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Shen Yuan: horny and/or chronically online

Luo Binghe: you cherish childlike innocence even when it's twisted to the point it's barely recognizable. You love to explore how trauma shapes a person

Luo Bingge: "free my man even though he did all that shit"

Shen Jiu: you're able to look past how people present themselves and see the hurt child inside, ironically similar to Luo binghe fans but you'll never admit it

Yue Qingyuan: horny

Shang Qinghua: horny

Mobei Jun: you have a soft spot for characters who are cold due to child neglect. Also you are horny

Sha hualing: horny

Liu Mingyan: you LOVE to say "God forbid women have a hobby" in response to everything women do no matter how absurd

Liu Qingge: like CRAZY horny

Ning Yingying: you are puppies and rainbows and sunshine

Tianlang Jun: you love to call him a slut even though he's probably only had sex like one time

okay I have a feeling this is gonna be controversial- and I am not attacking anybody- but I am asking y'all to consider that fanartists who make Binghe consistently the darker skinned character without investigating the undertones this has is in poor taste at best.

This is something I've seen a lot of black people on here talk about, and I want to give them credit (especially Creating Black Characters) for this obviously because they have been actively dealing with this form of bigotry and have a lot more experience with racism than me- but I've yet to see this applied to the SVSSS fandom, and it's making me kind uncomfortable.

To explain, having the dominant partner, who is in-text aggressive, be the (often one) character you headcanon as a deeper skin tone than the rest is all too common. It plays into a lot of nasty stereotypes. There are worse versions of it, and the idea this originated in this fandom, or it is the worst here is incorrect, but it does not mean it doesn't play into the stereotypes.

I do think there are ways to do it well, you can look at his half demon heritage as an allegory for racial hatred in our world. But that will say things about those who then hunt demons (like Liu Qingge). Hell, I think Tianlang Jun's storyline of being locked away for loving a cultivator, and how everyone assumes the worst of him for being a demon can play into this as well. But, just because this is written in a fantasy novel doesn't mean it doesn't have real world consequences.

I'm not saying you can't draw Binghe with darker skin- but maybe consider drawing other characters with dark skin too. And maybe think about how portraying the sexually aggressive and demonic character as the only one with dark skin reads.

And I love Luo Binghe's character. I think he's a great blorbo- but I also want SVSSS to be a safe fandom for everybody. I've had so much fun here, and I want my friends to be able to participate without feeling uncomfortable.

It's torture for Binghe. Shen Jiu, the white walls and pain are all he knows. Until one day he hears a noise and finds a boy slightly older than him in the lab looking around in shock. The boy, Shen Yuan, looks horrified by the blood on the floor, asking Binghe what he's doing in his basement. Why is he locked up behind glass? He fumbles around the buttons until Binghes door opens and he's finally free.

Binghe: yes.. I have a debt I need to repay to your brother

Binghe: now I have to act pathetic and harmless until shen yuan leads me to shen jiu and I can finally take my revenge

-Ice Demon can change their sex at will. (This one is technically canon, Airplane accidentally called Linguang Jun Mobei Jun's aunt more than once.)

-The high level cultivation technique that allows a pregnant cultivator to literally transplant their entire womb and baby into another person's body. (There's 3000 words of surprise pregnant Bingge on his old laptop somewhere...)

-Cang Qiong Mountain Sect has a mandatory sex ed class taught by Mu Qingfang.

-Rubiks Cubes as puzzle locks on ancient tombs (changed last minute to vague 'puzzle locks' in the story because Airplane knew Cucumber Bro would hate it.)

-Liu Mingyan can read minds, she's just super good at keeping a straight face.

-One of the unnamed Peak Lords is a transmigrator- they paid Airplane a ton of money to write them in to the story, but the transfer failed. Airplane cut them from PIDW, but they're here in SVSSS trying to keep their head down and come up with a back up plan for when LBH eventually goes crazy and kills everyone. (They never find out about SQH and SQQ).

-Liu Qingge can talk to horses. (There was this whole chapter about one of his old horses cultivating a sexy human lady form and running into Luo Binghe and...well you can guess.)

-The Liu sibling's father is a god. (This was written to explain Liu Mingyan's abilities but of course also applied to Liu Qingge retroactively.)

-High capacity flying devices made of things strapped to lots and lots of flying swords.

Eventually Shen Yuan will notice that Binghe won’t touch his plate if he puts any meat on it and asks him about it. He’s so upset that he didn’t notice Binghe’s meat aversion sooner— he was basically torturing his husband this whole time! So he goes vegetarian in solidarity (he doesn’t want to learn to cook meat for himself either)

Well. Mostly vegetarian. Liu Qingge cooks when they go hunting together, and Liu Shidi is…. Very good. With meat.

Like I said, the museum was a pretty snotty institution. It’s got a LOT of objects it’s way famous for possessing, but nobody knew about the absolutely massive collection of Moche erotic pottery it had because the curators were totally embarrassed by this stuff.

Some examples:

Pretty hot shit, right? They never, ever put any of this stuff on public view or published it in any catalogues but - we legit had like several hundred pieces of Moche ceramics in the “dirty pots” category. Anyway, I was left alone to just do my job with regard to the database for several years, ok? And I figured, well, these’re accessioned objects in the museum’s collection - better get down to bidness. 

I catalogued every goddamn bestiality, necrophiliac, cocksucking, buttfucking, detached penis, and giant vulva drinking cup in that collection. I’d be like, 

A drinking vessel in form of a standing man wearing a tunic and cap. He holds an oversized erection in his hands and stares into the distance (note I did not say “like he’s hella-constipated”). The vessel has a hole at both the tip of the penis as well as around the rim of the figure’s head, thus forcing the drinker to drink only from the penis or risk spilling wine all over themselves from the top of the vessel. Red and orange slip covers the surface of the piece.

Pretty straightforward, right? Apparently the deep seated fear of these objects that the curators exhibited was meant to spread to me as well, but - no one ever gave me that memo, because I guess Midwesterners reproduce asexually. When the curators understood that I had catalogued all of these objects in addition to the other, non-sexy pieces in the collection, they were apparently livid, but knew they had no legs to stand on in terms of getting pissed at me for it. 

I visited the museum’s online public access database a few years back and - every single description I wrote of these pieces has been totally neutered to say something like Male figural vase. 

shen yuan is an infamous member of bachelor nation, the most well known hater of the show. he becomes the bachelorette because his social media criticisms of the show's concept and casts catch the producer's attention, and they want to do a season themed around "proving" the show works by making its biggest critic fall in love

the host (and lead producer) is shang qinghua, who originated the entire idea and has gone viral for his responses to shen yuan multiple times

contestants include:

luo binghe (mei): famous chef with a tragic backstory about being abandoned then orphaned then sent to something traumatizing like a wilderness therapy camp. in his free time he runs a nonprofit to support "troubled" children. in a surprise reveal we learn he came on the show because shen yuan helped take down the horrible camp by posting an expose about the industry, and then happened to be one of the first critics to write a good review of his restaurant, leading to his extraordinary success in the industry. gets the winner edit

luo bingge: lowkey evil twin to luo binghe despite no actual relation. former bachelor lead who's season was canceled midway through because he tried to propose to all the contestants and he was getting canceled online for misogyny or something. says he's back as a contestant because he wants to prove he's changed for the better. gets the early-season villain edit and goes home relatively quickly because he barges in on a one-on-one date as if he deserves the time and it pisses shen yuan off

liu qingge: on the show because a friend (*cough* liu mingyan *cough*) applied for him and the producers wanted him for eye candy. somehow becomes the fan favorite, but is always losing out to luo binghe just slightly (comes second in physical challenges, is unable to interrupt luo binghe and shen yuan's chats during cocktail parties bc he's embarrassed, "isn't open enough about his feelings" while luo binghe cries at any slight frown from shen yuan, etc etc). gets the "should have won" edit. most viral moment is a big blowout fight with shen qingqiu at the tell all when images leak of shen qingqiu at a strip club or something right before the show started filming. says in interviews that he just wants shen yuan to be happy (but says so with gritted teeth while glaring at luo binghe)

shen qingqiu/jiu: renowned musician who says he wanted to come on the show because he thinks shen yuan's prose (his hate rants) are beautifully done and he wants to get to know him better. does not befriend ANY of the other contestants. shen yuan keeps him around because he enjoys their chats where they just hate on and gossip about people. gets the late season villain edit when it's revealed he played a role in luo binghe's tragic backstory on a two-on-one date (the other contestant being luo binghe of course). shen yuan finds out and dramatically sends him home with a speech that contains more censorship beeps than words

yue qingyuan: probably the president of a university of something. claims he applied to be on the show because he just thought shen yuan was beautiful and wanted to get to know him better. it's revealed that he had a previous situationship with shen qingqiu (a music professor at his university) that ended poorly, and fans speculate he only went on the show to reconcile. reactions are split between those who think it's sweet, those who think it's creepy, and those who are just mad the whole drama was a distraction from shen yuan's experience (shen yuan did not care) (matter of fact, shen qingqiu didn't care either and ignored yue qingyuan the entire season). fan sleuths eventually reveal the whole sordid tale and learn that the situationship ended because of a miscommunication (qijiu then show up to the tell all engaged with matching rings and shen qingqiu is practically sitting on yue qingyuan's lap the whole time)

gongyi xiao: has a generic office job that he hates. becomes an early frontrunner among fans when the cast photos are first revealed. says he applied for the show because he appreciated shen yuan's kindness (everyone else is confused by this statement bc shen yuan is an infamous hater). him and luo binghe have a mini rivalry over being the only contestants younger than shen yuan, but luo binghe severely outfreaks gongyi xiao so gongyi xiao sort of gives up, and he eventually leaves during a teary-eyed rose ceremony pre-hometowns, but it seems clear that both him and shen yuan knew they weren't a match. fans rally for him to be the next bachelor

zhuzhi-lang: executive assistant for CEO of (insert generic company that is a rival to the one gongyi xiao works at) tianlang-jun. tianlang-jun pulled some strings to get his nephew on the show. is quiet and shy throughout the season, which becomes his downfall as shen yuan sort of forgets about him. somehow he makes it to hometowns, and his visit is made really weird because his uncle asks questions that are WAY too invasive and embarrasses him in front of shen yuan. shen yuan basically friend-zones him and viewers do a frame-by-frame analysis that shows zhuzhi-lang's heart breaking and confidence collapsing in real time as he gets sent home, which shocks everyone because he never seemed that into shen yuan outwardly

other miscellaneous cast members that go home somewhat early:

ming fan: sent home night one (shen yuan lowkey calls him ugly in a confessional)

mobei-jun: thought shang qinghua was the season lead. was very disappointed that this was not the case. runs off with shang qinghua halfway through the season

mu qingfang: did a cute heart rate monitoring doctor bit when he arrived at the house. gets a few dates but he and shen yuan agree they work better as friends (mu qingfang is internally devastated about this)

wei qingwei: sent home because he seems more interested in playing in the pool than talking to shen yuan during a group date

Your telling me shen “won’t shut up about demons” yuan would not be BEGGING his husband to transform into his most demonic form.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

ARE YOU A REAL MAN? ARE YOU EATING YOUR FUCKING SARDINES?

ARE YOU GONNA LET THOSE LITTLE SOYBOYS SARDINEMOG YOU? ARE YOU SARDINEMAXXING YOU LITTLE CUCK? EAT YOUR SLOP. EAT YOUR SLOP.