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this is the full video of patti lupone breaking the sound barrier at the 1988 tony awards btw

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bitchin’.

quick sketch based off this ↓

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can you please draw your version of chibi yan wushi and shen qiao with their characteristics animal features on them?

Shen Qiao may seem angry, but he actually is enjoy himself lmao Thanks for the request!! :D

[ID: A Thousand Autumns Doodle. Yan Wushi with wolf/husky traits (tail and ears) smugly and flirtatiously holds up Shen Qiao in his arms, as his tail wags. SQ with deer traits; ears, antlers and tail, and a flustered :< expression looks down at YW while bracing himself with his hands on YW's shoulders. End ID]

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Shen Qiao

...again.

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I like to think Shen Qiao's eyesight never fully recovered, and in a few years his vision starts to deteriorate again. It's not total blindness at least, but he does get glasses.

All of a sudden, Xuandushan disciples become very diligent and obedient, the elders are agreeable, and merchants keep giving him free stuff. His negotiations with other sects go very smoothly, although for some reason Li Qingyu becomes unintelligible at times and keeps leaving in a hurry. He'd visit Yan Wushi's disciples in Chang'an and witness Yu Shengyan, normally agile enough to cartwheel on walls, trip and fall several times during these visits.

He sort of understands what's going on when he and Bai Rong meet at an inn and she asks him, after an hour of silence and blatant stares, if he keeps the glasses on during sex. Seeing as Yan Wushi won't be home for another two weeks, he answers that he hasn't tried, which prompts a round of propositions that were more eager than the last.

He finally makes sense of the situation when his husband gets home, takes one look at him, and carries him to bed in one second. In the following weeks, Yan Wushi, known as the most mercurial contrarian in the country, follows all of Shen Qiao's whims and eagerly fulfills even the slightest requests.

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AU where Shen Qiao cultivates new methods for his martial arts while never regaining his full eyesight.

And Yan Wushi /loves/ to play stupid pranks on him.

Swaps out their cups at dinner so shen qiao takes a sip of unexpected wine. Leaves inappropriate statues out where Shen Qiao will undoubtedly take the time to feel along all its curves until he realizes what it is and flings it away. Mid conversation Yan Wushi will silently strip out of his robes and see how long it takes for Shen Qiao to realize his husbands improper state.

Dw though he's not helpless and can usually catch on pretty quick to the pranks. Not that he'd ever admit he sort of likes his husband's antics 🫣

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Yanshen are so funny to me because Yan Wushi’s supervillain plot to make Shen Qiao evil and spiteful almost barely works but like. Specifically only towards Yan Wushi

Shen Qiao is consistently amicable and peaceful towards people who have wronged him in the past and almost never actively seeks revenge but the literal moment Yan Wushi opens his mouth he’s like “maybe I should give this person a Head Injury”

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Shen Qiao explaining how he was not able to hold onto hatred or grudges was so satisfying for me to read because, for the first time, I could relate to a white lotus character. From my experience, hatred and resentment are exhausting to hold onto. I mean, I would fume for a few hours, but ultimately, I ended up rationalizing the incident and deciding on how to move forward with the conclusion. I'm left with some wariness towards difficult people still because, even though thoughts about them don't regularly occupy my mind, I still know enough about their personalities to avoid them for my own good. It's not an act of kindness or benevolence or mercy or forgiveness—I just barely have the energy to spare to focus on functioning normally and interacting with others, I can't spare any more to stew on grudges.

It's pretty much the same for Shen Qiao. It's not that he's an infinite well of kindness, or the kind that believes in second chances, or someone who brushes aside the wrongs committed on them. He's wary of those who have betrayed him and kind to those who are kind or yet to be evil to him. He's not someone who thinks redemption is for everyone—he killed HJX because he was a danger to the public, and he castrated Mu Tipo because he's a serial rapist, and a noble so he could only stop at castration unfortunately. He will try to prevent injustices when he comes across them, but he has enough awareness to know his limits and to act within them. He is set in his ideals and morals, but also respects that there will be people with different or opposing ones which does not make them less worthy in his eyes. One of his selling points as a character is his compassion and inner strength, but my favorite aspect of his that goes unappreciated a lot is his rationality that does not minimize his empathy.

Yes, he will risk his life to go to an underground desert city for the sake of two hostages, but if you consider the facts, he owes those two a debt for allowing him and Yan Wushi to stay and recover. He indirecrly brought them trouble, so he decided to take responsibility. There's an underlying rationale in his selflessness, but it doesn't take away from his selfless attitude.

It's why characters like Yu Ai and Chen Gong (and maybe even Yan Wushi at the beginning) can't stand him—he looks and acts so unaffected no matter what happens to him. For characters like them, who remember transgressions and hold on too deeply to past hurts, it's infuriating to see someone who appears to let all his hardships slide off him.

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So I read Thousand Autumns

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I can’t believe Yan Wushi pulled a fuckin Barbie “you’re like a rock <3” line as his confession

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I love Bingbing

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The Simpsons, Season 4, Episode 15: I Love Lisa

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Scum Disciple AU: Shen Yuan’s ever loyal disciples express their appreciation for their shizun 🥰

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This show (To Be Hero X) is a WILD ride!!! XD Def give it a look if you have some time!! These two characters had like 2 minutes of screen time together but I was like !!! I have to draw them!!!

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Pope’s dead

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No one:

The pope: