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i love writing about shen qingqiu flirting with people but not knowing he does it, and never realizing what effect it has on people or when they flirt back

for instance, he doesn't quite have a grasp on the usage of flowery, poetic speech yet, so he uses it in ways that are more suggestive than he means to. he compliments liu qingge's fighting style but the words he uses are "dancing like a snow lotus in the high mountain gales" and liu qingge turns so red shen qingqiu thinks he has a fever. he also said to wei qingwei that if only he was better a guqing player he would capture the sound of his laughter (wei qingwei has a boisterous laugh and this was meant to be teasing) and wei qingwei lay awake for three nights thinking about that.

he'd try to banter with yue qingyuan in the sort of taunting style of the original sqq, but in doing so accidentally strays into "shixiong should just bring his pillow and move in with how much he visits" "well if shidi insists" territory, and he doesn't realize it.

he pretends to be jealous when liu qingge goes on a mission with someone else, saying things like "shidi is having so much fun with [other peak lord], am i not enough? has my heart been traded for another?" with a fake pout that's supposed to be playful, but that inadvertently causes liu qingge to only accept missions with him or by himself, and of course shen qingqiu keeps digging this hole deeper by then acting flattered when liu qingge invites only him to the hunt.

he also definitely goes a little shakespearean sometimes to be dramatic, but people take that serious too. one time shang qinghua was too busy to read/write with him, so he complained to whoever listened, "the cruelty of his words have ripped my heart asunder, never again will i feel joy from what has now turned to sorrow", and two days later shang qinghua asks him what the hell he said to make half of the peak lords show up angry at his house like scorned lovers

in my mind he has also made a "chain me to the bed to have your way" kind of comment about his without a cure treatment, because mu qingfang added twenty new concoctions to the list that are yucky and shen yuan doesn't like yucky things, but even he was like "hm" about that and their next appointment was a little awkward.

I gotta make my own food around here. No one helps in this kitchen

SY transmigrates early, system beta test or something, does the wandering cultivator thing for a few decades, realizes the strays he picked up have formed a sect and he's the leader and no he doesn't get a choice in the matter

In terms of most powerful cultivators, SY is #10 in the cultivation world, but his sect is seen very poorly because, well, it's made up of strays and he encourages any noble kids to go to HHP because he needs to save his resources for kids who need him

Yue Qi and Shen Jiu get picked up by one of SY's staples and brought in. Their potential is insane and after a little training and researching current events he's pretty sure this "Yue" and "Shen" belong in CQM.

But it's already been 3 years. The boys aren't interested in sex yet, but they have been mommy-wife beamed thoroughly and fight him when he tells them he's made special arrangements with the CQM sect leader to accept them

He pulls the whole "Don't you want to be strong?" Schtick and they are not happy, but they are children and easily carried by a cultivator of his caliber

Shen Jiu swears revenge and SY breathes a sigh of relief that things are finally back on track.

But he misses them and tries to lose himself in traveling and oh no, this poor demonic snake is injured! (Fully juiced up by TLJ zzl just took snake form to lick his wounds more safely bc he's in the human realm) Zzl is fully prepared to transform and eat SY whole, but instead sy is very very gentle, asks permission before touching and coaxes the injured Zzl to last in the warm inside of his arm within his sleeve.

Sadly, Zzl has duties to his lord once he's healed, but he'll be back for this cultivator. Blah blah, plot happens, SY scoops up baby bingy (and the washer woman) and plants them in his sect, intending to send LBH off to CQM at the appropriate time.

He realizes his interference might have made SJ less of an asshole in general, but he DID swear revenge so maybe that's the angle the abuse will take.

Joke's on him, the first thing YQY does when the Qing generation steps up is strong arm SY into an alliance marriage. Shen Jiu becomes first wife.

(YQY isn't legally married for political reasons, but as SJ explains while dragging him into the marital bed, they are a set)

Zzl actively seeks SY out for help with TLJ and while SY can't do anything about that, he fishes up a plot amulet that gives Zzl free shapeshifting.

Zzl insists marriage is the only way to repay SY (tlj's advice) and eventually SY caves.

Wife count: 3

LQG has never met SY but heard rumors about him being a celestial fairy or wherever, so he's concerned SJ is treating him poorly and follows SJ to his marital sect. He catches SY on the way out to hunt some great beast

Wife count: 4

The Scum Villain's Self Saving System by MXTX spoilers (for all 4 novels)

Something that never fails to make me cry or at least tear up a little about SVSSS is the knowledge of just how loved Luo Binghe was and is.

In the beginning when Shen Yuan first reads the novel Proud Immortal Demon Way, Luo Binghe is one of the reasons for Shen Yuan's continued desire to finish the novel, despite his loud criticisms of the writing.

Luo Binghe's adoptive mother - the unnamed washerwoman had taken Binghe in and cared for and loved him as her son until her untimely death.

In SVSSS, Shen Yuan as Shen Qingqiu is able to look out for and care for the young Luo Binghe for the majority of his time on Qing Jing Peak.

After the events of the Immortal Alliance Conference and the Eternal Abyss, Luo Binghe had darkened and now he believed that because of his heritage, he will never be loved for who he is due to what he is - a half demon. This informs many of his later actions in the series. He had probably also had thoughts of who his parents had been and the circumstances of his birth. He had probably come to some awful conclusions back then and I definitely believe that this also added a layer to his self hatred.

Now, when it is finally revealed what the Old Huan Hua Palace Master had orchestrated, it is finally revealed just how much Su Xiyan had sacrificed to keep Luo Binghe alive. Yes, Tianlang-Jun did not know of the existence of his son until years and years later but the moment that he learned what had befallen his lover, he had stopped his plans to cause havoc in the human realm. Su Xiyan had loved her lover and their son so fucking much and every time that I think about her story I feel like crying.

Once this reveal happens it truly felt like every time someone had assumed that Luo Binghe was unloved or unwanted or unlovable, they were fooling themselves. It was like I was immediately reminded of all of the ways and people that had looked out for, cared about and loved Binghe.

Of course, the love story between Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe is nothing to sneeze about. If you've read the novels, you know. Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe love each other so ardently and deserve to be happy together.

Finally, I always come back to one of the last lines in the novels that our beloved author, Shang Qinghua says, "It's only... It's only he really, very much likes this story he wrote." I think that he speaks of how he's happy about how Shen Yuan derailed the plot, how other people have reacted to these changes and became more nuanced. I think he also speaks of the fact that he had loved his story when it had resembled PIDW too. It had been his creation despite all of the details and nuances that had been lost to the rabbed fan base.

Luo Binghe may never fully comprehend or know how much he is loved by all of these people and many more that I had not mentioned. In this way, SVSSS reminds me that we each have so many people in our lives that love and have loved us, that care and have cared for us and that continue to do so. Just like we paint our love on this earth so do our loved ones reciprocate.