#it's not his fault Wei WuXian is that much of a dumbass

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

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I, of course, respect democracy on this blog, so since the overwhelming majority voted for me to write this terrible, heavy angst, here you go <3

"Da-jiu, what did my mom look like?"

Wei Wuxian sighs, nostalgic, a distant ache throbbing behind an only slightly forced smile. "She was... beautiful, elegant. You got her eyes, you know? When we were children, we would always compare them to chocolate or roasted chestnuts... She had a very warm smile, a soft voice, but even so, she could be incredibly fierce when she wanted to..."

"How did she wear her hair?"

"In all sorts of ways, but she liked braids the most. She practiced on me and your jiujiu a lot."

A snort. "You probably looked ridiculous."

"I did! But it made your mom laugh, and that was more important than me getting made fun of!"

Wind rustles through the falling leaves of the forest trees, the chill warning that winter is a mere few weeks away. The moon shines bright, at its zenith, and wildlife howls and groans in the distance.

"Da-jiu..."

"Hm?"

"Do you think jiujiu will be mad at me?"

Wei Wuxian's smile trembles at the edges. "No, he's never actually mad at you. That's just how he is."

"But he will be mad at you, though..."

"He's always mad at me."

"He shouldn't be... And I shouldn't either."

"Jin Ling-"

"No, listen... Back then, my parents were collateral victims... at the wrong place, at the wrong time. I don't want to be too late telling you this, so... I forgive you. It wasn't your fault."

Wei Wuxian's eyes fill with tears as he reaches to move a few bloody strands away from the boy's face.

"And... I'm sorry I stabbed you back then. I was angry and didn't think..." Jin Ling takes a deep, painful breath. "This isn't your fault either."

Wei Wuxian's eyes try so hard not to trail over the mess of bloody, golden robes on his nephew's clothes, doesn't want to see the extent of the damage anymore. It's all too familiar.

"You... need to tell that dumbass Jingyi that I don't actually hate him." Jin Ling continued, his own eyes filling up, "And... and tell Sizhui that I'm sorry I've been so insufferable back then... I didn't really know what having friends was like and I was... an ass to him even if he only tried to help..."

He blinks, heavily, his eyes starting to glass over. "And... I owe Zizhen... 400 coins for the last book he sent me..."

Wei Wuxian brings the boy close, holds his body against his own, tears endlessly falling down his face as he feels the blood seep into his robes. Jin Ling's growing heavier in his hold, heavier and cold.

"I... really admire you...' His voice comes out as barely above a whisper, raspy and distant, almost like he's talking in his sleep, "...and Hanguang-Jun... and I'm thankful... for having met you..."

"A-Ling..."

"And... thank you... for..." a heaving, last breath, "...staying with me... I really... hate... being alone..."

Jin Ling slumps against Wei Wuxian, lifeless.

There is a smile on his face even so.

He looks so much like his mother.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #writing attempts #wwx #jl #dont go yelling at me for this i asked you lot if you wanted it and you said yes

[sillygoofyqueer]

The Untamed review: episode three!!!

Nooo, the tavern has been fully booked, who did this to them 😔

PRETTY WOMEN

MIANMIAN!!!!!!!!

Checking them out, Wei Wuxian??

Of course it's the Jin clan, god, money-hungry bastards

Steal it. You know you want to.

Wei Wuxian, what are you up to???

Don't put the blame on other people!!!

Go on Mianmian, you're such a badass

Hehe, Yuando

Look at him giggle!!

You fucking flirt, it's funny that you're so gay as well

And now you introduce yourself, white /aff

She's such a good wing woman, I like this girl

GO ON MIANMIAN!!!!!

He's not a playboy, he's gay

I love them both so so kuch

JIANG YANLI!!!!!

My poor baby girl

Who the fuck is kicking them out

Kill him. Just- kill him.

Who's this bro criticising everything???

Mianmian, it's not your fault he's rich 😒

As if he needs all those people

Look at her, ain't she so pretty??

What the fuck is Wei Wuxian holding?? A stick

Who does this bozo think he is

Shut your mouth, bozo

Jiang Cheng is being too civil

Let Wei Wuxian at 'em

Nobody needs that many servants

Hehehehehe, he's such a tease.

Bro's like 'don't touch me peasant'

Drawing your sword against WEI WUXIAN?? Dumbass

Bbg, you deserve so much better. You're much prettier than him.

So neat 😔

FUCKING RUDE

The bozo needs to learn how to whisper

Wei Wuxian, you're ruining the tension

I want to flick my sleeves as well

THEIR TICKETS!!!!

They were kicked out by a pompous monster

He's always thinking of alcohol

Who knows why they were arranged to be married

THE SIMULTANEOUS SHRUG

CLOUD RECESSES!!!!!!!

Bros can't even get in

They look very good in white

LAN WANGJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's very good at hearing, no point whispering

What's up with him???

Bro's chilling

Look, it's his boyfriend

The way his eyes stay on Wei Wuxian for a moment

He's very stern, leave him alone

Wei Wuxian looks like he's gonna cry

Ahhhh!! AHHHHHH!!

The silencing spell!!!!!!!!

I like how he hits Jiang Cheng, like it's his fault

LAN WANGJI PAUSED FOR HIM, AHHHHH

He's literally just going to find the invitations, don't worry

It looks chilly lmao

Awww, Wei Wuxian is not one to be easily embarrassed

Jiang Yanli 😭😭😭

Who's that??

LAN WANGJI!!!????!??!

He literally got everything and now he's been ditched

Alcoholic 😔

Wei Wuxian looks so chuffed with it

What is bro doing??? HE JUST BROKE IT

Look at him, so jolly with himself

He's fucking clambering around like a little squirrel

"Oh, hey boyfriend"

Look at him glare, I'm cackling

The fucking side eye

The way he clutches the alcohol so protectively

He's giggling so much

HE'S TRYING TO SHARE THE ALCOHOL WHAT A GUY

Trying to silence you because you're so hot, my guy

Even their fighting is gay for each other

Okay, seriously, what the fuck is Wei Wuxian holding in his hands??

Bro, guy has actual skills and you're shocked??? What a guy

Why can't someone gay fight with me like this?

Literally threw himself off a building just to save his alcohol

"turn around" EYOOOOOO FOR WHAT

DON'T INSULT YOUR BOYFRIEND'S CLAN, WHORE I LOVE YOU

"I can drink OUTSIDE the Lan boundaries, right?"

The way Lan Zhan grumbles like a toddler

The silencing spell, what a guy, I really love Lan Wangji

What's wrong with this fool? That looks nasty.

Hay pretty boy LAN XICHEN XOXOXO

Oh. Lan Qiren too. Hi.

Wangji shouldn't be bringing around any corpses.

CULTIVATORS GOING MISSING?!?????

Lan Qiren what are you doing bestie

He looks angry hahahaha

Grumble grumble grumble "who's making that noise?" THE STAIN UPON YOUR CAREER

Lan Xichen is being so polite and kind compared to Lan Wangji, I have to wonder how many people preferred him to Lan Zhan upon first watching this

"I can't blame the innocent, but I can't defame our rules 😔" so sincere

"how would you like to punish this guy?" Lan Xichen, I love you, but how the fuck would Lan Wangji ever want to punish his boyfriend?

TRANSCRIBE THE PRINCIPLES THREE HUNDRED TIMES???!?! LAN WANGJI, YOU SADIST

The fear in Wei Wuxian's eyes is my favourite part I think, really brings it all together

Anything but that, lmaooo

"bro, get rid of the silencing spell, pleeeaaaseee 🥺"

Bro is literally lying, I love him.

The hesitance as he backs away, cackling

BLAMING IT ON JIN ZIXUAN!!!! THAT'S MY BOY!

At least he's being honest about the Emperor's Smile.

"I didn't even get a sip before he broke oneee 😔😭" He's just fucking complaining and I love him for it

I love that Lan Wangji is just staring into the distance casually without any sort of expression. He's so me

He may have violated the principles, but he's just a little guy.

Of course he can't.

"also, he helped the Jiangs get in-" "brooooo, why would you drop me in like that???" Is what I think Lan Wangji would say if he talked often

The romantic music playing I'm cackling

THE CHEEKY SMILLLEEEEEE

He looks so teasing as he wanders over, who couldn't fall in love with that

Bro's grasping his sword because he has never felt this gay in his life

The puppy dog eyes "I'm sorry, okay? 🥺🥺🥺" Is killing me. I too would become gay for this guy.

Lan Xichen smells the gay tension and cuts through it with a sword

THE POUT HAHAHAHA

WOAH. Dead body. He's literally calling them out.

NIGHTLESS CITY?!??!

WEN QING YOU'RE SO PRETTY!!!!

Booo, not Wen Chao.

Stop. Trying. To. Do. Evil.

Take your brother with you, who knows what they'll do to MY LITTLE MAN.

Yes, yes I am.

Wen Qing nooooo

You've bowed three times now

Show off.

Nah, the wind is fucking insane right now

THE CORPSE IS SITTING UP AAAAAHHH

Wei Wuxian is literally in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He's literally a genius, oh my god.

Lan Wangji wanting to be in sync with him ahhahaha

"he's like a puppet" me too

Brilliant makeup, by the way. Props.

Gazing into the moon like any good gay person would.

Brotherly bonding timeeeee.

Chatting about the corpse in the other room lmao

I wouldn't mind living in Gusu.

HE'S JUST GOTTEN BACK BRO. I love them so so much.

He probably has been too strict on the gay guy. But they're actually such a good team.

HE WANTS HIM TO MAKE FRIENDS!!!

Name dropping Wei Ying, matchmaking for real

Lan Wangji looks pissed but he's just kind of in love, it's fine.

Which corpse are you? Tag yourself.

XUE YANG, YOU VILE LITTLE THING. HOW ARE YOU.

Fuck off Wen one name or another

L there's only a shard of it.

Xue Yang is such a guy, I love him so much. Listen to him giggle.

Just kill him yourself, Xue Yang.

I'm going to fucking eat him, PLATONICALLY.

Watch him strut!

Bro wants to beat the clan, he knows how to barter with someone #icon.

#four being a dumbass #Four's live review #mo dao zu shi #cql #the untamed #the untamed spoilers #wei wuxian #lan wangji #jiang cheng #jiang yanli #lan xichen #lan qiren #mianmian #jin zixuan #wen qing #xue yang #wen ruohan #wen ning mentioned!! #god #so many people this time

[memorydragon]

Sometimes I just think about that moment where Lan WangJi realizes Wei WuXian has come back.  Of how he heard the first notes of a melody he’d only heard in his dreams since what happened in the Nightless City.  Of hearing the slight faltering of fingers on a dizi that meant the player was slightly out of practice, but the longing in the notes sounding the same.  Of how Impossible all of this was, but wasn’t that Wei Ying all over?

Of how Wei Ying’s wrist felt in his hand, so different from the last time Lan Zhan had drawn a proper breath.  Of how now Wei Ying was shorter, strange, but not a bad feeling.  Of how much love the notes held as they cut off, surprise in those wide eyes he is ready to fall into.

Of how he realizes that Wei Ying was playing their song, the one he composed only for Wei Ying, the one only heard in a terrifying cave, then later on a lonely guqin until it was too painful for his fingers to strike the cords.   He was playing WangXian from memory on a dizi he’d probably just made so that Lan Zhan could seek him out. 

Only to find out Wei Ying wasn’t playing their song for him, but for fucking Wen Ning.

Just saying.  Drunk Lan WangJi had a valid point.

#mo dao zu shi #Listen if you came back to life after thirteen years of being dead #and played a love song composed for you for Someone Else #That's not unreasonable jealousy #XD #It's no small wonder he never wanted Wei WuXian to play for Wen Ning #I don't think Wei WuXian ever quite realized the full travesty of that only recognizing the song later #Wen Ning is a bit horrified when he pieces it together though #Lan WangJi has forgiven him by this point because Wei Ying is honestly brilliant but also really That Dumb too #Wei WuXian may have also made it up to him after it sank in why Wen Ning was suddenly apologizing out of the blue #for something that happened when he first woke up #The Juniors were also there for that conversation though and they Never let him live it down #Lan SiZhui's second hand embarrassment for his first adoptive father was particularly strong #btw no hate for Wen Ning #I love that precious cinnamon roll #it's not his fault Wei WuXian is that much of a dumbass #meta and things

[canary3d-obsessed]

Restless Rewatch: The Untamed Episode 18, second part

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Warning: Spoilers for All 50 Episodes!

Hey OP where’s the funny header gif for this post? Sorry, it was murdered by an angst demon and the framing of these shots.

My Found Family Came to Find Me

Continuing our flashback from last time, we see Baby Wei Ying up a tree, refusing to come down because he's afraid there are dogs. Eventually he falls out of the tree, like a dumbass a child, and Yanli tries but fails to catch him. 

Unlike his grownup counterpart, Baby Wei Ying doesn't pretend he's unhurt when he is hurt. I'd like to put the change at Yu Ziyuan's door, but actually he admits to being hurt during his Gusu summer - he mimics Lan Zhan's stoicism when they're getting beaten, but it doesn't come naturally to him, and he whines a lot afterwards. 

By the time of the Animatronic Dog incident, however, he's laughing off obvious injuries that have secret trauma behind them. By the time he comes back, coreless, from the burial mounds, he won't confide in anyone about his hurts any more, except possibly Wen Qing.

Yanli carries Wei Ying, in a sequence that will be echoed much later in his life when Lan Zhan carries him (gifset here). While they head back, she tells him that Jiang Cheng has a bad temper and to ignore whatever mean things he says. This will also be echoed in the future, when Wei Wuxian says it to Lan Zhan after their argument with Jiang Cheng in the shrine.

Yanli also explains that Jiang Cheng loved his dogs and that he's been very sad since Jiang Fengmian sent them away, demonstrating once again that Jiang Fengmian is a terrible father. Yanli says that Jiang Cheng will be happy to have a friend with him, though. This kind of makes Wei Wuxian's role in Jiang Cheng's life "replacement dog."

Jiang Cheng, after getting over this particular snit, got worried about Wei Wuxian and woke up Yanli to find him, and then went wandering around in the dark like a dumbass a child, and is banged up and crying when the other two find him. Yanli encourages him to apologize to Wei Wuxian and he does, which will not happen again until the very end of the show.  

They all smile and laugh together, as Wei Ying looks to Yanli to guide him through the insanity that his life has suddenly become. 

(more behind the cut!)

They head back to Lotus Pier in a sweet montage of walking and smiling together, with Jiang Cheng carrying the world's most beautiful candle holder with the world's most wind-resistant candle in it, to light their way back. Back in the present day for a brief moment, Jiang Cheng pretends to sleep and listens to his sister insisting that the three of them should always stay together, while a single tear rolls down the side of his face.

Soup is Love, Chapter 1 of 1000

Then we head to the past again. In Jiang Cheng & Wei Ying's now-shared room, Wei Ying sits on the bed trying to figure out how to deal with his grumpy new roommate.

Wei Ying is unsure what to do when confronted with pajama game this strong. Tiny Jiang Cheng is already a fashion king. 

Then he tells Jiang Cheng he's not going to narc him out to the clan leader, since it was his own fault that he hurt his leg. This is all Jiang Cheng needs to hear to decide Wei Ying is all right, and he says that he will help Wei Ying chase away dogs in the future.  In fact, Wei Wuxian will protect Jiang Cheng from punishment basically forever, while Jiang Cheng will continue to threaten Wei Wuxian with dogs...forever.

They shake hands on their new understanding and then jump up and down laughing, Wei Ying's leg being all better now, apparently.  When Yanli arrives (carrying a tray of...can you guess? I'll let you guess), they stop jumping. Wei Ying dives in to give Jiang Cheng a little tickle/embrace in an adorable moment that would have me saying "oh, my ovaries!" if I hadn't surgically sent my ovaries to hell a few years ago.

Yanli introduces Wei Ying to the emotional and gustatorial miracle that is her lotus and ribs soup. He hesitates a long time before tucking in because he's so unused to being fed.

Consent? I Don’t Even Know Her

The flashback wraps up with Yanli conked out on the table from the drugs in the incense burner, while Wei Wuxian, who is somehow unaffected despite sitting almost as close to the smoke as she was, checks on her. Jiang Cheng and his Uggs period-appropriate sock thingies get out of bed to come stand with Wei Wuxian, and have feelings about sending Yanli away after she JUST said she doesn't want to be parted from them.

Wei Wuxian: If she didn't want us to do this, she shouldn't have signed that blanket consent-to-medical-treatment form.   Jiang Cheng: Wen Qing made me sign one of those plus a durable power of attorney, is that bad?

This episode is all about people overriding each others' agency and making massively important decisions without the consent of the people who will be affected. But in a feudal context, it's not a violation, no matter how it feels to the person being controlled. In feudal life, your body belongs to your lord -- your sect leader, in the world of CQL. Jiang Yanli and Jiang Cheng's choices are overridden by their clan leader's final command to Wei Wuxian.  Wei Wuxian's core is arguably Jiang Fengmian's property--Wei Wuxian certainly sees it that way, just as his hand was Yu Ziyuan's to take if she wished.  

The brothers tenderly tuck Yanli into bed in the rolly cart and hand her off to Song Lan. They talk about how important it is to get her to Lanling and that she's probably going to be mad, as they thank Song Lan for helping them. 

Yanli listens while she sleeps and, in what is becoming a trademark Jiang move, lets a single tear roll down the side of her face. Jiang Cheng points out that Yanli never gets mad at Wei Wuxian and Wei Wuxian is like, true dat.

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

Song Lan is always so emotional about every damn thing, I love him. Here he's like OH GOD NO DON'T FORMALLY THANK ME! STOP!!!

Then he starts to ask Wei Wuxian to pass a message to Song Xingchen for him, but then decides not to say anything, making it super obvious that they fought and aren't together. 

Wei Wuxian reacts to this with confusion and distress, probably because he doesn't want to imagine ever having a breakup with his own soulmate. Which he soon will be having.  But possibly he's just upset that his OTP broke up.

After Song Lan takes off, Jiang Cheng gives Wen Qing a rude & perfunctory thank-you bow, turning away before she can return it. Wei Wuxian tells her not to take it to heart - basically everyone who deals with Jiang Cheng gets a version of the "ignore what he says" speech. She says she understands and that in his place she would have behaved worse, which is so totally not true.  

Then she asks Wei Wuxian if he's sure about the core transfer (not in so many words, because the script is being kind of being vague about it, without actually hiding what's happening). His reply pretty much encapsulates the whole Wei Wuxian experience.

Then he and Jiang Cheng walk off, with Jiang Cheng giving us a rear view that had me googling Wang Zhuocheng's fashion shoots to determine if that wagon he's draggin’ is really as delightful as this belt makes it look. Alas, there is not a wealth of photographic evidence for this research, as compared to, for example, photos of Xiao Zhan's outstanding ass.

Wen Qing and Wen Ning see them off, with Wen Qing wishing they valued their lives more. Although, what she and Wen Ning are doing is massive treason, so their lives will be pretty much forfeit if they're caught, so...

The Sunshot Campaign of Like 60 Dudes

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng walk up the mountain for the whole beginning of the Sunshot campaign, which...okay. Maybe it's like Dunkirk or The Witcher where they intercut stuff that is happening in different timeframes, which is one of my least favorite new film style thingies.

You know, for a guy Wei Wuxian constantly calls "peacock," Jin Ziyuan really doesn't wear a lot of adornment; just some subtle metalwork on his belt with no dangly bits at all, and a single reasonably-sized hair crown. Compared to the extremely fancy Lan Wangji he's almost plain. We already know that Wei Wuxian is a massive hypocrite when it comes to his idea of a perfect boy, however.

So, this is the Lanling Jin army, which consists of literally 60 guys, including the ones on the stairs and Jin Zixuan and Douchebag Dad. How are they going to fight a war with this tiny group? Why do they have such a big plaza? Hasn't anybody on this production learned CGI cloning?

That’s better.

Nie Mingjue and his best bitch Baxia make quick work of the 4 Wen guys who were assigned to hold the Unclean Realm. 

Hello, Daddy Da-Ge!

Squeeee, it's Lan Wangji! He's taking back Cloud Recesses! Ooooohhh we've missed you Lan Wangji.

Look guys he's here! Look how beautiful he is. He's looking at the gate of cloud recesses and thinking thoughts that Lan Xichen or Wei Wuxian could probably see in his bewitching eyes if they were here to see him, which they aren't. But at least he is here!

....and now he's gone again. *cries*

Hares On The Mountains

Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian continue roaming prettily around this pretty mountainside. The locations in this show are such eye candy. 

Young laddies they run like hares on the mountains Young laddies they run like hares on the mountains  Young laddies they run like hares on the mountains  If I was a young lass I’d soon go a hunting

Jiang Cheng starts to have doubts about the whole Baoshan Sanren thing. Wei Wuxian's reply pretty much encapsulates the whole Wei Wuxian experience.  

Then we have just the tenderest blindfolding scene, (more gifs here), which is fodder for your ChengXian dreams, if you have those.

Here's a good place for a sidebar about what is and isn't incest. Whee! In the CDrama context, relationships tend to be more clearly defined than in western media. The mechanism of confession & acceptance means that people either are or are not in a romantic relationship, with few grey areas. So a character can literally say "we grew up as brother and sister, but now we are dating" and when someone looks startled they just say "there's no blood relation" and everyone is like "cool cool" and that's the new definition of the relationship.

For a strong example of this, the extremely wonderful Go Ahead is about a contemporary family in which a girl and two boys, who are not blood relatives, are all raised together, and call each other brother and sister. When they become adults, they and everyone around them expect the girl (now a woman) to marry one of the two men who have been her brothers, while whichever one she doesn't choose will carry on as her sibling. It's treated as the most natural, logical thing in the world; the only question is whether she wants to make that transition, and with whom.

Looked at through this lens, Wei Wuxian's relationships with his adoptive siblings have just as much potential to turn into romances as his relationships with his friends do, and there's nothing creepy about it. As such you can expect my meta to always get into ChengXian moments without treating it as a wrong or forbidden love. Hopeless, of course, because Jiang Cheng is such a prick the power of WangXian is stronger, but that's a different matter.

What is wrong is wearing this fantastic hat & veil combination when the most fashionable person on the mountain is blindfolded and can't see it.

In the course of this blindfolded encounter with Wen Qing, Jiang Cheng gets to kneel before a powerful woman, be led along by a length of silk that's placed in his hand, and then knocked the fuck out and operated on. He'll wake up in a hotel room in a tub full of ice with "we took your kidney" written on the mirror in lipstick, and he'll love every minute of it.  

Soundtrack: 1. Still Fighting it, by Ben Folds 2. Hares on the Mountain, by Steeleye Span

Writing Prompt: The NEXT time somebody blindfolds Jiang Cheng

#fytheuntamed #the untamed #the untamed gifs #chengxian #cql #restless rewatch the untamed #canary3d-original #my gifs

[lotusjwy]

okay so i dont know if u actually ship jc with anyone but the "I’m sick of being useless" is giving me strong Vibes so either you should choose a jc pairing or maybe do it for yunmeng bros? :D

anon, anonny, my friend. i ship almost every jiang cheng ship, so pls feel free to specify one next time if you want! but! i’ll still do this from yunmeng bro perspective, bc i haven’t written them in a hot minute. idk if i’d rly classify this as angst, at least in comparison to the last one i wrote, but i did my best! fun fact though, this is actually my second revision of it, the first one jiang cheng was being far too nice and i was like excuse me, who are you? 

The night hunt that had already started off on a wrong note, had only grown progressively worse as it went on. Wei Wuxian had turned up unexpectedly on Jiang Cheng’s doorstep, begging him to accompany him, Lan Jingyi and Jin Ling on a night hunt nearby. Jiang Cheng had agreed to go along, only because he hadn’t seen either his nephew or brother in quite some time, as other responsibilities had been getting the better of them all. However, very early into the night hunt, it was apparent that they were vastly unprepared for the fight, and had gotten overpowered quickly, their injuries growing worse with each blow. To make matters worse, none of them had signal flares on them, Jin Ling and Lan Jingyi having forgotten theirs yet again. Jiang Cheng was going to start strapping them onto the boys himself. 

Towards the climax of the fight, they all watched in horror as Jin Ling dropped to the ground, a deep gash on his chest blood gushing from the wound. Jiang Cheng quickly shot forward finishing off the last of the beasts, a final burst of energy rushing through him in his need to protect his nephew. 

After the fact, he lowered his sword, and turned back towards Jin Ling. He saw Wei Wuxian had Jin Ling cradled in his lap, as he pressed his outer robes onto Jin Ling’s wounds hoping to stop the bleeding, with Lan Jingyi kneeling beside the duo, transferring qi to his injured friend.

Jiang Cheng surveyed the situation that they were in, trying not to let his panic set in, knowing he had to take control, neither Lan Jingyi or Wei Wuxian being in positions to figure out what to do. They were all too injured to safely transfer Jin Ling back to Lotus Pier, and Wei Wuxian’s golden core wasn’t strong enough to last riding a sword whilst also helping to carry an injured man. “Lan Jingyi, go to Lotus Pier and request help immediately. Do not take no for an answer. Bring them here or tell them where we are, if you feel too weak to make the trip back. Go now, go quickly. And fucking stay safe, you idiot.”

After Jingyi had frantically left, Jiang Cheng dropped down next to the remaining two, grabbing his nephew’s wrist to continue transferring qi to him. “Come on, A-Ling, you dumbass, wake the fuck up. Please wake the fuck up.”

“I’m sorry.” If Jiang Cheng hadn’t been sitting right next to Wei Wuxian, he may not have heard him, for how faintly he spoke.

“What the fuck, Wei Wuxian? What kind of fucking game do you think this is?!” Jiang Cheng felt anger coursing through his veins, though he wasn’t sure if he was really mad at his brother or just at the situation at hand. “If I wasn’t trying to keep our fucking nephew alive, I’d strangle you where you sit. For fucks sake, what the fuck happened?”

“I don’t know. It wasn’t meant to be so strong. There wasn’t meant to be so many of them.” Wei Wuxian’s voice continued to be soft, breaking any time he spoke above a whisper. His eyes never left Jin Ling’s face, not wanting to see the hatred he knew his brother’s face would be showing.

“Of all the fucking times for Lan Wangji to not be glued to your side. Where the fuck is he, then? I can’t believe he would leave you alone with two cultivators who are just barely adults, on a night hunt.” He continued to mutter expletives about Lan Wangji under his breath, cursing the man.

“I… It’s my fault. He wanted to come with us, but Zewu-jun needed Lan Zhan for something, so I told him that we’d be fine. That I’d come ask you for help.” He risked a glance at Jiang Cheng, only to realise that the other wasn’t even looking at him anymore, instead he was also looking at Jin Ling.

“You didn’t think that this night hunt required more than one qualified cultivator? You thought I could make up for the downfalls of both Lan Jingyi, A-Ling and you?” Jiang Cheng scoffed in disbelief, “I’m aware that this used to be your golden core, but there’s only so much I can do, Wei Wuxian.”

“I know, I’m sorry! I didn’t think. I- I thought I could handle it!” He exclaimed, desperation seeping into his voice.

“You thought you could handle it. When have you ever been able to just handle something? When has anything ever not blown up in your face?” Jiang Cheng couldn’t even count the amount of times Wei Wuxian had gotten them into countless situations where they should have died, yet had somehow lived to tell the tale.

“I get it! I fucked up! I always fucking fuck up!” His voice was growing more frustrated with each word he said, growing angry at himself, at the situation, at Jiang Cheng for making him feel worse than he was already feeling.

“Then why don’t you ever fucking think? Just once, I am begging you to think just once in your fucking life. When the lives of A-Ling and Lan Jingyi are also at stake, rather than just mine or yours! Do you understand that your decisions could have gotten them killed?” Jiang Cheng didn’t think he’d been this angry at Wei Wuxian since he defected with the Wen remnants to the Burial Mounds.

Finally, Wei Wuxian had had enough, almost jumping up before seeming to remember that he had Jin Ling laying across his lap. Instead, he let out a scream of frustration; one that startled even Jiang Cheng from his focus on Jin Ling, who hadn’t been expecting such a noise to come from his brother.  

“I’m sick of being useless, Jiang Cheng. I’ve become useless.” His voice full of the agony he was feeling, deep inside. This was his biggest insecurity since he had been brought back. That he’d never grow to the same level of cultivation, as he had before. “I’m sick of you or Lan Zhan, or any of the younger disciples having to protect me when we get rushed like this! I’m sick of being the liability of any night hunt because I’m not as strong as I used to be!”

“So, what? You didn’t let Lan Wangji come as a test to yourself?” There was disbelief in his words, as if he couldn’t fathom even Wei Wuxian being this idiotic.

“I- Fine. Yes. I really did think we could handle it, Jiang Cheng. I didn’t think it would be as bad as it was, I promise. I’d never risk shi-jie’s son, nor Jingyi, or A-Yuan or anyone.” Letting out a frustrated huff of breath, Wei Wuxian’s head hung low, not wanting to face the other in his moment of shame. “I just- All I wanted was to prove that this stupid fucking core could do something.”

Jiang Cheng shook his head, choosing to not respond to the other, wanting to focus his energies on his nephew, ensuring that the other was getting the qi he needed to heal. He didn’t spend all these years helping to raise Jin Ling, just for the boy to get taken down in front of him. There was also nothing he could say to Wei Wuxian while he was in this state, without making the situation worse for both of them.

Instead, the two sat in silence, waiting for their rescue to arrive. Thankfully, it seemed that Jingyi’s strength as a cultivator wasn’t an exaggeration, the boy making it back to them in record time, with Jiang Cheng’s second in command and first disciple following quickly behind him. Once Jiang Cheng ensured that his disciples had his nephew secured and would safely bring him to Lotus Pier, Jiang Cheng turned to Wei Wuxian, who throughout the flurry of bodies being moved around had stayed kneeling on the ground.

“For fucks sake, if you had a problem in the past, you never used to fucking mope around. You used to pick yourself the fuck up and figure out a solution.” He reached out a hand to Wei Wuxian, pulling him up. “Strengthen your core, dumbass. I know Mo Xuanyu wasn’t strong, but he did have a golden core. Use it, strengthen it. Maybe you won’t ever be as strong as you used to be, but you can still fucking get stronger than you currently are.”

#jiang cheng #wei wuxian #mdzs #the untamed #cql #fic #jwy #wwx #yunmengs pride #anon #ask prompt #idk how i feel about this one tbh #but i wrote it and i don't hate it #so theres that #i hope this lived up to your expectations anon! #btw disclaimer: i love wwx and i definitely think he's good at working under pressure #but i also think in panic and depression he'd be like what the fuck man #what the fuck NOW #and his power difference between him as a teen him as the yiling patriarch and him in mo xuanyu's body are all so different #i didn't know how to end it #so i ended it on jiang cheng being vaguely encouraging #bc this is mature adult jiang cheng who raised a kid #also editing was minimal sorry for any mistakesaksdfj #Anonymous #why was it only jin ling and sizhui? i dont know #that's just how it be #lets say Sizhui was busy helping Wangji and Zizhen was busy at his own sect #my fic

[words-writ-in-starlight]

Prompt: I feel bad for asking this but animal attack with wwx. I think you know what animal I'm talking about 🐶

Oh you’re a BASTARD, you can come sit by me.  Roughly based on a real thing I once saw a real live dumbass do.  For this H/C meme!

Wei Wuxian knows it’s ridiculous.  He does.  He’s a grown man, he fought in a war, he stood against the whole damn cultivation world with an army of the dead.  He should be past this.  He should be better than this.

He’s not.  He’s really, really not.

The kid doesn’t mean anything by it.  Fuck, he was raised by Jiang Cheng, he probably thinks that love looks like hitting below the belt.  

“Just get over yourself,” Jin Ling says without looking up from the papers he’s sorting through.  He looks tired--Wei Wuxian thought so when he first came to Koi Tower yesterday, and he knows Jin Ling worked late into the night.  He’d meant to help, today, for all Jin Ling’s skepticism--Wei Wuxian pointed out dryly that he was da-shixiong of a whole sect, once, and can probably handle scheduling patrols without trouble--but...

“A-Ling,” Wei Wuxian says, with his best pathetic smile, and it shakes something awful on his lips, “have some pity for this poor fragile senior, hey?”  He can’t--he can’t move, he’s pressed as far back against the wall as he can manage, behind the table Jin Ling pointed him to, and he can feel his hands shake, his breath rasp in his chest, and this would normally where he makes a performance out of it, makes a joke before anyone else can get there, but the stupid twist of hurt in his gut is making it...challenging.

“She’s harmless,” Jin Ling says.  He finally glances up, reaches out to scratch his dog’s ears with ink-stained fingers.  “See, look.  Fairy, open.”  He taps her muzzle with a finger and she opens her mouth--Wei Wuxian feels a lurch of blind terror, and can’t help blurting out a frantic “Don’t” when Jin Ling puts his hand fearlessly on top of all those sharp teeth.  Jin Ling rolls his eyes at him and takes his hand back, showing off the front and back as if to say see, all fine.

Wei Wuxian, actually, cannot see.  He’s pretty sure he’s about to gasp himself unconscious, actually.  Black dots speckle the edges of his vision, and there’s a roaring in his ears, and then, gods, and then Jin Ling is coming closer, and for some forsaken reason he is bringing the dog with him.

“Here,” Jin Ling says, and grabs Wei Wuxian by the wrist and drags his arm away from his chest.  And Wei Wuxian lets him, because if he tries to run, the shop owner will be angry, because if he fights back, he will hurt someone, because if he moves, he will never stop running.

He wishes Lan Zhan was here.

He thinks Jin Ling says “It’s fine, don’t be so dramatic,” but he can’t really hear him, he can only hear his own desperate breaths and a clutter of voices snarling out of the past and someone saying “Please, please, don’t, don’t--”

Fairy’s teeth are hard, cold points against his hand, pressure on the top and bottom of his palm, and--

Wei Wuxian’s self-control comes to a sudden, brutal end, and he yanks his hand back.

It’s not the dog’s fault--Wei Wuxian isn’t a fool, and he knows, he knows that holding still is the safest choice, he knows how dogs work, but he just can’t--he can’t do anything else.  And she’s well-trained, is the thing, with orders to hold his hand in her mouth, and he’s trying to get away, and--

He has a moment of clarity, as her teeth piece the skin and sink into the muscle of his palm, that he’s going to feel horribly guilty for this later.

Her teeth are gone almost as soon as the pain registers, and there’s chaos, rippling around him like standing in a gale wind, but Wei Wuxian has barely managed to pull his hand back into his chest before Jin Ling is in front of him with a frantic look on his face.

“I’m fine,” Wei Wuxian forces out, and tries for a smile.

“Wei-qianbei, you’re bleeding!” Jin Ling says, and oh, the kid must be really scared, he only gets civil with Wei Wuxian when something is terribly wrong.  “She didn’t mean to--someone get a doctor!”

“I’m fine,” Wei Wuxian repeats.  He blinks hard a few times, glances around the room, and Jin Ling must have send Fairy away at once, because there’s no sign of her save for the thundering of Wei Wuxian’s heart, and the teeth marks in his hand.  “I don’t need a doctor,” he says automatically, and forces himself to look at his hand.

It’s not so bad, really.  There’s one puncture where one of Fairy’s bottom teeth pierced the meat of his palm, below his thumb, and a matching one that seems to have glanced off the bone on top, with shallower indentations that don’t quite break skin.  But Wei Wuxian closes his shaking hand into a fist, ignores the burst of pain and the rush of blood and Jin Ling’s outraged squawk of fear, and his hand moves as smoothly as ever.

“Don’t do that, dajiu,” Jin Ling snarls, and grabs Wei Wuxian’s wrist again, hovers nervously over his fingers as if considering forcing them flat to get a better look at the injury.  “What if--I didn’t--why did you move?”

Wei Wuxian is--tired.  His hand is bright with pain, and his head aches, his chest heavy with the memory of old fear and new hurt, and he says, “You’ve spent too much time with Jiang Cheng.”  He musters what he thinks is a much better smile, because Jin Ling is kneeling in front of him and getting blood on his golden sleeve, with a scowl on his face and a trembling lip.  It’s a ridiculous amount of fuss over a scratched hand and an old fear.  “Hey, let me go, what am I, your prisoner?”

Jin Ling lets go like he’s been burned.  “I--I didn’t mean to--”

“It’s okay,” Wei Wuxian says, and his uninjured hand is still trembling but he reaches out anyway to stroke Jin Ling’s hair.  “It’s okay.  Don’t--don’t punish your dog, okay?  I just won’t--”

“I’ll put Fairy in the kennels when you come visit,” Jin Ling says, sharp and angry and definitely not leaning into Wei Wuxian’s hand.  “Don’t be stupid.  I shouldn’t have--come on.”  He shakes Wei Wuxian off and jumps to his feet, brushing at his robes irritably, and then he pulls Wei Wuxian upright with a kind of care that he would never admit to.  “I’ll get someone to look at your hand.”

“Okay, A-Ling,” Wei Wuxian says, and lets Jin Ling pull his uninjured arm over his shoulders, although he can feel long habit wrestling down the shaking and the sickness so that he stands steady on both feet.  “If you want.”

#the untamed #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jin ling #wei wuxian #starlight writes stuff #ask meme #fic meme #i did actually see someone try to pull this! except that the real life thing i saw was between two eleven-year-olds #and an adult saw what was happening and foresaw this EXACT outcome and interceded and lectured the dog owning child about it #jin ling has no malice in his heart! he doesn't mean to do harm here! he just doesn't have the emotional tools to handle this #because jiang cheng doesn't! and jgy didn't! and therefore no one taught this kid about how sometimes you change your behavior to protect o #*protect others #to jin ling making someone face their fear should fix everything! jiang cheng never had an emotion he didn't try to fight to the death! #so obviously this should be the same! #but it just doesn't really work like that and he's just not equipped for this turn of events #wwx is fine after some medical care and some very determined hovering from lwj and this is an informative learning experience for jl #other than the obvious guilt and emotional distress jl's biggest problem is that sizhui gives him Disappointed Eyes after hearing about it #a queue we will keep and our honor someday avenge #Anonymous #asked and answered

[wifiwuxians]

Hello could I get a ChengChao with a side of number 23 please?

coming right up!

from this post 

a kiss in relief

Not far from Lotus Pier was a small cliff overlooking an equally small arena littered with jagged rocks jutting out of the ground, some big, some small, all with just enough space between them to fit a person, even if some were cutting it fine. It was rumored to have once been some sort of agility training ground, long abandoned to be replaced by something far safer. Nowadays, young Jiang disciples took it on as a rite of passage.

When they weren’t intercepted by the Violet Spider, of course.

“With how long it took me to shake her off, you’d better not chicken out, little sun!” Wei Wuxian snickered while tugging on a flame-decorated sleeve.

“Please, as if. This is nothing!” The stubborn Wen was trembling like a leaf as he pretended to have no fear. He sniffled loudly, “But you go first.”

Jiang Cheng was right there. He couldn’t look like a coward in front of Jiang Cheng! Perhaps by having Wei Wuxian complete the course first, he could study his movements and have a better chance of staying on his sword until he reached the end. 

“Sure, I’ll show you both how it’s done,” Wei Wuxian replied without an ounce of humility. He hopped onto his sword with a flourish and looked down at his audience. “Watch and learn!”

“Just go already!” Jiang Cheng shooed him. The two had done this several times, so this would be nothing new to him. 

Wen Chao beside him, though, was hoping he would learn. 

Regrettably, it all happened far too fast. Wei Wuxian was a master of tight turns, not once looking like he was going to fall or collide with any obstacle. His confidence was enviable; nothing infuriated the mediocre quite like someone who boasted and had the skill to back it up. 

By the time Wei Wuxian made his way back up the cliff, Wen Chao was trembling even more. Though Wei Wuxian laughed at the sight, Jiang Cheng didn’t find this funny at all. 

“You don’t have to do it,” he assured his friend. Seeing him so afraid made him feel guilty for agreeing to come out here at all. He rubbed his shoulder soothingly and attempted to offer him a smile.

“I’ll do it!” Wen Chao squeaked, suddenly short of breath. “Just... You do it before me. Slower.”

Wei Wuxian made some gesture or another as Jiang Cheng complied, but Wen Chao was not at all focused on him, so he failed to register it. Where Wei Wuxian was confident, Jiang Cheng was cautious, taking his task of offering a proper demonstration very seriously. 

In Wen Chao’s eyes, he was the epitome of elegance and beauty, navigating the course like a gentle wave rolling to a calm shore. He couldn’t help but sigh dreamily as he watched him sway between the rocks. 

It was only once he was back at the top of the cliff that Wen Chao realized he’d absorbed practically nothing. His eyes had been focused on Jiang Cheng, but not at all on how he manoeuvred his sword. 

“I thought that would never end,” Wei Wuxian proclaimed in irritation. “Did you want to teach him or put him to sleep?”

“Shut up!” Jiang Cheng’s cheeks flushed slightly as he punched his brother’s arm. “Do you think you can take it on now?”

“Yes, absolutely!” Wen Chao rolled up his sleeves (which immediately rolled back down) and put his fists up. “I’m ready.”

He was fucked.

His footing was already the slightest bit unstable as he stepped onto his sword, which made Jiang Cheng nervous, but Wen Chao dipped off the edge of the cliff before he could say a word. 

It seemed like he was doing alright at first, to his credit- he steadied himself and took on the first set of rocks without much difficulty, emulating what little he’d gathered from Jiang Cheng’s demonstration. 

This success made him cocky, though, and since he had two people to impress, he decided to pick up the pace. He laughed in triumph as he zigzagged through a tight formation, but as he prepared himself for the next one, he flew too low to the ground. 

The tip of Wen Chao’s sword hit the dirt, catapulting him towards the pointed rocks. 

Jiang Cheng’s hand flew out to grip Wei Wuxian’s robes as a panicked yelp rang out. 

It was fascinating, in retrospect, how Wen Chao’s body curled like a pill bug midair, attempting to protect himself from the inevitable impact. It was even more fascinating how this move prevented him from hitting a single rock, instead coming to collide head-first with the ground. 

“Shit!” Wei Wuxian reached for his sword, but Jiang Cheng was already zipping down to help his fallen friend. 

All his previous grace was abandoned in favor of speed, which nearly caused him to suffer the same fate as Wen Chao. He jumped off his sword as soon as he was close enough, running the rest of the way to join the boy who was shakily pushing himself up. He could already make out the faintest traces of blood from the scratches his face had sustained. 

“Are you alright!? We shouldn’t have come here, it was a stupid idea, the whole concept of proving yourself is bullshit, I-” Jiang Cheng wasn’t sure he’d ever spoken this much or this quickly. “I thought you were going to hit the rocks, how did you curl up like that?”

“I’m fine,” Wen Chao nodded his head slowly. He stood up and dusted himself off, looking over at Jiang Cheng, who was blurry and shaking. He was the most beautiful guy he’d ever seen. “I been through worse.”

“I- you been?” Jiang Cheng furrowed his brow. “You’re concussed! And you’re all scuffed up, as soon as we get back I’ll tell mom it was my fault...”

“Worth it!” Wen Chao chuckled, turning to Wei Wuxian to wave at him as he asked about his wellbeing from the top of the cliff. “Did I pass?”

“Who cares!? Did you pass, what a dumb question, you’re so dumb, how did I ever become friends with such a huge dumbass?” Jiang Cheng took Wen Chao’s face in his hands, even as he berated him, and kissed his forehead out of sheer joy that he was still alive. 

He quickly jumped back and cleared his throat as Wei Wuxian cheered and laughed from his safe spot far away. He’d deal with that later; right now he had to focus on how to get the redness of his face to go down.

And, evidently, on how to get an unconscious Wen Chao back home safely. At the very least he’d passed out smiling. 

#the nature of chengchao is creating like 23234234 timelines i guess #chengchao #kiss prompt #ill be real when wen chao eats shit in the donghua and slides along the floor is my favorite moment in cinematic history #no readmore it fucks up with asks #Anonymous #long post

[somepinkthing]

The Untamed is honestly better than I expected! Like I really enjoy it. I 100% do not consider it within the same universe as the novel/audio dramas/manhua happened (just like how I treat the doghua as a seperate entity too). But I like it! It embellishes a lot of the story and does its own thing in a pretty fun way! And I like how we get to see more of our favorite characters. I only have a few major problems with it mostly because I'm picky about my characters

I see it mentioned a lot but.... I just cannot get as into this 'uwu actually did nothing wrong' version of wei wuxian. His disastrous actions and his managing the fallout? That was a huge part of his appeal! I still love this version of him, he's too funny but just.... less? If that makes sense?

Xue yang inventing demonic cultivation. Listen, if that little shit invented demonic cultivation, everyone would be dead already so write that down

All the issues in the world being either WRH or JGY's fault

Nie huaisang right at the end. Like they treat it like ofc NHS had this perfectly thought out and he HID the pills. Whereas in the book he handed the pills over, probably looked JGY in the eye, and was like yeah no I can't do this he's gotta die after all in that split second. Which is the mood for a lot of his choices in the novel!verse

And, characterization aside, that act revealed his secret to us too soon and too blatantly imo! The shock factor, the degree of mystery, the knowledge that even with a plotter so many things that happened probably happened just because! They did that for a lot of the other mysteries too and make WWX a mich more reliable narrator than he actually was. It makes sense bacause, as a TV show, they can do more flashbacks but like. The mystery.... that was part of the appeal for me! The feeling that we don't know so much about the situation and hey maybe it really doesn't matter anymore

That scene? Where WWX asks if nie huaisang wants to be chief cultivator? It just doesn't make any sense? When did you think that? And also we know why he did it. The novel didn't ever explicitly say but through the flashbacks and the subtle hints of NHS's relationship with his brother.... we already knew. And we got to see MORE of the nie bros here (which I love) so we 100% know why he did it. The scene feels like they wanted NHS to be more of a "genius plotter" than he was portrayed as in the novel. Which is fine but also.... build up to that then? Even with his being shown as slightly more calculated in this AU, we don't get the feeling that he's terribly ambitious or likes leadership. So the scene just doesn't fit

Lan wangji becoming chief cultivator. I'm sorry it just... isn't in line with him at all

Jiang cheng actually stabbing WWX instead of the drama and the heartache of him making his own zombies eat him alive. Which ties back into them making WWX the victim 100% of the way

Similarly, JZX dying because of JGY and su she

They somehow made JC less desperately angry. Which is largely fine but sometimes I missed the JC that frothed at the mouth

There are other things changed too but. Like I said, all in all I really do like the show! And I'm honestly glad they chose to do their own thing because we already have the novel and the manhua and the audio drama existing within the same universe (minor changes but nothing big) so it was fun to have the story changed up. But I'm nitpicky lol

Also I didn't mention wangxian not being canon because we all know why they couldn't include that. But they got the Dumbass Pining mood down to a T so thats enough for me

#wei wuxian #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie huaisang #lan wangji #jiang wanyin #jiang cheng #wei ying #lan zhan #xue yang #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #cql #chen qing ling #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #gdc #founder of diabloism #review #the untamed review #meng yao #wwx #lwj #jgy #nhs #xy #meta #mdzs meta

[sixstepsaway]

okay okay this is the anon from before about the patronizing fic comments and I need to like write an essay which will be mostly me having very few coherent things to say and just quoting things then screeching about them like a dying whale so YOUR LAN ZHAN IS FUCKING MAGNIFICENT AND I LOVE HIM. god I think I’ve written 70k worth of fic so far for this fandom and NONE of it from Lan Zhan’s POV because it’s fucking HARD and anyone who doesn’t think it is probably isn’t doing it right 1/

and Wei Wuxian assuming Lan Zhan had been married to someone else, you’re like this man is a total and complete dumbass but it’s also like, this is EXACTLY what Wei Wuxian is like god help Lan Zhan. can I also? it totally doesn’t surprise me that he doesn’t remember the chickens (and boy, do I have a dissertation or two about trauma + memory issues) but Lan Zhan is so PATIENT about this I am in awe 2/

“Then you coped with a terrible situation by tricking yourself into thinking it was your choice,” Lan Wangji says. “You did not consent.” can I just scream about this for a year because I literally have said this to a dozen clients in my life but never this SUCCINCTLY like you put into a dozen words something I’ve always needed 50 to say and I am just 3/

“Is my hand not real?” Wei Wuxian spit out his food and I dribbled coffee all over my front (this is 100% your fault btw), and the whole thing with teasing Lan Zhan and accusing him of thinking about rabbits, I died. “No,” Lan Wangji says and meets his eyes. “You fucked me.” and cue me having to stand up and walk circles around my room going oh my god oh my GOD and THEN Lan Zhan makes him soup and I just need a year to cry over here in the corner, it’s fine, I don’t need my heart today 4/

in short this is the greatest thing I've read in a long while and i fucking THANK YOU 5/

(whispers) why are you thanking me when you just wrote the greatest thing i’ve read in a while

Seriously, these messages mean so much to me!! I’m going to break it down a little to reply.

Lan Zhan’s voice: I find him... he’s either easy as hell or the hardest thing in the world. I identify quite a lot with him, so sometimes it’s easy to get in his head, but other times it just passes me by and it’s very difficult to figure out what on earth he could be saying - or thinking. I also find his speaking voice difficult, because he doesn’t use it much, and when he does I’m always worried I’m having him talk too much? But he does talk to Wei Wuxian, so I just let it happen.

Wei Wuxian being a dumbass: yes. When I was watching the show (and this is the premise I’m running on in this fic. I know it’s not canon in the books, but I’m going with Show and my own headcanons), when I reached the cave scene (with the tortoise), I was ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED of two things: 

Lan Wangji knows full well that he is Married To Wei Wuxian and has absolutely no idea how he feels about it besides “well, I’ll be faithful and it’s A Marriage” and doesn’t have a clue what Wei Wuxian feels about him either. 

Wei Wuxian knows well well that he is Head Over Fucking Heels for this man but has no idea they’re married nor that he might feel the same. 

When I reached the present time and the episode where they were hiding behind the hay bale and Wei Wuxian was still completely oblivious about the song, I was sure of three things:

Lan Wangji knows full well that he is Married To Wei Wuxian and is In Love With This Dumb Gremlin, and has no idea how Wei Wuxian feels in return. 

Wei Wuxian knows full well he’s still Head Over Fucking Heels for Lan Wangji but thinks after all this time they’re just Really Good Friends and has no idea they’re married.

They still have not kissed.

Also! It makes sense to me that he wouldn’t remember offering Lan Wangji a piggyback because that was right around the most traumatic time of his life (so far, oh my god, my poor baby) what with the fact he’d not long come out of the dungeon with the dog and would then get dropped off his first cliff and fight a tortoise. I imagine most of that whole time is just a blur. 

The consent line: Okay, so, full disclosure: I have multiple friends who have PTSD, and I (willingly, happily) spend a lot of time soothing them when that PTSD plays up. I also have - without going too far into detail - my own trauma due to long-standing emotional and verbal abuse in a toxic household growing up (and now, too). A lot of the conversation between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian draws from those experiences, and although I’ve never had the exact, “Then you coped with a terrible situation by tricking yourself into thinking it was your choice. You did not consent,” conversation about sexual assault, I’ve definitely had ones that’re pretty damn close (and received similar ones). 

If it helps at all, feel free to use those succinct lines with clients if you want! 

The hand: YEAH I WAS PRETTY PROUD OF THAT ONE. Did you actually walk circles around your room? omg. if you did that’s a huge compliment and i will die happy from it. 

The soup: I HAD NO IDEA WHERE THIS WAS GOING UNTIL I WROTE IT AND I WAS LIKE YES YES YES YES THIS YES idk it just seemed to work, you know?

Thank you so so much for the essay, omg. ♥♥♥

#Anonymous

[tonyglowheart]

In terms of who fell in love when, my interpretation/headcanon is:

Lan Zhan fell in love when they released the lanterns together and he heard Wei Ying’s promise (which he also swore in his heart). The wrapping headband is his equivalent of a crush, I guess. (My thing is, e.g. like the way it was illustrated with his mother, Lan Wangji’s convictions run strong and deep; if he’s committed to someone he’s committed to them. i.e. why he seems to go from 0 to 60 in .2 seconds flat. I think someone else sort of made this point in that gifset with the different types of love, but I think Lan Zhan really does embody agape). But I think after he lost Wei Ying that first time, is when we really start seeing him yearn, it’s a “in hindsight I realized that’s when I fell” moment

The way his love manifests is different between then and WY’s death, vs after he comes back though. Before he tried to offer the support he thought best, which, though not his fault since he wasn’t acting with all of the information, was not what Wei Ying wanted. Whereas afterwards, you see him supporting Wei Ying no matter what. Before he couldn’t commit to saying he trusted Wei Ying, and I think that’s the heart of what he regrets in saying he didn’t “stand” with Wei Ying in Nightless City. Bc looking at it, I kind of think “literally to everyone but you - and this includes Wei Ying - you DID stand with him? That’s why you got punished and censured.” But the big hanging thread there is all of the times Wei Ying asked him if he trusted him, and Lan Zhan could never quite answer unequivocally in the positive.

Wei Wuxian was in, like, crush-precursor through a lot of the Gusu lectures, had a full-crush on him/started falling in love with him by the time they were in QishanWen with the other direct disciples (because this is when he really starts, just, gravitating towards Lan Zhan; before that he was kind of like O_o? when other ppl brought it up, like in Tanzhou with the flower petals and NHS is like “wrow” and he gives NHS a weird look?).

He was definitely full-on in love with Lan Zhan by the time he fled with the Wen Clan remnants and he was like “if I do finally have to fight them (the rest of the cultivation world), then I’d rather have a life-or-death match with you. If I have to die.. then I would have it that I die by your Hanguang-Jun’s hand.” And also when he calls out to Lan Zhan when A-Yuan is clinging to his leg? the longest corniest slo-mo-est pan/zoom-est Wuji-playing-in-the-background-est love montage between these two. Classic romance film tropes. But also because WWX just has so much sheer Big Dumbass Energy and also for personal baggage reasons, I think he maybe never really, like, sat down with himself and the thought of “Hm. I love him.”

I think the moment I’d say he full-on faced or realized the fact that he was in love with Lan Zhan, and embraced it (like let himself embrace it, since I think a lot of their relationship is built on trust and the reciprocation of such, trust is such a huge theme going on in the past-arc) until Jinlin Tower, when Lan Zhan was willing to stand against the whole of the cultivation world with him, showing literally to the whole world just how much Lan Zhan trusted him, quoting back his line about walking down the single-log bridge, and in the face of that much all-encompassing love and trust, what can you do? but start letting yourself really love him back?

#the untamed #mdzs #wangxian #i have a lot i want to say about trust between these two also #i think wwx has a lot of baggage around people he loves leaving him. and how so far no one really ended up standing by him #you see this reflection when they get back to gusu after the jinlin tai reveal and when he's reflecting on it #and he says having gained/earned one zhiji (''soulmate'') in this life.. is enough #also want to say: i don't think lan zhan was wrong to doubt wy. i think we do kind of see that... it was an icarus move #to dabble with yin energies in whatever form. i mean some of what led to wy's downfall was external for sure. but it was precarious > #by nature. sort of like the single-log bridge analogy. maybe - as lxc said - if the world only had wwx his one person.. he could have done i #but because the world is populated with people and they all have their opinions - and agendas.... - he ended up fighting a losing battle #mine #mxtx

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

Terrible sense of direction

@ladysunami

😇🌿🧚 Angel (or heavenly spirit) Lan Zhan meets fae (or nature spirit) Wei Ying and is smitten. Up to you how the upright Lan Zhan ended up in the fae wilds.

Lan Wangji is not lost. He is not lost, shut up. He knows exactly where he is.

Kind of.

Anyway, he isn't lost, he absolutely intends to be here! ...in this big, dense forest that doesn't have a marked pathway anymore...

Okay, fine, he is lost. Whatever. It's not his fault his brother is terrible at giving directions! And it's also not his fault that Lan Xichen's flown off who knows where surrounded by nymphs after, not even waiting to see if Lan Wangji had any questions.

Shameless! They're not even supposed to - to - mingle with others like that! They're on official duty! And no, whatever Lan Xichen is doing with those nymphs is none of that. Lan Wangji is old enough to know what his brother means with "discussing private matters with our allies" and it doesn't involve talking!

So, here Lan Wangji is, in the middle of nowhere, lost like a dumbass. The whole Hanguang-Jun, lost. Ridiculous! Lan Wangji is angry and he's lost and he's going to take all that out on-

"Hey! Hey! You've cut off enough of my trees!" A voice comes seemingly from among the leaves, materializing into a beautiful man in flowing, dark robes. "I don't know what your deal is, but stop destroying my house!"

Lan Wangji is too pissed off to notice this man is, one, a fae. Two, incredibly hot. Three, showing too much cleavage.

He doesn't notice any of that, quiet!

"So?" The man continues, eyes crossed over his bare, shining, muscular - focus, Lan Wangji - chest, "Why are you here doing all this lumberjack business with a spiritual sword? Are you guys up in the Air Kingdom running out of jobs or something?"

Lan Wangji glares. He isn't going to laugh, that wasn't funny. It was not.

"I am on official business."

"Then you're very lost because we don't do that here."

"What do you mean? There is no-"

The forest spirit shifts his weight from one leg to the other, suddenly on guard. "We're, um, unaffiliated."

"Unaff..." realization and horror pass Lan Wangji's features consecutively. "Am I in the-"

"The Burial Forests, yes."

"Which means you're..."

The forest spirit smiles, eyes glinting red. "The Yiling Laozu."

The forest suddenly feels darker, sunlight now hidden by rows upon rows of thick leaves as dark smoke floats from deep within the ground, the Yiling Laozu's eyes shining ominously in the dark.

"You've heard what happens to those that cross my territory." A smile. "I'll send my regards to the Air Kingdom once I'm done with you."

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Extra:

Lan Wangji sighs, contently, eyes opening to the breaking dawn. Wei Wuxian groans into his chest, poking his chest only a bit too hard.

"You're terrible! What happened with letting me be scary and take control? Now I won't be able to move for days! I have a night hunt coming up, Lan Zhan!"

"You initiated this in the first place. Should have expected it."

"Evil! Hanguang-Jun is evil!"

Lan Wangji laughs, "Mn. Very."

"Anyway, as punishment for tricking me, you get to return the incense burner to the forbidden library."

Lan Wangji's face falls. That is a horrible punishment. "Wei Ying..."

"None of that!

He lets his voice drop lower, "A-Ying..."

"Quiet! You think you can just A-Ying me and I'll limp into the library in front of your uncle to bring back the damn thing?! No way!"

Lan Wangji kisses him, sweetly and manipulatively. "Please?"

"...fine."

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #writing attempts

[naanima]

The Untamed /陈情令/Chen Qing Ling Spoilers

It has been 84 years since I last updated.

I started watching The Untamed (陈情令/Chen Qing Ling) sometime in the past few days.

Time is an abstract concept at this point. I have had little sleep, screeching on discord, and too much social contact.

I went into this expecting dumpster trashfire level of entertainment. But holy fuck it is legit good.

I'm so stunned, a BL live adaptation with a good script, good production design and sets, a really great BGM that actually enhance a scene rather than being intrusive. I also really love the cinematography. A decent to good ensemble cast, and main leads that have chemistry. And OMFG, the TIGHT PACING. Holy fuck, a BL c-drama that has amazing tight pacing. The latter half was so fucking addictive, tight, and just so good.

The negative: the way they shot the fight sequences were fucking horrible. In the long shots you see how cool the fight choreography were but THEN ULTRA CLOSE UP AND YOU SEE SHIT ALL. For a xianxia genera this was extra frustrating.

The use of whatever filter that made the whole show look cold and blue. Urgh.

And now I have to talk about the two leads; the drama made me like Wei Wuxian, I went in basically going Xiao Zhan is cute, at least this trashfire show will have eyecandy. I really really disliked WWX in the book (I also found the book to be so bad) but the drama MADE ME LIKE WWX WHO IS NOT A FUCKING DUMBASS. I want good things for wwx. What a fucking surprise.

Now to Lan Wangji... so I found the screen caps and vids of LWJ to be so ugly. His face is just too much, his eyes droopy, and his STEAM BUN CHEEKS IS SO URGH. And now I'm basically, I WILL LOVE YOU, YOU LOVE FILLED FOOL, BUT I CANNOT UNSEE YOUR STEAM BUN CHEEKS. We all must accept the faults and imperfections. I still AGONISE about his face. But fuck, I adore lwj, who thought he could be a real person as opposed to the book version of him - a paper cut-out BL top with a penis. I did not give a shit for him at all, but OMFG!!! LWJ IS GREATO!

I basically want all the fics about lwj being treated well, or being gang/banged, whichever one happens is good for me!

This is a really good live action adaptation of a BL novel and it makes me have hope for the future of this genera. As a person who disliked the book because it was so juvenile in its main leads - I wanted to bash wwx's head in and found lwj forever boring.

I know there are people who hated it because of the acting, and I have to say each their own I suppose. There were definitely issues with overacting and it was at times obvious that both wyb and xz didn't have the necessary tools to pull off certain emotions. But they both have really good instincts in regards to posture and emoting. I'm very exited at the potential I see in them. To me their acting wasn't any worse than most of the young actors in Chinese dramas barring the exceptional few (Liu Haoran).

But fuck, lwj can have my heart.

I found myself like most of the ensemble cast from the young kids (Jinyi the little shit) to Lan Xichen (dude deserves so much better). But fuck, I find a lot of my heart hurting for Jiang Cheng.

And When Ning made me laugh so hard.

Oh yeah, I fucking hate Xue Yang, I have no sympathy for him. He should have been strangled at birth. Xiao Xing Chen deserved fucking better, do did Song Lan.

Also, fuck Jin Guangyao. Just fuck him. I get why he did it, but just fuck him.

The last stretch of episodes was so tight and so addictive. It was one giant fucked therapy session.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed the series. It had no right to be as good as it is. Look, it ain't the best drama series and it sure ain't gonna win awards, and it is not flawless. But, what it is is an actual good adaptation of a book, a BL xianxia book at that. And I hope BL live action in the future look at this - take the good and change the bad (those fucking wigs. Urgh.).

I'm also noodling fic ideas.

But also send me fics where lwj gets banged by wwx or others. I'm good with either... Or both.

#the untamed #cql #chen qing ling #陈情令 #the untamed 陈情令 #cdrama #c-drama #spoilers #cql spoilers

[clarespace]

wangxian week 2019: day 6, misunderstandings

also crack lmao

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When the first reports of zombie attacks flashed on TV, Jiang Cheng immediately called Wei WuXian and shouted, ‘Is this your doing, you piece of shit?’

‘...Jiang WanYin.’

There was already a headache building behind his eyes. ‘...HanGuang-Jun, sorry for waking you up. Can you give the phone to Wei WuXian?’ After a grudging pause, he added, ‘Please.’

‘I don’t like your tone,’ said Lan WangJi, then turned and whispered into Wei WuXian without bothering to cover up the phone. Jiang Cheng could hear his brother’s whining in the background and Lan WangJi coaxing him awake with Lan WangJi Noises™️ . They never change, he thought bitterly, but deep down in his heart there was a current of fondness that would remain acknowledged for as long as he was alive. Considering they had achieved the highest level of cultivation and were immortals who had been on this planet for thousands of years, Wei WuXian was never going to know that his brother approved of his relationship with Lan WangJi.

I mean, he really can’t be that dumb not to know after all this time, Jiang Cheng thought as he raised the volume to hear the reporter shakily describe the scene in downtown Manhattan. He was cut short when a hollow-eyed woman jumped on his back and took a large chunk out of his neck, the video feed fading away to just the sound of screaming and flesh being torn. Jiang Cheng curled his fist and tapped Zidian against his lips.

‘Hullo?’ a grumpy, sleepy voice finally said. ‘Do you know what time it is in London?’

‘Shut up, is this your fault? Have you fucked up again?’

‘What the bloody hell are you talking about?’

‘Turn on the news, dumbass. And I’ve told you to drop the fake accent, it’s disturbing.’

‘Ugh, why don’t you just tell me — Lan Zhan, babe, can you turn on — oh, thanks, I love you — holy shit, are those fierce corpses?’

‘Looks like it,’ said Jiang Cheng grimly.

Wei WuXian sucked in a sharp breath. ‘I haven’t seen one in, what, a thousand years? Wait, they don’t look like the usual the fierce corpses, though. Fuck, are the mortals — ’

‘They’re becoming fierce corpses themselves,’ said Lan WangJi, closer than Jiang Cheng expected (or not, considering the two lovebirds still couldn’t keep their hands off each other, assholes). ‘Wei Ying — ’

‘I didn’t do this! I haven’t practised demonic cultivation in forever! Well, okay, not the corpses part but that’s the part that’s happening now!’

‘I’m not accusing you,’ said Lan WangJi in his expressionless voice which probably held a dozen emotions perceptible only to Wei WuXian, ‘but asking if you can sense any resentful energy from them.’

‘You can sense that from the TV?’

There was a sound of a kiss and Wei WuXian mumbling, ‘Sorry, Lan Zhan, I didn’t mean to think you think I did this.’ Ugh, gross, it was like hearing your parents have sex. Directly to the phone, Wei WuXian said, ‘Yeah, sort of. It’s not really sense more than see, though. It’s still energy, right? That’s why people claim to see weird auras and lights in their photos and videos. It’s basically the resentful energy of the dead, but this is something different.’ Wei WuXian made a distressed noise from whatever it was he was seeing. Jiang Cheng couldn’t blame him. The last time they’d seen this much pointless death and violence was during World War II.

Wei WuXian let out a long breath. ‘Lan Zhan,’ he said.

‘Mm.’

‘Yeah, I agree.

‘Mm.’

‘OK. Good idea. I’ll get our swords.’

‘Mm.’

‘Fuck, you’re right. I’ll leave a message so they don’t worry. Hey, Jiang Cheng.’

Jiang Cheng, whose eyebrows were twitching as he listened to the weird method of communication between his brother and his husband, grunted to show he was listening.

Hurried footsteps from the other line. A door slamming. ‘Where are you again?’

‘New Zealand.’

‘Damn, the travel is twice as long. Lan Zhan and I will go first and we’ll meet up with you when you get there. Lan Zhan’s calling his brother now.’

Jiang Cheng modded even though Wei WuXian couldn’t see him. ‘Right. We have to stop this. I’ll call the others, too. Don’t fly on your sword, dumbass. It’s too far without any stops in between. Plus, their military will shoot you on sight.’

‘I know that,’ muttered Wei WuXian.

Jiang Cheng waited.

‘Lan Zhan already told me no.’

‘You’re lucky you married up,’ snarked Jiang Cheng. He was already on his feet, calling for his sword and looking for his passport. They still hadn’t hung up. ‘Wei WuXian.’

‘What?’

‘Be careful out there. We don’t know what effect these creatures will have on us.’

‘You know me, I always make sure to have Lan Zhan nearby to stop me from doing anything stupid. You too, by the way. And Jiang Cheng, I honestly had no part in this.’

It was a long (long, long) ago wound that had healed, scabbed over and been completely forgiven. Jiang Cheng just couldn’t resist teasing him, though. The cruelty had been left behind three hundred years after it had happened, anyway. It was the way they showed their love for each other without getting too mushy. Jiang Cheng hated stuff like that and would definitely punch Wei WuXian if he tried it with him.

‘I know, you idiot.’

‘Just checking because you’re quite gullible, you know.’

‘Who are you calling gullible?’

‘Let’s see: his name is Jiang Cheng, courtesy name Jiang WanYin, and he’s still single — ’

‘Right, hanging up now. Bye, asshole.’

Wei WuXian snorted. ‘Bye, asshole.’

Before Jiang Cheng could end the call, he heard Wei WuXian shout, ‘Lan Zhan, do you still have our zombie apocalypse emergency bag? I know I was joking when we prepared it but — ’

Snorting, Jiang Cheng tossed his phone on the bed. Right now, there was an unspeakable horror demolishing through New York and Wei WuXian was still talking shit. He would probably still talk shit in the thick of battle with Lan WangJi as the silent condoner beside him.

The good things in life never really changed, after all.

#wangxianweek2019 #wangxian #jiang cheng #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic cultivation