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what type of flower are you

#i shit you not lotus

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Thinking about them

#wen ning #wen qing #lan sizhui #mdzs #our best boy!

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trick or treat? only time will tell

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Mo Xuanyu

#daaaaaaaaaaaaamn #mdzs #mo xuanyu #wei wuxian

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Terms You Might Want To Know For Your Wuxia/Xianxia Fic

MXTX's danmei are getting increasingly popular, and the fandoms are getting more fic-happy. I've noticed that some writers seem interested in writing their own fics but are concerned of making mistakes with niche honorifics and titles. I've noticed some that have jumped right in, but have made innocent errors that I'd like to correct but fear coming off as rude or presumptuous. And so I've made this list of terms that covers the basics and also some that are a little more niche since they're usually directly translated in cnovels.

DISCLAIMER: This is by no means a comprehensive list of everything one needs to know or would want to know concerning ancient Chinese honorifics and titles, merely what I myself consider useful to keep in mind.

Titles

Shifu: 'Martial father'; gender-neutral

Shizun: 'Martial father'; more formal than 'shifu'; gender-neutral

Shimu: ‘Martial mother’; wife of your martial teacher

Shiniang: ‘Martial mother’; wife of your martial teacher who is also a martial teacher

Shibo: elder apprentice-brother of your shifu; gender-neutral

Shishu: younger apprentice-brother of your shifu; gender-neutral

Shigu: apprentice-sister of your shifu

Shizhi: your martial nephew/niece

Shimei: younger female apprentice of the same generation as you

Shijie: elder female apprentice of the same generation as you

Shidi: younger male apprentice of the same generation as you

Shixiong: elder male apprentice of the same generation as you

Shige: elder male apprentice of the same generation as you, specifically one who has the same shifu as you or is the son of your shifu

Zhanglao: an elder of your sect

Zhangbei: a senior of your sect

Qianbei: a senior not of your sect

Wanbei: a junior not of your sect

Zongzhu: Address for a clan leader

Zhangmen: address for a sect leader

Daozhang: Daoist priests or simply a cultivator in general; gender-neutral

Daogu: Daoist priestess or a female cultivator; not as commonly used as 'daozhang'

Xiangu: Daoist priestess or a female cultivator; not as commonly used as 'daogu'

Sanren: a wandering cultivator

Xianren: 'Immortal Official'; a title of respect and power like 'General'

Xiuzhe: 'Cultivator', can be shortened to 'Xiu'

Xianjun: 'Immortal Master/Lord'

Xianshi: 'Immortal Master/Teacher'

Dashi: 'Great Teacher', address for monks

Xiansheng: Teacher/Sir; in ancient China, the connotation is very scholastic

Houye: address for a duke

Jueye: address for a noble lord, ei. a duke, marquess, earl, etc.

Wangye: address for king/imperial prince

Daren: address for imperial officials

Furen: Madam; the wife of an imperial official/nobleman OR a married woman granted a rank by the royal family

Nushi: Madam; the counterpart of 'xiansheng', connotation is scholastic

Taitai: Madam; address for an old married woman of the gentry, either wife or mother to head of household

Laoye: Old Lord; Address for an adult man with adult children of the gentry; possibly head of household

Nainai: Madam; Address for a married woman of the gentry, possibly wife of head of household

Ye: Lord; address for an adult man of the gentry, possibly head of household

Shaonainai: Young Madam; address for a woman married to a young man of the gentry

Shaoye: Young Lord; address for a young man or boy of the gentry, generation lower than head of household

Xiaoye: Little Lord; can be a synonym for ‘shaoye’ OR the son of a shaoye if ‘shaoye’ is already being used within the family

Xiaojie: Young Mistress; address for an unmarried woman or young girl of . . . the gentry and only the gentry, I believe. Correct me if you know for certain this is incorrect. (WARNING - It's an archaic term that should really only be used in an archaic setting if being used as a title instead of a suffix, because the modern vernacular has it as a term for a prostitute in mainland China. [Surname]-xiaojie is fine; Xiaojie by itself should be avoided.)

Gongzi: ‘Young Master/Lord/Sir'; ‘Childe’; young man from a household of the noble or gentry class

Guniang: 'Young Master/Lady/Miss'; ‘Maiden’; an unmarried woman or young girl from a household of the noble or gentry class

Laozhang: 'Old battle'; polite address for an unrelated old man of lower status than you

Laobo: polite address for an unrelated old man of a higher status that you

Laotou: 'Old man'; informal but not derogatory, implies fondness/closeness

Laopopo: 'Old woman'; informal but not derogatory, implies fondness/closeness

Please note that all of these listed above can be used as stand-alone titles or as suffixed honorifics.

Strictly Prefix/Suffix

-shi: 'Clan'; the suffix for a married woman, essentially means 'née'. (ex. Say Wei Wuxian was a woman and married into the Lan clan through a standard marriage. She would be called 'Wei-shi' by her husband's contemporaries and elders when not in a formal setting. It implies lack of closeness; used by acquaintances.)

a-: A prefix that shows affection or intimacy.

-er: A suffix that shows affection or intimacy; typically for children or those younger than you

-jun: 'Nobleman'; a suffix for a greatly respected man

-zun: 'Revered One'; a suffix for a greatly respected man

-ji: A suffix for a female friend

-bo: A suffix for an older man of your grandparents' generation

-po: A suffix for an older woman of your grandparents' generation

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DRAWTOBER #19 - Adagio for Crickets and Train Whistle by ChaoticAndrogynous

Brilliant musician Xiao Xingchen is travelling with his old friend from university, Song Lan. They're headed to a rental property for a week of quiet before the next leg of Xiao Xingchen's tour begins. But something is bothering Xiao Xingchen.

a beautiful little modern AU that not only hits my songxiao requirements (exploring Song Lan's mysophobia and XXC's vision impairment!!!) it knocks the whole thing out the park! I've not seen an AU before that explores XXC's past as anything other than him being raised by Cool Hippy Mom Baoshan Sanren, so it's really intriguing to read a fic that allows him a bit more complexity, and Song Lan grappling with his desire for closeness with XXC vs his revulsion with touch is compelling and compassionately written. a sweet and emotionally bittersweet read with a lovely ending.

#so cool! #songxiao #drawtober 2023

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MDZS Animatic - The First Siege | Safe & Sound

Everybody I just came upon the best animation ever. Go watch it now. I'm sobbing.

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#oh no #hug him #mdzs #wei wuxian

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playing with brushes

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He's so sick over him

#lol #trigun #vashwood

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I downloaded some watercolor and ink pen brushes for CSP a while back but had a hard time figuring them out until recently. Hospital cuddles for Vash and Wolfwood with all those delicious brush textures. :3

#they're so soft #vashwood #trigun #trigun maximum

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn/Xiǎo Xīngchén Characters: Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn, Xiǎo Xīngchén Additional Tags: other characters who are pretty obvious but its a vibe thing, Spirits, Underworld, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Ambiguous Relationships, I wrote Song Lan as autistic in this btw because he very much has that vibes, Post-Canon Summary:

Song Lan’s quest to restore Xiao Xingchen’s soul does not progress even slightly how he thought it might Traveling to another realm never even crossed his mind as something that might occur.

New Fic from yours truly for the MDZS Reverse Big Bang  based on art by @wwxadhd <3

Check it out if you want something with strange and lightly spooky vibes, or are interested in a Song Lan focused character piece which is what this turned out to be oops

#cool fic #songxiao #immaculate vibes #mdzs fanfiction #mdzs rbb #zj fics

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Here's a piece I made for this year's RBB, from which @2014federalbudget wrote this gorgeous fic in which Song Lan finds something strange.

#mdzs rbb #songxiao #mdzs fic

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I read Trimax 🥲

#fuckinh gorgeous #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vashwood

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Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives

You’re more than what you make.

Your productivity does not determine your value.

It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.

Not everything you do has to result in a product.

Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.

You can make things just for yourself.

You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.

You���re allowed to say no.

You’re allowed to rest.

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This is one of the coolest things that had happened in my life. An amazing bookbinding job, beautifully done on every level. The fic is mine and it's here if you'd like to give it a look (and reader, how did I cry when my copy arrived in the mail! It's even more beautiful in person).

Ficbinding: Cut Him Out in Little Stars by @chaoticandrogynous

This has been possibly my favorite fic of the past year--in which Wei Wuxian is reborn as a comet. To paraphrase the comment I left when I first read it, it does such a good job conveying the enormous scale of both space and immortality. I never expected to have so many feelings about comets. And I found myself wanting to reread it almost immediately, which bumped it up in my bookbinding queue (...and then I didn't get to binding it until a year after I typeset it, but such is life).

The details: I had some beautiful galaxy paper from a scrapbook paper pack I'd been hoarding, which I knew I wanted to use for the cover. However, this particular paper pack isn't in print anymore and I needed to make two copies, so the two books ended up having slightly different designs.

The title font is "Tycho's Elegy" which is based on the handwriting of Tycho Brahe, who is not referenced in this fic but ... close enough? At any rate I think it's a beautiful font. I found some old astronomy drawings and modified them to use for the title page and chapter headings.

The endpapers are a really cool paper where the pattern is actually made from different colors of paper fiber, rather than being a printed pattern. And as I've been having fun with edge foiling I decided to go ahead and add a star patterned holographic edge. I did a foil title on the front cover, but my foil quill wasn't cooperating with the bookcloth I used, so the spine title is iron-on vinyl.

Usually I sew my books with white thread but this time I used purple (and in a case of 'this probably amuses me and no one else,' it appears every 24 pages, -- again, close enough? it had to be a multiple of 4 lol).

#bookbinding #ficbinding #mdzs fic

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WRITER BOOMCHICK!

“I forgot to do one for myself!”

Entering into her sixth Do Good Weirdly, @boomchickfanfiction is back with a new TGCF (Heaven Official’s Blessing) fanfiction for the ages! Writing to support Athens Pride, her local Pride and Queer Collective, and We Rock Athens, a local rock camp for tweens and teens, she’ll start at 7pm EST this Saturday, July 1st, and continue writing straight through the night ending at 7am!

Find her works at Archive of Our Own to get a preview of what you’re in for!

Do Good Weirdly is a twice-yearly fandom event, celebrating passionate creators and raising funds for good causes! Learn more or sign up yourself here: https://dogoodweirdly.carrd.co/, or meet more of our participants in the DGW Directory! https://dogoodweirdly.carrd.co/#directory