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[ninjakk]

Did WWX obtain the perfume pouch for LWJ - Theory analysis

MXTX is a master of using subtext to convey so many underlying meanings, just underneath the visible plot of her novels. There are many hidden gems in MDZS that the reader might not pick up on during a first read. Throughout the novel, we're often given explanations that connect little hints left in earlier chapters - eventually piecing them all together perfectly to form an enriching new perspective on previous scenes. Other times MXTX has faith in her readers abilities to gather clues and come to their own logical conclusions, without a full exposition. And of course, sometimes MXTX deliberately leaves things up to the reader's own interpretation as well - giving them a little freedom to use their imagination.

A particularly interesting theory I have come across is in regards to the perfume pouch. Some claim WWX obtained the pouch in order to treat LWJ's leg injury. Admittedly, it is something I picked up on and questioned during my first read, and by my second read I definitely thought it was more than WWX just wanting something nice off a girl. I just found it all a bit out of character for WWX to suddenly ignore LWJ, when he was clearly very concerned about him. Contrary to some people's opinion, WWX is not flighty and thoughtless. In fact, most of his actions are incredibly thought-out and deliberate. Even when he seems to be acting the fool or charming women - there is nearly always an ulterior motive. Of course, WWX is bubbly and likes to be silly, but he is more than capable of doing so while still executing something more serious at times.

Some might argue he had time to tell LWJ why he'd got the pouch in the first place and use the herbs to help him when he first obtained it. But with LWJ getting annoyed and trying to storm off, WWX leaves him alone for a moment to cool off - worried LWJ will hurt himself more if he carries on walking fast. We later find out WWX had also worked out during their interaction below, that LWJ needed to expel the bad blood that was collecting in his chest. This was something important that needed addressing, WWX knew this but never had time to help him until they were in the cave and he deemed it safe to do so. So the fact he wasn't able to help him with the above, means in turn, he did not have time to offer him the medicinal herbs he obtained from the perfume pouch either.

People also argue there was no exposition of him obtaining the perfume pouch for such reasons, which is true - but there are other things within the book without exposition as well. WWX cleverly orchestrated a situation where LWJ bought A-Yuan toys, to cheer the toddler up and make him see how kind LWJ actually was. It also helped LWJ feel better about the whole situation and encouraged them to form a little bond - so WX could go on a date catch up on old times and have some time together. But it is never explicitly confirmed that this is what WWX did. MXTX expects the reader to understand her main character and their motivations. With that in mind, I'm going take a closer look at the scene in question and comment as we go along. So get your popcorn kids, it's probably going to be one of my notoriously long posts! But hopefully you'll enjoy reading it nevertheless!

Chapters 51/52

Walking shoulder to shoulder with him, he asked, “What happened to your leg?” Lan WangJi stared straight at the front, “Nothing.” Wei WuXian, “We’re already familiar with each other, aren’t we? How cold—you don’t even bother giving me a single look. Your leg really is fine?” Lan WangJi, “We are not familiar.” Wei WuXian turned around and walked facing the back, determined on making Lan WangJi look at his face, “Don’t force yourself if it’s not fine. Is your leg hurt or broken? When did it happen?”

After noticing LWJ is ever so slightly limping, WWX is concerned and decides to check on him. LWJ denies there is anything wrong and refuses to look at him, seemingly giving him the cold shoulder. From the above we can see WWX is obviously worried about LWJs injury, but he's also upset he is being so cold towards him. He even mentions LWJ won't even look at him - which we know WWX has a little fixation on, from the amount of times he tries to get him to look at him every time they meet. WWX even turns around and walks backwards to try and get LWJ to look at him. WWX is just determined to make him look at his face, because of his subconscious feelings for him and his need for LWJ's attention. He then continues to bombard LWJ with questions, in what could be considered a worried tone. It's actually adorably sweet how concerned he is for LWJ.

Just as he was about to say, "do you want me to carry you", a fragrant breeze suddenly wafted around his nose. Wei WuXian turned around and looked to the side. His eyes immediately lit up. Seeing that he had stopped talking abruptly, Lan WangJi followed his gaze. He saw about half a dozen girls walking together. The one in the center wore a layer of chiffon over her coat of pale scarlet. As wind blew across, the chiffon swayed. Her figure looked exceptionally good from the back. This figure was what Wei WuXian had been looking at. One of the girls laughed, “MianMian, your perfume sachet truly is something special. After I wore it, bugs really did stop coming over. The scent is nice too. I seem to feel much more awake after I smell it.” The voice of the girl called MianMian was indeed soft and sweet, “Inside of the sachet is filled with minced medicinal plants. It can be useful in quite a lot of ways. I’ve still got a few here. Do any of you want one?” Wei WuXian swept over like a foreboding gust of wind, “MianMian, save me one too.”

A lot of people seem to debate the above paragraph quite often. I guess it's really up to the reader's interpretation. Personally, I think WWX wanted the perfume pouch to help LWJ. As we've seen in many other chapters, WWX is an incredibly intelligent and thoughtful person. He also uses his charms to obtain things such as information, and to a lesser extent the odd freebie (the loquat - and even then, one was for LWJ). It's not like him to be momentarily distracted by someone else, especially when he is around LWJ. However you look at it, WWX isn't flighty or self-centred - he's kind and caring. WWX is just not that shallow in my opinion.

WWX only stops talking to LWJ when he smells the sweet scent of the medicinal herbs. The narrative point of view suddenly switches to LWJ, and as such we are no longer able to see WWX's motivation or thought process. We don't even get a description of MianMian from WWXs POV until much later, and even then it's just that she's 'quite pretty' when justifying why he stopped her from being branded on the face. The description we receive above is LWJ's interpretation. With us unaware of WWXs intentions, it's up to the reader to decide what they think is his reasoning. Either way, it's quite interesting for MXTX to switch to LWJ's POV at such a moment. Even if it was just so we could get an idea of how LWJ was feeling at that moment, not much is really given away and the cold looks and tone he uses could have been conveyed either way. So there's no real reason to do this, unless MXTX is covering up what WWX's true intentions are.

WWX smells a herbal scent, hears MianMian state that the pouches contain medicinal herbs and then he approaches, asking for one also. WWX is very innovative and quick thinking. It really wouldn't be out of character for him to quickly work out from the smell and what MianMian said about the pouches containing medicinal herbs, that there may be something in them that could help LWJs injury. The conditions the disciples seem to be living in while at the indoctrination camp sound pretty basic and the Wens don't seem to care too much about the health or well-being of the 'guest' disciples. WWX knows it's highly unlikely they will treat LWJ's leg if it gets worse. He also knows LWJ wouldn't admit it to the Wen sect or seek help from them either. WWX has also mentioned that WC had a particular hatred for LWJ, JZX and himself because of how well they performed in last year's archery competition - so he's painting a pretty clear picture that LWJ isn't going to get help any other way. And as I've said earlier, it's not the only time we have WWX doing something that is hinted at, but not officially confirmed in the text.

The girl was surprised. She didn’t expect to hear a stranger’s voice barge in so suddenly. Turning around, she revealed a fair face, which frowned slightly as she asked, “Who are you? Why do you call me MianMian as well?” Wei WuXian grinned, “I heard all of them call you MianMian, so I thought that it’s your name. What, it’s not?” Lan WangJi watched them coldly. Seeing that he was at it again, Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes with emphasis. MianMian’s cheeks flushed, “You can’t call me that!” Wei WuXian, “Why not? How about this: if you tell me your name, I won’t call you MianMian anymore. What do you think?” MianMian, “Why do I have to tell you just because you asked? Before you ask for somebody else’s name, you should tell them your name first, shouldn’t you?” Wei WuXian, “Sure, if you want my name. Remember, my name is "YuanDao‟.” MianMian silently pronounced the name "YuanDao" a few times. She couldn’t remember if the young master of any sect had such a name. But, judging from the boy’s air and appearance, she didn’t think he was the average disciple.

The narrative has now switched to MianMian's POV. It's also MianMian who directs the conversation way from the perfume pouch, because she's surprised at WWX talking to her like they are familiar. Because she seems annoyed at him calling her that name, WWX tries to charm and diffuse her hostility towards him by making a joke. We can imagine if she'd just said yes, it would have been a very brief interaction, similar to him talking to the loquat sellers in Gusu - and just like then, it was in part for LWJ.

Looking at the teasing smile at the corners of Wei WuXian’s lips, she didn’t know what was going on. Suddenly, Lan WangJi’s low voice came from beside them, “A play on words.” She realized at once that it had been taken from the poetry line "its ceaseless bounds yearn for miles and miles on" and he was making fun of her. She stomped her feet in spite, “Who’s yearning for you? You have no face!” The girls collapsed into a laughing mess, chirping, “Wei WuXian, you really have no face!” “I’ve never seen someone as annoying as you!” “Let me tell you, she’s called…” MianMian dragged them away and turned to leave, “Let’s go, let’s go! You can’t tell it to him.”

We can see from the above that the other girls around MianMian all know who WWX is, yet he doesn't converse with them or even address any of them by name. If he was going over just to flirt - which we never actually see him do throughout the novel (other than with LWJ of course) he could have used the fact he is known to the others as a way to talk to MianMian. To me, it's quite obvious he is being very single minded and specifically wants a perfume pouch.

Wei WuXian shouted from behind, “You can go, but give me a sachet, won’t you?! You’re ignoring me? You don’t want to? If you don’t, I’ll find other people and ask for your name. There must be someone out there who’s willing to tell me…” Before he finished, a perfume sachet flew over from in front of him. It landed right in the middle of his chest. With an "ouch‟, Wei WuXian pretended as though his heart hurt, spinning the sachet around his hand with its ribbons around his finger. Even as he walked back to Lan WangJi, he was still spinning the sachet around, grinning.

WWX is trying to charm MianMian, but his intentions are quite clear. He'll stop pestering her if she gives him one of the perfume pouches. It's the first thing he asked her, and even as she was leaving it's the last thing he said before provoking her into throwing one at him. As usual, he's using his 'charm' to obtain something. Once he's got the perfume pouch, he heads straight back over to LWJ. As I've said previously, WWX isn't usually distracted by anyone when he's around LWJ. In fact, it's usually the opposite. When he's charming the loquat sellers in Gusu, he is obviously distracted by LWJ and even brings him into the conversation, drawing attention to his good looks. When he is talking to 'two slender-bodied maidens' (LWJ's POV, chapter 69), he is yet again distracted by LWJs good looks and throws a flower at him to get his attention. Even in the Lotus Seed Pod extra, WWX has the attention of the farm girls, but he is distracted by thoughts of LWJ once more.

Now you could argue as to why he didn't just tell her why he wanted it - which is a valid point. But as I've said above, LWJ is incredibly proud and WWX has already surmised LWJ probably doesn't want anyone to know about his injury. It's also in WWX's nature to 'trick' people into doing something for him or themselves. He does this throughout the novel. WWX is probably also being careful not to draw attention to LWJ's injury too much, as we've already been made aware, WC has singled them out personally, because of how well they did during the archery competition last year. WC was already being particularly harsh with the three of them (WWX, LWJ and JZX) and WWX is smart enough to ensure he doesn't provide any further leverage to use against LWJ.

Watching Lan WangJi’s expression grow colder, he asked, “What? You’re looking at me like that again. Right, where were we again? Let’s continue. How about I carry you on my back?” Lan WangJi looked at him quietly, “Do you behave in such a frivolous way towards everyone?” Wei WuXian thought for a second, “I think so?” Lan WangJi looked at the ground. He only replied a moment later, “How impudent!” He spoke the two words through clenched teeth, along with some strange hatred. He didn’t even deem it worthy to give WeiWuXian another glare. Lan WangJi strained to speed up and walk faster. Seeing that he was forcing himself again, Wei WuXian hurried, “Fine. You don’t have to walk this fast. I’ll just go.”

LWJ is less than welcoming and gives WWX a very frosty reception upon his return. He just thinks WWX acts this way with everyone - but of course we know the way he acts with LWJ is different. WWX ignores his glare and offers to carry him on his back. When LWJ asks if WWX 'behaves in such a frivolous way' with everyone, WWX replies 'yes' because to him he's not really done anything other than make a joke and obtain a perfume pouch. LWJ is (understandably to us) upset and just wants to get away from WWX. I always want to give LWJ a hug and WWX a smack over the head at this moment in time. Seeing LWJ hurting himself even more by trying to get away from him, WWX quickly tells him he'll leave him alone.

Combining three strides into two, he quickly caught up toJiang Cheng. Yet, Jiang Cheng didn’t give him any good looks either. He spoke menacingly, “You’re so ridiculous!” Wei WuXian, “It’s not like you’re Lan Zhan or anything, so why do you say ridiculous like he does? His face today is worse than how it used to be. What’s wrong with his leg?” Jiang Cheng spoke in a sour voice, “You still have the time to pay attention to him? Why don’t you pay attention to yourself!? I don’t know what tricks that idiot Wen Chao is planning this time, making us search for some cave entrance here in Dusk-Creek Mountain. Hopefully it’s not like last time when he made us circle up and be shields of flesh."

WWX catches up with JC and they have an argument about WWX's fixation with LWJ - as usual! We can see WWX is still very focused on LWJ and his current state. He doesn't even bite at JC's possible dig at how he just acted 'ridiculous' with MianMian. He just brings the conversation back to LWJ instantly. Before anything else could be said, a disciple near by interjects and tells WWX about the awful attack on the Cloud Recesses and how LWJ got his injury. Hearing this WWX is even more concerned and was about to turn back and insist on helping LWJ, when JC argues with him once again. This draws the attention of the Wen sect and they are told to concentrate on the task at hand. At this point, a lot happens quite quickly and as such WWX isn't able to help LWJ with his injury until much later.

Chapter 54

Suddenly, Wei WuXian caught a faint, herbal scent. Reaching into his lapel, he fished out a small sachet of perfume. The wet sachet hung from its tassels, delicate yet somewhat pitiful. Recalling how MianMian said that it was filled with medicinal plants, he opened it up at once and found that there were indeed herbs, along with a few small flowers, half-dried and quite chopped up.

So the perfume pouch finally comes into play. Understandably WWX has been rather distracted up until this point. Again, he is reminded of the pouch because he could smell the herbal scent - just as before. He then goes on to recall what MianMian had said about it containing medicinal herbs - again, just like before. He comes to the same conclusion that some people claim he did prior to obtaining the perfume pouch, in the exact same way. So it's not much of a jump to think this is what he originally thought anyway and he's just been reminded he had it on him.

Wei WuXian spoke as he picked them out, “I can’t believe that the girl’s perfume sachet ended up so useful. I’ll have to thank her properly when we go back.”

Some people query if WWX had indeed obtained the perfume pouch for LWJ in the first place, then why did he say the above? To me, I always read this as 'SO useful', because he is impressed it was useful in such a situation. There's intended emphasis on how useful it has been. If we're going down the route he initially got the perfume pouch for LWJ prior to this scene, he only obtained it hoping to help ease his pain and help him walk better. He wasn't expecting to use it on a bloody leg, covered in rows of teeth marks from a huge beast! So he puts emphasis on just how useful it turned out to be. If he thought it wasn't going to be useful, he'd have just said 'I can't believe this was useful', 'actually useful' or 'come in handy' - or something along those lines. I've also taken a look at a few different translations and they all use 'so', in order to stress it is more useful than he originally thought.

Obviously as I stated above, unless specifically confirmed by MXTX, any theory that can be backed by text, is of course plausible. I certainly think this explanation fits very well with WWX's personality/character, and definitely adds more depth to the scene and his actions. It also adds to one of the many misunderstandings WX share before becoming a couple. It's a running theme for WWX or LWJ to do something and the other totally misinterpret it, before they finally realise each other's feelings and the motivation behind their actions. As such, I think this fits quite nicely with the rest of the novel and certainly adds more value to the scene in question.

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[ibijau]

Drawing prompt: LXC & LWJ meet LJY's best friend the Xuanwu

relating to this

I finished this the day you sent it but didn't want it lost in the xisang week stuff, so instead I just forgot to post it until now orz

#lan jingyi #lan xichen #lan wangji #wangji already fought that bitch once he isn't interested in doing it again thanks #turtle of slaughter #xuanwu of slaughter #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #jau draws

[admirableadmiranda]

Under appreciated wx thing: when asked about that murderous tortoise wwx says the monster is dead all thanks to lwj, while lwj says the same about wwx. They are so utterly endearing, I can't 😭

It's so adorable! They both immediately credit the win to the other without hesitation. And I don't doubt that they completely believe it. Wei Wuxian thinks that Lan Wangji holding onto a bunch of bow strings performing a sect technique for six hours straight on a broken leg is how they won. Lan Wangji thinks Wei Wuxian willingly going into the shell of a man-eating beast that could easily (and almost does) swallow him alive and once caught keeping himself from passing out and being swallowed for six hours desperately holding onto the hilt of a sword is how they won. They are both right.

I won't lie, I like to joke that this is the only argument they ever have once they get married, who's actually responsible for killing the Xuanwu of Slaughter. They will continue to insist that the other is the reason it succeeded for the rest of their lives. And it will be the most adorable argument every time.

Thanks for the ask!

#mdzs #wangxian #xuanwu of slaughter #wei wuxian #lan wangji #asks #anon #anon asks #please keep sending me happy Wangxian asks #I am loving them

[randomleafoflove]

Xiachen starts ramping up her game. It really helps knowing the location of a legendary beast.

And Wuxian deals with a realization.

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Wuxian looked at the trashing creature caught in the talismans shijie asked him to develop. Its snake-like head was pinned to the cave floor with the talisman shijie wielded. Zhuliu-shixiong and Tui-shijie had the front limbs taken care of, making sure the creature couldn’t move. Early in the fight Wuxian had shot its eyes out, enraging it beyond all reason, but also limiting its perception of their movements further.

It was the only success they had at first, since the creature’s skin was too thick for their swords to pierce. They nearly lost Pinde-shixiong when the creature managed to hit him, flinging him to the cave wall. Ji-shijie had been on him in an instant, administering first aid and getting him out of the thick of fighting.

Then Zhuliu-shixiong managed to capture the right fore limb, severely limiting the creature’s movements. After that, it was over quickly.

“Well then, shall we?” shijie asked, and manipulated Mingyùn to point straight at the creatures ruined eye socket.

Everyone capable mimicked her, and on signal, every sword shot through the eyes and into the creature’s brain, killing it instantly.

How such a creature had managed to survive so close to the Wen sect, Wuxian would never know. Even now it still reeked of resentful energy. He’d been able to sense it from some three or four li away, it was so potent. It didn’t really dissipate either. The sect would have a lot of work to do to cleanse the cave and the surroundings of the creature’s resentment.

“We’ll camp outside for the night and return home tomorrow with our spoils,” shijie said. “I’ll go check on A-Fu, and if he needs it, take him home early for medical treatment. A-Tui, Zhuliu-ge, look after the others while you deal with the sealing and begin purification, okay?”

“Of course, shijie.” “Understood, Xiachen-guniang.”

Wuxian inched closer to the carcass. It was disgusting, but also… it felt like it was meant for more.

“I think it’s the Xuanwu of Slaughter,” Tui-shijie mused aloud.

“The corrupted Xuanwu from some centuries ago?”

“Very good, Wuxian-shidi. Yes, I mean exactly that.”

Wuxian looked at the beast with new eyes. It was something past cultivators had struggled to bring down and kill. It was something that had almost been divine.

He wondered what kinds of things could be made from it. Would the skin… he looked at it more closely. Not skin, scales. Would the scales be useful for something? Livers were usually useful in medicine, if they could be extracted whole from a yao. Or the pancreas. The shell would probably be given to zongzhu as tribute. What about the bones? Would they be reduced to bonemeal, or could they be treated like ivory and carved into art or jewelry.

Of course, all that was for after purification, because if it wasn’t, they’d only be making cursed items or poisons.

“It’s a lot bigger and more malevolent than what we normally purify,” Lingchang-shixiong muttered.

Which was true. But the Wen sect was known for their purifying techniques. The only time they’ve failed in purifying before was the burial mounds. And it was the burial mounds.

‘*’*’*’*’*’*’*’*’*’

Wuxian sat across from shijie, biting on his brush handle in thought.

“I mean, I’ve thought about it, and even talked with Wen-laoshi about it, but I don’t even have a working prototype yet. Attracting resentful energy is easy in theory, but one wouldn’t want to attract everything indiscriminately. And something powerful enough to attract a water born abyss would attract a lot of other resentful entities.”

Shijie sighed. “I wish I could help you more with this. Talismans were never my passion, so I know how to use and copy them, but making new ones just… escapes me.”

“Why are we working on this anyway?”

“Wen Xu is getting impatient with the abyss in Hanshui river. Knowing him, he’ll eventually drive it east to Lan territory. And I don’t want you to suffer there because of something stupid Wen Xu did.”

“So you’re coming with me to Gusu for the first week to use the Cloud Recesses’ library to do research on Water born abysses.”

“And take stock of their wards for father.”

Wuxian cocked his head. “Jin-laoshi’s coming too?”

“En. Her spiritual sensitivity and experience still eclipses mine.”

Jin-laoshi wasn’t a strong cultivator, but her practical if unconventional education in Koi Tower meant she could get more bang per buck from her spiritual energy when compared to others. The fact she was still alive, twenty-eight years after following Concubine Jin to Nightless Sky was impressive, given the rate women and servants dropped dead there. She’d been born as the shu daughter of a long line of shu sons and had permanently scarred her own face to get out of an arranged marriage to a non-cultivating noble nearly thrice her age. Even now, the scar ran across her face, all the way from forehead across her nose and down to her chin. Wuxian had liked wondering what ferocious beast had done it until he learned the truth recently. Then he went on a research binge on laws concerning women and had come to the horrible conclusion that women were their father’s (or brother’s or grandfather’s or uncle’s or cousin’s) or husband’s property. Only women with dead husbands and grown sons could in any way be considered free. Even if the woman in question was a cultivator. The only truly free woman he knew of was the Immortal Baoshan Sanren, and she was immortal and had secluded herself on a mountain away from society!

Jin-laoshi’s choice had been between two kinds of slavery, and she’d chosen the one where she wasn’t expected to let someone else use her body for their own pleasure. Of course she had been bound to Concubine Jin and with her death, to shijie, but she was a respected teacher to the cohort and a close advisor to shijie.

And when Wuxian tried to apply the same knowledge to shijie, his brain just broke. That zongzhu had arranged two marriages for shijie spoke of his power over her. It did not fit in with Wuxian’s understanding of the world. Shijie was the wisest, most powerful being in the world, obviously, but… Wuxian had taken a closer look at shijie’s family tree. She had her father and brothers, obviously, but she had no uncles. Wen Ruohan had killed all his brothers in the years before and after his ascension to sect leader. And his father had done the same, except for a brother who’d been the same age as the toddler Wen Ruohan. That toddler had been brought up by his concubine mother in the village of Dafan, because that was where she was from. A-Ning and his sister Wen Qing were his children.

So, in case shijie’s immediate family died, the custody of shijie would fall to A-Ning, but it could be contested by Jin-zongzhu as her maternal uncle. The only thing that would save her was either being Wen-zongzhu herself or having adult sons. On that the Wen sect’s by-laws were clear. A female zongzhu was her own master, needing no familial guardian.

It had been like everything about shijie made sense with the revelation.

Of course shijie was aiming to be Wen-zongzhu one day. That way, no one could tell her what to do, and she’d only have four equals in the eyes of the world.

As it should be.

#mo dao zu shi #grand master of demonic cultivation #fanfic #wei wuxian #wen xiachen #wen zhuliu #xuanwu of slaughter #ocs galore #owe it all 'verse #wen wuxian

[theuntamedcollages]

The Untamed, ep48, scene 37:26-40:12: The Yin Iron

JC: You admit it quite readily now.

JGY: Under these circumstances, what's the difference if l deny this one?

LXC: You co-operated with Xue Yang just for forging the Yin Tiger Amulet?

JGY: Xue Yang hid one shard of Yin lron. He wanted to save Xiao Xingchen. So he joined hands with me, and tried to forge the Amulet. But even by the two of us, we could only forge the Amulet of half power.

JGY: Young Master Wei, I have one thing that's been troubling me for a long time, that I've always wanted to ask you.

WWX: What is it?

JGY: At that time, I also assumed you were the one who took the Yin Iron from Xue Yang and made it into the Amulet. But in fact, that was not true.

WWX: You're trying to ask me how I got the Yin lron, right?

JGY: Exactly.

WWX: I knew about it from Xue Yang. Everyone believes that there's only four shards of Yin lron. Not true.

JGY: I see now. All the energy of the four directions belongs to Xuanwu. This is what that means.

LXC: You've done so many evil things, striven so hard just for the Yin Tiger Amulet.

JGY: That's part of the reason. Why don't you ask me to explain?

Previous scene - Next scene

#the untamed #chen qing ling #the untamed ep48 #cql ep48 #the untamed collages #cql ep48 collages #wei wuxian #jin guangyao #lan xichen #xuanwu of slaughter #jiang cheng #lan wangji #nie huaisang #su she #jin ling #guanyin temple #yunping #the untamed spoilers

[rand0m-things808]

Lan Zhan: Did it hurt?

Wei Wuxian: When I fell from heaven?

Lan Zhan: When I bit you in the Slaughter Xuanwu cave?

Wei Wuxian:

Lan Zhan:

Wei Wuxian: yes, that hurt Lan Zhan

#mdzs incorrect quotes #mdzs #wei wuxain #incorrect mdzs #wei ying #wwx #lan zhan #lan wangji #hanguang jun #slaughter xuanwu

[r95irth]

New chapter of JIaoren is up !! I hope you'll like it!

Next week i will not be posting a chapter, because i'm helping my parents move out. So huh, this one is a tad longer to make up for it ;)

Here is the Timelapse of it (the short image you see at one point is a card i did for my colleague who is going to retire and has a trip planned to see boreal lights, i liked the orange glow and wanted to reproduce it but couldn't remember the color codes)

#my art #my fic #Jiaoren AU #Meng Yao #Jin Guangyao #Xuanwu #Turtle of slaughter #mdzs #xiyao #timelapse

[marikodraws]

Hi~ will you be putting some of your newer mdzs stuff on redbubble? I hunger for a Yunmeng postcard hee hee

I honestly keep forgetting it's not all already on there, lol. Thank you for the reminder, I'll try to have everything up either today or sometime this week ✌️

#i fought the xuanwu of slaughter #eventually I'll probably switch to having the postcards through my shop instead of redbubble #but it'll probably be a hot minute so i'll keep them up on rb for now #this also reminded me that i wanted to make those tshirts into real tshirts #i should do that this week also #askbox

[baseballmomlesbiandad]

I’m going absolutely feral over the bloodied lotus in Lan Wangji’s hand, this volume is going to ruin me.

#I already flipped through all the illustrations JFC!! #we get xuanwu of slaughter #the creation of wangxian.mp3 #hot yiling patriarch era wwx #wen Ning and wen Qing #THE BLINDFOLD KISS!!!!!!! #wen chao feasting on his leg #and yiling laozu + ghost girlies #I’m going to be continuously passing out every chapter i s2g #my coworker was watching me flail around giggling and was like okay but…you’ve already read this? and you’re still like this? #YES AND??? #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #vol 3 baby

[luobingmeis]

idk what is in the water of mdzs 9 and 10 but it pollutes my brain <3

#asides from the slaughter xuanwu that is

[5-pounds-of-carrots]

i mean what else is there to do after one defeats the Xuanwu of Slaughter ?

#mxtx #mdzs #wangxian #wei wuxian #incorrect mdzs #lan wangji #definitely not the last time he’s gonna wait for his wife to wake up lol

[ninjakk]

Thinking about how absolutely heartbreaking it would have been to see LWJ walking all alone, back to Gusu after they were rescued from the cave on Dusk-Creek Mountain. Apparently it's not too far away (a few days walk I think WWX roughly calculated in the cave), but still.

He would have cut quite a sad and frightening figure walking all alone, covered in dried blood from the pool and wearing WWXs undergarments. I'm assuming he stopped at an inn at some point and cleaned himself up, bought new clothes and ate something eventually either way - but it's just such a sad thought.

Without his sword, he had to walk back. He'd just found out his father had finally passed away and his older brother was still missing. Not to mention he's just went through an extremely emotional experience with WWX. He finally excepted his feelings for WWX while they were in the cave. Yes, he seemed to accept his father's imminent demise and his Sects current situation while in the cave as well - but it still would have been hard to hear his father had passed away, regardless.

I know LWJ is very stubborn and independent, so it would have been hard to convince him to let some disciples from the rescue party accompany him, but I think someone should have insisted to be honest. Especially if the QishanWen Sect are very volatile and baying for blood after what happened in the cave. It really wasn't safe to let him travel alone without his sword at least. I guess it's every Sect for themselves at the moment, but I just think it's a bit unkind.

At least, if WWX had been awake and able to move, I really think he wouldn't have let LWJ walk back alone. He's just too sweet and thoughtful - he also cares deeply for LWJ, whether he wants to accept that at the moment or not. WWX was very concerned about LWJ when he woke up, even more so when he found out his father had died. WWX would have run after him and followed like the cute, lovesick puppy he really is.

#mdzs #mdzs wei wuxian #mdzs lan wangji #Xuanwu of Slaughter #mdzs thoughts

[erivroom]

The meaning of “The Untamed”

someone asked me to elaborate and who am i to say no? (i asked for it in the tags)

The Untamed isn’t a translation of 陈情令 (chén qíng líng) so when people discuss the title they typically toss out or brush off the english title entirely.

but that’s because it’s not a translation of 陈情令 it’s a translation of 无羁 (wú jī) the theme song of the series.

yippe explaination set up

i’d also like to make this post new fan and/or cql only fan friendly so i’m going to go in depth about the significance of 无羁 before explaining how it connects to the english title.

first the chinese characters for wwx and lwjs names

Wei Wuxian — 魏无羡

Lan Wangji — 蓝忘机

in the novels the song Wei Wuxian plays on the flute, that Lan Wangji played for him in the cave with the Xuanwu of Slaughter is expressly titled 忘羡 (wàng xiàn). the ship name we all know and love consisting of the first character of Wangji and last character of Wuxian.

so the track in cql is titled 无羁 the first character of Wuxian and the last sound of Wangji.

now the translation explanation

无羁 directly translates to unbridled, unfettered, or untamed

so The Untamed as the english version of the title is literally a mixed up version of their ship name in english! when you say “i’m watching The Untamed” in a way you’re kind of saying “i’m watching Wangxian”.

how does this relate to the name 陈情令？how did this become the english title?

i’d like to refer you to this post as it explains in depth better than i can the meaning of 陈情令.

directly translated 陈情令 means “a song from chén qíng”, being the name of Wei Wuxian’s flute. however, 陈情 itself has two translations. first being to reminisce past relationship. (referring from the linked post please check it out)

Wuji is a song both played literally on the chen qing flute, but is also a song reminiscent of a past relationship. ofc it’s of a present relationship now but throughout the series, you get what i mean.

so Wuji, or The Untamed, makes perfect sense to be the english title for the show.

ALSO!! felt i should include this

《 魔道祖师：无羁 》 or “Mo Dao Zu Shi : Wu Ji” is the official name for the books printed in mainland china afaik.

i got like maybe 2 hours of sleep last night and i’m running on 3 cups of coffee so far so this is what happens

if there’s any questions feel free to ask <3

post for @baby4012

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #cql #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #wuji!! #danmei #does this count as a meta post what is meta posting idk #rambling ofc

[keebssi]

i saw an artist do a pokemon x dungeon meshi fanart and thought what if i did mdzs x dungeon meshi. now i regret this decision. eh…whatever

creatures include: xuanwu of slaughter, measuring snake, flower of damsel of annual blossoms (not rlly a monster but..), demonic left arm (im rlly sorry for this one)

closeups below

#art #artists on tumblr #digital art #lanzhan #fanart #mdzs #mdzs fanart #mxtx #lwj x wwx #wangxian #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi and mdzs #dungeon meshi fanart #im sorry for drawing this

[poorlittleyaoyao]

I feel sorry for the Xuanwu of Slaughter. It was just sitting there minding its own business in a too-small enclosure that didn’t provide sufficient enrichment or nourishment. It’s not its fault that Wen Chao tried to feed a bunch of teens to it or that it was trapped by a demonic plot point sword. Killing it doesn’t even allow Wangxian to escape! They’re stuck there until Jiang Cheng and Jin Zixuan come rescue them! Extremely sad day for jianghu monster conservation. 😢

#masala necromancy wizard hour

[imma-bunni]

Xianbad! *cackles* a Sinbad/Untamed au Below cut: au notes and cursed concept photos cause I'm too busy to draw them 😅😅

I rewatched Sinbad sometime last year and was hit in the FACE with this idea! The color palettes!! I watched the movie in like a fever of ideas but then it just faded over the year until me and my sister started talking about it recently and we're seriously considering writing a fanfic or something together. Mwhahaha but for now here's this sketch idea and some notes!

au notes: · Sinbad: wwx · Proteus/Marina mashup: lwg · Crew: Wen siblings, mxy, zy · Syracuse (main city): Gusu · Monster (either sea monster or that giant fish): xuanwu of slaughter · Wwx's ship is named Chenqing · The book of peace and the goddess Eris all stay the same · Tartarus has burial mounds vibes · Basically same exact plot - wwx and lwj knew each other growing up and big time Flirted but then wwx left/was thrown out of the Jiang (high status family) for some wen drama or something and left to be a pirate and lwj never sees him again until wwx's crew attacks his ship while he's transporting the book of peace to Gusu and he's all "...Wei Ying..." etc etc!

#xianbad the sailor! #I hope some other people also enjoy this idea xD xD #the untamed #myart #cql #au #fanfic idea #sinbad movie