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parlerenfleurs · 3 months

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Starting to think, going by the MXTX fandoms, that a lot of people are comfortable with being a bit terrible and not thriving for an ideal whatsoever, because they really really reeaaally want to believe Xue Yang and Jiang Cheng are poor cuties who weren't lucky and the heroes are a bunch of holier-than-thou arrogant bitches who need to be taken down a peg when the text says the opposite, because then it justifies their own faults and hatred of genuinely awesome people who seem to have it better in life and isn't that sooo unfair and isn't it fair that they should suffer to learn what it's like to suffer like them, poor tortured, petty, flawed humans who see themselves in the villains rather than the heroes.

#Bloom talks #I'm out of patience with people who have decided not to be better and won't take any responsibility for it #oh but I suffer so~#newsflash asshole most people struggle horribly at some point or another and yet some of us decide to be good #and also some of us are indeed gifted and impressive and it is something to be celebrated and yes admired on occasion #I love a good gifted person #who shines bright and leads an amazing life #the Wei Wuxians of the world are a treasure #you want to love Jiang Cheng because you feel you are like him and want to be loved?#I don't know man have you TRIED not being an asshole? people have an easier time loving you if you try you know?#you don't have to adopt it as your whole identity and make it everyone else's problem #so fucking tired of seeing people not even try #IT'S FINE TO BE CLEAR to relate to Jiang Cheng and be an asshole inside #we all are a little bit of an asshole inside!!#just stoop pretending he's actually good and Wei WuXian is bad!#yes I'm talking about a general thing with this very specific thing yes #mxtx #mdzs

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shijieswife · 3 months

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you know what made me fall in love with lan wangji ? that he didnt spend the thirteen years he lost his love in mourning. that he didnt spend it in seclusion, he didnt grow angry or cold at the world, didnt burn it down. he did not rely on the impossible, a miracle, lose his mind to the motion that he could get his beloved back.

no. instead, lan wangji moved on. he moved on in a way that honoured his love, that would never love him back. he learnt from his mistakes, of letting his rules hold him back, of not standing up for what is right, in favour of the righteous path. he grows from a gentle boy with a big heart and good intentions, who could never properly convey his love to wei wuxian, whose want for righteousness was in conflict with the righteousness ingrained into him. who still stood up for wei wuxian in front of all the sects. the boy, who grows into a still gentle man, goodness still untouched by the world around him, who can properly differentiate between right and wrong, knows when what is right is against his rules, to chose what is right. who goes where the chaos goes, instead of where the glory is.

hanguang-jun does not spend those thirteen years waiting. instead, he takes in a boy who has been damned for being born impoverished, with the wrong surname. he teaches the new generation, with a kind yet firm hand, teaches them to be open minded. honors the laughing boy in cloud recess, who made his shufu lose his composure with his unorthodox ideas. he protects the juniors, lets them have the opportunity grow gentle and kind, good. he is a beacon of light to the common people, he does not forget them. he remembers the boy, who he will belong to forever, who will never be his, and honors his life.

lan zhan had no expectation of wei ying coming back. and that is why he treasures his second chance, so. because he did not think it was his right for his love to come back to him, loving and sweet, in his arms. he is no longer a boy, naive and unknowingly letting the cultivation world think he hates his beloved.

and even if yiling laozu had never returned, hanguang-jun would still live. he would never have forgotten the man who lost his entire life to protect the innocent, and would still raise juniors, see his son married, hold his grandchildren.

he would have lived up to his memory with ever breath he drew - by living free of regrets, wants or envies.

#god guys i just word vomitted all over #i love lwj a normal amount as u can tell #mdzs #lan wangji

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jiangwanyinscatmom · 10 months

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Since it seems, I need to point all this out... again...

Anonymous asked:

Like, I have no trouble seeing WWX as a good guy, or even the least bad in the cultivation world, but if he can subject a man to forced autocannibalism and orchestrate a scenario where a woman is made to put her mouth around his penis before biting it off, then he’s far from an ideal guy imo. There are things no one deserves no matter what they’ve done. Mxtx could have done more to distinguish his actions from the way XY subjects people to cannibalism and JGY forces women to rape his father.

I've answered a bit of this before, I will repost my response as well as respond further to my own view as to why I don't condemn him the same as Jin Guangyao and Xue Yang. As well as how it is a fandom fallacy he did the act to force Wang Lingjiao to do anything.

About the supervisory office:

First, let me at least mark the difference between “gui dao” and “mo dao” as it will be important for the courier station antics.

魔道 (Mo Dao): Lit. Devil’s way/path/truth

鬼道 (Gui Dao): The Ghost’s/twisted/sly, way/path/truth

心 (Xin) Soul/center/core/heart

心魔 (Xin Mo): Devil, Soul/center/core/heart

鬼 (Gui) lit. A ghost/demon/crafty/cursed

With these in mind, the way Mo Dao is crafted as a cultivator, is that you have to have a center/a core, that is innately tuned to be crafted as evil, hence, a corrupted core. To use real mo dao, it needs to come from within to manipulate, not from outer external references, it is the corruption of the self and the still living to craft evil beings.

To use real gui dao, it comes from the dead, the ghosts and the supernatural, in other words not of much of the self. It is using the outside forces of death and non-living beings to use techniques. It is simply using what already existed before to craft an entity.

Now, on to the Wang Lingjiao and Wen Chao scenes and why these distinctions are important and it was just Wei Wuxian manipulating the two’s already heightened paranoia’s to exasperate the negative energy they fostered between themselves.

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In that moment, as soon as she opened the chest, she was able to peer inside.

It was none of her beloved treasures, but the body of a pale, curled-up child!

2:

She snuck within the room once again, found a long clothing pole, and flipped the chest over. Inside of it, her treasure sat peacefully.

There was no child whatsoever.

Wang Lingjiao sighed in relief. With the pole in her hands, she squatted down. Just as she was about to brace herself, she suddenly realized that two bright spots were shining underneath her bed.

It was a pair of eyes.

That pale child from before lay prone under her bed, staring into her own.

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As he turned around, the rest of what he wanted to say stuck within his throat. He was staring at a woman in front of his door.

The woman’s features were broken, as though they had been smashed and then pieced together haphazardly. Her eyes stared in two different directions; the left upward and the right downward. Her entire face was horrendously disfigured.

Wen Chao, with some difficulty, was able to recognize her from her scanty robe. It was Wang Lingjiao!

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Still on the ground, Wang Lingjiao immediately picked up one of the stools legs, and frantically, she began stuffing it into her mouth, laughing all the while, “Fine, fine, I’ll eat it, I’ll eat it!

Haha, I’ll eat it!”

She had already stuffed a significant length of the stool leg down her throat!

Remember, that just before these confrontations Wang Lingjiao had already assumed that Wen Chao’s time was up as well as she herself making plans to run away. They had already turned on each other, as she was planning to move on to a more prospective target, and he wanting her out of the way as an annoyance.

As such, both have created a negative space for themselves, also, remember all of the talismans for protection that they had placed on the outside of the courier station, and their effects which had been reversed by Wei Wuxian. Their 风水(geomancy) physically and mentally has been disordered. Their harmony is broken. Thus, they have cultivated an outside force for Wei Wuxian to manipulate and turn the two against each other.

The above scenes are simply the inner hell they created from their own paranoia and negativity they trapped themselves in. Wei Wuxian only had to change a few character strokes on the protective talismans to sic them on each other while he was on the outside looking in.

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Wen Chao cried sharply in pain. It sounded piercing within the silence of the courier station.

Jiang Cheng asked, “Why is his voice so pitched?”

Wei Wuxian responded, “Of course it would sound like that with a certain something gone.“

Jiang Cheng replied in disgust, “You’re the one who took it? ”

Wei WuXian said, “It’s wretched if you think that. Of course I wasn’t the one who took it. It was bitten off by his woman when she went mad.”

There is no reason for Wei Wuxian to lie here, he has already proudly admitted to his tortures of Wen Chao before hand and his physical abuse against him and Wen Zhuliu. Wei Wuxian’s entire persona here was meant to be cruel and monstrous and he continued further torture of course, but it was added on to the existing abuse that Wen Chao and Wang Lingjiao cultivated together already.

So, no, anon, Wei Wuxian was not a rapist in any capacity here. He simply played dirty tricks to make these two ruin each other even more by themselves.

Now, to the second part of your ask. Personally, I am content with the way MXTX portrayed the act of his vengeance as being different than Jin Guangyao and Xue Yang. Because ultimately, when he did choose to do this, it was for all the violence these two (Wen Chao and Wang Lingjiao) reaped themselves, by the mandate of heaven and Chinese Buddhist belief, they have gathered their merits of "negativity" to face the consequences of their own actions. Cruelty is met with cruelty it has accrued. Nothing more, in Doaist terms, it is the way of nature righting it's harmony that humans are not made for. An eye for an eye.

The way of the world is for a human to be able to balance the self in it, and not for the world to cater to humanity. In this sense, the only ones who are in turmoil are those that have misrepresented their own words and actions (i.e. Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian).

And, as I said, Wei Wuxian took revenge on none other than those that had wronged him. To Daoist principal that is as it should be. As for Jin Guangyao and Xue Yang however, they did not leave it to just that, they steeped in obsession of hate. To be doaist, you cannot place obsession, of any sort, over the tranquility of your own choices and way. They continued to cause ruin without the give. This has already set them apart as lost to the moral code of a daoist.

Daoism is not about the call of morality humanity is, it is simply the act of natural actions. Good and bad, are human and a fight that is constant to make peace with.

And for further details, let's get what geomancy is out of the way since it is critical to the usage of this scene and how the Wens there were easily turned against each other with just TALISMANS.

For starters, in China the art of geomancy is also divination , I Ching, specifically and has been used to say that by following the earth's natural patterns harmony can be achieved for life and home.

To garner negativity is to welcome negativity by being unaligned with those patterns. Which brings in the warding talismans that have been used all over by the Wens during this time. To shift the ward meanings is very simple and expounds the paranoia and hate that have already festered within this particular place. It has no Feng Shui based on natural energy that these people have. Harmony that is vital for daoism and cultivation has already been ruined and altered enough for it to be easy to manipulate through simple divination and the manipulations of the outside force that already is in existence.

Wei Wuxian already had the tools for all there to hurt themselves. Gruesome yes, but also in line with what is deemed as the energy accumulation and disruptions humans made themselves for revenge.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #is not morally grey #literally this does not work if we philosophically play into what daoism is #yin and yang are the two extremes of each other #to balance them doesn't mean morally grey because enlightenment means to let go of human morality and be above human thought #ascension means you are above human crisis #and why the primordial soul is so important it can be swayed to either extreme #please just look up basic philosophy for doaism as it is very much in extreme contrast to human hardship

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wangxianficrecs · 6 days

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💙 These Mortal Treasures by ChilianXianzi

These Mortal Treasures

by ChilianXianzi

T, 9k, Wangxian

Summary: "Is that something that Wei Ying would like?" Lan Wangji asks softly, carefully, "To be kept?" There's that fleeting, lost look in Wei Ying's eyes once more, and Lan Wangji thinks it's unacceptable - That Wei Ying had not felt welcomed in his own home, so much so that he decided to wander the world away from it. So much so that he is afraid that he would be unwelcome as well elsewhere. Lan Wangji barely stops himself from hissing, from letting the steam of his icy breath escape in the close air between them. He only vaguely remembers the Jiangs, a young Cultivation Clan barely a century old, but his disdain towards them feels ancient now in the wake of all this. How foolish of them, to simply let go of someone so bright, someone so unfailingly kind and giving. How convenient, for Lan Wangji's own gain. Kay's comments: I adore this story. The excerpt that's in the summary already encapsulates perfectly what I adore so much about it, Lan Wangji's and Wei Wuxian's relationship in this one is *chef's kiss*. Dragon Lan Wangji watching mortal Wei Wuxian and making sure he feels safe and happy in his home and that he wants to become part of his hoard, being absolutely enraged at the thought that anyone hadn't treated Wei Wuxian as the treasure he is in the past and of course, egg!Yuan!! And eggnancy!! Love that for them and love Lan Wangji tearing the Jins a new one as well.

pov lan wangji, canon divergence, dragon lan wangji, rogue cultivator wei wuxian, wei wuxian leaves the yunmeng jiang sect, possessive lan wangji, domestic fluff, angst with a happy ending, cultivation sect politics, not jiang cheng friendly, mpreg, eggpreg, eggnancy, developing relationship, strangers to lovers

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

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bamboo-gdn · 1 year

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Wei WuXian didn't fail.

Burial Mounds settlement with the Wens wasn't worthless. And I'm not saying this because Sizhui survived. Wei WuXian gave them a place to live together. It wasn't the best place but it was something, more than the cultivation world had allowed them. Because the Wen Remnants were doomed since the end of the war, they were destined to die. So what matters is how they died. They didn't die humiliated in a labour camp but fighting for the life they had a right to live.

Wei WuXian gave them time, time they treasured till the end and even after the end. Because of that, even after being killed unjustified and not being given a proper burial they were able to move on. Because of that, when they came back they decided it was more important to protect those they had left than to harm those who had killed them.

So, Wei WuXian didn't fail.

#wwx #wy #wen remnants #burial mounds #wei wuxian #wei ying #burial mounds fam #wei ying did his best #for the wens that was enough #wei wuxian did nothing wrong #the wens were masacred unjustly #forever bitter that cql didn't add the second siege scene #one of the bests scenes #wei ying found family #wen remnants did nothing wrong

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person-behind-books · 4 months

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wangji moved on.

after three years in seclusion and mourning he got up.

he raised shizhui, helped the people, taught the juniors, and build himself back together again.

only once a year, on the anniversary, he would fight his way through and go to that cave where wei ying tore himself apart and play for him until his fingers bled.

afterwards he would get up and return to his life, missing wei ying and mourning but building himself back together above the ashes of heartbreak.

wanyin was unable to let go.

years after years he would search the world for wei wuxian.

he raised his sect stronger than it had been before.

he trained desciples.

and he loved and treasured and taught jin ling.

jin ling was his whole world. the only thing he had left beyond the land his parents once protected.

but still he stayed trapped in the past.

wei wuxian is dead, torn apart, his soul gone. there is an almost impossible chance for him to return and yet wanyin searches.

where hanguang-jun is always there where chaos is, where people are in danger, sandou shengshou is always the first whenever a demonic cultivatior torments a village.

he's trapped. cursed to chase a ghost until his death.

that mo xuanyu ressurected wei ying gave wangji the chance to make a wrong right, let him give wei ying the chance to live a happy live. that he chose wangji was something beyond his hopes. wangji would have been desolate had wei ying still hated him but even then he would live on. their love for each other a healthy scar.

that mo xuanyu ressurected wei wuxian gave wanyin the chance to free himself, let him get closure with wei wuxian and to ultimately cut him out of his body. their love for each other a rot that has festered for over a decade.

whatever might happen after wanji and wei ying will be alright.

whatever might happen after wanyin and wei wuxian would have to start from scratch.

(inspired by @lgbtlunaverse's post)

#i just think they're neat #the way they parallel each other in the worst ways makes me feral #wanxian #wei wuxian & jiang cheng #could also be seen as #chengxian #drabble #lan wangji #jiang cheng #mdzs #cql #haven't written for them in some time

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faeryarchives · 2 years

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fleeting serendipity

alternate title: after realizing their feelings for you, what will be their next course of action?

* ˚ ✦ accidental confession + courting; after finally realizing their true feelings out loud, it is no surprise that you would accidentally hear it. but one thing leads to another, they are now courting you! it might look messy at first but the slowly become better in the process - getting to know the person they like better + got to be part of your world where you feel really safe. one can see how they really treasure you and your love but the question is will you say yes or no 🧐 ?

— deuce spade, cater diamond (i have a huge feeling that he will slip something like this out on magicam), epel felmier, idia shroud, sebek zigvolt

* ˚ ✦ start giving you subtle hints; they would be the type who would still act 'normal' around you but also makes sure that drop little hints about their affection such as doing things for you that they wouldn't do for other people and expect them to be always there whenever you need any extra help. at this point everyone wonder how long will it take for you to notice how special you are to them 🤭 but they don't mind because they are willing to wait for you <3

— trey clover, ruggie bucchi, jade leech, jamil viper, silver, malleus draconia (ok so listen, he would be the type who will take home a bunny just because it looks like you)

* ˚ ✦ risk it all; the combination of the first two mentioned - they would probably think it for a while before drop hints such as sneakily holding hands while your hands are next to each other + giving you some of your favorite snack even if you didn't asked + greeting hugs that becomes longer than expected until it leads them to admitting they want to court you because it is better to take action than to wait and regret

— ace trappola, leona kingscholar, floyd leech, kalim al asim, rook hunt, lilia vanrouge (he risked many things already before and he wouldn't hesitate to take another risk for the last time)

* ˚ ✦ stay low; the safest course of action because they will test the waters first, they don't want to destroy your friendship because of their feelings. very observant and sometimes give the tiniest signs like asking you about your opinions in romantic relationship + what you would expect from them only to receive a very simple answer - "it could be someone i really know well or a person i just met but what i really want is a deep understanding with them regardless of their personality." it gave them a confident boost and would still stay low until they got the right moment to let you know how they feel

— riddle rosehearts, jack howl, azul ashengrotto, vil schoenheit

LMAO I FELL ASLEEP WHILE WRITING THIS LAST NIGHT IM SORRY 😭 and my bunny wei wuxian and reunited with bunny lan wangji ueueue look 🥺

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loosingmoreletters · 1 year

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Nobody asked for it but here are some Rapunzel/Imprisonment AU rambles

Backstory: Instead of Dying™️, WWX gets imprisoned underground by JGY for the low low price of torture and No Legs bc a prisoner that in every sense of the word can’t run away is easier to handle, right?

Anyway, he gets threatened into compliance and is mostly solitary until JGY brings him a new guest.

“Not a prisoner,” he says with the same smile. “Just something to look after.” And dumps tiny toddler Jin Rusong on WWX.

He doesn’t want to kill his son, however misfortuned he is, and WWX’s reactions have been lacking lately. Giving him something new to care for is just the preferable method.

Jin Rusong becomes Wei Wuxian’s Lan Bao, a little treasure handed to him in a basket. It’s a different Lan, he’s not projecting, no. In any case, Lan Bao grows up in a small room with steady candlelight, but no daylight. His father draws on their walls and ceilings, everything he reads from books so that a-Bao has a vague idea of the outside world. He was too young when brought to the dungeon to recall much.

JGY visits… less. Xue Yang more. There’s a trade off there, somewhere.

Well, time passes and enter stage left: WWX’s longest fucking con. A minimal but perfected disguise talisman, something to fool the guards, and his kid is free to go. WWX isn’t but, he can’t walk and a ten year old can’t carry him, but that’s alright. He’s been dead to the world for a while.

Lan Bao escapes in a truly particular show of a child who already had some health issues and been raised under terrible conditions, is now out in the world again, and, against the original plan of living well somewhere far away, he hides in the departing Lan contingent.

Enter stage left: Lan Sizhui opening their luggage to find a ten-year-old squinting at him. Said ten year old won’t say where he’s from or how he got there or what is wrong with him (WWX did his best, but really, you can’t raise a kid like that).

Enter stage even further left: LWJ and his empty nest syndrome Need To Do Right By WWX’s Memory. The kid needs help and support and he can do that.

Now count down time until WWX finds his prison cell kicked in by his savior

LWJ will forever see it as fate that he got to raise both of WWX’s children, WWX is mostly bewildered neither child knew the meaning of stranger danger. Sizhui was a toddler and knew LWJ but Lan Bai really should’ve known better. They had a plan.

#mdzs #the untamed #wei wuxian #lan wangji #lan sizhui #jin rusong #aus and ideas

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littlesmartart · 2 years

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DRAWTOBER #7 - Fish out of water by Shiome

“Oh my god, oh my god, please don’t drown yourself in Shufu’s vintage tub—“ The panicked little plea dies on Lan Xichen’s lips as something extraordinary, something magical and horrifying happens in front of his stunned eyes. As soon as the water covers him completely, the young man twists like a snake and presses his legs together. Skin trembles and crackles - the transformation would be grotesque, if it weren’t so beautiful. A thick golden tail unfurls like a glittering stole. It’s so long it has to coil twice to fit in the tub, scales glittering like a sunken treasure. Retired swimmer Lan Xichen rescues someone, but that someone isn't quite human. He makes himself very much at home in his bathtub, however. (A mer/human romcom with a very mild sprinkle of angst)

this fic is part of a whole series and yes, okay, the core premise is essentially "how Lan Xichen discovers he's a monsterfucker", but oh my god - it's funny, it's cute, it's angsty at times but it's genuinely such a fun read! all the silliness of romcom tropes whilst also interestingly transplanting the social dynamics of Meng Shi's situation using fantasy aspects. take a look at this series if you like sweet and sexy but incredibly genuinely loving xiyao, Huaisang gremlin content, Wei Wuxian gremlin content, JGS getting exactly what he deserves, and Mingjue feeling like the only goddman sane man in the world.

#xiyao #lan xichen #meng yao #the untamed #drawtober #drawtober 2022

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mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess · 6 months

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A word

This is for prompt 24 of @sasukimimochi 's fall drawing/writing challenge and also a fanfic-of-a-fanfic?/tribute?/love letter? to their fic, Ghost of Mine, more precisely the end of chapter 25.

I will never stop waxing poetic about this fic, so you guys better read it because it's life-changing.

No warnings and no angst this time, enjoy <3

"Xian-gege, what does 'safe' mean?"

Wei Wuxian stares at the little one, curiosity glimmering in his eyes as he looks up at the man with an inquisitive expression. He's especially adorable like that, with baby fat still clinging to his cheeks despite living in the wretched Burial Mounds - and Wei Wuxian can't help picking him up in his arms, despite the pain that singes through his body at the movement.

"It means something or someone that makes you feel like nothing bad could happen."

A-Yuan hums at the explanation, tapping his chin (a habit he picked up from being around Wei Wuxian so much) in thought. He hums and huffs quietly for a bit, and Wei Wuxian chuckles, ruffling his hair. "There's something else you want to ask me, I can feel it."

"Xian-gege, are we safe?"

The question sobers Wei Wuxian out of his good mood as if he'd been sunk into ice water. In truth, they are not. There is no safety in the Burial Mounds. At any moment, Wei Wuxian's carefully maintained barriers could be broken by the boundless wrath of the Burial Mounds.

At any moment, he could succumb to his many injuries and ailments and leave the Wens defenseless.

At any moment, they could be attacked by the cultivation world for the crime of being alive when they should have been dead.

But A-Yuan is a child. He does not understand these things, nor does he need to. These are not the kinds of things he should be worrying over - at his age, or at any.

But Wei Wuxian feels wrong lying to him.

"I am doing my best to keep us all safe." He begins, at last. "And I will keep doing my best to make sure that doesn't change."

A-Yuan looks at him thoughtfully again, then smiles, bright and innocent and beautiful. "Then it means you are our 'safe', Xian-gege!"

Wei Wuxian's eyes mist over, and he only manages to hide it because the little one reaches to hug his arms around Wei Wuxian's neck.

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The rain has finally stopped now, and Sizhui's treasure hunting adventures have come to a halt. He has grown tired at last, and is resting by Wei Wuxian's side, watching his brush move over the canvas, almost hypnotized and half asleep.

"Mama..."

The ghost hums in acknowledgement, turning his head to look at the boy. He seems to be fighting sleep with all that he has, but his eyelids are growing heavier and he speaks in a quiet voice.

"I'm thinking of a word right now..."

"You are?" Wei Wuxian laughs, airily, placing his brush aside carefully as he tucks the boy better in the sheets. "What word?"

He snuggles into the warmth and closes his eyes, smiling softly.

"Safe..."

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

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mxtxfanatic · 1 year

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I said I ultimately don’t respect Lan Xichen, and I don’t. BUT, there were a few places where I did respect the effort he put in to trying to find the truth behind Nie Mingjue’s dismembered corpse and into not completely disregarding Lan Wangji’s and Wei Wuxian’s suspicions.

Lan XiChen walked over, and Lan WangJi looked at him. As their eyes met, Lan XiChen’s expression hesitated before immediately becoming more complex, as though he found something unbelievable. It seemed that he already understood...

...He spoke, “A-Yao, would it be possible to let us in and allow us to take a look at your treasure room?”

–Chapt. 50: Guile, exr

Lan XiChen, “It does not sound different indeed. However, it definitely is not part of Cleansing.”

If it was a normal mistake, it wouldn’t blend so seamlessly into the other sections of the original song. This melody had to have been purposely polished before it was put in here. And this unfamiliar melody, not part of Cleansing but mixed into it, was likely the key to Nie MingJue’s death.

After a while of thought, Lan XiChen spoke, “You two can follow me.”

–Chapt. 63: Tenderness, exr

Lan XiChen took into his hands the piece of paper with the score on it. He stared at it for a while, “I will find some way to try this score.”...

...Lan XiChen supported his head on his hand. His voice was low, as though he was trying to hold something back, “WangJi, the version of Jin GuangYao that I know is entirely different compared to the version that you know and the version that the world knows! Throughout all these years, in my eyes, he has always been... enduring his suffer, caring for all people, treating everyone with respect. I have always believed, without a doubt, that the criticism he received from others all came from misunderstandings, that what I knew how he truly is. Now, you want me to believe, at once, that everything about this person is fake, that he planned to kill one of his sworn brothers, that I was also a part of his plan and even helped him... Could you please allow me some more discretion before I make my own judgement?”

–Chapt. 64: Tenderness, exr

Wei WuXian understood now. Since ZeWu-Jun and LianFang-Zun had quite a good relationship, Lan XiChen had given Jin GuangYao a token of passage as well so that he could visit freely. However, it was likely that within the past few days he had either edited the prohibitions of the Cloud Recesses’ barrier or retracted the permission of Jin GuangYao’s token of passage.

–Chapt. 65: Tenderness, exr

Lan Xichen is in a tough spot: he’s never before been challenged in his perceptions of other people nor been forced to pick a side between those he loves. The only other dilemma that comes close to matching what he faces in uncovering Jin Guangyao’s treachery is the the morality behind Madam Lan murdering a Lan teacher, Qingheng-jun marrying Madam Lan who did not love him back to save her life, and he and the rest of the Lan Clan imprisoning her for the rest of her life while denying her the right to raise her children. Had Lan Xichen looked into this matter, his opinion on at least one of these three side–if not all of them–would be irrevocably changed, so he avoids this by simply not investigating the truth.

However in this murder investigation, he chooses to proceed with finding the truth. True, he doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring it, as this involves the death of someone close to him directly tied to another man that he is close to, with he, himself, acting as the linchpin tying them all together. Plus, this situation is much bigger than intra-clan politics and would have farther-reaching consequences. But when has that stopped any other clan leader from burying their heads in the sand and refusing to seek truth in favor of convenient assumptions? We watched everyone (Lan Xichen, included) throw Wei Wuxian to the wolves for simply not following cultivator etiquette, so it wouldn’t be anything new. Lan Xichen choosing to continue investigating shows a departure from his earlier mentality and, if not for his direct actions, the truth of Nie Mingjue’s death might have been harder to uncover.

And ultimately, this:

Lan XiChen, “Do you think that this was right?”

Wei WuXian, “I don’t know.”

Lan XiChen looked somewhat lost, “Then, what do you think would be right?”

Wei WuXian, “I don’t know.”

–Chapt. 64: Tenderness, exr

...is what gives me (minor) sympathy for Lan Xichen. He’s struggling so much in these chapters. He wants it to be easy to make a decision and pick a side and not be pulled in so many different directions by formerly coexisting but now conflicting allegiances (don’t we all), and it isn’t. It never will be, and he knows this. But he moves forward anyways, despite the difficulties in amending his worldview, of having to reevaluate a friendship he’s kept for almost two decades with a man who saved his life. He’s struggling, yes, but in the right direction, and that effort earns him some respect from me.

#human reads mdzs: take 2 #human metas mxtx

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hubrisbracket · 8 months

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Hubris Bracket Side A Poll 15: Tendou Souju/Kamen Rider Kabuto (Kamen Rider Kabuto 2006) vs Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)

Propaganda below (may contain spoilers)

Tendou Souji/Kamen Rider Kabuto

Ok, so Tendou’s name literally translates to “Man who walks heaven’s path”. He believes himself to be the Greatest Man Alive, often quoting some insane shit his Grandmother told him. “Believe yourself to be the center of the universe. It’s more fun that way.” “He who walks the path of heaven shall rule over all.” “My evolution is faster than the speed of light. Nothing can keep up with it.” (YES, his grandmother said this shit. It’s unreal.) Tendou is rather aloof and rarely ever says what he means. While he doesn’t straight up say “I am a god among men.” He will frequently compare himself to the sun, something humanity cant exist without. Something so powerful it can never be reached, and can never be defeated. Did I mention he’s REALLY into cooking? In his debut appearance, he DOESNT dodge a robber’s knife because, “If I had dodged, I would have broken my tofu. And besides, that puny knife couldn’t have hurt me. I’m the master of my own fate.”

(long propaganda not in bullet format for clarity)

His name can be translated as "Path of Heaven, Ruler of All" and he uses this in his catchphrase: "Walking the path of heaven, the man who will rule over everything." His first scene involves him walking through a mugging, completely ignoring someone swiping a knife at him because "No knife can harm me, and if I dodged carelessly it would ruin my tofu".

Other choice quotes: "Grandmother said this: Make the world revolve around you. It's more fun that way." "In the past, present, future, all ages there is always a single person more perfect than others. A man like me. Do you think I can befriend a commoner like you?" "Greater than all the world's population of six billion people. I'm number one."

Bonus quotes from non-canon promotional materials: "If the Precious are a worldwide treasure, then I'm the universe's treasure." "(Sees a guy called Stronger) If he's Stronger I'm the Strongest."

But there's three things that make him specifically peak among hubristic characters.

1) As arrogant as he is he's constantly talking up other people when appropriate. He can't go a full episode without quoting his grandmother. He's declared before that the only reason humanity exists is to service the whims of his little sister. When someone changes their cooking style to be more like Tendou's, even though the food comes out better, Tendou chides them for abandoning their individuality. There's one specific old man he hypes up with the quote "If I am the world's treasure, this man is the treasure of humanity".

2) His response to a restaurant he wanted to go to being closed is "Has heaven abandoned me?". One time someone responds to an "Inspirational" speech with him over the phone by hanging up on him and he's too confused to do anything about it. One time a child said they don't like his food and he looks like he's about to cry.

3) The show buys into Tendou's hype. One time he disappeared for half an episode and returned in a leadership position of a paramilitary task force. He has also inexplicably turned up as a doctor and a priest officiating a wedding. One time it looked like he got hospitalized in a fight but when people rush to check on him he's so ok he's giving his doctor a check-up. One time when his allies were planning on drugging some food to knock out people guarding a kidnapped girl he chided them for messing with food and just made food so good the kidnappers were too distracted to guard their hostage.

One time he got in a contest with another character over who could pick up more girls in one hour and then does nothing for the full hour and when he meets up with the other party in the contest every single girl the other party picked up immediately runs to Tendou because "The girls know of me, just as there is no one who does not know the light of the sun." And then every girl present does his catchphrase.

He apparently dies in the lead-up to the finale but then turns up again with no explanation except "I am the world. As long as the world exists, so will I."

Wei Wuxian

Donated his golden core (like... a heart but for spiritual energy, which is like a source for magic powers) to his brother, without telling his brother. Invented necromancy to cover for the loss of normal magic powers. Was very rude about it (to prevent people from realizing he lost the normal magic powers). Then saved some people who were Really hated by the rest of the world. As a result: semi-accidentally killed his brother-in-law. Indirectly caused his sister's death. Got torn apart by his own fierce corpses. Died, his name living on in infamy. (Then came back to solve crimes and get gay married but thats unrelated to the theme now is that)

#hubris bracket #Wei Wuxian #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #Tendou Souji #kamen rider kabuto #round 1

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silverflame2724 · 1 year

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The Curse of the Yiling Patriarch

When the Wen Remnants were farming I imagine they had to clear the land of corpses and things like that, maybe they quietly gathered the remains in a area WWX warded. The corpses had died with various trappings such as small jewels and finery that were completely saturated with resentment that genius WWX would never ever touch with the longest barge pole ever.

Post siege the Jins think the Cursed treasure is WWXs wealth and take it for themselves, the curse spreads rapidly.

WWX is ressurected partly to bring down JGY and partly to break what is assumed to be his anti-theft curse on the cultivation world. The curse that turns people into living skeletons by moonlight removes any satisfaction via food or drink as well as rendering them immortal... And spreads with every time a piece of Cursed Treasure is sold.

(It's basically the Cursed Aztek gold from Pirate of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl. Because cursed living skeletons seems right up there in Yiling Patriarch aesthetic and he'd probably think it very ironic and get a good long laugh out of greedy Jins getting cursed by gold.)

The first time Wei Wuxian uncovered the gold, he warned the Wens to never touch the damn thing. There was a curse so heavily entwined with the treasure that Wei Wuxian didn't want to know what would happen if someone touched it.

He made sure to leave warnings and a barrier around the damn stuff so that none of the Wens would accidentally stumble upon it.

He would have never imagined the implications of what would happen after he and the Wens died.

.................................................

The Jins has struck gold.

And quite literally at that.

After Wei Wuxian had offed himself for them, the Jins took it upon themselves to help clear the Burial Mounds of any dangerous materials. And of course seal them away! I mean, why would they take away the Yiling Patriarch’s items if not to make sure they were properly taken care of?

So of course, seeing the gold - regardless of the fact that it was saturated in resentment and had a whole barrier and warnings to STAY AWAY from it - the Jins pocketed all that wealth and decided to make sure it stayed away from the wrong hands.

As they turned away, unbeknownst to them, several red, glowing eyes glared at them viciously.

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The Jins returned to Koi Tower, their greed satisfied by the amount of gold they carried. Jin Guangshan grinned gleefully as he examined the gold that had been collected by his men.

They held a banquet under the moonlight, celebrating in the riches plundered from the Mounds. but not even half a shichen after the sun sank, resentment curled around the people who had touched the gold, turning them into skeletons. At first, chaos reigned in the room before people found out that they hadn’t turned into mindless beasts. They still had their rationality. They even discovered that once they took shelter from the moon, their skin would return to normal.

But in any case, all those who had touched the gold were cursed. And they had no idea how to fix it.

At once, they figured that the Yiling Patriarch had placed a curse on them and everyone damned him a thousand deaths. They’d figure this out and make sure that that demonic cultivator’s soul would never reincarnate.

.

But that wasn’t the end of the curse. In an attempt to rid themselves of the cursed treasure, the Jins spent the money on food and supplies, on pleasure and wine.

However.....they soon found out that they could not taste their food and drink, that they could not feel pleasure. They could never feel satisfied no matter how much wine they drank, their food turned to ash in their mouths, and their lust could never be slaked.

This could have been enough to kill a cultivator but they found that they couldn’t die. They had thrown themselves into an eternal hell of their own making. And had consequently affected everyone else with this curse in their attempt to rid themselves of it.

At first, they could tolerate being immortal but never sated. But as the years went by, as more and more people touched the gold and were cursed, they began to lose their sanity.

No one was safe.

The Lans, Jins, Nies, Jiangs. Common folk, cultivator. Everyone who had deigned to touch the gold had been cursed.

Years passed and the curse continued to wreck havoc among people.

.

Ten years later.....

Wei Wuxian gasped back to life, his mind in disarray. He took stock of his surroundings, his body, and sighed.

Why meeeeeee????

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“Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!” Wei Wuxian nearly toppled over in laughter. “Hahahahaha, oh my god--ohhh, this is so great!”

“Wei Ying.”

“Aiya, Lan Zhan, let me relish in this joy for a bit, okay? Anti-theft--” He giggled. “Anti-theft curse? Me? Lan Zhan, oh, I’m not that powerful, hahahahaha.”

“You are.” Lan Wangji said stubbornly.

Wei Wuxian blushed a little, “Lan Zhaaaan, you can’t just say something like that with a straight face!”

“....Can.”

The two of them were currently sitting in the inn room after confronting Nie Huaisang about the Man-eating Tomb. Lan Wangji had just finished telling Wei Wuxian about his supposed curse on the cultivation world for stealing the gold he had hidden away.

Wei Wuxian cleared his throat, “Anyway, it was not me who did that, er-gege. It was the spirits of the Burial Mounds.” He made a face. “Well, the more ancient ones. The Burial Mounds used to be a simple cemetery, from what the spirits had told me, but because the spirits of the deceased were often unappeased, their resentment just stewed for centuries on end.

People tried to appease them with gold and food and wine and it did work at first, but as more unappeased spirits - who didn’t want all that - appeared, gradually people just left them alone and Burial Mounds became what it is today.”

“I see. Will they still want to be appeased now?”

“You’re thinking of helping them?”

“Mm.”

“Hmmm, well, some could. Not all. I did my best to listen to them and give them some comforting advice but it didn’t always work. Some were just too angry.”

“Could playing Rest or listening to them through Inquiry lessen the resentment in Burial Mounds?”

“Oh, for sure. Which reminds me, there were a few Lan spirits there in the Mounds. I’m sure they would love to hear you play! But anyways, about the cursed gold that turned people into skeletons - which, by the way is totally deserved. Did they not see the ‘STAY AWAY ’ signs I made? Honestly, the stupidity of the Jins.

But umm, you just have to return all the gold to where you found it. I believe there was also a payment of blood that was needed too? Not entirely sure what the requirements for that are, but I think having everyone who had touched the gold spill a little blood after returning it would do. It'll satisfy the ghosts' bloodlust. They're pretty possessive of their treasure.”

“I see. Do you recall how many pieces there were?”

“Eight hundred eighty-something. I can ask the spirits for specific numbers but it should be around there.”

"Mn. How will we transport the gold without getting cursed?"

"I think it might be easier to let the cursed return the gold. We can just inform them of the cure."

"Okay. I know a few locations where they are. On the way to collecting the body parts of the corpse hand, we can tell those people to return the gold and return them to the Mounds."

"Sounds like a plan!"

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Sooooo I ran out of steam and didn't know what else to write.

But here's a summary of how it might go from there: the gold eventually is returned and everyone is cured. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji bring JGY down and get together. It's pretty much canon aside from Wei Wuxian being a little more feared than normal since people thought he cursed them. WWX' tries to convince them it was j's name is cleared and sentiment towards him is a little better because they've been cured.

Hope you all enjoyed this!

And sorry for taking so long to post. My grandpa recently died so I was sad for quite some time.

#mdzs #wei ying #wei wuxian #lan zhan #lan wangji #nie huaisang #others are there but are mostly in the background #wwx brought back slightly earlier due to the treasure curse being widespread #wwx gets a great laugh out of all of this #curses #I did watch that specific Pirates movie but it was a long time ago so correct me if I got some things wrong!#fluff

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cryptidafter · 11 months

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Reposting my JGY Perfect Blue AU thoughts from Twitter here:

I’ve always found it funny but interesting how parts of fandom treat Meng Yao and Jin Guangyao as if they’re two separate people.

The ‘duality of JGY’ is really that he's multifaceted and refuses to view himself as one-dimensional but society (especially cultivation society) has a way of trying to force everyone into neat little boxes. Stepping outside of those expectations is looked at negatively. He is the son of a whore and to aspire to anything else is ludicrous. No matter what he does, he can't escape that.

This is touched on in the novel, with Wei Wuxian being condemned after his death and in Jin Guangyao's downfall during Guanyin Temple but I’ve always been curious to see more of Jin Guangyao's internal struggle with the image he's constructed vs. who he feels he really is.

There’s a bit of insight during his argument with Nie Mingjue but it's focused through the lens of their class divide (which is important but not where I'm going with this). I want to see Jin Guangyao having an identity crisis. Who is he? Does he know anymore? Has he ever known? Is all that matters how others see him? Can he exist both as he views himself and as the world views him? Is there such a thing as the perfect intersection between reality and fantasy? Can one really exist in spite of the other?

Don't even get me started on how the people closest to him view him. Who does Lan Xichen think Jin Guangyao is? What about Jin Ling? Again, where is that intersection? How does Jin Guangyao manage to juggle these separate realities? I really love when things are abstracted, no real cut and dry answers, but the impact had on relationship dynamics is very much felt and I think Jin Guangyao grappling with that throughout the course of his tenure as Chief Cultivator would be really fun to see.

I will always be weak for physical manifestations of a person's insecurities. A phantom of the 'perfect self' that haunts your every move. A loss of self. A tenuous grip on reality.

That's certainly not your reflection in the bronze mirror. No, there's someone else in the treasure room.

#cryptid’s thoughts #jin guangyao #lil guy in a lil hat #perfect blue is one of my favorite movies of all-time #every time I watch it I need to take twenty minutes to just...soak it all in again lol #I really need to take a break from writing but that won't stop me from having IDEAS

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rosethornewrites · 2 months

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T & G reading since 2/26

Finished

Teen:

The Twin Blades of Yunmeng, by GhostySword, ofmindelans (18 chapters)

Then Jiang Cheng brings both blades around, two sword glares flashing, and—oh. Wei Wuxian knows the second sword’s red and silver glare better than any other. His brother is wielding Suibian, the first and last sword that had ever belonged to Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Cheng and the Jin sect took away different treasures after Wei Wuxian's death. When Wei Wuxian comes back from the dead, his brother has some theories, some feelings, and two swords strapped across his back. Now Wei Wuxian must solve a Chenqing-charged mystery while surviving a passive-aggressive custody battle between Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji.

you'd get your knuckles bloody for me, by Cataclysmic_Calamity

For once, someone says something that Wei Wuxian can’t laugh off when he’s at a party. Upon seeing this, Lan Wangji, who has never broken a rule in his life—or even raised his voice—does something about it.

to heal with the sunrise, by justdoityoufucker (orphan_account)

It’s almost eleven years after his death when the Yiling Laozu is revived.

Jin Ling does not hear of it until news comes from Lotus Pier—or, more accurately, news comes about Lotus Pier. In the midst of his shushu being exposed as the mastermind behind many recent horrors of the cultivation world, his jiujiu has met a horrific and unexplained end.

And Jin Ling cries—not for his jiujiu, no.

He cries for his best and only friend, who is now free of Jiang Wanyin.

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Or, the one where Jiang Wanyin suffers as he deserves.

Retracing my steps (I found you), by Asphodel_Meadow (reread)

When Wei Wuxian activates the travel array, he doesn’t expect to be sent back in time, and certainly not to the lectures in Cloud Recesses.

General:

The White Jade Hairpin, by YilingSani

Happy Birthday, dear Hanguang-Jun!

Mulberry seeds, by OurLadyoftheRain (5 chapters)

Is there anything more bothersome than a little brother hellbent on not being the youngest of the family anymore?

Yes. A little brother being smug about having gotten exactly what he wanted.

Into the murk, by MissCellophane

Wei Wuxian is dead.

Lan Wangji wouldn't believe those words until he sees it for himself.

Unfinished

Teen:

What Remains After the War, by Swan_Song

There is a child in the burial mounds.

Looking at the face of a sobbing toddler, crying for the man he once called brother, Jiang Wanyin he can’t find it in him to care that the boy has Wen blood.

He takes the boy home

Something Warm and Safe, by Winxhelina

"Rich-gege!" A-Yuan exclaims happily.

"You can't call him that," Wei Wuxian admonishes gently. He puts an arm around Lan Wangji just as his knees give out, "Hey! I'm holding a child, you can't pass out on me like that. Oh. Oh, your back is covered in blood. Is that - is that your blood, Lan Zhan?!"

"Mn."

"Oh. Oh, you're bleeding a lot! Hold on! I'm putting A-Yuan down. A-Yuan, walk on your own for a bit. Can you also hold the basket for me? You're so mature and responsible! Okay, Lan Zhan, stay with me. I've got you."

"Is Rich-gege hurt?"

Lan Wangji doesn't hear the rest of that conversation.

In which Granny Wen manages to convince Wei Wuxian to take A-Yuan and hide away from the world. Lan Wangji manages to find them.

General:

Once upon a lifetime, by HuaisangsIntellect

The second he awakens, Wei Wuxian realises that he has been sent to the past, but at what cost? How will he prevent the Sunshot Campaign and make sure none of his loved ones die? And... why is Lan Wangji so different than what he remembered?

(Or: Wei Wuxian somehow finds himself back in the past and causes trouble along the way.)

Lies and Truth, by parodismal (🔒)

What happen if Lan Wangji decided to actually check Qiongqi Path after Wei Wuxian leave?

....

It leads to a domino effect towards a new Chief Cultivator

Is it a better?

Or worse?

#the untamed #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #untamed fanfiction #cql #chen qing ling

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jiangwanyinscatmom · 2 years