#yue's silly answers

[nuikasa]

torpe looks so jolly saying it too.. hes aboutta SNAP. and someones neck too! probably! who knows!

If he gets the chance to break someone's neck he would ...do something more than just talk but doubt Danchou would feel happy about it so he won't do it.

[rapha-reads]

Bloody hell, Moonlight Mystique is piling up the tragedies.

Halfway past the middle, and we have everything that happened to Bai Shuo, everything that happened to Fan Yue, all of Tian Huo's backstory and what happened to her parents, the whole story of Rong Xian and Ling Long, followed by the whole story of Chang Mei and Mu Jiu, followed by what happened between Mu Jiu and Tian Huo, and now there's the whole thing with Cang Shang and Chen Ye, who Chen Ye really is and what happened to him, and whatever is going on with Chong Zhao and Fu Ling and who Fu Ling really is.

Nobody is happy and everybody is traumatised in this realm.

[esamastation]

fanciestgeckofella: desmond transmigrates into liu qingge

(This is not that, sorry, but I do have a snippet where Desmond transmigrated into Yue Qingyuan which I don't think I ever posted, so, have that one instead.)

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First thing to go through Desmond's mind is something along the lines of, Oh fuck, here we go again. Next is complete and absolute bafflement. Because he's pretty sure he's supposed to be dead right now.

That alone is very confusing. Then there is… this thing.

[Welcome to the world of Proud Immortal Demon Way! This System is designed to guide you as you go about your existence in this world. Operating under the guiding principle, You Can You Up, No Can No BB, this System hopes to provide you with an pleasant user experience!]

Desmond blinks at the floating screen in front of him. It… doesn't exactly look like any kind of Animus screen he's ever seen - it actually kind of looks like it's from computer from pre-2000s or something, with blocky grey boarder like something he's seen in old TV shows. No Animus programmer would be caught dead using aesthetic like that. Right?

… Well, actually. He could totally see some retro-loving techie liking it. Not Rebecca, though, she's a futurist through and through, but if she'd been into the old style Window XP or something, it probably wouldn't have taken much effort for her to install some sort of theme - aaand that's completely beside the point.

It's an Animus. He's in the Animus again… somehow. Hm.

"Um," Desmond says out loud, and clears his throat. His voice is weird, different from how it should be. Not that unusual, in the Animus, that, but it feels… more than just having an ancestor transposed over himself. Man, they must've upgraded the Animus a lot while he was, uh… "I'm… aren't I supposed to be… dead?" he asks slowly and feels a bit silly doing it, because he's clearly still around, and yet…

[You have indeed died! Your consciousness has been transferred, and your role has been bound: Yue Qingyuan, the Sect Leader of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect.]

… Okay, that's a bit different, but he can almost understand it. Consciousness transfer, role bound, that's probably new term for running around in your ancestor's skin. Yue Qingyuan, that's his ancestor this time around then. Cool. Sounds Chinese, which is interesting, Desmond didn't know they had any family there, but hey, Rebecca did say he had ridiculously low pedigree collapse, so that would mean his ancestry spread pretty far, right?

Ezio did have a Chinese student, Shao Jun, so, some pre-existing connections there. Maybe few generations down the line, they became bit closer. Rubbing a hand over his face and finding some of those familiar markers he shared with Altaïr, Ezio and Ratonhnhake:ton - full lips, aquiline nose, high cheekbones… Desmond nods to himself. Yeah, yeah, seems about right.

And yet there's still something just a bit… off.

"Okay," he says, drawing a breath. "I'm still kind of stuck up on the being dead part. Did you reboot my DNA or something? How am I here being, like, a living - or at least a thinking - person?"

The System window seems to consider this for a moment before answering.

[Your consciousness was captured from your dead body and transferred into your new role.]

Oh.

Desmond squints. "Captured how?"

[Your consciousness was captured from your dead body and transferred into your new role.]

… helpful.

So it was the Grand Temple - the Grand Temple did something? He'd been digitised like Clay and Juno, maybe? Okay, yeah, cool, that makes sense. Not sure how well he likes it yet, but hey, he's around, he's thinking, maybe sorta-kinda living and breathing - it's a step above from not… doing those things. Yeah. He can do this. "Nice. And who's Yue Qi-qin - how do you say that name, again? Who is he?"

[Yue Qingyuan is the Sect Leader of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect, also known as the Xuan Su sword.]

Desmond hums in understanding, eying the window, waiting for more. Nothing more comes, so he says slowly. "… Okay. And what am I supposed to do with him? I mean. What are we after here? Another piece of Eden, or… what?" he asks, folding his - folding Yue Qingyuan's - arms. "What is the mission status?"

[…]

That's all he gets. Literal ellipses, before the System window slowly flattens and disappear, leaving him blinking at empty air.

"… O-kay…?" Desmond mutters, making a face. "That was weird."

He'd never been left hanging in the Animus before. Not cool. The whole initialisation here process was a bit weird, really. Almost feels like they'd left him with an automated answering machine version of the Animus UI, or something. Was he even talking to an actual person there? What the heck. Why resurrect his consciousness at all, if they're not going to tell him what he's supposed to do here? Even Vidic didn't leave him completely in the dark…

Who resurrected him anyway? The Assassins or the Templars?

Uncertain, Desmond glances around for some sort of guidance or clue. The place is nice, and the graphic quality has gone through some incredible upgrades, like, damn. You'd almost mistake it for reality. But there is something seriously off about this. Not just the weird answering machine Animus, but… everything, really.

It doesn't feel like any Animus he's ever been in either. Usually when he starts out, it's as a passive viewer in his ancestor's memory - it takes a bit before he gets control and even then it's sorta not… not full control. Desmond is more used to being the passenger to his ancestor's actual driver. There's never not a moment where he doesn't feel like a second wheel on a unicycle.

Here, it's just him at the steering wheel, just him on the pedals. There's no other mind, no framework of another life - no shell of a person that once was. It's just him, in another body. Weird.

The terminology used was weird too - nothing like the lingo Rebecca or Shaun would've used. You can you up? No can no BB? What does that even mean?

Desmond rubs at his chin for a moment - baby smooth, not even a stubble - and then shrugs his shoulders and goes to get up. Might as well take a look around and try and figure out the limitations of this version of Animus. And it's not like he knew anything about Altaïr or the others either, not before getting the synchronisation up and running, so… better get started with that.

It's still a bit weird though. Usually he gets thrown into a cut scene first to get started with. Waking up in someone's - frankly rather fancy - bedroom is new. Ezio not counting.

Oh well.

-

And then he walks out under dressed and scandalises all the disciples on Qiong Ding Peak.

Alas that is as far as it got really, but the idea of Desmond as Yue Qingyuan is still weirdly dear to me.

[sillygoofyqueer]

So, originally Crowyuan occured when Bingge was already Demon Emperor, then came the idea of him becoming known as the Corvid King while Binghe was still a little disciple. What if he transmigrates and becomes known as the Corvid King before Binghe is even born? What if he finds this poor abused slave boy and decides This Is Mine Now before realising Oops! He's taken the scum villain under his wing, metaphorically and possibly physically too. Too bad, that's his son/little brother now. Oh but what if he transmigrates a little earlier and it goes the same except it's with both Shen Jiu AND Yue Qi? Or with all the other slave children too because he feels bad just saving two, even if those two are the only ones relevant to the original plot?

Wow....the Original™ Crowyuan timeline........back in the good old days where I didn't have so many different AUs to think about.....(/silly I love them all) ANYWAY. Corvid King crowyuan would definitely stumble across the street kids - he gains B-points n shit through answering prayers and gaining followers, so of course he's going to listen to the prayers of some poor little street children with nowhere else to go. It's not like he doesn't have the means to look after them, whether that be giving them to couples who badly want a child but can't have one for whatever reason, or placing them into orphanages that he funds himself (note: they don't know that he's funding it, they just believe there's a generous rich person donating whenever they need the money). However, when he's dealing with this new band of street kids, there is one child who just....does not want to let go of him. He scorns Crowyuan's existence when the deity first finds them in the alleys, offering gentle words of reassurance despite the late hour and leading the children along (yes, "Come Little Children" style, what kind of animal do you take me for?). Unlike the other naïve idiots, Shen Jiu and Yue Qi have seen this played out before. A stranger comes in the night, promising food and a home and love, and those who follow are found not long after. Dead. Crowyuan watches on in...a mixture of respect and worry as one of the children tries to explain the danger of following strangers in the night to the others, and another stands back and watches it happen, scorn clear upon his face. These children should not know the harsh dangers of life, not so young, but it is good that at least two of them are smart enough to not trust strangers, even if that isn't necessary in this instance. So, he offers proof of who he is. He sits down and tells them who he is, and he makes them pray, so he can listen to what they want. The snappy, unimpressed child doesn't, he just glares and scoffs when his friend drops his head down, but then shifts as if to protect him if necessary. When he respond's to this friend's prayer aloud - "Xiao-Jiu would be happy and safe in a bed, I think" - everyone seems to startle. (Of course, he has to repeat this exercise many times until this snappish child, this 'Xiao-Jiu', finally relents). He finally is able to lead these children to a nearby orphanage, ran by people who could do so much good with just the right amount of gold, and he drops them off there along with a pouch filled with gold. However, when he turns to leave, Xiao-Jiu clings to him. He stares up at him with a sort of fury in his eyes, demanding to know who he thinks he is, ditching them after dumping them off with these random people. A street child who speaks to a god, whose fear of being left by his saviour outweighs his fear of the power this creature wields, and does not hesitate to cling to this deity's robes with his dirty hands.

[phoenixkaptain]

I have So Many thoughts about Scum Villain I have so many feelings I am overflowing with Them I am drowning in it I am dying

Shen Qingqiu telling everyone (including himself!) that he didn’t mourn for Binghe, okay? He did not mourn for him! He just repaired his first sword and buried it in his back garden so he could sit by it for hours at a time! He just felt so guilty that he concocted an entire elaborate ploy to off himself but still live so that Luo Binghe could get revenge on him! He just stopped eating because he didn’t have to eat in the first place and food tastes bland when it’s not made by Binghe! He called out Binghe’s name and compared Gongyi Xiao to Binghe and thought about Binghe at least once every three sentences, but he was Not mourning! He was just vibing, okay, you don’t get it-

The extra where Shen Qingqiu sees Luo Binghe during the five years he was dead. And Luo Binghe is working diligently and always busy and makes food everyday like he’s waiting for Shen Qingqiu to wake up. And he says he doesn’t know how much longer he can take it, but he takes it for years and would’ve taken it for even longer if he had to. And he holds Shen Qingqiu’s body to feed him qi and Shen Qingqiu recognizes it as the way he held Luo Binghe when he got hurt. And even though loterally everyone thought Luo Binghe was doing awful things to Shen Qingqiu’s body, all evidence points to him just holding it. Luo Binghe never touched Shen Qingqiu inappropriately and he was so sad and he was so broken.

The part where Luo Binghe says “Theoretically, how would someone go about showing another person that they have strong feelings for them?”

Mobei-jun: “Have you tried beating him up three times a day?”

Luo Binghe: “Mobei-jun, you are uninvited from answering.”

Shang Qinghua thinking about Peerless Cucumber everytime he gets insulted and getting nostalgic about it, but then pretending he only “just remembered” the username when he actually meets Shen Qingqiu and finds out he’s the one Shang Qinghua has been fondly remembering for literal years. You only remembered just barely, huh, Shang Qinghua? Yeah, okay, sure…

Shen Qingqiu was purposefully pretending to be stupid so that Liu Qingge would beat up his own Bai Zhan Peak disciples. Shen Qingqiu finds out they were bullying Luo Binghe and vows to get revenge, he was purposefully playing dumb so that Liu Qingge would volunteer someone to come up and then he’d go, “whoop, haha, silly me, you were right, Shidi :)”

Shang Qinghua comes back from a trip and everyone is talking about how weird Shen Qingqiu is acting and he’s like “What? What happened? How is he acting strange?” and Yue Qingyuan replies “He had a peaceful conversation with me for two hours” and Shang Qinghua immediately goes “He’s cursed, he’s definitely cursed, is he dying??”

Everyone else: “Shen-shixiong is being nice to us…”

Yue Qingyuan: “Is there any way to get Shen-shidi back to normal?”

Everyone else, internally: “Maybe, but I’m not looking for it.”

The entire Holy Mausoleum section. It’s stuck with me for two years. I love all of it. From beginning to end. The entire section, the moment Shen Qingqiu wakes up in a coffin to the moment Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe get out. All of it. Every single thing that happens is comedy gold and I will never get over it.

But of course there are highlights.

Shen Qingqiu, knocking on a coffin he can’t open, trying to hide from the things wandering around trying to kill him: “Excuse me, may I come in?”

Tianlang-jun, inside that coffin: “Sure.”

Shen Qingqiu just casually carting his boy Binghe around. Hanging out. Trying not to die. Getting stabbed multiple times and having plants grow out of his legs. The usual.

The Old Huan Hua Palace Master being a human stick. At first, Shen Qingqiu is like “omg Binghe is insane.” Then, after the Old Palace Master acts creepy towards Binghe and kind of implies creepiness about Binghe’s mom, Shen Qingqiu goes: “No, wait, yeah, this guy deserves this and worse.”

Shen Qingqiu: sits up in his coffin

Meng Mo: “I can’t help you wake up Luo Binghe.”

Shen Qingqiu: lays back down in his coffin

Meng Mo: “What are you- Are you going back to sleep?!”

Shen Qingqiu calling Zhuzhi-lang “Xizhi-lang” and Zhuzhi-lang tripping over his own feet then just sighing and letting him do whatever

Tianlang-jun: “Why do you know so much about the Holy Mausoleum?”

Shen Qingqiu:

Shen Qingqiu: “LOOK a DISTRACTION!”

Luo Binghe: “Why do you know so much about the Holy Mausoleum?”

Shen Qingqiu: “I read about it in one of Qing Jing Peak’s books.”

Luo Binghe, previous head disciple who has all of the books that have ever been on Qing Jing Peak memorised: “I see. I don’t recall that one.”

Shen Qingqiu:

Shen Qingqiu: “Oh hey look, a distraction-“

Tianlang-jun asking Shen Qingqiu to help him up and then his arm popping off.

Tianlang-jun just generally being the weirdest fucking guy. Tries to be a wingman for his nephew. Helped conspire with his nephew to bring a dead guy back to life. Has been stuck under a mountain and says it was for ten years, despite the fact that it was almost certainly longer than that. Sings the song about Shen Qingqiu fucking his son and then bluntly asks “Did you fuck my son?” Says “I was looking forward to meeting you” specifically because of the song about Shen Qingqiu fucking his son.

Tianlang-jun, just in general, is one of my favourite parts of Scum Villain. Like, he’s so… he’s my poor little meow meow. He is my scrungly. He literally falls apart and is just kind of like “Again? Dang.” A bunch of cultivators show up to thwart him and he’s like “I expected more of you.” He realizes that Shen Qingqiu, Zhuzhi-lang, and Luo Binghe were all in the same bed together and is like “Does Shen Qingqiu always need two others?” He walks in on that scene, only seeing Zhuzhi-lang and Shen Qingqiu, and says “Continue, please, don’t let me interrupt.” Finds out his wifey wasn’t apart of the plot to trap him under the mountain and even tried to save him and immediately melts like the marshmallow-hearted maiden he is.

Pre-trapped-under-a-mountain Tianlang-jun is a treat too. Finds his nephew and immediately says “You’re so ugly. Have a bunch of soldiers and land. Bye.” Meets Su Xiyan and becomes insufferable. “Zhuzhi-lang, am I ugly? Zhuzhi-lang, don’t you think my face is worth more than two silver pieces? Zhuzhi-lang, human women are so different than what I’ve read. Zhuzhi-lang, be honest, am I obnoxious?” He literally tries to barter over how attractive his face is and is legitimately pleased when Su Xiyan says it’s worth a gold coin. Zhuzhi-lang describes him as being the sugar baby and Su Xiyan being his sugar daddy, but Tianlang-jun not only doesn’t mind, he even seems to enjoy it. Zhuzhi-lang describes him as a pure-hearted maiden falling for a roguish cultivator. Zhuzhi-lang has the terrible realization that, in his own metaphor, he’s the handmaiden who follows her innocent lady around trying to keep her out of trouble.

My favourite part will always be the reveal though. The reveal that, after a whole novel dreading it, Luo Binghe is the antagonist. Luo Binghe purposefully led these cultivators and monks and priests to Tianlang-jun and let them all think Tianlang-jun was the one fuelling Xin Mo. Tianlang-jun says “I can’t even fuel Zhuzhi-lang’s human form, how could I fuel Xin Mo?” and everyone feels like they were thrust under cold water. Luo Binghe stands there and smiles and adjusts his sleeves and doesn’t care because none of these cultivators can touch him, most of them were taken out during the fight with Tianlang-jun, and Luo Binghe has basically already won.

He says that he hates Shen Qingqiu choosing others over him. Shen Qingqiu always chooses someone or something else. Shen Qingqiu always leaves when he asks him to stay. Luo Binnghe says that he’s going to make sure Shen Qingqiu has no other choice. If Luo Binghe isn’t his first choice, then Binghe will become his only choice. He’s willing to destroy the human realm and the demon realm both so that Shen Qingqiu will only be able to choose him.

One of the monks is like “That’s kind of fucked up. You’re just going to make him hate you.”

Luo Binghe: “Shizun can hate me all he wants, as long as he never leaves. And he won’t be able to leave.”

Luo Binghe is the ultimate villain. He is literally unstoppable. He is almost totally unkillable. He’s the final boss, but he’s a boss who’s always scripted to win. He’s more powerful than all of them combined and he’s gone actually insane because he can’t control Xin Mo. Xin Mo is feeding all his insecurities and Luo Binhe decided that the cure was to tie Shen Qingqiu to him with a leash too tight to escape.

He is absolutely terrifying, in this moment. He’s insane. He’s outright telling everyone that he’s destroying everything they love because if he doesn’t, Shen Qingqiu might choose one of them over him.

He’s - so - cool!

Luo Binghe is always cool, he’s so badass, but this moment just cements how absolutely unhinged he is!! He is insane!! He is manipulative and silver-tongued and adaptable!! He is grabbing the narrative with both hands and forcing it to be the way he wants it to be! He’s so cool, he’s so very cool, and I get chills when I read this part, he’s too cool!!

And I’ve already made a long post about how meaningful it is that Shen Qingqiu ultimately does choose Luo Binghe. Even out of a world-ending event, he still chooses Luo Binghe. Shen Qingqiu only didn’t choose him before because he didn’t know that was an option. For the rest of the novel and all the extras that take place post-canon, he seeks out Binghe. He’s the sticky one.

He says he hurt Luo Binghe’s feelings by saying he didn’t want to sleep in his bed and he’s upset because he was going to give in if Binghe just pushed a bit further! He thinks Binghe is in danger and takes him to Qing Jing Peak and tells everyone not to bully him and tells Luo Binghe that he can beat up the Bai Zhan Peak disciples as much as he wants, as long as they don’t die. He patches him up and just generally sticks to him. In the extra where Binghe shrinks, he takes baby Binghe everywhere. He holds his hand and he’s obsessed with how cute he is and he can’t get over how cute he is and he wants to show off to everyone else how cute he is. He’s having the time of his life, and only gets upset when everyone thinks baby Binghe is his child because Luo Binghe is at least eight, when would he have had him? And he’s a man, that too.

(Ming Fan: “I just assumed Luo Binghe was a demon and demons could do what they wanted.”)

Shen Qingqiu travels everywhere with Binghe and teases Binghe and likes admiring Binghe because Binghe is so handsome and charming and wonderful and-

The succubus extra where he goes to a succubus’ cave with Liu Qingge and is too flustered to look at the naked women everywhere and is very impressed by Liu Qingge’s disinterest in all of them. Gets his fortune read because he thought it might be fun and is like “…yeah, okay, sure, like this is true” and it turns out to be completely true. Thinks Madam Meiyin is weird because she never even officially joined Binghe’s harem, what a weirdo, who wouldn’t want to join Binghe’s harem? Pushes Liu Qingge into a pond to help him get over sex pollen.

Shen Qingqiu is such a madlad. He transmigrates and is like “I’m not going to be stupid and panic and make everyone suspicious of me 🙄” then becomes the most suspicious man on the planet by treating his martial siblings and disciples slightly better than dirt. He’s as obsessed with Luo Binghe as Binghe is with him, but pretends (poorly) that he isn’t. Agrees to do what Binghe wants to do while admitting that Binghe is definitely manipulating him, but Binghe is so cute, how can he say no? Thinks his little white lotus disciple is as pure as a maiden while Luo Binghe is over there desperately trying not to get a boner.

Shen Qingqiu never figures out that Luo Binghe messed up excersizes on purpose as an excuse to cling to him. It doesn’t even cross his mind. He thinks Luo Binghe was just clumsy. He thinks it’s a bit weird, since Luo Binghe is so good as everything else, but figures it’s just something Binghe was going through. Literally never crosses his mind that it was purposeful. Doesn’t even pop up as an option. He remains completely oblivious to that, even after Luo Binghe literally tells him he’s been horny for him since he was a disciple. Shen Qingqiu just does not realize.

I also really like MoShang, I promise, I find their dynamic to be honestly quite sweet, especially since Mobei-jun is just a spoiled princess who isn’t used to having to ask for what he wants. Luo Binghe and Mobei-jun respect each other and might even be a bit fond of each other, but good God, Mobei-jun, do not give me romantic advice, I swear. Shang Qinghua is constantly like “Cucumber-bro is so stupid, how can he not notice Binghe’s feelings?” and Mobei-jun is behind him slowly counting to five thousand in an attempt not to punch anymore holes through the walls. Great dynamic, 10/10, at least Shen Qingqiu eventually realizes that Binghe’s into him, Shang Qinghua doesn’t get the hint.

I like Yue Qingyuan being like “My sword is my life. Quite literally, it is my life. Accidentally combined my life force in my sword, whoops, now I lose a few years everytime I pull my sword out ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯”

Qi Qingqi is constantly like “Shen Qingqiu, the most annoying man I know. I would sell him for a half-eaten, unsalted tortilla chip. I hate this man’s guts. He is staring at my darling prized disciple but not even in a horny way. He is obsessed with Luo Binghe and never stops bragging about him. He acts like he’s delicate just to get out of having to ride a horse. He’s so lame, so cringe, a loser, the worst.” And near the end she’s like “I guess Shen-shixiong isn’t actually the absolute worst man ever- What do you mean he chose to date the heavenly demon disciple who not only caused him to die, but also threatened to destroy the entire world and everyone on it?! Shen Qingqiu is the stupidest piece of shit man I swear I’m going to murder him with my bare hands and no body will blame me, they’ll probably thank me-“

Mu Qingfang: “Shen-shixiong is being… kind to me? Shen-shixiong… smiled? Shen-shixiong is… being the most reckless man alive, oh no, Shen-shixiong, no!”

Liu Qingge, hanging up pictures of Shen Qingqiu: “I hate Shen Qingqiu.”

All of Luo Binghe’s wives are in sorry states. Well, all of them aside from Ning Yingying, who is living her best life as number two Shizun supporter (number one is Luo Binghe), and Liu Mingyan, who is also living her best life, but by writing porn about her brother’s closest (read: only) friend and a demon. Sha Hualing is in constant suffering because Luo Binghe is a tyrant and also had the gall to ask her for advice on getting into another man’s pants. The Little Palace Mistress was certainly very rude, but Luo Binghe threw her emotional support whip into acid. That’s a bit rude. The others are either dead or Luo Binghe just never notices him because he’s too distracted trying to woo Shen Qingqiu.

Ning Yingying and Liu Mingyan got off lucky. Ning Yingying, especially, really drew the luckiest lot. She went from an airhead who accidentally said things that got her buddy in trouble to a talented cultivator who purposefully says things that get her into fights. Love her picking fights with anyone who badmouths her Shizun. She tried so hard to share the number 1 Shizun fan spot with Luo Binghe, but probably decided that she didn’t want to die and backed off. She apologizes to Luo Binghe because she knows he likes to be the only one to clean Shen Qingqiu’s house. The bestest girl.

Speaking of Bing-ge, I love him. That should be obvious (I wrote a whole fic just to let him be happy) but I really like him. I like when he says “Is this about last time we met? It was on me, Shizun, I swear…” like he didn’t rip Shen Qingqiu’s arm off. I like when he’s fucking pissed that he’s losing and furious that it’s to this weaker, insignificant version of himself who is happy and in love and Shen Qingqiu cares about him and he got to taste that, just briefly, just barely he got to taste how it felt to be loved by Shen Qingqiu, only for a day, he got to feel an ounce of the easy affection and love that didn’t have to lead to sex and that was protective of him instead of expecting him to be protective of them. Shen Qingqiu didn’t expect him to be the strong one, didn’t expect him to be the powerful demon lord, had no expectations at all aside from expecting affection.

And he says “Come with me” like he’s begging for it. He doesn’t understand. He feels like it’s unfair that he didn’t get a loving Shizun. He wants that love. He wants to be chosen. And, ultimately, he leaves, but it just left an impact on me. The way he expected to find a catch but only found that Shen Qingqiu was willing to die for him.

Anyway, all that said, Scum Villain’s pretty okay. I only lie awake thinking about it occasionally. It’s alright.

[poorly-drawn-scumvillain]

Yayyy~!!! Loving this art style and already excited to see more of your version of scum villain~

Poor Shen Qingqiu is in the thick of it and coping as well as he can, but at least his boy is here! Surely this will not have any negative effects of the timeline!

Is Yue Qingyuan going to be constantly crying?

Sorry I'm a bit late to answering the asks! 😅 I'm glad people are enjoying these silly little comics. Yue qingyuan doesn't make a lot of appearances in the comics I have prepared, but since a lot of people pointed it out I decided to keep it as a running gag lmao.

[tytangfei]

now that In Blossom is over...

i'm going to briefly compare ju jingyi's version of yang caiwei versus zheng hehuizi's version (the first actress) to answer the question of 'is ju jingyi's verson in character according to what we know of yang caiwei in the first two episodes and in childhood flashbacks?'

why? because a lot of people have a reluctance to start this drama due to ju jingyi. i get it, she's not everyone's cup of tea. also, she has a harder task in this drama as the actress that plays the second version of female lead, and many think that she didn't step it up.

but i wanted to throw my thoughts out there in case anyone was willing to give her/the drama a chance. does ju jingyi's version feel in character, and thus, tolerable?

yeah, mostly.

zheng hehuizi's version is just, mature, and sensible. but we know from flashbacks that she wasn't just serious all the time; with her friends, she was cheerful and bright. even at the little kids who bullied her in episode 1, she played a prank on them--showcasing a silly sense of humor and ability to shrug off judgements after years of discrimination. the main reason why she was serious in the first two eps was because she was trying to push pan yue away. (and also she was worried about her sick master.)

ju jingyi's version also was pretty much the same. she was just, smart, and wary of pan yue (rightly so). the reason why she acted extra super cheerful was because she was trying to show to pan yue that she, shangguan zhi, had changed. by doing this, she was hoping to draw his eyes away from her so she could investigate. that's why i accepted the fact that ju jingyi's version could be almost too much with the quirky acts; it was initially for a good reason. once she believed in pan yue, her character wasn't so quirky anymore, because she didn't need to be over-the-top about everything. once the quirkyness disappeared, she felt more attuned to the first version we saw.

so, in terms of whether it's in character and coherent, i would say yeah, it feels enough. it's not perfect, but it's just enough to get through (though the last parts of the drama didn't give much to her character...i say more on this near the end.)

the reality is we really didn't get to see much of zheng hehuizi's version so we really don't have that much as a frame of reference. in fact, we barely get flashbacks to when yang caiwei struggled after her parents died, and her learning coroner skills from her master. because of this, i'm forced by the story to just accept that ju jingyi's version is accurate/correct.

which isn't all bad. ju jingyi's version have several shining moments. (one of my fav scenes of her is when she's drunk and confesses she's not "shangguan zhi" but pan yue doesn't believe her, so she stares at pan yue achingly with these wide regretful sad eyes. we know her conflict, we know why she can't tell him the truth yet! it's heartbreaking.)

but what i've noticed, especially toward the end of the drama, is that ju jingyi's version actually doesn't get that much time to show her character's interiority. we don't get to see her, just by herself, thinking and feeling. the most obvious example of this is when she's in jail! and has been tortured!! and we see NOTHING except she's leaning against the wall and ignoring the food and jail guards. no thoughts, no words about her situation or reminiscing about her family or her master or concerns about her friends or pan yue??? she might die, does she not feel regretful that she hasn't brought justice to her family???? she just silently endures. that might be a testament to her strength of character, but as a viewer, i'm scratching my head. i'm not that compelled by her just sitting there. i need her to say or do something.

now, with the drama all wrapped up, i can definitely say that pan yue has so much more growth and growing than yang caiwei. even his relationship with his father gets a little redemption arc. pan yue becomes the biggest main character. yang caiwei, on the other hand, kind of stops growing once she and pan yue gets together.

whether it's by writing or her own acting or editing, yang caiwei ultimately is an underutilized character. we could've seen more of her character's growth to perhaps appreciate ju jingyi's version more. but we didn't get that, for better or for worse. i liked both versions of yang caiwei in the end. just wanted a bit more for her.

[centuryberry]

"Queen of the Mountain" Poll: Yue

Okay, this is the first time I'm doing something like this, but I've made a poll. Why? Well, because I've fallen down a picrew rabbit hole. And not just any picrew rabbit hole. An LMK picrew rabbit hole. I didn't realize that this existed until recently and it's done wonders in helping me bring Yue to life in the way that I imagine her when I write her. (An artist, I am not.)

I've made many of her in different outfits and different forms based on the events in Act II. (I made some for Act III! Modern Day Yue, my beloved.)

Now, my question to you all:

(Also, shoutout to @that-shy-fanfic-writer for bringing it to my attention that there was an LMK picrew! I'm having so much fun with it!)

[sisterofthemoonatla]

Chapter 6: A City Divided (Part 1)

Yay finally a new chapter! Please enjoy this snippet!

As Lián lay in the tub, running her fingers through her hair, she couldn’t help but think of Yue. Her thoughts always seemed to turn back to her sister, no matter what Lián did. When she was happy, she wished Yue was there to share it with her. When she was sad, she longed for her sister’s embrace. And now, as a sliver of the moon shone through the overcast sky, the feeling that she was missing a piece of her heart was as strong as ever. 

In her reflection, Lián could see some of Yue in herself: their eyes were the same blue, with small noses and soft pink lips. But while Yue’s face was clear, Lián’s was kissed by a million tiny freckles. 

When they were young, Lián had been jealous of her sister’s white hair and the story that came with it. She too, had wanted to be blessed by the spirits. No matter how much her parents insisted the story of Yue’s birth was a sad one, Lián had never been able to see it that way. She was jealous, plain and simple. 

“You know,” Yue had said, “you’re blessed by the spirits too.”

Lián could remember the conversation to a T, as though it was yesterday. 

She had pouted, like any child would when Yue had come up with the tale. 

“It’s true,” Yue insisted. “When you were born, you had the most brilliant and contagious smile that lit up the sky!”

“That’s silly, a smile can’t light up!”

Yue booped Lián on the nose. “Oh but it can, and it did. People from all over the tribe came to see your beautiful smile, and one day, it even attracted the attention of the spirits.”

Little Lián had perked up at the sound of the spirits being interested in her. “Really?”

“Oh yes, they were so delighted that every spirit who saw you gave you a little kiss.” She lightly touched one of Lián’s freckles. “This one was a kiss from the ocean spirit, and this one was from the Great Bear. Each one wished you a happy life, so that they could continue to see your smile.”

In an instant Lián’s jealousy had vanished as she pointed to each freckle, asking her sister whose kiss it was. Yue laughed, happily answering. 

Now, as Lián ran her fingers over the freckles of her face, tears came to her eyes. She knew her sister’s story was just that, but a small part of her still believed it to be true. After all, if she could smile so brightly the spirits could see it, maybe one day, her smile would return in full force, allowing Yue to see her from wherever she was. 

[juniperhillpatient]

PENULTIMATE CHAPTER!!! READ MY ATLA SCREAM AU FANFIC WHERE EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT & NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS!

The teens of Lakewood (AKA the Gaang Feat. the dangerous ladies) are deep in it having suffered brutal losses & getting no closer to learning the true identity of the killer behind the mask - come read PSPSPSPSP

Look I even made a silly mood board for it -

this time - A Twitter confession of murder. A killer trapped in a coma. The Red Flag Club is in the trenches with more questions than answers when Zuko admits to putting on the Ghostface mask, & claims Azula helped him slaughter their friends & family while locked in a trance. What is the truth? Just how many people have been masquerading as Ghostface & slicing & dicing the people of Lakewood? Angry, confused & unsure of what to believe Katara makes a deadly choice about who to trust as the seconds tick down & the bloody finale of this murder mystery approaches.

The most prominent ships in this fic are definitely Azula/Katara & Azula/Zuko - but also relevant are Jet/Katara, Sokka/Yue, Sokka/Suki, Jet/Ty Lee, Zuko/Mai & Jet/Yue. This is a horror/murder mystery/tragedy/slasher whodunit set in the Scream universe. The final chapter will be posted next week. No one is safe, & everyone is a suspect. Read at your own risk!

Okay BYE <3

[mellowyellow236]

Yue was a beautiful woman, who some used to say was born from starlight and the call of a crane. But her parents were old and had no sons, so she had to stay in the village as a maiden to take care of them. The jewel of a small village, trapped in a golden cage.

One day, a young nobleman came to the village while traveling. When he saw her, he fell in love instantly, proposing to the stop. Unable to outright reject him, she said “Come to fetch me when you have retrieved a branch made of gold and leaves made of jewels; If you can do that, you will win the right to my heart.”

He did not return, but there came a second noble in his place. This time, she told him to get a holy lyre played by a wind god. He returned with a counterfeit. She turned him away, and two more like him soon followed.

The emperor came to visit her one day, asking her “Love, if you marry me, I will make your beauty known throughout all the land.” She refused, saying that she did not need her beauty to be known, nor did she need to be confined to the palace.

He returned the next day, asking “Love, if you marry me, I will make you the richest woman in the land, and you will have a palace in every city.” She refused, saying that if she left her family that would be the same as leaving her heart.

He did not leave that day, and he told her “Love, if you do not marry me, I will set the village alight, and you will not marry anyone.” And she could not refuse him.

That night, she went to the river, weeping crystal tears of sorrow. She heard gentle whispers, follow, “Why do you cry, my dear?”

She answered, “I must be wed to a man who will burn those who refuse him.” The whispers seemed to hum, and told her;

“Drink the river water at the source, and he will forget every thought of you. But if you get too greedy, you will get more than you hoped for.”

Yue nodded and traveled to the source, finding a spring with water clearer than crystals and shimmering like moonlight. She held the water in her hands, taking a gulp. But she thought to herself, she could only fit so much in her palm, why wouldn’t she bring some home in case it wasn’t enough? But she had no vial on her to carry any. In worry, she took another sip after sip, and she prayed that she would be forgotten by the man.

She went back down to the village and soon reached her home. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Knocking again, her hand passed through the door. She walked through the door slowly, edging towards her room, as though approaching a wounded animal. As she entered, it was full of not her bed and clothes, but instead was dedicated to the storage of bamboo stalks and her father’s old bows. She ran to the window and tried to open it, to see if the garden was as she left it, but instead ran through the wall into a field of brambles. As she started once more, she heard the whispers again. She sobbed and choked out, “And what have you done? Come to mock me?”

“You were told not to get greedy, and yet you drank handfuls upon handfuls.” The whispers responded, “But the river is generous, it only tries to give you what you want. Take a few gulps for something new, and take some for to be drank when you feel most lonely. But in return, you must give up something as precious as what you desire.” But again, she did not stay to heed the whispers and warnings, running to find the roots of the crystal river once more.

She ran to it and drank straight from the source, her tears mixing with the river as she began to glow and lift, far away from the world she called her home. As she arose, the whispers asked, “And why do you drink, but only to fulfill yourself? You wished only to be remembered.”

“Yes, I only wish to be remembered. But why does that make me greedy? I am nothing but a poor girl, and yet the emperor will erase me for my refusal. Why should I not be remembered if he can?” The whispers giggled at that and told her.

“Silly child. You are no longer a girl; You are like me. Rise to the moon, sweet one, and remember that even reflected light looks lovely on a pond.”

Name: Yue

Surname: Akatsuki

Maiden name: Gui

Main Inspirations: Princess Kaguya, Chang’e, and The Little Mermaid

Lore, the reality of the fable:

I understand that I’m going to be acting like I’m contradicting myself in this section versus in the earlier, but in my version of our world for TWST, I use Yue as an actual mythological figure, which will tie more into Yuri (my Yuu’s) lore later. All you need to know for context is that the fable heard above is just that; Folklore based off of events that happened in that world. It’s why there are a few details like her being told to save some of the water, there being storage for her father’s bows, or her being stuck in a ‘golden cage’; It’s meant to show the fact that this myth has been altered and changed over time, a little detail that fits well with the context.

So, what happened was that Yue was a very beautiful woman who started to get proposals from various people, but gave them all impossible tasks and then refused them. Unable to tell the emperor himself that anything he brought was fake, she instead outright refused him, but he continued trying for her hand. Eventually, he got tired of it and decided to force her into it by threatening to kill everyone in her village. However, before he could take her to the capital, she went to go find the fabled magical crystal buried inside a lake near her. It was part of a magic pen that had been “lost” there because it was sent away by someone right before their friend overblotted. However, being unable to use the magic or know what it actually was, Yue chose to eat the stone, believing that either she would be able to get away from her suitor or die trying. In the end, she wished for her to be remembered pleasantly by her family and that they wouldn’t be hurt by the emperor, causing her magic to trigger and send her to the moon, the only place where she could be sure he would never find her.

Once she came there, there were already beings living on the moon. They require a lot of context because they’re a different kind of being, but to summarize, they called themselves seraphs and were humanoid creatures that were reborn every time they died and could fly. She lived with them, fell in love with one, got an immortality potion, and eventually had three children, twin girls and a son. However, realizing that the children had no wings or magic of their own, she chose to go back down to Earth for a little while and pretend to be a normal human, eventually ending up marrying the man who she pretended was Yuri’s father and helping take care of his other kids from his ex-wife.

Now that her children have gone missing, she’s stayed on Earth, deciding to keep looking for her here and to take care of the kids until someone notices that she’s not aging.

That’s all for now :) As always, leave a comment or ask if you have anything to add or anything else that you want to know

Edit: I just changed the formatting :)

[nuikasa]

Jesterkasajesterkasajesterkasajesterkasajester- *explodes*

You are lucky that he is my favorite card so I spent a good time on this 🥹

(he is obviously my version of jesterkasa...I need to update kasaverse)

[demonsheepprince]

Hello, I am very new to Tumblr and social media as a whole. I just want to rant about a SVSSS fanfic that has captured my mind it is so good.

There will be spoilers for it so before I get into what I like about it I'm gonna pitch a non spoiler version for anyone who actually happens to read this. Then I will get into what is so great about it.

***The author is demoniqt***, I am only gushing about the fic, the story is 100% not mine. I'm sorry for how cringe this is I sware I'm an adult I'm just an adult with no friends.

THE LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36698833/chapters/91545391

OKAY, SO.

It's called "The Hidden Flower" or "Yin Hua". The story follows Shen Jiu who has recently awoken in his third life right back where he began. After being reincarnated in the modern world and experiencing what it truly felt like to be loved, Shen Jiu doesn't stand for child abuse anymore! Since he can't change his past life, he has to start in this one. Only... he never meant to start his own sect full of orphans! Nor does he know why he has what seems like a whole cast of unlikely suiters asking for even a chance at courtship!

But why was he reborn like this? What about Binghe? Can he stop really that beast's rise to power?

Meanwhile, two others ponder what happened to a certain Qing Jing peak lord...

SPOILERS START!!!!! (Will sound like nonsense without reading fic)

Okay so this fic has it all. Ying Ying killing her husband, Tsundere Liu Qingge, Cool orphans, and really, really sad parts, and Yue Qingyuan simping.

So I'm not actually done it but honestly, when I realized Shange Qinghua was the one who found the knife, I was struggling not to yell. It all comes together so well and that is just great. I thought this fic would just be a silly time with some cute shenanigans but boy was I not ready for the emotional journey. There is one part near the beginning where Shen Jiu wonders if he would have turned out better in his first life if he were shown kindness and- THE ANSWER IS YES!! Living though his second life and being showed love made him kind and empathetic. The whole thing has this whole theme of kindness breaking a cycle of trauma and it is amazing. I have so many screen shots of emotional and funny parts of this fic.

The ocs are so top teir. Cheng Yi and Qi are the best sisters and the Songstresses- I love them. The relationship between Shen Jiu and the previous Qing Jing peak lord is really sweet, as well as just the interaction in general between him and the Cang Qiang peak lords.

I made some very rough fan art. I'm not finished yet, but I wanted to include it because if Shen Jiu with a veil doesn't make you want to read it, I don't know what will.

[former-general-geshu-lin]

A letter to my general;

General, please come back safely. I've been overworked during your absence, yet my tent is always open should you return. I'm sure you've seen how much Jiyan has changed since your disappearance, as such, I wouldn't dabble on that subject much today.

Have you been eating well during your travels? Oh how I wished I could've ran after you the night you left to take down that Thorax alone. It pains me that the last thing I have is this silver ring you've promised me around my finger, and the earring you've gifted me... Please come back.

—Sincerely, Xing Yue, Midnight Rangers' Head Nurse.

(I’m going to admit I had this in my inbox, and was heavily debating on how to answer it— given that I am unsure if your intent was for Geshu to answer as a phantom (?) which would be difficult given he can’t receive physical mail… though if he’s supposedly missing, then he wouldn’t receive physical mail either even if he weren’t a phantom. Also mentioning the Ovathrax implies the timeline to be after fighting the Threnodian, so everyone assumes he’s dead (and likely technically is?) that being said, I prefer not to be unrealistic even if an ask is kind of silly or otherwise doesn’t make much sense, but this particular letter just sort of stumped me on how to go about answering it. I didn’t want to make assumptions, or try and create a scenario in which he would somehow obtain this letter as either a phantom or a physical person if that wasn’t your initial intention. But I also didn’t want to leave it unanswered…)

(Another thing, I’m assuming this is meant to be a plot where Geshu is already romantically involved with someone… I generally prefer to avoid established relationships right off the bat because it’s more difficult to not veer into OOC when romantic interactions don’t fit very well with a character’s personality. That’s not to say he won’t ever have romantic interactions, just that it takes work to get there, you are free to read through this blog’s rules again if something is unclear)

(As for this letter, again— I was a little confused on how to respond, so if you’d like to send another ask and tell me more in detail the plot you had in mind and specify if you’d like Geshu to be a phantom or not, that would help a little bit…)

(I apologize for my confusion and the small rambling, I just didn’t want to assume and end up choosing the wrong way to go about answering it)

[cum-villain]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

no problem, i love ask games like this!

this is in no particular order, just vaguely The Top Ten

ainosuke shindo from sk8 the infinity. he is such a fun guy. he commits crimes yes but hes sad and pathetic so i forgive him. his whole deal with love and "love" is jhasdhfd hellyeah.

shen qingqiu from scum villain's self saving system. what can i say, he is literally the guy of all time. he is shizunhusbandwifemommydaddy. he is the transgender transphobic homosexual homophobic asexual man woman nonbinary peep. hes special.

shen qiao from thousand autumns. i barely know anything about him but he is so so precious i cannot not list him here. baby <3

mike wheeler from stranger things. if you look at my st blog youll notice its literally all mike jhsdghasdgfhasd. hes so complex and hes also my sweet baby. i love picking him apart.

yue qingyuan from svsss. i want to give him a hug and tell him everything will be alright and give him his beloved and make them tell The Truth About Things for 10 minutes because he deserves it. i just. cry. he.

shi qingxuan from tian guan ci fu is literally an icon and 90% of what i know about her is from spoilers but honestly slay. i cant decide if shes genderfluid or a trans woman but either way. its in the text and that amazes me. cant believe theres a gender character in my danmei novel. also she slays so hard. queen.

shen jiu from svsss is my wet pathetic baby and also so so tragic. objectively terrible person but i forgive him. also she is trans. to me.

youngblood from roleslaying with roman. he is the moon but actually thats a facade hes the sun. man it feels weird using he/him pronouns for yb because i am so convinced she is gender. it has no canon basis but she is a queen ok.

armand from interview with the vampire. specifically the books because i have never watched the show in my life. he slays i think.

luo binghe. bingbing. my babygirl. my silly goose boy. he <3333

[salsflore]

hi this is a free ramble pass IMSORRY I CANT THINK OF ANY QUESTIONS SO UNO REVERSE BACK TO U !!!!!!!!

ok maybe is there any songs that remind u of them i always find that interesting. HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT BLOG IM GUESSING IM

AHHH its okayyy i only sent you that ask because you were being way too cute and silly and mental over him LOL don’t feel obligated to send me anything back ～ 🤍 but i’ll answer the question anyways! hehehe thank you thank you! some of them share the same songs just bc why not!

the one general song i have for all of them is cupid by fifty fifty! its very cute okayyy i can’t help loving it so much T_T but like.. in a more positive perspective instead of the forever alone one lol

for childe:

glue song - beabadoobee

dream boy - waterparks

dance, baby! - boy pablo (but like less depressing than intended)

try again - jaehyun, d.ear

not another song about love - hollywood ending

fancy - twice

for zhongli:

ji ming yue - sing

honeymoon un deux trois - dateken

when i'm with you - soyou

cupid - sam cooke

donut - twice

habang buhay - zack tabudlo

only - leehi

then suddenly love - frank sinatra

for diluc:

honeymoon un deux trois - dateken

falling for u - mxmtoon

only - leehi

i don’t wanna miss you (like i do) - austin weber (but again, less depressing)

restless - bibi

then suddenly love - frank sinatra

for alhaitham:

crush - yuna

fucking boyfriend - the bird and the bee (but like.. i view it differently than how youre intended to? i guess)

sanctuary - joji

then suddenly love - frank sinatra

^ i’ve used that song thrice. anyways not many come to mind for him, oopsies