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sid_guardian2025-06-26 08:56 am
Poll: Survival Strategies and Revenue Streams (drama)
What else could Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng and Ye Huo have tried to keep warm in the zero-degree lab?
cover the vent
6 (54.5%)
jam the giant fan
4 (36.4%)
check the shelves for materials to make a tent
5 (45.5%)
ransack the room for materials to burn
1 (9.1%)
put their hoodies' hoods up
9 (81.8%)
closer huddling (all three)...
7 (63.6%)
...on one of the bed things instead of the floor
3 (27.3%)
take selfies with the camera (won't keep them warm, but will pass the time)
0 (0.0%)
Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to rip the control panel off the wall
4 (36.4%)
Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to pull the door off its hinges or the linings off the walls (like he broke into the Hanga caves)
7 (63.6%)
like, NOT close the cover on the OFF switch (Changcheng, ILU)
6 (54.5%)
other
4 (36.4%)
What are Shen Wei's revenue streams?
stipend from Dixing
9 (81.8%)
pay from the university
11 (100.0%)
investments from when he first came to Haixing
2 (18.2%)
investments in a lollipop factory, specifically
4 (36.4%)
an alchemical/Midas power
2 (18.2%)
a trust set up by his fellow soldiers from the ancient war that has been held in his name for ten thousand years in the belief that he will return one day
1 (9.1%)
moonlighting as a fashion model
1 (9.1%)
moonlighting as a restaurant chef
0 (0.0%)
secretly a best-selling author of epic historical novels
0 (0.0%)
he's actually a man of fairly modest means
6 (54.5%)
other (please specify in comments)
0 (0.0%)
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Yay, I'm so glad! <3 <3 <3
But now I want a fic about Shen Wei being secretly a best-selling author of epic historical novels, heh...
Hee!
Strangely, I can imagine him writing them but not ever showing them to anyone. I feel like the love interest would inevitably resemble Kunlun, and he wouldn't feel like exposing his private longings to the world, you know? :D But ahhh, that reminds me of The Dixing Lord's Virgin Captive. A Romance of Ancient Dixing, set to writing by A Gentleman of Noble Lineage. by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sylvia. :D :D :D
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:D :D :D (There's a podfic, too, if you're that way inclined.)
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OMG AW, this is the sweetest idea and I want a fic just about that. :D :D ♡ And then maybe Zhao Yunlan convinces him to get the books published post-canon. :D (Or Shen Wei could also be writing very serious historical fiction for the public, and keeping the versions with the love interest unpublished. :D)
And the fic sounds DELIGHTFUL! *saves* :D :D
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And then maybe Zhao Yunlan convinces him to get the books published post-canon. :D
No! Why? They're private. *hoards them away like novel!Shen Wei's Kunlun pics*
Or Shen Wei could also be writing very serious historical fiction for the public, and keeping the versions with the love interest unpublished. :D
Okay, this is lovely. Especially if the historical content veered into educational. ;D :D :D
(Jsyk, in the fic, it's the Regent writing historical romances, not Shen Wei.)
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Aw, absolutely, if they're private then they're private! ♡ (In my scenario they're not private and he wants to share them, just not the part about how much he misses Kunlun, and then Zhao Yunlan is there and it's not painful anymore, and ZYL is excited to share their fictionalized story, and SW is reassured that now he can do it. :D)
"Especially if the historical content veered into educational. ;D :D :D"
Definitely educational, with lots and lots of historically accurate details. :D
"(Jsyk, in the fic, it's the Regent writing historical romances, not Shen Wei.)"
Lol yep, I figured. :D :D :D
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In my scenario they're not private and he wants to share them, just not the part about how much he misses Kunlun, and then Zhao Yunlan is there and it's not painful anymore, and ZYL is excited to share their fictionalized story, and SW is reassured that now he can do it. :D
Oh, interesting! Aww. (I think my internalised SW is a Very Private Person and doesn't need or particularly want to share his inner self with the general public. Hmm... maybe I should think about that some more. :-)
Definitely educational, with lots and lots of historically accurate details. :D
LOL, exactly! :D
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Ftr, my scenario in this case was a sort of a fic-concept interpretation, and not a canon Shen Wei analysis, since we're already in the AU where he writes historical novels. :D I think yours is a lot closer to canon! I can just fit a lot of mutually exclusive character interpretations in different fics and headcanons. :D (Oh, and if his books are fiction, then only he would know if he's sharing his inner self or not, the readers would have no idea. :D)
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Ftr, my scenario in this case was a sort of a fic-concept interpretation, and not a canon Shen Wei analysis, since we're already in the AU where he writes historical novels. :D
Ahh, okay. That makes sense! In that case, of course he can publish away! :D :D :D And since he's already the Envoy and a respected academic, he will no doubt take being a celebrated author in stride, too. :D
Oh, and if his books are fiction, then only he would know if he's sharing his inner self or not, the readers would have no idea. :D
Yeah, but he would know. And would he want random people out there having ~opinions~ about things he holds dear?
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Hee. :D :D It's not a secret anymore because his students conducted an investigation and found out? xD (I'm always a fan of his students doing stuff like that. :D :D)
"Yeah, but he would know. And would he want random people out there having ~opinions~ about things he holds dear?"
Now I'm wondering if he would even realize that there are any opinions he could see. :D Since the internet is probably not something he gives much thought to. I definitely don't think he would actively like the concept of people having opinions on it, but also maybe privacy goes both ways - it's their private thoughts (or so he thinks, lol) and he has more interesting things to think about? But in the end that's still an AU Shen Wei - I don't think the canon one would have much interest in writing fiction at all, let alone getting it published. :D
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It's not a secret anymore because his students conducted an investigation and found out? xD
Haha, they would, too. Jiajia would find a handwritten page of manuscript jammed in the photocopier or something and be unable to let it go. :D :D :D
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I don't think the canon one would have much interest in writing fiction at all, let alone getting it published. :D
This made me want to see if I could write it while sticking close to my personal characterisation. Here's what I managed: Pages for You. :D :D :D
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(Also yay for this comm inspiring new fanworks! :D :D)
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