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ocyus-stuff · 7 months

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The family is here and coloured :D 🐲🦊🐔

Some lore if anybody's interested!!

At first I coloured Sizhui red because of the wen sect colours and cause phoenix's are generally portrayed in red but I think blue suits him better! You know how phoenix's can be reborn? I like to think that some part of him got reborn with lwj taking care of him.

So he kinda gained the signature lan blue. He always asked lwj why was he the only bird but lwj had always said that he was special

#mdzs fanart #mdzs #mo dao su zhi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #魔道祖师 #mdzs wwx #mdzs lan wangji #wei ying #lan wangji #lan sizhui #dragonji #foxxian #phoenix!sizhui #also btw who would you think they'll have children #there's two choices #my art

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ocyus-stuff · 7 months

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wip 🐲🦊🐔

Gonna finish this soon

#mdzs fanart #mo dao su zhi #wei ying #lan zhan #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #魔道祖师 #mdzs lan wangji #mdzs wwx #mdzs lwj #lan sizhui #lan yuan #dragonji #foxxian #phoenix!sizhui #mxtx fandom #mdzs #I love me a found family of mythical cultivators

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ocyus-stuff · 7 months

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Morning kiss with sleepy hubby (´ε｀ )♡

#mdzs fanart #mdzs #mo dao su zhi #mdzs lan wangji #mdzs wwx #mo dao zu shi #wei ying #lan zhan #mxtx fandom #my art #魔道祖师 #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #though i am aroace #wangxian makes me believe in the power of love

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ocyus-stuff · 8 months

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Another dtiys i joined (because it's fun) for @pakhnokh on twitter

I had a lot of fun drawing this and it was cool trying to figure out how the lighting and background worked. And thanks to pakhnokh for hosting :D

#mdzs fanart #mo dao su zhi #wei ying #mdzs wwx #mdzs lan wangji #lan zhan #wangxian #my art #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #dtiys #yilling laozu #yilling patriarch

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ocyus-stuff · 8 months

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Presenting the bottom bunk trio ✨✨

@tempo-takoyaki Congrats and thanks for hosting!

I've been looking for a reason to draw xie lian and shen qingqiu anyways jfhdjd.

#mxtx fandom #mo dao su zhi #scum villian self saving system #heaven's official blessing #wei ying #xie lian #shen qingqiu #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #tian guan ci fu #ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong #mdzs fanart #tgcf fanart #mxtx fanart #svsss fanart #my art

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ocyus-stuff · 8 months

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On Life debts in MDZS

Recently finished watching Anle Zhuan, and holy crap, it really just sets even more into perspective how important life debts were in Chinese culture, especially in the days of dynasties. Long story short, the FL has a filial obligation to clear her family's name and exact vengeance on the ML's family - but you know what throws a wrench in her plans? The fact that the ML keeps saving her. Of course, this is a moral dilemma more easily offset by how she keeps saving him as well, but the fact that this is even worth mentioning and considered a serious quandary by the main character and her allies at one point really says something. And it got me thinking deeper about the implications of such life debts in MDZS.

In MDZS, life debts are immeasurably important. And how you honour that life debt is a measure of your character. When you owe someone a life debt, you owe them something immeasurably precious. In MDZS, MXTX knows that and shows it. She uses life debts to tie characters together and to drive the plot.

Life debts are the reason Wei Wuxian feels so duty-bound to the Jiang Sect and the Jiang family. They're the reason he's willing to lose an arm if it means no damage comes to his sect. They're the reason he tolerates being punished with methods beyond what's ever acceptable for a Head Disciple of a Sect. Because Jiang Fengmian saved him from living a life on the streets all those years ago, never mind that JFM himself owed Wei Wuxian's mother a life debt.

Life debts are the reason Wen Zhuliu is so blindly loyal to Wen Ruohan, committing countless atrocities in the name of the man who saved his life.

Life debts (and perhaps also genuine love), are why Jin Guangyao is so loyal to Lan Xichen. Because despite every other moral he eschews in his pursuit of power, he will always remember the sincere kindness Lan Xichen showed him when every other cultivator judged him for his heritage. And in the same way, we see Lan Xichen protecting him from Nie Mingjue under the excuse that Lan Xichen owes his life to Jin Guangyao.

Now let's talk about when life debts come into conflict with "filial duty".

It always irks me when people bring up family and filial duty to criticize WWX's "betrayal" of his sect, or try to undermine his judgement and actions when he protected the Wen Remnants. To me, it just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the novel and the context around the text. When people call Wei Wuxian a "troublemaker" for leaving the Jiang Sect, they're falling prey to the very prejudices and classism MXTX condemned in the novel. Yes, the Wens burned down Lotus Pier. Yes, the remaining Jiang Sect would've had an obligation to go to war and exterminate the Wens. But you know what brings this duty to avenge your sect to question - in almost every way you look at it? When someone who never even participated in the bloodshed saves your life.

So, if we want to talk about filial duty and reciprocation - Jiang Cheng - and by extension, his sect, owes Wen Qing and Wen Ning a massive life debt (and that's not even considering the GC transfer). Even if we ignore the cultural context regarding debts, that's huge. Let's take a step back and look at what Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng owe the Wens.

The initial life debt. Wen Ning saves Jiang Cheng directly from probable execution (like his parents), as well as hides Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng from the Wen soldiers in his own room. In doing this, Wen Ning has already crossed the line of treason towards his own sect. Keep in mind - Wen Ruohan is his uncle. And here he is, risking his life to save two boys - only one of whom he's actually had any meaningful interaction with.

The days after. Both Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng are heavily wounded, the former from his whipping via Zidian + wounds sustained during the battle, the latter from Wen Chao's torture. In the days following, Wen Qing nurses both Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian - enemies of her clan - back to health.

The debt Jiang Cheng owes further. People need a proper send-off in order to ensure their passage to Diyu, or the Underworld - and that could only be done for JFM and YZY because WN risked his life even further to bring back the personal items (and in some adaptations, their bodies) of Jiang Cheng's parents. In simple terms, Jiang Cheng wouldn't even have Zidian if not for Wen Ning.

The golden core transfer. There are two separate components to this. The first is limited - from Jiang Cheng's perspective.

Here's what JC knows: 1. He has no core, but there is a chance he can have his core restored by Baoshan Sanren. 2. The only way Baoshan Sanren would ever agree to this is if he impersonated Wei Wuxian, the son of her beloved disciple. 3. Jiang Cheng is a sect heir; he grew up wealthy, in relative comfort. He's at the top of the food chain. Wei Wuxian, on the other hand, is an orphan. He grew up being demeaned for his heritage. In truth, he inherited nothing from his parents. But what Jiang Cheng knows is that Wei Wuxian did have an inheritance: one precious thing, the location of an immortal. And then he gives that favour-his entire inheritance-to Jiang Cheng. Wei Wuxian, at this moment, essentially hands over everything he has left of his dead parents (who Madam Yu has slandered for his entire life) to Jiang Cheng.

From Wei Wuxian's perspective, the debt is this: his close friend and heir to the Jiang Clan has no core. He believes that Jiang Cheng needs his core - as he's been displaying suicidal tendencies after losing his. However, Wen Qing has a theoretical thesis on golden core transfers. This surgery has a 50% chance of success. To the knowledge of everyone involved, Jiang Cheng consented to getting his core back by whatever means necessary. He explicitly never questioned how Baoshan Sanren would restore his golden core. Anonymous organ donors are known to be a thing, even by modern medical standards. And WWX stays awake for two nights and a day without any anesthesia as Wen Qing cuts into his body and takes something he has spent over half of his lifetime cultivating, to give to Jiang Cheng.

"He had to be awake. He had to watch the golden core connected to his spiritual pathways be peeled from his body. He had to feel the gradual suppression, sedation, settlement of his originally surging spiritual powers, all until they became a pool of dead water, unable to rise ever again."

There's definitely also a case to make about Jiang Cheng essentially sacrificing himself to lead the guards away from Wei Wuxian, but you could also argue that Wei Wuxian saved his life just a chapter earlier by dragging him away from Lotus Pier when he returned. Also, it's got nothing to do with the Wen Sibs, towards whom they both owe debts.

By this time, Wen Qing and Wen Ning have already gone above and beyond to help the Jiangs and WWX. Saving the life of the sect heir is one thing, but to perform a never-before-done borderline heretical act of surgery to restore the heir's golden core? Another thing entirely.

The moral obligation of the Jiangs and Wei Wuxian to avenge their sect by killing the Wens does come into conflict with the debts they owe the Wen siblings. But compared to slaughtering Wen Chao, and the Wen soldiers during the Sun, how far does honouring filial duty by exacting vengeance on the Wen Sect go? Wen Qing herself declares she and her brother separate from Wen Ruohan. They're healers. They don't take lives.

From every depiction in Chinese media and culture, life debts are not to be taken lightly. A life debt is meant to be honoured and repaid. It's not something any half-decent person would mention maybe briefly in a Discussion Conference and then immediately shut up about and never mention again when someone louder (*cough*NMJ) speaks up. By turning his back on Wen Qing and Wen Ning, Jiang Cheng had demonstrated a significant moral failure as well as a misunderstanding of his own sect's motto. Along with his personal reasons, Wei Wuxian has every reason to protect the Wen Remnants.

So why, people ask, is Wei Wuxian so hellbent on protecting Wen Ning, Wen Qing, and the rest of the Wen Remnants? The easiest answer: he's a good person. He's compassionate, kind-hearted, empathetic to a fault; he isn't the type of person to stand by and watch if innocents and the helpless starve or suffer. He saw and recognized that what the Jins were doing to the prisoners of war was wrong, and chose to interfere. The other answer? He owes them a debt. He owes Wen Qing and Wen Ning a debt the rest of the Jiangs don't even know about. You want to discuss it in simple terms? Wen Ning is the only reason the Jiang Sect still stands. Wen Qing is the only reason the Jiang Sect has a cultivator for a leader by the end of MDZS. She committed the equivalence of cultivation heresy to save Jiang Cheng because Wei Wuxian begged her. WWX defending her family in return is…. Really the least he could do.

I've seen people calling the Wen Remnants war criminals, even equating them to the mafia, and I can't help but think - what book were those people even reading? if you're not willing to consider the culture and values or just use basic critical thinking when consuming a piece of media - don't try to slander the actions of its characters. Anyone who read the novel and understood the intended themes would not, in good faith, condemn Wei Wuxian's decision to protect the Wen Remnants.

#mdzs #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #so true op #so true

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ocyus-stuff · 8 months

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Happy Independence Day to my beloved country, Malaysia and happy birthday to Hatsune Miku too!! :D

To celebrate, I drew Miku wearing a 'baju kurung kebaya' - one of the tradisional outfits in Malaysia

#初音ミク誕生祭2023 #malaysia #independence day #hatsune miku #vocaloid #digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #vocaloid hatsune

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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When you go out for a nighthunt date with your hubby but he keeps gossiping with ghosts

#mdzs #mao dao zu shi #wangxian #wei ying #lan zhan #mdzs fanart #mdzs wwx #mdzs lwj #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #魔道祖师 #mxtx fandom #I called this the adhd experience in my file btw

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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(CW//Blood)

For hate or for love there is always a reason to survive

#mdzs fanart #this looks so so cool #wei ying #lan zhan

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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Erm.. nothing much to say but I had so much fun drawing them. It was really healing drawing them despite this is my first art of them 🥺🥺

#oc #original character #look at my bestie go

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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Modern Au where Madam Yu kicked wwx out after he comes back with a-yuan and the lan family (lan zhan) begins to help him. He bought the baby carrier for wei ying :D

Got the idea from the baby carrier I found

#mo dao su zhi #mdzs #mdzs fanart #wangxian #lan zhan #wei ying #lan sizhui #mdzs lwj #mdzs wwx #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #魔道祖师 #mxtx fandom #lan zhan seeing wwx and a-yuan alone: I'll be the husband

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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Look at my bestie, I'm so prooudd

First post for this account ahh going insane,,, Meet Eleanora (female/red hair) and Damien (male/white hair). They are my original characters I created when I first started highschool and have stick with me ever since then.

I made this account mainly to just let them exist in this space. This is the start of my journey with them, once I'm more comfortable, maybe I can tell more of their characters, story, their world and much more! ^^

Calling this "Project:Starless Aurora"

#oc #erithdrafts #original character #Project:Starless Aurora #I drew damien here once actually #yoo look at my niece and nephew

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ocyus-stuff · 9 months

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