#mbj might tbh. actually probably does

[piosplayhouse]

(controversial) I think lan wangji thinks that pee is stored in the balls. Like I don't think he thinks about it often but it's just something he thought of and just never questioned. Like it's just an ingrained belief and no one's ever corrected him because if hanguang jun says pee is stored in the balls then you'd better bet pee is stored in the balls

[tossawary]

I don't know why but now I'm thinking, considering their are canon ways for same sex partners to carey children in other works and I prescribe to shared universe theory, that for demons pregnancy is a power play.

Like the carrying partner is the stronger one better able to defend themself. And so I'm just picturing a very smug and pleased Mobei Jun rubbing it in people's faces and bragging, while Shang Qinghua frets in the background and keeps asking people for advice on pregnant spouses.

Also the hilarity of everyone else's reaction and potebtial fallout. LQG side quest in which he helps SQH hunt down his King some obscure monster craving bonding Martial Family time? YQY is Ready to be an Uncle, very ready he has toys commisioned and outfits and somehow finds some demons who recommend baby's first horn cream to encourage growth? MQF frantically tracking down every medical text he can because he is seeing the trend of if one Peak Lord does it another will because two of them have already married demon lords and now he must be ready for potential demon pregnancies, why is this his life? NYY and MF just looking sadly at SQQ (who has been ignoring this) because SQH's Peak will not stop needling that they got Peak Lord baby first and they are petty enough to hold it over everyone's heads because they are SQH's kids?

(Meanwhile Bingmei has been preparing a 70 slide powerpoint on "Why Shizun And I Should Have Children Immediately (And Only 30 Are Because MBJ Is HOLDING THIS OVER MY HEAD)" and additional subplot "I Want Shizun To Dote On Me For Once Like Mobei-jun Keeps Getting From SQH")

I agree that Mobei-Jun would probably sometimes be smug, in between being somewhat cranky and pretending he’s not very soft about this, while Shang Qinghua tries to handle this absolutely ridiculous situation. 

But tbh, though I made that joke about awkward baby showers or one-months, if this is an AU that resembles the canon SVSSS at all, I cannot picture Mobei-Jun actually willingly letting Cang Qiong Mountain Sect or humans anywhere near his child in any form. Shang Qinghua is the one (1) exception. Like Shang Qinghua would probably be the one going, “Uh, is it safe to handle a baby like that?” And Mobei-Jun would be like, “It’s a demon child. Of course.” But, Shang Qinghua would also probably be the one going, “You have to let the child get more than 10 feet away from you sometime. Maybe the nanny could take the baby for, like, an hour???” And Mobei-Jun, of the extremely neglectful father and murderous uncle, would just be like, “No.” 

Like, Shang Qinghua might be like, “Are we going to, ah, make an announcement that we’re expecting?” And Mobei-Jun would be like, “And invite attacks? No.” And Shang Qinghua might then be like, “When are we going to tell people we have a child then?” And Mobei-Jun might be like, “Perhaps when the child is ten years old. Possibly twelve or thirteen to be safe.” (Maybe Cang Qiong Mountain Sect finds out when the information leaks somehow.) 

MBJ would have to put up with Shen Qingqiu | Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe, because Shang Qinghua would be like, “I HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE.” But, Shang Qinghua would probably have to attend any celebration held by Cang Qiong Mountain Sect on his own, which would probably only be held because Shen Qingqiu | Shen Yuan thought they ought to do something. 

Because, like, besides Shen Qingqiu | Shen Yuan sometimes, I don’t think any of the Peak Lords actually like SVSSS Shang Qinghua. 

“pride is not the word I’m looking for” is all about building up relationships that SVSSS Shang Qinghua doesn’t have, so maybe that AU would be slightly different. Still can’t really see MBJ letting a baby out of sight until the baby is capable of protecting themselves or creating portals, though. In the unlikely event Shang Qinghua managed to convince MBJ to attend a celebration and receive baby gifts, Mobei-Jun would probably be like, “Thank you for the thought. This gift is garbage and we shall never use it.”