#cannot-kill-the-sun

@1192ibelin said:                                                                                                                            Congrats! I wish you all the best                             

Thank you!!

@cannot-kill-the-sun said:                                                                                                                            Congratulations!! And also that paper sounds super interesting (I was studying child language acquisition last year) I hope it goes well!!                             

Thank you! I’m taking Child Language Acquisition right now myself, but SLS is my one true love. So hopefully it all works out!

@logicalgarlicpowder said:                                                                                                                            That’s awesome and I hope everything! I’ve studied Japanese for several years and am currently studying aboard in Japan. I don’t know much about linguistics but we do talk about gendered words in class! Even as a non-linguistics it sounds so interesting       

          logicalgarlicpowder said:                                                                                                                            Sorry. I meant: I hope everything works out well and as a non- linguist it’s seems cool. 😣                           

No worries, it’s all good! Is your trip going well? I loved my time in Japan - I spent some time completing an internship teaching English and then I went back again for language study. I was in Shiga, so my Japanese developed a hint of Kansai-ben, lol. It drives my friend from Yokohama nuts. Gendered language is super cool and important in Japanese - not many languages have such a clear distinction between masculine and feminine speech as Japanese. However, take what your teachers say with a grain of salt; a lot of people who are college aged aren’t a fan of using that kind of speech anymore. Men are slowly using feminine speech and women are using masculine speech; if you’re ever worried, you can just stick to neutral and you’ll be fine. As for the linguistic aspect of my paper, I’m mostly concerned with 1. are learners of Japanese (L2 learners) picking up the same perception of what is masculine/feminine/neutral as native speakers and 2. who is better with their perception, men or women? In case you were wondering :)

@thriceandonce said:                                                                                                                     Aaaaaaah omg that’s so exciting! Congratulations! \o/   

Absent Without Leaving by Invidia_Envy

In which, Shen Qingqiu realized what he longed for the most was freedom. Being a peak lord of Qing Jing didn’t let him do that often, he envied Liu Qingge who could ditch his peak’s brats so easily and go outside as he pleased.

Why did Liu Qingge could do as he pleased whilst he had to stay demure in his peak? Spitefully, Shen Qingqiu also began to leave his disciples to their own devices after picking up his last disciple to appease Ning Yingying.

For Luo Binghe, his Shizun was an enigma. A puzzle with many missing details, a sea with immeasurable depth. His Shizun is his hero. Every time his Shizun appeared, it was always in the direst situation which would be quickly resolved. Ming Fan came and bullied him? Snatching off his mother’s jade? His Shizun came and the jade was back in Luo Binghe’s hand.

A demon invasion when no strong people home? His Shizun returned and stopped them.

Pretty sure Shizun pushed him into the abyss for his own sake too. That’s right. Luo Binghe didn’t have any shred of doubt towards his mysterious and wise Shizun.

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When You Have Nothing To Gain (But Everything To Lose) by VermilionRain

After living through the original PIDW, many are brought back to their past selves. With knowledge in hand a number push to keep Shen Jiu away from their lives. When unspoken truths and unwoven lies are known can they make amends?

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As The Wheel Shatters by VermilionRain

Shen Jiu was cursed. No that wasn’t it. He felt cursed. Two lifetimes he’s lived with memories and even when he tries, nothing happens. So there; cursed. He wakes up again and in the end why bother? What was the saying; three times the charm.

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Write it on Your Heart by VermilionRain

Shen Jiu did not pass away immediately. He watched Shen Yuan live his life and it hurt. When he finally passed Fate decided to be cruel even more by dropping his reincarnating spirit into a similar setting. One problem; he wasn’t the only one. Another problem; there are a few trying to make amends that he doesn’t want. The last problem; an unwanted companion. He resolves one problem.

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Spread your Wings by Araceil

When Shen Jiu opened his eyes, once again staring at the detestable ceiling of the woodshed within the Qiu Estate, he decided to live for himself. He got to his feet, shook off his shackles, and walked away from his nightmares, his hatreds, his resentments, and all the people who ever wronged him. He walked away from all of it. From promises broken, from people who betrayed him, from a life he had never wanted, and from a life that had never wanted him.

In one lifetime he had been a lowly, greedy, grasping creature. Consuming everything around him, ugly, small, and pathetic.

In his second lifetime his body had been stolen from him, and he lurked in the back of himself, watching as his body was puppeted, as his life was stolen.

In this life, he vowed not to make the same mistakes. In this life, he would be free. He would throw off the shell of Shen Qingqiu, Shen Jiu, and find freedom.

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Sanye-jun by Mayvn

A very indulgent fic about SY(J) as a demon lord, screwing over the plot and banging LQG on the regular.

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Meet Cute (these dorks) by Mayvn

The instant he turned to dash into the fight, Liu Qingge froze as he saw Not Shen Qingqiu standing coolly over one unconscious thug, guqin in both hands and still in a pose that clearly showed he had, in fact, just bludgeoned someone with the end of his guqin. Not Shen Qingqiu smirked and tilted his head back cockily.

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LQG finds SY running away from a sticky situation and brings him back to Cang Qiong in hopes that he can keep the man from getting himself mugged. SY is just relieved he doesn’t have to pretend to be a girl anymore.

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I dropped my head it was just around here somewhere, has anyone seen it by Cernunun

Shang Qinghua goes through the pages with renewed vigor, paying special attention to the margins and the details. Now that he’s looking for it, he can see the little transcriptions everywhere, running alongside the lines of an ink drawing or around the perimeter of a talisman, or in the corner under a section on growth rates of chi-stealing willows. The English scripts ruthlessly spoil or mock his book in turn.

Not only is it a cultivator’s field guide, it’s a tourist’s guide. Someone is touring the world he’s made.

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