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I fear the joke has manifested in real life

Rip to Hawks, it's a canon event that no matter the world, you still would've gotten the on sale Endeavour merch

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Rip Shen Yuan, you would've hated the fact that I have learned more about cultivation by svsss and svsss fanfics rather than actual cultivation novels and PIDW

And more importantly, rip Liu Mingyan because she would've agreed with me

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Little Shen Jiu theory

I know that the fandom likes to the joke that Shen Jiu hates men and is noted to have feminine traits, but I think his feminine traits go deeper than just him having those traits. Have you ever noticed that no woman in PIDW has ever been truly punished by Bingge? Sure, he might get angry with them, but he doesn't ever actually harm them/intend to punish them because Bingge finds comfort in women, like how Shen Jiu does. Although in different ways (Bingge uses them for sex and for love, but Shen Jiu just feels more comfortable within the presence of a woman.)

Yet, Bingge is the most gruesome towards Shen Jiu, aka the only person who has feminine traits to ever be harshly punished/tortured by Bingge in PIDW. While Shen Jiu did do horrible things to Bingge, I feel as if he wasn't the only one who did extremely horrible things against him. For example, the people who beat Bingge when he was a child for trying to take some food for his sick mother before she died. Yet, there is no explicit punishment for those people, aka people who may or may not have indirectly killed Bingge's adoptive mother. Which is weird because this is the type of slight that Bingge would never let slide, yet he does. Even Qin Wanyue takes advantage of Bingge because she coerces him into having sex with her.

There's been a lot of people who have definitely wronged him, but the focus of revenge is put so much on Shen Jiu. And I think I know why; it's because all the women in PIDW are supposed to love Bingge/ be a comforting towards him. They're supposed to be submissive, find him attractive, and unconditionally support them no matter their background. Human, demon, cultivator, etc. It's one of the universal laws of PIDW. But Shen Jiu is not submissive, caring, or loving towards the protagonist despite some of the traits he shares with women. (The distrust of men, his reliance on his intelligence and focuses less on brute strength, his damaged spiritual veins, him waiting for Yue Qi to come back aka yearning, him being able to be empathetic towards courtesans without looking at them in lust, the way he dresses, his fans, etc.) All these traits sound like the traits one of Bingge's harem members.

You could imagine it too; an intelligent and powerful cultivator cold towards the protagonist because of their distrust of men, but uh oh, their poor spiritual veins are damaged and now need to dual cultivate with a heavenly demon. Shen Jiu is the perfect mold for a female character like this. But, he lacks the most important trait, he doesn't love the protagonist. Women in PIDW are allowed to be a little mean towards Bingge, but they never hate him. Shen Jiu does hate him though, he'll never love him.

So, the PIDW universe punishes this error in the universe because women are supposed to love Bingge, including Shen Jiu because of his characteristics he may share with love interests. Shen Jiu defies this rule so he gets punished the harshest. Women bring comfort to Bingge but Shen Jiu would rather die than even give Luo Binghe a glimpse of hope. And that's why Shen Jiu gets the worst punishment. Not because he was a horrible person to Bingge, no, it was because he broke the rules of the universe and had to be punished.

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A peculiar bookseller arrives in town, full of stories and mysteries to share.

This time, he tells the tale of a bird who took the place of another, yet seemingly no one could tell the difference…

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Oh how I love cute dress up games (If we get to the infinity nikki version of the North Kingdom which is a nation that uses warfare, we really might get the gun we wanted)

momo: nikki did you hear?? health insurance CEOs are bulking up their security! what do we do?

nikki: don't worry momo! I just need to sketch a gunman outfit and then I'll use the depose whim!

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Moshang walked so that all other MXTX side couples could trip and fall into the abyss and perish

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SVSSS characters as kdrama tropes

I'm gonna apply cliche kdrama tropes to svsss characters because i can

Mobei-Jun and Shang Qinghua: Overbearing rich handsome ceo lead slowly falls for his secretary but he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings so he keeps overworking his secretary, but he'll take them on expensive dates and buy them gifts. Meanwhile secretary is under the impression that their boss hates them and eventually sends a resignation letter to the shock of ceo male lead. This leads to a misunderstanding arc but dw they still fuck and get married in the end so all is good (basically a mix of 'What's wrong with secretary Kim?' and 'Business Proposal') Also there is usually a scene where the rich male lead and the secretary/subordinate eat cheap food together. Like instant noodles or something (pulled noodles anyone?)

Liu Qingge: Second male lead who the audience is all rooting for but the writers hate him so he doesn't get the girl despite being a green flag. A fan fav, but he still loses in the end to the first male lead to all of his fans' chagrin. His fans are in the trenches for him.

Shen Jiu and Yue Qingyan: Childhood friends/sweethearts but get seperated and meet back up as adults. The reunion isn't sweet because misunderstandings and so Shen Jiu believes Yue Qingyan purposely moved away without telling him but Yue Qingyan claims Shen Jiu has it all wrong but plot is forcing him to not spill the beans. Slowburn, second chance romance that has a lot of angst and misunderstadings which has fans questioning if they are truly meant for each other or nah

Binghe and Shen Qingqiu/Yuan: Super Handsome friend of female lead that gets all the girls. The female lead is the closest to the male lead so many girls use them to get closer to male lead. Of course, SY accepts because it's the least he can do for his best friend, but for some reason, Binghe likes none of them. Through many misunderstandings, Binghe eventually confesses to Shen Yuan and they live happily ever after in their freak4freak relationship. Slowburn to the max with several kiss scenes interrupted.

Liu Mingyan: The main girl character in a BL. At first, she's believed to be a rival for the main couple, but is later revealed to be a fujoshi and ships the main couple together. (Cliche based off of the one fujoshi in the BL 'Blood Link') She will discuss who is the top and bottom in public with absolutely no shame (Her character stays the same lowkey even if she was a cliche)

Mu Qingfang: He's the side character that is actually sensible. If there is some cringey/cliche kdrama scene happening in front of him, he will call out the bullshit. If the male lead is being a bitch, he'll slap some sense into him. If some character is being weird asf, he will be the first to question it. Remember, if all the main characters are dealing with nonsensical problems that only the male and female lead could have in a kdrama, he's the one dealing with taxes because he actually has responsibilities around here people!

Luo Bingge: Infuriating male lead in isekais. If the villainess suddenly changes then he thinks it's because they want his attention. Who wouldn't??? But just because he's their fiance, doesn't mean they're gonna get it. After all, he has his own lover. He doesn't want the villainess. But... if the villainess wants to break things off with him, then he won't let them go so easily now. Wait, what do you mean they already found another man? What about him??? He's the one they want...right? Suddenly he finds himself wanting the villainess, not his own lover.

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Backless outfits 🫶🫶🫶

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You know how sometimes a fandom will look at a canon plain/unattractive character and will call them goodlooking and only refer to them as goodlooking? I believe that Shang Qinghua is the complete opposite of this and the fandom has collectively agreed that he is average looking despite him being canonically a handsome guy with a sleazy aura. Like guys, he is canonically handsome stop doing him dirty like this lmao

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If Luo Binghe was in a modern au he would be one of those insane Hello Kitty girls, no questions asked

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I'm like 99% sure that if Liu Qingge wasn't her brother, Liu Mingyan would write a LiuShen book. She would be a multishipper, if we also include Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi-lang, Gongyi Xiao, Shang Qinghua, etc. And all her books would be banned on Cang Qiong mountain lol yet everyone would read them, Poor Shen Qingqiu and his thin face lmao

Although I do fear what Binghe would think if she wrote any other ship besides Bingqiu

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Mother MXTX please feed SVSSS fans

Being an SVSSS fan is a struggle :)

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SVSSS AU where everything is pretty much the same with the exception that SY!SQQ knows how to do the Black Widown Move ™️

(Aka a move from Vovinam, a vietnamese martial art)

This would simply make his harem's horniness for him increase in 50% due to how skilled you must be to pull this off AND because some of them dream on sparring/fighting SQQ just so he can willingly put his tights near their faces.

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I love this idea because imagine a reincarnated protagonist that doesn't carry around a sword so people think they're weak asf and an easy target. When in reality, they have learned numerous martial arts (taekwondo, muay thai, judo, karate, jiu-jitsu, krav maga, etc.) and fucking goes to town with cultivators because they have yet to know the power of "these fists are rated e for everyone" batshit cultivator that is the protagonist. And it also happens that muscle memory is ingrained into their body so it's very apparent they have experience and now everyone is panicking about this 'rogue and savage' cultivator that does not believe in honour.

To add to this amazing idea, what if said protagonist does not hesistate to fight dirty. I'm talking beating the shit out of people with random objects, pulling hair, biting, scratching, strangles people, using unconvential weapons/uses weapons in an unconventional way. Like imagine if their sword breaks and their opponent thinks that victory is theirs. But then our lovely mc uses the broken piece and somehow manages to sharpen each side and fucking stabs their opponent.

Or if the protagonist really hates using swords but they're not opposed to using other weapons such as bows and polearms. Like can you imagine a showdown between the mc and a powerful undefeated cultivator, and the cultivator is waiting for mc to show up and they get shot with an arrow and they're like

Cultivator: "COME OUT AND FACE ME LIKE AN HONOURABLE CULTIVATOR SHOULD"

Main 'i do not give a shit about using swords or having honour' protagonist: fuck no, i'm killing you with my bow and arrow

And when mc gets closer, they pull out a polearm which gives them an advantage over a sword because of the longer reach

If mc runs out of arrows, they just beat the hell out them with the bow and smacks the life out of them. And finally, out of complete disrespect, bitchslaps them into the abyss; maybe uses their fists to spice up the fight.

And when all is done, people are speaking about this mad dog, insane, demonic cultivator who disregards honour and people think their some buff, rude, demon/demonic cultivator. Then it cuts to a nice, polite, and respectful looking person who just is realistic about fights and could not give less of a shit about fighting with honour because honour does not guarantee you your life. Also they hate when people yap during fights because that is the one thing you don't do because whoopsy daisy, I dislocated your jaw.

Anyways thank you @thealexanderfiles for the genius idea that we all needed to hear about

there is too much sword fighting in xianxia novels. i propose a main character who is completely average at swordplay but is skilled in hand to hand fighting. so they decide to use this as a trump card, and not really display their abilities.

bonus points if this scene is included:

opposition, pointing their sword at MC's throat : It's over. you have lost your sword, you are kneeling at my feet. i have won-

MC: wow your knees look really breakable down here

opposition: what

cutscene to MC pinning opposition in chokehold

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Shang Qinghua is actually a girlboss but y'all just refuse to accept the truth. Just think about it, he wrote 50 volumes of shitty porn with a lot of plot holes, not even remembering any side characters, and his writing was extremely flawed. Yet bitches still paid for that shit; merch was sold, PIDW was one of the most popular novels, and his bills were paid. If that's not the most Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss shit you've ever seen, then I don't know what is.

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in the back of my mind

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I think that Kim Dokja being the most opposed to Yoo Joonghyuk's regression depression makes sense because Kim Dokja was the reason that Yoo Joonghyuk stopped taking regression for granted. Kim Dokja made Yoo Joonghyuk realize that the people in his previous regressions were actual human beings that had lives too. Unfortunately, Joonghyuk only realized this because Kim Dokja was the one thing no amount of regressing to the past could ever bring him back. Through Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk learned in the most heartbreaking way that while he gets to regress, other people truly only have 1 chance. It's just a tragedy that Kim Dokja barely even gets to live at all...

Yoo Joonghyuk was the reason Kim Dokja found reason to live but Kim Dokja was the reason Yoo Joonghyuk finally stopped regressing because he realized that he should move forward. Too bad that not even beating all the scenarios can Joonghyuk move forward with the star he found light in.