#tong qian

[ihavedonenothingright]

I am definitely not the first person to joke about how many Shens there are in danmei, but it does strike me as very funny that out of the Seven Seas line up, we currently have 4-5 protagonists/love interests with the surname "Shen." And then that sparked a question... just how many Shens are there in danmei?

So here is my request. If you have a danmei Shen not included on this list, please reblog or comment with his name and book. The only requirements are that he has to be one of the leads, and his surname has to be Shen*. Extra data, such as the character used for his name, is also welcome. It is worth acknowledging that sometimes it may be unclear whether or not a character should be counted as a Shen; in that case, I will put it to a vote. Once we have all the necessary data, we can create the first (at least to my knowledge) comprehensive database of Shens.

*submissions with the given or courtesy names Shen will get an honorary mention.

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List of Known Shens (as of posting):

Shen Yuan/Shen Qingqiu (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns)

Shen Zechuan (Ballad of Sword and Wine)

Shen Wei (Guardian)

Shen Yu (The Silent Concubine)

Honorary Mentions:

Fu Shen from Golden Terrace.

Potentially Contested Inclusions:

Gu Yun/Shen Shiliu (Stars of Chaos)

[yaopi]

say it. 🔫 who was the first character you fell for in any danmei and who was your final beloved character after being in the fandom?

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 1, Poll 16

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave here.

Xue Xian- Copper Coins / Tong Qian Kan Shi

Qualifications:

Protagonist of a danmei (Chinese BL) webnovel, in committed relationship with a man by the end of the story. Due to pre-canon injury, he is paraplegic for most of the story, though he slowly recovers his mobility during the course of it by returning his stolen body parts (it may make more sense in context: hes an immortal dragon).

Propaganda:

In short: paraplegic gay dragon :D Longer version: An immortal dragon paralyzed from waist down and stuck in the mortal world after someone attacked him and made off with half his body (dragon body parts all have uses in magic or medicine). Meets an amnesiac monk and they end up going on adventure together to recover lost memories (the monk) and lost body parts (the dragon). Their dynamic is significant annoyances to lovers <3 One interesting detail: though Xue Xian can change forms, his paraplegia remains in all of them, whether he is a paper doll, a human, a big noodle, a smol noodle... (yeah he has big & small dragon forms. that time he turned into a smol noodle and wrapped himself around his future bf's wrist lives in my brain rent-free tbh) Significant part of his drive to recover his stolen bones is to be able to fly again, btw, in his true (big dragon) form. ...To make sure I'm not misleading anyone: he does recover full mobility by the end of the story, BUT his disability is a very significant part of the novel.

Zuko-Avatar: The Last Airbender

Qualifications:

Zuko is sight impaired and has PTSD. Zuko is bisexual.

Propaganda:

Zuko is sight impaired and has PTSD. Zuko isn't queer in canon to my knowledge.

[ladynamie]

A Journey to Love 一念关山 | Li Tong Guang jealous of Ning Yuanzhou holding Ren Ruyi's hand

[skyazureeclipse]

liu yao crumbs… i am still not over this story

[talk-danmei-to-me]

So, with the upcoming release of 2ha book 6 and the fact I love a good poll I'm curious about something:

(Asking because I am an official translations girlie and with 2ha and qjj still being ongoing I got excited that I'd eventually catch up to the fandom for some stories but I'm also not convinced. No judgement though as literally all the bl manga I have ever read has been scanlations and there has been a lot!)

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Double (2024)

Bellos recuerdos y cruel realidad 😭 #shorts #Eldoble #TheDouble #WuJinyan #AiMi #Chinesedrama #cdrama

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a3yPlW2qgfI

[gaydragontournament]

ROUND 3: PART 1

Propaganda under cut

Xue Xian (Copper Coins (Tong Qian Kan Shi) (铜钱龛世))

● A literal dragon in canon m/m relationship. Got stuck in the mortal world after getting grievously injured (he's paraplegic for most of the story) and ended up going on an adventure to retrieve his missing body parts with this one amnesiac Buddhist monk he accidentally met. They butt heads a lot in the beginning, but slowly fall in love over the course of the novel. Also while Xue Xian does have a human form, he also comes in big noodle and smol noodle variants (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) As a smol noodle, he wraps around his bf's wrist like a bracelet!

● Is he a dragon? Yes! Xue Xian is a dragon god who got his spinal column stolen (yeah it's kinda complicated) and now journeys across the land searching his bones because he wants his spinal column back, damn it.

Is he gay? Yes! Along the way, he encounters this quiet, stoic, so-damn-annoying bald monk guy named Xuanmin whom he does not like, okay?!? He doesn't like him at all! Sure, he ripped out his dragon scale as a gift for him, but that's only because Xuanmin helped him first and he doesn't wanna be indebted! Sure, he feels compelled to annoy Xuanmin 24x7, but that's only because Xuanmin deserves it! Sure, he thinks Xuanmin's wrists look lovely, but that doesn't mean anything, he's just being objective, you know?!? He doesn't like this guy at all!!! (Spoilers: He totally does, and they end up spending the rest of their immortal lives together as lovers, bickering for all eternity.)

Whiptail Lizard (Real Life)

●this particular species of lizard is the gayest thing in the animal kingdom.

-they are all female and reproduce asexually

-but still have been seen performing mating rituals with other female lizards, and are more likely to reproduce if they do this.

-they exist in real life like that’s so incredibly gay

-no male lizards whatsoever and thus all of them are lesbians

-also so incredibly lizard adorable like look one up

[helenkordart]

Recently (and by that I mean in december) I′ve read Copper Coins by Musuli and it really got to me 🥹🥹🥹 more love stories with dragons and monks please, especially ones that make me cry 🙏🙏🙏

[gothgleek]

Avantika in Shushu/Tong, styled by Katie Qian

[nyankocatnyan]

Fuyao

[variouspolltournaments]

Propaganda

Xue Xian: Heavenly dragon stranded in the mortal world after someone stole his bones. He's disabled, he's gay, he's even annoying(affectionate)... AND he can make himself into a small noodle and wrap around his bf's wrist like a bracelet. Character of all time.

[danhoemei]

«𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯...»

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[ghooostbaby]

How do you tell someone you miss them, that you can't let them go? Perhaps the most tender way is to say, You're gone, but it's okay, I will become you, I will take you with me.

[web-novel-polls]

Priest (Author) Character Tournament

[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Cheng Qian from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect

"Now, in Cheng Qian's eyes, there were only two kinds of people in this world: people who are no match for him now, and people who will be no match for him in the future."  - Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 38

No propaganda submitted

Sassy child who cares about his found family/sect SO much

The “meanie” from the description - “A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.”

“No matter how many foes, they cannot bend my will.”  - Cheng Qian, ch.29 

"He believed that when he was alone, he could do anything all by himself. For a lone person, when he reaches the peak of his achievement, he's still alone; when he falls to the depths of the abyss, too, he's still alone. Even if his head were to fall from his shoulders, wouldn't that just be a scar on his body? What was there to fear?" - Ch. 36

Tong Ru / Lord Beiming from Liu Yao 

“Beiming? Who deserves the title of Beiming? That’s merely an arrogant title given by some short-sighted people.” - Lord Beiming, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 16

[No propaganda submitted]

“It’s just death, nothing serious.” - Lord Beiming, ch.30 

***I, the poll runner, have not gotten to the Lord Beiming reveal, so I’m not 100% sure the quotes from where I’m at are correct/for the same person (since there’s another person trying to claim the title of Lord Beiming)

(Also, Tong Ru and Han Muchun are sharing a picture because it’s way too blurry with just one lol)

[danmeigirl]

I love how Hu zi is in his own imaginary concert meanwhile Xintong happily sharing her prop dirt Lol. I love her playful side so much one of my favourite actress so far ❤