I Know A Lot Of The AUs That Have The Shens As Twins Have Shen Yuan Make Shen Jiu Better* But I Think

I know a lot of the AUs that have the Shens as twins have Shen Yuan make Shen Jiu better* but I think we have to acknowledge the truth:

Shen Yuan would make Shen Jiu better

BUT

Shen Jiu would make Shen Yuan worse

They are both petty, sarcastic bitches who love to drink the haterade at their core

They wouldn't be "the nice one and the mean one" they would team up to make grown men cry with just a few words

They would be "the mean one who smiles and the mean one who doesn't"

Maaaybe Shen Yuan would get a rep for being the more honest or trustworthy of the two but he wouldn't be the nice one

He'd be the one who only verbally stabs you

I think they would both end up kinder than canon Shen Jiu. (No child abuse on Shen Yuan's watch) but they would be feared

*we're not talking about the other kinds of fics rn

Shen Twins dynamic in my head (au where Shen Yuan was there since childhood)

Shen Yuan: *hears the door open to the hut*

Shen Yuan: *not turning as he writes something* I heard some idiot was going to fight Liu-shidi this afternoon.

Shen Jiu: Maybe Liu-shidi is just a dick.

Shen Yuan: *turns around* oh my god, not again

Shen Jiu: *bruised and bloody* I won this time

———

Shen Jiu: What did you do?

Shen Yuan: Nothing! Nothing at all!

Shen Jiu: *stares*

Shen Yuan: in my defence—!

Shen Jiu: *sighs*

They would totally be like that and then look to eachother when judging all the other Peak Lords. Becuase they would. They totally would.

Jealous Jinshi letting Maomao know he's jealous in his own Jinshi way

PART 2 of my role swap AU agenda 👹MXTX Gongs (reversed)! (We got Peak Lord Binghe, Crown Prince Hua Cheng, and Yilling Laozu Wangji)

What I think what we're missing in the Shen Twin dynamic is the brutal honesty wrapped into sly little words that just make everyone in their sect keel over. It is part of the reason they don't let the two be around other sects for like meeting or conferences, the two would just be like.

SY: Oh, Huan Hua Palace Master seems keen on the looks of his Palace. (His students only look good)

SJ: Hm, pity the walls are decorated with gold leaf than the masterclass of gold. (They have little to no talent)

SY: Indeed, but we must remember, gold never rusts so it will withstand. (One of them is decent, but that's just sad)

SJ: Too much optimism, Shidi. (I doubt it)

Leaving the Palace Master to just sit there seething, as ALL OF CANG QIONG just has to sit there trying not to make eye contact.

snippets of an AU I have, I will post the rest later but here is a preview 🌱💕

Yes binghe forest fairies come from the earth like potatoes. Have mercy on your poor mother, now she has to figure it out how to feed three mouths