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dmbjexchange · 1 year

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Small-Med Ships Exchange Signups Open

It’s time for the Daomu Biji Small-Med Ships Exchange, a fic, art and vid exchange for DMBJ ships where more than 3% of English-language authors have posted fics on AO3.

In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during a six week creating period.

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - if it’s DMBJ, then it’s eligible! It will take place on AO3, so you need an AO3 account to participate – if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation code here. If there isn’t enough time, no worries - contact the mods at here on tumblr or on Discord and we can send you an invitation!

Please read this post carefully before signing up.

Schedule

May 4: Signups close May 7: Assignments out June 25: Assignments due July 2: Works reveals July 9: Creator reveals & treats deadline

Allowed Ships

Any DMBJ ship (other than pingxie or heihua) which, as of April 24, 2023, has had more than 3% of English-language authors post fics for it on AO3.

For this year's exchange, this means the following ships are allowed:

Er Yue Hong/Zhang Qishan Hei Xiazi/Huo Xiuxiu/Xie Yuchen Kan Jian/Liu Sang Liang Wan/Zhang Rishan Liu Sang/Wang Pangzi Liu Sang/Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Liu Sang/Wu Xie Liu Sang/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Liu Sang/Zhang Qiling Liu Sang/Zhang Rishan Qi Tie Zui/Zhang Qishan Qi Tie Zui/Zhang Rishan Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Wang Pangzi/Zhang Qiling Wu Xie/Xie Yuchen

Guidelines

1. Your creation must focus on your recipient’s requested ship (or one of their requested ships, if they have nominated multiple ones). While unrequested background ships are fine (unless listed as a Do Not Want), the focused ship must only be one of the requested ones. 2. You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specifying prompts is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy! 3. You must not include anything that your recipient has listed as a DNW (Do Not Want). This goes for treats as well. 4. The minimum requirements for the gifts are 300 words for fic, one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital; no manips), or 30 seconds for a vid. 5. After the matching is done, all the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats (but remember to mind your recipient’s do not wants!). You can also create manips and fanvids for treats. 6. This is an anonymous exchange: refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there’ll be one week anon period when the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals. 7. If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page; we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, contact the mods before the deadline. 8. After the reveals, comment on your gift. 9. Most importantly: be excellent to each other!

Sign-Up Information

Sign-ups will take place here on AO3, ending on May 4th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close on May 4th.

When signing up, you will be able to choose fandom and genre tags, as well as specify any additional details.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating and receiving a gift in:

Novels: Daomu Biji / The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles (including spinoffs, side stories, and extras)

TV: The Lost Tomb 1

TV: The Lost Tomb 2 Explore with the Note

TV: The Lost Tomb 2.5 Heavenly Palace on the Clouds

TV: Ultimate Note

TV: Sha Hai (and spin off movies)

TV: The Lost Tomb Reboot/The Sound of Providence (and spin offs)

TV: The Mystic Nine (and spin off movies)

Movie: Time Raiders

This does not mean that you’re limited to requesting or creating a work during the canon timelines for those series/books. It’s just to mark which canons you’re familiar with to allow for easier matching: some participants might have a preference for a particular canon era, some might not be familiar with all the versions. You still have to choose your preferred canon eras even if you want to create or receive an AU.

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in

Action/Adventure

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Angst

Canon Compliant

Crack

Dark

Domesticity

Fluff

Humor

Hurt/Comfort

Porn With Plot

PWP

Requests

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help your gifter know what you like and are comfortable with when they're coming up with ideas to fill your prompts.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you WILL receive a gift with warnings, it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

Optional Details - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect exchange gift!You can include:

General Likes: your gifter may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This isn’t a place for detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

Please note that fics featuring QPRs, ace, and/or aro characters are absolutely valid things to request in a ship exchange.

DNW (Do Not Wants): things that your creator must not include - squicks, triggers, characters or things that you simply don’t like. Remember that you don’t owe anyone an explanation about why something is a DNW, and that DNW are not meant to be taken personally. Just list the things you don’t like, “DNW: X, Y.”

Please list if you have any audio or visual triggers (such as flashing lights). This could be in your DNW or could be separate. Please also list song/music DNWs (e.g. "please no lyrics that use the n-word" or "please no lyrics in [specific language]" or “please no [specific genre/s of music”).

Prompts/specific ideas: if you have any prompts, you can also put them here! You can be as general or as detailed as you’d like, but remember that while your creator will try to make the best gift for you, filling a specific prompt is not obligatory. You can include a crossover prompt (with other DMBJ verse or other canons), but make sure it’s not the only prompt you have.

For vid prompts, please list things like genres/styles of music you like (or like in vids), vibes/tone/theme you’d like to see (e.g. “angsty amnesiac Xioage”, “Fuba crack”, etc.), and things like that. Please try to avoid giving one or two specific songs for a specific character/ship.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

The requests will be made publicly visible after matching is done, so that others will be able to create treats (additional gifts) based on them!

Offers

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you can create works for any canon era, you can choose “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help matching what people are comfortable creating with what people are comfortable receiving.Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you have to create a gift with warnings, it's just for helping to match what people are comfortable writing with what people are comfortable receiving.

Optional Details - in this field, you can tell us more about the kind of works you like to create, for example if you really prefer established relationship, feel best with certain kinds of AUs, or like writing darkfic. We’ll take it into account when matching! By the same token, if there’s something you really don’t want to write, let us know here as well.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name people you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your Assignment

You will be matched to create a gift for someone who requested at least one of the fandoms that you offer, with as many similar genres/likes as possible. This exchange will be hand-matched, after using AO3’s matching algorithm to first generate the potential matches.

If you have any issues when you receive your assignment (you have a question about it or think there’s an issue with it), contact the mods as soon as possible. Do not contact your recipient on your own.

You will have to create a gift for your recipient, fulfilling the minimum requirements of fandom, genre, and ship, and avoiding any stated “do not wants”. Filling exact prompts is optional, but try to create something matching your recipient’s likes that they will enjoy!

You will have to post your gift to the exchange AO3 collection before the due date (June 25th), using the “gift this work to” option to give it to your recipient. Your work will remain in the collection only visible to you and the mods until the reveals happen. Remember to tag your work appropriately or use the “chose not to warn” warning.

Treating

Treats are additional gifts for the participants! To allow for treating, the requests will be made visible when matching is done. You can create treats at any time until the creator reveals! There are no minimum requirements for treats, and manips are also allowed in addition to fic, art, and vids. As with assignments, you have to respect the recipient’s Do Not Wants, and while the optional details are optional, try to create something fitting the listed likes. One treat can only be gifted to one person.

Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to this tumblr and the DMBJ Yu Cun Discord.

Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a few days more, you can always ask for an extension!

Multi-Chapter Fics

If you are writing a multi-chapter fic for the exchange and don’t want to drop the entire fic at once, these are the posting guidelines for it:

Multi-chapter fics that are assignment fills must be fully written and at least the first chapter posted by the assignment deadline, ready for the fic reveals on July 2nd.

From July 2nd, at least one chapter is to be posted daily.

All chapters of the fic must be posted by the time of author reveals and end of treating on July 9th (If the fic is more than 7 chapters long, then this will mean that multiple chapters will need to be posted on some days).

Multi-chapter fics that are treats can begin to be posted at any time, but must also be fully posted by July 9th.

Other Important Information

Make sure to check the email you use on AO3 frequently during the exchange, as it will be the primary means of communication. We might contact you if there is an issue with your sign-up or if your gift creator has a question for you.

If you’d rather we contact you on your twitter or tumblr, please leave your handle in the offer section of your sign-up.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact us here on tumblr or on Discord.

#dmbj #daomu biji #the lost tomb #the lost tomb 2 #the lost tomb 2.5 #ultimate note #reunion the sound of the providence #the lost tomb restart #the lost tomb reboot #tomb of the sea #the mystic nine #time raiders #explore with the note #heavenly palace on the clouds #sha hai #lao jiu men

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threefoldcord · 10 months

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苍印 (Faded Impressions) by 白澍 (Bai Shu) from 盗墓笔记之云顶天宫 (The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With The Note) translated and timed by me.

#the lost tomb 2 #explore with the note #daomu biji #dmbj #ost #bai shu #Youtube

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pingxie-exchange · 2 years

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Hi and welcome to the Pingxie Exchange: a fic & art exchange about the Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling pairing!

In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during a five week creation period. The gifts will be revealed on August 17th: the day Wu Xie welcomed Xiaoge back after his 10-year-long absence behind the Bronze Gate.

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons (adaptations featuring Wu Xie or Xiaoge and the original novels). It will take place on AO3, so you need an AO3 account to participate–if you don’t have one, you can request one on AO3; if there isn’t enough time, no worries - contact the mods at [email protected], on DreamWidth at pingxieEX, or here on tumblr, and we can send you an invitation!

Please read the full guidelines (found as a pinned post on both DW and tumblr) carefully before signing up.

Schedule

Sign-ups open: June 18th Sign-ups end: June 28th 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth Matching: June 29th - July 5th Assignments out: no later than 6th July Assignments due: August 10th 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth Gift reveals: August 17th Creator reveals and treats deadline: August 24th

Guidelines

This is a ship exchange: as such, all the works created for this event must be focused on Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling. Works with threesomes/moresomes or other pairings involving Wu Xie and/or Zhang Qiling are not appropriate for this exchange, but background ships of other characters are fine!

You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specific prompt is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy!

You must not include anything stated as “do not want” in your recipient’s sign-up.

The minimum requirements for the gifts are 300 words for fic or one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital; no manips).

After the matching is done, all the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats (but remember to mind your recipient’s do not wants!). You can also create manips and fanvids for treats.

Please note: Now that AO3 has changed the way that gifting works on the archive, if you wish to be eligible for treats, you need to select the option “Allow anyone to gift me works” under the “Collections, Challenges and Gifts” section of your AO3 preferences. You must also indicate that you are open to treats in your exchange sign-up.

This is an anonymous exchange: refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there will be a one week anon period when the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals.

If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page (https:// archiveofourown. org/users/YOURNAME/assignments); we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, contact the mods before the deadline.

After the reveals, comment on your gift.

Most importantly: be excellent to each other!

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eirenical · 1 year

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Time Swap AU please?

I'm going to answer this one, @fixaidea, because I've already talked about the Amnesia fic this round. And the last round. (Maybe that should be a hint that I should bump it up the list? XD)

ANYWAY.

[The WiP Title List, if anyone else would like to ask about one. ^_^]

As for the Time Swap AU, this is a DMBJ Pingxie fic. The basic premise is "what would happen if post-TLTR Wu Xie from Yucun Biji era swapped bodies with his younger self from around mid-TLT2 era?"

And the answer is that on one end of time, poor oblivious bb!Wu Xie from TLT2 wakes up naked in bed with his husband in Yucun mid-lazy morning sex and promptly freaks the fuck out a little. Xiaoge and Pangzi assume that this is an amnesia thing and he gets to enjoy all the happy retirement things while they try to prompt his memory to come back (not realizing that this Wu Xie never had those memories in the first place OOPS).

And on the other end of time, post-TLTR Wu Xie wakes up in a hospital post-Qinlin Tree arc ALSO freaking out because he thinks he's having a relapse of his cancer from TLTR. He figures out pretty quickly what actually happened, then promptly has ANOTHER freakout at the possibility of having to live through the next 15 years all over again.

...the tonal whiplash should be loads of fun! XD

Anyway, eventually, they figure out how to swap back and Yucun era Wu Xie managed to change just... a few... minuscule details... to make their Yucun lives even better than they are, and succeeds. ^_^

I'm about 3000 words into it and this one is probably going to be a doozy in terms of word count. (...how do I always get myself into these situations? OTZ)

#eirenical writes things #wip title meme #time swap au #wu xie #zhang qiling #wu xie x zhang qiling #dmbj #the lost tomb 2 #the lost tomb explore with the note #yucun biji #fixaidea #ask meme answers

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whumpily-ever-after · 2 years

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Whumptober2022 Day 21

No. 21: Famous Last Words: Coughing Up Blood

🩸Bulgasal: Immortal Souls episode 1

🩸Handsome Siblings episode 22

🩸Hello Dear Ancestors episode 17

🩸Legend of Fei episode 31

🩸Love and Redemption episode 16

🩸Love Between Fairy and Devil episode 26

🩸Reset episode 15

🩸Sand Sea episode 36

🩸The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note episode 18

🩸The Romance of Tiger and Rose episode 17

#whumptober2022 #no.21 #coughing up blood #bulgasal: immortal souls #handsome siblings #hello dear ancestors #legend of fei #love and redemption #love between fairy and devil #reset #sand sea #the lost tomb 2: explore with the note #the romance of tiger and rose #screenshots #blood #death

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dmbjminorcharactersweek · 2 years

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DMBJ Minor and Underappreciated Characters Week 2022 Reminder!

Hello, fellow DMBJ lovers! ^_^

Sorry for the late reminder. I've been a bit swamped with other things. Oops!

Just a few things you might want to know about DMBJ Minor and Underappreciated Characters Week:

When is it?

Sunday, September 4, 2022 to Saturday, September 10, 2022.

I run on EDT/EST, but as long we’re between those dates in any time zone, you’re fine. I'm not picky. ^_^

Who counts as a minor or underappreciated character?

I'll be honest, I've had a tough time trying to come up with guidelines here that make sense for anything other than fanfiction. But to give us all some objective guidelines to work with, how about this:

No more than 10 works tagged with this character on AO3 in English and/or

No more than 1 new tumblr post tagged with this character per week

I have... no idea how Twitter or Discord work, but if someone wants to suggest guidelines for them, too, please feel free?

Important note: I am not going to micromanage this. If, in good faith, you believe the character to be a minor character, please go ahead and create something for them. If they're over by a little bit, it's fine. Just don't abuse this. Here is a clarification of the guidelines to further explain.

Can I include more popular/major characters, as well?

Yes, you can. As long as the main focus is on the minor or underappreciated character, then you can include other characters. For example, in the banner above, if you want to write the ballad of Xiao Bai and the Random Bar Girl, it's fine for Xiao Bai and Wu Xie to show up, as long as Random Bar Girl has the spotlight (or a decent share of it).

(Further information under the cut.)

All works are welcome. Whatever your heart desires to create, as long as a minor or underappreciated character plays a starring role, anything else can fly. ^_^

What can I contribute?

All fanworks are welcome: fanfiction, fanart, photosets, gifsets, fanmixes, polyvore sets, cosplay, moodboards – you name the medium, it’s welcome. ^_^ Again, the only requirement is that it’s centered on a minor or underappreciated character.

What tag should I use to mark my contributions?

Tags are… really unreliable these days, so your best bet if you’d like me to reblog or share your work is to either @ this blog in your post or submit your post (or a link to your post) through this blog.

But for anyone who wants to give it a try anyway, the tags for the week are #dmbj minor characters week or #dmbj minor characters week 2022.

I don’t have a tumblr or would prefer to host my content on another site (e.g., AO3, YouTube, etc.), can I still participate?

Of course you can!

If you would prefer to host your content on another site but would like me to reblog it, just make a tumblr post with a link to your contribution, @ the dmbjminorcharactersweek blog in the post, and I will reblog it.

If you don’t have a tumblr and would like your content shared, please submit a link to it or send the link in an ask to this blog and I will create a link post for you.

The banner and icon for the blog are great! Who made them?

(Why thank you! I did. ^_______^)

Who’s running this show?

eirenical

Wait! I have questions you didn’t answer!

You are welcome to send an ask to the this blog or to my personal blog eirenical (please don’t send messages, I’m far less likely to see those) or email me at [email protected].

Thanks for your interest, everyone!

#dmbj #dao mu bi ji #daomu biji #dmbj minor characters week #the lost tomb #the lost tomb 2 #the lost tomb explore with the note #the lost tomb ultimate note #ultimate note #tomb of the sea #the lost tomb reboot #the lost tomb 1 #dmbj novels

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katamaricule · 6 months

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What is dmbj? I've googled it but idk if it's one of those 'I love it and recommend it' shows or a 'I love it - pls never watch it <3' kinda show yk lol

Is there an answer somewhere in the middle? Because that's where it should go.

DMBJ is a franchise based on a set of novels by an author we'll call NPSS. These are mostly first-person tales narrated by a spoiled little dipshit named Wu Xie, as he and his friends go on tomb-raiding adventures, encounter supernatural obstacles, and learn about all the ways snakes don't work. The series has several giant holes in it, as NPSS tends to get bored and wander off mid-story. Several dramas and movies have tried to adapt various pieces of this gap-ridden, wholly unresolved saga, to varying degrees of success.

So to answer your question: There are installments of DMBJ that are a hoot that you should watch, and then there are installments of DMBJ that are also a hoot but you shouldn't watch before you have an affection for the franchise as a whole, and then there are installments of DMBJ that you should not watch even if you are a fan of the franchise because they are just not worth your time.

The problem is, not everybody agrees on what goes in which category. But if you're interested and want to give it a go, these are my personal takes on what's what, in chronological order of events as they happen in the series:

The Mystic Nine

Good starting place: Yeah, actually!

Requires prior knowledge: Nope

Actual ending: No resolution whatsoever

Wu Xie: He's not in this one

Best part: Charming characters you love or love to hate

Warning: Very cheaply produced, with cuts that render significant parts of the story incoherent

Worth watching: Yes, if you're willing to accept the jankiness

The Lost Tomb

Good starting place: Weirdly, no, considering that it's the first series they made

Requires prior knowledge: Not really

Actual ending: Oh, heavens no

Wu Xie: Cardboard twerp, kinda cute

Best part: There's ... some antics, I guess?

Warning: Makes some bizarre additions, condenses several books, just ... isn't very good

Worth watching: Not especially

The Lost Tomb 2

Good starting place: You could do worse

Requires prior knowledge: Some, but who knows if it helps?

Actual ending: Ha ha ha you're funny

Wu Xie: Breathtaking idiot twink street-parking a Maserati

Best part: Wu Xie and Pangzi are in love

Warning: Interminable bronze tree plotline, incomprehensible timeline especially at the ending

Worth watching: Sure, but bring a book for the long stretches

The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With the Note

Good starting place: It doesn't matter, because you're not going to watch this one

Requires prior knowledge: It can't save you

Actual ending: Nothing of the sort

Wu Xie: Shove that whiny nerd in a locker

Best part: There is no best part

Warning: Don't do this to yourself

Worth watching: What do you think

Ultimate Note

Good starting place: It seems like no at first, but it actually is!

Requires prior knowledge: It helps, but you can get by without it

Actual ending: Complete cliffhanger

Wu Xie: Precious muffin

Best part: Everyone is so cute, also heihua

Warning: Tonally way goofier than the other series

Worth watching: Yes! This one's so fun

Tomb of the Sea/Sand Sea

Good starting place: If you like things on Hard Mode

Requires prior knowledge: The main character doesn't have any, so why should you?

Actual ending: It thinks it does, but it's stupid and slapdash and leaves a million loose ends

Wu Xie: Mafia widow (also he's not the main character)

Best part: Seeing from the outside how fucked-up the whole Tomb Raiding Industrial Complex is

Warning: A hot mess, but occasionally a beautiful one

Worth watching: Yes, but maybe save it for later

Reunion: The Sound of the Providence

Good starting place: Shockingly, yes

Requires prior knowledge: No, though it recontextualizes everything once you know more

Actual ending: Yes! Holy shit! We got an ending here!

Wu Xie: Consumptive angel with a gun

Best part: Some truly impressive performances from Actual Actors, Wu Xie and Pangzi are married

Warning: Honestly, just watch this one first so you don't know what you're missing, because once you do, you can't unsee it

Worth watching: Definitely

I hope that ... helps? Or at least doesn't make your confusion worse?

#dmbj #lost tomb #lost tomb reboot #i made this

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