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NEW FIC

Title: Koi Tower

Series: The Monster they Created

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed

Pairing: Wei Wuxian x Xue Yang

Rating: E

Status: Complete

Word Count:  9.165

Summary:

Cloud Recesses has been dealt with. The next Sect to attract Wei Wuxian's ire is the Jin Sect at Koi Tower. Death comes silently until it's guided by a dizi, or two.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39069186

#Noppoh #Wei Wuxian #Xue Yang #demonic cultivation #mass murder #dark #animal abuse #although the animal is dead #so dead animal abuse? #dom/sub #no aftercare #smut #anal sex #Bratty xue yang

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NEW FIC

Title: Cloud Recesses

Series: The Monster they Created

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed

Pairing: Wei Wuxian x Xue Yang

Rating: M

Status: Complete

Word Count: 5.698

Summary:

Lan Wangji had asked him time and again to go to Gusu, to Cloud Recesses. Wei Wuxian decides to pay him a visit, apprentice and an army of corpses in tow.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38419543

#Noppoh #Wei Wuxian #Xue Yang #demonic cultivation #mass murder #dark

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NEW FIC

Title: Axe Throwing

Fandom: Guardian

Pairing: Shen Wei x Zhao Yunlan

Rating: T

Status: Complete

Word Count: 3.505

Summary:

The university faculty has an informal teambuilding where they and their partners go axe throwing, thinking it's a first for everyone. Shen Wei looks good pretending he can't hit a fly with an axe from a ridiculous distance, and Zhao Yunlan thirsts while watching.  

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38250382

#Guardian #weilan #shen wei #zhao yunlan #axe throwing #thirsting zhao yunlan #teambuilding

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NEW FIC

Title: There’s Two of You!

Fandom: Guardian

Pairing: Da Qing x Ye Zun

Rating: M

Status: Complete

Word Count: 13.310

Summary:

Da Qing goes to spy on the Rebels' camp and is drawn to their one and only prisoner. The surprise is great when he discovers this prisoner had the exact same face as Hei Pao Shi.  

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38169154

#Noppoh #Guardian #Da Qing #Ye Zun #Hei Pao Shi #Angst #referenced abuse #happy ending #cat tribe best tribe #Ye Olde Haixing Era

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Mostly I'm watching black people I know express distaste with non-black people ignoring the context of what happened, thankfully no one I follow is clowning where I can see it.

But I'm watching arguments about 'toxic masculinity' (can you call defending your wife from someone being a dick to her 'toxic masculinity'???) and 'male violence' (I know PLENTY of black women who would backhand someone talking about them like that) and 'abusive' (fellas is it abuse to defend your wife's honor in a way you likely were taught yourself?) etc etc and they're all ignoring the actual context of what happened.

A black man who knew better made an offensive and ableist joke about a black woman's medical condition that drastically changed her appearance and caused her to sacrifice something culturally important to her, on live TV in front of an audience, and her black husband got on stage and confronted the problem the same way it would have played out if this was not a televised event.

It's wild to me that people aren't connecting the dots. "He shouldn't have used violence" sure and Chris Rock shouldn't have made the joke but he did and he got what he knew he would have gotten if he'd said it anywhere else. He was part of that hair documentary. He KNOWS BETTER. I got popped just like that for a comment about a black woman's hair when I was 8. There are lines and he crossed them. And unlike my 8yo self, he knew where those lines were when he chose to open his mouth.

She was in the audience. She was sitting by Will. Chris looked directly at her and pointed at her before making the joke. He knew what he was doing. He watched Will come up to him agitated. And he didn't press charges even though police encouraged him to do so. He knew exactly what he would have gotten for that in any other place.

#important read #informative #will smith #chris rock #anti blackness #ableism #oscars 2022

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Disabled Representation Has Come Farther Than You Think

You’ve Just Been Conditioned Not to See It.

I recently got into a huge fight with an abled friend about disabled representation, in which he was completely convinced that the stance he held was that of an ally. He’s a long time friend of mine and I know he really did think he was fighting for us and coming from a place of trying to help us.

And it really got me thinking about the way abled people perceive disabled people. And how that message is internalised and reinforced in so many ways.

My friend was trying to say that characters like Cyborg, Misty knight, Daredevil, Toph, Edward Elric, Bucky, Nebula, etc were not good representation. And he at first refused to listen to me (an actual disabled person) when I was like; no, we like that. we love that. we LOVE seeing badass and competent and sexy disabled people. It’s validating and empowering.

His argument was that it didn’t really count because nobody saw them as disabled and that it would be the same thing as saying Gamora is black representation.

While I understand where he was coming from, both of us also being black, it was hard to get him to understand how it wasn’t the same thing.

Gamora is a black actress painted green to portray a green-skinned alien. She has black features, yes, but within the narrative she very much is not a black woman. She’s an alien.

But a disabled character is always still a disabled character. Regardless of how high tech or SciFi or magical or fantastical the world or universe is; an amputee with a prosthesis is still an amputee. They are still disabled. Yes, even if their prosthesis shoots lasers.

And other characters, like Toph and Daredevil, who are both blind, have superpowers/superhuman abilities that allow them to overcome their disability. That does not make them less disabled.

Their blindness still impacts their everyday lives. They can’t read. They can’t draw. They don’t know what things or people look like, or what color things are. They can’t read someone’s facial expressions during a conversation. They can’t follow a map without assistance.

When I asked my friend for examples of what he considered good disabled representation he said Professor X, Oracle, and the Thinker. And that made me pause and I won’t lie, it upset me. It felt degrading. I got kind of angry at him and it got a little heated.

Because what he was saying is: the smart one in the wheelchair that never actually joins the battle because their body is too frail? Those are the only good disabled characters? The ones who still need to be protected and treated tenderly and are physically weaker?

Do we only exist when you can view us as some subhuman lesser other that you can take pity on?

But it’s not only my friend who thinks this way.

I’ve seen quite a few arguments online about people who don’t think Edward Elric is disabled, despite being an amputee.

Who don’t think Cyborg is disabled, despite the fact that his entire power set is due to a life support and mobility aid device.

And my friend was shocked that I, and many other disabled people, find these depictions of strong and confident and capable disabled people empowering. He fully expected that I would find those depictions offensive.

And that’s when it really hit me.

The issue is not that characters like Bucky or Toph or Daredevil are bad representations of disabled characters.

The issue is that people don’t perceive them as disabled. They’ve internalized this belief that disabled people have to be weak and delicate and fragile and in some way physically inferior.

They’re only considered disabled if they’re tragic and/or weak. Or ugly. People love to project a tragic subhuman otherness onto disabled people who are ugly.

If they’re cool and badass that confuses them. That doesn’t fit with the narrative that’s been built in their heads.

The idea of a competent, confidant, and strong disabled character, especially a cool disabled character is just so completely foreign to them that they don’t even consider it.

Now I’m not saying that depictions of disabled characters like Oracle or professor X are bad or harmful. We need representation of disabled people who aren’t strong and don’t have superpowers and maybe don’t feel particularly empowered. That’s a genuine representation of many disabled people.

It just isn’t the only one.

I think the issue with disabled representation is not that it doesn’t exist (as I’ve seen many abled people online claim in our defense) but that we need to shift the way we think of disabled people so we stop overlooking a lot of the really cool and badass and awesome disabled characters we do already have.

So if you read this far through this essay, please stop for a moment and consider the preconceptions you have about disabled people.

Have you ever overlooked a disabled character because they were strong, powerful, charismatic, or, (God forbid!) SEXY?

And if so, I’d ask you to take some time to examine in yourself why you don’t think of disabled people as being able to be those things.

Mod Izzy

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here have 10 pieces of writing advice that have stuck with me over the years

every character’s first line should be an introduction to who they are as a person

even if you only wrote one sentence on a really bad day, that’s still one sentence more than you had yesterday

exercise restraint when using swear words and extra punctuation in order for them to pack a punch when you do use them

if your characters have to kiss to show they’re in love, then they’re not in love

make every scene interesting (or make every scene your favorite scene), otherwise your readers will be just as bored as you

if you’re stuck on a scene, delete the last line you wrote and go in a different direction, or leave in brackets as placeholders

don’t compare your first draft to published books that could be anywhere from 3rd to 103rd drafts

i promise you the story you want to tell can fit into 100k words or less

sometimes the book isn’t working because it’s not ready to be written or you’re not ready to write it yet; let it marinate for a bit so the idea can develop as you become a better writer

a story written in chronological order takes a lot more discipline and is usually easier to understand than a story written with flashbacks

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"Kagome's jaw dropped as she realized she'd walked in on Sesshomaru butt-naked."

Kagome's jaw dropped as she realized she'd walked in on Sesshomaru butt-naked.

He paused halfway into the hotsprings, standing with the water lapping around his thighs, arching a brow in her direction, "Miko."

Stripes. So many magenta stripes: cheek stripes, wrist stripes, hip stripes, back stripes- and were those stripes on his-

"S-sorry! I'll uh- I'm going! Going right now!"

The rich cadence of his chuckle sounded equally warm and inviting as it was sinfully wicked.

"Stay, if you wish to."

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Text Post Meme: Strictly JGY Edition

{ 18 / ? }

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The throuple wedding turned into couple wedding

姻缘大人请留步｜Ms. Cupid in Love 

BTS:

#What's going on #guess what just got added to my to watch list #ms cupid in love

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NEW FIC

Series: The Monster they Created

Title: Burial Mounds

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed

Pairing: Wei Wuxian x Xue Yang

Rating: E

Status: Complete

Word Count: 5.527

Summary:

Wei Wuxian has fully recovered and Xue Yang is adept enough to leave the dead village they'd been staying at. They head towards Burial Mounds where Wei Wuxian will start his revenge.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37604647

#Noppoh #mdzs #Wei Wuxian #Xue Yang #Dark #dom/sub undertones #dubcon #anal sex #rough sex #spit as lube #top WWX #bottom XY #Burial Mounds #revenge #brat XY

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"Regrets fell like autumn leaves"

Regrets fell like autumn leaves.

Some took longer to reach the ground than others, but they all crumbled under someone’s feet eventually.

Kagome watched as a sharp breeze stole another leaf off the branches above her, twirling it around before it changed course, landing on her outstretched hand.

She had so many of these—forgotten or unaccomplished dreams that had been dashed before they’d fully formed.

The sudden brush of his youki had the hair on the back of her neck standing on end as he landed in the village, their eyes meeting for a moment in a questioning glance before he headed towards Rin’s hut.

This year, she would not add to the growing pile of discarded what ifs, the leaf gripped tightly in her hand as she rose and made her way towards him.

This was such a wonderful image, thanks @mynightshining!

#inuyasha #kagome x sesshomaru #sesshomaru #sesshoumaru #kagome

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It would be either Harry Potter + The Untamed AU, which, I know already exists? Haven’t read it though. I should...

Or Harry Potter + Guardian. Ah! Gryffindor ZYL and Ravenclaw SW. Add Slytherin YZ to the mix. Hufflepuf GCC. CSZ and DQ would be Gryffindors too, I guess. Don’t know about ZH though. Hmm... WZ and SZ are Hufflepufs in my opinion. Ah, this has potential!

combine your first real fandom with your current one to create a terrible, terrible au

#guardian #mdzs #the untamed #harry potter #alternate universe #CrossOver

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NEW FIC

Title: Stuck

Author: Noppoh

Fandom: Guardian

Pairing: Shen Wei & Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan

Rating: G

Status: Complete

Word Count: 7.728

Summary:

Ye Zun shows up in Zaho Yunlan's apartment, stuck in his tiny dragon form. Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei set out to help him.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37408975

#Noppoh #Guardian #Tiny dragon Shen Wei #Tiny dragon Ye Zun #Fluff #Healing

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NEW FIC

Title: A Refusal to Die with a Promise of Revenge

Author: Noppoh

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed

Pairing: Wei Wuxian x Xue Yang

Rating: E

Status: Complete

Word Count: 14.138

Summary:

Wei Wuxian held on with all his might, even though he was losing control. He had promised to protect. He would not give up. Yet the Energy turned against him and the world went black.

When he woke up, it was to his own surprise of not having died and finding that someone was taking care of him. A bargain is mad for the person's continued care in exchange for knowledge about Demonic Cultivation. The ultimate end goal? Revenge upon the Sects that killed Wei Wuxian's second family.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37257064

#Noppoh #mdzs #Wei Wuxian #Xue Yang #Dark #major injury #Healing #dom/sub undertones #anal fingering #anal sex #masochism #top WWX #bottom XY #Bratting #Xue Yang learning demonic cultivation

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NEW FIC

Title: A Nightmare to Live With

Author: Noppoh

Fandom: Guardian

Pairing: Shen Wei & Ye Zun

Rating: M

Status: Complete

Word Count: 12.717

Summary:

Ye Zun is forced to live with Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei, wearing Energy suppressing cuffs and confined to Zhao Yunlan's apartment. He hates it and makes sure both Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei know it.

A confrontation with both Ye Zun and Shen Wei causes Zhao Yunlan to realise there's more to Ye Zun's behaviour than him trying to make a nuisance out of himself. It's the starting point for an attempt to make all their lives easier.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36926110

#Noppoh #Guardian #Ye Zun #Shen Wei #Zhao Yunlan #Ye Zun Week 2022 #self-harm #mention of suicide attempt #Suicidal Thoughts #scarring #healing #hurt/comfort #angst