#lbcc au

shen yuan is just like. some guy.

binghe is a famous actor who starred in the adaptation of sy’s “least favorite” book series (PIDW lol) binghe is LITERALLY his blorbo.

i can only imagine that, for the purposes of love square, sy and binghe HAVE met in their civilian forms. maybe at a signing? and then they just Keep Running Into Eachother.

binghe does instantly feel drawn to sy but hes a loyal cat and sy is NOT HIS SHIZUN so he doesnt care abt him. and then they. keep meeting. and sy. is not his shizun…right??? right guys??? (he starts to suspect him after the second time they meet as civilians but things just keep happening that make him dismiss the thought.)

crimson cat fell in love with lady beetle pretty much instantly. hes was nice to him one (1) time and cc was like. yep thats my wife.

i think lady beetle and crimson cat would have gotten their miraculous AROUND the same time, with lady beetle having gotten it slightly before. when they meet lb keeps making jokes abt teaching cc how to use it and calling him his disciple. cc obviously starts calling him shizun. it becomes a whole thing.

shen yuan still has crazy comphet and is like wow all the ladies must love binghe/crimson cat! he is soooo cool and talented and funny! wow he must get all the girls! hes so handsome!!

ALSO. i know tianlang-jun having the butterfly miraculous would like make sense for the show storyline but consider how fucking funny it would be if sqh was hawkmoth. mobei jun would have the peacock.

I had been thinking abt butterfly sqh/peacock mbj but. I am a fool. Airplane with the Peacock miraculous is everything, actually. omfg. it was right in front of my eyes this whole time.

@jam13333 had a great idea abt butterfly!sqh creating akumas through his writing which IS GENIUS. but . peacock!sqh doing his writing and creating sentis through it. It just makes so much sense. in canonverse he literally created the entire world they live in, including the people. I like how much the peacock would give him the ability to shape the world around him.

binghe is definitely one of his creations still. THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS!!! omfg. I cannot get into all of my feelings about this rn.

I like moshang being partners but I cant really picture butterfly!mbj I don't think he would care enough to be a good villain LMFAO.

however. @carlosateaworm had mentioned butterfly!shen jiu and NOW THATS AN IDEA I CAN GET BEHIND!!!! sy and sj are definitely related somehow in this au too although I don't wanna say they're blood brothers who were raised together bc I like the idea of sj being one of sqh's senti's too. he would have no clue.

I realllllly like the idea of airplane being in control of so much behind the scenes, maybe even to an extent he's unaware of?

also cumplane would definitely still be frenemies as civilians. bc I cannot resist their dynamic.