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wherever, as long as it's with you

#wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #dragonji #gusu lan!wwx alert <3 #mdzs

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God Awful Pick-Up Line - Robins Fall Once by Hedgebelle

It's JayDick Week! @jaydick-week - So I'm back on my Reverse Robins agenda train lol ** Hedge made this very clear in her fic: NO romance happens until Dick is an adult **

The old Bat chose that exact moment to make a dramatic entrance, rushing in from the other side, only to stop dead in his track's, while his jaw slackened and whatever words had been there on his tongue died a sudden and violent death, at the sight of the sidekick – Robin – pouting on the floor and fearsome Red Hood desperate to put as much distance between himself and the menace as possible. “YOU!” Red Hood pointed a shaky finger at the Bat, then helplessly gesticulated in the general direction of the underage menace. “Control your jailbait!”

I adore this fic so much lol it's so cute and fun and a different dynamic to a Under the RH!Jason that has to deal with an unhinged menace that is Dickie lol

Please give it a read! - @hedgebelle did an amazing job (as always) uwu Dick is just so sweet and earnest and Jason did NOT expect this when he came back lmao

#robins fall once #mel is a gift #reverse robins #jaydick #omg this is perfect <3

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I'm here❤with you

#wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs

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Random Thought #34: If Madam Yu really had cut off Wei Wuxian's sword hand in order to appease Wang Lingjiao before the Jiang Clan was wiped out, then Jiang Cheng truly and honestly would have been fucked cause no way in hell would Wei Wuxian give up his core after that. He was already thinking of his hand in terms of debt ("if it's in exchange for the peace of the sect..." —exr), and to take away his sword hand is to cripple his ability to cultivate, which he considers a debt he owes to the Jiang for teaching him, to begin with. The scores would have been cleared, then, so any other ask (like, say, protecting the only surviving heir with his life) would be considered extraneous. Wei Wuxian would still do it because it was the right thing to do at the time with the knowledge that he had, but once Jiang Cheng lost his core? That's a wrap!

#canon jiang cheng #wei wuxian #yunmeng nos #mdzs #character analysis #relationship analysis

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A piece I made for @netamashii once upon a time

#wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs

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NOTE TO SELF-SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!

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Bibbidi bobbidi boo!! The resentful spirits have given wwx new clothes!

#wei wuxian #yiling patriarch #yiling laozu anime magical girl transformation ^^ #mdzs

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wwx_many_face.jpg Phoenix Mountain tldr~~

Based on this post by @theuntamedincorrectquotes!! ❤️❤️❤️

My twitter!!

#mdzs #wei wuxian #buy my silence

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um

— inspired by falseknees's comic and demonicfarmer69's tweet

#yes this #wei wuxian #canon jiang cheng #mdzs

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#mdzs #jianghu map

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PODFIC!!! For my MDZS fic <3

GRAYWAKE MADE A PODFIC TO MY MDZS FIC. !!!!!!!!!!!!! All caps is the only way I can communicate about this.

The MDZS fic in question is "One Can Keep A Secret (If He Does Not Know It's There). Graywake has a lovely storyteller's voice and does mean Lan Qiren lines <3 It's wonderful and I'm so touched, and I'm putting the link here for anyone who would like to check it out (please do!).

#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #mdzs fanfiction #podfic #posted on ao3 #wangxian #graywake made a podfic to my fic and I can only flail and keyboard smash about it #like so: #asdghjkl

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Pick me TeenXian 💞

#yes this #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #mdzs

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Witness the epic battle of Hanguang Jun and the Yiling Patriarch, who hate each other the most, and who can never see eye to eye.

Close up on this panel cause it's really small and you can't see our handsome men. And also lwj and wwx.

#mdzs #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #hanguang jun #yiling patriarch #and some 3rd person POV insights ^^ #pakhnokh #<3

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#mdzs #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #with his forehead ribbon!!!!

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There are a lot of takes and tropes that bother me in the MDZS fandom, but don’t really bother me outside of it, and I’ve been wondering why that is for a while now. And I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s because of the way the MDZS universe, is portrayed, and the roles it plays in the story, when compared to those other pieces of media.

Because one thing I’ve noticed in fandoms I’m in is that people like having hope. Maybe bad things happened to the characters, yes, but surely there are lots of good people out there – maybe if something happens so that the abused character is brought up by them instead, things will turn out well! Or maybe if those people see what’s really happening with the misunderstood protagonist, everything will be ok!  

And it’s one thing to believe humanity is inherently good, or is inherently anything. And it’s definitely understandable that people want to believe that about humanity in a fictional universe, which can often function as a form of escapism But the thing with fictional universes is that they generally skew on one side of the spectrum, whether that side agrees with those views, or not. Pessimistic or optimistic, hopeful or hopeless.

And MDZS… is not an hopeful universe.

Now, that’s not saying there aren’t good people in it, or that we’re left with no possibility things could change for the better – the Juniors precisely embody that  hope! And a lot of the established characters are good people, it’s not saying it’s impossible. But generally, the view on society and societal structures, and the people inhabiting it from the top to the bottom, tends to be quite cynical. For evidence, just look at how all the clans reacted to the situation with Wei Wuxian and the Wen remnants, and how the one person who spoke up about it, Mianmian, was treated. I don’t think MDZS is making a case about how all leaders are corrupt, though some are, but it is making one about how most people will blindly follow the people in power and turn on anyone who opposes that, and how that can lead to mob mentality and false gossip and danger if that leader is corrupt. The fault and the problem is with the structures themselves. 

And because of that, it’s impossible to eliminate one thing that’s the problem. There’s no one person behind the state of the world, though some definitely take advantage of it, so you can’t get rid of Y factor in Z character’s life and make everything all right. For example, there are a lot of stories where Wei Wuxian is raised by the Lans or the Nies, and that somehow makes everything alright. And maybe something similar would work in other fandoms, where there is one nation or group of people that’s the problem – but the corruption here is society-deep. That would not solve the problem – the classism, the mob mentality, the dehumanisation and so on – because that’s how the world is going to be. Likewise, I also see AUs where people found out what the situation really was at the Burial Mounds and everyone went to band against the evil Jin Sect and help Wei Wuxian. But the Jins weren’t the only sect responsible, and if the sects didn’t know the situation before (though some people definitely did), they definitely knew after the siege – who threw the Wen remnants’ bodies into the Blood Pool, again? And that didn’t change their attitude at all. Because the Wens aren’t seen as human (there’s a reason they’re called Wen-dogs), they’re seen as less than that, and they’re seen as not deserving of life. Being ‘innocent’ doesn’t change that. 

Just because a similar premise works in other fandoms, where maybe there is one main thing that’s the problem, doesn’t mean it’ll work in all of them. And it certainly won’t here.

Again, the one person who spoke up in favour of Wei Wuxian protecting the Wens because maybe there was more to it? Ostracised. And in MDZS, people like Mianmian are most definitely presented as the exception, not the norm.

The MDZS world is not kind. And too much of the plot hinges on that for it to be easily changed.

(…And I do wonder if this thinking is a factor in people thinking Wei Wuxian rejects help too, or is bad at dealing with the situation involving the Wens, or the Golden Core, or anything else. Because if the world was kind, surely there wouldn’t be a reason not to ask for support, right? And because of that, people mistake his very sensible (and accurate) view of the clans in power for low self-esteem and being simple unwilling to ask.)

…This isn’t a condemnation of fix-its in MDZS. If you want to write one, great! But understand that in the universe you’re writing about, you can’t remove simply one thing, or one clan, or one person, and make everything ok. A story written with a premise like alternate clan adoption or people finding out what’s actually happening can be great, if you remember the constraints of the universe you’re working within.

Some universes are hopeful, others are not. And you can’t have the same trope working exactly the same way in two on different ends of the spectrum.

#mdzs #mdzs meta #yes this

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They are soulmates ✨🫶🏻❤️ One of the best things I've ever done

#wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs #them #all of them!!!

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fem wangxian!

#fem wangxian #mdzs #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!