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screw it imma talk about svsss magical girl au im feeling brave today
The one I mentioned here
So in this universe, the modern world that SY and SQH are from holds a secret unknown to the latter, the existence of the fae folk.
They are spirits of nature that have gone by many names but are most known in Europe. Though a fact that many others do not know is that the fae, as of modern times, has reached all over the world, and have a presence everywhere, even in modern cities such as Shanghai.
Some have even developed a resistance to their greatest weakness, iron.
So when one of great power, the Dragonfly Archfey, spots a child of interest and beauty, they take the child, ignoring the iron charm on the crib, and form another from its magic to put in its place, a changeling.
When the mother comes to find the child the next morning, they look into eyes that are far too intelligent.
But luck was on the side of the changeling, as the mother knew much, having been given a blessing by a fae that cherished her, another changeling. So the mother called the changeling, asking for advice in exchange for a jar filled with their favorite candies. The friend handed the mother a thin hairclip and told them to clip it into the child's hair and hover the charm above the child's head, ever so moving it closer and closer.
So at the peak of twilight, the mother did as the friend advised, despite the babe fussing a few. When the charm was three fingers above the child's head, their eyes flashed a toxic green and simply vanished, leaving behind only a small piece of what seemed to be jade. With a simple touch, the mother was whisked away into another world.
When the mother came to, she stood barefoot on the shore of a perfectly round lake. Lilypads and lotuses covered the surface of the lake and catstail surrounded it. In the middle of the lake stood a tall androgynous figure whose hair spilled over the lilypads and whose feet skimmed the surface of the lake. Next to them were two bassinets made of leaves and driftwood, where two identical children slept.
"One is the child you bore and one is the child I wove. Can you tell which is right?" Delicate fingers touched both of the roofs, taunting her. But she had already made her decision.
Scarred feet touched the water, and she walked to the fae with a determined look on her face. "I will be taking both of my children, " and with a simple touch, took both of her children into her arms.
"I never said you could do that." Delicate turned sharp as the Archfey's hand reached towards the mother, only to flinch at the iron arrow she pointed at them. Not a simple one, but one imbued with a blessing of a fae. One of ice and frost, which had been the thing allowing her to walk across the lake.
"I never asked." And with a flash, twin circles and sigils crawled up her arms, as she left the world, twins resting in her arms. She arrived in the realm of her friend, who greeted her.
"What name are you going to give the other?" She asked.
The mother told her friend.
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ps if anyone has a name for reincarnated SJ that would be appreciated because I don't think the one that I chose initially would workkkkkk...
also idk how i wrote this
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.
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.
Old Shen Twins + SQH (and MBJ, although it’s only his chest—) comic strip that i drew some months ago
Give me Shen Twins with a complicated relationship.
I wanna see Shen Twins that viscerally cannot stand the way that the other copes with the bad things that've happened to them.
Give me SY who pleads with SJ to "just behave" while cleaning his wounds because he's scared his brother is going to get into bigger trouble than they can handle. Because he can't understand SJ's refusal to make himself smaller, can't understand why his brother feels the need to fight the world even at the expense of his own wellbeing.
Give me SJ yelling and shaking SY because he can't stand the way the SY just seems to accept their situation. Because where SY's response to fear and uncertainty is to avoid and hide, SJ's is to fight.
I wanna see SJ resent that he's the Only person that SY will actually fight and I wanna see SY being hurt that his brother just won't listen to him when he's Just trying to help.
And then give be post-Qui Shen Twins who learn to understand. Let SJ learn that SY's anger was only safe with him. Let SY understand SJ's violent need to be seen as a real person. Let them both understand that they Both did their best to keep each other alive.
one SVSSS fanfic trope that I will never get sick of is the one in Shen bros/twins AUs where Shen Yuan is consistently getting beaten up or yelled at by people who mistake him for Shen Jiu and he is just Completely Used To It
I've been considering writing a fan-fic based when Shen Jiu is a disciple.
The basic concept is that Shen Jiu learns he has a twin sister who has been working in the Warm Red Pavilion.
The fic will likely have Shen Jiu x Mu Qingfang content (I'll need a name for before Mu Qingfang got his name)
I'll probably give Shen Jiu's twin sister a personality like Pairin or Meimei from the apothecary diaries but I'll need a name for her lmao
I've drawn her and Shen Jiu together as adults
I've drawn them at where I imagine I'll end the story off at (Before Luo Binghe enters Qing Jing Peak)
And her name will be Shen Ba which she later changes to Shen Juhua (combination of daisy and flower)
I'll likely post some draft concepts soon for how I want the story to begin. If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to put them comments :D
I've been considering writing a fan-fic based when Shen Jiu is a disciple.
The basic concept is that Shen Jiu learns he has a twin sister who has been working in the Warm Red Pavilion.
The fic will likely have Shen Jiu x Mu Qingfang content (I'll need a name for before Mu Qingfang got his name)
I'll probably give Shen Jiu's twin sister a personality like Pairin or Meimei from the apothecary diaries but I'll need a name for her lmao
I've been reading this svsss fic called 'You Reap What You Sow' and I'm really loving it so far. Basically Luo Binghe is a transmigrator and there are the Shen Twins in this version of the story he transmigrated into. Shen Yuan as Shizun and Shen Qingqiu as Shifu, their relationship is gorgeous may I add. Shen Qingqiu the protagonist of the story he transmigrated into, Shen Yuan a side character and Luo Binghe as the villain. As you can guess Binghe falls head over heels for Shen Yuan (it's Binghe how could he not?) And so on so. Don't wanna spoil the whole fic that I know of so far lol
Anyways, I'm at the Abyss section of the fic and cannot bring myself to actually read said section (I find Abyss sections in fics a drag to read ok!!!)
Was wondering if anybody who's already read the fic knows when that section ends and if there's anything actually important in it I should know or if I should just suck it up and read the bloody Abyss arc lmao
Heres a link to the fic:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19823611/chapters/49207592#workskin