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Was scribbling and then something occured to me!!! a brainworm! SY mushroom body being the local animal nursery .... seems so plausible to me.

Liu Qingge, on Bai Zhan Peak: I'll escort you to my place. I need to spar with some disciples, so stay put until I am back.

Yue Qi: You're going to spar? You haven’t even had breakfast yet! You need to eat something first. You’re also going to get those robes dirty, please change into something more comfortable first —

Liu Qingge *taken off-guard by the lecture then by the sudden silence*: ... Are you okay?

Yue Qi: I — sincerely apologize if I overstepped, but...

Liu Qingge would have definitely seen it as overstepping if this was anyone than other than Zhangmeng-shixiong, so he supposes his reaction makes sense. He speaks softly: You have not. I don't mind. What else did you want to say?

Yue Qi: Can you please go easy on your disciples? I don't mean to demean your judgment — of course you know best — and I am sure these... spars were warranted, but they're simply children, they don't know what they're doing.

Liu Qingge: *blinks in confusion*

Yue Qi: Maybe you can spar with me, instead? I don't mean to —

Liu Qingge, too harshly for his own liking (he didn't think a day would come when Zhangmeng-shixiong asks him for a spar first): No.

Yue Qi: *goes white*

Liu Qingge, wincing: We can spar when Zhangmeng-shixiong is back to his... norm.

Yue Qi still looks upset, so Liu Qingge sighs: ... I'll try my best.

And he gets a genuine, big smile in response. (He realizes he's never seen Shixiong truly smile with joy).

so im imagining bingge shows up in svsss world, probably chasing after sqq or something weird post extras, and suddenly he comes across an ethereal cultivator facing off against some mythological beast. he remembers having trouble fighting the creature when he encountered it himself a few years after he escaped the abyss, so his instinct is to step in

only, before he can take xin mo and save the maiden (?), the cultivator rends the beast's head clean from its neck, flicking the blood off their blade with a practiced flourish

bingge is ??? (and also maybe horny? uh??)

he steps closer to get a peek and is shocked to see someone who could be liu mingyan's double, just broader, and a bit taller. he's even more shocked they aren't veiled, knowing what troubles his wife faced due to her looks

it's only after he follows (stalks) the cultivator throughout the countryside for about a week, watching them defeat demons and beasts alike without breaking much of a sweat, that he realizes this must be the Bai Zhan War God Liu Qingge, a man he'd never met in his own world, and who's death he'd handedly avenged at the behest of his wife, Liu Qingge's younger sister

the man is impressive, to say the least. he handles foes that bingge faced with only slightly less grace and efficiency, wielding his sword like an executioner's axe, brutal yet indifferent, as though the slaughter was nothing more than a duty he excelled at

it's exciting

he watches as liu qingge returns to cang qiong, watches as the man drops the carcasses of his conquests on shen qingqiu and that imposter's doorstep, so clearly pining and yet left alone in the cold, served with nothing but subpar tea and a glare from bingge's wretched counterpart, a wound only eased by the tempting, gentle smile of his soft shixiong

bingge begins to put the pieces together (as wrongly as one possibly could), and starts to realize (again, incorrectly) that the difference in this world must be that all his wifes-to-be are indeed husbands-to-be, and bingmei was just slow on the uptake, having only garnered one marriage thus far. he hasn't run across liu mingyan yet, so it's entirely possible her and her brother's fates had swapped here. perhaps this man's survival is why sqq didn't have such an awful reputation in this world? (he doesn't take the time to consider why that might be, not entertaining the idea he could have been wrong about his world's shen qingqiu's involvement in the bai zhan peak lord's demise)

watching this all unfold, he hatches a plan

if bingmei's pathetic self won't take the opportunity in front of him and marry liu qingge, an evidently unparalleled beauty just like his sister, then bingge will. he has never claimed to be selfless, and intends to be as greedy and self serving as possible by pursuing the cultivator who is clearly desperate for connection

Instead of "you are strong", try —> "You're monstrous"

Instead of "you're so kind", try —> "you're fucking spineless"

Instead of "you're so smart", try —> "you're a manipulative bitch"

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1. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Timeline by VagabondDawn on ao3

2. svsss canon log by allpiesforourown on Tumblr/Google Doc

3. [Guide] The Scum Villain's Self Saving System by Jin_Mitel on ao3

(^^ An Index of Jin_Mitel's other guides, many look useful for this purpose/others are scum villain focused! Find them at A Guide to Fictions)

4. Guide of Locations in Scum Villain Self-Saving System by misfitmonarchy and stardust_falling on ao3

5. A Partial Beastiary for Chinese Mythology and Folklore by PyrrhaIphis on ao3

6. Guide to Writing Scum Villain (or XianXia and XuanHuan in general) by velveteentuzhi on ao3

7. Stallion Novels: A Guide by ibex_ascendant on ao3

8. Chinese Names + Naming Resources by lingxhr on Tumblr (Useful for OCs!)

9. Chinese Naming Basics for Fanfiction Writers by miqqumi on ao3 (Danmei/SVSSS Specific! Useful for honorifics! Contains a long list of resources for this subject)

10. How to Name your Chinese Characters by drwcn on Tumblr (Useful for OCs!)

11. ziseviolet on Tumblr (For hanfu fashion history, explanations, and inspo! A lot of helpful history and cultural information/resources as well! Extremely helpful, see their masterposts on their blog to start)

Ziseviolet's masterposts one and two

12. peekofhistory on Tumblr (Really incredible history/arts/crafts/guqin making and lessons(!!)/culture resource! Highly recommend to check them out!)