#Elder Yue

[drunkendawg]

My Journey To You | 云之羽

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[journeytothewestresearch]

Buddhist Deities Exiled From the Western Heaven

My new article examines the reasons why three Buddhist deities from Ming-Qing vernacular Chinese literature are exiled from the Western Heaven.

Master Golden Cicada (Jinchan zi, 金蟬子) (a.k.a. Tripitaka, Tang Sanzang, 唐三藏) from Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592) - a Buddha disciple who is caught sleeping during the Tathagata's sermon.

Miao Jixiang (妙吉祥) from Journey to the South (Nanyouji, 南遊記, c. 1570s-1580s) - A Buddha disciple who kills a belligerent sage on the grounds of the Thunderclap Monastery.

 Great Peng, the Golden-Winged King of Illumination (Dapeng jinchi mingwang, 大鵬金翅明王) from The Complete Vernacular Biography of Yue Fei (Shuo Yue quanzhuan, 說岳全傳, 1684) - An avian dharma protector who kills a stellar-spirit for farting during the Tathagata's lecture.

The article analyzes them together and notes parallels, even with concepts from Greek philosophy.

The motif might serve as a good idea for writers wanting to create an OC with an interesting backstory. I have, for example, previously used it to suggest a fictional origin for Sun Wukong as a hot-tempered Bodhisattva (see the 06-16-23 update here).

[mikorens]

in gong ziyu's defense...

he wouldve gave the sword wielder position up in the first few eps to shangjue if they just asked him without berating him every 10 seconds. everyone and their mothers KNOW he is not fit to rule, hell even he knows he isn't. he's one night called by the elders and told his dad and brother are dead, shangjue is m.i.a and he's going to be the next sword wielder. i don't even think his spirit has woken up yet in that carriage ride with zishang and the next thing he knows is he's getting a good old back tattoo that prohibits him from ever going out of the valley.

ziyu grew up thinking he wont ever need to train that hard or be as good as his brothers, huanyu was there fully capable and responsible, shangjue was also there, even yuanzhi despite being the youngest. zishang and him were the outcast, though zishang kept on trying; ziyu stopped caring. what ziyu lacked in skills in fighting and lack of knowledge about ruling he was extremely kind. he's the exact opposite of what they expect a gong man should be. the man has no mean bone in his body, he has some snarky remarks sometimes but never really says anything demeaning. like that scene where they were prying his mother's medical chart and found out that it was shangjue's mom instead, he could've said something to shangjue, something mean, something that would hit shangjue like truck; but he didn't. (noticed this too with zishang in the scene with yuanzhi in the workshop where yuanzhi said something about her dad hating zishang, she could've said something about yuanzhi not growing up with a mother and father bc they're deceased, she just weeped).

we've literally seen him want to give back the sword wielder position to huanyu when he came back, he was going to give it back 100% if huanyu wanted it. what ziyu wants in the beginning was to be the next hot malewife in jiuchen valley not to be the sword wielder.

yes, ziyu had doubts and was suspicious of everyone, especially gsj and gyz, he was grieving. but literally everything would've been cleared up if (1) they just sat down and spoke to one another without trying to one up each other. the front hill gongs have this animosity between them even if they do try to deny it, you can see how much of a better-fit zishang and ziyu are when they're with the back hill gongs. if anything shangjue and yuanzhi's consistent berating of him, made him want to become a legitimate sword wielder. he just went "well damn, might as well!", spite being one of his motivations to become better is sooooo funny to me, because same. "how about the tattoo?" idk he probably would've gotten it lasered or had a matching tat with shangjue if he did give the sword wielder position to him in the first few eps lol.

[swiftletinthecloud]

GZY & GSJ knew!

such a good shot (also side note, when i saw this and the other gif of the other group of Gongs, I kind of knew spoiler wise who were going to make it to the end/near the end.)

That's where the mysterious weapon box came from! At least that was explained. Bc I was so confused on why she and YWS were cool with each other, and then Lady Wu Ji was like here's a gift from your father-in-law only for it to harm YWS.

Look at them working together!

Does GYZ seriously test every poison and antidote he makes on himself??

Got to be happy about the sailing ship and their happiness before it comes crashing down in the last episode 😭😭

[randomingoftherandomness]

Young elder Yue decides he wants to marry Yuanzhi, but he has no idea how to propose

A/N: Okay, so, I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who was raised in a semi-traditional Chinese family. That means that if Elder Yue wants to make a proposal for Yuanzhi, he has to go through his elders.

Which is Shangjue.

:D

--

Elder Yue primly folds his hands on his lap and spies the way Gong Shangjue follows the motion with his eyes. He would like to say that the unease that prickles under his skin was more in line with the nerves he keeps well hidden, but he was never a good liar. Especially not when it came to things about Yuanzhi.

The same Yuanzhi who is sitting next to his Gege, sneaking looks at him which he does his best to return with small smiles of his own.

"If you two could refrain from making eyes at each other, I'd be ever so grateful."

Elder Yue feels a lightning bolt of pins and needles sparking up his spine, and has to bite down on the inside of his cheek to stop himself from bursting out with a laugh. A quick glance at Shangjue calms him a little because all the man is doing is taking a sip of his tea.

"I--"

"I know why you're here, Elder Yue," Shangjue says, cutting through with a slow drawl. "I do not need an oracle to divine why you'd be here sitting at my table today."

Yuanzhi huffs, pouting as he grips at Shangjue's sleeve. "Ge..."

"I'm not making things difficult for him, didi, I'm merely pointing out the truth." Jerking a thumb at the pile of gifts being piled up at their foyer, Shangjue scoffs. "Or am I meant to take that as anything less than the intended proposal it is supposed to be?"

"Ge," Yuanzhi sputters, going scarlet to the tips of his ears that he is almost maroon. It's such an endearing sight and it is made even more sweeter when Yuanzhi turns to meet his gaze, smiling shyly.

"You're Yuanzhi's most precious person," Elder Yue says. Sitting up, he smiles, warmth glowing from deep in his chest when Yuanzhi's eyes sheen over with unshed tears. "All the gifts I've brought today is only a small drop in the ocean of my regard and thanks to you for raising him to be the man he is today."

Steeling himself, he looks over to Gong Shangjue. "And it's true. You're not wrong in believing that I'm here to ask for Yuanzhi's hand in marriage."

Gong Shangjue merely smiles. It's not an unpleasant smile. If anything, it's a smile that softens the sharper edges of his face. But it does put Elder Yue in his spot.

"You do realise that things like this are usually done by a third party?"

"I..."

"Which is all to say," Shangjue chuckles, eyes crinkling with amusement. "You really should be asking Elder Xue to intercede on your behalf and to negotiate the terms of the dowry."

Elder Yue jolts upright. "Anything you want, I'm willing to give!"

Shangjue laughs a little at his eagerness. "That may be the case, but we should do everything according to norms and customs. This is about Yuanzhi's marriage after all." Going a little sombre, he turns to Yuanzhi by his side. Taking his didi's hand between his own, he sighs. "Who am I to stand between two hearts that were meant to be as one?"

Yuanzhi's bottom lip wobbles. Whispering, he squeezes at Shangjue's hand in his. "Gege, I really do love him."

"I know," Shangjue sighs. "I know that. Which is why I have one request for you Elder Yue."

Meeting his gaze, Elder Yue does not flinch under the full weight of his focus. "If one day you find that Yuanzhi's beauty has faded, or feel like his talents no longer benefit you and if ever love is no longer enough for you to sustain a happy life together, I only ask that you return my most precious person back to me. Return him to me hale and whole. I do not ask for anything else."

At those words, Elder Yue feels a tense knot in his shoulders loosen a little. Unable to keep the calm facade on his face, he feels his lips curve in a smile, one that grows at the way Shangjue is reaching up to gently wipe away Yuanzhi's tears.

The bond between the two brothers has always been strong and Elder Yue can only hope that in time, Shangjue can see that he is the right person to take care of Yuanzhi too.

"That won't ever happen," Elder Yue says. Lifting the teapot to refill Shangjue's cup and Yuanzhi's too, he continues with a soft gaze to Yuanzhi. "Because I love Yuanzhi as Yuanzhi."

Shangjue nods approvingly. Gently taking his cup of tea, he drains it all in one go. "Good. That's good."

[ginsoakedgirl80]

He is just a puppy with a title, let him frolic on a meadow in the sun. @_@

[twelve-forfend]

Luo Binghe's Actual Age

While I was grabbing screenshots, I came across this part and had to pause. Shen Qingqiu asks how old Luo Binghe is, and Binghe replies: “弟子虚岁14” （This disciple is the nominal age of 14).

The NOMINAL age of 14?

I ran to the book to check and, sure enough, nominal age is specified there, too.

I had to lean back and stare at the wall in front of my desk for a moment. Why does this matter? Well, it doesn't — not really. But it puts some things into perspective.

You see, when counting the nominal age of a person, that person turns one year old the very moment they are born. And usually on the Lunar New Year (though some elders today insist that it happens on the winter solstice, which is today by the way — 冬至快乐🥟 ), everyone ages up another year together.

From the book, we know that Luo Binghe was born on the coldest (though not necessarily longest) night of the year. He could be a one-day old two year old. Or two month old two year old, if we count it by LNY and not Solstice. Either way, this CHILD is (to the West's age-counting system) two years younger than he announces using the NOMINAL age system.

Luo Binghe is twelve (not fourteen) when he meets Shen Yuan as Shen Qingqiu.

Luo Binghe is fifteen (not seventeen) when he's stabbed and pushed down into literal Hell and finds out he can regrow entire limbs.

Luo Binghe is sixteen (not eighteen) when he subjugates the Northern Kingdom and Sha Hualing's holdings under his rule.

Luo Binghe is seventeen (not nineteen) when he arrives at Huan Hua Palace.

And when he meets Shen Qingqiu again in Jin Lan just before the disaster at Hua Yue, he's eighteen (phew), not twenty.

That puts him at 23 (not 25) at Maigu Ridge.

He's still an adult when everything goes down, but no wonder Binghe is so messed up. He was so young!

[nyoomerr]

SY as a disciple on another peak? It's just very amusing to imagine LBH desperately scrabbling to get onto THAT peak, clearly there's been some sort of MISTAKE, he's supposed to be over there!!

lbh would just keep showing up like a stray dog, lmao. here's some qian cao peak disciple!sy taking care of little binghe!

---

As a reader, Shen Yuan had been under the impression that everyone knew about Luo Binghe nearly immediately. Shen Qingqiu and Liu Qingge fought over him at the disciple selection, only for Shen Qingqiu to treat the poor bun like shit, thereby causing a whole separate fuss as Yue Qingyuan unjustly defended the abusive actions of his scum shidi. That sort of thing was basically begging to be treated like hot gossip - surely, in a sect full of teenagers, news of Luo Binghe would travel nearly as quickly as he arrived on the peak!

So why is it, exactly, that the first Shen Yuan hears about Luo Binghe is the demon invasion that takes place years after Luo Binghe’s arrival?!

Was there no gossip after all? Are Qian Cao disciples really that busy that they don’t hear the gossip?! No, no - Qian Cao would obviously get the most gossip; every other peak visits Qian Cao regularly, and half of them end up high on pain meds while here, unable to filter most of their thoughts! If there had been gossip about Luo Binghe, Shen Yuan would have heard it first! He had been listening the hardest!!

In front of him, Luo Binghe shifts awkwardly. “Um, Shixiong…”

Shen Yuan feels like he’s been struck by an arrow. 

Ah! Shixiong!! He called me ‘Shixiong’!! Luo Binghe’s Shixiong!! I could be Luo Binghe’s Shixiong!!!!! …Wait, no, the seniority of the peaks -

“Shixiong, is something wrong?” Luo Binghe asks hesitantly.

A second arrow!!! Shen Yuan is going to keel over and die, right here in the middle of the medicinal peak, because Luo Binghe keeps calling him ‘Shixiong’!!!

“Of course not,” Shen Yuan says, before gathering all his strength to tack on: “Shidi.”

Fuck the seniority of the peaks, to be this golden bun’s Shixiong is to ascend early!!

“Oh,” Luo Binghe says. He shifts again, looking around the small triage room they’re in. 

The triage room he’d been directed to because he’d just finished fighting an unfair battle against a demon elder. Right. That triage room.

Shen Yuan clears his throat, smiles awkwardly, clears his throat again, and promptly begins treatment. The best pain medicine Qian Cao offers, the most expensive healing ointments, a tincture for general strength and wellness, a tea for good sleep - so what if Shen Yuan has to pull some of these things out of his personal stores? That’s Luo Binghe, and he’s bearing far more injuries than those that came from his battle with the demon! 

He does his best to keep up friendly chatter the whole time, too - asking after Luo Binghe’s studies, backpedaling immediately and telling him what a good patient he is, asking after Luo Binghe’s friends, backpedaling again and telling him what a sweet boy he is - 

Normal bedside manner. Shen Yuan is very good at that sort of thing, as a senior disciple of Qian  Cao. 

Unfortunately, Shen Yuan eventually runs out of injuries to treat. He very badly wishes there was some sort of medical sanctions he could pull out of his ass to keep Luo Binghe on Qian Cao - something about the injuries on his back looking more like whip lashes than normal training injuries or wounds from the demonic invasion, something about the injuries looking like abuse - but Shen Yuan already knows there isn’t. 

Only the peak lord could pull that sort of authority over Luo Binghe’s own Shizun; if Shen Yuan tried to do anything himself he’d end up in a diplomatic battle over it.

In the end, all he can do is pat Luo Binghe’s head a few times (and then a few times more, his hair is so soft now that Shen Yuan has carefully washed it out under the pretense of medical necessity for cleanliness!) and send him on his way.

Still, Shen Yuan cannot tolerate letting Luo Binghe suffer on Qing Jing, now that he knows Luo Binghe is there. He’ll have to find some excuses to run errands over there, or -

“Shixiong,” Luo Binghe calls from outside the disciple halls, looking shyly over at Shen Yuan.

Or, Shen Yuan thinks, more than a bit surprised, Luo Binghe will just show up for treatment on his own…?

Shen Yuan scrambles over to Luo Binghe, gently patting his head and turning his face this way and that and carefully running his hands over his shoulders, trying to figure out what’s wrong. 

“Ah, Binghe, did I miss something yesterday? Shit - I mean, uh, shoot, you’re too young and cute to be cursing just yet, you hear me?”

Luo Binghe nods obediently, then shakes his head. “Shixiong didn’t miss anything,” he clarifies.

“Oh, good,” Shen Yuan says, letting go of some of the tension in his shoulders.

Shen Yuan of course put his best foot forward when treating Luo Binghe the other day, but he isn’t the peak’s best healer - he’d chosen Qian Cao to study poisons and rare flora and spiritual plants, not actual healing. He’d only been helping treat patients the day of the demonic invasion because half their best healers were missing! 

“If Binghe’s alright, what can this -” Shen Yuan breathes deep, savors the feeling, “- this Shixiong do for you?”

Luo Binghe glances up at him shyly, big wet eyes peeking out from long lashes. Ah, the pinnacle of perfection, for a cute little boy!! 

“I… tripped,” Luo Binghe says hesitantly. 

Shen Yuan blinks down at Luo Binghe. Luo Binghe swallows thickly.

“On my back,” he adds. “And bruised it like - like the bruises Shixiong treated yesterday.”

“Bruises,” Shen Yuan echoes incredulously, which he thinks is a rather restrained response to hearing the sweet baby protagonist talk about lash marks as if they were mere bruises.

Luo Binghe nods, still looking up at Shen Yuan pleadingly. Shen Yuan sighs; it’s better to be able to treat Luo Binghe’s injuries than not to, even if Luo Binghe himself is going to downplay them even as he asks for help.

The Luo Binghe of Proud Immortal Demon Way had never asked for help from Qian Cao, now that Shen Yuan thinks about it.

…After he’s taken care of Luo Binghe, he’s going to figure out which disciple would’ve treated Luo Binghe in the original, and he’s going to put chili powder in all his tea, ah!!

---

Luo Binghe keeps coming back. Small injuries, larger ones, keening whines about how Shixiong, I’m scared of qi deviations, please help me cultivate safely!!

Shen Yuan is torn between feeling relieved that Luo Binghe has found a Shixiong (Shixiong!!) that he feels he can trust, and feeling absolutely terrified of Luo Binghe’s general health. The original Luo Binghe of PIDW had never felt this worried, he was never in so much pain over simple scrapes! Had Shen Yuan’s doting somehow turned the protagonist’s bones to glass??

Regardless, Luo Binghe spends more and more time on Qian Cao. He even shows up to some of the lessons Shen Yuan teaches, which - protagonist, you don’t need to know healing!! Your blood will do it for you, eventually! When that fails, a large-bosomed woman will take care of you!!

“I can’t help but feel bad for how often I bother Shixiong,” Luo Binghe whines when Shen Yuan tries to shoo him out of the Qian Cao beginner lessons. “Isn’t it better for me to learn how to take care of myself?”

It’s better for this Shixiong to take care of you, ah! Shen Yuan very much does not say, but he does begrudgingly let Luo Binghe stay.

Except the lessons go too late, and it’s dangerous for Luo Binghe to be wandering between the peaks after dark, so he ends up having to bunk with Shen Yuan for the night, and Shen Yuan offers him some of his old Qian Cao disciple robes to sleep in, and Luo Binghe never takes them off -

Shen Yuan stares at Luo Binghe, happily calling him ‘Shixiong’ and dressed in Qian Cao robes and without even the smallest of bruises or scrapes on his person, and -

Well, this is probably a good a way as any to rescue Luo Binghe, ah!

[emotionaldisaster909]

NO NO NOOO-

NONONONONO

HE WAS SO CLOSE!!!1!

/SOUNDS OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN/

CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE THE BEGGING OF THIS EPISODE WAS???

THE TREE CROWN?

THE CITY???

THE PEOPLE???

SOME MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT UNNECESSARY FLASHBACKS

BUT THEY ARE NOT

THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT

THEY SPECIFICALLY SHOW US THE PEOPLE OF XIANLE

INNOCENT CHILDREN AND ELDERS

AND ALL OF THE NATION

IN PEACE

THAT WAS ARCHIVED SPECIFICALLY THROUGH XIE LIAN’S SACRIFICE

AND

THE BUTTERFLY???

HELLO???!?!?

DONGHUA TEAM???!?!

THIS IS SUCH AN HONOUR TO CANONICAL DETAIL

BECAUSE IT WASN’T IN THE NOVEL

BUT

MXTX HERSELF SAID

THAT HUA CHENG WAS REALLY CLOSE TO FINDING XIE LIAN, ESPECIALLY IN BAN YUE

AND YONG AN

OH MY GJJHIJNYMJKBKNLHKN-

[drunkendawg]

My Journey To You | 云之羽

Young Master Yue and Yun Que → 01.17

[aangarchy]

Every atla AU is like "aang was found later" or "aang was found earlier" or "aang died and someone else became the next avatar" or "aang never got encased in ice and died 100yrs later and yue became the next avatar" but what about an AU where Aang never got found at all and remained encased in ice forever?

The world would have to accept that the avatar will never be reborn. No one knows what happened to the cycle. Even spiritual experts are absolutely baffled bc by all measures, the cycle shouldn't have stopped at all. People assume the young airbender would have been killed during the fire nation raids, while in the avatar state. But there would have been reports of that. People couldn't have missed a glowing kid? And if the cycle is supposedly gone, why do we still feel Raava's presence?

All contact with the spirit world eventually ceased. Even spiritual elders like Iroh eventually aren't able to meditate into the spirit world anymore. The Fire Nation's drill plan would have succeeded. They would have conquered the Earth Kingdom fully. The only true free nation remaining would be the Northern Watertribe, who remain in their ice fortress locked away from the rest of the world forever. Airbenders remain extinct.

Zuko gives up on his search for the Avatar after 4 years. At this point the 17yr old realizes he was sent on a fool's errand. It was his father's intention for him to never return. Him and Iroh abandon the ship, and make it to Ba Sing Se, where they settle and become Earth Kingdom citizens. Sokka and Katara leave the Southern tribe around the same time, in search of Hakoda. With Katara's limited waterbending skills they make it to Whale Tale island and catch a boat from there. Then they travel the Earth Kingdom with the limited information they have to find their dad. Toph eventually runs away from home to go to Earth Rumble competitions all over the Earth Kingdom. Her goal is to become the world champion. Suki's ambition to help refugees and fight in the war would cause her to take a troop of Kyoshi warriors and leave Kyoshi Island.

These people were destined to meet, with or without Aang. Their paths would cross one way or the other. A banished prince, the son and daughter of the Southern Watertribe chief, the leader of the Kyoshi warriors, and the only heir to the Bei Fong estate, they would make a team and devise a plan to stop the war. But they would always feel like something is missing. And that something is beneath the ice, in a deep eternal slumber. Would they even succeed?

[tossawary]

I think there are definitely a couple people at Cang Qiong who already know about Yue Qingyuan's Xuan Su Sword problem before the beginning of SVSSS. (Shen Qingqiu is not one of them.)

When I decided to write Mobei-Jun with chronic pain problems due to his family's method of power-gathering and the ascension ritual ("Servant to a Different King"), it was because I had been doing a lot of thinking about Yue Qingyuan's health and potential chronic pain problems (at the very least) due to having a sword that leaks his soul out or whatever the exact issue there is ("Sit With Your Soul").

I feel like it would be unrealistic if, after the initial incident, Qian Cao Peak wasn't consulted at all. I think that even if he felt secrecy was paramount to preserve the image of Qiong Ding (I don't think the sect's future was resting on Yue Qingyuan at this point, I think he was just a promising disciple), the previous Qiong Ding Lord would have consulted with the previous Qian Cao Lord at least once.

And since I like to imagine that Yue Qingyuan has ongoing issues and takes medication / receives treatment, then Mu Qingfang definitely knows. I don't think this would be too difficult to hide, behind meetings revolving around sect management and an apparent friendship between two peak lords. (I do think Yue Qingyuan was encouraged / forced to hide it in order to preserve appearances, and that his own instincts would have been to hide it regardless.) But I also imagine that there may be a small handful of elders and senior cultivators on Qian Cao who suspect that the sect leader is receiving check-ups / treatment for something, even if they don't know exactly what and know better than to gossip freely about it.

Personally, I like to imagine that Wei Qingwei also knows, as someone who can potentially consult with Mu Qingfang on spiritual swords. This would mean that the previous Wan Jian Lord probably also knew, unless MQF and YQY only reached out to WQW after their ascension. Some people on Wan Jian may also have suspicions, but it seems reasonable to me that most of them don't look further than, "Oh, the sect leader is simply seeking consultation on how to responsibly manage such a powerful sword. Drawbacks with spiritual weapons are quite common if you're not careful. That's very wise of him. Also, he and our peak lord are apparently just also good friends."

Yue Qingyuan being locked up in the caves for a year can be explained away as a privilege, training away in seclusion in order to master such a strong sword, and I think most people wouldn't think more of it. I think there would have been a few members of the sect in the wrong place at the wrong time, in order to see the Qiong Ding, Qian Cao, and Wan Jian Lords panicking about something, and that some people could match this up to the timeline of Yue Qingyuan's seclusion, but I also think anyone connecting these dots might just assume that the powerful Xuan Su Sword was unruly and dangerous at first, and the problem was quickly solved and has been solved for years. Some senior Qiong Ding cultivators might have known the initial problem, but they may not know that powerful sect leader Yue Qingyuan is still receiving treatment for this problem to this day. Only someone like Shang Qinghua, Airplane Bro, would immediately know what really went down there and know for sure that it's still a problem.

I don't think these peak lords are careless with this information. Mu Qingfang and Wei Qingwei know how to keep their mouths shut about having an injured sect leader, and Yue Qingyuan would be capable of keeping up a smile while he's bleeding out if he really needed to do that. But I think Yue Qingyuan's secret is especially compelling if there's potential for Shen Qingqiu to piece the information together, if he could look past his own self-loathing and resentment to search for another explanation, and start looking for all the little clues scattered across the sect in other people.

[tokumusume]

— That Young Master Yue looks not much older than me. Yet, he's an elder now. There's an age restriction to becoming a Sword Wielder. Is there not one for becoming an elder? Brother, who is he? — He's someone you must respect.

[randomingoftherandomness]

could you do something with modern-au shangzhi and public sex? maybe shangjue settling his didi under his desk for the day to warm his cock, or rock mindlessly on his lap while shangjue's business partner laughs and shangjue rolls his eyes indulgently

This one might tickle your fancy too @kittypurritto 🫚

Tag: Cockwarming, Anal Sex, Dom/Sub elements, Dubious Consent, Nipple Play, Gong Shangjue x Gong Yuanzhi, Elder Yue x Gong Yuanzhi

—

Elder Yue waits for precisely twenty minutes before Gong Shangjue’s secretary, a woman with a too saccharine smile that always sets his teeth on edge when he has to be near her, invites him to enter the office.

He’s half expecting for the man to detail the next month’s R&D budget the second he walks in, or even launch into briefing him on a sudden work trip he has to go on.

What he could have never anticipated is the way Gong Shangjue — Jue Group’s unflappable, ice king of a CEO and majority stakeholder — to be lazily fucking up into a very naked Yuanzhi, the Zhi Corporation’s prodigy of an heir, all while flicking at his nipple, mouthing at the kiss marked column of his pale neck.

“Oh, you’re here.”

Elder Yue clears his throat, stepping forth to take a seat, eyes still very much on the way Yuanzhi is weakly rocking back down on Shangjue dick.

The quiet of the office space is interjected only by the hum of the AC and the perverted slick squelching of come being fucked back out of the boy.

From the looks of it, Shangjue’s gone in raw.

Yuanzhi lolls his head to the side, heaving a shuddery sigh. His hands are gripping the armrests, creamy pale thighs come stained and parted.

How long has he been cockwarming Shangjue? Was this why he had to wait outside for the last twenty minutes?

Elder Yue is struck by the way he has obviously submitted himself to Shangjue. And from the way Shangjue’s hand is pressing up against his belly, this isn’t the first time.

He’d just met Yuanzhi last night for a business dinner. It’d gone well and they’d discussed various collaboration opportunities, and they’d ended the night with Elder Yue asking him out for a drink, only to be turned down.

Shangjue is watching him. And smiles.

Was this the reason for today’s little exhibition?

Elder Yue leans back in his chair, letting his thighs spread where he sits.

“Baby, look,” Shangjue coos. Jerking Yuanzhi by his chin, he makes the younger man face Elder Yue, breathing heavily when his gaze flickers southward to where he is bulging up against the front of his slacks.

“Don’t you want to taste him?”

Shangjue doesn’t wait for a response, pinching the nipple between his fingers and tugging hard. Yuanzhi sobs, hands clawing at the arm rests as he tenses, coming untouched on Shangjue’s lap.

“Beautiful isn’t he?” Shangjue sighs, reaching over to rub his hand through the mess on Yuanzhi’s belly. He lifts it. Then slicks it through Yuanzhi’s hair with a quiet contemplative laugh. “Beautiful and all mine to do with.”

Yuanzhi licks his lips, turning his face to Shangjue expectantly.

“No, darling. Not until you do as you’ve been told.”

It’s said so gently, so patiently, but whatever meaning they carry must be meant to hurt somehow because Yuanzhi blinks rapidly, brows furrowing in upset.

Shangjue ignores all of this and pulls Yuanzhi off him, gently settling him on the floor between his thighs, cheek pressed to the come slick hardness.

Petting Yuanzhi, Shangjue turns his focus to Elder Yue.

“I know you want him.”

“That—“

“And I can let you have him,” Shangjue says, voice even and amiable. As if he is talking about the weather and not about a living, breathing human. “You need a mind like his working on R&D and we need products. That’s why you took him out last night, isn’t it?” Shangjue’s eyes curve in amusement. “I wonder what would happen over drinks.”

Elder Yue swallows thickly.

In truth, he really was doing all that Shangjue said; the dinner, the possibility of drinks. Even the implication that there would have been something more to happen once alcohol was involved.

He won’t deny; Yuanzhi is a beauty, the rare sort that has both the credentials to back his brains up along with his face. Elder Yue has long since heard of how Yuanzhi has been fielding suitors from even before he’d left school.

Which makes him wonder about when this could have started between him and Shangjue.

“You can have him,” Shangjue says again. “For a price.”

“And what would that be?” Elder Yue replies before he can stuff the words back into his belly.

Shangjue taps Yuanzhi on the back of his head and he rises on shaky legs, limping to the big desk, retrieving a folder.

His eyes are big and glossy when he is close enough to Elder Yue to pass the folder over. He goes to kneel by him and he is caught by the way his lashes fan over his cheeks when be blinks.

Reading the contents of the folder, he has to suck in a breath, reading it twice before he snaps it shut.

“I know you’ve been leaking information to Wufeng. I know it’s been just two months since they started paying you for it. Cayman Islands, is it? Not very secure but I can see the appeal.”

Elder Yue stares at the folder and then at Yuanzhi who is blinking at his naked lap. He feels an irrational urge to throw his coat over him.

“So what do you want?”

“Work with me to feed Wufeng duds. Help me take them down.” Shangjue stands, tucking his cock back into his pants. “And I’ll let you have him.”

Elder Yue turns to Yuanzhi who is looking back at him.

Before he can react, Yuanzhi climbs onto his lap, sitting plush against his clothed hard on, smearing his mess all over his front. He feels hot, even more so when Elder Yue catches him by the hips, pulling him plush on him with a broken off moan.

“I take it that you agree with my proposal?”

Elder Yue’s breath hitches when Yuanzhi rolls his hips.

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

Yuanzhi has his zipper down and cock out by the time he registers Shangjue donning on his coat and gathering his briefcase.

“I’ll send a car to your condo on Monday morning to pick him up,” He instructs. “Please do try not to break him. I do so hate it when people are careless with my toys.”

Elder Yue doesn’t have the time to respond. Not when Yuanzhi is rubbing the head of his cock against the wetness of his gaping hole.

“Have a good weekend, baby boy,” Shangjue says, leaning in to lick a kiss into Yuanzhi’s waiting pout. “Be good, hm?”

The sight of Yuanzhi’s eyes following Shangjue’s leaving back makes Elder Yue wonder.

But he pushes the thoughts to back of his head.

Instead, he focuses on gripping Yuanzhi by the waist and pulling him down on his cock. He’s licking into Yuanzhi’s panting mouth, hands squeezing at the soft mounds of his breasts, having the pretty thing moaning like a slut by the time the door snicks shut.

[kholran]

My Journey To You || 1.16 -Elder Yue, the three forms of Moon Slash look much more powerful than the three forms of Snow Sabre. -Look at you. If you see Young Master Xue next time don't... Don't forget what you said. You have to say it loudly in front of him again.

[comradekatara]

IDK if you're still giving your thoughts on AtLA ships but I would feel remiss if I didn't shoot my shot and pitch yuetara. I know on the surface this is going to immediate read like “yuekka but gay” except I FIRMLY reject the idea that the siblings are interchangable. They bring different dynamics to the relationship! and I love yuekka, don't get me wrong here, but for no fault of its own it suffers from only having a couple episodes to develop and a mostly cishet writing team doing a lot of “he's a guy and she a girl, could I make it anymore obvious?” doing a lot of the heavy lifting. WE know Sokka has a lot to offer as a partner, but from Yue's perspective Sokka is yet another man that vaults into her life and immediately wants [something from] her. 

But Katara. Here she comes, granddaughter of the woman who rejected their status quo that is supposed to be there to keep them safe? And she Got Away with it, went on to lead a happy fulfilled life, and years later that granddaughter rolls right up to their master bender, an elder, A Man, one of the pillars holding up the system, and forming the bars of Yue’s cage as a physical representation that he was Wrong. And this girl spits his authority back in his face, tells him where to shove it, and somehow against every odd, she bends him to listen?? Can you imagine living your whole life being told that every part of you belongs to someone else, that you will never be a person before you're a daughter, wife, mother, princess, and then out of a clear blue sky on the day of your birth, where it's been announced you're about to change hands from one man to another, a girl just like you blows in like a typhoon, and says there's another way. Wouldn't you fall just a little bit madly in love with her?

Yue is shown that she CAN choose freedom for herself... and it makes her choosing duty in the end so much more meaningful? She could walk away. She was not born to be a prop and a sacrifice, no matter what even THE FUCKING MOON intended, she can be a whole person on her own. And ugh, the symbolism of taking up the mantle of the moonspirit so that KATARA can have her bending still!! The heartache of knowing now that everytime she bends, yue is RIGHT THERE. Literally to Moon and the OCEAN paralells FUCK.

Putting aside that korrasami crawled so that a lot of today's queer flavored kids media can even think about walking, I truly believe that if AtLA had been a product of the late 20teens or 2020’s that yuetara would have been THE ship. Anyway, sorry for the inbox blast, you're just the Katara conisuer and if you have thoughts I wanna hear em.

okay, to be clear, all of this is obvious to me. you make a compelling argument, but it’s hardly something I haven’t already considered when thinking about this ship.

however, there’s something very beautiful to me about yue’s story being a tragedy, and I think that while warping that narrative to be about feminist liberation through the power of lesbian love is obviously a noble goal, yue and sokka being two people who are confined and stifled by their respective obligations to patriarchal duty whose happiness is fundamentally impossible because neither of them can imagine a world beyond the bars of their cages is nonetheless far more interesting than a narrative wherein someone “rescues” yue from adhering to patriarchal standards and shows her a brand new world.

it’s actually very fascinating to me that sokka refuses to talk about himself, and whenever yue asks him questions about himself and his home, he is self-deprecating. besides his first attempt to claim that [by virtue of being the son of the chief] he is sort of like a prince himself, it’s clear that spending time in the nwt, who look down on their southern counterparts, wears on his self-esteem because he is predisposed to insecurity. you’re right in that katara is nothing like sokka. she wouldn’t be insecure, dismissive, cagey about her past, tacitly accepting of yue’s resigned obligation to her arranged marriage, or attempting to repress her feelings around yue. she would be bold, loud, confident, agentic, and willingly vulnerable, as she is with every potential love interest. perhaps their relationship would still end in tragedy, but it would be anything but quiet.

and if that kind of obvious bombast is what you want out of a romance, then fine, you do you. but personally, the beauty of yue’s role in the narrative to me is specifically how she foils sokka as someone who sacrifices, diminishes, and martyrs herself for the sake of her people. she literally has obligations to her tribe and to her father!!!!! she and sokka inform each other so beautifully because they are so similar and equally constrained by their perceived obligations and lack of agency.

the fact that sokka is who she gets close to whereas katara merely represents a sort of unattainable ideal to her is intentional, it’s part of the point. if yue is sokka’s moon, shining brightly above him but always out of reach, then katara is yue’s moon, kanna is yue’s moon, every woman who had the agency to liberate themselves from this system in which yue has no choice but to participate is her moon. and by becoming the moon, yue sacrifices herself, her humanity, her body, but she also liberates herself, frees herself from the contraints of being a woman in society. she kisses sokka to reclaim her agency, because kissing him as she had wanted to had been denied to her, and now that she is no longer bound to these earthly standards, she finally can.

yes, we are introduced to yue through sokka and not the other way around (i shouldn’t have to explain that that is how basic storytelling sequencing works), but yue is immediately interested in him, sees a kindred spirit in him, longs for him. maybe he is initially struck by her beauty, but he treats her with kindness and humanity, and he never asks for anything from her besides what she is willing to give him (which is the point. they’re at an impasse, and so their tragedy is inevitable. unlike suki, who is willing to take the lead and basically forces sokka into experiencing happiness lmfao). also, for the record, they already are a beautiful butch/femme couple. to me.

but yeah, if you really want to see a bold, courageous girl fight to liberate a repressed, abused girl from the clutches of patriarchal violence, you can just watch revolutionary girl utena free on youtube. in fact, you all should. it’s much better than atla.