please note that this shrine is still a work in progress!!
hi!! my name is draps and i’m a lesbian non-sharing yumeshipper of xun yu (xun wenruo) from the ravages of time/火凤燎原*!! this is a digital shrine for him including official media, gifts, my own merch, and a whole lot more. feel free to look around!!
*meaning i don't yume dynasty warriors xun yu, historical/RoTK xun yu, etc. only RoT xun yu :))
if you’d like to learn more about me, check out my personal carrd: xunyuswife.carrd.co
you can also learn more about the ravages of time here: theravagesoftime.carrd.cothis is a happy place, so i'll make this disclaimer brief: comphet is different for every lesbian. sometimes, my comphet is something really painful for me. but sometimes, like with xun yu, it's not - so, i choose to lean into the happy parts and ignore the painful parts.
i will not debate comphet/my sexuality with anyone. if you don't see me as valid, i really couldn't care less.
assorted official content
20th anniversary duo art with eighth genius
facebook post from november 2024
game art
volume 19 cover
a short comic showing xun yu's trickery (beginning of chapter 287 on mangadex)
xun yu's childhood design (thank you to @Alex_der_man for cleaning the original image!)
volume 72 cover
art from the 15th anniversary artbook
fancy xun yu
volume 79 cover (regular edition)
signature board (thank you to @eunukkiboy for procuring the signature board and to @Alex_der_man for cleaning it!)
advertisement for a beer collaboration with a taiwanese brewery
xun yu beer bottle
deluxe volume 10 cover
game art (calendar edition)
manhua content
chapter 603
chapter 199
chapter 598
chapter 43
chapter 558
chapter 352
chapter 502
chapter 514
chapter 214
chapter 616
chapter 117
chapter 372
chapter 287
chapter 603
chapter 43
chapter 598
chapter 118
chapter 565
chapter 552
chapter 235
chapter 207
chapter 616
chapter 42
chapter 552
chapter 222
chapter 598
chapter 121
chapter 615
chapter 598
chapter 277
chapter 108
chapter 552
chapter 598
chapter 552
chapter 423
chapter 565
chapter 226
chapter 354
chapter 616
chapter 372
chapter 561
chapter 276
chapter 214
chapter 277
chapter 600
chapter 423
chapter 510
chapter 603
chapter 428
chapter 600
chapter 514
chapter 205
chapter 116
chapter 118
chapter 561
chapter 428
chapter 236
chapter 615
chapter 214
chapter 565
chapter 552
chapter 600
chapter 255
chapter 113
chapter 277
chapter 565
chapter 615
chapter 561
chapter 354
chapter 615
chapter 235
chapter 43
chapter 372
chapter 354
donghua content
clips will be added at a later date!!
season 1, episode 3
season 1, episode 8
season 2 trailer
season 2, episode 1
ending card from S2E1 showing xun yu doing his archery pose from chapter 116
february 2025 lantern festival illustration (https://m.weibo.cn/status/5133286766548498)
chinese new year 2025 illustration (https://weibo.com/7723911798/PbGwTnEI0)
this section is a work in progress!!
volume 1
volume 2
volume 3
volume 4
commissions and exchanges
various xun yu fanart/colourings that i've paid my friends to do!! all of these artists/colourists are super awesome people and great to work with, so i highly recommend commissioning them!!
gifts
various art/colourings from my friends!! thank you very much to everyone who's gifted me xun yu arts and colourings, i appreciate it greatly <3<3<3
2025 bday gift by Trú Linh Puồn, commissioned by @HarukiLuise and @Illyasviel_____
various gifts from @gribochek2308 (discord)
2025 bday gift from @KIDNEY_EYEBALLS
secret santa 2023 gift from @KirgyC
from @MaddssArt
various gifts from @HarukiLuise
2024, 2023, and 2022 birthday gifts from @Alex_der_man
from @eunukkiboy
my physical items
this section is a work in progress!!
once complete, there'll be pictures of stuff like my baby xun yu cardboard cutout, volumes/other RoT merch, my decorated ipad and phone cases, various stickers, jewelry, and, of course, plushy xun yu!!
my colourings
chapter 603 (june 2025)
chapter 618 (may 2025)
chapter 616 (may 2025)
chapter 616 (april 2025)
chapter 615 (february 2025)
signature board (august 2024)
chapter 428 (april 2024) (bday gift to myself <3)
chapter 598 (march 2024)
chapter 51 of the chibi comics (june 2025)
chapter 618 (may 2025)
chapter 618 (may 2025)
chapter 603 (may 2025)
chapter 617 (april 2025) (bday gift to myself <3<3)
chapter 603 (may 2024)
chapter 600 (april 2024)
chapter 598 (march 2024)
chapter 598 (february 2024)
chapter 552 (january 2024)
original lineart by @gribochek2308 (discord) (december 2023)
original lineart by @Dujan_28 (november 2023)
chapter 1 of the chibi comics (november 2023)
original lineart by @HarukiLuise (october 2023)
original lineart by @HarukiLuise (october 2023)
chapter 58 of the chibi comics (september 2023)
chapter 565 (march 2023)
chapter 502 (august 2022)
chapter 561 (august 2022)
deluxe volume 10 cover (may 2022)
original lineart by @gribochek2308 (discord) (october 2023)
original lineart by @HarukiLuise (october 2023)
chapter 561 (april 2023) (bday gift to myself <3)
original lineart by @gribochek2308 (discord) (december 2022)
chapter 558 (july 2022)
chapter 561 (june 2022)
chapter 563 (may 2022)
chapter 565 (april 2022)
chapter 116 (april 2022) (bday gift to myself <3)
chapter 552 (april 2022)
chapter 354 (march 2022)
chapter 372 (march 2022)
chapter 108 (january 2022)
chapter 117 (february 2022)
chapter 552 (january 2022)
my fics (not related to my yumeship)
Birds of a Feather
Date: May 1, 2022
Summary: Xun Yu drags an overworked Yuan Fang out for a nightime walk.
Rating: General
In The Seventh Month
Date: May 31, 2022
Summary: Xun Yu reminisces.
Rating: General
Wretched
Date: July 13, 2022
Summary: Guo Jia was not always the mischievous hellion that his brothers and teachers would describe him as.
Rating: General
Borrowed Knife
Date: July 13, 2022
Summary: "But is a thing whose purpose is to cut not inherently evil?”
Rating: General
Thievery (deleted scene from Wretched)
Date: June 9, 2023
Summary: “Better wake up quick,” Yuan Fang told Guo Jia with a wide grin and a flick to the forehead - he understood now why even the mild-tempered Xun Yu had lost his cool. “Tonight we’re stealing melons.”
Rating: General
Rotten Luck (Days of Old Chapter 1)
Date: April 6, 2024
Rating: General
Twists and Ties (Days of Old Chapter 2)
Date: April 7, 2024
Rating: General
Picture Me in the Trees (Days of Old Chapter 3)
Date: April 15, 2024
Rating: General
Rice as Precious as Pearls (Days of Old Chapter 4)
Date: April 17, 2024
Rating: General
Xun the Younger (Days of Old Chapter 7)
Date: May 10, 2024
Rating: General
Destined to Meet (Days of Old Chapter 8)
Date: May 22, 2024
Rating: General
Distraction
Date: October 2, 2024
Summary: Prompt: Clothed sex
Rating: Explicit
Brothers quarrel at home... (Days of Old Chapter 9)
Date: December 7, 2024
Rating: General
fanart and colourings that i like
these are some of my fave xun yu fanarts/colourings!! feel free to peruse and enjoy, and please support the artists that i've linked!!
https://hongdounaitang.lofter.com/post/1e9ba9f7_10d36c3b
https://www.instagram.com/aboo.d2a/
https://x.com/virnoepic/status/1587083196205658112?s=61
https://yuanfangnaocanfeng.lofter.com/post/1df31b98_2ba5d1f94
https://tkalight.lofter.com/post/200e0950_2ba09420f
boundaries
i have no way of knowing who has and who hasn't looked at this carrd. if someone hasn't, i obviously don't expect them to know all my boundaries. but, since you're reading this, please do the kind thing and respect them. much appreciated <3<3if you yume xun yu (doubtful, but still) kindly don't interact with me. feel free to browse my shrine and even use it as inspo, but i'm non-sharing and don't plan on changing that anytime soon, so i don't want to see any doubles. thank you!!even if you don't yume xun yu, please don't use romantic terms of endearment towards him around me (husband, boyfriend, love, etc). however, i'm perfectly fine with people commenting on his looks (handsome, beautiful, pretty, etc) - though for the latter, i may jokingly say something like "back off he's mine" or "he's already married", stuff like that.i've become very picky about canon/canon xun yu ships. some ships that i’m ok with are xun yu/eighth genius, xun yu/jia xu, xun yu/sima yi, and xun yu/guo jia. ones that i like less, but don't vehemently hate, are yuan fang/xun yu and zhang liao/xun yu. i've come to like canon/canon ships less and less as i've leaned more into the whole yumeshipping thing, so i'm veeery particular about ship content (i also really don't like bottom xun yu, so him being in the first slot of the first few listed ships is important).xun yu is dead and if you're too mean about that you'll get muted/ignored or maybe even blocked. you've been warned. that's it.
other
non-fiction papers and literature
"The Two Xun" by Yang Zhengyuan"Sites of Recognitions: Burial, Mourning, and Commemoration in the Xun Family of Yingchuan, AD 140 - 305" by Howard L. Goodman
playlist
the full playlist is privated on my spotify and is something i keep to myself, so this list isn't comprehensive!! just a little taste
Come To Light by Arkells
gold rush By Taylor Swift
Bloom - Bonus Track by The Paper Kites
Hangs the Moon by Arkells
willow by Taylor Swift
日月同辉 by 汉堡黄
Damini by USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker)
And Then Some by Arkells
canon info
-according to chapter 558, he's a vegetarian
-he was the only one to defend eighth when the other geniuses ganged up on their shidi's appearance
-adhering to historical records, xun yu was confirmed in chapter 603 to be younger than xun you (despite being xun yu being xun you's uncle); prior to chapter 603, it was assumed but never officially confirmed
headcanons
-his eyes are gold/amber
-he likes all kinds of teas, but especially peach tea, jasmine tea, and oolong tea (i know that these are anachronistic; i don't care)
-he likes spicy food
-his favourite food is dumplings (specifically xiao long bao)
-he dislikes mushrooms
-he called xun you 'you-gege' when he was younger, but grew out of it after a fight that the two had when xun yu became water mirror's second genius
-greek zodiac: april taurus (i chose this because i'm also an april taurus, two tauruses are considered compatible with one another, and i've always associated him with spring)
-chinese zodiac: pig (while pigs and my zodiac, monkeys, aren't typically thought to be romantically compatible, it's possible with thorough communication. pig zodiacs are thought to be kind and compassionate people)
-good at: cooking, preparing tea, go, writing, archery, horseback riding
-bad at: music, hand-to-hand combat (except for his infamous right arm slap!), art/painting, maintaining a healthy sleep schedule
-expresses his love through words of affirmation; feels loved through quality time
-his favourite season is summer
things i associate with him
animals: dove, rooster, deer
colours: yellow and gold (primary), white (secondary), mint/turquoise (tertiary)
plants: daisies, daffodils, white lotuses, wintermelons, bamboo, white orchids, white and yellow roses
season: late spring/early summer
stones/gems: yellow jade, white jade, calcite, amber, moonstone, citrine, yellow quartz
relationship tropes/headcanons
-autistic (xun yu) x adhd (me)
-arranged marriage
-friends/allies to lovers
-secret relationship (specific to modern au)
-strict vegetarian x total carnivore
pinterest boards
yumeship board; a board dedicated to pics that have the vibe/aesthetic of my yumesona and/or my yumeship
xun yu board; a board dedicated to pics that remind me of xun yu in one way or another
homescreen layouts
winter 2022 (iphone 8)
spring/summer 2022 (iphone 11)
early fall 2022 (iphone 11)
early fall 2022 (iphone 11)
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fall 2022/winter 2022/winter 2023 (iphone 11)
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spring/summer 2023 (iphone 11)
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summer 2023 (ipad pro)
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fall 2023 (iphone 11)
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winter 2023/winter 2024 (iphone 11)
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2024 (ipad pro)
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spring 2024 (iphone 11)
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summer/early fall 2024 (iphone 11)
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late fall 2024/winter 2024/winter 2025 (iphone 15)
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spring/summer 2025 (iphone 15)
yumeverse lore
a lot of stuff about my yumeverse is private and is something that i'd like to keep to myself, but i figured i'd share the basics of the story heremy yumesona's name is cao shala (曹纱蜡). she's a foster daughter of cao cao who is adopted at around twelve years old when her father, cao zhi's tutor, dies of old age; he and her mother, who died during childbirth, had her at an unusually old age. while she has distant relatives, she grew very close to cao ang, cao pi, cao zhang, and especially cao zhi, and her father was once a classmate and friend of cao cao's, so cao cao and her family agree for him to take her in, and she becomes a cao.of her brothers, she's closest to cao zhi ("zhi-xiong"), who's her age, and she’s also very close with cao xiu ("xiu-di"), a cousin who's a bit younger. she had a good relationship with cao ang ("ang-gege") before his death, and while she was close to cao pi and cao zhang ("pi-ge" and "zhang-ge") growing up, her relationships with them get a bit distant as they age and become young men. she has a strong relationship with xiahou dun and xiahou yuan ("dun-shushu" and "yuan-shushu"). both taught her some basic martial skills - much to cao cao's annoyance - though most of her knowledge fades because she has no need for it. she doesn't see lady zhen ("fu-jie") often, but the two get along well.xun gun and cao cao eventually arrange a marriage between their children; xun gun to more closely tie the xun clan to cao cao's ever-growing power, and cao cao to give him 'eyes on the inside' should xun yu ever turn on him (the marriage is arranged shortly after cao cao rescues emperor xian, when he realises where xun yu's true loyalties lay).cao shala is resentful towards cao cao for the arranged marriage, and as she falls in love with xun yu, that resentment stays, but it changes - now, she's resentful because she doesn't want to spy on her husband, even for her family's sake (this is, admittedly, my way of putting my hatred for cao cao into my yumesona's story). along with resenting cao cao, cao shala also comes to resent cao zhi and cao pi because of the friction of the cao succession crisis, and stops communicating with either one for quite a while.a significant moment in cao shala’s and xun yu’s relationship is when, the first time xun yu returns home from the field, cao shala gives him an embroidered robe that she'd worked on in the weeks that he was gone. this is her way of repaying his gift of gold koi fish earrings accented with freshwater pearls (a pair of earrings that i have irl), which he had given to her before he left, because he wanted to give her a personal, person-to-person gift outside of her bride price).while lady tang is xun yu's historical wife, she has not been mentioned in RoT, so in my yumeverse, cao shala is xun yu's one and only wife. they find themselves unable to conceive, and xun yu refuses to take another wife or a concubine/consort, much to xun gun's frustration. as such, xun yu's historical son, xun yun (who is confirmed to exist in RoT, but who has not been seen) is their foster son (and he doesn't marry cao cao's daughter, princess anyang, as he does historically - for obvious reasons). xun yun is actually from cao shala's paternal birth family, with the family's matriarch having arranged for xun yu and cao shala to adopt him after his parents both die of illness.cao shala is courteous towards most of the key players in the cao camp, with a couple of notable exceptions. she's disliked sima yi from the get-go, not believing that he truly supports the cao family. sima yi was sworn to secrecy about the nature of xun yu's death by cao cao, cao xiu, and cao zhen, but he nonetheless told cao shala. this led to her disliking him less, but she never fully trusted him. she's also never gotten along well with jia xu or guo jia, because, even before marrying xun yu, she believed that the 'dark art of war' was no better than peace.most significantly, she distrusts yang xiu and hates that he is her favourite brother's closest friend and trusted advisor. yang xiu also dislikes her, because he thinks her desire to see cao pi inherit the throne (because it's tradition and would stop the clan in-fighting) will make cao zhi soft and worthless. they are curt and a little snippy towards one another, though neither will stoop to obvious insults, especially since they only ever see each other in public places where they can’t afford to be outright rude. cao zhi is aware of their mutual dislike towards one another, but tries to ignore it on the rare occasion that the two meet.after xun yu's death, cao shala uses what influence she has to support the scattered loyalists in the government, but it doesn't take long for the movement to fully dissipate. she quietly keeps contact with cao zhi, but fully cuts contact with cao cao, because she believes that he could have saved xun yu by being more decisive and keeping hold over cao pi; with cao pi, because of his call for xun yu's execution following the bronze bird terrace speech; and with cao xiu and cao zhen, because they moved xun yu's corpse to the battlefield to save face for the cao clan.knowing that liu bei is attempting to restore his own branch of the han dynasty, she considers fleeing to shu (despite xun yu having not chosen to support him years ago), but decides against it in favour of living out the rest of her days in modest, quiet peace. she keeps extensive records of xun yu's writings (letters, strategies, etc) and of his contributions to both the cao camp and the han dynasty. this includes meeting with people who knew xun yu as a child, like zhong yao, and sending letters to those in other kingdoms that she can't meet with directly, like the remaining geniuses, to learn more about his childhood, teenage years, and early adulthood before she knew him.in my yumeverse, i see both cao shala and xun yu as cis and bisexual (their marriage is fully monogamous and neither has a partner of either the same or the opposite sex).