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It's the most delightful fic I have read in a very long time!!

Inter-Sect Politics for the Absolute Beginner by Elpie (Horribibble)

Inter-Sect Politics for the Absolute Beginner

by Elpie (Horribibble) (@elpiething)

M, 3k, Wangxian

Summary: Today, with a formal missive from Koi Tower in hand and Zonghui staring at him with open concern, Nie Mingjue throws his head back and laughs and knows that no request will ever bring him such joy: Sect Leader Jin Guangshan has been brutally assaulted and, due to a conflict of interest, the Jin sect begs the assistance of the Honorable Sect Leader Nie Mingjue in the search for justice. - Wei Ying was raised in a brothel in Yunping, and Sect Leader Jin is having a very bad day. Kay's comments: Incredibly funny! Had me grinning the entire time. AU where Meng Shi was the one who found Wei Ying and took him in, offering him a home in the brothel. So, he grew up alongside Meng Yao and one day, when Jin Guangshan visits the brothel, Wei Ying is not going to stand by and look as his adopted family gets mistreated. Rest in pieces, Jin Guangshan's nuts. Excerpt: Without missing a beat, the young man laden in silks and ornaments and the almost tangible love of every courtesan in the room laden upon him like so much armor looks Sect Leader Jin dead in the eye and says, “A shitty lover, an angry drunk, but most of all an asshole.” Personally, Mingjue could not have asked for more. Except, perhaps, to borrow one of Huaisang’s fans to hide his face. “Young master,” Lan Xichen speaks up, ever the voice of gentle reason. “This is perhaps not the best defense…” For a moment, the youth stills, blinking at the elder jade, surprised by the sound of genuine concern. But then he takes a deep breath and plants his hands on his hips, clearly not having any of it. “It’s the truth.” He levels his gaze, once more, upon the gilded pervert. “You’ve got twenty kids at least, including A-Yao, so I know you know how a brothel works. You’re not new. If you’re coming into our houses to be a rotten bastard, you should just leave.” The only other man among the courtesans glaring death upon Jin Guangshan, has the spine to call, “Ying’er.” But Nie Mingjue suspects very little has ever deterred this man, least of all being called little baby.

pov wei wuxian, pov nie mingjue, canon divergence, canon era, wei wuxian isn't adopted by the jiangs, non-yunmeng wei wuxian, courtesan wei wuxian, brothels, bamf wei wuxian, jin guangshan being an asshole, justice, families of choice, crack treated seriously, humor, different first meeting

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#Wangxian Fic Rec #The Untamed #Wangxian #MDZS #short fic <15k #pov wei wuxian #pov nie mingjue #bamf wei wuxian #jin guangshan being an asshole #justice #humor

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"To the man who drew me from my books, but never took me from them. All my love, Tress"

I wonder what it says about me that I nearly wept when i read this line. Because all I could feel was despair that person does not exist for me and i am never gonna find them and fluffy coz that is the most romanticthing ever.

#megan derr #tournament of losers #bookblr #book quotes

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You ever just write a completely unhinged dialogue for a very self-indulgent fanfic and then go "...... wow! Did I just write that?"

And then it is an argument between the angel and the devil - something like

"But... isn't that too harsh?"

"Nope! That character deserves that!"

"But... I mean. It is good ' writing wise. It's phenom. But..."

"If it is phenom we are leaving it in.. what is wrong with you?!"

#fanfic #writing #mdzs #mxtx mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #lan zhan #wei ying #the untamed #writing fanfic #fanfiction

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Reminds me a bit of Wei Wuxian 🥰

#lan wangji #wei wuxian #mdzs #mxtx mdzs #wei ying #lan zhan #the untamed

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Zhao Jiangui was obliged to speak according to the phrases those heroes had written down.

Oh no... what script did they give you man?!

“I’m a person.”

“What kind of person?”

“One that’s lost the road.”

“Which road are you heading towards?”

“The road to your heart.”

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Bravo... *slow claps* well done (continues to Mutter praises while facing the other way to hide my embarrassment)

#the wrong way to a demon sect leader

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Yue Qingqing refunded her renumeration, stating that she could not teach a student like this.

Such peak "f*** this sh*t I am out - you can keep your money!" energy

“This isn’t a money problem,” he said. After hesitating for a long time, he lowered his head, a blush suffusing his cheeks. “I’m afraid that if I continue to teach him, I’ll fall in love with him.”

..... I see. You're right. That is a problem that can't be solved by money.

According to the storyline concocted by these heroes, at this moment, Zhao Jiangui ought to be heavily outnumbered, collapse with heavy injuries right on the path that the Creed Lord had to take, then get picked up by him, whereupon something indescribable would happen automatically.

YA THINK?! If only romance were that easy!! 😂

#the wrong way to a demon sect leader

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Hmmmm... I kinda wanna do like a live commentary as I read "The wrong way to a demon sect leader". Let me try!

In the Martial Forest of today, the righteous and chaotic had been fighting for a long time, setting off a bloodied tempest in jianghu

What's with the "once upon a time long long ago" kind of opening?! I m liking it!!

his martial arts were extremely advanced, he was of profound thought, and he acted decisively, but he also had a shortcoming that was enough to prove fatal.

He liked men.

Wonder who it is actually going to be fatal for?

after offering him up good tea with good water, this huge flock of Forest seniors suddenly knelt down around him, following which they told him of their fellows’ plan while dripping with tears.

They wanted him to go… …and seduce……the Creed Lord.

Well..... sh*t.

#the wrong way to a demon sect leader

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That was... wow!

What a roller coaster ride!!!! It broke my brain keeping the versions of characters straight (heh... straight 😏 as if)

Still.. felt like I myself fell into some wierd dimension as I looked up from finishing the book and legit went "eh?! When am I at?! Already dusk?!?"

#replacing the evil way #he wei #cheng zhesheng #cnovel

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Cui Buqu.. ah Cui Buqu! Seeing you through Feng-er' eyes - really. There really is something about watching him pit people - that makes one unable to look away. The sheer brilliance of his brain!!! I am weak against plotters - especially the ones on the good side

#wushuang #cui buqu #feng xiao #peerless

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I truly need to know what drunk Lan Xichen is like!! I need it like air!!!

#lan wangji #lan xichen #mxtx mdzs #mdzs #birthday boy #happy birthday

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//long rambles ahead!

I think what really lingers with me about MDZS is that it's not a novel with a cathartic ending at all. It's a bittersweet story that leaves you slightly hollow. Yes, it's a beautiful and epic romance. It's a piece of social commentary interwoven with a love story and murder mystery. It's a cautionary tale. But it is also very much a tragedy. It's a story about being too late, second chances, and moving on.

By the time the truth of everything JGY and JGS did comes to light, it's 13 years too late. Everything that mattered has already happened. Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan are long dead. Jin Ling is still an orphan. Wen Ning is dead, and sometime in the future, his death will be permanent. Wen Qing was burned to death at the stake for no fault of her own. Nie Mingjue has already spent ten years in a no-doubt agonizing state of un-death, and Lan Xichen will have to bear the guilt of loving both Nie Mingjue and Jin Guangyao, and by doing so, forsaking them both. Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng's once-close bond is irrevocably broken, and the woman who sowed the seeds of resentment when they were still children will never face the consequences of her vitriol.

People sometimes say MXTX was too hard on the side characters, and only gave the Wangxian a happy ending, but what stuck with me after finishing the story is how… sad things are. Yes, Wangxian finally get the happy ending they've deserved for nearly 20 years - but at the same time, it's not a happy ending where the people who've wronged them get the consequences they deserve.

Wei Wuxian will spend the rest of his life haunted by guilt and loss, over what happened to Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan, over the loss of the Wen remnants. The rest of his years won't even be lived in the body his parents gave him.

Lan Wangji will spend the rest of his years wondering if he'd chosen to stand with Wei Wuxian when it mattered - would his son have had to grow up without his birth family?

Nie Huaisang is left wondering if his brother had been a little less trusting and had never taken Meng Yao in as a Nie deputy, would his brother have died a less wretched death? Would he have been forced to stoop to ruthless machinations and manipulations to seek some semblance of justice?

Wen Ning will have to live with the knowledge that if he'd been a little less kind, if he'd let Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng die that fateful day - his family would still be alive. The Wens would've won the war; Wen Qing might've even succeeded Wen Ruohan.

No one really gets the ending they deserve. MDZS isn't a story where good people get happy endings, and bad people get their dues. Sure, Jin Guangyao's crimes are revealed and he faces the consequences of his actions. But what about the people who stood by and made him into a monster? If anything, the side characters and antagonists who survive get better than they deserve. The real villain of MDZS - society - will never face retribution. Those cultivators who always believed in their own bigotry and righteousness over and over again, will never face justice.

Do you think those cultivators and the public will ever feel any regret for the innocent people they condemned to death in their own prejudice and blind self-righteousness? Do you think the people who gathered at Nightless City to call for Wei Wuxian's death considered for one second that he was the biggest reason they won the war? When the cultivators who sacked the Wen settlement at the Burial Mounds threw the bodies of the Wens into the blood pool, do you think that was a sign of shame?

Do you think Jiang Cheng will ever regret leading a siege on a small settlement of innocent farmers? Do you think he's haunted by condemning to death the same people whom he owes his life to?

Do you think those people like Yao-zongzhu will ever feel an ounce of remorse for so easily believing rumours and hearsay, and spreading speculation and vitriol about innocent people?

Do you think that unnamed cultivator out there will ever lose a single minute of sleep over smashing in Wen Popo's head?

In the years that follow, Wen Ning will have apologized a hundred times for lives he did not take, crimes he did not commit, because of the name he bears. People, both in-universe, and even readers, will condemn him for actions he could not help, for doing the right thing. But did Jiang Cheng ever apologize for killing his family? Did the Jins ever apologize for their horrific treatment of people in the labour camps?

People will continue to demand that Wei Wuxian apologize for causing the deaths of their friends and family. But how is Wei Wuxian meant to do that? No one ever apologized to him for taking his family away. No one ever apologized for condemning the Wen Remnants to death for crimes they took no part in. The Wens were his family too.

There's so much potential for bitterness and corruption in MDZS. Instead of saving everyone, Wei Wuxian could've stood aside and let the people who tried to kill him die. MDZS could've been a story of succumbing to hatred and grief, but it wasn't. MXTX could've gone on and on about how society wronged the protagonist, but she didn't. The narrative is one of forgiveness and moving beyond past grievances. The story chose to close the story on a positive note. I truly love that aspect of MDZS, where MXTX leaves just enough room for hope and love at the end.

A-Yuan will finally get his closure about the family he lost as a toddler. Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian get their happy ending together after being separated by nearly two decades by war, miscommunication, cruelty, and death.

Wei Wuxian will never regret protecting survivors of an attempted genocide, because it was the right thing to do.

And Wen Ning will still stand in the way and take a fatal blow meant for Jin Ling, despite everything the Jins and Jiang Cheng did to the people he loved.

Because they chose love. Characters like Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning and Lan Wangji have the chance to move on and live a happier life because when they could've succumbed to hurt and fury and resentment, they chose to be kind and do the right thing. Wangxian get their happy ending because they learn to recognize the toxicity of the cultivation society's self-cannibalizing prejudice, and chose to pursue righteousness above personal benefit.

MDZS isn't a story about good people getting good things. Just look at what happened to Xiao Xingchen. There's really nothing satisfying or cathartic about everyone's fates at all. It has all the makings to be a tragedy or tale of vengeance of epic proportions - but instead, it's a love story. It's a story about making the best of what you've got, and staying true to yourself and your morals, even if that's sometimes a bitter pill to swallow. It's a story where everything that could go wrong went wrong, but the characters still managed to fight their way to a better ending by choosing kindness. At its core, MDZS is a testament to choosing compassion over cruelty no matter how tragic and hopeless life gets, no matter how long the journey gets. And that's what makes MDZS such a memorable work of art. That's why it stays with you.

#mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #nie huaisang #jiang cheng #musings #wen ning #mdzs thoughts #so true #i love this

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.... I had no warning. None at all - that Faraway Wanderers is a heck of a lot more hilarious to read than watching Word of Honor.

#word of honor #faraway wanderers #zhou zishu #wen kexing

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no offence but i think a lot of us me included don’t actually want romantic love as badly as we think and really are just lonely and crave a closeness and intimacy that feels out of reach in friendships because of society’s emphasis on marriage and the nuclear family so we project that into the never ending search for a perfect love and a soulmate when really we all just want to mean something to someone

#truer words have never been spoken

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I was just going through some wangxian on AO3 ... and I have a nice thought. For the junior quartet -

Lan Wangji : THE Hanguang Jun. Father. To be summoned anytime you are in trouble - legit trouble.

Wei Wuxian : Fun Dad. To be summoned when you are in trouble - the not-legit kind.

Jiang Cheng : JIUJIU. Appears when they are in deep sh*t of their own making (usually Dad is there too)

#wei wuxian #lan wangji #wei ying #lan zhan #jiang cheng #jiang wanyin #wangxian #mxtx mdzs #mdzs #random thoughts

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I only saw like some random clips of The Longest Promise and The Legend of Fei and now I want an entire Untamed series but with Lwj and Wwx actors switched

Edit : great.. now I can't stop thinking about it

WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF?!

#lan wangji #wang yibo #xiao zhan #wei wuxian #the untamed #the longest promise #the legen of fei #am i crazy #brainrot #wangxian #lan zhan #wei ying

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I absolutely loved First Class Lwayer by Mu Su Li. Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan are just perfection personified ... just

*chef's kiss*

#first class lawyer #mu su li #yan suizhi #gu yan

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Another novel well enjoyed!! I saw the summary and halfway through I had already shortlisted it - it had a dragon.. I knew I was gonna love it.

Good to know I picked right!! 😄

#tong qian kan shi #copper coins #mu su li