("Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension, and decreasing hope. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this." -- paraphrased from The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket)

Why do some people in the svsss fandom just absolutely DESPISE shen yuan?? Like damn y'all what did bro do??? Did we read the same novel???? 😭😭

But then go on to praise shen jiu to hell and back like okay yeah shen jiu is a great character but..?? Huh??

Serious answer:

They are basing their opinions off of the circumstances/scenarios of the story, not the actual characters involved.

Shen Jiu's circumstances are tragic and his outcomes are miserable. He lives a terrible life, is thoroughly misunderstood, gets replaced by an imposter who everyone likes better, and then dies and is largely unmourned (in part because no one knows he's gone, but mostly because no one cares that he's gone).

This is like, primo angst for a certain inclination of person. Hits all the buttons for those feelings of "no one would even care if I was gone and all the world has wronged me". So reinterpreting the story in that light, with Shen Jiu as an ultra victim and Shen Yuan as a callous and cruel monster who doesn't deserve to be liked better, who should be revealed as a fake and then ostracized to create a fantasy where Shen Jiu gets to live happily ever after, really appeals to them. They make Shen Yuan out to be way more of a villain than he ever is because then they can refute the idea of him being better than Shen Jiu, and they defend Shen Jiu and ditch his actual character in order to lean into the narrative of him being wronged at every turn.

Ironically, of course, none of them actually DO like Shen Jiu's real personality or approve of his actions. Which is why they swap those out for more palatable alternatives. Thus they recreate the exact situation of Shen Jiu being replaced by a totally different dude who other people like better.

fucking insane to me that people can be mean to kids. this thing is four to five shoe boxes tall and youre shouting at it ?? ? what is your damage the mf just got here.

Jiuyuan peak lords doodle

April  , from Months of the Year, Pink - Rory Hutton , 2023.

Scottish , b. 1980s

Linocut , 29.7 x 21.5 cm. 11¾ x 8½ in.

Edition of 25

Guangzhou ivory carving 广州象牙雕刻 from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Qing Dynasty.

Guangdong ivory carving started in the Han Dynasty when China still had its own species of elephant (before 100 BC). Ivory products are also found in the tombs of the local Nanyue Kingdom.

Ivory carving became prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties that Cantonese craftsmen were recruited to Beijing to serve the imperial family. Developing large models of houses and other large and showy pieces.

This art is still somewhat popular in the region today, but the ivory has been replaced by contemporary artists with other materials such as animals bones, due to ivory trade becoming illegal.

(The artifacts in this post date to the Qing era)

windows in chinese suzhou gardens by 六毛钱的月亮

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I'd be the last shred of truth
In the lost myth of true love

saying “i want him” about the character but not in a romantic or sexual way . i just Require him i need to Obtain him

New batch of bingbings. Hello.