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Don’t worry, your secret is safe with him, Lan Xichen!

#xiyao #jin guangyao #lan xichen #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

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more cql episode 23 thoughts, of the xiyao and twin jades variety

i just find it so very, very telling that the framing of this sequence of events has lan wangji sitting moodily all by his lonesome at his little table in the scorching sun palace

and then we see him shift his attention very deliberately--

--to lan xichen sharing a toast with jin guangyao (who as always only has eyes for his er-ge when er-ge is in the room). and then the camera returns to lan wangji's severe, pretty face and slightly downcast eyes, right before he stands up--

--and goes to find wei wuxian. it's so straight forward in its simplicity and execution, but imo speaks volumes about the emotional intimacy we are meant to infer about both relationships.

#mdzs meta #cql #xiyao #jin guangyao #lan xichen #wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

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Sorry I only have sketches and WIPs now ☹️

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #lan xichen #xiyao #jin guangyao

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I'm back on my bullshit! Have another tender Xiyao drawing from my sketchbook!

Romantic statues are great sources of inspiration for tender fanart. The OG for this is "Hero & Leander" by Karl Steinhäuser, on display in Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin (I took about 50 pictures, i might use it for reference again).

#jin guangyao #lan xichen #xiyao #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

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Daily reminder that when the Cloud Recesses got attacked, and LXC went on the run and JGY saved him and helped him hide, the Wens were in full power. They were the undisputed ruling clan. So much so that they could demand the other sects to send their heirs to them as hostages, and nearly kill the said heirs, fearing no consequences. And no sect had decided to try anything against them yet. They didn't think that ALL THE OTHER SECTS TOGETHER could do anything against the Wens. (And they truly couldn't if it weren't for Meng Yao.)

A little insignificant outcast like Meng Yao was FUCKED if he was caught hiding away THE Zewu-Jun.

And yet he did it! He didn't like...drag LXC to a doctor and said "I found this mysterious wounded man with an unknown identity. He's your problem now. Ciao. :)" No! He fully took care of him and hid him away and helped him rebuild the Cloud Recesses! (And listen, the Xiyao agenda of the show when Meng Yao specifically thinks of "Zewu-Jun" when he hears about the fall of the cloud recesses while he himself is bleeding on the ground and goes to save LXC after his banishment is very beautiful, especially for LXC. Imagine seeing this cute guy that you developed a crush on with one look and a total of 5 minutes of interaction before the guy left. And then suddenly in your worst & most desperate situation, the guy suddenly appears like an angel like you've manifested him and saves you and nurses you back to health and takes your hand in rebuilding your sect every step of the way. BUT! Book!Meng Yao didn't even know LXC! There has never been a tender hand touch and LXC gracefully saving him from an awkward and cruel social situation! He just saw a man and saved him out of the kindness of his heart regardless of the risks for himself!)

And LXC wasn't even the only person he saved individually. He saved Qin Su, too. if he's saved these two individually who knows if he had saved more people. Daily reminder that JGY is the kind of person who will go out of his way to help people when he can.

#jin guangyao #mdzs #cql #mo dao zu shi #lan xichen

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now both of you are gone

#xiyao #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jin guangyao #lan xichen

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AND IT WAS A TIME TRAVEL FIX IT ALL ALONG!!! part 2/2 -› part 1

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #xiyao #jin guangyao #lan xichen

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What could have been part 1/2

#mdzs #xiyao #mo dao zu shi #jin guangyao #lan xichen

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level 1 fantasy author: what if you could fuck your clone lol?

miyazaki and grrm: your clone ceases to be an exact copy of you a second after it enters existence. the subjective nature of consciousness means that a different experience of reality is created. a unique history inevitably results in a different person with their own memory and desires. you and your clone would immediately be separated by the vast, lonely distances of individual consciousness. and even if you were to merge again, you would not find the comfort of yourself but the horror of being known by another. holding your hammer before the ring of life, the same strike would express contradictory yearnings for rebirth and stagnation

also miyazaki and grrm: just to be clear, in this scenario you're still fucking your clone, you're both getting divorces to do it, you're making clone babies, you're making your clone bark like a dog,

#elden ring #grrm #radagon #marika x radagon #radagon of the golden order #funny

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The Empyreans.

#elden ring #miquella the unalloyed #malenia blade of miquella #ranni the witch #marika

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I always find it particularly funny when people say that Ranni is just manipulating the player and that she’s using them as a means to a much more nefarious secret end, because if you actually pay attention to the game and character then one thing becomes abundantly clear.

Ranni literally cannot lie to save her life.

No seriously, she’s a cunning mastermind but she is a fucking terrible liar. When a random tarnished comes looking for her and accuses her of the assassination of Godwyn, she just goes “yeah? And what of it?” as if she’s not admitting to being the one behind the biggest act of heresy in known history. That's not something you should just say to people, least of all a tarnished!

You get her alone with you and within seconds she’s rambling about her plan, her past, her family, her friends that she adores with all of her heart, how you’re actually a lot like them, nevermind forget that last part please-

Sorry to burst the bubble of all the nihilist theorists out there that really want age of stars to secretly be a bad ending but if Ranni was planning anything nefarious with her godhood then I’m willing to bet that she wouldn’t be able to keep quiet about it until the end of her questline.

#lunar princess ranni #elden ring #it’s true though #Ranni can step on me

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#lotr

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Love their designs and how good they look together so I def wanted to draw them together at least once

#zelda #zelda tears of the kingdom #tears of the kingdom #zelink #l

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MDZS!Wangxian meeting their CQL selves, part 3! //Slightly nsfw

Very important conversation topics among Wei Yings.

And that's how mdzs!wwx found out that his CQL counterpart isn't having the same kind of fun:

[Part 1&2 here]

#funny #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #cql #wei wuxian

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Hi.....Do you mind if I ask you some random thing? I used to love shounen and shoujo manga equally....But ever since I found BL manga 3 years ago, my interest in shoujosei (especially het romance) decrese a lot, and what I search for is just the dynamic between mc (male) and male lead...I don't want to read mc (female) and male lead or mc (male) and female lead...And what I want to read mostly are just mlm or wlw stories....

What do you think is happening to me? Is it really weird?

I’m not a psychologist, but it sounds like you just really like queer stories. Which is perfectly good and normal! 

From your ask, it also sounds like you didn’t read much of these stories before, so now maybe you’re making up for lost time by exploring these dynamics. Plus, let’s be real: in many cultures, LGBTQ+ acceptance is a new thing, so the popularity and prevalence of these stories most likely grew fairly recently. Culture is saturated with straight love stories, so I think queer stories by comparison can be quite fresh.

Don’t pathologize yourself for liking something or having specific reading preferences. You’re not hurting anyone; you’re just reading what you like. It’s... okay, normal, and good to read what you like. :)

#BL

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Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Mèng Shī (Módào Zǔshī), Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Niè Huáisāng, Sīsī (Módào Zǔshī), Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Jīn Líng | Jīn Rúlán, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī, Lán Jǐngyí, Ōuyáng Zǐzhēn, Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín Additional Tags: Happy Mother's Day Meng Shi!, When you see both couples side-eyeing the other, Angst with a Happy Ending, are we shocked that i saw a sweet prompt and took the angst twist instead, wangxian and xiyao voyage to yunping together, no nie huaisangs were harmed in the making of this story Summary:

Before he sends his letter to Jin Guangyao, Nie Huaisang opens the coffin to retrieve his brother’s head and destroy a corpse. A goddess stares back.

For the Mother's Day celebration for Meng Shi.

Chapter Five: Goddess-in-Law

The good news: Lan Xichen’s learned why Jin Guangyao spared Sisi.

The bad news: Anxin is possessing him as a result.

#xiyao #jin guangyao #lan xichen #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

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Chapters: 4/5 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Mèng Shī (Módào Zǔshī), Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Niè Huáisāng, Sīsī (Módào Zǔshī), Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Jīn Líng | Jīn Rúlán, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī, Lán Jǐngyí, Ōuyáng Zǐzhēn, Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín Additional Tags: Happy Mother's Day Meng Shi!, When you see both couples side-eyeing the other, Angst with a Happy Ending, are we shocked that i saw a sweet prompt and took the angst twist instead, wangxian and xiyao voyage to yunping together, no nie huaisangs were harmed in the making of this story Summary:

Before he sends his letter to Jin Guangyao, Nie Huaisang opens the coffin to retrieve his brother’s head and destroy a corpse. A goddess stares back.

For the Mother's Day celebration for Meng Shi.

Chapter Four: Empathy

If you’ve ever wanted Lan Xichen to discover why Sisi was spared during the temple, this one’s for you. …or is it ( ⚆ _ ⚆ )

#lan xichen #xiyao #jin guangyao #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #mo dao zu shi #mdzs