wannabe-f-f-friends reblogged
wait! i get it, you're a luo binghe super fan huh
wannabe-f-f-friends reblogged
I think, on some level, that Shen Yuan is like enrichment for Airplane Bro's enclosure. I think Airplane Bro kind of fucking LOVES having this guy around. Like, I do think their relationship is nuanced, weird and full of contradictions and not always good for them, but I also think that some chaotic part of Shang Qinghua honestly likes having his #1 hater weirdo running around completely fucking up his world.
Shen Qingqiu, grabbing Shang Qinghua by the shoulders: "Why didn't anyone TELL ME that Binghe is GAY NOW?! I'm going to die because of MONSTER DICK?!?!?!"
Shang Qinghua: (internally, probably only half-consciously) "Incredible. Amazing. How did I live without you? You torture me with your bullshit. You complete me in every possible way. I think we might be soulmates and we should make out about it. I hate you. I love you. You mean nothing to me and everything to me. This isn't your story and you stole it from me. I wrote this for you without even knowing you existed. You are a fascinating mystery that I will never solve. I will throw you under the bus at the first opportunity and yet I can't stop risking my life to help you. Your stupid game of gay murder chicken with my emotionally and mentally unstable protagonist is going to destroy the world and kill us all and I've never felt more alive. You have changed me as a person. Let's do this forever."
Shang Qinghua: (out loud) "Lol, sucks to be you, bro. At least you can get laid."
#cumplane elevates scum villain above the average isekai because it is a commentary on author-reader relationships #and its existence hence casts a metanarrative eye on every aspect of the text #and it's funny as shit #in 'fixing' the narrative sqq not only adjusts canon for coherence and emotional pacing but also brings the creator-fan experience #from a place of toxicity to an intertwined collaboration #above all scum villain is a paean to the editorial process #but also a fictionalised rendering of the basis of reader response theory (via @jiggit)