Bingge/sqq Kiss From The Extras

I’m going to say something a bit blasphemous in the MDZS fandom

Lan Wangji is just as culpable as Jiang Cheng in how things panned out in regards to the Wen Remnants and Wei Wuxian’s fate. The only real difference is how he actually acknowledges it while Jiang Cheng sinks into denial.

Hear me out. Lan Wangji is the only other person than Jiang Cheng who actually visits the Burial Mounds and sees for absolute certain that the people Wei Wuxian is looking after are just innocent civilians.

But nothing comes of that visit. Nothing at all. Like I mention in a previous post that he could have told Lan Xichen and that went nowhere because Jin Guangyao lies but actually…

It’s implied Lan Wangji shouldn’t have been in Yiling. That he sneaked away to be there. He didn’t tell anyone about his visit because he likely broke a few rules and was pretending otherwise.

The thing is, Lan Wangji absolutely does deserve in part the punishment that is those 13 years of quiet misery without Wei Wuxian. Because he’s in part responsible for that even happening.

There is a theme in the third flashback you have to search for. And that is that no one actually does anything except Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian is basically the only active person in that part of the story outside of the corrupt Jin Sect. In the face of everything, in the face of evil, people do nothing.

And by the end…people who do act do so too late to make a difference.

Jin Zixuan arrives too late in Qiongi Path to actually calm down the situation.

Wen Qing hands herself in alongside Wen Ning but it is too late as Jin Sect already decided to take everything from Wei Wuxian and just wanted a means to a) give justification so that Lan Sect would help with the attack on Wei Wuxian and b) hide the fact they don’t destroy Wen Ning and instead take him in to study.

Jiang Yanli comes to Nightless City to try to stop the violence but it’s too late because everyone has already pledged to attack and kill Wei Wuxian and the Wen Remnants.

Lan Wangji rescues Wei Wuxian in the aftermath of Nightless City but it is too late as he has been broken beyond salvation by the events of the past few weeks.

The only hope that is seeded is that Lan Wangji’s last minute action allows Wei Wuxian to survive and recover enough so he can destroy half the Yin Tiger Seal before his death. Considering Wei Wuxian remained out of it two days after Nightless City, he would have died otherwise and Jin Guangshan would have gotten his hands on the complete Yin Tiger Seal.

Instead he needed it fixed, which lead to a series of events that ultimately led to Wei Wuxian coming back…

But even so, in the past Lan Wangji did nothing. And he knows that. He did absolutely nothing to help Wei Wuxian before and that, more than anything, is why he refuses to be separated from Wei Wuxian and follows his lead 100% throughout the novel.

bro shut the fuck up im analyzing homoerotic subtext

(05/??)

Part 1 & 2

"mobei-jun's intervention"

really funny to think about pidw mobing actually can u imagine ur boss comes back from his interdimensional field trip and is like alright ive gleaned the key to achieving true happiness: i need to fuck men. and then the camera slowly pans to you

♥ Day 6: Free day ♥

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

We all have a hard time this year, but let's wish a best days for each other and stay proud!

Tiān Guān Cì Fú AO3-Fics

Fengqing

are you in love yet?

Bésame

bind

do i wanna know?

Golden Light Soothes a Hurt Heart

hard to reach (harder to love)

I Didn’t Mean It (I Did)

i have died everyday waiting for you

i won’t run from you

little beastie

Morning Sun

Mu Qing and his Cursed Luck

The Chapstick Challenge

The Five Sweetest Words

The Meaning of a Dream

The Rivals Edition to Hate, Joy, and Love

Things We Lost in the Fire

To Trail A Killer

try to be rhythmical

Waffle Irons and Autumn Warmth

we wake up together and you suggest we eat breakfast

where you go

would rather be a headache

you, my antagonist

Quanyin

between a wish and a prayer

cold hands, warm heart

consolation match

gifts

rough

Shuangxuan

a better ending

All That Was Lost, All That Remains

Blessed Beginnings, Blessed End

bringing in the wine

critique

empty waters

even the mayflies fly away

feast

if you can’t summon the flames directly from hell, store bought is fine

living with the ghost magnetic

of debts

On Working With A Water Demon

pearl

returning tides

sink

Still Waters

stronger currents

the art of cruelty

the tide it takes me away from you, and it brings me back again

the vicious, vengeful sea

too good at goodbyes

venues

vermilion

walking on air

welcome to my cage, little lover

your hand on my waist, my hand on your swim trunks

i don’t often think of bingqiu and hualian in terms of parallels because their stories are so different and the parallels i’ve seen discussed have felt a little intuitive, but one that i’ve never really thought about isn’t a parallel between the red/blacks and the white/blues, but instead luo binghe and xie lian, and consequently shen qingqiu and hua cheng.

we’ll actually start with shen qingqiu and hua cheng—who are they? well, they’re both strong individuals that are originally (or throughout the story) cast in sort of villainous, disreputable roles. the ghost king, the scum villain. their styles of devotion are completely different in that hua cheng is infinitely more demonstrative and verbally/physically affectionate than shen qingqiu, completely lacking any shame when it comes to xie lian, but they’re both in some way quietly (and sometimes less quietly) devoted to their partner, to the point of physical sacrifice for them. devotion is obviously a key theme throughout all three of mxtx’s work, there’s more to it than that with tgcf and svsss.

neither hua cheng nor shen qingqiu are all that aware of their own innate value to the world around them. and, consequently, neither quite understand why their partners are with them, consciously or unconsciously. shen qingqiu spends plenty of time mentally blue-screening the first few times that luo binghe shows him affection and wonders why he isn’t bestowing it upon his theoretical future wives, and hua cheng was so ruthlessly tormented for his appearance that he can’t fathom being called handsome or worthy of so much as a touch on the hand from xie lian. the roles they’re cast in by their societies further drive this: shen qingqiu doesn’t internalise the good he’s done in changing the world of pidw, the people whose lives he’s saved or positively impacted just by existing, and hua cheng is hua cheng. immensely powerful, frighteningly knowledgeable, endlessly devoted. he’s an excellent artist, a clever mouth, a talented carpenter (sorry)—all of this, external to his vices and usefulness as a ghost king. they both have their values to the world that we the audience can pick out, but when do either ever say, “hey. i did a good thing, existing. my existence has value, and i should protect it accordingly,” (looking at you for that self-detonation, shen qingqiu)

compare these two to their husbands—brilliant, beautiful, devastatingly, mouth-wateringly powerful luo binghe and xie lian. luo binghe knows his strengths, even if he places all his value in the hands of his shen qingqiu—he knows he’s beautiful, he knows he’s strong, he knows he’s clever and talented and all these things. despite how these things have no value to him if shen qingqiu doesn’t care for them, he’s still conscious of their existence. similarly, xie lian was crown prince of xianle, the strongest martial god, so talented that he ascended at the age of 17. again, he knows the nature of his strengths, even if they matter little to him in the grand scheme of his 800 years of ascent and descent, suffering and anger and thinly-veiled depression.

it’s an interesting contrast to what you’d expect, that when it comes to their feelings towards their relationships—the fact that they’re actually involved with these people that they admire so deeply, are devoted to in ways that are either heartbreakingly over-the-top or subtly devastating—hua cheng and shen qingqiu are the ones that share this glaring similarity.

Free to use bnha icons! Credit would be very appreciated but not needed. Sorry I couldn’t do the whole class I only had enough energy for 6 (+ an extra kiri because… that mask…smh) so I chose my faves.

edit: removed the white border sorry!

SVSSS fic recs - UPDATED DEC 21

I decided to make several rec lists this year. Since @veliseraptor asked for SVSSS recs, I’m starting with these. I’m not good with descriptions but I can guarantee that everything on this list is amazing.

Also I tried to sort it into pairings, most of which inlcude some version of Binghe and some verison of SQQ, but sometimes the lines between bingmei and bingge and even sy and sj are made blurry by fics, so please take this division with a grain of salt.

EDIT: I originally comliped this rec list in March 2021 and am now updating it in December 2021. For those fics I’ve added now I put (NEW) in the list.

Bingqiu:

High Mountain, How I Long by Minimalistless.

Huan Hua palace divergence

white amaranth, purple eggplant by tshirt.

Postcanon, domestic, dealing with trauma.

honesty is such a lonely word by chrysaliseater.

truth serum, trial (!) fic Songs of a Wayfarer by foxflowering 

An absolutely stunning ballet AU. Reads like Virginia Woolf if she were into danmei.

(NEW) Deluxe System 2.0: Co-op Mode! by kitsunealyc

What if Shen Jiu’s soul never left his body, and he and Shen Yuan had to cooperate. The perfect fix-it for SJ. Qijiu as side-ship. 

(NEW) Unfinished Business by kitsunealyc

Bingge gets back to his teenage self and gets a system. Shen Qingqiu is Shen Jiu but he was Shen Yuan in between and got therapy. Interesting SJ/SY character blend. (WIP)

(NEW) dew over by ataratah

After self-destructing, SY comes back as rogue cultivator Peerless Cucumber. He and LBH start a casual relationship while LBH pines for his “dead” shizun. Cue SY being jealous of himself (that gotta be one of my favorite tropes). SJ also makes appearance (with hints of qijiu).

Bingjiu:

Shadows can bleed by SenZen_Travers

my favorite fic in this fandom. LBG resurrects SJ and tries to change him to his liking.

Не в нашей власти by Ликующий Октаэдр.

After his death, Shen Jiu returns to the time when he suffered his qi deviation and tries to change his fate. Amazing strategizing. (Russian, WIP)

point of view by acernor

SJ and LBG changes places, super hot hate sex ensues

(NEW) the taste of blood, the claim of love by newamsterodam

the one where lbh makes sj his advisor. it works very well.

(NEW) Там, где нас никогда не было - Nuoba

very hot fix-it with foot fetish

(NEW)  only want love (if it’s torture) – Chesra

A lovely AU where LBH engages in a demon courtship with SJ

(NEW) faithless love (the only hoax i believe in) – Chesra

SJ puts LBG under a love potion. Delicious plot twists. (WIP)

(NEW) more delicate than the golden blossoms by xiaolongbaobei

LBG changes his treatment of his prisoner. beautifully evocative language, the best description of LBH’s demonic court ever. (WIP)

(NEW) from your knees by persicae

assassination attempt as foreplay. bingjiu at their finest

(NEW) Proud Immortal Demon’s System by Queen_Buster

Bingge relives his disciple days with a mission from the System to make himself a kinder shizun. Interesting plot; a satisfying read. (WIP)

Bingyuan:

How to Handle Laundry when Traveling Inter-Dimensionally by hoarous

hot washing machine sex

Reflected in Shadow by ibex_ascendant

LBG kidnaps SQQ. Cool worldbuilding, among other things. Has Non-Consensual Hurt/Comfort as a tag, how cool is that! (WIP)

to love another (and to learn yourself) by nyoomerr

LBG kidnaps SY (who was never SQQ and only read the novel), then re-learns how to be human. sweet.

(NEW) pay no attention to the man by PandaFlower 

SJ is reborn as SY (but still in xianxia setting), LBG forces him to marry him. (WIP)

(NEW) the best luo binghe by neery

LBG roleplays himself where SY roleplays SQQ. Cue hot and emotional CNC.   others (NEW) voluntary victim (tie the noose) by technorat     

bingliujiu the most delicious sj whump

(NEW) recovery by moonsheen

qijiu, sj is rescued by sy and co and nursed to health

(NEW) The Quest To Happiness by karrot

shen jiu/everyone. A funny, feel-good omegaverse fic

blowing my own trumpet

鬼火|ghost light

bingjiu. LBG manipulates SJ’s memory to make him think they’re married. (WIP)

a point of honor

liujiu. Liu Qingge rapes Shen Jiu during his qi deviation and tries to make amends. (WIP)

don’t let them throw me away

liujiu with side bingqiu. human stick! sj gets transported into the world of svsss, where he ends up in lqg’s charge (four finished instalments, two more to come)

I’ve got more SV fics but am too lazy to create so many links so you’ll have to look at my AO3 for that.