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And I said: I do not want to be great, I want to be loved.
– Sue Zhao
#THE binghe quote#are u kidding#incredible how I shouldnt have been drawing this at all#my best work is when I legitimately should not be doing it instead of homework#luo binghe#svsss#shen qingqiu#bingqiu#mxtx#scum villian self saving system#the endless abyss scene has such pretty colors on the donghua
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Action RPG AU where SY is the final boss in Endless Abyss, and Binghe has to defeat him to get Xin Mo (how he defeats him, you decide)
#svsss#svsss au#bingqiu#bingyuan#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#luo binghe#scum villain#meng mo#This AU is indulgence on my part bc i saw radagon from elden ring and thought “wouldnt it be sexy if its sy/sqq”#endless abyss boss sy au#my art
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I have been thinking about the blackening (as one does)…
…and it’s so interesting to me, the penalty Shen Qingqiu is faced with should he not decide to yeet his disciple into hell.
Account termination. Instant death. Sent directly home to his already-long-dead body, and that’s it for the villain of the piece who outright refuses his villainy. The protagonist needs a blackening for the story to continue, and Shen Qingqiu is going to provide it or get written out of the narrative. Either way, Luo Binghe is going to lose him. Either way, this is a turning point.
I wouldn’t claim that this is the intent of the penalty, but it fascinates me that the System has, potentially, backed the plotline into a corner - because Binghe still stands to be blackened even if Shen Qingqiu took the other choice.
Think about what that would look like, to him. He’s at the Immortal Alliance Conference, and everything is going wrong. He’s been outed as a demon, and not just a demon - the top tier of demon, as bad as it gets from the perspective of a righteous cultivator. His beloved teacher, the person who has been kindest to him and opened his home and heart to him, is standing there with his sword in hand, deciding what he’s going to do about what must look, to him, like a horrific betrayal. Binghe is apologizing. Binghe is begging for his life.
Shen Qingqiu hears him. Maybe it shows on his face, or in his voice, that he already knew; maybe there’s no hint at all, but Shen Qingqiu is suddenly talking quickly with an abrupt sense of urgency that Luo Binghe is having a hard time keeping up with. Telling him he’ll be wonderful - telling him he’s the best. Telling him the world will be his, with emotions cracking through that aloof mask that Binghe has never seen on Shizun’s face before, and it’s terrifying for reasons that Binghe cannot identify.
(He will, later. When he has time to think, he’ll realize it sounded like a goodbye.)
And then Shen Qingqiu is bleeding. And then Shen Qingqiu is on the ground. And then Shen Qingqiu is dead. There’s no countdown for Binghe - there’s no System, there’s no warning, there’s no answers.
Luo Binghe is a heavenly demon in the middle of a conference sabotaged by demons. Luo Binghe is alone. His fellow competing disciples are scattered, some dead or injured. The Peak Lord of Qing Jing Peak, the second in command of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect, maybe the only person he loved and who loved him back, is dead at his feet. No one will believe him if he says it isn’t his fault.
(He can’t believe it isn’t his fault.)
What choice does he have but to run? The last heavenly demon the cultivation world went up against has been sealed under a mountain for years, and one of the people responsible for that is probably looking for Shen Qingqiu already. They’ll be looking for him, too. There isn’t anywhere to hide; there isn’t any time to mourn.
There isn’t even enough time to ask why. Why again.
There is no closure waiting for him, because there is nothing to explain what happened. It just is.
It would be a different kind of blackening, certainly - less intense, probably, less of a warping, desperate thing. But how many times can one person have all the love and safety in their world torn out from under them before it starts to show? Before they just don’t allow things like love and safety to touch them, because that’s the better option?
Interesting to consider that, simply by offering the choices it did, the System rigged the story to guarantee that Luo Binghe would end up in hell (deliberate or not).
Interesting to consider that, even if Shen Qingqiu made what might have seemed like a kinder choice, there was every chance it wouldn’t have been.
#scum villian self saving system#svsss#shen qingqiu#luo binghe#I have been thinking about Alternative Blackening Methods#(for reasons)#(don’t worry about it)#and while I don’t think it would be on the same level as the endless abyss#I think suddenly losing his Shizun would fuck Binghe up#especially like that with no explanation right in front of him??#like#he is not gonna be okay#and then he’s stuck in a realm filled to the BRIM with cultivators after his blood#maybe it’s not THE blackening but it is A blackening#and it gives me feelings#because even if sqq was willing to make that sacrifice I’m not convinced that would have… helped Binghe#(also au where sqq somehow has the mushroom body ready to go before the conference)#(and Binghe unexpectedly encounters his Shizun in the wild)#(and they run away together in the most ill-conceived escape plan known to man)
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This just in: I got lazy
#shen qingqiu#shang qinghua#sqq fanart#svsss sqh#I do not have a consistent character design for either of them#other than sqh is kinda pathetic and sqq’s done with life#I think that literally anything that’s said on this hellsite is perfect dialogue for both of them#svsss#svsss fanart#sqh is my favorite character but I’d rather throw myself into the endless abyss than meet him irl
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Okay I'm thinking - very dangerous, I know.
Luo Binghe was away and pretty much completely out of contact with human life in the Endless Abyss. He's popping up in people's dreamscapes, sure, but it's still a dream at the end of the day and it's not an exact reflection of reality. Things he learn from people's minds still have to be taken with a grain of salt; he knows from Qing Jing's teachings that one man's truth isn't the whole truth. And from Shen Qingqiu himself, Luo Binghe knows how easily one can convince themselves that the truth isn't the real truth but a lie; delusion is a powerful force.
Anyways, what I'm saying is that Luo Binghe was away for 3 years. All sorts of things could have happened in the cultivation world! It's basically like being in a coma for three years!
You know what would be the worse year to fall into a coma? 2019.
(Can you see where I'm going with this?)
It would be freaking hilarious if Luo Binghe falls into the endless abyss in the cultivation world's equivalent of 2019, an epidemic hits human civilization, and Luo Binghe returns, none the wiser of what happened, but he's sure as fuck wondering why face veils have become such a Fashion Statement that Everyone is wearing it. By then, the illness that had struck most of the human town and cities isn't as bad so it's not so talked about - also it's been a couple years now so everyone is used to it - but it's still a Concern. Not everyone can be rich enough or well connected enough to get the special medicine from the Qian Cao peak to stave off catching the illness.
Luo Binghe is also pretty sure everyone can tell he's a demon because they keep looking and glaring at him. He's very self conscious of his skills of maintaining his glamour hiding his demonic attributes.
(No, Luo Binghe, it's because you cough and sneeze without a face covering on. And also because you aren't maintaining 2 meter social distancing rules. StoP TOUCHING anD insPecTinG eaCh FruiT and vEgetablE at hte markets omfg are you trying to spread your germs everywhere and get people sick!!! )
#luo binghe#svsss#svsss ideas#scum villain's self saving system#mxtx#while luo binghe was in the endless abyss the human world goes through an epidemic and luo binghe is none the wiser AU
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Febwhump 2024 - Day 9 - Bees
LBH in Abyss
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from the 16th and final chapter of Heartbreak and Other Foreplay: a beginning dressed up as an ending.
watercolor and gouache on paper.
#does a shadow cast a shadow? the answer is yes because i think the image looks better that way#my art#svsss fanart#the endless abyss#HaOF#svsss fanfiction#shen yuan#luo binghe#bingyuan
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Luo Binghe WIP!
#do not ask if I’ll ever post the finished drawing this may be as finished as it gets#luo bingmei#luo binghe#white lotus#svsss#ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong#mxtx#idk if you guys can tell but I have this wierd infatuation with the endless abyss arc.#idk man I just like to suffer???
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It's my birthday today (March 20). Here's a gift I drew for myself. It's Alistair the Hatbox Ghost and his raven servant, Abyss.
More info below
I realize I haven't introduced my OC, Abyss on tumblr yet.
When Alistair was a mortal, he mastered a spell where he could put souls inside of objects. His first successful attempt was putting a human soul inside of a dead raven. He named the enslaved soul Abyss.
Alistair has a personal pocket watch. Abyss was interested in it, so the man offered it as a gift, which the raven willingly accepted. This forced him to become bound to Alistair. He kept the raven chained in his study until he was murdered by his servants. As a ghost he broke the chain, which now dangles from Abyss' leg.
The pocket watch Abyss carries has many secrets. It has it's own time, which moves very slowly. When it reaches midnight, he can give the hatbox ghost his powers early. The watch allows the raven to recreate emotions and memories, which is how Alistair is able to torment his victims so realistically. And finally, the pocket watch contains part of Alistair's soul, which will play an important role later.
Abyss is undead, meaning he can interact with ghosts and mortals. He has the ability to speak but generally prefers to remain silent, a trait that Alistair is grateful for. He is a loyal, devoted soul who has no motives or goals beyond serving the man who summoned him.
#alistair crump#hatbox ghost#abyss the raven#oc#my art#endless sketches#the haunted mansion#traditional art
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Whalebone Chasm - The Abyss
Endless Ocean, Nintendo Wii
that whale fall we've seen in luminous trailers kinda reminds me of a certain endless ocean spot...
i'm so happy they're coming back, the whale fall is one of the reasons i prefer eo1's abyss to eo2's depths!
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Rereading Scum Villain and there’s a part where after SQQ shoves LBH into the Endless Abyss, (and lemme tell you, that scene still hurts) he comments on how everyone thinks he’s mourning his favorite disciple. And in his head he corrects them: he’s not mourning Binghe. He knows Binghe can’t die, the narrative won’t let him (and isn’t that a fun concept to play with). He’s mourning white lotus Binghe. He’s mourning the disciple who smiled easily and shone like the sun. He’s mourning that child’s innocence and naïveté and brilliant, blinding trust, and damn if that doesn’t hit like a truck.
#sqq#lbh#bingqiu#luo Binghe#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#svsss#scum villain self saving system#it just makes me really sad too#because it’s. it’s true#binghe doesn’t come back right after the endless abyss#like he’s genuinely unhinged#white lotus binghe died in the endless abyss and sqq has to face the knowledge that he killed him#it’s brutal and effective as a character event
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happy (belated) valentines day 🌹
#worf drew something?#actual daily#hollow knight#hk#valentines day#hk vessels#art#artwork#illustration#fanart#hk broken vessel#hk lost kin#hk greenpath vessel#vessels from left to right:#lami: vessel#alu: vessel#btw tag this as ship and im smiting you to the endless depths of the abyss#familial love is love too <3
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Sometimes you condemn children to die horrible deaths or to five years in hell, just to survive. And then you have to live with it.
Or, how did SQH feel about the Conference?
Cumplane Week day 3, crime. (I know this is not mystery genre but let me run with the prompts)
#faalthien#fanart#traditional art#acrylics#svsss#shen qingqiu#shang qinghua#Shen Yuan#Endless Abyss#scum villain self saving system#Cumplane#The dread of survival through a cost#Event#Day 3 crime
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Google translate might just be fucking with me here but if it isn’t, holy shit.
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I'm back with my cambion and with a lil bit of completely useless information about him. And also a bit of my pain from the prev weekend. I usually spend it on all sorts of small sketches and other joys, but this time I decided to spend it on suffering and another attempt at animation (down bellow)…
So, Nazir is a devilish clerk whose distorted parody of a heart entirely belongs to the world of financial frauds, pyramids and other small scams aimed not so much at murder or robbery, but at spreading discord in society everyday life. His a very "fell in love with his work"-kinda guy, who picks up the same "fallen" servants (well, or those who can be persuaded to fall).
#inspirited by#baldurs gate 3#cambion-patron#and his contractor Vixy#trapped in gold#also...#Inner Circle...#For the sake of your endless devotion and care I will destroy the world and the economy itself. Deal.#Outer Circle...#A gold coin brought you into my net and now you are forever in my debt.#You will fall with me into the abyss. little lamb.
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I already reblogged and forgot something, did Sy and sqh live through covid in the quarantine au? Cause that'd be even funnier, as soon as they see the signs they implement modern hand sanitizers and everything and anything. At first everyone looks at them weird but then they learn better.
If they did... would they start testing even the seafood and vegetables with covid test kits?
(No, for real that's what the Chinese government did.)
The Chinese government also pretty much locked up people (welding their front doors shut!!) into their homes for months.
I guess that would better explain how/why Shen Yuan died of food poisoning; if he couldn't leave his house to get fresh food-
#luo binghe#svsss#svsss ideas#scum villain's self saving system#mxtx#while luo binghe was in the endless abyss the human world goes through an epidemic and luo binghe is none the wiser AU
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