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ibijau · 3 years

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Xisang Week Day 4 : Birds / Tea

It was incredibly indulgent to have tea whenever they met, but Huaisang couldn’t resist the chance to spoil Xichen sometimes. Besides, it was just two cups every few months, and it wasn’t the expensive sort. The one he'd bought grew from decontaminated space dust under artificial light on farm vessels, and even then he’d only gotten it at such a good price because he was the one fixing their bees, now that their mechanic had gotten too old to work on such small robots anymore.

It was shitty tea, but Xichen always drank it as if it were the greatest of delicacies. Of course, compared to the usual fares of the Gusu Fleet… their philosophy was that food only needed to feed the body, no matter whether it also pleased it or not.

“How’s the Great Library doing these days?” Huaisang asked as he poured a cup of his nearly tasteless tea. “Keeping you busy, I’d guess?”

“Oh, you won’t believe it, but we’ve just hit a stroke of luck,” Xichen announced with a smile, a warm, real one that made Huaisang’s heart beat a little faster. “You remember that Wen attack that destroyed one of our ships a few years ago? We’ve finally managed to locate its remains, and we’ve hired a team of retrievers to search it.”

“Really? That’s amazing!”

“I am not expecting too much,” Xichen said, trying and failing to contain his own enthusiasm. “Most of the data it carried won’t have survived… but some might have. If we can get back even a hundredth of its content…”

Nie Huaisang grinned. He’d spent some time among the Gusu Fleet after the loss of that ship, and knew how much it had affected all of them to have lost the knowledge entrusted to them. Even if that ship mostly contained copies of libraries from still living planets, and thus nothing had been permanently lost, the very fact that anyone would attack the Great Library had been a shock. In the few centuries since it had launched, its neutrality had always been respected, no matter what other wars ravaged the Five Systems.

“And how have things been for you, A-Sang?” Xichen asked. “I’ve heard you were orbiting Mo-3 not long ago?”

“Yes, an old friend wanted to show me something,” Huaisang replied. “Another project for the pile, I fear. Although... maybe I'll try to get to that one soon.”

“Something fun?”

“I think it might be. One of Wei Ying’s old models.”

Without surprise, Xichen’s expression grew more severe. He’d seen first hand the destruction caused by Wei Ying’s inventions, which was more than Huaisang could say. His brother had protected him from that too.

“A-Sang, you should not mess with these things. You know his creations are to be reported and destroyed. If anyone heard you have one…”

“I’m not stupid enough to tell anyone,” Huaisang retorted, rolling his eyes. “Well, no one but you, and I know you don’t gossip. Besides, aside from Xue Yang, no one has ever managed to turn them on again. I’m good at my job, but there’s a big difference between maintaining artificial pollinators and repairing an android so complex it can hold an entire human mind.”

Xichen nodded, apparently reassured, and sipped some more tea with clear delight. Maybe next time, Huaisang would be able to buy some candies. His bi-annual check on the Jins’ garden ship was coming soon, he’d have the money. Sure he needed to make some big repairs to his poor Unclean Realm, and he had to buy components and basic rations to last him the year, but if he haggled a little here and there… real candies, made from real sugar, now wouldn’t that be nice? Xichen would protest that it was too much, but he’d have a few, and he’d be happy and relaxed and maybe Huaisang would finally have the courage to…

Well, that part was definitely nothing but fantasy. But the candies would be nice for sure.

“Oh, speaking of rare things,” Xichen said. “A-Sang, I have a surprise for you.”

“For me?”

Smiling at his child-like eagerness, Xichen nodded and took from his sleeve a small white box, the sort in which the Gusu Fleet kept some of its data sticks.

“It’s a little silly perhaps,” Xichen said, his cheeks turning pink. “For all I know, you no longer care about that, but… here it is.”

Whatever was in that box would have pleased Huaisang simply because it came from Xichen. Still he cried out in surprise when he opened the container, and found a little feather inside it, all green except for a black band near the tip.

“Is it… no, it can’t be a real one,” Huaisang whispered, carefully taking it by the quill.

“It is, actually,” Xichen replied, smiling widely. “We’ve met recently with a collector who wanted to let us copy some of the rarer books he owned. He had several live birds, and one happened to lose a feather while we were there, so he gave it to me. I immediately thought of you. Do you like it?”

“Of course I do,” Huaisang said, inspecting the tiny father from every angle. He sometimes heard from a distance the birds that the Jins kept, and his brother used to tell him about the ones their own father had, back before the Unclean Realm became little more than a slowly decaying trashcan which Huaisang had to maintain alone, but he’d never actually touched a real feather. “Xichen, it’s too much, I can’t accept this. Something like that, you could sell it for a fortune!”

“I could, and it would likely be destroyed for DNA. I’d rather see it in the possession of someone who will treasure it.”

“You are too good to me. A real feather, I can’t believe… I don’t deserve a friend like you!”

That sealed it, Huaisang decided as he carefully put away the feather in its box. Next time he saw Xichen, he would buy candies. Real, proper candies, with real sugar and maybe even actual flavouring. It would hurt his finances a bit, and that meant he definitely wouldn’t have money to spend on that ‘Yiling Patriarch’ android Xuanyu had dumped on him.

That thing probably couldn’t be repaired anyway, no matter what Xuanyu said, while Xichen could definitely be spoiled as he deserved.

#xisang #xisangweek2021 #nie huaisang #lan xichen #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #jau writes #jau draws

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lovethatmakingcoffee · 3 years

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Manga/Manhua/Webcomic recommendations I have

These are either REAL gay or REAL Femdom you know. Maybe not in the erotic department, but in the Feelings~

So I’m recommending these cause I think they deserve more recognition and attention. If they do, the artist may get more big bucks to keep the ball rolling.

A lot of these are Chinese based novels that I got into after falling in love with Mo Dao Zu Shi and all of Mxtx’s works. I’ll link them, tell you guys the chapter number, and rate them so you guys can get an idea of what they’re like.

College Student Empress, +32 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/ho922575

9/10 Okay, talk about a smart dom. She is such a babe and so clever, I love her. She somehow gets reincarnated into an empress and has to brains her way out of not being assassinated by an unknown attacker while also maintaining the life of said empress. Art is gorgeous, surprisingly the hair styles are really cool. The only downside is that the emperor is a whiny immature little man child that everyone consecutively agrees to punch in the face. Maybe he’ll transform into a nice passive sub one day. Also, beautiful women everywhere and the MC is hilarious.

To Be Or Not To Be, +56 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/ox920326

9/10 Ahh, this is a good one. The cover is very misleading actually. Another gets reincarnated into a royals body, this time around business man gets reincarnated into an emperor’s body of a book he reads who is supposed to be the villain. Very Scum Villain esque. Let's see, lovely art, great characters, very gay, plenty book subversions cause of that gay. And what- ah, what’s this?

Lesbians?! In my 2020?! The year of Lesbians?!

Devil Wants To Hug, +56 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/vb920111

8/10 A soulmate sort of story. Lovely characters, nice conflict, very very gay. Demons, gods, cultivators, the likes. Some fun amnesia thrown in there for the mix! Art is pretty in its own style. I personally really like when all the characters become chibis. Those are actually the first chibis that I have ever found to be cute.

I Accidentally Saved The Jianghu’S Enemy, +9 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/cj923095

7/10 This one’s kind of fun. Both main characters are kind of little shits if I’m being honest and I like them for it. Gives off a very Mo Dao Zu Shi vibe to it. The boy in red is like Xue Yang and Wei Wuxian mixed really nicely together. It’s basically about a medical practitioner with a shady past saves the life of evil boy who is super shady. It doesn’t have much in the way of chapters right now, but the art style is very pretty and I can’t wait to see where it goes.

As Lovely As The Peach Blossoms, +24 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/et923098

6.5/10 Very cute. Very soft. Different than the rest of the other stories in a way, plot wise. Art style isn’t amazing, but it is pleasant and gentle. There is a smidge of homophobic actions, but it’s easy to push through. Its about these two who have known each other for a long time, finally get reunited.

Silent Lover, +19 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/jw922352

6/10, whaaa, is that a bad ranking. Nah, not really. There are other ones I have read that aren’t on this list at all and are no good! Now this one does have its strengths and weakness. Firstly the strengths, good plot, good characters, especially the antagonist, she is such a BITCH, I love her. Art style is very pretty. There is crossdressing and gay shit galore. Set in some timeline of ancient China. I honestly relate to the MC and find him to be very reasonable even if OTHERS think he’s too wimpy. Now, flaws. Uhh, it’s one of those stories where the top is pretty terrible at first and abusive. I think it’s some sort of romanticized theme that I’m seeing in a lot of these East Asian Stories. Makes me con-cerned. Thankfully it doesn’t last too long, as expected.

Villain Initialization, +60 Chapters

https://manganelo.com/manga/mc922174

10/10 would recommend! Holy shit, this one is so fucking funny and relatable. You got super powers, you got second chances at repeating your life, you got a villain- you got a hero maybe becoming... you know 😳. The art is awesome, all the ladies are god damn hot, the villain’s super suit fits in all the right places. Holy moly, I hope this gets adapted into something cause it is that fucking gooooddd!

#Devil Wants To Hug #Silent Lover #I Accidentally Saved The Jianghu’S Enemy #As Lovely As The Peach Blossoms #To Be Or Not To Be #College Student Empress #manhua #manga #comic #webcomic #just my opinions

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words-writ-in-starlight · 4 years

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THE UNTAMED, YOUR CHOICE OF OURAN AU, SOUL EATER AU, S&S AU, OR CORPSE BRIDE AU

OKAYI’M GOING TO DO THE OURAN AU BECAUSE I THINK IT’S REALLY FUNNY AND I MADE THEBAD CHOICE™ OF READING A BUNCH OF NEWS TODAY. Uh. Mycomputer crashed halfway through this and I think somehow it got longer,so. Sorry about that one.

ONE

Wen Ning is a scholarship student. He’s more than ascholarship student, really, he’s a here by the grace of every godever and also his sister student who also, incidentally, is ona scholarship. The phenomenally wealthy Wen family recently went down ina blaze of indignity and political scandal, but newly-broke Wen Qing is not hearing any arguments about sending her babybrother to a less-than-top-of-the-line high school, especially since he acedthe tests and was given a full ride except for books and uniform. SinceWen Qing was halfway through med school at the time of the Wen scandal, they’reburning through their meager inheritance to get her degree and make ends meetfor food, on the gamble eventually they might be able to move out of their absolutelyshit one-bedroom apartment on a doctor’s salary and also because Wen Ning pointblank refused to let her drop out. Therefore, when Wen Ning tries to hideout in an empty music room and accidentally breaks a very expensive vase, he hasa moment of abject dread and–well, yeah, okay, he’ll work it off, he guesses.

TWO

WeiWuxian isn’t actually planning to charge this kid for a vase that is definitelyworth more than the entire apartment building he lives in! Wei Wuxian isnot an asshole! It’s just that he hasnever seen this scholarship kid with the secondhand clothes and the long hairhiding his face and the unfortunate name speak to anyone outside of absolutelymandatory conversation, and it’s kind of depressing. So, Wuxian has decided to adopt him, teachhim how to talk to people, and maybe buy him a ponytail holder. He has about five seconds to get all of thatout on the third day since recruiting Wen Ning, when a very petite woman in ared coat storms in like a hurricane and corners Wuxian alone (or rather, withonly Lan Wangji, which is as close as it gets) with apparently homicidal intentto snarl, “If you’re messing with my brother’s head, no one will ever find yourbody.”

(WenNing did not mention being low-key press-ganged into a host club on the firstday. On the second day, he came home ina real uniform that actually fit, with his hair cut into something thatresembled a style and pulled back from his face, and he had to spill hisguts because not even Wen Qing’s sleep schedule was going to make her miss thatone.)

Turnsout that the sister Wen Ning mentioned, implying that she was the same kind ofangelic creature as Jiang Yanli, is fucking terrifying. Wei Wuxian rambles through hisexplanation so fast that he kind of doubts Wen Qing gets all of it, and then hewaves his hands helplessly and says, “I don’t know, he just seemed kind oflonely?” Wen Qing narrows her eyes athim. “It’s true! I never see him talk to anyone!”

“A-Ningis a good kid,” she says, shoving a finger into Wuxian’s chestthreateningly. “Our family never likedhim because he’s too nice, and no one else likes him because of his name, so ifI hear you’re messing with him…”

“Iswear,” Wuxian says, raising his hand. “Ijust thought maybe it would be good for him, having some people to hang outwith.”

WenQing studies him for another moment, and then she steps back and nods and says,“It will be.”

Andthat’s how the host club gets a part-time manager in addition to its latestrecruit.

THREE

Thehosts are:

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WeiWuxian, whois nominally in charge because he came up with this whole idea, on the argumentthat, quote, “Jiang Cheng needs to learn to be nicer.” It was also tacitly agreed that he and JiangCheng needed something that would keep them out of the house and therefore outof Madam Yu’s way after school, and they’d already been kicked out of themartial arts club after a slight incident involving Wei Wuxian’s fist, JinZixuan’s face, and Jiang Cheng’s unapologetic support. Wuxian went around and recruited some folks,and now he has a host club, which, in his opinion, is markedly more fun thanthe martial arts club. The Mischievoustype.

JiangCheng,who has spent three years in this circus and is not noticeably nicer. He’s likable enough with the guests, but nomatter what Wei Wuxian says, Jiang Cheng does know how to be civil whenthe situation calls for it. He spends mostof his time trying to reign in his brother’s more wild ideas, but his successrate isn’t great, because their sets-and-costumes guy is a horrible enablerwith family money who is more than willing to contribute to all kinds ofnonsense as long as he can show up with a fan and look mysterious while hewatches the chaos at their events. JiangCheng says he’s the Long-Suffering type but actually he’s the Bad Boy typebecause of his temper.

JinZixuan,who is only here because his mother said he’d be grounded until he graduatesunless he found a good extracurricular and he didn’t know who ran the host clubwhen he blurted out that he was planning to join it. Now he’s committed because his mother will notsupport him leaving and it’s been three years and also he still hasn’t gottenJiang Yanli’s phone number, which has become absolutely necessary because thethree minutes he sees her every Thursday when she comes to get her brothers fortheir weekly sibling dinner are the best of his week. There is a good chance Zixuan’s going to getpunched again when he finally gets his courage up to ask her out, but sometimesit be like that. The Princely type, althoughhe’s hopeless when he’s not playing a part.

LanWangji, treasurer,who is only here because Wei Wuxian asked him to be, and everyone (except WeiWuxian) knows it. He’s still remarkablypopular with the guests, despite the fact that most people are lucky to get fiveconsecutive words out of him and it’s a known fact that he’ll bow out of aconversation with nothing more than a brief apology and a nod the moment Wuxiancalls him. Somehow, three years later,Wuxian has not picked up on the fact that Wangji is really not here tolearn to talk to women. Save him. The Stoic type.

LanXichen, generalsource of stability if not necessarily common sense, who is here because hisbrother is here. He and Wen Qing bondimmediately over their shared Protective Older Sibling energies, although WenQing is very much here to beat up anyone who looks sideways at her brother andXichen is very much here to wingman his brother as hard as he can manage. He’s a year older than the others, graduatingthis year, and the most popular host by a long shot. The Chivalrous type.

WenNing, who,yeah, is wide-eyed and shy and tends to start stuttering if more than threeguests are looking at him at any given moment, but he has an apparently innatetalent for sweet and unassuming kindness that’s a big hit. The guests are charmed by his nervousness andthey’re always happy to listen to him talk about his favorite subjects (his sister,his friends, and archery, which he currently can’t afford to do but knowseverything about, in that order). The Natural type.

Honorablemention to Nie Mingjue, who graduated last year and was only partof the host club because Lan Xichen made him. Which is to say, Xichen smiled at him and talked about how gladhe was that Wangji was making friends and how good it would look onMingjue’s college applications as a complement to his more athleticextracurriculars and how happy Huaisang would be to do something withhis brother, and then Mingjue blinked and boom, host club. He doesn’t have any idea what happened. Xichen is like that. The Jock type.

FOUR

NieHuaisang has been Wei Wuxian’s top enabler and partner in chaos since they werein middle school and he also knows everyone and everything despite hisreputation as a top-notch dumbass. Hisentire rationale for not being part of the host club is that it wouldrequire him to admit to knowing things, and he Won’t, which—top student Wei “IHandle My Adequacy Issues By Being Smart But Also Have Guilt About It” Wuxiandoesn’t totally get that, but sure, okay, proceed. Huaisang does, however, have anexcellent grasp of how to acquire all manner of strange things, so he is theirone-man supply center for all manner of wild concepts. One time he got an entire apple treenext-day-shipped just to prove he could.

Also,Huaisang is personally responsible for making most of the host club’s money,because he has a camera and a good sense for the kind of pictures that peoplewill pay for. Even funneling most of the money back into funding the club activities, Huaisang is still managing to turn a decent profit all told. He takes a nice 7% cut for himself (friends and family discount), which is half the reason Mingjue didn’t kick up even more of a fuss about it.

Huaisang’svisceral hatred of the head editor of the school paper is the best kept secretin the school but on god Huaisang’s connections are better than that JinGuangyao asshole’s and he’s going to take him down before graduation.

FIVE

Halfwaythrough the school year, Wei Wuxian gets in a car wreck and the way Lan Wangjireacts to being the first number the paramedics find in Wuxian’s phone is informative. It’s taken five and a half years, four brokenribs, a punctured lung, a concussion, and a spirited yelling sessionfrom Jiang Cheng, among other things, but Wei Wuxian has finally managed to geta clue.

Anda boyfriend.

Nowall they need to do is resolve Huaisang’s vendetta, figure out how the hell afirst year like Xue Yang managed to so comprehensively destroy ex-teacher XiaoXingchen’s reputation, and try and make it to Wen Qing’s graduation on time,and they’re golden.

#the untamed #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #wen ning #ouran au #ask meme #headcanon meme #if you went 'hey where's mianmian' i'm sorry to inform you that she's too smart for this au!#mianmian is off living a completely sane life somewhere! she has a nice boyfriend and a healthy social life!#there is a HARD max of one truly sensible person in any ouran au and wen qing is already here!#'oh star lxc is sensible' no he's not. have you ever even glimpsed the source material. lxc is himbo supreme he's just quiet about it.#anyway i'm not sure how jgy wronged nmj in this au...but he did and nhs is out for BLOOD #this is a good au and it makes me happy but also i've been looking at it for So Long trying to remember what i wrote before #what else was i going to say about this au #oh! right! xy arranged to have xxc's reputation destroyed for 'inappropriate behavior on campus' with his bf song lan #and also implied although did not QUITE accuse outright that xxc came onto him #don't worry nhs has proof of that one also! this is a happy endings only au and that means that xxc gets his job back #after nhs has successfully orchestrated a LOT of disciplinary action #i sort of feel like wwx and lwj take more of a backseat in the host club after this year and jiang cheng (to his horror)#discovers that the nominal leadership has fallen on him #oh and also one time jzx made jyl cry and her brothers never forgave and they never forgot #the crying was after the punching though so it could be said that there was pre-existing resentment #asked and answered #cthulhu-with-a-fez

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