starts to have a meltdown. Feng Xin wakes up and sleepily asks him if he’s okay (calling him “Qing-er” as he does), at which point Mu Qing loses it completely and starts rudely snapping at Feng Xin about anything and everything he can think of. He tells Feng Xin to get out and, desperate to save face, tells Feng Xin that yesterday was a reversal curse and nothing else. He rudely tells Feng Xin that he would never want Feng Xin of all people and that whoever said the curse was Mu Qing’s true feelings obviously lied. 

Feng Xin is devastated. Over the course of the other day, he had accepted that Mu Qing actually wanted him back and loved him and now he’s being told that Mu Qing doesn’t. He thinks he tricked himself into believing a lie because he wanted it to be true so badly. He manages to stutter out a single “Qing-er” at which Mu Qing grabs a vase and throws it at him and orders him to get out again. The vase shatters and Mu Qing finally actually looks at Feng Xin and notices that Feng Xin is crying and broken-hearted. It is at this point that Mu Qing realizes he fucked up and that maybe Feng Xin actually did want him, but by this point, Feng Xin is stumbling back out of the room and turning away from him to high tail it out of Xuan Zhen palace. Mu Qing tries to take it back by saying “No, wait, stop--” and reaching out to grab Feng Xin, but the door slams in his face and Feng Xin is gone. 

End of Chapter 2

Beginning of Chapter 3 aka Mu Qing’s journey of trying to reconcile with Feng Xin 

Mu Qing slumps to the ground in front of his door that has just been slammed in his face and buries his face in his hands. He starts to cry realizing he’s fucked up. After a few moments of despair, he tries to reach out to Feng Xin through the array, but doesn’t receive an answer. Time passes as Mu Qing wallows in self deprecating pity. A tentative knock comes at the door and breaks him out of his spiral. He wipes his face and takes a moment to compose himself slightly before asking what the person needs. (He does not open the door at this point because he doesn’t want to face anyone yet. Also, he sounds awful. The deputy pretends to not notice.)

A deputy calls softly through the door and asks if Mu Qing is ready for his morning tea or not. (The deputy is actually worried about Mu Qing as they all saw Feng Xin leave in a hurry crying and is trying to ask if he’s okay without saying it because he knows that Mu Qing won’t take well to being asked directly.) Mu Qing quickly tries to straighten himself and his clothing and tells his deputy he’ll be out in a minute. He takes another moment to compose himself before getting up and getting ready for the day. He does all of this in a daze. 

He leaves the room and makes his way to his office where he usually starts his day with tea and paperwork. He sits at his desk and nods to his deputies (they notice his eyes are red and puffy but politely don’t comment). He stares at the tea that’s been freshly prepared for him. A cough breaks him from his focus on his tea and a deputy tells him that Mu Qingfang is there to talk to him (a deputy summoned him when they noticed how fucked up their general was). Mu Qing nods and tells them to see him in. 

Mu Qingfang enters and greets him politely and sits down at the table. A deputy pours him some tea. The two gods sit in silence for a moment, before Mu Qing asks why Mu Qingfang has come to see him. Mu Qingfang informs him that he has come to check on Mu Qing health and his meridians to make sure he is recovering from the after effects of the curse. Mu Qing tells him that he’s fine and that’s unnecessary. Mu Qingfang asks that Mu Qing humors him and takes Mu Qing’s wrist to check his meridians. As he checks Mu Qing, Mu Qingfang starts reminiscing out loud about the time when he was a Peak Lord (before ascending to godhood) when his martial brother, Liu Qingge, experienced the same curse. He tells Mu Qing all about the shenanigans that Luo Binghe, Shen Qingqiu, and Liu Qingge got up to for the week that Liu Qingge was cursed and the messy fallout of when the curse finally broke. Liu Qingge had been very embarrassed about the whole thing and fled. He had disappeared from the Sect for months. Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu had been very upset by the whole thing and Liu Qingge might have not come back at all if they hadn’t gone looking for him to make it clear that they wanted Liu Qingge too. 

Mu Qing quietly asks how Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu were able to forgive Liu Qingge for hurting them. Mu Qingfang hums and tells him that they did because they loved Liu Qingge and he apologized. [ “Even if he was avoiding them?” ] (Mu Qing is asking about bingliushen but really thinking about himself and Feng Xin; the two situations aren’t a perfect parallel, what with them being different people and reacting differently, but they are similar enough.) Mu Qingfang points out that all Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu had to do was find him and the rest worked itself out. Mu Qingfang lets go of Mu Qing’s wrist and tells him that his meridians seem to be fine and he’s recovered well. He gets up and bows politely and says he’ll see himself out. Mu Qing continues to sit there thinking about what Mu Qingfang said. (Mu Qingfang didn’t actually come to check Mu Qing’s meridians--he knew they’d be fine. He came to tell Mu Qing about the bingliushen incident to try and help Mu Qing figure out what he should do, but he figured saying it was for the meridians would make Mu Qing let him in.)

Tentatively, Mu Qing attempts to activate Feng Xin’s communication array again, but he finds that the password has been changed. He thinks about bingliushen and comes to the conclusion that he’ll have to go to Feng Xin. He gets up and gives some vague orders to the deputies to take care of his godly duties for the day and leaves to go to Nan Yang Palace to talk to Feng Xin. When he gets there though, the deputies tell him Feng Xin has left for the mortal realm. 

Need a more detailed outline, but basically, Feng Xin keeps avoiding Mu Qing and Mu Qing keeps trying to find Feng Xin to apologize. Feng Xin has his deputies prevent Mu Qing from entering his palace and changes his communication array password. At one point, Mu Qing even goes to Xie Lian for advice and possibly goes to meet with bingliushen to ask their advice too since they’ve experienced the fallout of the curse before. (Shen Qingqiu saying that love is more important than dignity would be fantastic and delicious and I need it.)

Eventually, Mu Qing comes to the conclusion that if he can’t get Feng Xin to talk to him, he’ll have to do it in public even if it means losing face in front of other officials (which is actually his worst nightmare--appearing weak in front of others) because it’s the only place Feng Xin can’t avoid him entirely. So Mu Qing catches him in the middle of the street with many onlookers (who are very excited to witness Mu Qing’s embarrassment because they’re gossipy bitches like that, and Mu Qing wasn’t wrong about the majority of heaven’s opinion of him; the officials that don’t like him begin projecting the event of “Xuan Zhen’s disgrace” into the dreams of their believers in glee that everyone will get to see Xuan Zhen be embarrassed) and admits that he lied and that he loves Feng Xin and that he messed up. He begs Feng Xin to talk to him again and give him another chance, but says that it’s in Feng Xin’s right if he doesn’t want to forgive him. He starts crying at some point in the confession and can’t even look at Feng Xin through his tears so he doesn’t get to see Feng Xin’s expressions go from surprise to softening into fondness. 

Feng Xin approaches Mu Qing and takes his face in his hands and wipes his tears away. He leans his forehead against Mu Qing and whispers softly, “Qing’er, of course I’ll forgive you.” He then kisses Mu Qing. 

In the background the officials that thought they were about to witness Mu Qing’s embarrassment are starting to realize that maybe projecting this into their worshipers' dreams was a Bad Idea ™. But alas, they can’t undo it. In the mortal realm, the legend of Xuan Zhen and Nan Yang’s romance becomes one of the most famous love stories and becomes the focus of many many plays and poems for centuries to come. 

[khattikeri]

(for the ask game) liu qingge, 8, 12, 15? im a curious man

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Why just something? I'll give you Several things, I'm itching to talk about Liu Qingge 24/7. Let's go:

They really, really, really fucking dumb him down. He's not a stupid meathead, folks, he's just bad at talking. Like really. Dare we forget he immediately pinned down the fact that Shen Yuan wasn't Shen Jiu, and told him that to his face, but simply lacked evidence to prove that was the truth? This is also the person who knows when he's bound to lose a fight. He doesn't rush Luo Binghe after Shen Qingqiu self-detonates. He tells the disciples calmly that they won't be able to defeat him-- verbally disarming them from attacking. He then continues to lightly say he can't defeat Luo Binghe either. He's called the war god for a reason. He doesn't say much, and is far from the most eloquent character, but he has a brain and uses it well given what little info he has.

Similarly, viewing him as entitled. I tend to see this with some of the more BingQiu Only types, but like... stop and think for a minute just how little information Liu Qingge has, and especially how BingQiu's relationship looks to every single person in-universe who ISN'T a transmigrator. There are so many layers there between teacher-student, human-demon, the simple age gap itself, the transmigrator-protag dynamics... Anyway, Liu Qingge is not "entitled" about Shen Qingqiu, he's justifiably concerned for his peer who saved his life. Yeah he's bitchy about their relationship later and yeah he says questionable shit when irritated ("He's dead!") but he ultimately leaves them alone and accepts their relationship even if he hates it. He's not out there pompously demanding they break up or that Shen Qingqiu get with someone else (much less himself) instead.

Turning him into someone with intense wanderlust, because he "only likes fighting". He has a very strong sense of duty and morals (rich noble-blooded cultivator alert) and wouldn't abandon his post, even if he doesn't really do much traditional teaching. This is the guy who got worried about Shen Qingqiu leaving his peak for over a month without warning while Binghe was in the abyss. If he spends a lot of time away that's for important things like missions (i.e. someone told him to) or literally secluded cultivation. He's not an "abandon your Peak Lord duties" guy.

Making him suave or flirtatious or otherwise excessively teasing. I see this most often in LiuJiu fics (maybe because it's one of the few ships where people tend to have Liu Qingge actually top...) and it pisses me off so badddd. idk what else to even say man that is NOT Liu Qingge he would NOT fucking say or do any of that oh my god. Make an OC. Christ alive.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

You should read my super duper extra special self-indulgent porno postcanon fic on ao3 for that (login required to view)

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

LiuShen but heavily in the sense of his canonical one-sided feelings; BingLiuShen and LiuJiu and QiLiuJiu as well. I have a very very specific postcanon QiLiu AU churning in my brain too. And let's not forget the terrible modern AU where Mu Qingfang and Wei Qingwei both pursue him and they end up in a poly-- [they are dragged off stage]

I don't mind shipping Liu Qingge with most characters tbh, he's very versatile and fun. Although I have to admit I like him individually more than his ships, and thus enjoy self-shipping most of all ^-^

[coolshadowtwins]

LiuShen Fanficion Round Up! Lets Go!

This took way too long! These are hard to do on mobile. Thank you to everyone who gave recs! If anyone recommends any other LiuShen/BingLiuShen fics, I’ll add them to this later!

I might have missed some that people have recommended, so tell me if I did!

The clueless fairy and his knight by sailorstar165

Summary:

Yet another filler quest from the pesky System in his head leads Shen Qingqiu to a heavily damaged heavenly raiment that inconceivably now belongs to him.

This was impossible for two reasons.

One, Lunar Fairies are female only. So sayeth the "Great Master" Airplane Shooting Toward the Sky when he wrote the abomination that was PIDW, and last he'd checked, Shen Qingqiu was very much male.

Two, Shen Qingqiu is just some one-dimensional scum villain! He was a garbage person for the sake of villainy! He shouldn't have a tragic backstory and missing family and some fated role to play in this universe!

When the System lured him in with the promise of hidden lore, Shen Yuan wasn't signing up for this!

Cultivate: slow life on a monster infested mountain by NeonGhostCat

Summary:

When trying to transfer Shen Yuan from the real world to Proud Immortal Demon Way, the System runs into an error. The transfer is not complete.

Shen Yuan is dropped off at the foot of a mountain aware of two things: he's in the story, and the Shen Qingqiu of this world is not only aware but thinks he tried to possess his body — and he's PISSED. Shen Yuan tries to opt out and live a simple life on what locals tell him is a monster-infested mountain no one in their right mind would bother with.

Sounds like a great hiding spot!

(TL;DR: Stardew Scum Villain Valley Mountain.)

Reincarnation not desired, transmigration not required by Pegunicent

Summary:

Shen Yuan dies. Then he decides to finally get a life.

Star crossed wires by silversinnbees

Summary:

Shen Yuan’s family has been pestering him to get an android for months now. His health had recently taken a dip that landed him in the hospital for a bit and an ultimatum had been issued: either Shen Yuan goes into some kind of assisted living facility (which, no), or he purchases an android fitted out with caretaking programming to live with him. He had griped about it for the longest time, not liking either option given to him but he ultimately decided that an android in his living space was a better option than essentially living in a hospital.

 

Shen Yuan brings an android named Liu Qingge into his life to take care of him. He never could have expected that the android was capable of so much more than just caring.

Metagaming by esama

Summary:

[Self-Saving System Activated! You will be now returned to your original starting position.]

Shen Qingqiu dies and gets a second chance and decides to try a different approach. (Note: this does a many pairings, not just LiuShen!)

Meet Cute (these dorks) by Mayvn

Summary:

The instant he turned to dash into the fight, Liu Qingge froze as he saw Not Shen Qingqiu standing coolly over one unconscious thug, guqin in both hands and still in a pose that clearly showed he had, in fact, just bludgeoned someone with the end of his guqin. Not Shen Qingqiu smirked and tilted his head back cockily.
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LQG finds SY running away from a sticky situation and brings him back to Cang Qiong in hopes that he can keep the man from getting himself mugged. SY is just relieved he doesn’t have to pretend to be a girl anymore.

Blanket Forts and Rainy Days by NeonGhostCat

Summary:

Mere weeks after the Demon Invasion incident, Liu Qingge visits Qing Jing Peak to discover the disciples hard at work building a monstrosity of blankets and bamboo. Like the students, he becomes inexplicably drawn into Shen Qingqiu's orbit in spite of himself.

Or: How Shen Yuan causes chaos under the flimsy guise of education and Liu Qingge heroically tries to keep himself oblivious to the state of his own squishy heart.

the stages of [...] by tennssi

Summary:

Despite all efforts, Luo Binghe died before the abyss event, and the only thing that saved Shen Qingqiu from being transported back to his world were the points he painstakingly accumulated to prevent Binghe’s blackening.

Stuck in a state of mourning that he himself is unaware of, he finds an unexpected comfort from a certain Peak Lord, who despite everything, never left his side since.

Sharing is Caring by celardor

Summary:

“Liu Qingge! I told you not to drink the water!” Shen Qingqiu shouts. His thoughts are a panicked whirl- is it going to have the same effect that it did in the original story?

 

Liu Qingge just stares at him in shock.

 

Shen Qingqiu’s question is answered when he suddenly hears Liu Qingge’s voice. Liu Qingge isn’t speaking, though- his mouth never moves. No, Shen Qingiu is hearing Liu Qingge’s voice inside his head.

Liu Qingge’s voice says, “Holy shit. I can see his nipples.”

 

They both stare at each other in horror. At that moment, there’s a happy little ding and a System notification pops up in front of him.

 

[Congratulations! Bonus mission activated: Sharing is Caring!]

 

“Fuck,” Shen Qingqiu says, with feeling.

 

*************

Shen Qingqiu and Liu Qingge accidentally trigger a wife plot that leads to them forming a telepathic connection.

(This one is a favorite of mine! I’ve re-read it multiple times, and it has an inprogress sequel.)

The Guardian Ghost and the Bookish Fairy by NeonGhostCat

Summary:

Liu Qingge survives his qi deviation… in the form of a ghost. Having nothing better to do and no desire to be exorcised, he follows after Shen Qingqiu and decides to haunt him for the hell of it.

It doesn't take him long to realize that not only is this not the Shen Qingqiu he knew, but there is more going on. And apparently Shang Qinghua is involved too? Ah! He understands now — they're immortal fairies given the mission to thwart a dark prophecy of the sect's collapse. Well. He can help with that. And how better than to protect the bookish fairy that's taken his old foe's place?

There are no ulterior motives. Why think such foolish things???

TL;DR: What happens if SY transmigrates just a little too late?

Story marked "Chooses Not To Warn" purely because LQG becomes a ghost in the first scene and I didn't want to agonize over whether that required a MCD warning or not. If it does to you, this is your heads up! No other archive warnings are necessary.

Moments by hummingbirdhum

Summary:

Liu Qingge never paid Shen Qingqiu attention unless he had to, before. But things are different now, and in a million little ways, this new Shen Qingqiu keeps managing to make him...feel things. Things he's not used to.

Basically SQQ keeps being attractive and adorable without realizing it and eventually it's going to build up to the point LQG has to do something about it.

Updates will be sporadic in length and in upload date. Starts pre-abyss.

every memory of you by beta_babelfish

Summary:

Before Shen Qingqiu can voice his agreement and his opinion that they are doing an excellent job of getting things done, a knock sounds at the door. The other Shen Qingqiu sighs heavily, and stands. “You ought to hide, I suppose,” he says. “That’ll be Yue Qingyuan.”


“Oh? Is there some business with the sect?” Shen Qingqiu asks, immediately curious.


“Oh, he’s here to clear my meridians, as usual,” Other-Him says nonchalantly.


Shen Qingqiu blinks. He blinks again. “As usual?” he says after what feels like an eternity, voice sounding strange and an unsettled feeling churning in his gut. “What about Liu-shidi?”


Other-Him looks at him blankly for a moment. “Who?”

Or, Shen Qingqiu is wifeplotted into an alternate timeline in which he did not save Liu Qingge.

Fowl Weather Friends by Koiichaser_lucorinth

Summary:

Shen Qingqiu had always felt a small disconnect from his wings, coming from a world that didn’t have them. Like the opposite of phantom-limb syndrome. Things that were a part of him, yet felt separate.

They were cool in concept, yet gave him no end of trouble.

Like old wounds, they ached and cramped in bad weather or exhaustion. As if the Original Goods had gotten them broken in places multiple times before healing away the physical signs as he cultivated.

Also, they were just annoying!

They required so much upkeep! Feathers constantly shed and had to grow in, which was itchy as hell. When they grew in, they did so with sheaths you had to scratch off as they emerged, but you couldn’t scratch too hard because OOPS, was that a blood feather? If it was, congrats on just breaking open what was basically a straw directly to a vein. Better pluck it all out from the root if you ever want it to stop bleeding! And then you had to heal the gaping hole the correct way, or the next pinfeather might not grow back correctly.

…Shen Qingqiu might not have devoted his patience.

If he were to be honest, he might have slipped up a little in regards to the care of his wings as of late.

I Wish You Were My Husband by Feynite

Summary:

AU based on The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir (familiarity with that story's not required).

Wherein Shen Yuan transmigrates into a harem intrigues romance novel (gay edition), Yue Qingyuan really fucks up, Liu Qingge is not suitable for his job, and no one even remotely sees Luo Binghe coming. (Note: this is maybe a stretch of LiuShen? But I think it counts lol)

You Take Me By the Heart When You Take Me By the Hand by UnhookedStar

Summary:

Liu Qingge knows that as smart as he is, Shen Yuan is often startlingly oblivious to the implications of his actions. Liu Qingge has learned this the hard way after years of obsessing over countless overly familiar casual gestures. However, while Shen Yuan's sense of personal space has always been practically nonexistent, he's been even more sticky than usual lately. He keeps casually touching Liu Qingge; brushing his hair out of his face, randomly reaching out and patting his head, leaning in close to say something and never leaning away again. The other day, Shen Yuan had held his hand. In public.

 

Or, Liu Qingge has no idea why Shen Yuan has been acting so much more familiar with him lately, but all of this casual touching is starting to push at the limits of his self control.

Meanwhile, Shen Yuan just wants to know when his boyfriend is finally going to kiss him.

The Journey Home, The Hollow Victory by MonroeKnox

The journey back to Cang Qiong Mountain seemed longer than it’s ever been.

 

Unlike so many times before, peak lord Liu Qingge was returning victorious.

But, in his heart, there was nothing to celebrate.

 

Liu Qingge could not outrun his grief forever. Especially not when he has finally brought Shen Qingqiu home.

Misery by Calamity Butterfly

Summary:

"With shaking fingers, he traces the planes of what will be Shen Qingqiu’s face. He brushes dirt from the body’s hair, rearranges its arms so it looks more peaceful, wipes a smear of mud from its chest. The body doesn’t exactly look dead but isn’t currently breathing and doesn’t have the… seeming of life. Shang Qinghua insisted that Shen Qingqiu’s soul was not yet fully inside the body, but Liu Qingge is sure he can sense Shen Qingqiu’s presence in the clearing, if not in the body. He hopes Shen Qingqiu is able to be aware of and comforted by, at some level, the knowledge that his body is safe and being cared for by one who cares for him very deeply."

A very Not Ok Liu Qingge finds Shen Qingqiu's plant body before Shen Qingqiu wakes up. He tends and cares for it and keeps it safe.

Another Time, Another Place by Mayvn

Summary:

Another Luo Binghe suddenly appeared and Liu Qingge died trying to save Shen Qingqiu, only to find himself waking up in a strange room full of strange things.


Losing his ‘apartment’? Cheating girlfriend kicking him to the curb for a rich ‘fuerdai’ after stealing all his money? What’s a ‘dogblood drama’? He doesn’t care about any of that! What happened to Shen Qingqiu?!


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Basically, LQG gets transmigrated into a dogblood drama, but just wants to cultivate and live happily with SY. If only these damn characters would get a hint and stop trying to drag him back into the plot!
Meanwhile, after being forcefully repatriated, SY uses all his superpowers as an avid trashy web-novel reader to try to predict what will happen and protect LQG from all the shitty tropes while also dealing with the realization that there’s been cultivation in the modern world this whole time!

Not to mention the familiar-but-different faces popping up here and there…

rsvp me to world's end by beta_babelfish

Summary:

FUTURE Shen Qingqiu [FSQQ] 4130 HOURS FROM NOW opened a memo on board WELCOME TO HELL

FSQQ: OKAY. First things first if the term “peerless cucumber” means anything to you you’re in the right place. If it doesn’t then you’re gonna be banned immediately. thanks
PAST Shen Qingqiu [PSQQ] 45 HOURS AGO responded to the memo
PSQQ: what the hell is a peerless cucumber
FSQQ banned PSQQ from responding to the memo
FSQQ: what did i just FUCKING say!!!!
FSQQ: anyway
FSQQ: you know that shitty webcomic. Proud Immortal Demon's Game? about that game called SBURB that causes the end of the world and the creation of a new one with frogs or whatever. luo binghe is there, he rips apart paradox space and uses his fuckin insane powers to take over like three different universes and all that?
FSQQ: you’re in it now
FSQQ: have fun
CURRENT Shen Qingqiu [CSQQ] RIGHT NOW responded to the memo
CSQQ: WHAT THE FUCK

Or, the Scum Villain/Homestuck crossover that absolutely nobody asked for, but you're getting anyway

A Night on Cang Qiong Mountain by NeonGhostCat

Summary:

Shen Qingqiu frets over the upcoming Endless Abyss event. Wanting to figure out a way to give his little white sheep fond memories of his time at the sect to hold onto in the Abyss, he remembers Halloween, something he looked forward to each year in his previous life (even if it was only through game events). System steps in to offer him a Limited Time Event of his own.

These are stories based off of the same premise that can be read stand-alone if preferred. Technically you could read them in any order.

NSFW

We'll survive, you and I by rinsled05

Summary:

On the bed, back against Liu Qingge’s chest, Shen Yuan is grinding his ass against him, soft, breathless sounds slipping out of his mouth.

Liu Qingge's skin buzzes with need, and he wants to put his hands on Shen Yuan’s hips, feel them shift under his palms. Wants to hear Shen Yuan whimper as he matches Shen Yuan’s pace and rocks back. To suck and nip at Shen Yuan’s skin, leaving bruises in the shape of his mouth.

But he's too aware of Luo Binghe's presence on the other side of the bed, the curl of his arm around Shen Yuan’s waist. Liu Qingge can’t tell if Shen Yuan is awake, either, if he even realizes that the body spooned against him belongs to Liu Qingge. It’s entirely possible that he thinks it’s—

“Qingge,” Shen Yuan whines.

Oh.


In which Liu Qingge fights to keep himself and Shen Yuan alive in a zombie apocalypse, knowing that Shen Yuan would have married Luo Binghe if not for, well, zombies. Liushen main, with hints of Bingqiu, Bingliu, and eventual Bingliushen.

the horns of a dilemma by lavenderandrue

Summary:

Shen Qingqiu doses himself with truth mushrooms on purpose and gets more than he bargained for.

returned tenfold by lavenderandrue

Summary:

“We were thinking perhaps a little game of sorts? An exchange of winnings and gifts?”
Bristling immediately, Liu Qingge draws himself up ramrod straight. “I have no wish to play your games, demon,” he spits. Shen Qingqiu makes some kind of small noise behind his fan, perhaps a laugh or a sound of dismay, and Liu Qingge tries to ignore the way the tips of his ears heat up.
“Actually, Shidi, it was this shixiong’s idea.” Shen Qingqiu uncrosses his legs and sits a little straighter on his throne, which is far more ornate than Luo Binghe’s. The solemn dignity is marred a little by the pile of cushions spilling out from underneath his robes and the bag of melon seeds resting on the arm.
Liu Qingge’s chest aches faintly. This is fairly normal when he’s around Shen Qingqiu, so he ignores it.

Dual Cultivation by Acernor

Summary:

“Shizun said I made you feel so good,” Luo Binghe says, “that I could fuck you any time I wanted.”

Liu Qingge stops breathing for a second.

“What,” he blurts out.

Shen Qingqiu could tell he’d been into it?!

[moonwaif]

Poll: Choose a Jane Austen inspired AU.

*Poll at the bottom.

Sense & Sensibility: Shen brothers navigate their complicated love lives. Shen Jiu is shocked to reencounter Yue Qingyuan, an old paramour, and determined to resist lingering feelings on the basis of sense. In the meantime, Shen Yuan is captivated by the oldest Luo brother (aka, Luo Bing-ge), who's super cool and seductive--even though the younger, less experienced Luo brother (aka, Luo Bing-mei) is clearly in love with him.

Northanger Abbey: The spoiled youngest son of a nobleman, Shen Yuan is forced by his parents to finally start looking for a wife. Along the way, he meets the mysterious Lord Luo. Although they get along well, Shen Yuan is pretty sure that Luo Binghe might kinda, maybe be a demon, based on the adventure stories Shen Yuan has read. This supposition deepens when Shen Yuan is invited to stay at Luo Binghe's manor. Whether Luo Binghe is actually a demon is up to you. He's definitely gay, though.

Persuasion: Just as Shen Yuan is getting ready to cast Luo Binghe into the abyss, his disciple makes a startling confession: "I love you!" Uh, system? This was not in the script! Shen Yuan pushes him in without a response, then tries to bury the confession deep, deep in his psyche. Three years later, Cang Qiong mountain sect has fallen on hard times, with the original Shen Qingqiu's scandals coming home to roost. In the meantime, Luo Binghe has reappeared in the jianghu as a wealthy cultivator, searching for a wife . . .

Emma: In an attempt to improve on the original story, Shen Yuan/Shen Qingqiu takes it upon himself to find his disciple a wife (or a husband, once Luo Binghe starts making allusions to the fact that he's gay). This will definitely not have any regrettable consequences. However, MoShang does end up getting together after Shen Qingqiu decides to try shipping Mobei-Jun and Luo Binghe. (Shang Qinghua is not having it!)

Pride & Prejudice: BingLiuShen. This is all about Liu Qingge and Luo Binghe meeting each other, having massive misunderstandings, and then falling in love. A lot of those misunderstandings involve Shen Qingqiu, and what (re: who) they think is right for him. As time passes and events occur, they start to realize they have more in common than they originally suspected . . .

[nyoomerr]

You’re genuinely one of if not my favourite scum villain writer! Thank you for the service you do to the fandom

🫡🫡🫡🫡 i'm always happy to report in for binghe-loving-and-bullying hours !! thank you so much for reading my stuff and letting me know you like it so much!

here, special gift for you - an excerpt of a WIP i have not worked on since 2022 (oops) about sqq accidentally asking lbh and lqg to please consider a bingliushen ending:

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“Liu-Shidi,” Shen Qingqiu says, his expression softening. “It’s been some time since you’ve visited.”

Liu Qingge, who had clearly been about to turn and leave the second he’d dropped off the package, hesitates. He glances at Shen Qingqiu, then towards Luo Binghe. After a long moment, he squares his shoulders and meets Shen Qingqiu’s eyes.

“I’m not so shameless to pretend I haven’t lost.”

Shen Qingqiu’s brow furrows. Lost? This… with the way that Liu Qingge had glanced at Luo Binghe there, is this about the way that Liu Qingge and Luo Binghe had fought over Shen Qingqiu’s body during his extended dirt nap?

Shen Qingqiu feels his gut twist with something like pity. He’d been so caught up in trying to make Luo Binghe happy after everything that happened between them that he’d forgotten just how devastated his friends had been by it all, too.

For someone as proud and as loyal as Liu Qingge, it makes sense that he’d feel shame for having failed to beat Luo Binghe and recover Shen Qingqiu’s body. Still, for it to be such an intense feeling that it keeps Liu Qingge away from Shen Qingqiu, even now, after everything has been made right…

“Shidi, that’s - does it weigh so heavily on you, still?”

Liu Qingge goes tense, face flushed at having his pride during those past five years questioned. “I have never thought of it lightly, before. That won’t change now.”

Behind Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe shifts his weight. Shen Qingqiu blindly reaches out behind him for Luo Binghe’s hand, squeezing it reassuringly. There will be no fighting in his home, no matter how seriously Liu Qingge took his prior defeats!!

Still, though, he won’t always be around to give placating little gestures like this, and he wants Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge to learn to get along for reasons outside of trying to mitigate household damages, too. Luo Binghe may be the person that Shen Qingqiu is closest to in this world, but Liu Qingge remains special as one of the only friends Shen Qingqiu made as himself and not as Shen Jiu. And in the end, isn’t it natural to want your friends to get along?

Resolved, Shen Qingqiu nods to himself, gives Luo Binghe’s hand another reassuring squeeze, and says:

“Then, forgive this shixiong’s selfishness: even if it’s difficult for you two at first, I still wish for Liu-shidi to visit me like he did before.”

“Shizun -!” 

“Binghe,” Shen Qingqiu cuts Luo Binghe off, already knowing by the sticky, whiny tone of voice that if he lets Luo Binghe start he won’t stop until Liu Qingge has somehow been banished off the peak. “At least give it a try. If it’s truly too hard on you - or on you, Liu-shidi - this master will be forced to accept it.”

“...Shizun really missed Liu-shishu, these past weeks?”

Shen Qingqiu looks away, embarrassed at the frank question. Ah, Binghe, can’t you be a bit more subtle! Isn’t it mortifying to put it so bluntly like that, making this master seem like an abandoned pet just because one of his friends hasn’t visited in a bit!

Still, Shen Qingqiu manages to pull together the face to nod once, curtly. 

Luo Binghe looks pained. Liu Qingge is wearing an expression that Shen Qingqiu hasn’t seen on him since they’d gone on that mission to the succubus’s den together.

“I won’t share,” Luo Binghe swears. “Even if Liu-shishu is allowed to pick up where he left off before this disciple won Shizun’s heart, I won’t let him reach any sort of satisfying conclusion.”

Shen Qingqiu sighs, weary. Ever since their elopement, Luo Binghe has been even more aggressive about chasing Shen Qingqiu’s friends and visitors off than he’d been as a disciple. Shen Qingqiu has allowed it, for the most part; he has wanted to be left alone after the stress of the past year.

Still, when it’s about one of Shen Qingqiu’s few close friends, and when it’s Luo Binghe putting his intentions to chase that friend off into such blunt words, Shen Qingqiu can’t allow it to stand.

“At least pretend like you’ll try to get along, Binghe,” he says, just shy of pleading.

Luo Binghe blinks. His expression, previously of stubborn defiance, twists into shock. 

“Shizun wants Liu-shishu to - with this disciple, as well - not just - not just Shizun??”

“Of course. Binghe is this master’s -” Shen Qingqiu paused, clearing his throat awkwardly. “Binghe is this master’s important person. To get along with me should naturally mean to get along with you.”

This, finally, seems to be Liu Qingge’s breaking point. “I’m not interested,” he says flatly, and Shen Qingqiu does a poor job of hiding his disappointment at such a firm and immediate shut-down. 

Please, can’t his friends just try to get along!!

“Liu-shidi won’t even try?”

“There’s no point; I wouldn’t want to share, either.” Liu Qingge pauses, taking  a moment to force some of the tension from his shoulders. “Shen Qingqiu, you - you made your choice. I don’t need your pity.” 

With that, he turns on his heel and leaves as swiftly as he’d clearly intended to do from the start.

Shen Qingqiu frowns, absently patting one of the arms Luo Binghe has wrapped around him. 

“That’s a shame,” he say quietly, not sure if he’s talking to Luo Binghe or to himself. 

Luo Binghe noses into Shen Qingqiu’s neck, still clinging tight to him. “Does Shizun really think so?”

“Mm. I suppose it isn’t surprising that you have a history between you two that makes getting along so difficult,” Shen Qingqiu murmurs, “But it’s a shame nonetheless.”

[enbycupcake]

THE FACEFUCKING MANIFESTO FROM TWITTER!!! THIS IS FOR FUN. NOT FOR SERIOUS. HEADCANONS DRIVEN BY HORNY, BUT HERE IS 700 WORDS OF OPINION. FRIENDLY DISCUSSION/ARGUING IS ENCOURAGED!!!!

[ID, copied from ALT: a screenshot of a document title that reads "THE FACEFUCKING MANIFESTO" end ID]

Shen “I think I like you tonight” Qingqiu WOULD know what facefucking is+he WOULD be into it. He’d never bring it up but WOULD agree to being facefucked and he’d be a reluctant to admit slut about it. This man agreed to wine in his ass and is obsessed with his husband’s dick–

Anyways for HIM doing the facefucking. He would be one of those guys that thinks about it offhandedly. Maybe has jerked off to porn of it before but didn’t seek it out. Thinks it’s degrading without considering himself or people he knows doing it. But after getting married, and when HE is feeling too good during a blowjob he can’t help but thrust his hips up and if his partner doesn’t stop him, well!! He’s feeling good!!!! They’re fine!!!

In the case of Bingliushen, he is forced to confront the fact that his husband enjoys it and WILL ask to be facefucked. Throatfucked, if you will. He will gently Dom Binghe through it after much blistering and fumbling. There is not much technique involved; he is just rutting and fucking in there. It’s a blessing Binghe is a bit of a masochist and also doesn’t need to breath. Did Shen Qingqiu think of that as he held Binghe down? He will said he did. But he didn’t really, since Binghe wasn’t pushing him off once he started going into it. For Liu Qingge as the facefuckee, it’s much the same but Liu Qingge enjoys the lack of air.

Shen Qingqiu gives lots of praise and gently washes both his husband and boyfriend’s face afterwards. It took work to make it a habit, but he gives them lots of water.

Luo “Call me husband” Binghe did not get sex education RIP to him. But when he discovered the world of blowjobs, the world grew three sizes larger. He knew what his purpose in life was for his husband– this man was made to get facefucked. Loves it. Is the biggest slut for it and would drink nothing but both Shizun’s cum and–

Him as the facefucker, though, would depend on his mood +who he’s fucking. The first time he’d been close to being the facefucker, Shizun had tried fucking his own throat on Binghe’s dick + Binghe had cried as soon as Shizun gagged a little *too* much and looked like he’d puke. Shizun doesn’t have to do things just because Binghe does them for him. They eventually work him up to shallowly rutting in Shizun’s mouth, slow and sweet strokes as he pets Shizun’s hair and falls apart in his mouth.

He doesn’t go into Shizun’s throat very often in fear of hurting his husband. But when he *does*, it’s deep and he holds himself there for a while. Facefucking is a slow, tiring event when Binghe does it; by the end Shizun’s jaw is sore and he’s full of tears and head empty. It’s about the closeness and worship.

When Binghe is fucking Liu Qingge’s face, it’s faster. Liu Qingge enjoys pain, and thrusting continuously down a throat with his size and little recovery time definitely hurts. His hips hit Liu Qingge’s face plenty, and and he’s only teasingly lingering down his throat. It’s more about the fucking and using than being inside him when it’s the two of them. Scratching the need and the trust to be allowed to fall apart. Only when Binghe is close to coming will he stay down, rutting down Liu Qingge’s throat to feel him struggle to breathe and see his eyes absolutely cloud over as he takes it.

Liu Qingge, bless him. Sex IS just a physical activity, baby! What do you mean that most people aren’t doing breath acrobatics in bed? He enjoys getting throatfucked and would not believe anyone if they said most people don’t engage in this activity. It would never come up and he’d blister about if it did, but alas. Hair was made to be held. Liu Qingge grabbed Shen Qingqiu’s hair and held him down the first time Shen Qingqiu went down on him and locked his legs and that was it. Shen Qingqiu has to tell him when he doesn’t want to be held down to eat him out; Luo Binghe holds him down when it isn’t welcome.

Unless his hips are restrained, Liu Qingge *is* fucking and thrusting so his dick can get the most stimulation. Prefers to sit his partners’ faces so he can control the fucking pace, but he is most often found squished between the husbands on the bed not in control.

[bloopitynoot]

What I read this Week: 01/12/25

I am a librarian, and unrelated to stereotypes about my profession, I do read a metric shit-ton in a week. Most of it is fanfiction but hey, I thought maybe it's time I share my reads?

This is what I read this week:

1. Tongfang by The Feels Whale (miscellea) (24,669)

Summary: Shen Yuan is reincarnated as a cannon fodder character and eventual murder victim in one of the whodunnit arcs in Proud Immortal Demon Way. Things escalate quickly.

Or: that one where young Luo Binghe’s career goal is ‘Bride’.

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Shen Yuan shut his eyes as a young man waiting to die in a hospital and opened them again as a wrinkly infant covered in substances best left unimagined.

[Welcome to the System! The System is based on the concept ‘YOU CAN YOU UP. NO CAN NO BB.’ We hope to provide you with a rewarding experience. It is our sincere hope that during the course of your adventure, you can achieve your desire to transform a ‘Stupid Novel’ into a high-end and impressive classic. We pray for your happiness,] a mechanical and inflectionless voice announced over the general hubbub of the group of women handling him. Then it added, somewhat more worryingly, [Error.]

Shen Yuan transmigrated but it doesnt go as planned!

I do love when Shen Yuan meets binghe as himself and this fic is such a solid version of that

Super fluffy easy read, low angst cute love story

2. Heaven Official's Blessing by MXTX Chapter 14-18

Summary: Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity. His years of dedication and noble deeds allowed him to ascend to godhood. But those who rise, can also fall…and fall he does, cast from the Heavens again and again and banished to the mortal realm.

Eight hundred years after his mortal life, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time. Now only a lowly scrap collector, he is dispatched to wander the earthly realm to take on tasks appointed by the heavens to pay back debts and maintain his divinity. Aided by old friends and foes alike, and graced with the company of a mysterious young man with whom he feels an instant connection, Xie Lian must confront the horrors of his past in order to dispel the curse of his present.

I've finished book 1 and am almost halfway into book 2. I'm reading about a chapter a day and live blogging the experience. you can follow along on the Bloopitynoot reads TGCF tag

NO SPOILERS PLS.

So far I am loving it!

3. Sharing is Caring by celardor (90, 852)

Summary: “Liu Qingge! I told you not to drink the water!” Shen Qingqiu shouts. His thoughts are a panicked whirl- is it going to have the same effect that it did in the original story?

Liu Qingge just stares at him in shock.

Shen Qingqiu’s question is answered when he suddenly hears Liu Qingge’s voice. Liu Qingge isn’t speaking, though- his mouth never moves. No, Shen Qingqiu is hearing Liu Qingge’s voice inside his head.

Liu Qingge’s voice says, “Holy shit. I can see his nipples.”

They both stare at each other in horror. At that moment, there’s a happy little ding and a System notification pops up in front of him.

[Congratulations! Bonus mission activated: Sharing is Caring!]

“Fuck,” Shen Qingqiu says, with feeling.

*************

Shen Qingqiu and Liu Qingge accidentally trigger a wife plot that leads to them forming a telepathic connection.

Part one of Love in another shape

a liushen fic but pre bingliushen (this is all pre abyss)!

So listen, I came into this fic for the trope- not going to lie! I also have a soft spot for liushen. HOWEVER, I did not expect it to absolutely ruin me in the end. Who's cutting onions????

This is such a good au, I love system loophole shenanigans and it is set up really well for part two (which I will absolutely be reading next).

4. Love in Another Shape by celardor (149,710)

Summary: After the events of the Immortal Alliance Conference, Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge find themselves suddenly dependent on one another for survival. In order to return to their beloved Shen Qingqiu, they’ll have to face down innumerable monsters, Luo Binghe’s unstable demonic powers, and their own tangled feelings.

Meanwhile, all Shen Qingqiu wants is to be left alone. Unfortunately, even with the System in hibernation he can’t seem to escape the demands of the plot. He finds himself tasked with sorting out the aftermath of the Conference, investigating a missing person case, and taking a trip to visit Liu Qingge’s family. Through it all, the narrative continues to deviate further and further from the original story Shen Qingqiu had read, ultimately leading to a discovery that could shed light on the past and bring long-buried secrets to the surface.

part two of Love in another shape this is a WIP 14/20 chapters posted/completed.

These boys all definitely go through trauma but the comfort is coming!

this is bingliushen and I am so soft for them in this.

I honestly will need to check out more of celardor's work because the writing and story telling is so good

5. Down To The River Bend by sami (3,848)

Summary: Yu Ziyuan was invited to Lotus Pier for a banquet to celebrate the Third Lady Yu.

Absolutely no-one was prepared for Yu Ziyuan to turn up.

Another part to both the same moon shines and ridiculous future bullshit. Sami has been on a roll recently- so many new parts have been posted the last three weeks!

I am obsessed with this series. This part was so funny- I don't even want to share what happens in case I spoil it but; modern day madam yu.

Anyways if you want a solid (and very long) series to read, I recommend starting with the same moon shines!

6. Medical Diplomacy by x_los (12,637)

Summary: Fresh out of the Abyss, Luo Binghe learns that he alone can cure Shen Qingqiu's chronic ailment. With this information in hand, he pursues an alternative strategy involving interspecies diplomacy and a royal alliance. After all, Cang Qiong can't expect a gentleman to dual-cultivate outside of marriage.

When a fic has a tag "crack treated excruciatingly seriously" I am automatically in it. I live for this classification of fic.

This fic was short (for me, not actually that short) but it was so solid.

I will CW a scene with dubious consent. It was almost enough to give me the ick, but then it is resolved basically immediately. It is to do with a major miscommunication between our boys.

7. A Transmigrator and a Time Traveler Walk Into the Bamboo House by VeryCharismaticDragon (97,779)

Summary: Over a year after Shen Qingqiu's death, Luo Binghe consults his servant's servant, concurrently his disgraced martial uncle, for a way to bring the love of his life back. Shang Qinghua sends him in the direction of a certain time-traveling artifact, which supposedly brings one to the day they first met their soulmate.

Odd, though, that the artifact ends up missing the destination by just a few years…

A story in which post-Abyss Luo Binghe relives his disciple days, while juggling his secrets, traumas, and some unexpected revelations about the man he loves on top of that.

I was recommended this fic by three separate people! and it was totally worth the recommendation; absolutely solid fic.

I love a time travel fix-it, but a time travel fix-it with an OP demon lord is incredible.

This was surprisingly very sweet; also I don't want to spoil but a friendship that I truly did not expect happened, and kind of love it ahaha.

8. No Me Without You (One Flesh, One End) by wraithcaterpillar (28,167)

Summary: Wei Wuxian is a servant of Lotus Hold, in the Ninth House, the smallest and most backwater planet of the Nine Houses. His life is pretty bleak (largely due to the Reverend Mother Lady Yu), although he usually keeps up his cheerful disposition. Then he meets Lan Wangji, and eventually, his life gets a lot better. But before it gets better, there will be an unimpressed Lan Qiren, homoerotic dueling, mutual pining, a really gross monster, clandestine vows, and skeletons — so many skeletons, both the kind made out of bones and the kind made out of secrets.

Lan Wangji took a deep breath. "Wei Ying. I have come to pledge myself to you as your cavalier, if you will have me." His gaze bored into Wei Wuxian's soul (metaphorically, but it felt surprisingly similar to the one time he had accidentally undergone soul siphoning), and then Lan Wangji clenched his right hand into a fist and pressed it to his chest. "One flesh, one end."

"Oh, fuck," whispered Wei Wuxian.

Or; It’s a Locked Tomb AU

This has been on my mfl since it was still a WIP and I only just got to it! I really loved Gideon the ninth but was super pleased to see the happy ending tag in this fic.

I totally expected this to have angst, but surprisingly it was minimal to none and actually kind of funny.

Wangxian are totally freaks and we love them for it in this; adorable weirdos.

9. If I Could Go Back in Time by Runningbarefoot (122, 131)

Summary: Lan Wangji made a quick decision. With all his spiritual power, he gave a mighty leap and in an impossible act of defiance and love, crossed over to where Jiang Yanli was about to be run through by the sword. He shoved her away just as the corpse brought it down, cleanly splitting down his neck, heart, and lung.

OR

The role reversal fic no one ever wants to read where Lan Wangji is the one who takes the blow for Jiang Yanli.

Novel canon with a select few elements from CQL thrown in. Wangxian relationship is novel canon. No yin iron plot to bring them together.

yall this fic ruined my life but I have 0 regrets. So many tissues sacrificed themselves for me to complete this.

my heart.

I swear it is worth it for the end; yes so much pain, but so beautifully written.

10/10 recommend. And if you need someone to cry with while reading it, you can totally DM me LOL I get it. I read it with a pal and we were both a mess. We hold space for our feelings here.

10. The Reluctant Suitor by raitala (45,754)

Summary: Liu Qingge, War God of Bai Zhan Peak and slayer (or at least regular beater-upper) of demons. But what if the demons just thought he was flirting with them? What if they *all* thought that? It's a diplomatic disaster, bringing chaos to the three realms. But don't worry, Shen Qingqiu has a plan. Only it isn't one that Liu Qingge is going to like.

Or, five times Liu Qingge beat Tianlang-Jun and the one time he didn’t.

Chapter 1: In which LQG is an absolute menace, has no idea, and really never did anything wrong.

I started this fic for the crack energy but then it actually ended up giving me feels(tm).

Part one of the reluctant suitor series

I absolutely love the character growth that Liu Qingge has in this. We go from oblivious war lord to someone who actually starts thinking about how their actions impact others and how others make them feel.

I did not think I would like this pairing but we all know TIanlang-jun is a dilf, so here I am.

11. If It Makes You Happy by raitala (36,503)

Summary: Sequel to End Racism on the OTW - The Reluctant Suitor

Liu Qingge's marriage to Tianlang-Jun is days away. Can he find a way to bollocks things up before then? Of surely course! For one thing, he is still in love with his shixiong.

Part two of the reluctant suitor series; Tianlang-jun and Liu Qingge get married!

This was such a sweet wedding, defo explicit, but the emotional growth in this fic was solid

Sweet read :'3

12. Winter Sun by brojorlas (38,019)

Summary: “The only people in this place who aren’t already dating or needlessly pining after someone are people I’m basically family with,” Wei Wuxian whined instead, draping himself dramatically over the table. “The only way I shall ever find love is if some dashing stranger from the city were to come and sweep me off my feet!”

Wei Wuxian is a farming youtuber. Lan Wangji is infatuated.

I have definitely read this fic and it's series before, it is very sweet :'3 a big comfort read

If you like sustainable living, micro farms, and DIY projects this is definitely for you.

Very cute, very domestic.

13. the genius of our minds by canterburyorbit (50,641)

Summary: Wei Wuxian turned towards the other man, and smiled, “and your usual today as well?”

The second man smiled serenely and nodded. “Yes, matcha latte-“

“Matcha latte, soy milk, unsweetened, I got you!” Wei WuXian threw the man a wink, and started prepping his drink. Unfortunately, while Wei Wuxian was an incredible barista, his memory was absolutely abysmal. He had forgotten both of their names months ago, but knew their coffee orders and by this point he felt it was just too rude to try to ask them again. So he called them Big Chief and Hot Himbo in his head, which, wasn’t exactly professional, but neither was Wei Wuxian.

or

gym/coffee shop/bookstore au where Wei Wuxian is a barista/photographer, Lan Wangji owns a bookstore/breeds rabbits, Nie Mingjue & Lan Xichen own a gym, Jiang Cheng owns a pet store, all the Jin siblings live together, NHS & MY thirsty bottoms & are constantly causing chaos, everyone is getting laid, and wwx is overall a big dumb fuck

(or an extremely detailed but pure crack fic of my time as a barista/photographer/bookseller/gymaholic)

this fic was so stupid in the best ways ahaha

In typical wangxian fashion they are disasters and refuse to communicate like normal people

I loved the fusion of coffee shop au with workplace au- the vibes were absolutely messy but still cozy.

Perfect read for a palate cleansing fic

14. Sanctuary by Alineko (61,154)

Summary: The stories changed from person to person, some said he was a monster, others that he was a heavenly officer who had come down from the heavens, and there were others who said that it was not a single being, but multiple ghosts in one body; the myths grew with the years, the only thing that remained the same was this: Anyone with a wish could go to the little shrine on the outskirts of Yiling, just above the mountain, before the Burial Mounds and pray, and if they left the right price, their wish would become true

Wei Ying was 6 years old when he entered the Burial Mounds

12 years later the Yiling Laozu, the legend, the monster, the wishing-granting demon that created his own sect deep in the mountains, joins the Sunshot campaign

This was a very sweet minimal angst speed run of a sun shot campaign type fic

I LOVE a yilling-wei sect fic

This one reminded me of a few other fics I had read before, which wildly confused me but it was in fact it's own fic aha

I wish it had more ending!

[the-music-maniac]

I was thinking about Bingliushen today, y'know, as you do, because of this awesome (and true) post here and was abruptly reminded of the complaints I've heard about Bingliushen on this basis, mostly that they can't see it happening between Binghe and Qingge and that it's unrealistic.

First of all, valid! People absolutely don't need to ship it, or think it's plausible tbh, fandom is fun because there are differing opinions.

But I still did want to talk about why I find the ship so compelling, since part of the reason I love it so much is BECAUSE it's so unlikely.

I want to preface this by saying first that I don't actually think LBH and LQG falling for each other is impossible, as some people do, since I think that's the biggest protest with this ship. People don't seem to have as much of an issue believing LiuShen. Anyways, I just think that LBH and LQG ending up as a thing is only merely difficult. That's kind of an important distinction.

And the reason is because I really don't think Luo Binghe is only capable of truly loving (in a general sense) one person as an adult (specified adult because we do see that he loved his mother as a kid. He's also fond of Ning Ying Ying as a child but we see that they're not as close when he comes back cause of the murdery demon thing). That does appear to be the case in the story because the man is VERY intense when it comes to Shen Qingqiu, but I think that's more of a result of all the trauma he experienced as a kid, and the abandonment issues. He fell for Shen Qingqiu as an impressionable child - through no fault of Shen Qingqiu obviously because he fully viewed Luo Binghe as a disciple and wasn't grooming him or anything (also they're cultivators so they're technically immortal? How does age differences work in that case?). Shen Qingqiu in that instance was the one person in his world as a teen, the first person outside immediate family to ever tell him he's not a monster for being a demon - and also someone who's considered more valuable than Binghe - a lauded, accomplished authority figure I suppose. Someone important who sees value in Binghe when he's been told he's worth nothing. The instances of being left behind by his mother (cause she died obvi) and then by one of the only other people who cared for him - pushing him off a cliff to die because he's a demon (or so he believes) has to fuck with your head. And if you love the person the amount Luo Binghe appears to, well I understand being intense once you finally get them back. To an unhealthy level tbh, but then again this man needs so much therapy in general 😅. Get you some healthy coping mechanisms and healing, good sir! Also it's just occuring me as I'm saying all of it that it sounds like I'm calling Luo Binghe out for having daddy issues (parental issues?) but like. I'm sorry but he kinda does.

So, I don't think anyone is only capable of loving a singular person, but, as I mentioned before, because this is their (LBH and SQQ's) love story, we only focus on them. LBH does have the capacity to rebuild a support system, to make friends, expand the amount of people who care about him and who he cares about. Basically my point is that I believe even though he doesn't have other close emotional relationships with people by the end of the book, that he potentially COULD. I also want to mention that the concept of polyamory for Binghe to me, in terms of only as sexual relationship in the beginning at least, is also not outside the realm of possibility, just cause of the existence of Bingge. We know he doesn't love anyone in that version of him, and it could be argued that matters change because he does love SQQ, but regardless, the fact is there that a version of Binghe does engage in polygamy. He is okay with multiple partners, that's not some huge hang-up or random morality issue for him. So the idea of LBH agreeing to a threesome with LQG and SQQ because he thinks SQQ would like it, isn't remotely impossible in my books.

It's hard to say if LQG is open to a relationship with multiple partners, we don't see much of his relationship preferences beyond the fact that he likes SQQ, but I can regardless see him being the type of person that grits his teeth and hangs around just to see SQQ and tries his best to get along with LBH cause it makes SQQ unhappy that they hate each other. I can see him noticing despite himself, LBH who, now that the situation is no longer so dire, challenges him and is on par, can defeat him over and over, merely because it's been so long since he's had a real challenge, has hit an immovable wall. Tbh LQG doesn't really give the time of day to people who haven't either helped him in some way (SQQ) or people who can match him in a fight. What is it like to find someone who actually gives him a run for his money? And what is it like seeing the downtime of LBH while he's there for SQQ's company, enough to realize that this man on top of being a demon that everyone in the sects laud as evil, partakes in those ordinary domestic things that every person does? What is it like to slowly be able to see that SQQ really isn't in any danger from LBH, and ending up on random errands with him in the name of peacekeeping, realizing they might actually work together well as a team? The hilarious thing is I'm pretty sure one of LQG's love languages is literally just. Violence. Fighting for SQQ's body back. Protecting those he cares about with force. Hunting for rare monsters to bring back. Shit like that. And y'know what? That's a language both LBH and LQG speak fluently. Very fluently. They can understand each other so easily. And I think that's something that LQG would be taken aback by in a good way.

Also if I'm going to be honest, as weird as it sounds, I'm pretty sure LBH is going to be the hold up in the getting along thing. Because at where canon ended: he had already won. He's with the person he loves. There isn't much incentive for him to be nice to LQG beyond not wanting SQQ to be disappointed. SQQ married him, chose him, regardless of what happens, SQQ is probably not going to leave LBH out of the two. Harsh, but solid logic. And his dislike of the other man is entirely connected to the fact that LQG likes SQQ and LBH has abandonment issues for days (for good reason tho I will say).

LQG on the other hand has acknowledged that LBH has won, and so he likely is also thinking along the same lines - I have more at stake here because if SQQ were forced to choose, no way would he choose me over the man he married. He really does have more incentive to get along with LBH. Not only that, a large part of his animosity also appeared to stem from worry about SQQ. Like he seemed to have fought LBH for SQQ's body back cause he thought LBH was doing some fucked up shit, being selfish etc. LQG doesn't seem the type to hold grudges. He dislikes LBH because it repeatedly and actively hurts to see him with SQQ - it's an anger and hatred that stems from softer emotions like the knowledge that he lost the man he loves, that he wasn't good enough (and here is where I cry btw). It's to protect himself from the emotional hurt. One that could potentially be alleviated by growing closer to both SQQ and LBH. Meanwhile at the beginning LBH is a kind of cold, smug dislike. So he really is the hold out. But again, the previous things I have said about how LBH doesn't only have the capacity to care about one person, coupled with his previous chill attitude towards sexual relations and polyamory and his rather obsessive need to please SQQ - I can very much see LBH agreeing to a threesome to make SQQ happy, and to taunt LQG, and then being slowly surprised at how much he doesn't actually?? Hate this??? SQQ doesn't love him any less or appear to have any thoughts of leaving him, and meanwhile he has this hot dude in his bed sounds like a win for everyone lmao

So anyways, that's kinda point one: I think it's very improbable, not impossible. It takes a very specific sequence of events. But it can happen.

Two:

I fully believe LQG and LBS are not soulmates or anything of the sort, since it does tend to be the general assumption within stories like this (xianxia and even wuxia), that there is the existence of soulmates, the red string of fate, a predetermination that these people will eventually care for each other, something more set in stone, or even of 缘分 (Yuán fen) where it's not fated in the sense that it's set in stone, but fated in that there is a high probability or an affinity for a relationship, or a meeting and event.

The point is that, certainty in a lot of stories, the concept of falling for each other no matter what, over and over, is a theme and viewed as romantic. And it absolutely is! I love stories where people end up together - in any capacity, doesn't have to be platonic - in every conceivable scenario. Hell, that's why I love reading AU's. And while it's not canonical that Binghe and Qingqiu are fated, while if anything their relationship is also a one in a million chance, people in the fandom still seem view BingQiu as soulmates. Or at least probable in the story. Valid. I mean it's hard to argue with the fact that they did indeed canonically fall in love against all odds - that is in character for them because this story is their love story.

But here's what drives me absolutely crazy in the best way about Liu Qingge and Luo Binghe's relationship: within the premises of canon (where LBH is damn possessive about SQQ and doesn't like LQG for that reason, and meanwhile LQG doesn't like LBH cause he thinks he's immoral and also cause he loves SQQ) they are the most unlikely, out of the left field, came out of absolutely nowhere to blindside you with the sheer depth of your emotions, type of love. They are the relationship that peak lords gossip about - "SQQ made sense, he was always fond of LBH, but LQG???? He was always the most vocal about his hatred. Well I never-" etc. Etc. They would be the relationship that shakes LQG and LBH's understanding of themselves and how the world around them functions to the core: because neither of them could've imagine in a million years that they had the capacity to view their greatest enemy with the tenderness of love. The sheer audacity of it, of suggesting these bitter romantic rivals could grow to love each other to match what they feel for SQQ - that's the good shit.

After all, while SQQ and LBH were also unlikely, they were only that because LBH was a fictional character up until Shen Yuan died. Even as a disciple LBH knew he liked SQQ, this man fully saw that one coming. And SQQ may be oblivious as fuck romantically, but even so he did acknowledge that he was already fond of LBH. They most certainly did go through hardships and obstacles to get where they are - but always with the acknowledgement that loving each other was never the hard part. It was always everything else.

So there's point two of why I like the unlikeliness of BingLiuShen - because loving each other is the difficult path for LBH and LQG. With the bitterness of everything that had passed, falling is not the part that is easy. And it shakes the laws of this universe. It makes LBH and LQG question everything. It makes them wonder what they know about the world, the rigid lines of black and white they've lived in, and their stubborn ideas that love can only ever be a finite source that will run out if you spread too widely. And not only that, it may help with LBH's abandonment issues - to have two people willingly choose him against all odds - one who actually started off hating him. And in the process, his level of attachment to SQQ might become a little healthier. Like I get that it is a story so no judgement here, but it can't be good for LBH to place his entire value of the world all in one singular person. That's hard on both SQQ and LBH. In making LBH question his worldview and viewpoints on love and relationships, it may be the thing that kickstarts him letting other people in in a platonic capacity as well. And as for LQG's worldview, it would be nice to show him that there can incandescent happiness in this life, not merely just contentment with his usual rigid routine. To give him a happy ending, truly. This is just a fancy way of saying he makes my heart hurt so I want to give him two boyfriends the end.

The enemies to friends to lovers trope also ties into this and is so compelling because it also requires so much character growth to occur for it to work. Like not only is their worldview shaken, but both LQG and LBH need to change as people (for the better) for them to even consider making a relationship with all three of them work out in the long run. People don't hate each other for no reason, there is almost always some Bad Thing™ that occurs to make them dislike each other, be it rivalry (love rivalry in this case) an outside force (their respective groups are enemies) or because they hate some aspect of the other person. It involves acting on their worst instincts - pushing someone away from jealousy, hurting each other because they let anger take over. For that to become love, requires WORK. It requires each character to actively notice their own biases, choose of their own volition to correct themselves, to change and possibly become better as they get to come to understand their "enemy". They have to choose to lay down their arms, every single step of the way. That is so difficult to do. So unlikely. So improbable. As I said before, it's the harder path. And yet they walk it, and if they succeed, I think that's something so precious because it was so quietly and fiercely fought for.

Anyways this is getting long as fuck so while I have some more to say about BingLiuShen as a whole, I think I'll end this here. Thank you so much for reading!