#meng mo

[lurkinginnernarrator]

Shen Qingqiu/Meng Mo

When I saw this my first thought was a "Shen Jiu's conscious is still around" au, and when Shen Yuan and Binghe are fighting Meng Mo, Shen Jiu is finally able to make himself heard. Meng Mo and him bond over being accidental parasites to the ungrateful young people

I love that. It's so beautiful. I can imagine them spitting blood anytime bingqiu shenanigans go on... That would be so entertaining to have Meng Mo and Shen Jiu making running commentary like it's a sports game whenever Bingqiu does something.

The au I've been playing with recently is OG!SQQ dying and reincarnating into SY and then transmigrating back into SQQ, and Meng Mo helping SQQ unwrap his memories.

I also love the thought of SQQ and Meng Mo just beginning to chat after the dream realm arc, co-shizunning Binghe even though Binghe is of course going 'I only have one Shizun!', and then Mengshen just having intellectual conversations with one another.

(Meng Mo, feed up after this brat keeps on refusing to become his direct disciple: "Fine! If this brat won't accept me as his Shifu, I might as well become his Shimu!")

I think Meng Mo is uniquely equipped to be one of, if not only, people able to engage with a discussion of history, lore, flora, fauna and the world of svsss at large with Shen Qingqiu.

And there's also the fact that Meng Mo might be one of the only people to actually have insight into SQQ's intentions and thoughts. He canonically is aware of Shen Jiu's past, and even weaponizes the tragic memories of Shen Jiu against Qiu Haitang, while also declining to subject Shen Qingqiu to them. (Need citation for the last part I can't quite remember but Im pretty sure this happens? Anyway, grain of salt.)

And Meng Mo had access to Shen Qingqiu's dreamscape before LBH did. And displays more awareness of Shen Qingqiu's mind than most, So Meng Mo is uniquely suited to be shipped with beloved fandom bicycle SQQ

(Also Meng Mo is still a demon, and seems to be aware of what the actions Shen Qingqiu took in the Holy Mausoleum, so between SQQ's unnatural learned-ness about the place and how hardcore it is to rip the Ties that Bind (Or Qingxi? If I remember) out of his arm. Any, I think, demon would find that attractive.)

I also love how Meng Mo and SQQ work together in the Holy Mausoleum arc.

I have many thoughts on this rarepair of mine, and I need to reread canon specifically for this pairing, but I hope anyone who is interested enjoyed. Thanks for the ask, and sorry if I rambled a bit

consider Mengshen, that's all I'll say to end this.

[buff-shizun]

Blackout

“That…was not how I imagined that would go.”

“Agreed,” Binghe groaned, face in his hands. He dared not look up, overwhelmed by just a glimpse of the world around him.

Truly, Xin Mo was not to be underestimated.

“I agree.” The Elder sighed. He cast a hand through ruffled hair- and when that wasn't soothing enough, to his beard with rough strokes.

“We were lucky it was inclined to play with you as a first reaction. Had that blade wanted to, it definitely could have left us both blithering idiots for the rest of our lives- however short that would be in this heaven forsaken realm.”

Binghe frowned and peered through his fingers. “You took damage as well?”

His question was met with a snort, “After the way it backhanded me into the fringes of your mind? I’m lucky my cultivation offset the brunt of that. Had I taken that hit directly, I might not have made it back for a while.”

Binghe shuddered. ‘A while’, in this hell, alone with just that dreaded sword? 

No. No, he couldn’t. Meng Mo can’t. As stubborn and ornery as the Elder Dream Demon could be, Binghe would gladly have ten of him squabbling around in his head than spend a single day alone with only that sword for company.

“‘Ornery’?! Kid, hundreds of demons out there would kill to have my expertise at hand!”

“As you always say,” Binghe mumbled dryly, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

“And I say for good reason! You-!” Realizing what he was doing, Meng Mo cut himself off with a blistering sigh. “Ah, forget it. Point is we got off easy. You, got off easy. If we hadn't planned this out beforehand, heavens know where we would be right now.”

“Where are you going with this?”

The Elder gestured to the cliffs and ravines jutting up, through, and splitting apart the once flat desert plains, scaring it horribly. “One good hit, kid. That's all it would take right now.” His hands drop almost violently down to his sides, “We need to train, harder than ever before. This can't happen again.”

Binghe frowned, “You know why I can't do that.”

“We’re going to have to find a way- don't you glare at me, boy! I know what I’m asking for!”

“Then why ask at all!” He snapped, hand gesturing out to his dreamscape. “This alone will take weeks to fix. Months, if I’m unlucky! I can barely sleep as it is!”

Meng Mo exploded, “You're just going to have to try!”

A tense silence passed between them. Binghe did not have to tell him what he thought of that, and the Elder did not have to say anything at all to show him how frustrated the situation made him too. They were both at risk here, after all.

“...look, kid, maybe- and this is a risky maybe- Xin Mo might be our solution here. It's a double edged sword by every meaning of the phrase, but it's already proven it finds you more useful alive and well than as a comatose flesh puppet. Take advantage of that. Give it more reasons to take care of you rather than just use you.”

Binghe's brows furrowed. “You’re suggesting I find a way to endear myself to possibly the most evil blade I've ever had the misfortune to cross paths with?”

“You’ve already got this far, why not give it a shot? Can’t hurt to try.”

He wanted to point out that it very well could hurt to try. It already had. The memory alone of those tortured moments before blissfully blacking out sent a quiver running up his limbs. Unwittingly, a cold sweat broke out along his neck, breath catching in his throat. 

He pushed the memory aside, though it did not go easily. He also wanted to point out that that's almost exactly what Meng Mo had said when they’d first heard of the sword, and he was not so desperate to take his chances now as he had been at the beginning of this awful quest; especially after learning what kind of hell his death could easily become should this new plan prove foolhardy. 

Once again though, Meng Mo knew exactly what he was thinking. He always knew what Binghe was thinking; and once again, Meng Mo did not have to say what both already knew. 

They didn't have any choice; they had to try.

[artsarasp]

@aceofdivinechlorophyll You know I would die for Meng Mo????? I would! Everyone go read Inappropriate Use!!!

[shizunitis]

meng mo should have had male lovers in the past that he lore drops on binghe and binghe’s just “??????? but you said me and shizun were unnatural and immoral” “yeah but that’s a you problem”

[wafywaify]

Y'know what I want? More meng mo and shen qingqiu interaction. The few scenes we got with them was honestly golden. The slight concern meng mo showed him after the punishment and the way he sort of helped him? Despite him "hating" shen qingqiu? Their relationship kind of gives me like estranged uncle you only see like every other christmas that always has something to say about you. But it's clear its not like malicious it just comes off as awkward.

I read this one fic awhile ago about shen qingqiu and binghe accidentally body swapping while binghe was in the abyss and shen qingqiu took it upon himself to help out binghe while like expertly navigating through the abyss. And because shen qingqiu was in binghes body, meng mo and him got to talk a bit. The way the author wrote meng mo was so fucking funny dude. Like bro was going through the 5 stages of grief and somehow ended up begging binghe to marry shen qingqiu. Peak comedy.

Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44510221

[crowlyne]

Action RPG AU where SY is the final boss in Endless Abyss, and Binghe has to defeat him to get Xin Mo (how he defeats him, you decide)

[tossawary]

Luo Binghe is kind of an orphan, but he also has SO many deadbeat, dead, or creepy parental figures or technical parents, it's SO funny to me. He only actually wants, like, two of them in his life.

The washerwoman: adoptive mother. Loved her and misses her to this day. Only mother he cares about.

Unknown potential miscellaneous caretakers between the fishermen finding him in the Luo River and his adoptive mother taking him in. SOMEONE had to nurse this kid if he wasn't actually adopted by the washerwoman immediately.

Su Xiyan: birth mother. If anyone told him about the "set adrift in a river" thing, he probably assumed for most of his life that a birth parent left him for dead.

Shen Qingqiu (Shen Jiu): teacher and master. If Shen Jiu didn't give Binghe a lot of his issues, then he definitely made them worse!

Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan): teacher and master. The "can't I look at what I raised?" is there and cannot be taken back, and it does just get weirder from there. No, I don't think Shen Yuan would be thrilled about being on this list at all.

Meng Mo: teacher and portable grandfather. This demon had to talk Binghe into being his student and settle for not even being called "Shifu". Probably gives terrible advice.

Shang Qinghua: father to Binghe as much as he's father to everyone in this world that he wrote. Does NOT want Binghe to know this. Probably gave Binghe a lot of his own issues. Sure does give advice.

Mobei-Jun: demon mentor (arguable) and stepfather through the author father thing. Does not know this. Definitely gives terrible advice.

Huan Hua Palace Master: master of Binghe's birth mother, wants to be Binghe's father-in-law and is also using him as a replacement Su Xiyan. Threw Gongyi Xiao aside IMMEDIATELY to take Binghe in and put Binghe in charge of the Jin Lan City mission even when he wasn't an official disciple.

Tianlang-Jun: birth father. Sealed away before Binghe's birth and comes back to cause SO MANY problems.

[red-pearl-white-flower]

When it came to unpleasant mental parasites, Meng Mo could be considered like a polite roommate who generally washed the dishes, and was only occasionally late on rent. Does the esteemed elder have a complaint?  A complaint! Is immortal master Shen aware he has not had a thought that did not in some way concern Luo Binghe since the beginning of the morning?

Chapter nine of Notes on the changing of a narrative is up!

[hyperlinkproxy]

hey so i saw that @wyyvoren assigned scum villain characters to lps and i LOVE lps so i made my own fancast chart! ty for the idea it lit a fire within 10 year old me

[sillygoofyqueer]

PART TWO OF THAT ONE ANON'S ASK WITH THE REACTIONS OF IMPORTANT DEMONS TO SHEN YUAN (*pulls out the wiki*...now, who's important enough to yap about.....): Sha Hualing: Sha Hualing underestimates Shen Yuan at first, believing him to be just another stepping stone to power - if she can make Luo Binghe deal with her existence, she can do anything! So, she puts on the charm: "oh, Ling-er got lost...can the benevolent corvid deity help her?" all coy and demure. Then SY stares at her, and she can just SEE how her flirting flies over his head before he says "yeah! Of course I can." So, she thinks he's a moron, a brilliant thing for her if she wants to be more powerful. However, SHL then has to watch as all of these demons and yao trip over one another to try and court SY and is like "oh...oh I see...." and tips her hat to him - after all, she has to respect a man who can also use his pretty qualities to get as much power as he wants!!! She sees him, she knows what he's doing... Mobei-Jun: Mobei-Jun doesn't really care about Shen Yuan at all - it's strange that Luo Binghe keeps fawning over him and Sha Hualing nods in approval every time it happens, but it's none of his business. Let this strange crow demon do what he wants, as long as he leaves Mobei-Jun out of it. However, he soon learns that Shang Qinghua is close with SY. The same SY who SHL respects for his faux-innocent flirting with every man who has a conversation with him. MBJ MUST KNOW EVERYTHING. He goes to fight for his right to court SQH, has a singular conversation with SY, and realises that SHL is overestimating SY and that the corvid deity is actually just That Oblivious. So, instead of trying to kill SY, he starts grilling him for details about what would make SQH love him. SY needs a drink. Linguang-Jun: Linguang-Jun hears of Shen Yuan - a new demon that can compete with Luo Binghe, and therefore destroy him!!! PERFECT for LGJ's plot to kill Mobei-Jun. He simply has to get SY on his side, which should be easy to do with his natural charm- he gets hit with the wifebeam. Nobody sees this coming, not even me, but he ends his "interrogation" (conversation) sighing dreamily at the power this heavenly demon holds so casually, without even batting an eye about all the people he has under his thumb. GOD, he wants him carnally (only SY could make this happen in a freak like LGJ). Meng Mo: MENG MO HAS HONESTLY GONE INSANE. HE WAS SENT INTO THE MIND OF SHEN YUAN TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THERE, BUT IT. IT MAKES NO SENSE. WHAT'S- WHO IS THIS FREAK. WHY'S HE SO NICE??? WHY ARE HIS THOUGHTS INSANE??? WHY DOES NOBODY FUCKING BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE SAYS THAT THIS IS A FUCKING WEIRDO WHO KNOWS FAR FAR TOO MUCH ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. THIS ISN'T JUST WHAT 'CROW DEMONS' KNOW. THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

[selselskythesecond]

Meng Mo in Inappropriate Use May Result in Strange Side Effects

[lurkinginnernarrator]

thought I'd let Tumblr know that SVSSS has changed me so fundamentally that I am now rarepairing.

Anyway ship Mengshen

Shen Qingqiu/Meng Mo

[artsarasp]

"Inappropriate Use May Result in Strange Side Effects" by @aceofdivinechlorophyll It's hysterical. After the last chapter, I can only assume Meng Mo has been building up a conspiracy board with all the weird info he's gathered about SQQ.

[allpiesforourown]

Poor Meng Mo in the beast peak AU. He has to deal with the most vile, bloody, fucked up fantasies of this random teenager. Even for a demon he’s freaked out and is a little worried about the Peak lord

Oh definitely. I said this in lowly disciple's too

[starchbean]

What Dreams May Come

Shen Yuan dies from expired food

He doesn't exactly find himself in a new body, but his self-awareness doesn't exactly go away.

Instead, he finds himself bodiless in a dark void with nothing but his thoughts. He has so many thoughts that rage through him about how PIDW ended. He's actually more easily able to focus his anger at Luo Binghe's bad ending than at the fact that he died. With nothing to do but think, he comes up with hundreds of ways the story could have gone that would be more satisfying for his favorite Protagonist.

Eventually, he's not sure exactly when, he realizes that he can manifest visions from his thoughts into the empty space. Landscapes, beasts, swords, and eventually even people--though, unnervingly, it seems he can't do faces.

Things continue like this until one day, his little soap bubble dream world is abruptly popped, and he finds himself in the room of a lavish demonic palace. He still hasn't got much of a body beyond a wisp of smoke, but a pointy eared girl without shoes that he's pretty sure is Sha Hualing??? What the fuck??? Is yelling at him and calling him Meng Mo.

After she mentions releasing him to attack a boy that caught her eye, Shen Yuan (Or... Meng Mo, now) is PUMPED! Not only does he get to meet Luo Binghe, he gets to go and LIVE INSIDE HIM!

[ladyprophet]

The dreamscape event from Proud Immortal Demon Way.

More Ning Yingying thoughts under the cut.

I have way to many thoughts about original LBH and NYY. I think one can safely say that all marriages aren't based on true love. Especially after Xin Mo's corruption.

But I do want to believe that even the original black lotus still wanted to be good to the wives, at least in the beginning. And with the idea that LBH repaid both kindness and slight tenfolds I would indicate that he at least liked the people he married. Even if there is strong hints that some relationships are less then healthy.

As such I like to believe that there was a core of true caring between LBH and NYY. Even of NYY also was young and had her faults. The way the SY talkes about the dream sequence from PIDW I think supports that their relationship had some truth to it.

Maybe there are more hints of unreliable narrator in svsss that I have forgotten that puts a dent in that chance. And maybe once LBH gets Xin Mo what they have is also eroded away.

But I guess this is all for me to say that I'm all for LBH and NYY friendships!