Shen Jiu (I Will Not Degrade Myself By Explaining What Happened) 🤝 Yue Qingyuan (I Will Not Degrade

One thing that kinda frustrates me about Shen Jiu fics is that they so often try to sanitize him. Make him nicer/more misunderstood than he actually is.

Like, he was definitely very misunderstood in source material, but he also was straight up a terrible person too, y'know? Both things can be true at once.

The biggest thing is his treatment of Luo Binghe, playing on the idea that it wasn't *as* bad as the characters thought it was. Now, this is just plain wrong cause we know from the extras that SJ gave Binghe the fake cultivation manual with the intent that it would literally explode him. He really wanted to murder that kid, yall. Loony toonz ass villain. Keep this man away from children

And he was definitely a total asshole to all his coworkers, even during disciple days. The other Peak Lords are under no expectation to like him nor tolerate his behavior, especially since they (except Yue Qingyuan) don't know about his backstory (very intentional on SJs part)! SJ very deliberately ostracized himself. His nasty reputation didn't just spring up out of nowhere. He has agency even in other people's opinions of him.

This is particularly notable in his interactions with Liu Qingge. It wasn't "LQG bullies poor SJ and spreads nasty rumors about him." It was a rivalry, a give and take between the both of them. They were both assholes to each other, but clearly, despite the animosity, there was some deeper feeling (SJ being so affected after LQG's murder accusations and then later death). Again, agency is key here.

He's also completely unrepentant until the very end! He will never apologize ever, so no sudden "oh god, what have I done?" heel-turns for him, buddy. If it was that easy, then he wouldn't have gotten human sticked in the first place.

SJ is tragic and sympathetic. SJ is also an awful person and a complete asshole. He's allowed to be both, and both of these sides of him are what makes him an interesting and engaging character.

Edit: holy shit stop interacting with this post everytime I open my notifications I think I’m getting reactions to my more recent shit and instead it’s just this bs. Anyways thanks for 1k notes

This kind of QiJiu fic is so special to me, ITS FUNNY AS HEELLLL

from https://archiveofourown.org/works/62298721?view_adult=true

When Is A Monster Not A Monster? by ParueCake (MiraEyeteeth) in AO3

Muse and Artist

Being a muse is far exceptional, a role of no other.

The reason that is an artist's affection is just as exceptional.

Capturing the very thing you adore by your own hands feel just as luxurious as having your being appreciated and into a media of art.

Being deemed as worthy of an artist's affection to be immortalized as a piece of art, is as precious as creating it, able to capture your beloved into an art you made by your own hands.

To have the experience of loving, and being loved is one half of each other, a perfect pair.

For that is why, the role of a muse is indeed special, for you receive the tender affection of an artist.

And the role of the artist is as enjoyable, for you're blessed by their very own presence you deem as art not yet portrayed as an oil painting at the main entrance of an art museum.

(im new on tumblr and not a native speaker of english, im sorry if theres some embarassing mistakes! )

Oh, sorry, I accidentally posted two same pictures

just like you

day 7

why are people so against negative character development? characters don’t need to improve and become better people they can get worse and make mistakes and end up in a worse state than when they began and it’s just as interesting and entertaining as characters developing positively

gay ass snippet of my oc lore

The Lord is testing me.

LMFAOOOO I’M CRYING

Sherlock rating places Liam fell asleep at

(we don't know the specifics about liam, but when i see people who have similar condition, it seems like they sometimes know when they're about to pass out, in which case they'll quickly position themselves accordingly to avoid getting hurt when they eventually lose consciousness and fall (like leaning on something, or sitting down) so i assume liam would also do the same. he also already kinda did this in that in chapter 24. i Think!)

also i doubt there are people who haven't seen this before, but just in case: i was largely inspired by this, drawn by the ma'am herself. if you have twitter please interact with her original post here. thank you for reading!

I think about this part all the time he is so fucking funny