#also an mdzs au

[san-wren]

last year i was rly into dianxia and link click, so i drew the boys in hanfu!

#link click #hanfu au #cheng xiaoshi #lu guang #also an mdzs au #i still haven't watched s2 #wren art tings

[captainkirkk]

I want to see characters being taken care of in an explicit and worshipful way. Home-cooked meals. Hair brushed and braided by gentle hands. Little gifts just because.

I want to read about characters who are not used to kindness being bombarded by acts of service. This trope works romantically and platonically. Give me found family and acts of service - all the ways a character is wrapped up in wordless, explicit care after years of cruelty and having no idea how to handle. I need it.

#fanfiction #this is the 'comfort' part of hurt/comfort #but i want to take it to the extreme honestly #not just comfort immediately after a traumatic event #but consonant daily comfort! #being taken care of because you are loved always and unconditionally #this is the real reason why i sometimes read sugar daddy AUs even though i don't like them #i want to read about characters being SPOILED #this is also why i love the mdzs love interests so much #luo binghe is the ultimate worshipful house husband and i love that #my posts #you can tell i'm irrationally tired when i start getting tear-eyed over someone being cooked a meal

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 (soon))

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #Yungmeng Jiang training arc AU #I wanted to try out a different paneling style for this one - sorry I'm a day late! (there will still be a post tomorrow to keep on track) #The original 3 panel comic idea was fine but the point of this new schedule was to take time to push myself a bit more. #I was taking a look back through some comic artists I felt inspired by #and I really loved how Lynda Barry fills her gutters with patterns and doodles! #Obviously I'm not going as absolutely wild with it as she does but it was a great exercise! #I truly think the gutters are the most important and most overlooked part of any comic. There's lots going on in that space. #It's the same with timeskips. The implied movement between moments that we don't see changes depending on how wide that gap is #You're here for the funny tags so here's some that ties this time talk together: #I think LWJ was thinking about that second note from day 2 but it took him 7 days of hazing to commit it to paper. #I think he sends it a day later and immediately regrets it. Chasing down the messenger and everything. #You know if something actually happened to his brother he would never ever forgive himself for putting the bad vibes out there. #Third time skip was the hardest because there was so many possible flavours of jokes here. Day 8/9 was a personal favourite. #day 14 was also funny (week by week). I think the debate on 'how long does lwj take to catch feelings' is more or less: #'how long does it take for him to arrive at a particular stage of grief and yearning (and awareness of it all) #This is a symphony. There is an act by act structure. Every day he is fighting to keep his old sensibilities. He is losing so badly. #(I'll be returning to the main comic soon but there is more of this AU to come!)

[lazycranberrydoodles]

jin ling's slightly less homophobic arc (masterpost here!)

#messin around with the sprites :^) #oh and also directly after this he asks straight up 'are you wei wuxian' lmao #hes losing the idgaf war as his uncle before him #'i dont care about you guys at all but um. BE A LOYAL CUTSLEEVE AT LEAST' #MDZS AA AU #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #ace attorney #crossover #animation #my art #art #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #lmao #mdzs meme #mdzs fanart #jin ling #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #pixel art #visual novel

[ivorysodapop]

Ribbons :)

AU Masterlist

#while he was still at Lanling! #my MXY is bumbling and shy but also with a hint of classic Jin bitchiness when he care #now WWX has two awkward ducklings. Wen Ning is the other. Where is he in this au?? uhhhhh #digital #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mo xuanyu #wei wuxian #ghostdadxian au

[akakumoeteru]

It's raining, Lan Zhan!

#魔道祖師 #忘羨 #mdzs #wangxian #my art #my art 2021 #dragonfox au #忘羨ワンドロワンライ #drawn for JP fandom's WX 1 hour drawing/writing challenge #prompt was rain #also i technically failed this challenge #20 minutes over the time limit #backdate later

[lotuslate]

My submission for @noxetlux-zine 🌞

My idea for celestial beings Wangxian was Apollo!LWJ and Hermes!WWX, check out my twitter for the full nsfw piece 🌝

#wangxian #mdzs #mdzs fanart #lan wangji #wei wuxian #greek mythology au #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #jessbye #egg #guys if u look up the myth behind these two gods it fits their dynamic so much i promise you kgdsjbdfjks #hermes is the messenger god and also the god that leads the souls of people after the die in the underworld #also a trickster god smh #apollo is the god of music and poetry!! #and the one who literally Carries the sun with his charriot in the morning #in mythology hermes has played many pranks on him and apollo has gotten very angry at his tricks however they grew closer over time :’) #i see them as one of those rls that historians are like omg they were such good friends :) #KADJBFKDAFJ

[criticalrolo]

AU that I'll probably never write where the Song of Turmoil works a little TOO well the first time around, JGY tries to wipe it from NMJ's memory to cover his tracks, accidentally erases his WHOLE memory, dumps him in a river to get rid of the evidence.

long way to say here's how da-ge ends up with a cormorant fishing family in Yunping and makes friends with some birds. meanwhile back at Lanling and Qinghe things are a BIT more suspicious

#oh you know. the cormorant fishing au #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #mdzs #my art #this is extremely silly but also. could be fun

[whetstonefires]

I know I talk about mdzs modern AUs a lot, but it's just somehow become a fascinating adaptation process to me, all these people making their personal calls about the nature of reality.

And a thing I keep coming back to is all the people who deliberately decide to give modern!wwx Mo Xuanyu's build.

To preserve the strength contrast that's leveraged for horny, which like, yeah that's fair, horny is an acceptable reason to make a story choice. I respect that, sometimes grudgingly.

But as a result of noticing this being done, oftentimes it seems without any reflection about why, I've developed this minor obsession with the fact that wwx in his own body at its adult height was fractionally shorter than lwj.

And this was the height he reached after a multi-year period in childhood living on scrounged garbage, plus the three months starving in the mass grave toward the end of his growth period.

Meaning that by all normal logic, a modern AU wwx who did not experience these periods of intense privation--which is most of them; it's quite rare for children to experience that particular form of total neglect in modern developed nations and modernAU!wwx's life ruining circumstances only occasionally involve intense physical torment--is going to be significantly taller as an adult.

Like. Add a few inches on there.

Where are all my adequately nourished six-foot-four Wei Wuxians???

#hoc est meum #mdzs #modern au discourse #malnutrition #i know i've discussed this before #like luo binghe isn't necessarily stunted because his genes are So Powerful #but wwx is a human person #also though the subtext of modern aus that clearly just put him in mxy's body from the word go #like what image of wwx is getting translated here #what story interpretation does this signify what's being valued the most? #the immediate on-page gay romcom of errors sometimes #other times it's less clear #sometimes it's like oh i think this is mostly a gender thing this time #this isn't attachment to the specific on-page dynamic but to the concept of the shou #as a gendered role #etc #wei wuxian #meta #i think this counts as meta

[noodlehaku]

Air bender Wei Wuxian adopted by the Yunmeng water tribe

#the untamed #mdzs #mdzs fanart #the untamed fanart #忘羨 #魔道祖師 #wei ying #wei wuxian #mdzs benders #mdzs atla au #he needs his tiddies out because of the heat #also to make lan zhan pass out

[gentil-minou]

Wei Wuxian licks his lips and leans forward slightly, walking his fingers across the countertop aimlessly toward Lan Zhan. “You know, Lan Zhan,” he drawls, “A-Yuan says we’re both in the book.”

“Mn,” Lan Zhan responds, tracking the path of his fingers intently, “I am apparently Hanguang-jun, the moral upstanding hero.”

“And I’m the devious Yiling Loazu, who led you astray,” he smirks, peering at Lan Zhan through his lashes.

Lan Zhan meets his stare, head-on, lit from within like molten sunshine. “No,” he corrects, “not astray, Wei Ying.”

Wei Wuxian tilts his head, waiting for him to continue. His fingers stop their dancing, resting just inches away from Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan shifts his own hand, bringing them even closer, their fingertips almost brushing.  

“The Yiling Loazu did not lead Hanguang-jun astray,” he says, eyes piercing as they flicker between Wei Wuxian’s. “They were partners, and…”

“Ah,” Wei Wuxian breathes, “the decent romance?”

Lan Zhan doesn’t answer, watching him closely. The pupils of his eyes have grown so large there’s only the tiniest ring of gold around the edge. He can see himself reflected in the black. He thinks he likes the version of himself that lives in Lan Zhan’s eyes.

They’re standing on the edge of a cliff, waiting for the other to take a step forward, bracing for a fall.

It should be terrifying, this sudden drop into something completely new, something entirely unknown yet so familiar. But Wei Wuxian is filled with conviction that no matter what, Lan Zhan will catch him.

It's as electrifying as it is calming, this certainty that here, with Lan Zhan, he is safe.

Wei Wuxian tilts his head to the side in a way he knows sets the unmarked skin of his neck on display. “I’m sure it was more than just decent, with a handsome hero like Hanguang-jun.”

Lan Zhan quirks an eyebrow, his gaze resting on the curve of Wei Wuxian’s neck, just as he’d hoped. "Handsome?"

“Well,” Wei Wuxian responds, tapping his index finger so it brushes against Lan Zhan’s fingertips. His skin is soft and perfect, just like the rest of him. “He isn’t wrong. You’re very handsome, Lan Zhan.”

“Really, Wei Ying?” Lan Zhan says, voice quiet and deep.

“Yep, definitely worthy of being compared to the beautiful Second Jade of Lan.”

“Is that so?” Lan Zhan shifts closer, the smell of him filling up Wei Wuxian. He smells so familiar, like something he knows intimately. Sandalwood, Wei Wuxian realizes, with sudden clarity.

Lan Zhan continues, “I would love to hear more about your opinion on my beauty and prestige, Wei Ying.”

“You don’t know anything about me, Lan Zhan. Why would you care what I think?”

Lan Zhan tilts his head, only just. “Do I need to? To want to know how your brain works?”

I commissioned this lovely artwork by the wonderful @lotuslate of a scene from my fic, once upon a time, 很久很久以前 where the entire cultivation world is cursed to live in the modern world without their memories and abilities, but of course wangxian find a way to fall in love all over again.

#i've been staring at this art for days they're one of my fave mdzs artist i am not worthy T__T #look at them falling in love before shenanigans try to keep them apart!! #im planning to post chapter 3 next week maybe by the end og the weekend #it's an absolute beast at 15k but it also introduces a bunch of characters im excited for hehe #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #chen qing ling #wangxian #mdzs fanfiction #the untamed fanfic #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan wangji #lan zhan #mxtxnet #mdzs ouat au #bushy writing #okay now that the tags are out of the way prepare for anxiety rant: commissioning art for my fic was one of the best and most anxiety thing #i've ever had to do like it's actually insane #on the one hand i love my fic so much but also i do not feel worthy of such pretty art and talent (except i paid for it and supported an #artist i really admire which makes me dumb brain extra silly) but yeah this enitire week since i first got it i basically had to play #with my anxiety in the worst way and its been awful and i want to share this art cause its so great but also i want to cry cause i feel #unworthy BUT! i am by posting this telling that anxiety to shut up and continue promoting a fic i'm really proud and excited for and #hopefully opening the floodgates so i have the confidence to commission more artwork in the future because seeing the words i write in a pi #is just about one of the most incredible feelings aNYWAYS

[goatpunches]

Request: band au(or general modern au) redblacks bonding over piercings?

and the rest was history

#i love the idea of them all interacting but i truly believe none of them would get along #kisses them all on their head #also debut of hua cheng’s band au design? #band au #ask box #fanart #mxtx #svsss #tgcf #mdzs #hua cheng #luo binghe #wei wuxian #scum villain self saving system #heaven official's blessing #grand master of demonic cultivation

[cloudpalettes]

hey detectives 🔎‼️

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mdzs fanart #wangxian #lan wangji #lan zhan #wei wuxian #wei ying #mxtx #consider Them !!!!!!! #i tried putting all of my sketches in one canvas i think it worked out #if ure wondering where this is from #it's from that detective au official art from montage i believe !! #ok many things to look at #initially in the official illust wwx wasn't wearing gloves and i just added it for funsies #also just thinking about putting the glove on lwj's hand like he's . putting on a wedding ring idk where i was going with that #but im planting that idea in ur heads now #also #lwj's holding a snow duck on his left hand #i just think it's silly #lots of thinking fr #and then !!! they go for a coffee date !! #literally none of these involve any detective work #just vibes #also another thought #i think the scarf is from lwj !!!! #in the official illust wwx is wearing a cream colored scarf #and i got struck with the thought that /oh/ it's lwj's scarf

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 4.5: Morning Period.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #mdzs au #Yunmeng Jiang training arc AU #This is 4.5 because it was originally all supposed to be part of the same comic #This part wasn't as punchy and I was close to scrapping it but I figured I'd at least give it a chance. #Despite the fact I already had it in pencils...cleaning it up took a very long time. Still hate it. Sunken cost fallacy enacted: It lives. #Okay quick commentary (I'm very late to post today) #While this is supposed to be a 'snapshot' of routine - Wei Wuxian slept in. Normally he is up earlier. #Meaning he delayed the dueling part of the day. Hence LWJ's hand gesture. #I also imagine that LWJ and JC have a bit more of a friendship in this AU since they spend a few hours in the morning sans WWX #I always enjoyed how JC and LWJ on paper seem like they would get along but Do Not in canon. Let me have a world where they do.

[lazycranberrydoodles]

Who is this sassy.. lost child?

I can now recreate most of chapter 8!!! / bonus features below the cut / follow for more cool stuff

Jin Ling's sprites:

His share code is MVDLXY :)

Congrats, Jin Ling! You have 3 different poses, showing three different levels of irritation, making you the most complex character so far.

His sprites were traced off of Cody Hackins from 1-2. His little puffed-cheek sprite screamed Jin Ling.

(NASA announcer voice) Aaaand we have soundtrack. I thought Luke Atmey's and Furio Tigre's themes both suited Jin Ling pretty well. Other contenders before I decided on Moderato 2004 were Allegro 2002 and Investigation - Middle 2002.

Will take a break from these for Art Fight probably but they have been sooo fun to make. Plus I get to show off my objection.lol skills outside of stupid discord arguments.

Jiang Cheng's sprites & Nie Huaisang's sprites / masterpost

#if i do keep making these with the intent to recreate the book through ace attorney (lol) ill need to go back and redo nhs aghh #being the first sprite i did hes kind of scuffed. i would also want to give jc another emotion or two. maybe. as a treat #the logical next step is hanguang-jun #and who else could i base him off of than ace attorney's own stoic autistic childhood friend turned love interest: MILES EDGEWORTH #my personal favorite tracks from the OST are 'jake marshall' 'telling the truth' 'questioning' and 'cornered' (of course) #DL-6 makes me a little insane as well #mdzs aa au #art #mdzs #aa #mo dao zu shi #jin ling #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #cql #ace attorney #animation #pixel art #digital art #my art #cw flashing #flashing images tw #the untamed

[ivorysodapop]

(Suibian is also amused)

AU Masterlist

#it's the baby lans but even babier! #Suibian sealed itself bc WWX wasn't around. I'm sure it doesn't mind temporarily being named smth for his protection #also we can pretend Suibian wasn't in that famous swords texts thing. they hate WWX anyway fuck his sword #digital #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mo xuanyu #wei wuxian #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #ghostdadxian au #edit: the sword has now been changed from Meishi to Bieti :) find the conversation in the reblogs! #I also kinda like that it sounds closer to suibian... bieti... also bichen! all the bs in this family