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svsss, qijiu au - yue qi turns out to be nobility

a few thoughts about a yue qi who has descended cang qiong mountain for the qiu estate only to find ashes on the wind and a husk of a manor...yue qi making the long trip back home and encountering a duke's retinue, only to learn that he is the long-lost son of a duke...the politics of it all doesn't matter—it's the setup and resources.

i think it's critically important for yue qingyuan to be obsessive about a deceased xiao jiu and still craft their marital chamber with characters for double happiness in red permanently adhered...

and when it turns out xiao jiu is alive—well, isn't this their happy ending? they can finally be together and yue qi finally has the power to protect him. xiao jiu, why are you leaving? don't you like the grave i built for you? don't you like the marital chamber i built for you? you would have hated to be forgotten; i let you haunt me.

we can sleep under the same bedding in life and lie in the same grave in death.

the bird in the cage longs for its former woods, while the fish in the pond misses the deep? i will take my sword to fly after you; i will plunge myself into the nai river after you.

OTP - one true pairing, a ship you really like

BrOTP - bro OTP , a non romantic friendship you really like

Compilation of writing advice for some aspects of the writing process.

How to motivate myself to write more

How to get rid of writer’s block

Basic Overview: How to write a story

How to outline a story

How to come up with plot

How to create a character

How to make a character unique

How to name your characters (Masterpost)

How to start a story

How to write a prologue

How to write conversation

How to write witty banter

How to write the last line

How to write a summary

How to write a book description

How to write romance

How to write friendships

How to write emotions (Masterpost)

How to write an argument

How to write yelling

How to write anger

How to write betrayal

How to title fanfiction

How to write an unreliable narrator

First Person vs. Third Person POV

How to write character deaths

How to leave a strong first impression

How to use songs in a fanfiction

How to name fictional things

How to write self-insert fics

How to write multiple points of view

Introducing a group of characters

Large cast of characters interacting in one scene

How to write dual timelines

How to slow down time

Redemption arc

Plot twists

Fatal Character Flaws

good traits gone bad (Masterpost)

Slow burn

Explanation posts about writing terms

What is…

AU ideas

Favourite tropes

Tropes of the day

List of Genres

Drabble vs. One-Shot

Advice for writing relationships

Masterpost: how to write relationships + romance

More specific scenarios

How to write a bilingual character

How to write a character with glasses

How to write heterochromia

How to write a girldad

How to write taking care of a tired partner

How to create a villain

Reasons for becoming a villain

How to write a morally grey character

How to write an inferiority complex

How to write a road trip

How to create and write a cult

How to write amnesia

How to write being stabbed

How to write a stratocracy

How to write a heist

How to write the mafia

Criminal past comes to light

Ideas for traumatic experiences

How to create an atmosphere (Masterpost)

How to write a college party

How to write royalty (Masterpost)

Paramilitary Forces/ Militia

Superpowers Masterpost (Hero x Villain)

Inconvenient things a ghost could do

A Queen’s Assassination Plot

Reasons for leaving their land

Crime Story - Detective’s POV

Evil organization of assassins

Evil wins in the end

Causes for the apocalypse

Last day on earth

Liminal Spaces

Workplace AUs

Signs of co-dependency

What to wear in a desert

What to wear in the arctic

Telegraphing his movements like Shen Qingqiu is some—some spooked animal, Liu Qingge slowly approaches. Shen Qingqiu doesn’t move. Tension chords through his muscles, making him stiff and knotted.

Liu Qingge sits down next to him, and then reaches out a slow hand. Shen Qingqiu watches, helpless, as Liu Qingge folds a larger hand over Shen Qingqiu’s. A tremor runs through Shen Qingqiu’s arm.

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All too quickly, Shen Qingqiu unfurls his fingers. Liu Qingge’s eases the stick out of his palm, brushing flakes of bark off the mounds and lines. His touch is so careful, so slow, that it makes Shen Qingqiu’s arm shake again.

Liu Qingge puts the stick on the ground.

“You won’t treat her poorly if she goes to Qing Jing, will you?” Liu Qingge asks, drawing back to fold his hands in his lap. He looks at Shen Qingqiu, unwavering. “Shen Qingqiu?”

He asks. He’s asking this of Shen Qingqiu. The question is no overture to a threat. Liu Qingge could threaten him. He’s stronger than Shen Qingqiu. The better cultivator.

Yet Liu Qingge is baring his neck, utterly aware of Shen Qingqiu’s cruel bite, and asking him to be kind.

Liu Qingge thinks Shen Qingqiu can be kind.

I don’t know how! Shen Qingqiu doesn’t cry. Don’t ask this of me! I don’t know kindness!

But despite the pulp of hate grown over Shen Qingqiu’s heart—

He doesn’t want to willingly break Liu Qingge’s belief. Not yet. It may be inevitable one day, but for now…

“No, I won’t,” Shen Qingqiu says, voice cracking. He looks away, feeling terribly weak, feeling brilliantly powerful, feeling utterly seen. “Your sister would do too well to bother me anyway.”

- A Cat Beneath the Wintersweet Bush by redketchup Chapter 3

I don't believe this. Who in the world are you? Are you really an actor? I am … the king… of this country. You really are a persistent one, aren't you. That's enough. Keep walking while I'm still willing to put up with you.