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guess who remembered about her rare pairing

by offering your blood to a god you basically give them a control over your body and oh binghe wishes he knew it before he was stuck with a pissed off general of the southwest…

(you will get a text post too if I manage to finish it, heh)

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Mu Qing should’ve been meaner to everyone during the fall of xianle

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I hate that TGCF isn't as accepting of a fandom as SVSSS.

Cause in SVSSS you can say shit like: "I ship the MC with the father of his canon love interest." and the fandom will nod and go: "Yeah makes sense I like it".

But in the TGCF fandom you can say: "I ship the MC with his two first friends, who've stood by him in his early days, but they were tragically torn apart by fate, causing everyone to go their own paths and only meet again after decades, yet the two friends felt immense regret for their departure and decided to stand by the MC once again and protect him, as they've secretly tried doing through the decades they haven't been with eachother." and the fandom will go: "How dare you destroy the pairing of MC and ML. How dare you have other opinions. How dare you ship something that makes sense and is healthy."

And that's just sad. Because I can't just say stuff like: "Yeah XL should be PM's and SWD's Sugar Baby as a treat lol" or "He deserves to be loved so he should have a harem anyways lmao" without THOSE fans crawling on my ceiling at night ready to assassinate me.

Especially in a work as shipable as TGCF.

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Cycle of violence

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i was rewatching a fengqing edit i favorited on tiktok and realized there was cheap villain fanart in it and i was like. wow. cheap villain truly is everywhere. it was the fanart by the user sweepingboy on here btw

OH MY GOSH?!?!?!

I love sweepingboys fanart, it was my lock screen for ages! :D

This is stage one, trust, soon we'll have fan edits of Cheap Villains (<- delusional)

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I wanted to ask if it was ok for me to bind cheap villain?? Not for any commercial purposes or anything, just because I love this fic more than anything in the world and I want to have a physical copy

Yes, of course you can!!

As long as it's for personal use, you can feel free to bind the fic. If you do, please share some photos, I'd love to see!!

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i need to make sure im not going crazy because. why does it say chapter 32 isnt it 31 did i literally miss a chapter,,,

Ahhh ik what's going on... I forgot to delete a draft chapter between 30 and 31!!

That's on me, I fear!!

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whoever made the qing-er cutsleeve theory ty for reminding me about this but like. im pretty sure cultivators choice feng xin says this while killing qing-er, right?

“Why don’t you ever listen, Qing-er? I’m not doing anything wrong.

You deserved this, cheap scum.

Come on, now, give me one more. Just one. I’ll stop asking once you do it. What are you so afraid of, you coward?

If only you could’ve just kept your mouth shut. You’re worthless. You didn’t even deserve to know Dianxia’s name.”

i think cultivators choice feng xin had some feelings for qing-er as well. why else would he call him by a nickname like that? unless mu qing just replaced his name with qing-er instinctively…

and now i’m just wondering what the hell cultivators choice feng xin (okay i need a nickname for him now) is talking about. “why don’t you ever listen” what’d he do? “one more” one more of what?? “kept your mouth shut” WHAT’D HE SAY???? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) ...

Hehehe I was wondering when someone was going to mention all that (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

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Sooo im currently in my third year of psychology and Idk maybe im being a little extra with my analysis here but in my defense this is the most entertaining way of study to me xD

SO HERE'S MY THEORY ABOUT QING-ER BEING A CUT SLEEVE

"Usually, he was being rude to Xie Lian so he could get in trouble with the besotted Feng Xin, despite Xie Lian being nothing but nice to him."

We get this line in chapter one, wich for me is specially interesting.

This suggests that Qing-er's hostility may not stem from hate towards Xie Lian, as the original work intends to establish, but from unresolved, (and perhaps forbidden), feelings for Feng Xin.

Qing-er's behavior toward FX rude, antagonistic, is a classical case of reaction formation: a psychological defense mechanism where an individual expresses the opposite of what they truly feel, often due to shame, fear, or social constraints. This behavior also aligns with the classic Freudian projection: By insulting Xie Lian, Mu Qing draws out Feng Xin's protectiveness-essentially forcing Feng Xin to acknowledge him, even if through anger. This perverse but emotionally logical form of seeking attention from someone you feel unseen by would have a lot of sense If he harbored latent feelings for Feng Xin-whether romantic or intimate admiration. (This is what Freud also called the irrefutable hatred towards the object of sexual desire)

"Feng Xin’s wh0re? Or are you more like Xie Lian’s charity case?”"

Then almost thirty chapters later we get this, at first i didn't give it a lot of importance but then i wondered, why would he call him Feng Xin’s wh0re, why not Xie Lian's wh0re? This insult doesn't arise in a vacuum. Lang Yize and Qing-er were once close; he would have had an intimate understanding of Qing-er's emotional patterns. He must have sensed, unlike others, such as Ling Wen, that his emotional vulnerability is linked not to Xie Lian-but to Feng Xin.

Lang Yize doesn't just want to insult him; he wants to unveil something Qing-er suppressed, and is by weaponizing this feelings that he tries to get him back on his side. (Terrible strategy)

Of course he doesn't get the answer he expects, and meanwhile we know why (Qing-er💀) he prolly would never get a proper answer about this yk?? And maybe is for the better, since the only thing we know about him is that he was kinda of an ass if he always treated Qing-er this way

SO YESSS I MAY ONLY HAVE TWO LINES AS PROOF OF THIS THEORY BUT AT LEAST I HAVE PSYCHOLOGY ON MY SIDE AND YESSSS I LIKE TO OVER-ANALYZE EVERYTHING😭😭😭 (i should be studying for college)

Oh boy, dear reader, you are going to LOVE some later chapters....

Also lol your psychology breakdown was such a joy to read. Got any more?

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heyy, just wondering if it’d be alright to bind cheap villain? it’d take a WHILE before i’d even start doing that but i just wanted to see if you’re comfortable with it. totally understand if you aren’t!

As long as it is for personal use and you are not intending to redistribute it at all then, yes, book binding is fine :))

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all my fu yao theories are falling apart..... mu qings username being fu yao was load bearing..... on my hands and knees rn....

AHHHH IM SORRY!!!

I didn't want to say anything bc I knew everyone was having fun, but I felt so baddddd 😭😭

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why did mu qing not question fu yao having the same name as his username (＠_＠) ?!

That's such a good question. The answer is Fu Yao was not originally planned to be in the fic till some point after chapter three and I keep forgetting to change Mu Qings old username......

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(I sent an ask ages ago but tumblr was being really weird with it and gltching out so idk if it went through. If it did and you've been to busy (your life is always the most important I was just thinking about this after the update) ignore me xxx)

Had brain worms recently and made art for cvpotiors (gorgeous acronym btw)

Mu Qing and system (+ Feng Xin). No background because I'm lazy. Ngl I wasn't sure what jade white skin meant so I had to look up Chinese actors that were supposed to be that pale and colour dropped. If he looks janky that is because those were the only reference images that I used.

Bonus sketches:

Idk what Fu Ailian looks like, I know like Mqs mum but idk what she looks like either but this was my attempt. Please excuse my handwriting it's very janky.

I have questions too.

Has/will Hua Cheng get his butterflies to help serenade Xl with him? (I'm imaging them with tiny violins while he sings on one knee, arms outstretched)

What are Sqq and Mq's favourite songs respectively?

(Idk why but I get a musical theatre vibe from Sqq, I can see them belting 'Candy store' at the top of their lungs while Shi Wudu looks on in horror)

Also the latest update was heartbreaking and amazing. My day was made 3000% better by reading it. Thankyou sm

OH MY GOSH THAT ART IS GORGEOUS!!! IM OBSESSED!!!!! (Sorry it's taken me decades to respond)

I really love Mu Qing eye rolling at the system, haha, he looks so pretty and done with it. (Feng Xin looking handsome as ever too lmao)

Xie Lian looks so done with his kidnapping attempt and, poor Feng Xin, daydreaming about the guy who really wants to just beat him up haha.

Your Fu Ailian looks perfect!! She's got such a lovely warm vibe :D

That's such a beautiful idea: I think Hua Cheng has definitely tried to use his butterflies to romance Xie Lian but he might need some help (advice from SQX) before he attempts to serenade anyone

SQX would enjoy most pop songs, I think: sadly, I don't think they've broadened their horizons anywhere beyond that and just sing the same pop songs everyone else is already tired of. She's so only ever knows an artists most popular songs (like only knows 'Espresso' by Sabrina Carpenter and can't name anything else)

Mu Qing hmm... Maybe some TV Girl? But that may just be my love for them. He'd like those unique sounding bands and would hate when they get popular/mainstream (he's such a gatekeeper)

I'm so glad you liked the latest update!! I felt particularly evil writing it lol

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It would be so funny if player 1 was an actor/actress in their first life and we don't know who it is because they have assimilated so well to the role.

Like Sy but if the whole 'commiting so hard to the role you cast off your previous identity without a second thought' was done proffesianlly instead of just being a little freak (genuinely don't know how he got there and 3 lines later he was like this is me now I guess, goodbye old name, I won't miss you)

Anyway, Idk who it is, my top three in order guesses are: Pei Ming, Mei Nianqing and Ling Wen.

But idk it could be like Qi Rong, I have no clue

(The latest chapter was gorgeous and I loved it so much xxx)

Haha yeah, SY really just jumped headfirst into the whole "this is my life now" thing... It's one of the few things I didn't find very relatable about him, but that might be bc I'm happy with my current life lol

A very interesting theory for player one!! I don't think I've seen an 'actor/actress' suspicion before

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heyy!! just wondering, where’s the cheap villain spotify playlist linked? can’t find it anymore (o_O) !

!! It should be linked somewhere in the fic, how weird!!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eLyf6tI5T8r0ImtSRT8X0?si=ZFavEyYaQ-2Th2-koZNhHw&pi=c6g3KLnASkeuQ

Here you go, this is it!! It's a bit nonsensical but my mind works in weird ways lol

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Finally! I read the new update. I'm equally happy and sad. Worth it.

I'm very glad you liked it!!

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I’m screaming.

Did you like the chapter, at least? </3