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What fandom/s do they come from? What do you love about them? What gave you the ida to put them together? Do they make you smile? Do they break your heart? Do they make you laugh? Are they just idiots that make you roll your eyes? Do they do it all?
Please post one ship per comment...we can't wait to read about them!
What fandom/s do they come from? What do you love about them? What gave you the ida to put them together? Do they make you smile? Do they break your heart? Do they make you laugh? Are they just idiots that make you roll your eyes? Do they do it all?
Please post one ship per comment...we can't wait to read about them!
Pei Xiu/Shi Qingxuan (TGCF)
Date: 2024-09-04 12:55 am (UTC)From:I've also realized I forgot to introduce the fandom, sorry! TGCF, aka Tian Guan Ci Fu, aka Heaven Official's Blessing is a Chinese BL novel by an author who goes by the handle Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (MXTX), and a thrice-ascended God with a tragic past and terrible luck solving various mysteries around the Heavenly, Mortal, and Ghost Realms with the aid of a fearsome yet completely devoted Ghost King. These mysteries may or may not be related to the events of 800 years ago...
The novel is full of comedy and well-written tragedy, the main romance is very sweet and passionate, and the side characters are absolutely delightful!
My favorite side characters are the three dubious besties of Heaven called 'The Three Tumors' in-universe and the the two characters I affectionately call their kids
Pei Xiu & Shi Qingxuan are the kids in question.
I've described Pei Xiu a bit already in a post above, but also wanted to add that he is widely seen as a nepo baby in-universe and in fandom, getting the position he did because of his famous ancestor. Except he is a hard worker himself...
Shi Qingqxuan is the God of Wealth's younger brother. Kind, generous and righteous, he is one of the nicest cheeriest characters in the novel, but also one with a strong sense of justice, and is the one to ultimately expose Pei Xiu's crimes before the Heavenly Court and get him exiled.
Things get a little more complicated when he has to face his older brother's Crimes...
He is the actual nepo baby in the story.
SQX & PX have one interaction in the actual novel, but I just think about their relationship a lot. Their elders and close friends and they've known and would have been around each other for 200 years. They also just have a lot of interesting parallels with each other and with their relationship with their respective relatives. The best way I would describe that relationship is, if this were a Mob AU, SQX is the spoiled sweet princess who knows nothing of the crime side of the family, while PX is the promising young heir with a bright future (and the designated errand boy).
I think there's a lot of fun to explore with them pre-canon as two young gods with powerful backers - SQX is bright and friendly, while PX is sullen and avoids standing out. I think SQX is one of the few people who could get PX to smile if he tried hard enough. And then Post-canon when neither one is a god anymore and I think there is a lot for them to talk about. They could be vagabonds together! Partners in avoiding Pei Ming together!
I think about their one interaction in the novel a lot where PX goes from being antagonistic to the protagonists to instantly polite and respectful to SQX, and they really also give me a bit of a knight and lady dynamic. I can see PX playing bodyguard to SQX at PM or SWD's request and SQX really liking the politeness and attentiveness. SQX just also really attracts the cold, frowning types if his brother and best friend are any indication. Let him attract his nemesis' pseudo-nephew too!
I just think there is just a lot of fun options to explore with them and I really want to see more fics doing so!
Also for the platonic version of this ship, I like to imagine them as seeing themself as the older brother in the dynamic. SQX is centuries older but sheltered and innocent, while PX is the more mature one (and also was an older brother once)