#七九

[stardust-falling]

Yue Qingyuan doesn’t want Shen Jiu to be happy and content and nice all the time. He wants the grumpy scowling Xiao-Jiu he remembers from their childhood who constantly threatened to throw a brick into the heads of anyone who inconvenienced him. Yue Qingyuan wants the mostly-feral cat who will bite and scratch at his arms every time he goes to pet it. Sure, it might be nice to give that cat some catnip and watch it curl into a happy purring ball sometimes, but the constant scratches all over his hands are part of what makes the bond so special.

[qijiuweek]

Finding Qi-ge: Finale

[Title][Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3][Part 4][Part 5][Part 6][Part 7]

[k-dayun]

In this life I give all my loyalty to you.

[noirlevity]

Day 2 : Signs of Care [Hugs]

🥺 Yue Qingyuan being loved by his beloved.

[crazyfox-archives]

An 1166 manuscript copy of The Karazu (火羅図), an illustrated astrological text with Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩) in the center surrounded by the Nine Planets all below the Seven Stars of Ursa Major

From the collection of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の曼荼羅図: みほとけの群像" [Illustrated Mandalas at Tōji: Group Images of Buddhist Divinities] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1992, page 76

[mtkay13]

Miss Jiu and Grandma Zhou!! Liang Jiuxiao's first appearance in Qi Ye is pretty iconic, as he is disguised as a pretty girl to sneakily attack Jing Beiyuan --which happens to be a massive failure because for all his qualities, Jiuxiao is not an assassin.

Qin Huaizhang, Zishu and Jiuxiao's master, was known to have no eyebrows. I know that several of us in the Qi Ye community like to run with that info and imagine that he was also accustomed to turning himself into a woman. We also know that Zishu says that being too beautiful attracts attention, and disapproves Jiuxiao's crossdressing practices. From there, I like to imagine that while Jiuxiao admired their master's transformation skills, Zishu felt his own way about it and tried to prevent Jiuxiao from following their eccentric master's footsteps. Despite his best efforts, though, Jiuxiao persevered and once his shixiong was out of sight, allowed himself to have fun with it. I think that Jiuxiao just thinks it's both fun and a very clever way to disguise himself, since noone would suspect him if the makeup is good enough. I personally don't really think much more of it. "Grandma Zhou" isn't really a thing, nor ever shows up in the books -- we do know that when Zishu does crossdress, it is rather as a plain, older woman. I like to picture him forcing Jiuxiao to disguise himself the same way and Jiuxiao suffering from it, lol. Side note about Zishu (because I can't help myself) : a few bits from here and there in TYK could lead to interpreting him as being rather conservative when it comes to genders, and because he can be kind of a jerk sometimes, I like to go for that interpretation. While I don't think he looks down on Jiuxiao for enjoying looking pretty, I do think that he finds it futile and silly and absolutely unhelpful. (thing is, he got the network to have courtesans gather info for him, Jiuxiao doesn't ù_ú)

Since I love Jiuxiao as a bright and fun personality, I think that having Miss Jiu really reflecting that is nice. Here was my first, and much less thought-out, version of her.

(Note the very important, VERY VISIBLE blade that I didn't keep in the illustration above because I don't think he carries a visible blade around all the time hahaha he's stupid but not that much.)

[raindear-a]

“Can you not interfere?”

[tennsxmi]

my nanase twins bday art this year <3

[sanyoucity]

heard that yall were asking for more i7 fanart on tumblr so here are some old twins

[stardust-falling]

Qijiu Week 2023

Day 6: Jealousy & Haunted

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I can't stand watching you smile at him with my face, hearing you talk to him with my voice. What did you do to deserve this?

[qijiuweek]

Finding Qi-ge

[Title][Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3][Part 4][Next]

[flyby-arc]

2023.07.09 誕生日おめでとう双子

(載せ忘れていたｯ！)

[noirlevity]

Kissy kissy  Qijiu 

[qijiuzine]

One Week

One more week till the QiJiu Zine Interest Check closes! Have you filled out the form yet and voted on ideas for the Zine?

➣ Fill out the Interest Check here!

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¡Una semana más hasta que el Check de Interés del QiJiu Zine cierre! ¿Ya han llenado el formulario y votado en las ideas para el zine?

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[ailee-art]

A kiss for shixiong ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

Uhhhh hi, zixiao anyone? (Bichen proposed yunxu (云絮) which is very poetic of them, but might confuse some ppl, so I'm probably just going to use a few variants until we officially settle 🤣)

[raindear-a]

Incomplete Ruler