[ID: Low quality screenshot of white text on a red background, reading: “i don’t think people understand that it actually physically fucking pains me that it’s a fictional character and i can never actually grasp it at night or know what it’s like to kill with it” end ID.]
the ling xi caves don’t want to hurt you. they want to breathe life into you. come closer, stay here; they shall save you, you shall live. it is their will that you live. no matter how they are harmed in return, it just means it wasn’t enough. they will always return to heal you. fill the void that your presence left, give you the means to stabilize yourself, give fuel to the fire, heal you. how could this have happened, when it had so much to give.
shen jiu’s inability to let go of anything, surrounding himself in proof of his wealth and status as to affirm his safety; yue qi’s inability to let himself keep anything except that which would uproot him if it was torn from him… truly sickening beyond measure.
also reminder to me when i’m more awake to actually add the previous peak lords tags to all relevant posts
The reveal of Yue Qingyuan’s dependence on Xuan Su usually remain between him and a handful of people or less in fandom, but I do have to wonder sometimes what would happen if it was very publicly revealed instead.
Like how “unnatural path” are we talking about here.
Is it “lol yikes, REALLY embarrassing for CQMS🥴anyway…” bad, or are we talking “removed from leadership of his orthodox sect and ending up in the Water Prison waiting for trial” bad.
Chapters: 3/6
Rating: Mature (Graphic Depictions Of Violence)
Relationships:
Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu & Yue Qingyuan
Characters:
Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu, Yue Qingyuan, Previous Generation
Cang Qiong Mountain Sect Peak Lords, Qing Era Peak Lords as Disciples
Additional Tags:
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Yue Qingyuan gets mortally
wounded at Bai Lu Mountain, Shen Jiu reacts totally normal, anyway
here’s some other tags to support that theory,
Obsessive Behavior, Angst, Blood and Injury, Grief/Mourning,
Qijiu that can be read either platonic or romantic just please don’t
read them as normal or healthy whee, POV Shen Jiu | Original Shen
Qingqiu, Tags may be updated with later chapters
Summary: Shen Qingqiu refuses Yue Qingyuan’s last request to
speak to him before the ambush at Bai Lu Mountain. It seems like only
one of them will live to regret it.
i’d have such a constructive discussion with wei qingwei on which swords to get it on with. xuan su wins out of course but god what i’d give to have a torrid affair with xin mo that fundamentally wrecks my life
yuefang is genuinely one of my favorite duo names. it looks cool & is very pleasant to say
i understand words and phrases. my dialogue is natural and in character. i know where the plot is going. my word count is reasonable. i am not scared of my document
so you know that cursed sword that slowly drives whoever wields it mad & causes mysterious illnesses? you guessed it: scabbard was absolutely loaded with black mold
Positive affirmations:
imo you get the most out of engaging with media when you strike a balance between treating characters as people (reading interiority into their actions, considering the effect of various aspects of their identity, etc etc) and as vehicles for storytelling (what narrative purpose do they serve, how do their actions and personality function to convey the themes of the work, etc etc). because of course characters are literary devices but also there’s a reason we use literary devices written to embody realistic people in order to tell stories
Mischaracterization getting so brutal I’m about to ask people for sources and citations on their wrong opinions
daily affirmations
visibly shaking does anyone want to talk about the entitlement the sect leaders have to people’s bodies i would love-hate to talk about the entitlement the sect leaders have to people’s bodies especially their succeeding disciples pleaseee for the love of god it’s so dark
Now do you hate me?
Are you afraid of me?
Are you able to feel culpability?
Come forth and kill me
Bow down and worship me
Take your time, all we have is eternity
spiritually, i’m getting torn apart by meat hooks
but physically? well i’m getting torn apart by meat hooks
head in my hands. i have got to stop talking about yqy’s system or else i’ll forever be that weird yqy system person
Chapters: 2/6
Rating: Mature (Graphic Depictions Of Violence)
Relationships:
Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu & Yue Qingyuan
Characters:
Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu, Yue Qingyuan, Previous Generation
Cang Qiong Mountain Sect Peak Lords, Qing Era Peak Lords as Disciples
Additional Tags:
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Yue Qingyuan gets mortally
wounded at Bai Lu Mountain, Shen Jiu reacts totally normal, anyway
here’s some other tags to support that theory,
Obsessive Behavior, Angst, Blood and Injury, Grief/Mourning,
Qijiu that can be read either platonic or romantic just please don’t
read them as normal or healthy whee, POV Shen Jiu | Original Shen
Qingqiu, Tags may be updated with later chapters
Summary: Shen Qingqiu refuses Yue Qingyuan’s last request to
speak to him before the ambush at Bai Lu Mountain. It seems like only
one of them will live to regret it.
