I touched on this a bit on my Paper Flowers fic but --
What gets me about the height difference between Hua Cheng and Xie Lian is that, for most of Hua Cheng's life he was shorter than Xie Lian, and he must have thought of Xie Lian as this larger than life figure in his head. Much like how you look up to your idols and all that.
So to go to his true height and realize he's like a full head taller must've been so surreal for him. To realize that Xie Lian was relatively short compared to a lot of gods, as opposed to that 'larger than life' figure in his head. It must've been such a weird experience for Hua Cheng to have to look down to talk to him, or to bend down to hug him and kiss him.
And it must've been so painful to realize that that small body protected him when he was young, and suffered so much in front of him.
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Fengqing x Goddess of Death! Reader
Warning!!! Contains death! (it's gentle and unnamed characters, but still, be warned)
I'm pretty sure tgcf doesn't have death gods (I haven't read the books yet, but I know most of the plot) but we'll ignore this fact
I added a name for the goddess, but it's literally just a nickname
The goddess of death was very elusive, many heavenly officials considering her a myth, only few having seen her a select few times.
So, perhaps it was inevitable that somebody would deem it necessary to track the goddess down, for paperwork that was never reported.
And who would be the one assigned such if not Xie Lian himself?
And who would be the tag-along's if not Hua Cheng, Mu Qing and Feng Xin?
In their disguises, of course.
So that's how they ended up making their way to a village that apparently housed a pair of senior-aged soulmates who had reincarnated together to share their love.
On the way they end up meeting a traveler woman, with silver hair and carrying a white cloth bundle in her arms.
"Ah, are you fellow travelers, perhaps?" she'd started with a curious tilt of her head.
"Yes," Xie Lian smiled, "we heard the town just up ahead has wonderful views, so we wanted to visit."
A peculiar, knowing glint entered the woman's eye, "Sure there are!" she leaned in closer, as though telling a secret, "They say, whatever you're looking for can be found in Yang village."
"And you're looking for something." Hua Cheng pointed out amicably.
The woman laughed, "Of course! As are you!"
The rest of their walk to the village was relatively quiet, even Feng Xin and Mu Qing not bickering much.
Instead, the two might be seen whispering among themselves, casting an occasional glance at the traveler woman accompanying them.
Upon reaching the Yang village the silver haired woman turned to them, smiled and bowed, "You'll find what you're looking for." and with that strange glint in her eye, she walked off.
Once alone, the quartet were left in a bout of silence.
"Where might we find the couple, gege?" Hua Cheng turned to Xie Lian with the same smile he always had for his gege.
"Ling Wen gave me their names, so let's just ask around, see if anyone knows."
And that's how they found their way to a regular village home with a yard and some trees.
In the yard of the senior couple, they found a woman with glittery silver hair, draped in a pristine white cloak, with an elegant black scythe held in her hands, sitting on a tree stump, looking into the home of the soulmate couple.
Upon their approach, the silver haired woman smiled, "Ah, it appears you have found what you were looking for, fellow travelers!"
Mu Qing's eyes narrowed, "Are you really the goddess of death?"
The goddess before them smiled in a sly, perhaps infuriating, way, "Perhaps, if you could guess my name~."
"Why do we need to guess your name?" Feng Xin's brows furrowed.
"Because," the goddess's smile seemed a permanent fixture, "you hadn't asked before."
"Most of heaven doesn't know your name." Mu Qing pointed out.
This time Hua Cheng butted in, "Of course they would not."
Mu Qing bristled at this "You-!"
"I think part of it is Yue," Xie Lian interrupted, "Because of your hair."
"The moon." The goddess confirmed, "I'll accept that and ask for no more then."
Yue stood up and walked toward the open door to the home, where they could see the soulmate couple having a mid-day nap, with their door to the yard open to let in the warm summer breeze.
The goddess of death approached the couple and kneeled beside them.
"It's time now, my dears." She said and reached out a gentle hand to brush the wispy hairs out of their faces.
Soon after, the couple's chests stopped moving.
The goddess stepped away from the home, ribbons of silver hair fluttering in the wind, making her look every bit the ethereal being she is.
There was only one thought allowed in that moment.
"Wow."
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I've had fengqing x Goddess of Death on my mind for quite a while now, I had to write this
The "wow" was Feng Xin, btw
Also, Hua Cheng has met the goddess of death before, so he knew
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I like the way that SVSSS give us way more fanfic material than your avarage Danmei. Or the lack of it.
Like, SVSSS must be one of the only Danmei that I know that has fanfics with Self-Inserts, Reincarnation, Transmigration, Fucking Omegaverse, Characther who's a god and less than 20% of them feel "cringe".
Because we basically don't have any Side Characther, Sects, Plants, We don't have shit set in stone. A SVSSS fanfic could be literally like "Shen Yuan takes Shen Qingqiu Body's when Sqq just burned down the Qiu's and now Sqq souls is in (Insert some Binghe's Wife relative or Creature with "amazing" name) as he remembers his past life and is out for blood from Lbg/Hua Hua Palace" And can be the most out of pocket thing and most random stuff that I've ever read and I'll eat that shit up with no complains.
Like, there's no rules. Want to create a Original species? Go ahead, nobody will really care and it fits the Worldbuilding. Original Chatacthers? If you've wrote more than 2 fanfics for svsss then you have at least two. Because you simply can. Because there's a shit ton of unamed side characthers. Want Self-Insert to be Best Friends with SY or any other Characther? You can be a Peak Lord, a Head Disciple, a Demon, nobody will bat an eye because it fits perfectly within the world.
I'm not saying that other Danmei's fanfictions don't gave those or Can't have those, but with Svsss it just comes naturally because there's so many open things in the novel you basically have no bounds. Because Svsss on itself is "Cringe", it's fucking satire.
Just read Shen Yuan internal monalogue throughout the whole novel.
Svsss fanfic authors have a complete different take when writing Omegaverse, I've yet to see a traditional omega verse fic. Compare it to a Mdzs or TGFC abo fanfic it feels totally different.
Like one of the Ship names that is very love is Cumplane. Fucking Cumplane. Svsss fans have no bound because svsss does not have bounds and it's fun. You don't even have to beat yourself up to come with cool and interesting names when there's a incurable poison called "No cure" and a minor characther called "Six Balls".
And if there's Plot holes, something amiss, something that doesn't make sense, way too strong protagonist halo, what do we do?
It's Airplane bro's fault. And the system's fault.
Like the whole "Shen Yuan as Xin Mo" fic is so amazing and it builds up so well, so many oc's, the pacing is amazing.
Now if you came to me with a "Wei Wuxian as Bichen" or "Hua Cheng as Fang Xin" I am ru ning and you all know very well why-
(Once again sorry for any english mistake, not my First lenguage.)
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Miraculous Ladybug X Monkie Kid crossover salt prompt idea: demons relatives AU
Next: extra part (!!! LMK S4 spoilers!!!)
Warning: English is not my first language so sorry if it’s confusing.
Warning 2: This prompt content salt don’t like don’t read!
Hey everyone! ^^
I’m back with a new ML salt prompt!
This prompt is a crossover with the show “Lego Monkie Kid” and is based on this question:
“What if Jin and Yin were Marinette’s relatives from their mother’s (the White-Faced Vixen) family?”
If you want to use this prompt you can! just credite and tag me in return please! :)
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Concept:
So a very long time ago, back when Jin and Yin were just babies, their mother, the White-Faced Vixen, was on the run with her sons because of a war raging between the Huli Jin clan and a rival demon clan, resulting in the destruction of her home.
As she was wandering in the mountains injured and with her two babies in her arms, she came across a lone house which seemed to be inhabited.
The White-Faced Vixen then planned to kill the people living here so she and her sons could have a roof above their heads even if temporary.
But when she was about to put her sinister plan in motion, she got spotted by the house’s owner, Cheng Hua, a young widow who lived alone with her children.
To the White-Faced Vixen’s shock, the woman didn’t react in fear nor didn’t try to chase her away but instead was kind.
She even invited her into her house after noticing her injuries and the two babies with her.
This confused the White-Faced Vixen.
Why did this mortal treat her kindly and even open her house to her when she’s a demon and could easily hurt her and her loved ones?
When asked, the young woman simply answered that she was an injured mother who was seeking shelter for her children and who needed help, so to Cheng Hua it was normal for her to give this help, demons or not.
The White-Faced Vixen, still confused by the young widow's logic, stayed at her house for a few days and left ,along with her sons, once her injuries were healed to her brother.
Once her “guests” left, Cheng Hua learnt from her children that the White-Faced Vixen left a big bag for them, and to her shock, it was filled with tons of gold, enough to ensure her family and she would never worry about poverty ever again.
And with the gold was a medaillon with a letter thanking Cheng Hua for her hospitality and giving her the bag of gold to thank her for her help and also gift her her clan’s crest medaillon, making her and her family honorary members of the Huli Jin clan.
Thanks to the gold, Cheng Hua and her children lived comfortably, the young widow even converted her house into an inn which became popular among travelers, humans/mortals and demons/supernatural beings alike and as time passed a village developed around the inn.
Even after Chen Hua’s death many years laters, the Cheng family honored the White-Faced Vixen, in addition to honoring the celestial deities, to thank her for the good for the good fortune and protection she brought to their family and this keep going for generations to nowadays with Cheng Xia Bing, also known as Sabine Cheng and her daughter, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
The mother lived a peaceful and happy life in Paris with her husband, Tom Dupain, and their daughter, until the apparition of the villain Hawkmoth and his akumas, who terrorized Paris for three years.
Getting more worry for her daughter’s safety and mental health day by day, a desperate Sabine decided to contact the White-Faced Vixen for help.
She get an answer in the form of the two sons of the White-Faced Vixen send by the latter to ensure Marinette’s safety.
On Marinette’s side, her life was not getting better, in fact, it was harder:
-Hawkmoth’s constant attacks were getting more violent and her recent new role as the miraculous box’s guardian didn’t lift any of her anxiety.
-Lila’s lies managed to turn her class against her and was making her life at school hell and nearly end up akumatized a bunch of times.
But her life is about to take a weird turn, but also a blessing in disguise, when her parents introduced her to two cousins from China who came to Paris for their studies and who were going to live with them: Jin and Yin.
Prompt Details:
-Miraculous Ladybug setting: Take place after season 3
-Monkie Kid setting: During season 2, during season 3 and after season 3
-Class salt
-Bustier salt/bad teacher Bustier
-Chloe being Chloe(at the start)
-Adrien salt or Adrien sugar(it’s up to whoever use this prompt)
-Lila salt
-Chloe redemption
-Permanent miraculous user Luka
-Permanent miraculous user Kagami
-Jin and Yin being Marinette’s cousins
-Jin and Yin having been send to Paris by their mother, the White-Faced Vixen, to protect Marinette
-Jin and Yin calling Sabine and Tom “aunt” and “uncle” or “āyí” and “yízhàng” in Mandarin
-Jin and Yin calling Marinette “cousin” or “biǎomèi” in Mandarin
-Marinette finding out that her mother’s family’s legend aren’t just legends and they truly got demon relatives.
-Marinette, Jin and Yin having family bonding moments
-Jin and Yin infiltrating Marinette’s school as Marinette’s cousins from China who came in Paris to temporary study in the city and disguised as humans
-Jin and Yin not being happy at all when they find out about the “lila situation” and how Marinette’s classmates and teacher treat their cousin
-Very protective Jin and Yin: in both a serious and a comic way
-Chloe being victim of Jin’s and Yin’s pranks before her redemption
-Marinette getting more in touch with her mother’s culture and learning more Mandarin
-Jin and Yin cheering up Marinette when she’s sad
-Jin and Yin mercilessly pulling nasty pranks on the akuma class, particularly on Lila, and on Bustier to get back at them for hurting Marinette
-LMK demons can’t be akumatized as even if Hawkmoth’s powers are from a powerful mini god, he is still a mortal and by so he isn’t powerful enough to akumatize demons
-During LMK season 2: Jin and Yin left Paris some days to go “try to defeat the Monkie Kid”(read: mess with the Monkie kid)
-During LMK season 3: Jin and Yin left Paris only one time and have put a magic barrier around the city so no one in Paris would know about the Lady Bone Demon fiasco and keep Marinette from getting more anxious
-Marinette deciding to truly moving on from Adrien after realizing that her crush wasn’t healthy.
-Jin and Yin being supportive of Marinette’s decision to moving on from Adrien and encouraging her to focus more on her project of becoming a fashion designer
-Marinette creating fashion designs for Jin and Yin
-Jin and Yin finding out that Marinette is Ladybug and the guardian of the Miraculous box
-LMK demons and celestials knowing the miraculous’s existence: Long time ago demons stole the miraculous and used the wish but got a disastrous karmic payback which led the demons to make an oath to never try to mess with the miraculous ever again.
-Marinette as Ladybug deciding to give miraculous to Jin and Yin as temporary heroes to which the latters were uncertain because of the oath but Marinette convince them that as the guardian and their cousin she trust them to not misuse the miraculous and to return them to her once the akuma is taken care of.
-Temporary miraculous users Jin and Yin.(Which miraculous they got is up to whoever who use this AU)
-Jin and Yin helping Marinette to find out Hawkmoth’s identity
-Jin and Yin being by Marinette’s side during team Miraculous’s final battle against Hawkmoth and helping to take the villain down
-After their defeat Gabriel and Nathalie getting arrested
-Lila escaping prison by playing the “poor girl who got manipulated by Hawkmoth” act
-The akuma class also falling for the act and forgiving her and trying to force Marinette to also forgive her
-Marinette being officially fed up with her class and with her true friends’s and her family’s support decide to leave permanently Françoise-Dupont
-Marinette’s parents enrolling her on online classes
-After Hawkmoth’s defeat, Jin and Yin proposed to Marinette to come with them to Megapolis to take a break from Paris to which Marinette accepted.
-Marinette living with Jin and Yin at their lair
-Marinette creating an commission service in which people pay her to realise fashion designs commissions which made Jin and Yin steal less often.
-Marinette befriending the Scorpio Queen
-Marinette having a “demon disguise” thanks to Jin and Yin’s and the Kwamis’s magic for safety to not raise suspicions on why a young human girl is hanging around with two demons well known to be trouble makers
-Marinette’s demon disguise: a Huli Jin form
-When other demons ask who Marinette, in demon disguise, is Jin and Yin introduce her as a distant cousin from their mother’s side called “Jiayi”.(Not a complete lie)
-Marinette meeting the rest of the Monkie Kid characters(Macaque included) in both human and demon form
-The Demon Bull King having ordered a commission to Marinette for a dress for Princess Iron Fan
-Marinette designing a lot of chinese clothes
-Marinette as Ladybug getting involved into MK’s fights.
-Marinette’s becoming one of Sun Wukong’s favorite person and one of the reasons is because she made delicious peach pastries.
-The kwamis knowing Sun Wukong: Xupu absolutely LOVE the Monkie King and in this AU his miraculous’s powers were created from Sun Wukong’s powers, Tikki is often annoyed by Sun Wukong’s chaotic attitude and Plagg, while he like Sun Wukong, is frustrated at the idea ti had to deal with Sun Wukong ‘cause Sun Wukong’s habit to cause chaos fall under Plagg’s jurisdiction and would force him to be a responsible kwami.
-The LMK characters having the shock to find out the truth about Marinette(read: being human, related to Jin and Yin, being Ladybug and the guardian of the miraculous)
-MK, wanting to help Marinette, convince Sun Wukong to give her a little training
-The akuma’s class wanting to force Marinette to come back to Françoise-Dupont and when they found out where she was convinced Bustier to had the class field trip at Megapolis in China.
-The akuma class being convinced that Jin and Yin are a bad influence on Marinette and brainwashed her against them
-Lila lying about being a secret mortal descendant of Nezha
-A demon not caring for the ancient oath, trying to steal the miraculous
-The demon manipulating Lila into helping them to steal the Miraculous for them and because of her the Akuma class end up in big danger.
-Team MK and team Miraculous teaming up to defeat the demon.
-Lila’s lies being exposed
-The akuma class ending up in big trouble, particularly judicial troubles, thanks to Sun Wukong’s lawyer.
-Sun Wukong having a very competent lawyer
-Marinette officially cutting ties and ending up friendship with the akuma class
-Lila being deported back in France and being trialed with her lies exposed
-How this prompt end is up to whoever who use this prompt
-Ship: You can do the ship you want, just no Adrinette please! ^^
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looking at ghost city (and similar cases in other fiction) inevitably just makes me think about infrastructure and idk. social programs. how did the ghosts know to go to ghost city. are there employment programs for the beautiful ghosts who work the casinos? what's their backstories and why are they dead / resentful enough to have physical forms? is cosmetic treatment part of the insurance / work package? how long have they been alive? does ghost city function as a sort of purgatory where people live and let their resentments slowly peter out over time until their souls dissipate? why do some look more "monstrous" than others? are there other ghost cities? are they in competition or isolated stops on a long chain of ghost city confederations? what's the trade like. i know some humans/gods also sneak in there sometimes so what's the etiquette like? are the ghostly sex workers treated fairly and do they have systematic protections in place or is it a "fuck around and find out" policy? does ghost city move around like the circus? if it's a city then how's housing? is it competitively priced or does everyone get free/low-price accomodations. is it relatively easy to live there or is it cutthroat like the seedy underbelly of an overdeveloped and underfunded society? oh my god is the ghost city communist? how is hua cheng the mayor?? does this mean there are offices and shit for this or does yin yu have to wear like five different hats?? oh god what's their parks and rec situation. their community centers. can i PLEASE get a spinoff on what it's like to live there and fall in love amidst the lurid glow of vice and rejection from mainstream society. do they have schools in ghost city? are there ghostly festivals and can i join
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Rating tgcf characters based on how big their boobs would be/are.
(All boobs are good boobs, okay? Big, small, whatever - all boobs are good!!!!)
Edit: ya’ll, I made this post on national boob day what are the chances
10. Jun Wu - doesn’t deserve nice boobs. (EDIT: it’s come to my attention that the general consensus is that Jun Wu has huge boobs, but like burdensomely-big, and you know what? Sure, they’re just not nice. Boobs that break your back aren’t nice, so I concur. He’s staying at no.10 because I hate him.)
9. Hua Cheng - he gives me small boob vibes, I’m sorry.
8. Qi Rong - the only thing he can Lord over Hua Cheng are his tits. He does this often. (Edit: Cannibals don’t get big titty privilege)
7. Lang Qinqiu - pure muscle.
6. Feng Xin - has average boobs. They’re nice, they’re fine. They’re boobs, so they’re good.
5. Pei Ming - similar to Feng Xin. He has relatively nice boobs, likes to show them off.
4. Mu Qing - okay, hear me out: Mu Qing’s boobs are bigger than average. Not massive, certainly not He Xuan massive, but bigger than average.
3. Shi Qingxuan - canonically has big boobs. They’re nice, they’re lovely (as all boobs are), sometimes they catch crumbs.
2. Xie Lian - also canonically has big boobs (in that one scene in the manhua). He is unaware of how big his boobs are, he doesn’t really think about it to be honest. They’re sizeable to say the least.
1. He Xuan - big boobs. Massive boobs. Back-pain-type boobs, struggles-to-find-clothes-that-fit-boobs (this is cannon). He didn’t choose them, he was blessed, given, gifted. His tits are the only good thing the heavens have ever done for him. MASSIVE. KNOCKERS. Shi Qingxuan likes to rest their head on them. A shelf, a cushion.
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Mdzs for the shipping grid? 👀👀👀
YESSS here we are! v surprised at how strong my opinions are for this fandom but probably shouldn't be sldkfjlksd
**I COMPLETELY FORGOT THE YI CITY CREW ON THIS BUT I DON"T WANT TO DELETE THE IMAGE AND RE-ADD IT INKLDSFHKLDSJ so
- xue/xiao compels me and is in the middle of the makes sense line
- song/xiao is closer to makes sense but compels me a bit less
- song/xue/xiao is somewhere in between them.
further explanations of all other pairings under the cut!
quadrant by quadrant bc my explanations are Long for this one
out of the way: wang/xian undoubtedly peak! xuan/li v cute, love em. xi/yao is my favorite of the possible 3zun pairings, they're just too juicy and such good narrative foils to wang/xian...
nie/yao is also fun to me because of how much tension and strife they have.
i like nie/lan the least of all possible 3zun pairings just bc i like the conflict jgy brings to the table LOL
even though zhui/ling is the most popular junior pairing i... am not a huge fan of it? they're not blood relatives at all but both are still family to wwx in ways that make me feel weird about them romancing each other. in no war/wens are good aus i'd be more into it...
jingzhui isn't on the chart but they're also both inner lan clan members. so. weird to me! i like ling/yi best. they banter a lot but still get along well as friends
i can see why people are compelled by wen ning and wwx. i love their fucked up codependency too. i just don't see it romantically
i also see why people might ship cheng/xian, i just sincerely think their relationship is most compelling as siblings or pseudo-family due to the social class tensions.
chang/mian is quite rare just bc both characters are so minor but like... god can you imagine all the jiang cheng & wwx parallels. pointing. those are their dads
sang/cheng is like... most of the time it feels very pair the spares-esque. BUT. they both have a lot of similarities underneath the surface and if people tap into that i do like it. BUT (again) i just really prefer it platonic. jiang cheng is like peak "this man is aroace and does not know what either of those words are" to me. celibacysweep and all that
sang/yao. honorable mention to my favorite fucked up ship that literally nobody ships (including myself!). i can't like em romantically, only enjoy the dynamic, but it's so fun to think about. like spy x spy but worse.
and finally stuff that i don't like
no real reason for sang/yu, i just don't see em that way. i'm too novel-only to like wen qing/jc.
LWJ/anyone else feels too much like blasphemy. similar to shipping hua cheng tgcf with people who aren't xie lian LOL
AND FINALLY. THE MDZS SHIP I LIKE LEAST. <3 </3 xi/.cheng
this is like peak pair the spares to me. they're literally coworkers. they're just two people who lead clans and only talk business with each other. they aren't friends, they don't even make smalltalk. their relationship is the equivalent of sometimes bumping into a linkedin connection at the grocery store. come on. COME ON. they have zero personal ties except for the fact that their brothers are deeply in love and have a torrid romance spanning decades
for lxc especially this just feels like such a weak ship to me bc you have TWO whole other people he has fascinating, actually existing dynamics with (nmj and jgy), and xi/yao especially has so so so many parallels to wang/xian. 3zun ships have so much angst and what-ifs and there's so much more meat to it.
see also my thing about jc just... honestly i cannot see him romantically working out with anyone. nobody. whatsoever. this is a man for whom romance is not the solution, ever
so i can't. it literally drives me crazy. i cannot make sense out of xi/cheng whatsoever it doesn't compel me one bit and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say i hate it when there are other ships right there ahahahghdskljfdslk
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I have many mdzs fanfic ideas (or mxtx in general) that I'll never write because I'm a coward with no time to spare so I'll just share what's supposed to be a 100k fic in my head into a long tumblr post.
So I have been thinking of this tgcf x mdzs crossover for months basically.
You know those AUs where hualian adopt wwx? What if. Hear me out. Wei Wuxian is their actual blood son?
Like. One of the two of them finally took that childbearing pill and popped out little A-Ying, who's basically the first human to be born immortal. Little young master of Ghost City. Little prince of the heavens. Spoiled with love and care by his parents and endless list of uncles and aunts. Crimson red eyes and a bright smile.
So, of course, in this au, his last name wouldn't be Wei, but what if they couldn't decide whose name he should take? I don't think hualian would care much for that anyway, but the realms have different opinions. The heavens want his name to be "Xie Ying" after his godly father, but the ghosts want it to be "Hua Ying" after their king.
So, why not both, you know? The Gods call him "Xie Ying" and the Ghosts call him "Hua Ying".
He grows up a very happy child with incredible parents, beloved in all three realms, by Heaven, Earth and Ghost.
Then, he turns 22, and decides he wants to know what mortality felt like, being the only one in his family to have never experienced it. He asks his parents to grant him the chance to see how it felt to be mortal, at least for a while.
Xie Lian and Hua Cheng take this with a heavy heart, as both of them are incredibly worried over their son. They agree of course, but they make a deal.
It goes like this: A-Ying will be reverted to a 9 year old, and until the day he reaches the same age as he was the day he gained his mortality, he shall not have the memories of his immortal life. He will not remember his fathers, he will not remember how it's like to walk through the golden streets of the heavens, or the colourful ones of Ghsot City. He will not remember his relatives, nor will he remember his friends. He will lose all of them, for 13 years as a mortal.
And so, the little young master is sent to Earth, with no memories nor spiritual power. His parents sent him purposefully on the path of two young newlyweds, who unfortunately couldn't have children. They send word to their friends that they have adopted a child. He gains a third name, one for the Earth to call him, Wei Ying, a normal silver eyed boy.
Then, his mortal parents die, and Wei Ying is alone. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are worried sick as they watch their little boy from afar. Then, while Jiang Fengmian is searching for his da-shixiong's child in Yiling, he spots something quite peculiar.
A butterfly, with wings that seemed as if made of pure silver, looking neither alive nor dead. He decides to follow it, thinking it the will of the heavens.
He finds a young boy, cornered by a pack of stray dogs in an alley. He rescues the boy and asks for his name.
"My name is Wei Ying," The boy bows to him in gratitude. "Thank you for saving me, kind shushu!!"
Jiang Fengmian thinks it the blessing of the heavens.
And so, Wei Ying gains a new family, a kind shushu and an angry madame, a sweet older sister and a grumpy little brother and he couldn't be happier.
So he works hard, he learns how to cultivate, he does everything so that he doesn't disappoint this new, fragile family he has. Soon enough he becomes da-shixiong, just as his adoptive father before him. He even gets a his own sword, one made specifically for him!
(Xie Lian's hands itch to see his son's spiritual weapon, especially since it's a sword, but he cannot help but laugh at the name)
The madame is harsh, but he'll take any punishment if it means keeping his family.
His little brother is often jealous of him, insecure in his standing as heir to their clan, but he still cares for his older brother, even when he is reckless, so Wei Ying tries everything to help his brother with his woes.
His shijie is the best. But she's in love with an idiot. So he needs to protect her. It's the least he can do for her.
His shushu is still as kind as the first day he met him, but he is too harsh on his shidi. He cannot have that, so he tries everything to get him to acknowledge his son.
And then there's Cloud Recesses.
Then there's long black hair and sharp golden eyes. Bright white and soft blue against a moonlit night. An uptight personality and a face he cannot get out of his head. And easily triggered annoyance, an even but deep voice, a natural rule follower. Someone who he can spar with on even ground.
Wei Ying, now Wuxian, has always been smart. He realizes why he wants this boy's eyes and attention to always be directed at him. He wishes he could ignore it. It would be preferable to dreaming of being pressed to a desk at the Library Pavilion by an angry Lan Zhan and being kissed within an inch of his life.
Although not by much, if such a fantasy were to come true.
Then, he punches Jin Zixuan and gets sent home. It's worth it, it's to protect his shijie's honour. But as he says goodbye to Lan Zhan, as he leaves him with two small bunnies, as he sees blush seep into the top of his ears and back of his neck, he thinks he should've been more careful about it.
(As Xie Lian watches his son from afar, he cannot help but chuckle at his son's first love, and thinks that maybe, that Lan Wangji would be a good son-in-law. His husband is not as convinced, protective over his child. Maybe this is how Guoshi felt when he found out about him and Xie Lian.)
When Wei Wuxian sees him again at the archery competition, he feels overjoyed, and, wanting to show off in front of Lan Zhan, wins the competition single handedly, but not before accidentally taking off Lan Zhan's forehead ribbon, and angering him in the process. He really didn't understand what's so serious about it.
(Feng Xin could not be more proud of his nephew for winning in archery, but he does wish he could smack him on the head for not realizing the meaning of his actions. Mu Qing rolls his eyes as his husband's boisterous laughter fills the room.)
Then there's a dark cave and a murderous monster, blood and hunger and wounds. But there's also a kiss, soft, speaking a thousand promises, a song, a sweet melody to lull him to sleep, and the lap of his beloved, supporting his head as he rests and Wei Ying thinks he could happily die like this, in Lan Zhan's arms.
(There's also a brother, who's frantic to return home to get help. There's also a silver butterfly, guiding Jiang Cheng back to the cave, where he finds his brother hurt and battered, sleeping peacefully on Lan Wangji's lap.)
Then. He wakes up alone to the ceiling of his room. He would think it all a dream but his wounds say otherwise. He understands, of course, why Lan Zhan couldn't stay, but oh how he wishes he did.
But then there's fire.
There's fire and a mountain of corpses. There's hands around his neck, and tears falling on his face. There's Zidian, pressed to his brother's palm.
Then there's steady hands cutting him open with precision honed by years of experience. There's pain worse than anything he's ever felt. There's a peak in Yiling, there's a golden spiritual core.
Then there's darkness and resentment. There's spirits around him. He learns to wield it. To bend it to his will, no matter the cost. Asks the spirits of the dead for their bodies, to help his cause. They agree.
But then there's a worried father dressed in red. There's an unplanned reunion. Unplanned memories. Unplanned tears. Unplanned consequences.
Hua Cheng tries everything to save his son from the pain, but even with the knowledge he was given again, his A-Ying, his A-Xian, couldn't stop.
He had loved ones to protect.
(After all, his A-Ying always took after his love)
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writing patterns tag game
tagged by @veliseraptor which makes this a little funny for me bc it's like 'wow one of my favorite writers has influenced how i write. shocking!!' anyway this is also cheating a little bc I didn't want to just do all the one-shots from 'in the orchid hour'
Rules: List the first line of your last 10 posted fics and see if there’s a pattern.
Hua Cheng whines a little, already breathless. (Cinnamon and cloves)
“I’m going to say it,” Zizhen says abruptly. (a truth universal)
Her brother was easy to love and difficult to know. (non nobis nati)
The first thing Amelia learns after her life ends is that it is very clear when her husband is in the room and when it’s the angel wearing his body. (where you go (i will go))
The first time he meets Crimson Rain Sought Flower, Mu Qing barely makes it out alive. (til my feet are memory)
Wen Qing has never liked Lan Wangji. (sixteen stitches)
When he was a child, Xie Lian knew every gentle touch a mother or friend could offer. (for saints have hands)
All silk begins with death. (mori)
When he drives the dowel into his master’s heart, Lang Qianqiu does not remove Fangxin’s mask. (wolf trees)
He did not come back to her all at once. (this, this)
...yeah I basically tend to either start in the middle of Things Happening or with like...a central idea, I guess? I like to keep first lines relatively short and to the point and ideally have some irony in them + some establishment of The Sitch. I tend not to stew over first lines as much as I do last lines but that's partially because usually they've been percolating in the back of my mind for a few hours/days while the fic concept (and words) slowly coalesce so. ????
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i do enjoy serving myself easy no-pressure huaxuan touch and intimacy
i like the idea that from the time they meet (shortly after he xuan's death, centuries before xie lian's third ascension, i've so far written a post of just one of many optional head canons i have of that) being together is not something they're focused on particularly, but something that evolves kind of unthinkingly after years of knowing each other and both perhaps being a little lonely, wanting some comfort while they wait for their core desire to come within reach
and so its just kind of easy and not meaningful but nice, hua cheng putting his arm around he xuan while they're having dinner, he xuan leaning back and resting again hua cheng's shoulder after they've eaten and are just being cozy.
(most of the time they get together involves food :P)
i also head canon that he xuan lives in the wilderness for a long time after he becomes a ghost, but once he knows hua cheng he visits the city for little outings
when he xuan's form is more stable, hua cheng coaxes him into coming to hang out at the newly set up gamblers den, but he xuan hasnt been around people for a long time and gets a bit overwhelmed by all the noise so hua cheng yells at everyone to gamble silently and brings he xuan behind the curtain to relax on some comfy cushions as the ghosts whisper-gamble. they lay side by side just hanging out in a comfortable not-necessarily-romantic physical intimacy sort of way.. and/or hua cheng orders a feast for them. (hua cheng just wants to PROVIDE ok, he needs an outlet if he can't meet xie lian for 800 years)
i think once they become sort of fixtures in each others lives, they start to explore their forms together. hua cheng has been around for a while (maybe its already after mt tonglu if he already has ghost city relatively up and running? what is hua cheng's timeline with this? although i don't really care how closely fitting w canon my huaxuan dreaming is...) he xuan only recently got powerful enough for physical form and hua cheng kind of enjoys witnessing him figuring things out. although hua cheng has his own forms he really likes by now, with his red and silver and butterflies, he humours he xuan to go for water monster swims together, because he xuan really loves being a monster.
hua cheng marvels at this, he thinks he IS monstrous and has always been drawn towards forms and adornments of glamour and beauty in resistance to his own monstrosity, realizes while playing with he xuan that he hates the feeling of being a real monster. but hua cheng is still amazed and a little warmed by little ghost he xuan's enthusiasm for monstrosity.
maybe one time he xuan transforms to a creepy camouflaging bottom dweller sea monster and hua cheng is the most frilly, ethereal, kaleidescope colour changing sea creature. he xuan is all, can't take you anywhere hmph! but they go for a swim together.)
after a few times hua cheng decides monster jams are not for him. maybe after declining to be a monster in future hua cheng gives he xuan the bone dragons so he has water creatures to swim around with, and he xuan is like i can't accept this and hua cheng is like * shrugs * you'll pay me back one day
hence the centuries running joke that never ends. where hua cheng keeps giving he xuan things and saying i'll add it to your debt. (he xuan is a spoiled ghost baby and has no issue with it ^^)
i will never shut up about the idea (not mine) that hua cheng invokes "the debt" to make himself feel comfortable that he has control, when mostly all people other than xie lian were so cruel to him, and he xuan lets it be, that and perhaps he was such a well-loved golden son and he's just like "well yeah, i should get stuff".
lifting this straight from the conclusion of @muigiel 's brilliant quanyinxuan fan fic ... (maybe i'm a fan) but in a more canon compliant reality than the one i've been dreaming of i think of hua cheng not really knowing how friendship, care, etc, works, and after all the ways he xuan helped him with xie lian stuff, or held back on retaliating on xie lian interfering with his revenge (to a point) out of consideration for hua cheng...
HC so you must be finally trying to even the score
HX uh, score?
HC yeah
HX you mean ... the way i'm helping you for no direct benefit to myself?
HC yeah
HX the way you helped me when i was a new ghost, when i could offer you nothing in return?
HC ...
HX please tell me you know the debt thing was a joke
HC ...
HX please tell me you know that we're friends
HC ...
HC *tearing up*
HC y- yeah ...
HX *sighs*
HX do you need a hug
HC *nods*
bwahahaha ok lies about the canon compliance. any time i write about them for long enough i can't resist making them cuddle
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alias: chai
pronouns: she/they
age: twenty-two
birthday: aug 18 (leo sun, aries moon, scorpio rising + infp)
location: usa (est)
favorites: sanrio, villains, collecting manga, eating ramen at my favorite restaurant downtown, doing tarot, and buying crystals.
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anime: haikyuu, demon slayer, fruits basket, nana, kamisama kiss, chainsaw man, inuyasha, my hero academia
movies: howl's moving castle, house of thirteen ghosts, breakfast at tiffany's, your name, my neighbor totoro
music: sza, doja cat, bad bunny, h.e.r., fuji kaze, stray kids, hozier, kehlani, nothing but thieves, fall out boy, mayday parade, prince
hobbies: writing, painting, sketching in random notebooks, reading manga, listening to music, making playlists for people i love, going on drives to clear my head, reading tarot, getting tattoos or tattooing myself
animals: fox, shiba inu, piebald python, raven, crow
pokemon: sylveon, tinkaton, dragonite, ninetails, gengar, arcanine, cubone
food: ramen with spam, grilled cheese, barbecue chips, garlic and cheese croutons, charcuterie boards, sushi with spicy crab or spicy tuna, takis
drinks: tito's vodka with any redbull, strawberry ramune, spiced chai with milk and sugar
my beloveds: howl jenkins pendragon, dabi, jin bubaigarawa, kuromi, my melody, shuntaro chishiya, hanma shuji, hua cheng, hatake kakashi, baji keisuke, shin-ah, beidou, zhongli, kazutora hanemiya, xiao, inuyasha, haku, nishinoya yuu, ryuguji ken, iguro obanai, nana osaki + nana komatsu, fatgum, kyoya otori, tohru honda, tomoe, sesshomaru, nanami momozono, odanna (kakuriyo), sniper mask, dio brando, yuuta okkotsu, sukuna, inosuke hashibira, nanami kento, mafuyu sato, angel devil, keigo takami, haruka hashida, aki hayakawa, xie lan, bokuto kotaro, kirishima eijiro, taketora yamamoto, fumikage tokoyami, inumaki toge, sanemi shinazugawa, + more ♡
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Hello! 🍄 I am 21+ female! I am looking for people who would be interested in the following:
Fandoms:
Genshin Impact
Honkai Star Rail
MXTX (I love all three series!)
Witcher (still pretty new to the show but I love it!)
Nimona (the movie, though I am beginning the graphic novel!)
Lord of the rings/the hobbit
My muses/who I would prefer to write:
Genshin: Aether, Yoimiya, Lisa, KAVEH!!, Bennett, Venti, Amber, Thoma!
Honkai Star Rail: Bronya, Sampo, March 7th
MXTX: Shang Qinghua, Xie Lian, Wei Wuxian
Witcher: Jaskier
Nimona: Ballistar BlackHeart
LOTR/The hobbit: Bilbo, Pippin, Frodo, OC! (Lord of the rings is one of the fandom that I really enjoy doing OC’s from!)
Who I am looking for:
Genshin: Alhaitham, Xiao, Ayato, Ayaka, Jean, Razor, Eula!
Honkai Star Rail: Steele, Gepard, Stelle
MXTX: Mobie Jun, Shen Qingqui, Hua Cheng, Lan Wanji
Witcher: Geralt or Yennifer (though I am good with other characters, I’m still just relatively new to the show!)
Nimona: Nimona (platonic/familial ONLY!!), Ambrosius
LOTR/The hobbit: any of the thirteen hobbits (especially Thorin and Bofur), any of the fellowship (especially any of the hobbits!) and OC’s
Fandomless options:
So basically I’ve got this Fantasy world that I have a couple different basic plots for that I would love to do as well! I am also totally up for coming up with our own plots! I’ll list a couple of the basic ones I have in case anyone is interested! I’m a sucker for fantasy!!
Option 1: so I am a sucker for the fairytale the wild swans and would love to do something somewhat inspired by that story, like my characters family have been cursed to and somehow our characters come together to try and break the curse before time runs out!
Option 2: pirates! I don’t have much else here except pirates are cool!
Option 3: So basically my character is the child of a corrupt king who escapes the kingdom to look for help saving their kingdom. Your character can be just about anyone here; someone who worked in the kingdom and escaped as well, someone who has been personally hurt by the king, a sell sword, someone from a neighboring kingdom with either good intentions, or looking to take advantage of the situation! Honestly open to anything!
Writing style: I prefer a literate writing style, at least 1 paragraph though I typically write at least 1-3! I can do Novella length if you prefer!
Pairings:
Fandom: I am good with just about anything! Mxm, fxf, mxf, nbxnb, nbxf, nbxm! Also while I do tend to prefer canon x canon characters in fandoms, I am willing to try oc x oc and oc x canon!
Fandomless: obviously these would be oc x oc! Here the characters ideas I have written for the plots above are female so I would prefer either F x F, NB x F or M x F, but if we are coming up with a new plot I’m not against playing a male or non-binary character!
Genres: Fantasy and Adventure! I love the romance aspect and have a lot of fun rping it, but I also love things being platonic so that’s not something that will make me not what to RP!
Platforms: discord preferably, but I’m also good with tumblr if you prefer and I’m willing to try other platforms if you have a different suggestion!
RP partner preferences: I mainly just ask that you be over 18! I am over 21 so please keep that in mind for your own comfort level!
Extra info: I do doubles, all I ask is that if it is for a fandom rp, if it’s not one of the ones I have listed above you may have to give me some time to do some research, as I may not know much about it. If I do great but if I don’t I may ask some questions and stuff so I can rp whomever you want to the best of my ability! I also am in EST so you know for timing!
Please like this post and I will reach out!
like & asker will find you!
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hello! your tags are so precise, which is amazing! it's so easy to search or mute pretty much anything on your blog.... except genderbend/cisswap? it'd be great if you could tag it, like you do everything else, canon or not. thank you!!
Hey anon!
On my MDZS and SVSSS side blogs, I tag gender swap, but I don't tag them for TGCF because there's canonical gender mutability. Figuring out a consistent, logical, non-offensive way to tag gender swaps would therefore be very challenging, especially for Shi Qingxuan and He Xuan.
For example: which gender would I tag as "gender swap" for Shi Qingxuan? They were born male, but indicate multiple times they're more comfortable in their female form. So, which is the "swapped" gender? Or do I tag them BOTH as "gender swapped"? Or do I just not use the "gender swap" tag for Shi Qingxuan while applying it to other characters? If so, which other characters does it apply to? Is an AU where Shi Qingxuan finally convinces Xie Lian to switch to a female body a "gender swap," with everything that would imply, or is it just "the same Xie Lian in a body that has breasts"? Which leads to...
For another example: it's also canon that Hua Cheng has chosen, at times, to present as female, but that wouldn't change that Hua Cheng is a man (at least in my opinion/interpretation of canon - there's little indication that he views his gender with the same fluidity that Shi Qingxuan does); whether his body has boobs or not, Hua Cheng would still be a man (again, based on my personal view of canon) when someone does canon-based gender swapping artwork. Therefore, should I tag "canonical" female!body!Hua Cheng as gender swap, but tag modern ones as gender swapped? Where would I draw a line? What if the artist doesn't give enough information for me to tell?
Even if I opt for a relatively neutral version of this (such as "male shi qingxuan" and "female shi qingxuan" as the tags) I end up in a morass, especially since the logical extension of that is that I'd then have to tag every single character post with their presumed gender, which means I'd have to presume that gender, which means...well. You get the idea.
From a blog moderation stand point, what to consider a "gender swap" when characters exist in a canon where they can change their gender presentation/appearance on a whim is extremely challenging - basically a minefield. If I choose to tag, it leads to me having to approach ethical questions like "is this person 'inherently' a given gender and if so, what should I base that assessment on?" And once I get into that kind of issue, there's basically NO answer I can give that won't offend SOMEONE. It's a rock-and-a-hard-place situation for me as a moderator, and rather than face the risk, I opted to just...not...across the board. I was sadly aware that this could pose problems for people who are especially uncomfortable with gender swaps, but I also figured that in a fandom where such gender switching is canon, the percentage of people who'd BE that uncomfortable with it would presumably be relatively low, and so ultimately I went for no gender-related tags. It does also make it harder for people who WANT to find that kind of content but again...yeah, same issues, I'm sorry.
I HAVE been considering adding a Hualesbians tag, since I figure people who really like that might like to be able to find that iteration of the ship specifically, and also because it conveniently sidesteps the gender issues outlines above - I'm not making a "judgement call" on which is their "actual" gender by tagging it as a "gender swap" (or cisswap or genderbend, all of which imply that the "original" gender is their "actual" gender) and just jumps straight to, "whatever their canon gender(s) I can at least clearly say that they are Hualian and they are Lesbians, as indicated by the artist themself."
TL:DR: there is no way to tag male/female/genderbend/cisswap/genderswap for the TGCF fandom without risking imposing my personal views of the characters onto the artwork people produce, which then will lead to me pissing people off and having to deal with the consequences, and that's a really fucking uncomfortable position for me to be in, so instead, I've opted to just not tag anything related to this on the TGCF blog. (I do, fairly inconsistently, tag trans versions...but I also often forget to do that one on this blog, oops.)
-unforth
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I posted 4,075 times in 2022
That's 1,687 more posts than 2021!
115 posts created (3%)
3,960 posts reblogged (97%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@luukeskywalker
@catcrumb
@livingmeatloaf
@goatpunches
@pee-pance
I tagged 3,126 of my posts in 2022
Only 23% of my posts had no tags
#svsss - 529 posts
#tian guan ci fu - 317 posts
#xie lian - 242 posts
#hua cheng - 231 posts
#hualian - 214 posts
#shen qingqiu - 186 posts
#zhuzhi lang - 183 posts
#luo binghe - 159 posts
#star wars - 142 posts
#mo dao zu shi - 134 posts
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My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
anyone else have this very serious problem?
85 notes - Posted November 10, 2022
#4
Pairing: Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua
Rating: T
Tags: Fluff, Ming Reading, Mild Sexual Content
Word Count: 1.9k
Snippet:
“Ah, my king! Watch out for that–”
Mobei-jun hardly blinks as a giant cloud of pollen hits him square in the face. His arm is still up from where he’d casually swatted aside a branch covered in glowing purple blossoms; the flowers must not have appreciated his desire for them to get out of his way. Ridiculous.
Shang Qinghua grimaces in that exaggerated way he’s prone to and squeaks out the—now irrelevant—remainder of his warning, “...pollen.”
Mobei-jun puffs an exhale, spitting out whatever bits of it had gotten into his mouth.
“Pff. So cute!”
Cute? Him?! If anyone’s cute it’s Shang Qinghua. Mobei-jun glares at his husband, shoving away the part of himself that feels a little flattered. “Do you want to die?”
“Eh?” Shang Qinghua has the gall to look surprised. He puts up his hands placatingly. “Why is my king blaming me? I did try to warn you. It’s not this husband’s fault that you’re too tall to simply walk around it.”
“Ah, but it sort of is though…” Shang Qinghua somehow says without moving his mouth.
One of Mobei-jun’s eyebrows lifts infinitesimally.
Read the rest here!!
88 notes - Posted March 31, 2022
#3
Relationships: Zhuzhi-lang & Tianlang-jun, Shen Qingqiu/Luo Binghe, Tianlang-jun/Su Xiyan, Luo Binghe & Zhuzhi-lang, Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua
Rating: T
Tags: Age Regression/De-Aging, Post-Canon, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Tianlang-jun Has Chronic Pain, Dreamscapes, Memories, Trans Male Character
Current Word Count: 26.6k
Chapters 1-13 are up!
“In my defense,” Tianlang-jun says as he elegantly lowers himself to sit cross-legged on the floor of the Holy Mausoleum, “I’ve never brought anyone back from the dead before. As far as complications go…this is relatively manageable, wouldn’t you agree?”
The question is directed towards a young child swimming in black robes far too elaborate and spacious for his minuscule size. The child simply blinks his big, dark eyes in response. It’s an incredibly familiar mannerism, and one that has only gotten cuter amidst accidental age regression.
“Is Zhuzhi-lang angry with me?” Tianlang-jun leans his elbow on his knee, casually resting his cheek in his palm. “Or does your current age prevent speech? I admit to my ignorance regarding children and when their mouths start making intelligible sounds.”
Zhuzhi-lang tilts his head, remaining silent. And Tianlang-jun has a sudden…well, perhaps not fear but an emotion just shy of worry.
He prompts, “You remember your favorite uncle, don’t you? Stunningly handsome, brilliant wit…” He trails off in the face of Zhuzhi-lang’s blank stare. Then he swallows down whatever intangible thing has gotten caught in his throat and smiles. “Okay! That’s fine, that’s perfectly all right. The only thing you need to know is that you call me jiujiu. Always have. Keep that in mind, will you?”
Read the rest here <3
90 notes - Posted April 21, 2022
#2
tianlang-jun travels around post-canon, once the deterioration of his body has slowed and the monks have set him free to do as he wishes.
he wishes to travel. that's it. that's all he's ever wanted.
so he does.
he wanders from place to place, seeing new plays and reading new books.
"and would you look at this zhuzhi-lang!" he says, casually glancing back. the space behind him is empty. his expression only dulls a little when he remembers there's no one following at his heels anymore
it happens so often these days, he's grown almost numb to it.
almost.
he shakes his head slowly, a rueful smile on his lips. he used to travel alone all the time before meeting his nephew but now...
it really isn't the same.
he should be used to loss at this point, he thinks. but his sister, and xiyan, and zhuzhi-lang just pile on top of one another, making the space in his chest dense and heavy.
it isn't that he wants to travel. it's that there were people he wanted to travel with.
so he returns, one careful step at a time, to the holy mausoleum. to the first place he went after regaining his freedom, to the place where his nephew's bones rest.
he places a hand against the chilled side of zhuzhi-lang's coffin.
it isn't in his power to return life to the cold body within.
yet.
he pats the coffin. once, twice.
don't worry nephew, he thinks, i'll be back
99 notes - Posted November 26, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
do you ever think about post canon tianlang-jun finally being able to recognize the extent of his grief, to truly just let himself feel it
he was trapped under a mountain for decades and then he was on a half-hearted mission of revenge. and of course he felt pain and grief during those years, how could he not?
but now he knows su xiyan never betrayed him. he knows that it was all a big, tragic misunderstanding. and he knows that his actions in the wake of it are the reason his nephew is no longer by his side.
and as he sits alone, with only his slowly healing body, he can finally just grieve. he can let the horrible guilt and pain wash through him and not push it aside as he's done for years.
and it's awful. it's an terrible ache like nothing he's felt before. but he knows that he has to let himself feel it, he has to acknowledge the hurt or it will eat him alive. and neither xiyan nor zhuzhi-lang would want that.
anyway. i think about this a lot
104 notes - Posted September 17, 2022
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Today A-Yao was picking out some outfits and accessories along with Rusong and Meng Shi in their living room.
(As the clothing vendors and tailors would come to them).
Yao: isn't this beautiful?
Meng Shi: of course! Perfect wear for a Huangdi.
Rusong: what about this, Nainai.
Meng Shi: mmm. You should pick something more fit for a gent.
Rusong: mn. Understand.
Meng Shi: try this shade.
Rusong: ahh, gorgeous.
Yao: A-niang, your fashion advice is the best.
Meng Shi: always, A-Yao.
Sisi: Huanghou, this colour will bring out your eyes.
Meng Shi: I agree.
Xue yang: *entering with team d*
Ay yo, three supermodels in one place.
Mo xuanyu: heyy regal three. Are you shopping?
Yao: yea we are. We're having a soiree later, remember.
Xue yang: fancy.
Su she: oh right. The elite fox spirits are visiting.
Yao: yep. So famous Kitsunes like Tamamo no Mae and Su Daji are coming.
To just chill and discuss about the fox spirit world as a whole.
Sadly immortal Kuzu no ha can't make it.
(In this fic they're two different fox spirits)
Su she: Huangdi, I'll have my sect send gifts for your guests in the evening.
Yao: ah you're such a darling.
Yao: *to the vendors* we'll take these*
Yes Huangdi.
Xue yang: Su Daji is awesome!! Possessing a dead body, marrying a king and controlling him too!
I would love to do that one day.
Yao: Yangyang, who do you want to control?
Meng Shi: can't be my son.
Xue yang: relax. I want to control Songlan. Hehehehehehe.
And maybe huaisang and Nie mingjue.
Shanshan is Su Daji your relative?
Su she: no. And those Sus aren't cultivators.
My xuanyu: Tamamo no Mae is also very badass and beautiful.
Meng shi: and talented too. We're besties actually. Like me, she's excellent in dancing, playing instruments, singing, calligraphy and writing.
Sisi: *jealous* (Huanghou jiejie doesn't talk to me like that).
Meng Shi: Sisi, you're exquisite too.
Sisi: *smiling*
Yao: then Kuzu no ha.
Abe no Seimei's mom. She's also a beautiful immortal Kitsune deity.
Meng Shi: yess. She's like my jiejie.
Yao: we fox spirits are like family after all.
Mo xuanyu: sounds elite!
Rusong: I know right.
I'm glad I'm a part of it.
Yao: you must.
Yao: and lastly, ghost king, Hua cheng is going to make an appearance.
Xue yang: why?
Mo xuanyu: woww. I saw him when I tried to unalive myself! He's so cool!
But he's a hulijing?
Yao: mhm. He's a hulijing, but he focuses on other things, like running Ghost City
However Hua cheng is close to the Mengs. So much to tell me that I can hit him up whenever I need help with something in the spirit world.
Xue yang: you got a hitman in every place, Jiggy.
Rusong: A-Die is a hitman collector.
Yao: it's called links.
Once you maintain healthy relationships, you'll always have a friend to watch your back. And you'll do the same in return.
Xue yang: ahh. That's true.
Su she: you're very smart.
Yao: however, I made him the undercover protector of hulijings.
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Later in the evening, the soiree started, and the Mengs waited to receive their guests. As expected, the banquet hall was beautifully decorated~ and this time, decorated with sakura blossoms.
Soon after, some mist appeared and a sweet smell filled the air.
All of A-Yao's guests however would be greeted by drumming as well as horns
Announcers: entering the legendary Tamamo No Mae, Immortal of Kitsunes.
(Her and Meng Shi are powerful immortals together)
Yao and family: *bow* greetings.
Tamamo no Mae: *bow* greetings to the Meng family.
Yao: how are you, empress Tamamo.
Tamamo no Mae: I'm alright, Yao Huangdi. And I'm happy to be here again.
Your place is truly extravagant..
Yao: thank you. Make yourself at home.
Tamamo no Mae: surely, I would.
Meng Shi: Maemae!!
Tamamo no Mae: Shishi!!*hugs tightly* my hulijing counterpart.
How's it been.
Meng Shi: Maemae, I'm the happiest person in the world! What about you?
Tamamo no mae: I'm great. And happy to see you.
You're the cutest thing.
Meng Shi: aww you're also cute, Maemae. And you're a beautiful immortal.
Rusong: greetings, Kitsune immortal.
I see that you and Nainai make a dynamic pair.
Tamamo no mae: yes indeed, Dianxia.
I must commend you on your elegance too. May you be successful.
Rusong: thank you. And please enjoy the soiree.
Tamamo no mae: certainly.
Hulijing dowager empress, you have the sweetest most elegant grandson. He really took after Yao Huangdi's grace and hospitality.
Meng Shi: he's our pride.
Yao: the future of the empire.
Tamamo no mae: he's definitely the cutest hulijing Wangzi to ever live.
Rusong: ah, don't flatter me so much.
Thank you for the compliments.
Announcer: entering, Su Daji, the Zhou Wanghou, and the grandmaster of politics and fox spirit democracy.
Su Daji: *bowing in unison with the Meng fam and tamamo no mae.*
Yao: greetings, Wanghou. I hope all is OK.
Su Daji: yes Huangdi. I'm doing good.
Yao: and your kingdom?
I heard that Jiang Ziya was tormenting you.
Su Daji: yea, so i fired him from the court.
Yao: good. Sometimes you have to do things to make yourself comfy.
Su Daji: indeed.
After I fired him, i told my husband that he fired him when he was drunk.
Yao: *laughing* how smart.
Meng Shi: finally you fired him.
Su Daji: yea. He would have foiled my plans.
Meng Shi: I'm happy for you.
And I see you haven't changed. You're still very mischievous.
Tamamo no mae: Daji is truly free spirited.
Su Daji: I didn't do much. *laughing* my husband is already corrupted.
Tamamo no mae: well that's us fox spirits. We make the prosperous more prosperous, the wise more wise and the corrupt more corrupt.
Meng Shi: it was their nature in the beginning.
Su Daji: exactly.
Su Daji: the fox spirits have a great emperor. Maintaining the order in his empire.
Meng Shi: mn. A-Yao is brilliant.
Tamamo no mae: yes, you have a very strong empire.
Yao: thank you immortal and Wanghou.
*bow* I have achieved it through hard work, sacrifice and resilience.
Su Daji: we see.
Tamamo no mae: very talented.
And do you see his adorable successor.
Su Daji: yess!!! He's a charming gentleman.
Rusong: *smiling*
Tamamo no mae: they all have Meng Shi's dimples.
Su Daji: yea but Huangdi has it deeper.
Yao: we're most flattered. My guests. I got you gifts. Courtesy my empire and the Moling Su sect.
Attendants: *bringing out gifts on trays*
Su Daji: such lovely gifts, Yao Huangdi. Thank you very much.
Tamamo no Mae: you have excellent taste, Huangdi.
Su she and his sect members entered with gifts afterwards.
Su she: *bow* Su Minshan from Moling Su greets the elite fox spirits.
Sect members: greetings elite.
Yao: Minshan. You're finally here. *smiling*
*to his guests* you must be familiar with the chief cultivator of the Jianghu.
He's one of my closest friends.
Tamamo no mae: excellent. Yes we heard a lot about him.
Su Daji: he's a hero. Being the confidant of the emperor.
Tamamo no mae: thank you for the gifts, chief cultivator.
Su Daji: they're one of a kind.
Su she: you're welcome. And rest assured, my sect is part of my Huangdi's empire. Hence all fox spirits are safe as well as revered in Moling.
Tamamo no mae: lovely.
Su she: we'll leave the gifts here and excuse ourselves.
Yao: the chief cultivator doesn't want to stay with us? *smile*
Su she: *blush* I would love to stay, but I respect your confidentiality.
Yao: as you wish. Thank you for your contribution.
Announcer: entering, Crimson rain, Hua cheng, the ghost king and undercover protector of fox spirits.
Hua cheng: hello Huangdi and the rest of the elite.
Yao: nice to meet you. How's gege?
Hua cheng: flawless as always.
Yao: great. I wish you a happy marriage.
Hua cheng: thank you.
Yao: everything well in the ghost city?
And Paradise Manor.
Hua cheng: yup. You should visit some time.
Yao: sure thing. That's good to hear.
Hua cheng: when you're coming, you should wear a mask.
For the aesthetic.
Yao: as you wish.
How did you hurt your hand?
Hua cheng: sculpting again.
Yao: ohhh. Yes, I have heard about your sculpting skills.
Rusong: greetings Sang lang.
Huangdi and the chief cultivator have gotten you gifts as well.
Hua cheng: oh thank you!
Meng Shi: ghost king, how's your health?
Hua cheng: I'm good. I don't get sick.
Su Daji: not even from your husband's cooking?
Hua cheng: Gege makes the best food, Wanghou.
Tamamo no Mae: don't be hurt. Su Daji is known for joking around and being savage.
Hua cheng: yea, I'm accustomed to her humor.
Yao: let's have a seat and discuss.
Would you like tea or wine?
Su Daji: wine.
Rusong; tea
Meng Shi and Tamamo no mae: tea.
Hua cheng: you know I love wine.
Yao: excellent. *sits* you'll be served shortly.
The wine is made from rare orchids. And the tea is rose and peach blossom.
Hua cheng: ahh.
Yao: peace and wellbeing is successfully restored in the the fox spirit world.
Immortal empress Tamamo no Mae, what do you think we should do to continue protecting them.
Tamamo no mae: Huangdi, our fox spirits are all scattered across the mortal world. We should give them something that they can use when in danger.
Yao: yes.
What if we give all fox spirits a protective seal.
Tamamo no mae: good idea.
Meng Shi: perfect. Millions of our fox spirits will receive the seal.
Tamamo no mae: but we have to think of a system.
Also we can't just give it to any and anyone.
Yao: it will he granted to those without a criminal record.
Children, women, the weak, imjured, disabled and those whose tails has been cut will be our first preference.
Meng Shi: right. Su Daji, Madam of democracy, tell us about a system we can use.
Su Daji: sure taihou. As for Huangdi's empire, you should divide it by district and grant it to them.
The seal is a spiritual thing so the process will be fast.
And since that you and Tamamo no mae are fox spirit goddesses, you can bestow it on your people in that area.
Rusong: basically all fox spirits revere them, so that won't be hard.
Tamamo no mae: what do you think about fox spirits and mortals as one?
And the cultivators as well.
Rusong: the relationship can be healthy once there's respect.
Su Daji: I'll literally have them executed. I don't have pity for mortals and cultivators.
Cuz they mistreat us.
Meng Shi: luckily that respect is being restored.
Yao: yes.
Here in my empire, if a non fox spirit hurt or murder an innocent hulijing, they'll be imprisoned.
Maybe we can implement the same for the fox spirit world.
Su Daji: I suggest that our people should have high positions, in order to change our image and maintain our control.
Yao: I agree.
Rusong: do you all have any views on those who are half hulijing? What if they don't accept their fate.
Tamamo no mae: Dianxia, the world is filled with illusion. And on top of that, an individual is affected by their environment.
As much as we wish to change them, we are unable to.
But we can inspire them.
Rusong: oh, rightly said.
Tamamo no mae: however a hulijing can't hide. Even if they wish to.
Yao: as for the ones who embrace their hulijing side, they're considered as a citizen.
Meng Shi: mn.
Yao: Hua cheng, how's your undercover work?
Hua cheng: I got in a fight with a few cultivators from some clan. They were going to capture fox spirits.
Su Daji: did you behead them?
Hua cheng: nah. But I slit their throats. Does that count?
Su Daji: yea dude. That's still great.
I just like executing criminals.
Meng Shi: well that's effective.
Su Daji: I think I hang around my stupid husband a little too much.
Meng Shi: *laughing* stupid husband?!
Su Daji: yea. But I love him and I love that he's stupid.
He gives me everything I ask.
Meng Shi: you deserve it!
Su Daji: mhm.
Meng Shi: I'm glad I'm single and independent.
Su Daji: you're a boss though.
Tamamo no mae: I married an emperor once. But he got sick and then passed away.
Su Daji: so sad.
Tamamo no mae: yea but then they found out that I was a Kitsune so I had to run for my life.
Meng Shi: ohh how tragic.
Good that you rose to success.
Yao: certainly.
Now what else show we discuss? How about out exceptionally gifted citizens.
The ones who excel in a skill.
Meng Shi: ah yes! Our resources.
Yao: yes. I hope they continue to contribute their skills towards the betterment of themselves and the fox spirit world.
Tamamo no mae: the talents of the citizens must indeed be noticed.
Hua cheng: do you guys have an ambassador? Yao huangdi?
Yao: actually no.
Hua cheng: want me to be your ambassador? If you permit. I think it's about time I give back to the hulijings.
Yao: well you are perfect for the job.
And you're a hulijing who had protected other hulijings.
But would it tamper with your other work?
Hua cheng: nah, Huangdi. I can multi task. Just call me when you need me to go here and there.
Yao: alright. And I'll increase your salary.
Hua cheng: thank you, Huangdi.
Meng Shi: lovely.
You're absolutely patriotic.
Hua cheng: yes! I find it fun.
Yao: I'll supply you with sculpting materials. The best marble from overseas.
Hua cheng: ahh thank you Yao Huangdi.
Yao: he's an excellent sculptor.
Su Daji: ooo how nice.
Rusong: he built ghost City and a few temples too.
Tamamo no mae: that's some talent.
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