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Shen Yuan transmigrates as the young tyrant emperor of some world he knows absolutely nothing about.

He has a System, but it’s the type of System that doesn’t actually do much. It just tells him he’s a tyrant, sticks labels on people he’s meant to know (showing their names and job titles) and maybe offers a very basic lore codex.

It’s fine, Shen Yuan knows how this transmigration thing works! He just has to put together some context clues and keep an eye out for any drama. Maybe make his rule a bit less tyrannical, so the inevitable protagonist will simply exile him instead of something more severe like execution. It’s a perfect plan!

Not long after transmigrating, an old woman in rags with milky white eyes bursts into his throne room, yelling about his empire’s doom.

Rather than kicking her out —as everyone expected— Shen Yuan starts excitedly asking question and tells his aids to write down everything she says!

A young man from a small town by the Luo river will rise up and take the throne you say? Any idea which town…? How about which county then?

Hmm, is there any information about the inciting incident that inspires his revolution? Is there some plague or famine on the horizon that’s going to cause trouble the people? Maybe a local corrupt official is abusing his authority?

In the end there is not much to go on.

Everyone almost seems to expect him to burn down every Luo river village or some nonsense, which would be foolish! When has harassing random villages ever done anything but make a protagonist righteously angry?

No, what Shen Yuan actually does is pull out all the reform plans he’s been “idly” thinking up. Plans to root out corruption, plans for improving roads and other basic infrastructure, plans for storing and preserving food in case of famine, plans to aid the poor by giving out basic food rations and warm clothing in struggling areas, plans to build and fund free schools that teach basic math and literacy, plans for larger schools in bigger cities with more advanced lessons, vocational training programs, and subsidized or free tuition for gifted children, and so on.

If some small town boy will be the next ruler, Shen Yuan must make certain he at least has a decent enough childhood and the basic education necessary to rule well, right? Plus it’s much more likely he’ll be able to retire gracefully if one of his programs successfully helps out the protagonist!

Of course, our dear protagonist Luo Binghe really is helped out by Shen Yuan’s efforts, even if he still ends up stuck by other types of misfortune. It’s crystal clear to him the emperor is great and benevolent, even if some people try to undermine him abuse his kindness!

After seeing a glimpse of the emperor as he surveys the results of his efforts, Binghe’s heart is set aflame. The emperor is peerlessly beautiful as well as kind! If only Binghe were his equal, he would gladly beg for even a single touch of his hand. 🥰

In the background the System Admin despairs over its decision to attach a limited interference module to the new Shen Qingqiu.

At least there are a bunch of grumpy nobles around that can be reliably nudged into rebelling... If they manage to take over and the protagonist then rebels against them —in honor of the dead emperor— that still counts, right?

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Actually, in light of the protagonist’s feelings, he might even be willing to take the throne of the empress instead, and become a regent prince. System Admin will just have to wait and see.

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doing actual worldbuilding for a story that is 100% porn is the best thing. yes i know you're here to flick your shit. analyze my weapon design boy

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No but seriously. Normalize finding love in your 40's. Normalize discovering and chasing new dreams in your 30's. Normalize finding yourself and your purpose in your 50's. Life doesn't end at 25. Let's stop acting like it does.

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im a guy, i have a mullet, im not butch, its just hair. i fully support everyone in the lgbt community

thank you for sharing your story.

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I present my… fem!SQQ design!!

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I understand the value of artistic liberties but what exactly is Yugio's haircut supposed to be. I've wondered this since childhood

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I polished my Rune Factory take on the incredible fic Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain by @neonghostcat

(Background from Rune Factory 4)

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"Damian is a murderous brat", "Damian has murderous tendencies", "Damian shouldn't be in the Batfam because he's an assassin"

Damian the second he's allowed some agency outside the league:

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AO3 now includes chapter name and title in emailed comments THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT authors no longer have to guess what chapter readers are screaming about based on their pitch EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU AO3 CODERS

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the time to be a mean dyke is now. be a killjoy feminist and take things too seriously, we’ve been too nice about girl math and girl dinner and pink jobs and the general infantilization of women and it’s gotten us nowhere. be a buzzkill now, for our future and our dignity

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also saw some post earlier today about how gen z isn't doing cults anymore. That's simply not true. It's simply not true. There are actually more cults than ever and they are on the discord app. You don't understand. They are doing struggle sessions in fandom discourds

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I keep seeing the take that authors on AO3 need to stop deleting their fics and instead to orphan them without any explanation of the consequences of orphaning a fic and as an author I really need to say something to this.

Stop telling people to just orphan their fics.

Orphaning a fic means giving up any and all ownership over it. No way to claim it back, edit it or delete it. Yes it's an archive but an author should still have the right to delete their work if they feel like they don't want it to be up anymore.

Readers always scream for authors to orphan their fics instead of deleting because they feel like they have a right to the fanworks that is shared with them for free. If it's so important to you to not lose a fic, download it. Also comment and encourage the authors, instead of telling them to give up all ownership to their work.

To authors, if you think about deleting your fics, there are other options you should employ first. If you don't want it connected to your name, put it into an anonymous collection. As long as it's in there, noone can see you wrote it, you still can edit ot or delete it and moderate comments on it. You can even move it to anther account, just create another one, add it as co author and then take your main account off. Then you can still edit it from your second account but it's no longer connected to your account.

If you don't want it to show anymore put it in a unrevealed collection, that way, the fic won't show up but it's still there, you can still see it, read comments and make it public again.

If you feel the urge to delete your fic, try one of these options first and see how you feel about it after a while, you can still delete or orphan afterwards, but this hopefully makes your decision easier.

Only orphan a fic if you're 100% sure. This is permanent, there is no way back from that, AO3 support will NOT help you if you did it on accident or change your mind. Don't listen to people telling you to just orphan it, make very sure, this is what you want.

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okay i grabbed this from my tiktok so folks who don't wanna get yeeted over to another app can actually view this thing

(YES THERE IS AUDIO AND THE SONG IS CRUCIAL, ITS WHAT MADE ME MAKE THIS A VIDEO)

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my jaw hit the floor

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Great news! Belgium today becomes the first country in the world where sex workers can sign a legal employment contract and gain access to all employment-dependent social security (which includes saving for a pension, paid pregnancy leave, paid sick leave etc.). It gives sex workers more rights and makes them less dependent on the goodwill of their employer because they now have state protection through a legal contract.