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btw if you’re fat and your partner doesn’t love you wholeheartedly, if they’re attracted to you “despite” your body, if they avoid touching you, if they look away from certain parts of you, you’re allowed to break up with that person. look at me. you can do better. you are not unloveable and you don’t have to settle i fucking promise.

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new idea: shen yuan transmigrates into a pidw version with abo dynamics, but he doesn't know about it.

he knows what abo is, but it's so far removed from his expectations that it simply doesn't cross his mind at all. with that, cang qiong is a respectable, upstanding sect, so there is no growling, claiming, scent pushing or primal instinct stuff going on. people also don't mention it, as it's simply not relevant most of the time, and is considered rude to discuss unprompted.

shen qingqiu, of course, is an omega (the characters who make the best omegas are the ones who would hate it the most), but he has suppressed it with his qi for most of his life because he doesn't want to be seen as weak. the other peak lords assume he's a beta.

now, i'm not a traditional abo dynamic fan, but, there is something very appealing to me about the nesting and scenting aspect of it.

it starts out slow and painfully oblivious, with shen yuan assuming cultivators must have a really good sense of smell, and it's simply book logic that every character seems to have a signature scent. all those romance novels always mention characters smelling of pine and flowers and scotch and leather, so this isn't a foreign concept. liu qingge, for instance, is the bai zhan war god, girls fall for him left and right, it's only natural he smells of musk and deep woodsy notes, like the earth after it rains. right?

besides that, shen yuan has always been a homebody who loves his creature comforts, so him getting extra blankets and pillows and soft fabrics for his bed to curl up in isn't odd at all. or him collecting soft pretty things. shen qingqiu already has fans and night pearls and hair ribbons and silky clothes, so nothing changes.

then without-a-cure hits.

the poison breaks down the suppressors that the original shen qingqiu put in place, and his body starts restoring the balance. this worsens the cravings, and sets off his omega instincts.

he gathers more blankets, but it doesn't fill the need, like there's something missing. then liu qingge forgets his outer robe in his house after a meridian cleansing to deal with an emergency, and that robe ends up in his bed. he tries to reason it's a comfort thing—he wore his dad's sweater when he was young and had nightmares, and liu qingge does smell very nice, so is it really that strange that he holds it at night and presses his face against the collar where the scent is the strongest to soothe himself?

his own scent starts to develop as well, much stronger than the mild, watery green tea flavor from before, and people notice.

thing is, though, that there are many formalities and rules of conduct around omegas, one of which is not to bring up their status in any improper or unbidden way. so even though the alpha lords now notice a very distinct omega scent coming off their shixiong, they can't mention it out of societal pressure. so, they don't.

shen yuan still doesn't notice a thing.

the first time liu qingge smells it is during their bi-weekly cleansing session, when shen qingqiu leans in and liu qingge gets a mouthful of green tea, bamboo and honeyed jasmine, soft and sweet and pleased and so very content it sets off his alpha brain and he has to rein himself in before he starts releasing his own pheromones like some inexperienced teenager—

he's only just grown used to their amity and their habit of sharing tea and cakes after the cleansing, but now shen qingqiu is sitting there smiling at him and smelling like—like liu qingge is spoiling him and, making him feel safe...

he doesn't bring it up, downs his tea, and leaves.

meanwhile shen qingqiu keeps happily nesting away, filling his bed with all kinds of soft fabrics, some clothes of other people that he's trying really hard not to think about. everything is going well, binghe just turned sixteen and the girls are calling him an 'alpha', so his little bun is growing well into his protagonist charms! yue qingyuan comes by more often, acting a little strange but shen qingqiu is used to that by now. he looks very bashful offering him a ribbon of his, a pretty silver one that smells of incense and ozone, and shen qingqiu happily accepts it.

one time binghe comes back bruised and scuffed from a fight with bai zhan disciples, and shen qingqiu tsks at the strange smells on him, do those brutes ever bathe?? he rubs his hands over binghe's sleeves to try and get some of it off, and his poor bun must still be in shock because he stares wide-eyed at his shizun. he must also be getting forgetful because shen qingqiu finds that same robe still unwashed a week later in binghe's bedroom.

he also loves it when people brush or play with his hair, it's his favorite part of the evening when binghe helps him take down his hair for the night. the combs feel so nice on his scalp, if he could purr he would! (binghe's heart sobs quietly behind him, in complete disbelief his master is purring at him).

his icy, lofty demeanor has all but shattered, because now every time he tries to act aloof, like when yue qingyuan gives him a present or liu qingge shows up on his doorstep, his sweet, pleased scent betrays him.

the opposite is true, as well, when without-a-cure flares up and he's in pain and his scent goes sour and distressed, even when he's waving everyone off saying he's fine. the entire house smells of burnt tea leaves and ash after a nightmare, and shen qingqiu is very confused when liu qingge comes to pick him up for a meeting but then refuses to leave.

anyway he doesn't find out until after the conference when airplane tells him to keep his acrid scent under control, his house is starting to stink.

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worms eating worms

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Help how do I get kittens to stop just dehydrating wet food and leaving the dried, crusty meat? Idk what they’re doing they just keep leaving a thick crust of dried meat. I want them to eat the meat, not just the water. They’re 10 weeks old and have no problems eating kibbles. Why are they like this?

They are like this because they are kittens, god's most wretched creature sent to test me specifically.

It could just be that they don't like the kind of wet food you're offering. Is it pate style or is it in chunky gravy? Are they leaving a LOT of it behind? If so, you could offer it in smaller amounts until you hit that 'yeah, they'll eat all this in a reasonable amount of time' sweet spot.

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new cat bed invented

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ive gotten so much mileage out of this tweet. every time i see something on the internet that makes me mad i just think to myself "people in real life: hey man how's it going" and i keep it pushing

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patreon request for PC

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Child: My stomach hurts :(

Me: Oh no, friend. How about you sit down and you can rejoin camp activities in a little bit.

Child: Do you think it's because my mom and dad are fighting? 🥺

Me:

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Nigel was hanging out on my desk, so I played a video for him - the video from 2023, Tater chasing dust motes - and he found it very interesting.

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Friendly reminder to all my US and UK people who take SSRIs, those meds can increase your sensitivity to heat. Take it slow and be extra cautious because this summer is kicking off with its first heatwave already.

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Everybody shut up, Yushi Huang spotted in tgcf 5 hardcover!!!!!!

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So like, Qinghua has pretty open access to Mobei-Jun.

(Love that one post about sqh manhandling mbj and mbj just being all limp and obedient.)

But i was thinking, who else would Mbj trust as a taste tester? Im sure he has them, but thats still his fokd going through a lot of people's hands. So who else can he trust but the hamster? Also, SQH is always busy and forgets to eat. So win win, Sqh has to take a few bites of food and Mbj knows its safe to eat.

Years of this later, they're in like some important buisness style meeting. Qinghua is pacing around giving his report. There are demon lords all around. Mobei-Jun refuses to eat despite everyone else doing so. Qinghua is not thinking about anything except explaining the benefits of trade routes where you don't eat the traders. So as he walks by he casually steals a bite from MBJ's bowl. Then keeps walking. The nobels are HORRIFIED staring in shock while Mbj is pleased and immediately starts to eat.

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Just some Bingqiu shenanigans

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I love SVSSS. I'm extremely unwell about it. It's so good it's amazing, it's perfect

Do not force yourself to finish it if you don't like it. Try to get through the first book, but if you still don't like it, just leave it. The vibes and the themes only get more intense and more blatant which is great for people who like it, but miserable if you don't.

I find it to be very hit or miss with people and that's fine. It's not for everyone. I hope you like it, but I'm not one of those people who will insist you finish a book just because I loved it.

Anyway Thousand Autumns has an evil dilf who, to the main character, just keeps saying "Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go ape shit?"

There is still some time until the novels I want to read come out and in between the next volume so let's ask the audience who knows best

Absolutely open for propaganda for these and other good novels~

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Shen Twins but Shen Yuan transmigrated as an infant and grew up alongside his twin. Living through their mother's abandonment, being captured and sold into slavery, and the Qui household.

Shen Yuan had been born fragile and sickly, a trait that followed him from his previous life and one that left Shen Jiu feeling overprotective of his only remaining family. Making himself into a bigger target to receive punishment and divert attention away from his weak twin.

A plan that was destined to eventually fail.

It had been a mistake to even entertain the thought of pursuing a path of cultivation. It was an even greater one to keep his mouth firmly shut as he was whipped, staring defiantly into the eyes of his abuser and refusing to give him the satisfaction of hearing his cries.

Qiu Jianluo had always known what Shen Jiu treasured more than his own well-being, and he wasn’t opposed to losing one useless slave in order to break the other.

That was the night that Shen Jiu lost his twin brother... it was also the night that he murdered Qiu Jianluo with his own hands, leaving behind the burning mansion with his brother's body cradled in his arms.

Shen Jiu hadn't wanted to depend on Wu Yanzi after the massacre, yet the man held in his hands the key to bringing Shen Yuan back to him. Calling upon his twins soul and keeping it held within an artifact with promises that he could create another body for Shen Yuan if Shen Jiu faithfully followed his every word.

It wasn't ideal, but he would sell his soul and ruin his cultivation to hear Shen Yuan's voice again.

So Shen Jiu had no qualms with murdering Wu Yanzi and claiming the artifact that held his brother's soul. Deciding that he would find his own means to bringing Shen Yuan back without dirtying his hands with Qi-Ge's blood.

That was how Shen Yuan found himself spitting up dirt several years later, in a new body that hadn't seemed to age a day from when he died to Qui Jianluo's hands. Mouth opened wide in shock as he stared into the face of the notorious scum villain Shen Qingqui.... who so happened to be his twin??

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catzun n goathe

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“Atem gets his own body” AU where he keeps trying to tell archeologists where Punt was and none of them will believe him. Except Ishizu. Ishizu believes him. Atem and Ishizu’s quest to convince academia about the correct location of Punt. 

They get thrown out of at least one (1) conference. Ishizu calling up Atem like “You’ll never believe what someone just said about us in this paper called ‘In Response to Ishtar et. al.’” and he’s like “I don’t know why this is so difficult. I’ve literally BEEN there.” and she’s like “I know, I know.”