#Muse ;; Wen Qing

[coreofgold]

"Ah, I understand." Wen Ning nods from his spot on the floor. "For keeping you company?" Wen Ning asks. "No need to thank me for that. . .I'd do it all the time." He grabs the remote.

"just a bit of insomnia, i think. there's nothing really bothering me." at least, nothing more than the usual issues, but she'd slept through those plenty. they grinned at her brother, moving to sit next to him with their legs crossed beneath her. "thanks, a-ning."

[hatpinvigilante]

i think jiang cheng would be so chaotic (derogatory, but with affection) in a wen qing lives scenario because i think there would be a part of him that would resent the fact that his sister didn't get the same fate. like, with everyone popping out of the ground like daisies, only the jiangs seem to die normal deaths and stay dead. and in the scenario where wen qing was kept alive for the same reasons as wen ning, for her usefulness, he'd have to wonder why no one ever seemed to see yanli's use. and maybe part of him would even regret that he buried her so quickly and so properly, like, maybe, if he hadn't been so depressingly average, she could have raised jin ling.

and i love this torment for him, because i also think that he would absolutely know in his bones (in part because of what his bones have experienced) that no one coming back to life in this story is doing it because they wanted to, and the very act is sick with trauma. and in a deeper way, he really wouldn't resent wen qing for it or truly even want it for yanli. he might even be able to understand wen qing and offer her comfort (and, importantly, eventually, forgiveness), but i also just love all the ways the envy and longing roiling on the surface would get in his way.

[gentil-minou]

lan wangji and wen qing friendship is so powerful it has to be to withstand the force of wwx but also just imagine them at a party on opposite sides of the room making pointed eye contact judging everyone else's nonsense without a word

all I'm saying is if wwx gets to be every lesbian's obligatory-guy-crush-but-not-really lwj would be every lesbian's best friend

just imagine the agony wwx would experience when he sees lwj surrounded by girls (all gay) and he goes all "lan zhan is so popular 🥺🥺 I must be jealous of him and not anything else right just jealous that girls all like lz yeah that's it 👉🏽👈🏽"

I want lan wangji to look at the camera like he's breaking the fourth wall everytime wei ying compliments his flirting and game except the fourth wall is wen qing laughing maniacally

also wen qing would be fully aware of both their crushes so whenever wwx is crying to her about his not-a-crush-ok-im-not-gay-qing-jie-stop-laughing!!!-im-serious!!!!! she's also texting and taunting lwj and getting a series of increasingly more upset bunny stickers in response

[twistedappletree]

The sand pulled him down faster and his vision blurred. Wen Qing looked down at him, her face fully obscured by Lan Sizhui’s failing eyes. “You can wake up now.”

[coreofgold]

@tragcdysewn for Wen Qing

"Look! I grew these myself." Wen Ning smiled at his small pumpkin patch. The farm is a bit off, but it's safer for Wen Ning. "I grew other things too"

[youthslost]

5 songs you associate with / remind you of your muse - wen qing edition.

dynasty - rina sawayama

❝ I'm a dynasty The pain in my veins is hereditary Dynasty Running in my bloodstream, my bloodstream Dynasty And if that's all that I'm gonna be Won't you break the chain with me? ❞

楚晴 (jasmine sokko) - 噓 (shh)

❝ Evolving to have a heart of steel, uncaring of this world's abnormalities Get in my way, and I will burn down your walls. ❞

people help the people - birdy

❝ People help the people And if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold it People help the people Nothing will drag you down Oh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brain I'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool That turned all those good hearts away. ❞

as good a reason - paris paloma

❝ She said, Every time you are succeeding There's an old man somewhere, seething And spite's as good a reason to take his power. ❞

to build a home - the cinematic orchestra

❝ 'Cause, I built a home For you For me Until it disappeared From me From you And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust. ❞

[tragcdysewn]

@skyfcll @coreofgold @mvsicinthedvrk

and they were mad scientist buddies who saved each other’s little brothers through ethically dubious means <3

[tragcdysewn]

fashion aesthetics - wen qing

describe your muse’s aesthetic in five words or less.

vaguely edgy disaster

does your muse spend a lot of time on their outfit and appearance? how long do they spend getting ready in the morning?

not a ton? they’re someone who has a pretty erratic sleep schedule, so if she’s up early yeah she’ll spend thirty or so minutes getting ready, but they are also completely and totally capable of putting a nice outfit together in under five minutes if that becomes necessary (it’s necessary more often than she cares to admit and they will deny this skill to their last breath)

does your muse consider the way they dress to be trendy? would other people agree

kind of, yeah. they’re doing her best to fit in in the modern world, and did absolutely read a decent amount about trends and fashion, and is pretty sure she’s managed it to some degree. and i think most would agree, they dress pretty cool most of the time

how often do they buy new clothes? are they the type to keep a outfit for years or replace it after one wear?

they buy new clothes when something is ripped beyond repair, and never any other time. she’s pretty frugal, and honestly, after their imprisonment and then their stay in the burial mounds, buying new clothes at all feels like a privilege, even if most of it is thrifted

is your muse the type to accessorize? how much?

maybe a little bit, like a necklace or a belt, definitely fishnets sometimes because they think they’re fun, but nothing too intense. they’re working a lot of days, and you can’t have a ton of jewelry on as a hospital intern, and she also just isn’t super into rings and bracelets and all that. not their style

how much time do they spend on skin care/makeup/grooming?

probably like half an hour max? she doesn’t wear a ton of makeup, just a little eyeliner and mascara and something on her lips, and the extent of their skin care is moisturizer and a shower, maybe a face mask once in a blue moon when they’re incredibly stressed

if money and societal expectations were not a concern would your muse dress differently than they currently do? if so, how?

she might have more formal clothing if they could afford it? not that she really prefers that style, but they don’t mind it and knows it’s sometimes necessary, but they’re generally pretty happy with their more casual wardrobe

would your muse wear the same outfit two days in a row if they knew they wouldn’t run into any of the same people?

probably not the entire outfit, but would definitely repeat a shirt or pair of shorts if there was no chance of anyone noticing, especially if they’re behind on laundry that week (she’s usually at least a little behind on laundry wen qing is not good at domestic tasks)

have they started dressing differently since arriving in washington? was the transition difficult? do they prefer the clothes here or back home? if your character is unaware feel free to answer as if they are aware.

one hundred percent. even the colors they wear are different, there’s still a lot of red, but there’s also a lot of black and blue, and pretty much at least a little of every color, especially with the fact that denim makes up a solid half of her wardrobe. she likes these clothes a lot better, there’s a lot less formality and she doesn’t feel as... i guess dressed up? restricted? as they did in their wen robes back home

[twistedappletree]

😵‍💫

[tragcdysewn]

@lcngliive

COLOR PALETTE MEME: Chengqing + November Sunset ➥ Requested by Anonymous

[coreofgold]

@tragcdysewn for Wen Qing

Silence loomed over the apartment. Three has been brought down to two and it hurts just as bad as the first time Wei Ying died. "Do. . .you think Wei-gongzi will. . .remember when he wakes up ?" Wen Ning innocently and cautiously asks, breaking the silence. He hopes he does.

[incarnadinedreams]

"Wei WuXian! Just because... Sect Leader Jiang isn't here doesn't mean you can be so reckless!"

Wei Wuxian's voice was harsh, "Do you think that I wouldn't be reckless if he were here? If I wanted to kill someone, who could stop me, and who would dare stop me?!"

-- Ch. 72

Yeah why would anyone ever get the idea that WWX was a dangerous loose cannon who Jiang Cheng couldn't control?

He is of course justified for being angry in that scene - it's the scene in between Wen Qing finding him and him actually going to Qiongqi Path. But declaring that in front of a banquet of people right before he went off to find Wen Ning did actually give people a lot of ammunition in ch. 73:

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's face was already quite dark. Jin GuangShan shook his head, "In an event as important as the Flower Banquet, he dared throw a fit right in front of you, leaving however he pleased. He even dared say something like 'I don't care about the sect leader Jiang WanYin at all!' Everyone who was there heard it with their own ears..."

While obviously that's not actually what WWX said at all, and just JGS doing JGS things, I had kind of categorized that in my mind as a wholecloth lie. Now looking back it's more like an extremely bad-faith mischaracterization but... the seed was in some ways planted by WWX and it makes sense that a lot of the people who were there that day might not have objected much to that characterization of the sentiment.

Obviously, a big part of it is mob mentality and the ways that truth doesn't particularly matter when they get on a roll. But I think it's more interesting and fun and messy that WWX really did have a habit of creating fertile ground for bad actors to use against him (even when he was right).

I do find it somewhat interesting how the juxtaposition of the Jiang motto/ideals/Way To Be that Wei Wuxian embodies - honest and unrestrained, do what is right even if it's impossible - can lead to a situation of winning the battle and losing the war. I've always found it particularly juicy that Jiang Cheng himself has to back away from those ideals and be more strategic, and re-reading these scenes does sort of cement my personal belief/interpretation that Jiang Cheng wasn't unjustified in the level of threat/danger he read into the things said at the emergency conference (as he elaborates on in the cave confrontation later in the chapter).

Just random musing that a little section of that Emergency Conference scene was actually a bit more nuanced than I'd remembered I suppose!

[fierrochase-falafel]

MDZS, CQL and the passage of time

MDZS novel and CQL spoilers ahead!

There's this thing where despite The Untamed / CQL having Wei Wuxian be dead for 16 years instead of 13, everything is meant to feel so much rawer and closer in time than the novel I feel. For a start, naturally having 30 episodes straight of flashback sequencing before depicting an immediate reconcilation between Wangxian really imprints those flashbacks much closer in your mind than Wei Wuxian's actual ressurrection, which happened in episode 1.

Furthermore, there are also these other flashbacks when Wei Wuxian sees something reminiscent of his past, different instrumentals played initially in the flashbacks coming back again to remind you of the themes those instrumentals represent. One of the most distinct examples I remember is in episode 2, when CQL Wei Wuxian sees a vision of Wen Qing introducing Dafan Mountain as the place where her branch of the Wen clan lives in CQL and then remembers the dancing fairy statue. This never happened in the novel- partially because, in CQL, Wei Wuxian was introduced to characters and locations / concepts WAY before he found out about them in the novel (eg.- YiCheng characters, Meng Yao, Dafan Mountain, demonic cultivation in the form of the Yin Iron). By entrenching these places and characters so far back into Wei Wuxian's past- all the way back to his Gusu days, in fact- they feel much more central in the overall plot and connected to the modern storylines involving rediscovering them. Wei Wuxian isn't being thrown into a new world at all, it's the same world with all the loose ends to be tied up. This does force him to remember the past more to deal with the present, and also links the show together in a way that would engage people who have come to watch a put-together story (this sort of strong cohesion I think is less required in novels than in a series because of the way the story needs to flow from 1 episode to the next to be coherent). In the novel, Wei Wuxian's own past storyline has a much slimmer connection to the current events- the obvious kicker being Jin Guangyao in CQL was the main reason Wei Wuxian was villainised and it all comes together in the end, but novel Jin Guangyao just accelerated the process of Wei Wuxian becoming the scapegoat and made this very clear. He didn't know Wei Wuxian would kill Jin Zixuan, he said; even though Jin Guangyao's not the most trustworthy character, how on earth could he have predicted that Wei Wuxian would lose control if he wasn't there to influence him like in CQL?

However, there are even more flashback scenes like the one in episode 35, where Wei Wuxian flashes back to Nie Huiasang being excited about fans and then compliments modern-day Nie Huiasang's fan. Scenes like these cannot be explained by the changed plot because Nie Huiasang and Wei Wuxian being friends at 15 in the Cloud Recesses is canon in all versions of MDZS. Personally, seeing this scene, the strongest effect I can garner from it is nostalgia for simpler times, for people he used to be close with. Memories are flooding CQL Wei Wuxian the minute he's alive again. Contrast this exact scene with MDZS, where Wei Wuxian zones out for a good while after Nie Huiasang leaves- no words of companionship or nostalgia or anything.

Novel Wei Wuxian rarely remembers any of his past life in detail unless he fully means to, actively giving himself reminiscing time, or in a life-or-death situation. The 3 flashback sequences in the novel begin:

when Wei Wuxian decides very specifically to muse over his past with Lan Wangji,

when Wei Wuxian gets stabbed and has to be taken away from Golden Carp Tower,

when everyone turns on him in the Burial Mounds with the same words and having the same intent they did at Nightless City (to harm him, to besiege him).

I think novel Wei Wuxian has spent 13 years in the afterlife getting used to wallowing over his memories, and then consequently repressing and ignoring memories from his past life because they were all associated with pain and bitterness and so much guilt (traumatic, even, but I can't say much from a perspective of trauma because I neither have trauma nor am qualified to know enough about it). Nobody cared for him anymore in his eyes, and he DID lose control, fully feeling himself lose control and accidentally cause the deaths of people he genuinely cared about. The worst-case scenario that he had to contend with actually happening and being, to some degree, his fault. With 13 years to exist as a ghost, I think he had so much time in which he would've had to contend with his choices and death that he fully removed himself from his old life as much as possible, leading to his modern-day gap in memories. You feel the effect of his years dealing with his emotions about this whole mess.

In contrast, CQL Wei Wuxian feels like he is experiencing everything raw when he comes back into the world, like he hasn't been practicing repression to the point of memory loss. Maybe he wasn't conscious during his years as dead? He's introduced with Mo Xuanyu calling to him in his brain during the sacrificial ritual, I think, and is getting told he IS Mo Xuanyu and he is...a tad confused. And then disappointed, but I mean given what Yiling Laozu Wei Wuxian had come to expect after the fiascos that ended his life, he probably wouldn't be too surprised or confused anyways. My theory is that CQL Wei Wuxian likely was unconscious when he was dead whereas MDZS Wei Wuxian was not.

This doesn't seem...important. However it does change who Wei Wuxian is and why he does the things that he does upon reincarnation. Novel Wei Wuxian taking every opportunity to drape himself over Lan Wangji with the purpose of pushing him away makes a lot of sense for a guy who's convinced the worst thing he could do to someone is get too close to/with them; he goes ahead with making a ruckus and trying to make Lan Wangji uncomfortable- without shame (because that's gotta erode away after being dead and reviled for 13 years) and without considering the possibility that Lan Wangji might want to help. Why would he consider that? He doesn't see himself worthy of help or believe anyone would help him, and he's internalised that for years on years.

CQL Wei Wuxian though, he faints on Dafan Mountain due to the weight of his memories- he's confronted with so much of the past so fast and his response is to faint. Barely any ruckus at all. When Lan Wangji finds out who he is, they have a calm conversation about it, where novel Wei Wuxian is like "oh frick he called me Wei Ying" and pretends nothing happened. CQL Wei Wuxian is a lot more open, and I think part of that is because he woke up from his death and was given the support he needed in his previous life within a couple of days. He didn't feel the years go by, have to deal with the consequences of the things he did alone (and in CQL 60% of them weren't even his own actions), so he didn't build himself the same kind of emotional fortress novel Wei Wuxian did.

CQL Wei Wuxian is jaded, true, but not the kind of jaded that comes with floating around in the afterlife for over a decade. It's easier for him to get back into this world and solve a little murder mystery together with Lan Wangji- they fall into step with each other perfectly- while novel Wei Wuxian is still getting his footing. Thus, CQL Wangxian's relationship doesn't evolve the way book Wangxian's do in Wei Wuxian's new life, and Wei Wuxian's reason to be back in this new life is far more about getting back that which he lost (Lan Wangji, a claim to justice) as opposed to gaining something else, something new and all the more important for it (a newfound relationship with Lan Wangji). Novel Wei Wuxian being so out of sync with the new world around him, in both memories and relationships, means that he has so much more room to grow in his present life as he can stop being haunted by the past. I'm not saying this is better than CQL, that's really up to what you like in your media, but this puts Wei Wuxian in a very different position in MDZS than in CQL, and also fundamentally changes their purposes and outlook on their new lives. Whether the focus of his character development takes place in the past or in the present. Whether it's about tying up the loose ends of the past, or chucking out the tapestry of the past to weave a new future.

[tragcdysewn]

@mvsicinthedvrk

(insp.)

[mvsicinthedvrk]

i'm doing something a little different for my event prep-- because i'm on hiatus the rest of the month, i don't really have the ability to do much reaching out to plot (though if you pop into my dms unprompted to plot, feel free, as i'll definitely get back to you to chat when i'm able) and i need to make sure i keep my threads to a manageable number. but i still want to be able to be active during the event when i can! especially since other threads will be paused!

so below is my list of event threads; i'm limiting myself to 3ish per character for the time being with the understanding that i'm also willing to stretch it to more if there's pairings i really want to write for.

if you want me to write a starter, please request one below (limit 2 per member for now, please). i probably won't pre-plot with you much but i'll roll for the situation on my end as soon as u request them & add that info below so you have a general idea of what the conflict in the thread will be.

**and then this is the untraditional part of the starter call: there's obviously no obligation, but if you want to volunteer to write any starter(s) for a pairing, please also feel free to let me know below, so i can add that to my total thread count. i would love that. i likely won't be going through your starter calls to request things, not because i don't want to write with you all, but because i don't want to impose when there's a high chance i won't be around as much as usual

i'll also note that i don't think i'll be killing off any of my characters during this event, even temporarily, and if you want to kill off any of your muses, i'd honestly prefer you do it in a thread that's not with one of mine, but if you feel really strongly about it, we can definitely plot, i just need a heads up. thank u for understanding!

total thread count (list last updated saturday 10/14 at 9am):

bold is for my notes; means i need to write it still and strikethrough is that it's already written (written 19/20)

wei wuxian-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing wei wuxian and dream for alex (rolled: rat with a gun)

two: wei wuxian & yanli (aria writing)

three: wei wuxian & vic for swan (rolled: children with pumpkins for heads)

four: wei wuxian & cangse sanren (rolled: living corn attempting to eat u but it's still the size of regular corn)

five: wei wuxian & han solo (rolled: skeletons)

xie lian-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing hualian for mia (rolled: crossing stream)

two: xie lian & feng xin (kasey writing)

three: writing xie lian & mu qing for june (rolled: quicksand mud)

four: xie lian & shen qiao (june writing)

five: xie lian & sophie (rolled: a hoard of geese)

wen kexing-- 1 slot available

one: wenzhou (atlas writing)

two:

he xuan-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing beefleaf for sunny (rolled: poisonous gas)

two: writing he xuan & chunyu for kasey (rolled: giant spiders)

sha hualing-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing sha hualing & shang qinghua for sunny (rolled: murderous clown)

two: writing sha hualing & tina for risa (rolled: gritty)

liu qingge-- 1 slot available

one: liu qingge & anya (violet writing)

two:

loid forger-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing loid & anya for mia (rolled: werewolf)

two: writing loid & yor for kasey (rolled: giant table and feast)

dongfang qingcang-- 1 slot available

one: dongfang qingcang & xiao lanhua (kasey writing)

two:

chu wanning-- 1 slot available

one: ranwan (kasey writing)

two:

filippa kosta-- 1 slot available

one: writing filippa & cordelia for alex (rolled: high winds)

two:

qi yan-- 1 slot available

one: qi yan & laudna for cassie (rolled: giant spiderweb)

two:

kaz brekker-- SLOTS FULL

one: kaz & inej (sunny writing)

two: kaz & ninoma (alex writing)

three: writing kaz & wylan for aria (rolled: dead end/spores/drunk)

mo xi-- 1 slot available pls give him some love

one: june writing a surprise starter for mo xi and somebody

two:

pei ming-- 1 slot available

one: pei ming & bond (risa writing)

two: pei ming & heidi for swan (rolled: werewolf)

three:

lee rang-- SLOTS FULL

one: rang & yeon (atlas writing)

two: also lee rang & jang yeo hee (atlas writing)

two: lee rang & yuri for violet (rolled: whispering plant life)

xiao chiye-- SLOTS FULL

one: writing chiye & zechuan for june (rolled: werewolf, followed by truth zone)

two: chiye & qi zhuyin (june writing)

lu junyi -- 1 slot available

one: writing junyi & jasmine for moon (rolled: frozen tundra of corn)

two:

[multeasers]

ROLEPLAY HISTORY !

The rules are simple ! Post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back . Then tag ten people to do the same ( if you can’t think of ten, just write down however many you can and tag that number of people ) . Please repost, don’t reblog !

CURRENT MUSE / S : on this blog MDZS : a-qing, wen ruohan JJK : fushiguro toji BLEACH ( req only ) : coyote starrk FIRE FORCE : sagamiya konro DRAGON KNIGHTS : thatz DRAGON QUEST ( XI ) : erik NNT / SEVEN DEADLY SINS : hendrickson OC ( fandomless + various fandoms ) : antares

on other blogs @tenth-god : hermes ( record of ragnarök ) @missingkingss : derkila ( welcome to demon school! iruma-kun ) @faultedloyalty : sebastian ( black butler )

WANT TO WRITE : ngl been kinda tempted for awhile to add sinbad ( magi prequel only ), shinmon benimaru ( fire force ), and nick burkhardt ( grimm ) is still kinda high on the list too . basilisk ( my one piece oc ), or even his elder brother caiman, is someone i'd still like to one day include here in theory . there's a few others, from various fandoms, flying in the air

HAVE WRITTEN : the first character i ever rped was gisila, an old hetalia oc, from like ages 11 to 14 . never doing that again . the others i've rped were only ever oc's for media like fairy tail, bleach, one piece, the riordanverse ( mainly pjo back in the day ), and more i can't think of off the top of my head . since starting this blog, this is really the first time i've ever rped canonical characters :p

WOULD WRITE AGAIN : there's a few ocs who've been revamped and / or recreated, so if i ever feel like they could be on here, it'd be them !

tagged by stolen from : i forgot bc i drafted the outline a bit ago </3

tagging : anyone who'd like to do it :v