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“SVSSS is the silly one out of the three novels”, I say and immediately get reminded of the tragedy that is Qijiu and how the happiest ending Yue Qingyuan could get was to live a life full of regrets.

All my drawing time lately has gone into a school project so here's a bunch of very quick animal doodles I did to draw something less serious

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

*guy who has repressed every feeling he's ever had* yeah I'm just really good at rolling with the punches I guess haha

honestly qijiu are so crazy like wdym the two highest-ranked peak lords of the cultivation world's largest sect are childhood friends, rags to riches, lovers to enemies, "the one that got away" and they HID IT. FROM ALL THE OTHER PEAK LORDS. FOR DECADES. NOT EVEN A SINGLE PERSON KNEW???

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The difference between Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan is not that Shen Yuan would never do the things Shen Jiu does

It's that, fundamentally, Shen Jiu will do anything to protect himself except be honest with himself or others and Shen Yuan will do anything to protect others except be honest with himself or others

In other words to compare bingqiu to qijiu

Shen Jiu will commit great violence because he is sure he's right and Yue Qingyuan will permit it out of guilt despite his personal wishes

Shen Yuan will permit Luo Binghe to commit great violence because he is sure Luo Binghe is right to do so. Luo Binghe will refrain from committing violence out of guilt despite his personal wishes

Luo Binghe outsources his moral compass to Shen Yuan but Shen Yuan is outsourcing his rage and violent urges to Luo Binghe

Shen Yuan is not as far from Shen Jiu as people think

Qijiu week 2024 Day 3: Transmigration: Some things never change...

“You really hold your grudges (jichou).”

“I’m afraid Shizun hasn’t seen what I’m really like when I hold a grudge. … But if I were to say that, toward Shizun, I only hold memories (ji), not grudges (chou). I probably wouldn’t be believed, right?”

I like this little linguistic maneuver in Luo Binghe’s response that breaks down the commonly used word 记仇 (jichou/“to bear grudges”) into its two components: 记 (ji/“to remember”) and 仇 (chou/“hatred/hate” or “enmity”) to create the somewhat unconventional phrase 只记，不仇 (zhǐ jì, bù chóu/only remember, no hate/grudges). Neat.