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thesilversun · 2 years
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Part three now posted.
Part 4 on Thursday (28th), part 5 on Saturday (30th) and the 6th (final part) on Sunday 1st May.
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least-carpet · 9 months
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jiang cheng ships by whether they're about wei wuxian or not
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our boy wwx's protagonist halo is more like a gravitational field in his effect on jc's emotional development. he probably didn't, like, invent jiang cheng's abandonment issues, but he certainly made them worse! so here are jiang cheng ships grouped by whether or not they're actually about wei wuxian. the ones in the middle could go either way.
definitely about wei wuxian:
chengxian: obvious. wei wuxian is literally there.
zhancheng: obvious. they're both obsessed with wei wuxian.
ningcheng: obvious. they're both wei wuxian's horrible/beloved science experiments/little brothers and neither of them are normal about it. to be fair, wei wuxian is also not normal about it, thus the science experiments.
definitely not about wei wuxian:
mingcheng: I think this is more about theoretical temperamental compatibility and letting jiang cheng date a hot male authority figure who at least kind of approves of him.
sangcheng: I think this is in some ways often about giving jiang cheng a human who is *not* obsessed with wei wuxian. like, give jiang cheng his own bf who can be into him on his own merits.
chengyao: they're coworkers! they're inadvertent coparents! they're both wildly competent and also incredibly bitchy if the situation calls for it! if anything this is about jin ling instead.
chengyi: I don't know what this is about other than getting jiang cheng a boytoy. I don't rightly know that he would want one of those but why not! get down with your bad selves!
could go either way, Schrödinger's wei wuxian:
chengqing: this one I wasn't sure about because actually a lot of writers are pretty careful to make chengqing actually about them but wei wuxian got up in there with great determination and made that threesome happen (wen qing's hands, wei wuxian and jiang cheng's holes... surgical holes... I regret this already). hard to totally extract him from the dynamic after that. the wei wuxian must be contended with. depends on when in the timeline it happens and what canon you're working from, since cql made it canon pre-surgery.
xicheng: this is less likely to explicitly be about wei wuxian and more likely to be structurally about wei wuxian. not only does it make them match (twin prides dating the twin jades) but the brothers-dating-brothers situation ties them tightly to wangxian from multiple directions. in other words, if it's about wei wuxian it's because it sort of re-joins them as family through a different method. if he's not your "real" brother, becoming an in-law is fine?
disclaimer: I acknowledge it is possible to, for example, write a zhancheng fic which is not about wei wuxian, I'm not saying you can't! through the power of AU all things are possible, etc. but you have to actively remove him from the dynamic, because canon embeds him there very deeply, vs. something like chengyao, where they have a totally separate relationship (via jin ling- and their working relationship).
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wangxianficfinder · 4 months
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Canon Divergence pt.2 (general) (pt.1)
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The Scarlet Lotus by rainbowninja167 (M, 137k, WangXian, Marriage of Convenience, Secret Identity, Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Canon-Typical Violence, canon-typical war crimes, Yunmeng Bros, the mortifying ordeal of getting seduced by your own husband, nonlinear chronology we die like cql, just kidding nobody dies in this fic, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Miscommunication)
stay, fury, your wrist wrapped in silk by spookykingdomstarlight (E, 228k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, YLLZ LWJ, LWJ loses his golden core, yiling wei sect, Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Temporary Character Death, War Crimes, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Revenge, temporary impotence, growing intimacy)
I Know How Those in Exile Feed on Dreams of Hope by rabbit_habits, saltedpin (E, 474k, WangXian, NieLan, XuanLi, ChengQing, Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Canon-Typical Violence, Presumed Dead, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Political Marriages, Ensemble Cast, minor non-canonical character death, 3zun | Venerated Triad Dynamics, the dynamics are 'UST', Canonical Character Death)
Hand in Hand Together (All Your Life) by sami (T, 41k, WZL/JC, WangXian, Queerplatonic relationship, Implied future MingLi, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Healing, Slow Burn)
The Dreams of Youth by sami (E, 85k, WangXian, YZY/TLJ, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Fix-It, Family, Not Lan Sect Friendly, Bad Dads, good dads, JFM's A+ parenting, Qingheng-Jun's F- Existence, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Sort Of, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Explicit Sexual Content, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Some People Live/Not Everyone Dies, Canonical Character Death)
An Elegant Solution by giraffeter (E, 205k, niewangxian, canon divergence, arranged marriage, friends to lovers, fix-it, everyone lives au, courtship, polyamory, smut)
🧡 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 742k, WangXian, WIP, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Feelings Realization, Getting Together, Sexual Tension, Supportive LQR, Light Angst, Internalized Homophobia, Period-Typical Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, WWX learns about his parents, First Dates, First Kiss, First Time, LWJ is confused, Then he is 100 percent on board, Kink Discovery, Kink Exploration, Bisexual WWX, Dual Cultivation, Slow Burn, Fix-It of Sorts, Not JFM friendly, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Fluff and Angst, Blood and Gore, Supportive LXC, Protective LXC, Canon Divergence, Inventor WWX, Eventual Smut, Possessive LWJ, Genius WWX, Cultivation Sect Politics, Scheming NHS, Cultivation Discussion Conferences, Pre-Sunshot Campaign, Minor Character Death, NHS gets himself a beard (not the facial kind), POV WWX, Fluff and Smut, Burning of the Cloud Recesses)
🔒Instead by apathyinreverie (T, 27k, wangxian, fix-it, darker gusu lan, manipulative elders, but in a good way?, golden core transfer fix-it of sorts, not Jiang friendly, or anyone friendly, except wangxian, cultivation world critical, fluff, sunshot, politics, courting rituals, genius WWX, no demonic cultivation, talismans, possessive LWJ, protective LWJ, WIP)
no step had trodden black by Stratisphyre (T, 32k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Madam Lan lives, Past Rape, Golden Core Reveal, Hurt/Comfort, References to Attempted Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts, Canon-Typical Violence)
to hell and back for you by blumeraki (G, 5k, WangXian, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Canon Universe, Protective WWX, Protective LWJ, Everything Hurts, Implied/Referenced Torture, Hurt WWX, Hurt LWJ, Branding Iron, Whipping, discipline whip, jc saves the day, Canon Divergence)
these colours fade for you only by doodlebutt (T, 36k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Everybody Lives, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, ...eventually, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, bed sharing, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Sunshot Campaign)
🔒 Blossoming flowers in a full moon - 花好月圆 by ThisIsWhereTheMagicHappens (T, 64k, wangxian, canon divergence, happy ending, fix-it of sorts, wangxian cuddle to immortarility)
🔒🧡 rain falls and soaks into the earth series by RoseThorne (T, 53k, WangXian, WIP, Near Death Experience, Attempt Drowning, Madam Yu Bashing, Recovery, No war AU)
Ties series by WithBroomBefore (M, 15k, NMJ/WQ, wangxian, canon divergence, fix-it, not everyone dies au, family feels, no golden core transfer, sect leader JYL, canon typical violence, sick fic, trans NMJ, sunshot campaign, WQ pov, happy ending)
🧡 Company by WithBroomBefore (T, 29k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, POV LWJ, Fix-It, Pre-Canon, at least to start, WWX goes to Cloud Recesses, But Not In The Usual Way, fear of character death, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Light Angst, good teacher LQR, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, brief discussion of past minor character suicide, Kitten, Not YZY Friendly)
The Devil That You Forgot by pottedplnt (Not Rated, 20k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, BAMF WWX, YLLZ WWX, Rogue Cultivator WWX, WWX Isn't Adopted by the Jiāngs, Angst, Sentient Burial Mounds, Demonic Cultivation, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sunshot Campaign, Chronic Pain, JFM and YZY Bashing, Bad Parent YZY, Jiāng Family Bashing)
To Ride A Stygian Tiger by Madyamisam for Duochanfan (M, 111k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time travel, Angst with a happy ending, BAMF WWX, Dark LWJ, Slow burn, Family Feels, Misunderstandings)
Those Who Defy by qurbat (G, 31k, wangxian, LWJ & LSZ & WWX, canon divergence, found family, everyone who matter lives au, justice for wen remnants, WIP)
Cultivating immortality by KizuKatana (E, 231k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Mutual Pining, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, unreliable narrator, Found Family, First Time, novel canon relationship dynamics)
🧡 a paper friend by soft_wanning (G, 4k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fluff, Paperman!WWX, Identity Porn, Meet-Cute, Different First Meeting)
❤️ By Any Other Name by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 31k, Wangxian, Canon Divergence, Crossdressing, Misunderstandings, Identity Porn, Identity reveal)
Heart of the Beast by WaitForTheSnitch (E, 386k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Protective NMJ & NHS, Soft NMJ, Pining LWJ)
A Good Placement by madwriter223 (T, 12k, wangxian, Canon Divergence, What if YZY had been the one to find WWX AU, Emotional Manipulation, Lies, Street Child WWX, Fluff and Angst, OOC but YZY is doing that on purpose, Found Family, itty bitty Wangxian, Bittersweet Ending)
Until The End by abCEE (M, 365k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, war changes people resulting to OOC, no Pining, Established Relationship, wangxian are married and have a son, Mpreg, Good Uncle LQR, a little grey LWJ, a bit of JC bashing from LWJ, BAMF JYL, 16 years of yearning, mainly CQL verse but has scenes from the novel as well, LSZ is WangXian's Child, WWX Has a New Golden Core, Canonical Character Death -WWX, Canon Rewrite, Happy Ending, Fix-It of Sorts)
🔒❤️ shades of grey by cl410 (M, 58k, nielan, wangxian, Hurt/Comfort, Accidental Sibling Acquisition, Single Dad NMJ, NHS & WWX Friendship, Fluff, Humor, Happy Ending, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Protective NMJ, Some angst, Blood and Injury, Kidnapping, Protective Siblings, Found Family)
🔒Dear Fellow Traveler by Netrixie (Not Rated, 13k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alive WWX parents, immortal BSSR and family being rogue cultivators together, meet cute, travel partners falling in love, Flirting, Yearning, Sharing a Bed, Fluff, Sweet, good parental figures only, Pre-Relationship, Getting Together)
🧡 close your eyes, feel my heartbeat by ThatDesiGirl (T, 11k, WangXian, blind!WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rewriting Canon, not a fix-it but a what-if, Golden Core Transfer)
🧡 Resplendence by FrozenMarVel (E, 166k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, CS Lives, Different first meeting, Fluff, Crossdressing, Love at first sight, Fix-it of sorts)
🔒Wújī by FairyTaleDreams (M, 55k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, WCZ & CS Lives, Rouge cultivator WWX)
you can have the best of me, baby by stiltonbasket (Not Rated, 12k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Pre-Relationship, Dual Cultivation, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Sunshot Campaign, Getting Together, a-yuan is wangxian's baby, Happy Ending)
There are (no) (un)written rules by Winxhelina (T, 33k, WangXian, Humor, Canon-Typical Violence, madam yu is madam yu, Misunderstandings, Angst and Humor, Mutual Pining)
You don't have to go home (there's a long way to go) by AmiraAlzilu (M, 28k, WIP, WangXian, XuanLi, not Jiang friendly, Jiāng Family Bashing, Fluff and Angst, Family Feels, WWX Has a Family, Getting to Know Each Other, Getting Together, BAMF WWX, Self-Reflection, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Fix-It)
🔒 the thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break by RoseThorne (E, 91k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, Self-Esteem Issues, Fix-It, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, PTSD, Handfasting, Panic Attacks, Getting Together, First Time, Aftercare, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, /Referenced Torture, Scars, Chronic Pain, Golden Core Reveal, First Time, Switching, sex-related injury, LWJ Stays at the Burial Mounds, LSZ is a Wèi, Good Sibling JC, Dissociation, Burial Mounds Settlement Days)
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squidspawn · 2 years
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MDZS Rec List 1: Canon-ish Wangxian
So, several years ago I started a rec list for a friend I dragged into MDZS. More recently I’ve seen some folks wishing to read fics that pre-date a lot of the current fandom trends. Since I stopped updating the rec list in like... early 2020? most everything here is from that before time. I hope y’all can enjoy some of the old classics, and maybe find new fics you haven’t had a chance to read. And for newer fans, I hope you enjoy some of these fics that might have gotten buried at the back of the archives by the time you joined in the fun!
Rec List 2: Supporting Cast Centric
Rec List 3: Early days of CQL fics
Rec List 4: Alternate Universe
Note: The List was too long for one post so I’ve split it up a bit.
Note 2: I am aware that not all the links work, this fandom has a terrifyingly high turnover rate of popular authors due to assholes who have harassed folks. I’ve tried to substitute in wayback links where I can, but honestly some fics are lost, and its a tragic loss to the community as a whole. But even if its just a name & summary on a rec list, I want to remember that they were there.  
(S)- Short fic, either one-shot or up to three chapters in length
(L)- Long fic, four or more chapters
Everything Wangxian-centric that happens in Vaguely Canon-ish Verse:
*(L) SanRen by @kyogre-blue - fix-it where Wifi leaves Jiang Sect pre-studying at the Cloud Recesses to become a rogue cultivator, flashback canon major events still occur but avoids major tragedies
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16504007/chapters/38655827 
**(S) 2 guys r in love that’s literally it by victortor; Wifi goes back in time and fixes stuff while being enigmatic (LWJ pov): https://archiveofourown.org/works/14110212 
**(L) A Stone to Break Your Soul a Song to Save It by Rikke- Arranged Marriage fix it, case fic aspects and mutual pining: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16635728/chapters/39001631 
*(L) Myopia by rustycol - fix-it post Qionqi Pass incident, criminal underworld adopts Wen sibs and Wifi, LWJ deals with cultivation world’s bs:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/17797466/chapters/41988365 
**(L) Despite it All by novalotypo- Wifi becomes a god, fixes some things, follows Wifi at first then switches to A-Qing in the second half, lots of mythos shenanigans: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17651438/chapters/41626145
(L) Impracticality of Zithers as Weapons by sushicorps- fixit-ish? Diverges at NightlessCityMassacre, set during wrapping up of loose ends, sad but sweet: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17339441/chapters/40794245 
*(S) Light of a Purple Sun by Itabane- JC time-travels & fixes things, lots of Yunmeng siblings being awesome: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16111832 
*(S) Tame by Rikke- Pet Carnage Turtle au, fixes Lotus Pier massacre, in general hilarious, shenanigans in Yunmeng: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17481809 
*(S) The Turtle Master by gotcocomilk- Canon Divergent-ish? Wifi uses demonic cultivation to resurrect the largest corpse around, the Carnage Turtle (1st half pain, 2nd half soft): https://archiveofourown.org/works/22559614/chapters/53908015 
*(S) Concerning Rabbits by manta- my favorite character study of LWJ, also contains lots and lots of bunnies: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20066995
*(S) PostOffice fic by Quixiote- The Saga of The Letters To The YiLing Patriarch as told by DushanYou sect Post-ivator Bai Ju- nice outsider perspective on LWJ:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/17076176 
**(S) A Little Happiness by @suspiciouspopsicle - De-aged LWJ, Wifi being an epic child-sitter, also some character-study aspects: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18677251/chapters/44293762 
(S) Vermillion Seeds by iskendaris- Canon set Wedding fic- https://archiveofourown.org/works/16541753/chapters/38752643 
(S) Cursed by Feynite- The Lan Clan is cursed with Love at First Sight: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16714237
(L) Grave of the Living God by gotcocomilk- Wei Ying travels into the past and lands in the private garden of Wen Ruohan. It doesn't go well: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18977119 
(S) A Song You’ve Never Heard by arahir- Wifi is fatally wounded, LWJ is stubborn https://archiveofourown.org/works/17991521
**(S) LadyKG’s TimeTravel fixits series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1208874 
**(S) The one starring Madam Yu that got moved: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1218921 
(L) Here Again by TheDefenestrator- Another TimeTravel fix-it, the ritual sticking Wifi in MXY’s body went wrong so his soul is splintering, Lan bros help fix problem by yeeting Wifi’s soul back through time into his 12 year old body: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18118016/chapters/42832826 
**(S) For Want of A by scratchienails- Canon Divergent, JZX was holding the bell and was thus unharmed and Qionqi Pass: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16538405/chapters/38743919 
*(L) Cradle by Dragonesque- Continuation of FWoA by different author, very, very good, has a different approach to demonic cultivation, lots of good worldbuilding, also undead animals, sibling feels, and Wifi being hella BAMF: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17893868/chapters/42240629  
*(L) Just a Stone’s Throw to Happiness by Vita_Orlando- a tiny stone starts a cascade of events that send canon into a different direction, features Yunmeng sibs being awesome together, LWJ gay panicking, Wen Qing being Epic and Wen Ning surviving: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17923955/chapters/42322781
(S) Autumn Reveries by qikiqtarjuaq- Fixit, canon divergence, marriage of convenience, mutual pining, Case fic-ish, Jin Sect doesn’t wait for Wifi to fuck up but tries to manipulate everyone into thinking he will, canon is a dream,   https://archiveofourown.org/works/19051471
(L) Something Like by silvershadow- canon with a few small tweaks that send it into a divergence, nobody dies (mostly) starting at the 1st Qionqi Pass incident: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19743838/chapters/46730158
(S) 33 by wangxianist- post-buyetian massacre, whipping (canon torture), LWJ reflects: https://twitter.com/wangxianist/status/1147204547456032768
(L) Wait til the Sun Rises by radishtears- Night hunt casefic w/ Yunmeng Bros reconciliation: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17143787 
(L) To Live or To Die, Together or Apart by Wangyue; Murder mystery, post canon, delves into secrets of the Lan Clan: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17750567/chapters/41881847 
(L) The Boundaries of the World Series by lalunaticscribe/Wangyue; That one huge ass meta-filled casefic: https://archiveofourown.org/series/877923 
*(S) Wolf’s canon compliant feelsy fics, focus on a variety of characters perspectives, some will lead to tears: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1336909
(S) I forget where we were by retts- Orpheus AU T-T canonverse: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19742548
(S) Operational Amplifier by chinxe- the one where Lan Wangji copes with his Feelings by writing self-insert fics, SO MUCH PINING, character study-ish: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18321905 
(S) oh, hello, it's you, it's going to be you by wordsthatkeepyouhome- AU where your soulmate's first words to you are written on your skin, but your last words to them are written on theirs: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17055689 
(S) For as long as I Live by @pallasjoannas - the marks they bear tell of the last words that their soulmate will ever say to them, Angst with a happy ending: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17826977/chapters/42061886 
(S) Crack No Matter What I Do I Feel The Pain by Trickster_Angel- Goose Soulmate fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18602590 
**(S) Scapegoat by astrobandit- four ridiculous things the Yiling Patriarch was blamed for, and one ridiculous thing that was positively his fault, set during the 13 years dead, surprisingly funny given the time period its set in: https://web.archive.org/web/20210122171336/https://archiveofourown.org/works/20057767#comments
(S) The Storm Comes and Goes by @naamah-beherit - Canon Divergence, Wifi doesn’t die, not really a fix-it either, A story of a single father, his two kids, a daydreaming disciple, and a pet crow as seen through the eyes of strangers. https://archiveofourown.org/works/18389696/chapters/43550306
(S) Naamah Beherit’s Drabble collection, I’m fond of 1&4 in particular where Wifi brings the Wen Remnants to Baoshan Sanren’s mountain before the siege: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17974094/chapters/42454952
(S) Lament not for him by wolframvonbielefeld- 13 confessions to a ghost: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17327255 
(S) Three’s a Crowd by etharei- The woods are full of single helicopter parents:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/17241887
*(S) Nothing Gold Can Stay by Rikke- Golden Core Fixit, LWJ saves Wifi pre-getting tossed in the burial mounds and they go on the run: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16392617 
(S) Response by Aki-no-Hikari- What if Wei Wuxian hadn't been silent to Lan Wangji's Inquiry?: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17535260/chapters/41316398 
(S) Wifi had 9 lives and he goes through them like kleenex: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17252258 
*(L) Death of a Ghost by gotcocomilk- after his death Wifi haunts Lotus Pier, teaches Jin Ling, and reconciles with JC: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19227964
Breaking Through Series by @suspiciouspopsicle - A canon divergent series of fics in which Lan WangJi and Wei WuXian end their arguments by screwing rather than walking away. Sad, angry porn, eventual happy ending, it hurts my heart then heals it: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1220735
(S) What Rests on Tea by gotcocomilk- Fix-it, JZX survives Qionqi Pass, Wifi invents all the things, everything is soft https://archiveofourown.org/works/19791601/chapters/46856212
**(S) Clarity by @suspiciouspopsicle - after his mother’s death LWJ begins to fade (i love this one so, so much): https://archiveofourown.org/works/18927202
(S) Fruits from the Frost by RennieOnIceCream- Hanahaki disease au, heartbreaking but so very, very good. Angst w/ a happy ending; first chapter LWJ’s pov, second chapter Wifi’s: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17399102/chapters/40952789
(S) The Cruelty of Fate by Procrastination_Sensation- Soulmate AU where when a person dies their ghost haunts their soulmate, featuring post-BM-siege ghost!Wifi hanging out with LWJ for the next 13 years with some side 3zun shenanigans: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21176684
(S) Lover be Good to Me- aurail -  63 canon verse, feminist themes, very real look at how LWJ and Wifi would be treated and react to their treatment as women in a historical setting, excellent LWJ voice: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21389677/chapters/50955112
(L) Sanctuary: Hiding in a Golden House by lalunaticscribe- In which Jingyi accidentally frees the ghost of a Lan Clan ancestor and shenanigans ensue, family lore and supernatural hijinks: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13410255/chapters/30725271 
(S) Asymptotic by chinxe- The fic where Wifi is a wandering ghost & LWJ still falls in love with him: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17759762/chapters/41904701 
(L) A Match Made in Heaven by Ariana- After getting fed up once and for all with Wei Wuxian getting into trouble, Madam Yu decides it’s time to call in the matchmaker: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17927624/chapters/42332630 
(L) Dignity & Animality by anielka- Watership down fusion? Wifi is reborn as a rabbit right after his death, contains rabbit culture from Watership down but set in canon verse: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18529261/chapters/43916551 
(L) Reading MDZS by Athane- characters enter dreamscape and are given a copy of the novel, a good read mainly for JYL and JZN getting to interact with Jin Ling, JC, & Wifi, some sib relationships patched up, Wangxian are shameless & LQR spits up lots of blood: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15548160/chapters/36093876 
(S) Habits of Defiance by Feynite- ABO but with excellent trope subversions, bonus LWJ panicking over feelings through out and its hilarious: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18321716/chapters/43370582 
(S) Of Swords & Scabbards by etharei- Sizhui gets kidnapped, Wifi is bamf and Suibian gets time to shine (humor): https://archiveofourown.org/works/17906063/chapters/42273032 
(L) What do you mean this goes in that by nanthebread- Wifi teaches Sex Ed (humor): https://archiveofourown.org/works/16118126/chapters/37652783 
(L) Serrated by InksplatterM & MrMissMsRandom- There’s an issue with the summoning and MXY and Wifi share a body, interesting character exploration on MXY: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17703410 
(L) Forget Everything but the Flowers & My Love for You by Leffy- Reincarnation fic, technically modern but still canon verse so? Wifi is immortal and he finds LWJ life after life: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1189342
(L) The Present Past’s Future by pearliegrimm- Wei Ying, Lan Zhan and their five collective brain cells are transported into the modern world. Antics Ensue: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19366369/chapters/46077322
(S) The Good Things in Life by retts- 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?’ Future fic, Immortals, Zombie Apocalypse: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17818724
**(S) Mediator by astrobandit- JZX enlists LWJ's help in getting along with Wifi, a fix-it happens: https://web.archive.org/web/20210124151834/https://archiveofourown.org/works/20589404 
(L) Lying on the Edge of a Star by @suspiciouspopsicle - WiFi is god of the new moon and an unrepentant mischief maker & LWJ is the same as canon and falls hard and pines: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20044552/chapters/47467198 
*(S) You’re a bird in the water | I’m a fish on the ground by plonk; Mer AU; Canon-Era; It takes half a year of being married to a human before Wei Wuxian learns that he can, in fact, have intercourse with his husband. 
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27679534 
(S) Of Skin & Scales by firesonic152, Dragon-Wifi, Canon-era, Primary plot during the burning of the CR, flashbacks to LWJ’s childhood. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19242550/chapters/45757399 
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I cannot add all of @mondengel‘s ficlets because there are too many and they are all amazing. Please check out their writing tag & ao3 for all sorts of fantastic tidbits: https://mondengel.tumblr.com/tagged/My-writing
(S) When Fish Soar- Canon verse, Wifi is a merman, LWJ is a dragon, JC & LXC are long suffering: https://mondengel.tumblr.com/post/185120435088/when-fish-soar
(S) Untitled- the moms of mdzs are a force to be reckoned, pre-canon fixing of Mom & Dad Lan’s situation: https://mondengel.tumblr.com/post/184976390988/madams-yu-jin-lan-and-cangse-sanren-all-being
(S) Demon in the Blood- Wifi doesn’t make it out of the BM but something wearing his skin does: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24899983 
(S) The Nie Sect Conference That No One Will Ever Discuss Again- On ao3!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18720910
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(S) 5 Times Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng Had a Civil Conversation, and One Time They Didn't by tabula x rasa- YUNMENG BROS RECONCILIATION FIC!! GOOD SHIT!!  https://archiveofourown.org/works/20331826
(S) A Flower in Bloom (or WWX crashes a Party) by UmbrellaMartialGod- Post canon, Wangxian are chaotic as fuck, crossdressing, all the shenanigans: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17594471/chapters/41472860
(S) Shattered Dreams by pupeez4eva- Wifi time travels to the moment before JYL dies in the nightless city & saves her at the cost of his own life, some things change, some things are fated https://archiveofourown.org/works/21280649/chapters/50670596
*(S) Bestseller by pupeez4eva- when Wei Wuxian writes the Xianxia cut-sleeve equivalent of Fifty Shades of Grey, based entirely on his experiences with Lan Wangji, he doesn’t expect it to become the next big hit: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21528316/chapters/51318766 
(S) Losing my Mind by pupeez4eva- CR era, Crack-ish, On a drunken dare, Jiang Cheng drinks a potion that allows him to hear other people’s lustful thoughts. It’s just his luck that he’s stuck in close vicinity with the guy who is completely and utterly besotted with his idiot brother. https://archiveofourown.org/works/21792202
(S) rare the man who'll hold to faith by Fahye- Canon-ish AU, 'sir gawain and the green knight AU', a sect discussion is interrupted by the dread YilingLaozu and LWJ challenges him: https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/23277532 
*(L) Focal, Filler, Line by bosbie- Canon Divergence, Wifi is resurrected by MXY but disappears after Dafan mountain, sort of flowershop au-ish?: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17256188/chapters/40579643
*(S) Crack A Ribbon beats a Red String of Fate by Titans_R_Us- Ribbon Marriage Proposal (And by proposal i mean shotgun wedding) fix-it, 3rd fic addresses the Wens and I like what they did with characterization of Wen Chao and Wen Ning, also Wen Qing is badass: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1256075 
(S) Crack!!! Fic Questions at Dusk by ExtraPenguin- LWJ gives birth to a baby carnage turtle; very very crack, its included because i find it hilarious: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15657522/chapters/36368838 
**Astrobandit’s account has since disappeared but some lovely folks have found the Wayback Machine links, please read all their work was amazing
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I was discussing this obliquely with @verdantrivers sometime ago wrt what throws me out of my ability to fully immerse myself in the experience of reading xiyao fic (full disclosure, I love a good xiyao marriage AU, but I often have to just. suspend my sense of disbelief. to really enjoy them 99% of the time), but given the additional complicated layers impacting how jin guangyao and nie huaisang relate to each other at different stages of the canon, both in cql and the novel, these things are especially important for sangyao too.
(also note that I consume most mdzs content through a jgy lens first because he's the character who currently lives rent-free in my brain).
anyway, here's my incomplete and maybe kind of arbitrary list of essential stuff a sangyao-centric fic needs to consider about jgy to really sell me specifically on the story:
a-yao as jin guangyao is not inherently more (or less!!) duplicitous than a-yao as meng yao. I'm not... entirely unaware of where this particular interpretation of jgy's character comes from, and I can understand how even subconsciously huaisang might buy into this belief just by virtue of his close proximity to nie mingjue. but while a character's belief in something about another person can create interesting narrative friction and drive the development, or dissolution, of the relationship between two characters, I don't think the novel (or the drama for that matter) supports an interpretation of jin guangyao being a more morally bankrupt version of a-yao. jin guangyao is jin guangyao; his fear and vulnerability and ambition to get what he is owed by jin guangshan is consistently emphasized by the narrative whether he has received his courtesy name and title of lianfang-zun yet or not. huaisang may look back on his recollection of his relationship with jin guangyao-as-meng yao with rose-tinted glasses and lapse into nostalgia for the good old days (and honestly, give me that unreliable narration, go full '100 Days of Summer' manic pixie dream yao about it, I'll eat it up); but leave clues in the narrative to show the dissonance between who huaisang sees vs who jin guangyao is.
jin guangyao does not want to hurt nie huaisang, literally or figuratively. there's obviously going to come a point in the depiction of this relationship where, when huaisang understands that jin guangyao is responsible for triggering nie mingjue's qi deviation, it makes absolute sense for huaisang to experience feelings of shock, horror, anguish, betrayal, fear, and anger towards jin guangyao. it makes perfect sense for huaisang to be afraid! but his fear of jin guangyao does not mean that jin guangyao wants to harm him. the most common way I see this manifest itself in their relationship in fic is actually one that frustrates me the most, because it seems even less supported textually than jin guangyao wanting to kill huaisang (because by the time he figures out who is responsible for the complete destruction of his entire life at guanyin temple I can absolutely see jin guangyao wanting to claw his way back out of the grave as a calamity ghost for the exclusive purpose of getting some violent revenge on huaisang for his actions!) but a story that has jin guangyao treating huaisang with needless cruelty while they are being intimate, either romantically or sexually, outside the context of a fraught argument or without any pre-existing discussion of kink negotiation (whether they have the language to call it 'kink negotiation' or not, you know what I'm talking about here) does not jive with jin guangyao's consistently protective and gentle treatment of huaisang. this is a fundamental part of their relationship even in canon: jin guangyao cares about huaisang's well-being and does not intentionally seek out opportunities to cause him pain. this is what makes the drama of the guanyin temple confrontation hit like a truck.
jin guangyao is objectively miserable in jinlintai (because who fucking wouldn't be when your dad is jin guangshan), but he is not happy in qinghe, either. because he is not a nie, and he never will be. as usual with most of the points I am raising here, huaisang does not need to be cognizant of this to make the story work. in fact I'd say it works best if our sweet gothic-romance-heroine-in-a-danmei-novel huaisang doesn't clock this to start with and does wonder why jin guangyao isn't content to stay in qinghe with him, because isn't he happy here with huaisang? couldn't huaisang give him everything (that huaisang believes) jin guangyao needs to be happy and fulfilled? does he want power? does he want influence? safety? control? there's a great argument between lan xichen and jin guangyao in what is probably my favourite xiyao fic ever the weakness of falling in love (by @fincalinde ) where our dear and wonderful (and exceptionally misguided) er-ge believes that the solution to jin guangyao's present problems is for him to leave the lanling jin sect and, if he so chooses, join the gusu lan to be with lan xichen, and at the core of jin guangyao's counter-argument is the fact that, in his own words, "I am a jin." he has believed this about himself since he first climbed those steps at jinlintai and was subsequently kicked back down them by one of jin guangshan's lackeys, and in my opinion he goes to his death holding that belief. he takes the filial obligations he has both to his mother, who died wanting this for him, and to the jin sect, seriously. his 'happily ever after' does not lie in giving up his birthright without doing some serious work, (work that will risk undermining the core conceit of jin guangyao's character and his struggle imo), and whether or not huaisang ever fully understands this, the fic writer at the very least should!
jin guangyao and nie huaisang are not equal partners in their relationship (and they won’t be until huaisang recognizes this), even after jin guangyao becomes lianfang-zun and swears brotherhood to both nie mingjue and lan xichen. okay please bear with me on this point because, again, I have to stress that /gestures @ the above, this reality does not at any point in the fic have to translate into huaisang consciously or unconsciously recognizing this disparity between his station and jin guangyao's, and it probably works the best when the story leans in to how little of a shit huaisang cares about things like cultivator politics and social hierarchies etc. because when has huaisang ever had to care about those things, prior to nie mingjue's death? caring about that stuff was always da-ge's job, whereas huaisang's very important job was appreciating birds and fine art and being fussed over (the dream tbh). recognizing the power dynamics at play in the world around him is boring for huaisang, whereas for jin guangyao it is a matter of literal life or death, and always has been. any social or political misstep that jin guangyao makes can and will be used to tear him down from whatever position of advantage he has eked out for himself, and he protects himself from this threat through his politeness and his strict adherence to all the appropriate social courtesies, to doing everything he can to keep himself in his father's good graces; huaisang does not have to do any of this, and he never has. I feel like this is especially important to stress when writing a romantic relationship between jin guangyao and nie huaisang, because even if jin guangyao didn't genuinely care about huaisang's well-being and happiness in the canon material (and, as we can see in both the novel and the drama, he absolutely does!), he would not be allowed the luxury of treating huaisang even with indifference, let alone with even the gentlest criticism. because nie huaisang is the young master of the nie cultivation sect, and jin guangyao will always be jin guangshan's bastard. jin guangyao's birth circumstance as the son of a sex-worker is viewed by the broader cultivation world as a literal taint upon his person, something that is as integral to who he is as the colour of his eyes, and we can see in the novel and the drama that any time he is at a point of contention with other cast members, this is what his opponents reach for when it comes time to 'punish' him for what he has 'done wrong.' (absolutely not going to go off on a tangent about that here, nope, not happening.) shit I didn't even dig down into the inherent inequality to entering a relationship with the guy who was essentially your glorified babysitter, if we're leaning into the cql canon, but making that transition from caretaker to romantic partner is also a thing. /waves arms, I'll add this as #5 later.
...okay. I reserve the right to come back to this list later and reblog it with additional thoughts (menacing), but this is. good. for now.
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Lan Xichen for the ask meme
a song that reminds me of them: this is more a xiyao song but imo it's from Lan Xichen's perspective post-canon so it counts but. "Stairwell Song" by Brighteyes
what they smell like: probably a lot and not very good because pre-modern people didn't obsess about removing body odor and also really liked incense/perfume/etc, and also he's a dude and dude-smell is not good (to me. because i am a lesbian. if that's your thing, fine, but i am not a fan). less a lot than most because i feel like Lans probably wash better and more often but still.
an otp: Jin Guangyao!
a notp: I'm not like... against other ships here, even if I don't enjoy them... I think Jiang Cheng, because it clogs tags, I don't get it, and its execution is always very unpleasant for me. But more than that anything that pairs Lan Xichen with a woman because imo he is like. Gay gay. Like. Knows that people are straight but like... can't really understand that they... enjoy that? They're probably straight because they want kids so they do what must be done, right? Yeah.
favorite platonic/familial relationships: I love him and Wangji's relationship, especially exploring how it devolves post-canon, but I also really really like the dynamic between him and Lan Qiren in cql. Very crunchy. Like. Lan Qiren clearly cares deeply about him but mostly expresses that by holding him to high standards and shaping him for his role. And he shows his affection for Lan Qiren by striving to live up to his expectations, but also runs interference for his brother. And then like. When Lan Qiren sends him away because he is the one who is too important, and it's the most crushing thing his uncle could have done, and the way that sets up this pattern of him being the one everyone decides must survive, whether he wants to or not. Yeah. Good stuff.
a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: Centrist himbo Lan Xichen my beloathed. Also the like "too nice, too trusting, weak and effeminate" (mis)characterization.
the position they sleep in: flat on his back like a good Lan but. Also. He has secretly and sneakily mastered the art of sleeping while sitting so it looks like he's meditating. (I hc that the Lan sleep schedule doesn't really match his body's natural rhythm so he's often a little tired so. Stealth-nap).
a crossover au i’d love to see them in: star trek!
my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: I like the sunshot outfit and also the blue and white one from the second half of the show with the tighter sleeves.
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llycaons · 1 year
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Section Two: Snapshots
IV. So this first love was all for you: anything short and sweet!
V. If I was doomed to death: angsty flashback-era fics
VI. Now try saying something true and beautiful: explicit works that make a point using sex or sex scenes
IV. So this first love was all for you: anything short and sweet! despite the title, these works may not center wangxian or be set in their youth
Stay Right Here and Hide by etymologyplayground
summary: a low-drama and very tender getting-together work set during ep43 of cql. wwx is so confident in lwj’s love…it’s a lovely and comforting read
work issues: none
author issues: has written genderbends
*blue skies from now on* by cafecliche
summary: I LOVE this fic it makes me feel like a soft-boiled egg. modern wwx and lwj are tentatively planning to host new year’s at their shared apartment for the first time after years of estrangement from the jiangs, and wwx is nervous but excited about inviting everyone. the wens are involved! it’s so much about family and food and warmth and home and I am deeply fond of it
work issues: none, it’s perfect
author issues: none
*blue night by fruitys
summary: a gentle little modern with magic oneshot about how wwx and lwj, newly together, handle a minor curse that lwj’s been hit with. not really much of a plot,  it’s just very sweet. I love the writing style and the chemistry
work issues: none
author issues: has written cnc
an hour of sunshine by astrolesbian
summary: very short work, either canon but I feel cql. modern AU wwx, easing into mental health and listening to his body. attending a silly halloween party, experiencing the love of his friends and and kissing lwj on a balcony. really sweet and low-drama. bit corny but I just like it when things are nice for him! also jc is funny
this is probably the purest distillation of this section’s themes so I’m surprised it’s not already here
work issues: none
author issues: genderbends
you can’t hate family by chadsuke
summary: a very short and funny wwx and wq fic where they drunkenly, jokingly rib each other. yanqing real! though only mentioned
work issues: none
author issues: none. in fact, I used to follow them on here
*i’ll have you and you’ll have me by sundiscus
summary: a humorous, sweet modern AU oneshot about a mistake in communication and the aftermath. ah, I love this work. they’re so tender here with each other
work issues: none
author issues: has written fuck or die
your light in the mist by seularen
summary: postcanon, wwx just has a really good day. although not very plot-heavy, I do love the language in this fic. novel verse
work issues: none
author issues: I’ve read a few of their other fics and found them quite good otherwise, but the sex scenes are incredibly weird in the way that novel-faithful fics tends to be (cnc). xiyao as well
A Series of Endings, A Wonderful Beginning by pink_fluff
summary: the juniors speculate on how the cql wangxian reunion would go. it’s cute and funny and manages not to be annoying like most juniors-shipping-wx content is
work issues: none
author issues: none
If It’s You by etymologyplayground
summary: a lighthearted and sweet postcanon getting-together fic. no drama or tears, just kisses and humor. they way they write lwj rules, I love it so much. cql canon
work issues: none
author issues: genderbends
*2:08AM, softly by astronicht
summary: modern AU, a quiet and gentle moment pre-relationship in the early hours of the morning. cql characterizations
work issues: none
author issues: has written genderbends
I would take him into the twilight and unwind him by ladyofrosefire
summary: a really lovely and gentle work where wwx takes care of lwj and I mean that in every way
work issues: none. let lwj bottom 2k23
author issues: god damn, this person is a weirdo. xiyao, 3zun, cnc, xuexiao, xy/xxc/sl, but also xy/wq? why bring her into this????
heart’s desire by Luz_or_Laur
summary: pov of an old and lonely house that wwx and lwj move into and make a home. short and sweet and unique. made me go 🥺
work issues: none
author issues: none
Afternoon Nap by Netrixie
summary: a cozy postcanon work with a lot of cuddling…sleepiness…kisses. it was really soothing and the atmosphere lulled me to such a state of peace. novel details mentioned but the characterizations are more cql
work issues: none
author issues: nhs/wen xu, A/B/O, and some kind of tentacle dubcon porn?
V. If I was doomed to death: angsty flashback-era fics
*If You Were Made For Me by etymologyplayground
summary: etymologyplayground is BACK with some prime BM-arc wangxian angst. wonderfully in-character and appropriately realistic. one of the very few fics on this list that’s tagged sad ending, but you know how it is with the burial mounds. firmly cql canon, and thank god for it. novel burial mounds just doesn’t hit on the same emotional level, but this one has me feeling all sorts of ways about their doomed love
wwx does express some suicidal urges, which he claims later were a joke
work issues: none
author issues: has written genderbends
*to remember names of plants by detention_notes
summary: wwx and lwj epistolary fic series. the first is wwx’s BM-era writings, and the second is lwj’s meditations after wwx’s death. beautifully written and characterized, they fill me with such tenderness and heartache. I love that both are so evocative; while wwx’s made me cry, lwj’s is more poetic and concise, while still effectively conveying his emotional state at the time. cql canon
work issues: none
author issues: none
*As a Shadow, As a Dream* by balmandbitterness
summary: post-nightless city, lwj is haunted by dreams of wwx that may be more significant than he suspects. some horror, some romance, some angst, and a wonderfully cathartic ending. cql canon
work issues: none
author issues: none - the author is my mutual! go read this, it’s really good!
his hands keep turning to birds and flying away from him (him being you) by zerodignity
summary: a moody, introspective morning as wwx wakes after their feast in the burial mounds. he's hungover and lonely and does a lot of ruminating on himself and lwj, and on his gender. he’s not cis but he doesn’t quite have the language to describe himself. though wwx is the only one present in this fic but there’s valuable exploration for others as well, and I thought the characterization for wwx was excellent
this one time I have to split apart a series even though I’m recommending both parts. they just don’t fit in the same section. here’s part 2: their postcanon get-together  
work issues: none
author issues: xxc/xy
Then There’s No One There by etymologyplayground
summary: lwj helps wwx’s siblings care for him during his recuperation after the sunshot victory. some angst, some hurt/comfort, some humor. nhs is around. it’s been a while since I’ve read this one but I do remember liking it. that etymologyplayground can sure flashback-era fic. cql canon
work issues: none
author issues: has written genderbends
*hid that love up with my bones by heyitsathrowaway
summary: wwx and wen qing (platonically) have sex in the burial mounds. heartbreaking because of the situation but also very loving and comforting. they really care about each other! emotionally this is still wangxian, and yanqing is also implied, tho lwj and jyl don’t actually appear.
work issues: none
author issues: none
these are the dreams by dollydoodledoo
summary: sunshot-era wx yearning….sad, but very lovely and affirming too. I like the atmosphere
work issues: none
author issues: none - mutual fic!
VI. Now try saying something beautiful and true: explicit works that make a point using sex or sex scenes
*end the rises and the falls*  by eeriemedusa
summary: postcanon and married, a still-recovering wwx attempts to use kink unsafely as a coping mechanism for his residual trauma. one of the most nuanced portrayals of a character’s relationship with sex that I’ve ever read. compassionate and loving. novel canon, but it doesn’t matter too much
wwx is triggered during sex - see notes
work issues: none
author issues: none
*talk about all the good things (and the bad things)  by shipyrds
summary: you know how a ton of fics take the ‘every day means every day’ thing really seriously to the point where it’s creepy? what if wwx like. realized it wasn’t actually fun to have sex quite so much and that promise was unsustainable and maybe not meant literally anyway, so he decided to actually bring it up with lwj? this was a refreshingly honest discussion of that aspect of their married life. novel canon by design
the second chapter is literally just porn and I don’t even think it’s that good and it adds nothing to the story so I’m only reccing the first chapter
there are conversations about consent; check notes for more details
work issues: none
author issues: genderbends and sex pollen
Like a Blade on Bone  by givemeunicorns
summary: during a postcanon bdsm scene, wwx is triggered. honestly this is a very lovely and gentle fic. it’s about taking care
work issues: none
author issues: xiyao, niyao, 3zun, xuexiao
The Thought of Then and Now by BlessedAreTheFandoms
summary: a short fic where lwj comes home stressed and really ready to go but wwx isn’t up for it and lwj sees that and refocuses and they have a really comforting talk instead. challenges some of the more harmful assumptions about wwx and lwj and their sex life, and emphasizes the importance of continuous consent and communication. very tender. technically either canon but ngl I can’t see his happening with their novel selves
I’ve read another one with almost the exact same premise but wwx just tells him to go ahead anyway and use him for stress relief and lwj DOES it literally I was sitting there like 😨 lwj is just going to fuck him anyway??? these are two very different lwjs and I know which one I’d rather read. this was such a palate-cleanser like I KNOW lwj would never do such a thing and it’s a weird way to treat their sex life anyway
work issues: none
author issues: none
if i see you every tuesday by eeriemedusa
summary: do you hate the sex god virgin lwj trope? so does this author, and they wrote this little fic about a realistic take on lwj’s past about it, ft. communication. a bit sad, but very warm and mature and satisfying. novel canon
work issues: none
author issues: none
Don’t let them get you down, you’re the best thing I’ve seen by fantasiavii
summary: modern au where cis wwx and trans lwj navigate their sex lives. not much of a plot, just a lot of communication and gender euphoria and joyful sex. made me smile. kind of a pwp but also not really since the sex IS the plot? I’m sticking it in here anyway
work issues: none
author issues: none
Content Warning: Romance by Ariaste
summary: you know how all those fics make lwj say something nice and have wwx go ‘oh lan zhan you can’t just say that without warning, my heart can’t take it!” and it’s really annoying? well here they delve into wwx’s mindset and explore how to compliment wwx in a way he’ll be able to accept and internalize it, and the answer is uhhh kinkily.
the sex scenes were well-done and I thought the ending was very sweet and satisfying. I was proud of them both for making progress and it felt like good closure for that incredibly obnoxious fanfic phrase. may we never need to read it again 🙏
work issues: none
author issues: has written xiyao and jl/lsz
Any Softer And I'd Shatter by Voidflower                
summary: kind of hard to describe this one. another take on ‘therapy via sex’. so wx exclusively have really hardcore and rough sex, which wwx sometimes tries to use as something of a coping method to avoid unwelcome feelings. but when they have like, vanilla and gentle sex for once it’s extremely emotional and helps wwx confront all the tender feelings and insecurities he finds it really difficult to face otherwise. second chapter isn’t as good imo but it’s in a similar vein. tagged as both, but this feels more likely to be a novel verse work
work issues: there’s kind of a teacher/student vibe to the second chapter but lwj WAS in charge of discipline for his peers so it’s not as weird as it could have been. cnc is mentioned as something they like but doesn’t happen in any of the sex scene
author issues: none besides above
 trust falls by spookykingdomstarlight                
summary: really lovely and tender character study for wwx, his hangups about being taken care of, and his desire to reciprocate what he perceives as lwj’s utter selflessness. being little more than a pwp, this just barely makes it on the list, but the underlying character commentary qualifies it I think. and I always like to see them switch it up
work issues: none
author issues: a LOT of weird shit. sex slavery, cnc, dubcon, nhs/jgy, genderbends, xiyao, A/B/O, jgy/wwx (which like….???? ok) not worth looking into
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drpanda99 · 1 year
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Ten First Lines Game
Tagged by @dragongirlg-fics
Rules: post the first sentence of your last ten fics. If you haven’t written ten fics, share as many first-sentences as you have.
From most recent to least, 10 fics:
They had discussed pregnancy before, often in the midst of lovemaking, but this time was different. Fake Barbed Penises Are Penises Too! (MDZS, Explicit, Wangxian, mpreg, biologically accurate catperson reproduction
It had started innocently enough. Blissful Ignorance and All Its Benefits (MDZS/CQL, Explicit, Wangxian, A/B/O, this is the Wei Ying self-bitching fic, WIP)
Meng Yao had not expected the arrow when it sank into his shoulder. the only one he would never harm (MDZS, Teen+, Xiyao, missing scene, Sunshot Campaign, pre-slash, written for 2chi for the FWW Valentine's exchange)
Madoka could feel cool dew soaking into the back of her uniform. come to me and i will give you rest (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Teen+, Homura/Madoka, atmospheric, post-series, for Celerand during Fandom Trees)
Wei Wuxian didn’t expect to be welcomed back to Toronto with open arms. Collateral Circulation; and other protective factors (MDZS/CQL, Explicit, Wangxian, Medical AU, set in Canada, finished for Wipbang 2022)
The Lan clan of Gusu had long been known to be a seat of austere power, their teachings churning out respectable young masters of every designation. your heart of shadows, your eyes like stars (MDZS/CQL, Explicit, Wangxian, A/B/O, bottomji, YLLZ!WWX, alternate Sunshot campaign, enemies to friends to lovers, identity porn)
“Hey, can you spot me?” Bro, Do You Even Lift? (MDZS/CQL, Explicit, gymbros Wangxian, meet-fuck, super horny gym behaviour)
It had been almost two moons since the last rains came. in perpetuum ab aeterno (MDZS, Explicit, Wangxian, dead dove, tentacles, oviposition, dark!LWJ, slight body horror, eldritch horror, written for Kinktober 2022)
The Burial Mounds stood forbidding before him. To Drown in Your Aching (MDZS/CQL, Explicit, Wangxian, dark!WWX, tentacles, bottomji, extremely dubcon)
Wei Wuxian’s last memory was of the explosion, heat and pain rippling through his broken body. root your love a little deeper (MDZS, Teen+, Wangxian, Space AU, Hanahaki (via turning into tree), mild body horror, written for @ehyde during MXTX Remix 2022)
I can't believe I've written enough fics for this! I think I often use short snappy sentences to start fic - I hadn't even realized! And of course, the first line of Bro, Do You Even Life makes me laugh every time.
Anyone who wants to participate can play! I'm not on Tumblr a ton, so if you see this, feel free to steal as I have. =)
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drwcn · 4 years
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姑苏蓝氏 | The Lan Family of Gusu 
※ all gif credit goes to the amazing @mylastbraincql! 
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gravitywonagain · 2 years
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Junior Quartet (with a touch of ZhuiYi), M, 4k, 1/1
“I mean,” Lan Jingyi turns back to face him, “Yiling Laozu is definitely also your dad.”
“He’s…?” The alcohol must be hitting both faster and stronger than normal, or Lan Jingyi is deliberately putting words in strange orders just to fuck with him.
~Or:
The Junior Quartet decompresses after a long day in Shudong.
A moment set in the modern triad au series of Words are Gonna Bleed from Me.
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wangxianficfinder · 4 months
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1. ITMF a fic where the Lans or the neis or the cultivation world in general find out about the abuse wwx takes at jiang sect and the other sects trying to help him @zerokogane
Warming up (to him) by barisan (T, 9k, LQR & WWX, WangXian, Hypothermia, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Temporary Character Death, Medical Inaccuracies, YZY Abuses WWX, JFM Bashing, pre-wangxian, Good Uncle LQR, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort) I have recommendations for the 1st one where Lan Qiren steps in!
Rediscovery, Reconstruction by ExtraPenguin (M, 27k, JFM/WWX, LQR & WWX, WWX/OC(s), rape/non-con, underage, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Rape Recovery, bildungsroman, Self-Discovery) tw for csa and rape, this one makes the abuse even worse but it's a wonderful fic about Lan Qiren stepping in to save Wei Wuxian (also has wwx/original character)
Blooming Bruises on my Soul and Body by xxxMiaHikarixxx (T, 13k, WangXian, Living on Streets, psychological abuse, WWX being a protective brother, JC being a protective brother, Good brother JC, Good brother LXC, Happy Ending, Angst With Some Comfort, Physical Abuse, Neglect, LXC is a Wangxian supporter, LWJ is whipped, Hate Crimes, multiple POVs)
🔒💙 Holding shreds by barisan (T, 5k, WangXian, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, No Sunshot Campaign, Body Swap, Not for sexy shenanigans, Chronic Pain, Hurt WWX, Hurt LWJ, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Abusive YZY, Bad Parent YZY,  Bad Parent JFM, Good Uncle LQR, Hurt/Comfort, Medical Inaccuracies, POV WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending, Jiāng Family Bashing, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Getting Together, Smart WWX)
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2. Hi! Now that I finished my exams 😭, I'm ready to read a lot of new Wangxian fics! ❤️
So, for the next ITMF, I was thinking in fics about:
A) The Lans (LQ, LXC, LWJ or any Lan) looking for WWX in the burial mounds after he saved the Wens, bc they need his help. And then the Lans decided to help WWX after watching the truth.
B) Or the Lans visiting WWX bc LWJ said WWX didn't have any army and when they understand the truth, they decided to help WWX and the Wens.
Plus if there is a Wangxian weeding 😍. Please happy ending in both cases. 🙏
Thank you so much!! Love this blog 🤗💜
@wangxiansgirl
2A)
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains by athena_crikey (T, 59k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fix-it fic, Whump, Curses, Fever, Delirium, Stabbing, Loneliness, Confessions, LXC realising sympathy is not support, LQR Being an Asshole)
2B)
Discordant Rhapsody by nirejseki (T, 49k, LQR & WWX, wangxian, JC & WWX, WQ & WWX & WN, LWJ & LQR & LXC, canon divergence, fix-it, hurt/comfort, trauma, politics, protective LQR, protective LWJ, protective WWX, LQR centric, whump, angst)
🔒 the thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break by RoseThorne (E, 91k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, Self-Esteem Issues, Fix-It, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, PTSD, Handfasting, Panic Attacks, Getting Together, First Time, Aftercare, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, /Referenced Torture, Scars, Chronic Pain, Golden Core Reveal, First Time, Switching, sex-related injury, LWJ Stays at the Burial Mounds, LSZ is a Wèi, Good Sibling JC, Dissociation, Burial Mounds Settlement Days)
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3. hii! i hope you guys are doing well <3! I've been in a nhs mood, and I was wondering if you have any recs with nhs and wwx friendship, fix it, canon, anything works! i read the one in your last itmf i think, and I'm just craving more of those two! thank you in advance! @flexible-racoon
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4. ITMF a dead dove focusing on CQL nieyao's age gap @crypticidentity
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5. Itmf canon-compliant ish fics (not modern setting) where the first thing Wei Wuxian does after coming back from the dead is run straight to Lan Zhan? Thank you!
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6. HIII is there any good arranged married Wwx and Lwj? Or maybe they're married fr and they have A-yuan as their son? @naoenowa
True Gold Fears No Fire by defractum (nyargles) (M, 69k, WIP, WangXian,  Royalty AU, Ancient China, Wuxia, Historical Inaccuracy, Arranged Marriage, Identity Porn, Mutual Pining, Emperor!LWJ, empress!wwx, Eventual Happy Ending, Misunderstandings)
Into the Oubliette by Ruixx (M, 124k, WIP, WangXian, Growing Up, Fix-It of Sorts, Arranged Marriage, Time Travel, Sibling Bonding, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Canon Divergence, Light BDSM, Breathplay, Wwx protection squad, Sunshot Campaign, War Politics, Hostage JYL, Visions, LXC Redemption, general lwj, Internal Sect, Politics, Good Uncle LQR, Lan OC’s, No Golden Core Transfer, Empire Building)
🧡 hypothetically, of course by johnnyfucksup (G, 22k, WangXian, Arranged Marriage, Character Study, Kinda, Inter-sect politics, a little bit, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Strangers to Lovers, Getting to Know Each Other, Falling In Love, The Mortifying Ordeal of Falling In Love With Your Betrothed, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Love Confessions, very awkward ones at that, Slow Burn Speedrun)
A Wonderful (business) Arrangement by Orchidaisy_55 (E, 58k, wangxian, JC/NHS, LXC/JGY, JYL/JZX, Arranged Marriage, Modern, A/B/O, True Love, First Love, Mpreg, Alpha LWJ, Omega WWX, Domestic Fluff, WWX is LSZ's Parent, mentions of miscarrage, Anal Sex, secondary sex characteristics, Slow Build, Slow Burn, Unplanned Pregnancy)
The Ties That Bind by silverclaw (G, 43k, wangxian, A/B/O, Arranged Marriage, Modern, Alpha WWX, Omega LWJ, past toxic relationship, Slow Burn, husbandiest of husband material WWX, mention of mpreg in relation to side-character, hurt LWJ, WWX falls first AND harder, No Smut)
After I Met You by Amandyalmonds (M, 78k, wangxian, Dragon LWJ, Fox Spirit WWX, Canon Divergence, Royalty AU, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Madam Yu's A+ Parenting, Protective WQ, Protective LWJ, Canon-Typical Violence, Unreliable Narrator WWX, Arranged Marriage, Miscommunication, Autistic LWJ, WIP)
Cultivator Lan's Wedding by squishh (Not Rated, 14k, wangxian, LXC/QS, Arranged Marriage, hidden identity, Nobleman Ryu's Wedding AU, slightly more based in historical reality, still xianxia tho, Wife swap, Slow Burn, Bisexual WWX, Demisexual LWJ, No War AU, No Yīn Iron, WWX's canonical backstory - mostly, YZY is slightly less abusive, still abusive tho, JYL not engaged to JZX, Canon-Typical Violence, No homophobia as a form of self-care to the author, Happy Ending, JC and WWX have a much better relationship here, POV Alternating, POV LWJ, POV WWX, Crossdressing, Historical Fantasy, WIP)
🔒 it's just a little white lie by MohnDoe (T, 1k, wangxian, Inspired by a Reddit Post, Modern Setting, Arranged Marriage, WIP)
Not Lost, Just Undiscovered by anancites (E, 107k, wangxian, Modern, Arranged Marriage, Friends to Lovers, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Smut, Eventual Romance, Idiots in Love, Mildly Dubious Consent)
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7. Fics which go with the lyrics: " These days, I'm way too lonely
I'm missing out, I know
These days, I'm way too alone And I'm known for giving love away, but
I want someone who love me
I need someone who needs me
'Cause it don't feel right when it's late at night
And it's just me in my dreams So I want someone to love, that's what I fucking want "
Song: that's what I want, by Lil nas x
All the ways that you remain by Spodumene (G, 23k, WangXian, Modern AU, Canada, Romance, First Meetings, Cottagecore, There Was Only One Bed, Mention of Parent Death, Getting Together)
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8. itmf fics where wwx hurts lwj (emotionally or physically)
Over the Rotted Bridge by vailkagami (T, 314k, WangXian, Temporary Character Death, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, LWJ dies, Wei Wuxian doesn’t die, neither do (most of) the wens, JYL also lives, Original Character(s), outside pov, YLLZ WWX, Canon Divergence, CQL Verse, Illustrated, Grief/Mourning, Non-Consensual Resurrection, mute LWJ, Hurt LWJ, Slow Burn, canonical death of a child (mentioned), Survivor Guilt, PTSD)
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9. ITMF heavy angst BUT I don't want it to be whump
Twin Demons of Mò by XiaoFeiFei (ArfBarkWoof) (M, 358k, MXY & WWX, wangxian, JL & MXY, XY & MXY, JGY & MXY, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Injury, Abuse, Death, Twin Demons of Mo AU, MXY Lives, Major Character Injury, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Minor Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, Character Death, Minor Implied/Referenced Incest, Implied/Referenced Torture, Near Death, Near Death Experiences, Canon Divergence, Self-Harm, Found Family, Sexual Abuse, Rape/Non-con Elements, POV Alternating)
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10. ITMF a fic where wwx died in the past and then lwj waits for him to reincarnate and lives into the modern world where they meet again but wwx doesn't remember until later (or its fine if he remembers too )
based on a photo on Pinterest whose link ill paste cos I can't attach photos for some reason in the ask
Thanks again! Ly guys! @maurader--here
All Old Things are New Again by The Feels Whale (miscellea) (M, 51k, WangXian, XuanLi, ChengQing, Reincarnation, Modern AU, canon still happened, extreme post canon, Sugar Daddy, Kink Negotiation, gentle dom!LWJ, canonical levels of consent play, Modern Cultivators)
the recluse at the end of the moonlit path by beesinspades (T, 28k, WangXian, Modern AU, Reincarnation, Post-Canon, Jack of All Trades Artist WWX, Immortal! LWJ, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Reunions, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Implied Sexual Content, Asexual Character, good vibes, [Podfic] the recluse at the end of the moonlit path by b_ofdale by Beria1021)
🧡 We Were Never Strangers by NeverEnoughWangxian (M, 36k, WangXian, Reincarnation, Modern AU, POV WWX, (mostly), College Student WWX, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Immortal LWJ, Immortal LSZ, Dreams, Pining, Sharing a Bed, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Sexual Tension, Sexual Content)
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11. Hello! Any fics where LWJ is shown to bond with animals?
No specific animal, just that it treats LWJ a bit specially or listens to him etc.
Thank you for your work!
in the arms of the angel by ScarlettStorm (E, 37k, WangXian, Modern AU with Magic, Fox WWX, animal rescuer LWJ, Comedy, Smut, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Adhd WWX, the mortifying ordeal of getting your head stuck in a peanut butter jar) it sort of fits bc lwj is in animal rescue & has some powers to make the animals feel calm & safe!
Lan Zhan's University Days (JAFFY) by sami (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, Kinda, cultivated to immortality, University, outsider pov, Wei Wuxian is a chaos gremlin, ridiculous future bullshit wwx vs Local Culture) Sami's Lan Zhan's University Days from ridiculous future bull series. The cows in the farm and in later rfb glimpses with various baby animals
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12. IMTF: I recently finished the WIP “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades” by Phantomhill which was amazing and hilarious. I’m now itmf any fics with the same premise of bringing the original Yiling Patriarch forward into the modern era, preferably without relying on reincarnation for the other characters. Any ships acceptable except self-insert. Thanks! @jensownzoo
结局难更改 (the ending is hard to change) Series by PorcupineGirl (G, 50k, WangXian, Time Travel, Modern with Magic, Modern Cultivators AU, Canon Divergence, Time Traveler WWX, discussion of canonical character deaths, conveniently localized fires, Discussion of Canonical Suicide Attempt, mostly happy but slightly bittersweet ending, Reincarnation, LWJ POV, Established Relationship, Aromantic JC) might fit as it involves WWX ending up in the future instead of falling to his death
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13. Hello all, sorry if this ask is too explicit 😳
I’m looking for fics where Wei Wuxian has a small penis and Lan Wangji has a big one 🍆
Love me some size difference
Thanx in advance
The Damage You Do by stiricide (E, 104k, WIP, WangXian, Modern AU, Dom/Sub, Dark LWJ, Mobster LWJ, Possessive LWJ, Sex Worker WWX, Sugar Baby WWX, WWX adopts LSZ, Dubious Consent, each chapter has sex tag notes on it, BDSM, Sounding, Panic Attacks, Angst with a Happy Ending)
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14. Do you have Yunmeng bros reconciliation fics that have reverse golden core reveals (wwx finding out about jc getting captured in his place). Angst is fine :)
Thank you!!!! &lt;;3 @twlaei
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15. For the next ITMF can i get fics where LZ plays their song before an audience while wy watches speechless? It could be a recital, it could be a party, it could be a wedding...it just has to have lz playing his heart out for WY while an audience is present.
LZ could be singing or playing any instruments like violin, guqin, piano etc.
For example, drag my teeth across your chest (by ana_cp) - violin. // last part in a FF post ~Mod L @imstillthinkingaboutithmm
Talisman by Witch_Nova221 (M, 192k, WangXian, Modern AU, Eventual Romance, Theatre, Rock Band, Childhood Friends, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Spousal Abuse, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Angst, Stalking, Minor Character Death, Friends to Lovers, Orphans, Mutual Pining)
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16. ITMF for...
Fics when either WangXian or any other pairing (bonus if it's a rarepair or the Juniors are involved) are discovered by someone walking in on them? Even more bonus if WangXian are together and it's them walking in on someone! Thank you! @fomalhaut48
I spy by Anonymous (E, 9k, wangxian, Voyeurism, Masturbation, Rough Sex, of the wangxian kind, Pseudo-Incest, is it uuuuh incest if one spies on their adoptive parents, the juniors get more than they bargained for, Blow Jobs, Face-Fucking)
Countless Roads by SunBlueSun (E, 5k, wangxian, Accidental Voyeurism, Switching, Versatile | Switch Wangxian, Porn with Feelings, Minor Original Character(s), Love, hanguang jun has flowers in his hair, POV Outsider)
Friends with Great Benefits by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 15k, wangxian, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, First Time, virgins, Voyeurism, Accidental Voyeurism, Semi-accidental voyeurism, WWX's canonical heteronormative assumptions, cutsleeve awakenings, Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, (it depends on who you ask))
a new light by museaway (T, 2k, wangxian, Accidental Voyeurism, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, POV Outsider, Canon Compliant)
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17. Itmf wwx is in a slump, depressed, burnt out, breaking down, etc and lwj swoops in with tender loving care to pull him from his slump.
12 Hours In Hell and Paradise (Or: Lan Zhan’s Distinguished Guide to Seasonal Depression) by demonicsalad (T, 4k, wangxian, Modern, Friends to Lovers, Developing Relationship, Mental Health Issues, Neurodiversity, Love Confessions, POV LWJ) Not quite what OP on 17 asked for, it's from LWJ's pov and primarily his struggles, but it is cute fic about both sides of WX battling seasonal depression and comforting each other
总有一天; a place to hide (can’t find one near) by yiqie (E, 76k, WangXian, Modern AU, Pianist, Getting Together, Mental Health Issues, Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, Hospitals, Overdosing, Eventual Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Additional Warnings In Author's Note)
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sinni-ok-sessi · 3 years
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look, I’ve forgotten way too much about fencing to actually write this, but if I did plan to write a fencing AU
the sects are training salles with fierce rivalries and occasional joint training camps
the Lans are obviously foilists - right of way, all those fiddly rules? of course
Lan Qiren shares my old coach’s disapproval of epéeists and sabreurs
sabreurs less so, though he thinks too many of them rely on intimidation and brute force
but epéeists? just an ill-disciplined free-for-all, no skill at all
obviously the Nies are sabreurs
you see Nie Mingjue storming down the piste towards you, sabre in hand? you get the hell out of his way
has been known to cause opponents to just retreat right the fuck back off the piste
Nie Huaisang would probably agree with Lan Qiren on sabre’s flaws as a weapon, unless those criticisms were directed at dage, clearly the One Good Sabreur
the Nie salle is super set in its ways, though, and won’t even countenance Huaisang learning a different weapon
(secretly, he’s learning stage combat instead)
the Jiang salle technically doesn’t care what weapon its students use, but in practice Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli and Wei Wuxian all fence epée
Wei Wuxian because epée is the weapon with the least amount of restrictive, arbitrary-feeling rules - hit where you like, when you like, none of this ‘ohh, but you didn’t start straightening your arm first so you don’t get the point’ or ‘only the torso is a valid target area’ nonsense
Jiang Cheng because he is not going to be outdone by Wei Wuxian
(secretly, he’d like to switch to sabre (in my head this is because being able to hit with the flat of the blade is a bit like using Zidian? idk, It Just Feels Right))
you might think that foil would suit Jiang Yanli better, if you made the mistake of assuming she’s as delicate and pliable as one
but you can’t stop-hit in foil, and JYL’s signature move is letting her opponents tire themselves out until they all but run onto her point
the Jins mostly fence foil as well, but in an affected ‘it’s a gentleman’s weapon’ kind of way
when Mianmian leaves the salle, she’s finally free to take up sabre, which has some of foil’s delicacy, but feels a bit more real
also a fuck-you to Jin Guangshan, who thinks sabre isn’t a suitable weapon for women
everyone knows each other though the Lan youth training camp, where they were forced to learn foil and WWX spent the entire time complaining about the stupid rules
you can’t move at Lan training camp for homoerotically charged swordfights
no plot, head empty, just the point that fencing breeches + swords convey a +5 to attractiveness on any living human
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kae-karo · 2 years
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any genshin fics you recommend?
OH BOY HELLO HI ANON HERE WE GO yes i absolutely have recs as follows, sorted by ship but otherwise in no particular order:
kaeluc/luckae:
northbound & reaching (x) by intimatopia - pre-canon era mond with monster hunter diluc and eclectic wizard kaeya, a little heavy but mostly sweet
Every Inch of Your Skin (x) by purple_bookcover - tattoo artist diluc and his client kaeya
A Gentleman's Gamble (x) by blckfira - kaeya's sleeping with the darknight hero - and he absolutely knows it's diluc, not that diluc knows that kaeya knows
don't look back in anger (x) by LocalVodkaAunt - porn stars (and exes) kaeya and diluc end up on a set together, angst and smut (and eventually, fluff) ensues
To Cross the Galaxy and Finally Know Peace (x) by YurisSpanx - tentacle alien kaeya (who does, for a while, present as human) and stressed out intergalactic businessman diluc, and i imagine you can guess where this goes lmao
the soul of wine series (x) by epistemologys - soft canon kaeluc interactions pre getting-together, figuring out how to be around each other again
four moons (x) by aluinihi - merluc and pirate kaeya and ovipos :)
zhongchi/tartali:
Seriously?! Right in front of my Jade Parcels?! (x) by CursedContent420 - zhongchi as seen from ekaterina's pov, an absolute riot
There's a box with your name on it (x) by Merciiful - canon zhongli and his interactions with childe, both before and after their fallout
Names (x) by PotsAndPandemonium - zhongli tells childe of his past lovers
The Autumn Winds Are Sighing (x) by BGTea - a zhongchi/tartali classic with amazing worldbuilding and plot, set in canon timeline
xiaoven/venxiao:
in your wings find shelter (x) by plot_hole_ventilation - royalty au with adopted royal xiao and his dragon companion venti
moonlight breeze (x) by plot_hole_ventilation - canon venti and xiao with a god kink, but really it's very soft
chiluc/diluchi:
a certain kind of contemplation (x) by underfallingflowerpetals - childe comes to diluc when he needs patching up, and diluc allows it
a duel (or something like it) (x) by twopinchesofcinnamon - vampire childe and vampire hunter diluc (also if u are into bnha or mdzs/cql, i will always rec cin's other fics as well!!)
tomokazu:
Thunderstruck (x) by taiyakii - canon setting tomokazu getting together
Patchwork (x) by taiyakii - high school au where tomo and kazu have been friends for ages. slow burn, sort of
Fine Print (x) by taiyakii - a/b/o where kazu goes into heat while traveling with tomo, and he and tomo form an agreement with each other
chennett:
Nectar of The Gods (x) by bluebottle762 - sex pollen chennett with SO many hilarious one-liners
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squidspawn · 2 years
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MDZS Rec List 4: AUs
So, several years ago I started a rec list for a friend I dragged into MDZS. More recently I’ve seen some folks wishing to read fics that pre-date a lot of the current fandom trends. Since I stopped updating the rec list in like... early 2020? most everything here is from that before time. I hope y’all can enjoy some of the old classics, and maybe find new fics you haven’t had a chance to read. And for newer fans, I hope you enjoy some of these fics that might have gotten buried at the back of the archives by the time you joined in the fun! 
Rec List 1: Everything that Happens in a Vaguely Canon-ish Verse, Wangxian Centric
Rec List 2: Supporting Cast Centric
Rec List 3: Early days of CQL fics
(S)- Short fic, either one-shot or up to three chapters in length
(L)- Long fic, four or more chapters
*(S) Swords I Guess by victortor- the fic where Wifi & LWJ are sword spirits, features quality Yunmeng bro feels: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14200701/chapters/32734884 
(S) Blow Me to Bermuda by victortor- LWJ was born at Beginning, Wifi was born at the End, they live passing each other: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17106704 
(S) Too Much Love Will Kill You by retts- Su She pov, Mafia au: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17838158 
(L) Monotone by seredemia- LWJ & LXC are immortal and find all their reincarnated friends after 3000 years, Angst with a Happy Ending (also technically reincarnation from canon but with no mxy resurrection arc): https://archiveofourown.org/works/16464410/chapters/38558627 
(S) After the World has Ended (Heart to Heart) by LilyMaxwell- Bionic LWJ time travels back into the past and stumbles across a lone demonic cultivator, they save the world and heal each other:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/23795662
**(S) the necromancer’s fairytale- by iliacquer; A necromancer, his palace of bones, his long-lost husband, and the rise of their dark kingdom. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23501860/chapters/56357179 
(S) debt of a knife by iliacquer- The AU where warlord!LWJ fic takes rebel WWX captive ~as his warprize~ but is actually protecting him. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23720065/chapters/56958610 
(L) Alexandria by LilyMaxwell- Wifi is from a time of swords and sects, gets frozen in ice and unfrozen hundreds of years in the future to meet linguistic LWJ: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20981294/chapters/49891463
(S) These Things Stay the Same by notevenyou- Modern AU, Wifi is a former war correspondent on his way back home for good with a newly adopted orphan A-Yuan when tragedy strikes (beautifully written, happy ending):  https://archiveofourown.org/works/20993447
**(S) Take My Breath and Steal the Things I Know- Watership Down au, A rabbit expects to meet death, it is a part of their life. Lan Wangji just wasn't prepared to meet him so many times, or for him to be so insistent (Wifi is the Black Rabbit of Inle):  https://archiveofourown.org/works/18283106
(S) Watership Down au part 2 w/ SV characters: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18882328 
(S) critical path analysis by chinxe- B99 au: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18173390
(S) phase boundaries by chinxe- Buzzfeed Unsolved AU, the cameraman may or may not be a demon, features best bro and reluctant wingman JC: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17816831
(S) Yunmeng Supernatural by Leffy- Buzzfeed Unsolved AU: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19485118/chapters/46382821
(L) Goblin Fruit by FayJay- HP au, good character analysis, fun shenanigans, 3zun as marauders, Wangxian displaying the worst/best aspects of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, and JC having an existential crisis at age 11: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21172853/chapters/50396222
**(S) An Armful of Warmth- HP au, spontaneous collab between Silverink85 & Alaceron, features Prof. LWJ and (secretly patronus) rabbit Wifi, very fun and intriguing story and the art is gorgeous 
Ao3 fic address: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1624144 
The tumblr post that started it all: https://silverink58.tumblr.com/post/190584256052/stop-causing-trouble-professor-lan-and-his 
**(S) WEI WUXIAN, VAMPIRE HUNTER  by SuspiciousPopsicle- Bunnicula AU, misunderstandings, LWJ’s gay panic & internal screaming, gratuitous vampire movie cliches: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1362655
*(S) Upon Metal by astrobandit- Modern AU, Long ago Wifi turned himself into a genie, but LWJ is very bad at making wishes: https://web.archive.org/web/20210127023041/https://archiveofourown.org/works/22267204 
(S) the clash of blades, its a greeting by astrobandit- Sword Tournament au, vaguely historical-ish, identity porn, Who could this masked swordsman be? Fun times: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20301244/chapters/48127177#workskin
(S) wei to the kingdom by bird_of_dreams- Another tournament au, this time with the prince’s hand in marriage as the reward, Wifi is dense and smart by turns: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17877590 
(S) A Butterfly’s Dream by rustycol- Historical AU, Wifi’s life as a poet, pissing off the emperor, falling in love with another poet, traveling the country, all the good stuff: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17122616 
(S) Desiderium by seredemia-  Royalty AU, all the fluff, childhood friends: http://archiveofourown.org/works/18554137 
(S) To Capture a Ghost by atomicmuffin- HoB au, Wifi is a Calamity, LWJ is a God, and JC is DONE WITH THIS SHIT: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21159371
(S) The Adventures of the Magic Path Group Masters (Or Why Wei Wuxian is No Longer Allowed to Name Things) by Quixiote - DnD fic, features NHS the most put-upon DM: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15762531  
(S) Pass GO by numinae- Disaster Monopoly Modern AU: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17299598 
(L) A Start on How by misscam- Or five times Wei Ying stayed over at Lan Zhan’s, and one time he just stayed - Modern AU fluffy romance; very sweet no pain: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20405866/chapters/48403222
Willful Blindness Verse by sarahyyy- ‘i thought it was a job interview, you thought it was a date’ as told through numerous drabbles, including marriage with Wifi none the wiser: (Note: So this started off as very funny crack drabbles but then got really depressing? Just be aware) https://sarah-yyy.tumblr.com/tagged/wilful-blindness-verse
******(L) Swipe Right: How not to use Chinese Tinder- by Bow&Tie Delightfully silly modern au, featuring social media shenanigans, baby relays, LXC just trying to be a good big bro, Wifi’s A+ childcare skillz, Yunmeng siblings being EPIC, & JZX getting his act together: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1202626 
*(S) Covered in Bees by ScarlettStorm- Modern AU, Wifi is trapped in his house while his front yard has a giant writhing mass of bees, fortunately someone from the Cloud Recesses Apiary came to save him (absolutely hilarious pls read) https://archiveofourown.org/works/27142841 
(S) treating a bunny to dinner by yiqie- modern au- Wifi takes his vegetarian bf to a bbq on accident, very soft and sweet, A++ character interactions: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23263096
(S) Rating: General Audiences by Mishaa- fandom au, falling in love during Big Bang, https://archiveofourown.org/works/18705079/chapters/44362705
*(L) And So My Heart Beats Wildly by lilywinterwood- Modern Magic AU, cultivation as an extreme sport, Olympic Shenanigans, miscommunications, angst with a happy ending, there’s also mystery & plot: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17426555/chapters/41026187 
(L) hold me by the heart by lilywinterwood- Rule 63 Modern AU, feat. Chinese Literature professor Lan Zhan and her lingerie model girlfriend, Wei Ying: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1348840 
(L) From Me to You by Ceta- Actor/Musician AU, Social Media fic, Wifi being Dense, supportive fam:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229045738/https://archiveofourown.org/works/16759042?view_full_work=true 
(L) If I can’t have you by Leffy- Actors AU, hardcore pining, misunderstandings, trying to be professional while filming sex scenes and not quite succeeding: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19992376/chapters/47334121
(S) Bewitched by Itabane- A Supernatural/Modern AU where everyone is alive and happy (for a while), quality Yunmeng siblings and Junior Trio content: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1122576 
(S) oscillatory by chinxe; Mer/Pirate AU; https://archiveofourown.org/works/19087141/chapters/45346516 
*(S) The Blacklisted Tavern by Rurella: High Fantasy roommate shenanigans, delightfully crack humor, nearly died of asphyxiation reading because i was laughing too hard: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16035929/chapters/37430825 
(S) ​​The Adventures of Wei Ying, Ancient and Powerful Mimic, and Some People He Promised not to Eat by @suspiciouspopsicle; DnD au (no players) w/ good crack & monsterfucking times: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2186277 
(S) Across a River of Stars by jiangnan- Legend of the White Snake AU, canon-ish? setting, LWJ is a very persistent crane: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19086070/chapters/45343561 
(S) there will come soft rains by infinite- kinda Hades/Persephone AU? less kidnapping more the God of Spring won’t leave Wifi alone: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19026238
(S) Eye of Fire by mushin- Cyberpunk au: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17103110 
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missfangirll · 2 years
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Daily Favorite Lines: Fandom Favorites
Since it’s Christmas soon, I decided you get a DLF farewell present: some of my all time favorites of all the fandoms I posted fic recs for.. Enjoy! 😁
1. The Untamed / Mo Dao Zu Shi
✮ Lan Wangji / Wei Wuxian:
I hope that you will come and meet me by feyburner (28384 words, Post-Canon, Getting Together, Love Letters, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)
✮ Song Lan / Xiao Xingchen:
palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss by iodhadh (15128 words, Pre-Canon, Getting Together, Pining)
find him by touch alone, know him blind by Fleetling (4499 words, Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Nobody Dies)
hold me close (don't let go) by oliverdalstonbrowning (11133 words, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Falling In Love)
✮ Lan Sizhui / Lan Jingyi: 
anyway, here's wuji by kakikaeru (18045 words, Post-Canon, mostly cql canon)
                 2. Guardian / Zhen Hun
✮ Zhao Yunlan / Shen Wei:
The Deconstruction of Hei Pao Shi by clevermanka (111289 words, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Post-Canon Fix-It, Canon Compliant, Porn-heavy Plot)
Carte Blanche by naye (66610 words, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending)
✮ Da Qing / Ye Zun:
Will You Be My Player Two for Life? by Kakushigo (15018 words, Mutual Pining, background weilan, meet cute, idiots in love)
✮ Chu Shuzhi / Guo Changcheng:
go tell the bones by queen_gee (11729 words, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Post-Canon, No Spoilers, Getting Together, Idiots in Love, Pining, Fluff, First Kiss, Grief/Mourning)
                    3. Heaven Official’s Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu
✮ Hua Cheng / Xie Lian:
some rivers and streams in between by idrilka (10807 words, Reunions, First Time)
Of Marriages and Ascensions (series, unfinished) by Naamah_Beherit (38210 words, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Different First Meeting, Canon Universe)
               4. The Dumb Husky and his White Cat Shizun / 2ha
✮ Chu Wanning / Mo Ran:
Catharsis by jitterati (now orphaned on AO3) (50005 words, Fluff, Conversations, Hurt/Comfort, Sex)
Up This Cobbled Lane by cherryburlesque (26285 words, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, slight angst with a happy ending)
              5. Word of Honor / Shan He Ling
✮ Zhou Zishu / Wen Kexing:
gently into morning by Lirelyn (5121 words, Post-Canon, trauma processing, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, copious amounts of cuddling and handholding and eventually fucking)
To Mend With Gold by ElodieWrites (47635 words; Obligatory Amnesia Fic; Hurt/Comfort; Accidental soulmate acquisition; Fluff; With a side of angst; Fix It Fic; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence)
          6. Lord Seventh / Qi Ye
✮ Jing Beiyuan / Wu Xi:
sleep and wake up then say that again by mido (11340 words, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past major character injury, Miscommunication, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, References to Canon, Porn with Feelings)
it's all yours now by myheadsnoisy (5617 words, Canon Compliant, Confessions, Getting Together)
                 7. Thousand Autumns / Qian Qiu
✮ Shen Qiao / Yan Wushi:
Father of the Bride by FireLordTrunks (9105 words, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content, Kissing, Happy Ending)
and when the rain stops, you’re there by terracottawarrior (7464 words, Modern AU, Getting Back Together, Confessions, Kissing, Sex)
            8. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System /  Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong 
✮ Luo Binghe / Shen Qingqiu:
Can't we just skip to the end? by chaoticgoodlawyer (58610 words, Time Travel, Crack, Time Travel Fix-It, Character Study, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, First Time)
            9. SCI Mystery / SCI Mi An Ji
✮ Bai Yutong / Zhan Yao:
Ordinary by thewickling (Diviana) (27896 words, Slice of Life, Curtain Fic, Romance, Domestic, Living Together, Canon Compliant, Getting Together)
            10. The Yin Yang Master / Qing Ya Ji
✮ Yuan Boya / Anbei Qingming
My Name, Your Spell by Momokai (12265 words, Getting Together, First Time)
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Hello! First, thank you for your hard work!!! I absolutely love this blog. Now for the ask, can I have fic where wangxian are in a arranged marriage and Lan Zhan likes Wei Ying but Wei Ying has a hard time reciprocating/accepting this and vice versa? Thank you ❣️
oooho excellent timing 👀 i just spent the evening so far re-reading all the arranged marriage bookmarks i have, so this is relatively fresh on my mind! i'm not sure if i have any that are particularly "wwx or lwj has a hard time reciprocating", but there are so many that are like "mutual pining" which might be under "hard time accepting this"?
*ACTUALLY I JUST REMEMBERED @sarah-yyy‘S TUMBLR SERIES rebuttable presumption (masterpost) AND NOW I’M LOSING MY MIND!!! here’s her “10 point summary to the verse” as an intro - this is one of the first tumblr series i read and followed upon getting into cql/mdzs, and so it holds such a dear spot in my heart i can’t believe i nearly missed it (plus there’s an AU also, listed in the recs below)
here we go!!!
A Myriad of Blossoms by Itszero (E, 56910 words): yllz marries lwj after nightless city, very cruel wwx until he’s not
a light hidden and singing by occultings (@microcomets) (E, 48528 words): arranged marriage pre-sunshot, misunderstandings and miscommunication
seldom all they seem by Fahye (@fahye) (E, 24930 words): arranged marriage from youth, canon happens up to burial mounds; series: Marriage Principles
of all the hands by typefortydeductions (E, 51432 words): emperor lxc arranges a marriage between lwj and yllz!wwx post-sunshot
Restraint and Realization by Winglesss (@i-put-the-bi-in-suibian) (E, 12461 words): A/B/O AU, omega!wwx plans on breaking every single rule in the cloud recesses to get out of an arranged marriage with alpha!lwj
concessions to love by besanii (@besanii) (T, 29248 words): wwx runs away from an arranged marriage and meets a mystery lan [my post here]
the river and the sea by sasamelons (@sasamelons) (T, 7839 words): lwj looks for his soulmate but is determined to hate his betrothed (arranged marriage) [my post here]
Mourning Robes by Starlight1395 (T, 17085 words): arranged marriage, wwx is miserable (depression, dissociation)
permissive presumption by sarahyyy (@sarah-yyy) (G, 7756 words): no war AU of “rebuttable presumption”
a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke (M, 180247 words): arranged marriage AU, beast core [my post here]
forever is home (with you) by moonsteps (T, 23232 words): arranged marriage AU, lwj/wwx fall in love [my post here]
can u believe this isn’t even technically all the arranged marriage bookmarks i have (encompasses a good amount but--)
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