This was kinda sloppy but I did it mainly just for fun
Ive been litterally losing my mind over @tbgkaru-woh 's designs for like 3+ days now straight. ESPECIALLY HUAISANG!!!! Im planning to make some proper art with their designs at some point but for now this is the closest I have. I also have now developed the habit of giving Huaisang braids that you'll see in my other doodles whenever I happen to post them ehe
(I am rambling to the void, anyways enjoy these 2 ♡)
Had the honor of making art for @jaimebluesq to be featured in their SangCheng Mini Bang 2023 submission: Who’s Prepared to Pay the Price for a Trip to Paradise? (on ao3)!!! 😍💖✨️😍💖✨️😍💖✨️ Read and enjoy 50k words of SangCheng goodness!!!!
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I have no faith in nailing this prompt, just because I think the Nie Huaisang living in my head is very different from the one in everyone else’s. I could be wrong. And if I completely bungle it for you, feel free to leave a longer prompt for me.
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The worst is over. There will be brighter days.
There are orioles in the field, only one or two, flitting around playfully with their bright bellies glinting in the sun. Nie Huaisang stands among them, smiling serenely and watching the patterns of their flight.
Jiang Cheng watches him in turn, from a decent distance, with several things buzzing at the back of his skull and none of them pleasant enough to express in a field of flowers and birds. So, he simply observes.
The worst is over, he thinks again, watching the rings on Nie Huaisang’s hand shine where he reaches out to entice one of the orioles into perching. Too-trusting, the little thing lands, ruffling its feathers and sitting calmly, unaware of all the horrible, crafty things that could happen to it in those hands.
Perhaps Nie Huaisang is just too shiny, too birdlike himself, to stay away from. And Jiang Cheng feels bile rise in his throat at the realization that he, himself, may be no better off than a small bird.
The revelations in Guanyin Temple changed the way he looks at Nie Huaisang’s mind, his abilities, but not the way his eyes trace the delicate curve of Huaisang’s back. He doesn’t have to wonder if the other man is aware, their eyes meet often enough in crowded rooms for Jiang Cheng to know he’s painfully obvious.
Even now, as though he senses the track of Jiang Cheng’s thoughts, Huaisang turns to meet his gaze across the field, smile turning to more of a smirk.
On the wings of orioles peace takes flight, there will be brighter days.
Jiang Cheng just hopes they live to see them.
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The Untamed/MDZS
#164
Title: Consequences
Pairing/Characters: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng/Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, Jin Zixuan/Jiang Yanli
Rating Mature | M
Warnings/Tags: Major Character Death, it's the MCD from canon but extra un-death, so more Major Character Aliving on... several counts XD
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Summary: "Blood as medium… Hand as means…"
Mo Xuanyu passed out and never woke again. Wei Wuxian took his place.
Chapter: 2/3
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: SangCheng
Summary: Returning to Qinghe, Nie Huaisang tries to keep himself busy to avoid his feelings of failure, but it isn't until he receives an unexpected visitor that he truly finds a distraction.
Notes: Sidefic/sequel to my xiyao fic, Broken Jade, Faded Blooms. Follows on from Nie Huaisang’s last appearance in said fic, written from his POV.
Do ya'll ever think about how every character in MDZS is living in a radically different genre of story?
Cause yeah, sure Wei Wuxian is living in a danmei fantasy novel with strong romantic comedy elements, but if you slide over a bit Lan Wangji is living a serious and heady drama about regret, loss, yearning, the passage of time, and ultimately atonement.
Scooch on over to Xichen and your in a straight up Greek tragedy, right down to the parable about hubris and trust. Jin Guangyao is living meanwhile in a political dark fantasy al'la Game of Thrones, Nie Huaisang is in a Gothic moody Monte Cristo-esque reflection on revenge and deception, and while Lan Sizhuhi and Jin Ling are living in two VERY different YA fantasy books ('magic boarding school/secret orphan of destiny' and 'Steven Universe style coming of age/discovering all your family are some flavor of evil and magic' respectively).
Everyone connected to Yi City is living inside a dark psychological thriller/horror flick, except for Xue Yang who is in a Found Family/Enemies to Lover fic right up until he isn't.
Jiang Cheng's entire life has been one long soap opera, and it is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon.
Requested by anonymous: Anyone from The Untamed you want with a reader who has sleep paralysis? She tries to alert her husband but she can't because she can't talk or move, but she still manages to alert her husband and he then tries to help her?
Pairing: (Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, Huaisang) x fem!reader
Warnings: slightly suggestive bullet point at the end, except for that none
Wei Wuxian:
Wuxian seems like a heavy sleeper
so even when you could move and shove him, he probably wouldn't awake
but he also has a sixth sense for trouble
(how else does he survive so easily through everything)
so when you wake up, only to find out that you couldn't move a muscle
it is concerning
the room is dark and yet you can see shadows, even though they aren't actually there
you want to move desperately, but you just can't and thus you chose to just screw your eyes shut in hope that it would somehow make you feel less afraid
luckily for you, Wuxian usually magically awakens when this happens
and when he sees you, he immediatley knows that something is wrong
even when he doesn't really know what is wrong
he quickly wakes you up, shaking you awake before hugging you closer to him
he's the type to not sleep again until he is sure that you're okay
doesn't agree if you tell him that you don't want to sleep
even when you explain why you don't want to sleep, he insist that you still need to
will hug you until you sleep eventually
he's afraid of it happening again and doesn't want to go to sleep before you
always wait for about an hour after you fall asleep
just to be sure
will also gladly take your scolding for it
Jiang Cheng:
this guy is a very light sleeper
I think he wakes up three or four times in the night
it would take him a few seconds to notice that you laid awake
yet you didn't answer him when he asked why you were up
that's when he notices that something is wrong
shakes you awake and flinches as you suddenly sit up
you cry as you explain what had happened
he listens carefully to your story, still a bit confused why it had happened
stays awake with you until you calm down
although he doesn't like physical contact too much, he still holds you in his arms
when you do go back to sleep, he opts to hold your hand instead
stays awake a bit longer, staring at you as you fall asleep
this time a peaceful sleep where your mind isn't playing mind tricks on you
when you're finally peacefully asleep, he follows
his hand remains in yours throughout the whole night
he also moves to wrap his arms around you
it's quite a funny morning
Nie Huaisang:
honestly, he's probably awake
insomniac of the trio
either he's painting or brooding
he notices when your eyes open, but you looked fearful if anything
he first thought you had a nightmare, but when you don't move he gets concerned
call out to you a few times before effectively waking you up by shaking you awake
he's weirded out by your story, but doesn't show it on his face
instead he just tries to calm you down
will get anything you need
you want food, he'll wake up the kitchen staff and asks if they can make you something
you want to just cuddle, he'll smother you with kisses while doing so
he'll make sure that you wouldn't panic again
if you decide to sleep, he will hug you close to him as a sort of reassurance
if you don't want to sleep, he'll stay awake with you and get your mind off of it
and he isn't opposed to helping you sleep in other ways ;)
Nie Huaisang has been living on the streets for almost two years since his brother's death, just trying to get by despite the 'things' he sees that scare him, though nobody else can see them - it's been that way since he was a boy. Then one day he chases some kids away from harassing an injured pit bull, and he finds in the dog a friend and partner in surviving life on the streets. But there is more to his dog than meets the eye, and maybe the companion he'd saved might just save him in return.
Podfic of He's no bully, he's my friend by JaimeBlue @jaimebluesq is up!
Listen here https://archiveofourown.org/works/46983637
So I made an edit for the first (and hopefully last) time....it's kind of a wip?? Might polish it might not but ANYWAYS- this show has given me SEVERE brainrot like I've never had before.
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The Untamed/MDZS
#164
Title: Consequences
Pairing/Characters: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng/Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, Jin Zixuan/Jiang Yanli
Rating Mature | M
Warnings/Tags: Major Character Death, it's the MCD from canon but extra un-death, so more Major Character Aliving on... several counts XD
Summary: "Blood as medium… Hand as means…"
Mo Xuanyu passed out and never woke again. Wei Wuxian took his place.