#The Graverobbers' Chronicles

[wangxianficrecs]

Proud Author Spotlight

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Story is now complete.

Huli Jing: What Does The Fox Say

by faradheia, RhystaRose (@faradheia)

T, 19k, Wangxian & Others (MDZS & The Lost Tomb Crossover)

Summary: Rumor on the Huli Jing discord is that foxes are disappearing. When Liu Sang and Wei Ying are kidnapped and join the other taken hulis can they rescue themselves?

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

[intheyellowandgreen]

Commissioned an amazing artist for a picture of my baby Wu Xie series part 1

Look at it 😍😭😍😭😍😭it's so amazing I'm crying

[unforth]

Okay time to take advantage of polls being anonymous to potentially start a war in the DMBJ fandom.

Bonus, reblog and tell me why you think so and/or which version of Xiao Hua you personal treat as "most canon."

(my personal answer is just full-on unequivocal no holds barred yes, and I favor Ultimate Note Xiao Hua tho also, Heihua movie, but hey, polls are anonymous and you do you and I'm genuinely curious how widespread this intepretation is.)

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Just discovered the 盗墓笔记 Graverobbers Chronicles (Dàomù bǐjì) and now I'm obsessed, both with the tv series (accidentally skipped around 2 prequels and now I'm figuring it out as I watch Ultimate Note) and now the books.

At the time of writing this, I am on episode 15/37 and dear God. The amount of craziness and plot twists is just the perfect amount to keep me entertained.

The books are in Chinese so it'll be a good reading practise as reading news articles and graded readers can get repetitive sometimes. Literary Chinese is quite different from the usual textbook or daily Chinese, so this is definitely an interesting challenge.

Here's the link to the site, it's one of the best sites for Chinese novels that I've seen to date and I highly recommend it.

[fixaidea]

Ayy look what came in the post!

Just lemme be (temporarily) done with the *other* Iron Triangle (Graverobber's Chronicles vol. 8) and I'll get to it!

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate Aromantic Awareness Week with Our 8 Favorite Books with Aro Characters!

To celebrate #aromanticawarenessweek, we asked our contributors (some of whom chose to remain anonymous) to recommend their favorite books with aromantic characters (some explicit, some implied).

Here are our 8 favorites!

Loveless by Alice Oseman This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn’t understand why she can’t crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She’s surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It’s not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum — coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she’s been told since birth isn’t easy — there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia’s determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.

Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence For eighteen years, Alaric has lived under the cloying politics of family and his Clan community. His freshman year is supposed to be a chance to explore a world where Clan and his shapeshifting Talent isn’t central to his life. But when his inner bear bursts forth during his first football game, endangering those around him, Alaric realizes that it’s not so easy to ignore his past, or his own internalized anger. In his quest for anger management, Alaric begins to train in taekwondo, and makes new friends in both sports. He finds that he is creating his own small community, where Clan, Mages, other Talents, and even humans come together and build their own found family. When Alaric receives news that something has happened to his brother Orson, he must return and deal with his Clan and his place in their world. He discovers that old prejudices are still strong between Clan and Mage communities, but that both may be in danger from a creature long thought to be only a legend. Alaric must figure out how to move forward and prevent a war and protect both his home and newly built communities, his found family with him every step of the way.

The Graverobbers’ Chronicles by Xu Lei Uncle Three loves good food, good booze, good card games, and bad women–and he’s never found a grave he wouldn’t rob. He can’t help it – it’s in his blood – grave robbing has been the family business for centuries. So when his bookseller nephew comes to him with a map to an ancient tomb, Uncle Three sets off to find it, in the company of some grave-robbing colleagues, his nerdy nephew, and a strange poker-faced guy that nobody can quite figure out. Uncle Three knows that the grave he seeks will lead him and his companions to “another kind of world,” but not even he could ever imagine what they are about to find. Lost in a labyrinthine cavern that is full of dead bodies, Uncle Three and his comrades fight for their lives as they come up against vampires, corpse-eating bugs, and blood zombies.

The Devil’s Luck by L. S. Baird Years ago, a foolish wastrel once played a hand of cards with the devil… and lost. Now Frey has inherited his uncle’s double curse: the Devil’s claim written on his body in crimson letters, and the impossibly good luck that comes with it. Death is Frey’s only escape from his destiny, but not even Etienne, an expert assassin from the Order of the Crimson Seal, can defeat Frey’s luck alone. And when Etienne finds himself growing too fond of his victim, he doesn’t know if Frey’s good nature or the luck is to blame. However, Etienne will give his all to preventing the Archdemon’s return, even if his all includes wearing a corset, and killing a friend.

All Systems Red by Martha Wells In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid – a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

In Good Company by Nicola Kapron Haruki no longer remembered what had been going through his head the first time he’d killed. All he recalled was the sight of those he’d once loved with all the helpless force of a scared, scarred child covered in red and utterly still. He hadn’t felt grief or triumph when he realized they weren’t struggling anymore. He’d just felt— Empty. Better to be hollow than to despair.

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions–much good it did me. So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on legends of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the devout and the wise. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen, determined to carve a better world for herself and the women around her. But as the evil from her childhood tales threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak–and what legacy she intends to leave behind.

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace New Liberty City, 2134. Two corporations have replaced the US, splitting the country’s remaining forty-five states (five have been submerged under the ocean) between them: Stellaxis Innovations and Greenleaf. There are nine supercities within the continental US, and New Liberty City is the only amalgamated city split between the two megacorps, and thus at a perpetual state of civil war as the feeds broadcast the atrocities committed by each side. Here, Mallory streams Stellaxis’s wargame, SecOps on BestLife, spending more time jacked in than in the world just to eke out a hardscrabble living from tips. When a chance encounter with one of the game’s rare super-soldiers leads to a side job for Mal–looking to link an actual missing girl to one of the SecOps characters. Mal’s sudden burst in online fame rivals her deepening fear of what she is uncovering about BestLife’s developer, and puts her in the kind of danger she’s only experienced through her avatar.

Recommendations contributed by Nina Waters, softestpunk, Adrian Harley, and others.

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[percyverance]

Your Gangrel looks SOO fun! Could you share some tidbits about them? :3

Hey there, tysm!!! You've opened pandora's box here lol

Lauchlainn Douglas Black is a former WWI soldier saved from rotting in a mass grave by their sire’s Embrace. They were born to poverty in the late 19th century in Scotland, eventually joining the British army to support their family in 1912. When the Great War broke out across Europe, Lauchlainn was shipped off to the western front.

There they served for four years, and in that time grew close with a mysterious gravedigger nicknamed "the Mórrigan" by their Irish comrades. They hadn't thought it possible to dig graves gracefully, but somehow Mórrigan pulled it off.

The two were eventually engaged — planning to wed upon the war's end, though they both knew the law would never recognize the union. Lauchlainn would not live to see the ceremony: the soldier was killed in the final hours of the war.

Over a century later, some would-be graverobbers got a wee bit more than they bargained for when they accidentally woke a blood-starved fledgling from torpor after digging up the mass grave where Lauchlainn had been buried (un)alive. All they want now is to reunite with their lover and sire — their engagement the only undying thing they have to hold onto in the cold, unfamiliar world that left them for dead.

I'm currently playing them in a chronicle alongside a Renaissance assassin, a Jewish Salubri scholar, a WW2 pilot, an Edwardian mad scientist, and a guy who responds to stress with IEDs — we as players are currently betting on who in the coterie tries to kill each other first LMAO

[justawanderingbabbit]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love!

Babbit babbling ahead!

The story that pulled me into writing fanfic was Scum Villain Self-Saving System. I won't say my first or second fic is my favorite, though; both have flaws that I'm not ashamed of but mean they're not up to snuff. Since then I've written for Scum Villain, Modao Zushi and Heaven Official's Blessing, as well as for Dao Mo Biji (AKA the Graverobber's chronicles)

1) What Is Not Said

The Scum Villain universe is changed by the simple matter of Liu Qingge rescuing Shen Jiu from the Qing before Shen Jiu is driven to homicide. This results in Shen Jiu getting the training he needed when he needed it and shifts the course events away from ever needing a Shen Yuan to fix things. (I may, one day, address what happens with Shen Yuan, but not any time soon.)

The title comes from the line, "Communication is the understanding of what is not said." Since lack of communication is the primary cause of death in Moxiang Tongshu's works, this fic is all about properly communicating.

2) Different Paths to the Same Route

In a world where Nie Mingjue kills (sort of) his 3rd sworn brother, he and Lan Xichen work together to save Jin Guangyao's spirit and - when he's mostly restored to them - to prevent Jin Guangshan's plans for the cultivational world from wreaking havoc. Just this once, almost everybody lives.

The title is based on a Modao Zushi music video called Different Paths, in part because despite the changes, certain fixed events are fixed and still sort of happen.

3) Moxiang Tongxiu Crack and Drabbles

As the title says, this is a huge compilation of short fics based on various of Moxiang Tongxiu's works. Some are silly little fics, some a bit more serious. Not really drabbles, perhaps, but so it goes.

Some of the fics form the basis for other fics but those aren't finished and (I'm sorry) may never be because they're sitting there laughing at me.

4) The Wang Who Came In From The Cold

I've been pretty focused on Daomo Biji lately, so most of my more recent fics come from there. This one posits that Wang Can from Sand Sea (1) survives, (2) is Liu Sang's 'twin', and (3) what would happen if he showed up at Wushanjiu after rescuing Xiaomai from thugs.

It has a follow up, wherein Yan Sanxing is their parent and is rescued from durance very cold and vile and the truth about their family is revealed.

5) Alias Yue and Huo

Another Daomo Biji fic, yet another focused on Wang Can. (I love Liu Sang but Wang Can is so FUN to write!) Here Wang Can falters in his escape from Wang Pangzi, Xiuxiu and the Blue Robed Master, and ends up revealing his Zhang kinship and joining Wang Pangzi on a trip to Changbai. Liu Sang makes an appearance later, but the focus is on the buddy trip.

Could be a ship fic if one wants it to be, it's certainly implied later, but the primary goal is understanding.

Title comes from Wang Pangzi and Wang Can's given names. Pangzi's actual name is Yue Ban, whose characters together become Pang, or fat. Can is made up of the characters for fire and mountain, so they used the aliases Yue and Huo on their trip.

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It was hard to choose which fics to highlight here. My preferences change depending on my mood.

And now the tagging... @pearlpugly, @littlesmartart, @foxofninetales, @sharkbeneaththelotus, @merinnan

[cheongyang]

i'm being thrown back to an old obsession with the graverobbers chronicles and i . . . am not well

[unfortunatelycake]

Finished watching Ultimate Note and unsurprisingly there are many loose ends, but it was still a satisfying watch.

And like. I did not go into any of these Graverobber's Chronicles adaptations looking for ships, but they happened anyway. The characters just had the kind of dynamics that press all the right buttons, and such great chemistry.

I'd like to write some kind of intelligent review but brain is made of goo and fixating on What Next???

I'm torn between moving onto the next drama chronologically (Tomb of the Sea, which is the first one I watched lol) skipping that and going on to the next I haven't watched (Reunion: The Sound of the Providence) or just... diving into AO3 to see what tasty meals are on offer.

Or raiding tumblr tags. Hm.

[leapyearkisses]

can we know what obscure fandoms you are in?:)

Oh, it hasn't changed since the last time I whined about this lol. I'm still in Chinese drama/webnovel hell. <3 I got really into Modao Zushi/The Untamed a couple of years ago and I've been reading a lot of danmei and watching dramas.

Most recently I have discovered The Mystic Nine/Old Nine Gates, which is the prequel series of The Lost Tomb/Daomu Biji/The Graverobber Chronicles webnovels/dramas/movies. It's a tangled web with a very small fandom.

[intheyellowandgreen]

Today You'll Leave Us Behind

DMBJ. Words: 2570. XiaPan. Canon event: Wu Xie goes to Germany. 18 year old Wu Xie. Papa!XiaZi series.

Series: Skinned Knees and Other Growing Pains

[fixaidea]

Ooo lemme try:

Matthew Shardlake (Shardlake books): Hunched back with all the recurring physical pain it entails. (Tudor era detective books.)

Fu Shen (Golden Stage): Leg injury, spends most of the book in a wheelchair, or later using special leg braces. (Quasi-historical m/m romance and political drama.)

Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb): Only one arm from Book 2 onward. (Space epic with necromancers, first book is a whodunnit.)

Hei Xiazi (Graverobber's Chronicles): Impaired vision. (Low-fantasy adventure series.)

Furiosa (Mad Max Fury Road): Only one arm. (Action adventure)

Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil): Psychosomatic pain in one leg. (Detective thriller)*

Xiao Xingchen (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) Blind. (High fantasy, m/m romance)

*Half a mention to Lee Chengjin from the same series who spends the whole show limping and walking with a cane but is revealed to be either wholesale faking it or at least very heavily playing it up.

What the heck, these seem fun when I've seen other people do it:

Reblog and list 7 physically disabled or chronically ill characters you like in the tags, and what they're from! This is a request for recs :D (and if you've only got a couple recs please rb with them anyway!)

[fixaidea]

So when I'm done with Wizard, where to next?

[cheongyang]

would y'all believe me if i said injung was based on the works of the graverobber's chronicles , tomb raider , indiana jones , and related ?? because he is and i'm rewatching the graverobber's chronicles , and his muse is so HIGH right now . . .

[fourzerozeroam]

sneaky