#SOKP modern / lawyer AU

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@xiakeponz this AU is fully retriggering my law school PTSD akhaksdhfasdgadfkh (but also were you around for the great Lawblr/Studyblr fight of 2016 what an era).

When you aim for the study aesthetic and one of your bestie recognized your location.

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more SOKP lawyer au (fic started by @renewedmotionforjudgment ehehe) soc med shenanigans ft. pyq and lv xian starting shit

(very general translation bc i thought of these in chinese first clown emoji) Lv Xian: dug out an old photo, old schoolmates all here, creds to me the photographer :' ) Yan Lin: Woah almost forgot Zhang Zhe was there that day, that almost never happens. SZY: this is so old. the first time i realised, so xie wei can smile in photos hahaha Lv Xian: @ Yan Lin yeah somebody flipped the vinegar vat that day lmao did you forget. even though he is smiling : ) zz: @ Lv Xian stop talking about this, you're going to give people the wrong idea. Fang Yin: you guys knew each other all the way back then? jeez. Xie Wei: Do you think I can't see the comments section? Lv Xian: @ xie wei so you're not denying it? Lv Xian: @ zz you are xie wei's true homie, never one to choose dates before mates unlike somebody Ning Er: do you all not have better things to do

context is also that Xie Wei and Jiang Xuening have like a bazillion years of denial about what is happening especially JXN and You Fangyin has a vested interest in this bc she started a betting pool about when jxn and xw would get their shit together (only bc she thinks they will and she isn't blind anyhow) and lv xian has bought into this pool lmao $

bonus:

also just to add it all in one post the other one is here, context and tl below with og post here (more soc med stuff IG style):

@renewedmotionforjudgment and i thought it would be funny for xw to bite and respond to jxn's obvious thirst traps but he would never do it directly through his own socials yk I'll add a rough TL below bc i originally thought of the thing in chinese lmao oops. Yanlin: broski finally comes to the gym, why tho i wonder

comments section: Lv Xian: the gym?? looks like he's about to clock in to work at the club, he's the all business no play kind- Yan Lin: jk bro I am sorry SZY: how hard are you guys trying to make sure Ningning sees this? It's not like she blocked him. Lv Xian: @ SZY sometimes you just do not need to spell things out that clearly :' )

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I found a text message story app! Which means more ongoing SOKP lawyer modern AU. I’m actually slowly but surely writing the fic (as in words), but I admit I have a huge weakness for text fics.

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Chapters 3 and 4 of But Darling, Stay with Me (SOKP modern lawyer AU) with @xiakeponz is posted!

But also my writing process was 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 for the chapter.

also also Jiang Xuening's tacky duvet cover is inspired by this picture that showed up on my pinterest:

Thought NGL would 100% get one of those myself it looks so cozy for the winter.

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...and it's posted

The first 2 chapters of SOKP Modern / Lawyer AU with @xiakeponz. AN UNSERIOUS WORK.

But Darling, Stay With Me (2581 words) by Tuulip Chapters: 2/? Fandom: 宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiang Xuening/Xie Wei Characters: Jiang Xuening, Xie Wei (Kunning - Shi Jing) Additional Tags: Modern AU, fwb to lovers, Really clown/clown, Slow Burn, law students to lawyers (and clowns the whole time), no beta we die like a Liu Yuning character in a cdrama, Clowns in love, crack not taken remotely seriously

Summary:

“Therefore, I think you and I should have sex again, Xie Wei, so I can free up my brain space for important things, like the four different types of assumption of risks.”

A modern law student to lawyer AU in collaboration with xiakeponz.tumblr.com, who made the observation: "modern au sokp bc xie wei and jiang xuening are giving real ons/fwb to lovers energy 💀🚩"

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Since AO3 is still weird with me, posting the textfic portion of chapter 3 of "But Darling, Stay with Me" (SOKP modern lawyer AU) with @xiakeponz here. Also, this whole fic is potentially just group therapy for law school.

This segment is also known as - I think I died of secondhand embarrassment writing this because akd;fhas;kfh my worst nightmare is TEXTING THE WRONG PERSON.

Putting stuff behind cut because it's lengthy. (also, I am crying in big boobs because every bra for cup sizes D and above is just ... beige. Lots and lots of beige).

POV: when you're Xie Wei and you're editor in chief of the law review and you've put your phone on mute because oh wow, look at all of these pompous ass attorneys trying to submit their law review articles. And then you unmute your phone to see 20 something unread messages from your crush cousin's friend (whose number you obviously have just in case as an emergency contact for your cousin) and it contains an holy amount of bra pictures.

All typos are mine Jiang Xuening's.

(pictures left to right)

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Ok, rough draft of chapter 1 of the SOKP modern / lawyer AU with @xiakeponz done. This last bit was 😳 😳 😳 but also I still don’t know how to translate 朱砂御笔定人生死 into a thing that makes sense.

Gotta proof it tomorrow BUT THE CLOWNING BEGINS.

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@xiakeponz I was cackling the entire time I made these fake insta/texts. THEY ARE SUCH HUMAN DISASTERS.

Obligatory self plug: chapter 3 and 4 of But Darling, Stay with Me (SOKP modern lawyer AU that's really clown x clown) is posted on AO3.

As usual, the text fic portion is about 3 chapters ahead of my writing because I actually don't have to use as many words.

Pics behind the cut. 1L year has ended, which means it's of course natural to end the ... FWB arrangement because no strings attached right? 🤡🤡🤡 They are NOT MOPING.

To quote Shen Zhiyi: "you know, if this had been ancientimes, Zhang Zhe's life would have been in danger."

But also Xue Dingfei has a vested interest in making sure Xie Wei is not going to scare everyone like the grim reaper. Hence this plan with Lv Xian.

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Text message entry intro for chapters of the SOKP modern / lawyer AU with @xiakeponz so far. Really for me to keep track, what can I say litigator habit 😂

Chapter 1: 2015 (March)

Chapter 2: 2017 (fall)

Chapter 3: 2018 (Winter & Summer)

Chapter 4: 2019

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But Darling, Stay With Me

Aka that SOKP Modern Lawyer x Lawyer AU that @xiakeponz and I have been brainstorming.

(Title from Stay with Me by Sam Smith feat. Utada Hikaru)

(Anyways, I found a fun instagram generator. Also, literally at some point I realized that since SOKP is set in a fictional country, I don't actually have to set them in modern day mainland, and I'm just going to assume that Da Qian underwent some law school reform a la South Korea to adapt it to the US system. )

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PART 2 - cont. of sokp modern / lawyer au with @renewedmotionforjudgment more gc/soc med shenanigans (worst gc in the history of worst-er-rer- gcs) (PART ONE HERE)

(FIC HERE) the girls gang ✨

the bros 💀

Not featured: Zhang Zhe going "can I leave this chat now".

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cont. of sokp modern / lawyer au with @renewedmotionforjudgment more gc/soc med shenanigans this is the worst gc in the history of worst gcs : )

poor innocent zhou baoying, and the context is that lv xian has bought into you fangyin's gambling pool of when she thinks jxn and xw are going to get together :' ) so he's very much here for this. lmaooo 🍉

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The XianYin logs for @myhamartiaishubris <3 - of sokp modern / lawyer au with @renewedmotionforjudgment more gc/soc med shenanigans (worst gc in the history of worst-er-rer- gcs) (PART ONE HERE)(PART TWO HERE) (those are not directly related to this - but anyway!) This is a long one so I'll put the TL at the bottom.

Context also being that: Xie Wei and Jiang Xuening have like a bazillion years of denial about what is happening especially JXN and You Fangyin has a vested interest in this bc she started a betting pool about when jxn and xw would get their shit together (only bc she thinks they will and she isn't blind anyhow) and lv xian has bought into this pool lmao $ but he is betting that they will sort it out within a shorter amount of time than YFY bet on (so it's not just a yes/no bet, you can also wager "if yes, then how long will it take?" lol

Rough translation for anyone else here for the xianyin:

LX: I can't repay you the money I borrowed from you the other day just yet, how about I just take you out for a meal one of these days? (LX w/ the typo btw its actually an error of OP but w/e lmao) YFY: Repay me. You don't have fifty bucks? LX: No, it's just the weixin pay-side is having some issues. LX: Would you rather cash? No way, right? If so, then come out to the gathering tonight and I'll give it to you. YFY. No, when your wepay issues are fixed send me fifty. Thanks. ("wepay me ffty" is an old meme and yfy is just stone cold lol) LX: [sends 50 rmb to YFY] YFY: Tyvm. LX: So Xie Wei has pissed off Jiang Xuening, but why are you mad at me for? YFY. You know why. You fanned the flames. LX: I'm sorry? I was just saying it as it is and unintentionally mentioned Zhang Zhe, who knew Xie Wei would get jelly over that. YFY: Everyone knew that, it doesn't take much. Stop making excuses. LX: OK, but I was only trying to help? Dude's an idiot, someone's gotta do it. LX: Anyway, I can't afford to lose the wager, I said they'd sort themselves in two years so it must be done. YFY: That's your fault for thinking too highly of Xie Wei, you should have listened to me and bet on four, five years. LX: Why are you acting like this is solely Xie Wei's fault? YFY: Oh so you're standing up for him now? YFY: Go on, keep making things worse. LX: Like your precious Jiang Xuening hasn't got a little something with Zhang Zhe. YFY: Where? LX: Anyway, when I was working at the firm with Xie Wei, you may not know but he was an absolute workaholic from day to night, if he could close up a matter sooner he wouldn't drag it out for a second longer. Now I've followed him to working for Yan Mu, welp, the counsel on the other side is Jiang Xuening... he's so... don't even make me say it, you know what I mean. LX: If I really lose the bet, I'll transfer my equity to you, then I might be destitute and out on the streets, I could still even owe you money! You gonna take responsibility for that? YFY: Why should I?? YFY: You best think about how you are going to get your finances sorted. LX: Don't be such a hardass, are you asking me to just give myself to you? LX. ... I was kidding, I don't mean to offend you. YFY: We'll see, when I win.

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A short chapter 10.

@xiakeponz and I 100% agree with Xie Wei's "this meeting could have been an email" energy.

Additional show notes:

Han Chengdi aka Emperor Cheng of Han ... was not a particularly good ruler. But apparently he was really into watching his favorite consort Zhao Hede bathing. I guess whatever floats his boats. But the line is from Zhen Huan ("Does your majesty wish to be Han Chengdi? your subject does not dare to be Zhao Hede.")

Herve Leger dresses were such a classic of the 10s. I, of course, was eying the knockoffs from Express.

...and it's posted

The first 2 chapters of SOKP Modern / Lawyer AU with @xiakeponz. AN UNSERIOUS WORK.

But Darling, Stay With Me (2581 words) by Tuulip Chapters: 2/? Fandom: 宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiang Xuening/Xie Wei Characters: Jiang Xuening, Xie Wei (Kunning - Shi Jing) Additional Tags: Modern AU, fwb to lovers, Really clown/clown, Slow Burn, law students to lawyers (and clowns the whole time), no beta we die like a Liu Yuning character in a cdrama, Clowns in love, crack not taken remotely seriously

Summary:

“Therefore, I think you and I should have sex again, Xie Wei, so I can free up my brain space for important things, like the four different types of assumption of risks.”

A modern law student to lawyer AU in collaboration with xiakeponz.tumblr.com, who made the observation: "modern au sokp bc xie wei and jiang xuening are giving real ons/fwb to lovers energy 💀🚩"

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Chapter Nine is up! Really, it should be two chapters.

As always, thank you @xiakeponz for being by plotter in crime (also catching my typos LMAO). Also thank you @dreamyklutzs for going down a millennial nostalgia roadtrip with me because this chapter might be my most millennial chapter yet?

Anyone remember the velour tracksuits from the 2000s? I had a knockoff from American Eagles and that it was the height of fashion in middle school.

Also, anyone remember the Valentino Rockstar Pumps from 2013-2015? I swear, every fashion blog I followed had them. I WANTED A PAIR SO BADLY.

Candy Crush, of course, saved me during many plane rides back home in law school. I redownloaded the game on my phone for *research* and remembered, that yep, I stopped because I couldn't get past level 75.

Edward Cullens need no further explanation. THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER.

Tree of Heaven was a k-drama aired in 2006. Honestly, I can't remember much of the plot anymore other than it being ridiculously melo in ways that only a k-drama in the aughts can, and Park Shin Hye's character yelling OPPA.

One hilarious thing about Gossip Girl BTS photos is that the actresses are always wearing Uggs with their fancy outfits, and only putting the heels for the few full body shots.

...and it's posted

The first 2 chapters of SOKP Modern / Lawyer AU with @xiakeponz. AN UNSERIOUS WORK.

But Darling, Stay With Me (2581 words) by Tuulip Chapters: 2/? Fandom: 宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiang Xuening/Xie Wei Characters: Jiang Xuening, Xie Wei (Kunning - Shi Jing) Additional Tags: Modern AU, fwb to lovers, Really clown/clown, Slow Burn, law students to lawyers (and clowns the whole time), no beta we die like a Liu Yuning character in a cdrama, Clowns in love, crack not taken remotely seriously

Summary:

“Therefore, I think you and I should have sex again, Xie Wei, so I can free up my brain space for important things, like the four different types of assumption of risks.”

A modern law student to lawyer AU in collaboration with xiakeponz.tumblr.com, who made the observation: "modern au sokp bc xie wei and jiang xuening are giving real ons/fwb to lovers energy 💀🚩"

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Chapter 8 is here!

As always, the show notes (and also bless @xiakeponz for listening to my ramblings in the DMs). I have abandoned any thoughts of outlining or pacing. IT'S A SLICE OF LIFE PACING WHAT PACING.

The description about the overbearing CEO and "as graceful as a cheetah" comes from the TW drama that I'm currently watching, Lost Romance. It is delightful.

PureBarre is a real thing. Seriously, I would do an hour of cardio over that. I went to a class and literally felt like I was about to pass out. This is not sponsored. I would never put my mutuals through the same torture.

Convenience store ice cream with the wooden spoons are pure nostalgia for me. And probably way too expensive for what they actually are.

Gu Man, of course, is the author of novels adapted into c-dramas such as Love O2O, Boss and Me, My Sunshine, and You are My Destiny. I'm sure there are others.

This is the part where I admit that I know of Train to Busan, but I've actually never seen it. I have a very low tolerance for blood and gore outside of procedurals about serial killers.

Jiang Xuening mixing up You Yue and Yao Xi is actually ... my mix up. LMAO

I'm not going to disclose the amount of alcohol my journal suite had. Probably too much.

...and it's posted

The first 2 chapters of SOKP Modern / Lawyer AU with @xiakeponz. AN UNSERIOUS WORK.

But Darling, Stay With Me (2581 words) by Tuulip Chapters: 2/? Fandom: 宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiang Xuening/Xie Wei Characters: Jiang Xuening, Xie Wei (Kunning - Shi Jing) Additional Tags: Modern AU, fwb to lovers, Really clown/clown, Slow Burn, law students to lawyers (and clowns the whole time), no beta we die like a Liu Yuning character in a cdrama, Clowns in love, crack not taken remotely seriously

Summary:

“Therefore, I think you and I should have sex again, Xie Wei, so I can free up my brain space for important things, like the four different types of assumption of risks.”

A modern law student to lawyer AU in collaboration with xiakeponz.tumblr.com, who made the observation: "modern au sokp bc xie wei and jiang xuening are giving real ons/fwb to lovers energy 💀🚩"