#and lwj would never tell lsz about wwx...

[wangxianficfinder]

Fic Finder

March 9th

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1. Hello, I'm looking for a fic about wwx. He lost most of his memories, and all he really remembered was the bad parts from what happened to him. I think he was alright with a yuan but no one else could go near him. And in the end some of the juniors and I thing lwj and lqr take some of his memories so he doesn't suffer alone? @bubwly

FOUND! Window of the Waking Mind by mrcformoso (M, 8k, wangxian, LSZ & WWX, JC & WWX, Graphic depictions of violence, Major Character Death, Heavy Angst with a Happy Ending, Sad with a Happy Ending, Post-Canon, Torture, Golden Core Transfer, WWX Has Self-Esteem Issues, Hurt WWX, WWX Needs a Hug, WWX Needs a Break, Flashbacks, Curses, Night Hunts, Suicide, Starvation, Canonical Child Abuse, Canonical Character Death, Cannibalism, Although it was forced by the situation to survive, Healing, Hurt/Comfort, lots of comfort, Soft LQR, Learning To Communicate, Zidian Spiritual Tool, JC Tries, Reaction) Well, it's more that all his bad memories that he routinely represses overwhelm him because of a night hunt accident, there's no real amnesia involved. But otherwise the description matches.

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2. Hello, this is for fix finder. what i remember from the fic was that wwx acted like and was called lan er-furen and there was a scene where he would sew things for the junior and others from other clans and a jin clan member wanted a wolf but wwx did paws instead and he fake cried so that lwj would be extra mad. that scene was from sizhui’s pov and all the other juniors from the other clans backed him up as well

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3. looking for a fic that was fem!wangxian and wwx saw lwj at the gym and thought she was a guy at first, but she was just actually really butch. other f/f fics welcome

FOUND? like a movie scene by plonk (Not Rated, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Gender Changes)

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4. The ao3 fic was called skye's limit or sky's limit. Thanks :p @blogger9999318

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5. hiiii i'm looking for this fem!wangxian fic where wy and lz are broken up, and afterwards lz gets with mxy. they're all famous influencers or smth like that and wy goes on nhs' youtube podcast and publicly discuss lz's relationship with mxy (i think? something like that). later on they meet at a party where lz and wy hook up in the washroom and afterwards lz tells her that her and mxy were never acc tg, it was just to make mxy's ex jealous. lz and wy admit that they still love each other then get tg @ashxi-wx

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6. For fic finder, please! It was an a/b/o au where, during Cloud Recesses lectures, Wei Wuxian accidentally triggered Lan Wangji’s heat. There was a mix up about this. The Lan’s were outraged, thinking WWX was teasing and purposefully riled LWJ up, but WWX didn’t know what had happened/didn’t do it on purpose. WWX is thrown from the lectures, and possibly ousted from the Jiang clan too. WWX and LWJ don’t clear things up until several years later when they met again and it happened again. I think it was just that LWJ was so strongly attracted to WWX that he threw himself into heat or something

FOUND!🔒Pendulum by ShippersList (M, 69k, wangxian, graphic depicitions of violence, rape/non-con, underage, A/B/O, Canon Divergence, Non-Traditional A/B/O Dynamics, Alpha LWJ, Omega WWX, Misunderstandings, Canon-Typical Violence, Spies & Secret Agents, Fake Character Death, Slow Burn, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, BAMF WWX, Attempted Sexual Assault, Canonical Character Death, Mutual Pining, Good JGY, Introspection, Self-Sacrificing WWX, Love Confessions, Protective LWJ, past child sexual abuse)

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7. Hi! I'm pretty sure I asked this before but I'm looking for this fic that starts with LWJ is on a night hunt or something when he stumbles across WWX bathing in the forest(?) and LWJ is immediately smitten. WWX crossdresses and lives as a rogue cultivator w Cangse Sanren. Thank you!

FOUND? 🧡 Resplendence by FrozenMarVel ( E, 187k, WIP, WangXian, JYL/JZX, JC/LXC, Different First Meeting, Love at First Sight, Fluff, Crossdressing, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Flirting, LXC is a Good Bro, Fix-It of Sorts, CSSR is a Badass Woman, courting, LXC Ships It, Because Wangxian is Horny for Each Other, Jealous LWJ, UST, Gusu Lan Disciples Ship It, Lan Dad comes out of seclusion, and tries to be a better father, Explicit Sexual Content, No angst allowed, LWJ is soft as rice to waifu, Warning for JGS and JZN, Additional pairings to be revealed as they fall in love with each other, BAMF everyone, descriptions of violence blood and mentions of graphic injuries, Warning for C, WWX’s canon ghost harem, Ghost Harem Ships It)

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8. Hellour! I am so tired of looking for a fic i know everything about and i just cant seem to find it. Its a slight crossover god!wwx fic where wwx ascends to heaven and gets appointed as one of the gods in the underworld. The heaven system is of tgcf and the starting paragraph has him interacting with xie lian unknowingly. This is after the first burial siege so wwx schemes and saves everyone he can. He was supposed to ascend with lwj when they killed xuanwu of slaughter but he went nope and got back down. He did this 2 more times and more so, he doesnt remember doing so. But as hw and lwj couldnt ascend to become martial god pair, he became the god of death and flowers? I think. I mean in the first few chapters, he comes to the burial mounds and he rejuvenates the lush life and gets rid of the resentment. He was called fuzing mushi i think and at the climax when every culticator was gathered in burial mounds, he took them to a quick trip to hell. Jin guangyao gets his redemption arc and becomes a monk after cutting off his hair (there was a seperate story on that)

Basically i know much more but i couldnt fit all of the ff into that. It has been asked before on one of the imtf or fic finder but it was months ago so i cant find it. Thank you for any help!! @just-troy0-0

FOUND!🔒 Of Destruction and Rebirth by demoniqt (M, 88k, wangxian, JYL/JZX, major character death, rape/non-con, underage, graphic depictions of violence, Slow Burn, Canonical Character Death, God WWX, God Verse, BAMF WWX, Grieving LWJ, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Canon Divergence, Gods & Goddesses au, JC & WWX Reconciliation, Rabbits, Fix-It, Attempted Sexual Assault, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Gore, Castration, Lots of it, repeatedly, Punishment, Hell)

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9. A) hiii! for fic finder! it's a bdsm club and wen qing and lan zhan are doms. wwx never tried before and lz is his first dom, I remember there is a scene with a blindfold that wwx red word

B) hiiiii! for the fic finder too! wangxian are professors (maybe wwx is a ta) and they don't know each other in real life but sex a lot online! there's a scene where lz finds out who wwx is because he's photocopies with a plu and it's getting bad bad

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NOT FOUND!🔒 Honey Roast by uaevuon (E, 54k, WangXian, WWX/Other(s), LWJ/Other(s), LXC/MXY, BDSM, Modern, Top LWJ, Dominant LWJ, Bottom WWx, Submissive WWX, Disability, HIV/AIDS, Impact Play, Knifeplay, Cock & Ball Torture, Closeted Character, Implied Self-Harm, Ageplay, Matchmaker MXY, Overstimulation, Forced Orgasm, S&M, Sadism, Masochism, Body Worship, Consensual Non-Consent, Love Confessions, Blow Jobs)

FOUND! Not sure but maybe for 9A you’re thinking of mimispearmint ‘s threadfic. I don’t believe they’ve posted the actual threadfic to AO3 only on Twitter. There is a podfic of it though by AuntieIroh who is an absolutely fabulous cold reader and podficcer! I highly recommend their work. 🔒 [Podfic of] Closer - a Twitterfic by Mimispearmint by AuntieIroh (E, 3.5-4H, WangXian, WWX/Other(s), threadfic, Modern, BDSM, Subdrop, WQ saves the day, Dom LWJ/Sub WWX, Podfic & Podficced Works, Roommates, Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, LWJ FUCKS, Song: Closer (Kings of Leon))

9B)

FOUND! Take All of Me by Anna-domini (Memoryboard) (E, 22k, WangXian, Modern, Teachers, Porn With Plot, Identity Reveal, Sexting, Phone Sex, Nude Photos, Deepthroating, Dildos, Vibrators, Dirty Talk, Dirty Talking LWJ, mentioned and vaguely implied WWX/others and LWJ/others, Praise Kink, Dom/sub Undertones, Butt Plugs, Getting Together, Fluff and Smut, Exhibitionism, Professors, Anal Sex, Online Relationship, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Multiple Orgasms, Condoms, First Dates, First Meetings)

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10. Hi I'm looking for a fic I previously read of wwx not being part of the Jiang sect (think he might have been a rogue cultivator) and somehow ended up in the lan sect sparring

I remember this one specific line about wwx only ever fighting yao and having practically never fought another person so he does not know how truly to pull his punches.

There might have also been sentient burial mounds but don't know

Thank you in advance! @charrychailatte

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11. Hi, I don’t know if I’m looking for one fic of three. Three things I remember;

Jiang yànlí was content with her little life she had. It wasn’t in politics or. Jian Zixuan was in love with her.

Jin Zixuan married a second wife or a concubine saved his life. It might have been Luo Mianmian. They were deeply in love.

Wei Ying was married to Lan Zhan and his life was much. Either yu Ziyuan was unhappy and’Jiang Yànlí was envious @kyuubikuroba

Oh my god I thought I dreamt writing that ask for fic finder that you posted for March 9th. I was half asleep and couldn’t even read what I wrote lol. One thing is that I wrote spelling mistakes. For the first point “Jin Zixuan wasn’t in love with her” the second point I think it was MianMian but I might be wrong. But a woman had saved him and they had a child after she became a concubine. And the third point I think it was an arranged marriage with Lan Zhan that’s why Madam You or Jiang Yànlí were so upset that Jiang Yànlí’s marriage didn’t work but Wei Yings did

FOUND! 🔒 Alliance AU by Ilona22 (E, 21k, WangXian, JYL/OC, Arranged Marriage, A/B/O Dynamics, PWP, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Intersex Omegas, Not JC Friendly, Matchmaking, canon Jiang family dynamics, Family time, Night Hunts, Mention of male omega pregnancy, Intrigue at Jinlintai, Mentions of Prostitution, War, Conflict between characters) Specifically parts 7 and 9 deal with Jiang Yanli and a concubine that saved Jin Zixuan.

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12. Thank you so much for helping me find some great fics from my last ask!

I'm looking for a post war fic (not sure if it's post canon or AU) where Cloud recessess are once again open for lectures and the disciples from Moling Su sect along with children of Su She also attends. There is an instance where some disciples bullies them and LWJ comes to their defence and rescue. @grrumpywoof

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13. hello! i have a fic finder request, this may be a little hard as i cant really remember the plot, but i do remember one bit in particular that i haven't seen elsewhere, WY make and new talisman/array or modified the jins butterfly messenger, he creates these messenger koi's that take the colouration and attitude of the sender! i think JC's was purple and zapped WY while JY's was very colour and pretty and acted gentle, i think the koi's could also briefly interact before disbursing, sorry i cant remember more. (took place during the sunshot campaign i think). @sumzie

FOUND? Take Responsibility by draechaeli (E, 187k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Mainly Novel with a few CQL and Donghua bits, Everybody Lives, Original Children Characters, Adoption, Adoption but WWX birthed them all, Mpreg, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy Kink, Male Lactation, Lactation Kink, Consensual Non-Consent, Light Bondage, Pregnant Sex, easy to skip nsfw chapters, Fix-It, Happy Ending) Wei WuXian creates a messenger koi that’s different for everyone who uses it

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14. Hello! I’m trying to find a fic I started and now can’t find. The Yilling Patriarch is a vampire. An inventor and wealthy. In the AU there is a system of donating blood and after LWJ donated blood entered into an exclusive contract for the blood donation to the YP not knowing who the vampire really was. That’s as much as I remember bc I didn’t get far into the story before I lost it. Thanks!!! @oblivioushappiness

FOUND! Yes @/relenafanel I checked my twitter bookmarks and there it was I never finished reading the rest. It’s an @/anaphoricae threadfic. Thank you so much!!!!!

I think 14 is a threadfic - I no longer have an account but if that helps anyone else identify it

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15. Hello and thank you for what you do for this fandom! I'm looking for a fic where wwx is a severely depressed plant dad. I remember he had an apartment full of plants he was trying to keep alive, kind of as a metaphor for his mental state. At some point, he drags the plants onto the balcony between his and lwj's apartment for better light bc his plants are dying. I also remember a shower breakdown, I think? And lwj coming to help him? @turtleoftheabyss

FOUND! take yourself home by Ribena (M, 26k, WangXian, Modern, LWJ hosts a radio show, WWX is a plant dad, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Suiciadal Thoughts, Suicidal Ideation, Friends To Lovers, some pining, Taking the long way home, Happy Ending, soft) #15 is ribena's fic , let me check if I have the pdf - for #15, if its ribena's fic, I do have the pdf :) ~the-marathon-continues-nip

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16. Hello, I'm looking for a fic where I can only remember a short part of the first chapter. LWJ is sent back in time and vows to treat WW better. They were arranged to be married in the first timeline and somehow or another he ends up being poisoned instead of LWJ and saving him.

FOUND? 🔒 If only I loved you better by YumichanHamano (T, 19k, WangXian, WIP, Canon Adjacent AU, Second Chances, Time Travel, married wangxian in the past life, lwj has regrets, Falling In Love) I'm sure it's this. Had to go through my work subscriptions but finally found it

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17. I have an ART-finder request, if that's something you can help with 🎨

A while back someone did a short comic strip of wwx in the burial mounds with the words from the long-term nuclear waste warning ("This place is not a place of honor" etc), but hell if I can find it again. I think it might have been traditional art rather than digital but I'm not sure.

Many thanks!

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18. This is how it goes, it was a modern au and wei ying and lan wangji is in an arranged marriage due to the lan elders forcing it because wei ying was baoshan sanren grandson. Lan wangji and wei wuxian co exists with each other without getting in a way of each other, lan wangji first interest or crush is nie huisang but he rejected him because he likes Jiang Cheng and I don't know the rest of it. It was mpreg and wei ying adopted a-yuan. Help me please, I am super desperate @lanwuxian0725

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19. hello, really sorry to bother you as i think you might be no longer active but i am at my wits end. I remember reading a fic about wei wuxian who wakes up in cloud recesses post-canon disoriented and scared because, as it turns out, he doesnt remember anything including and after his ressurection. In general it dealt a lot with his feelings and grief, this wei wuxian was still emotionally fresh in/from(?) burial mounds. I would really apprecciate if you had any tips! Either way though, thanks in advance.

FOUND! 🔒 I will surrender (myself to this moment in time) by Naamah_Beherit (M, 29k, WangXian, WIP, Post-Canon, Time Travel, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, PTSD, Angst With A Bittersweet Ending)

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20. Looking for a fic once again! In this fic the Jins pretty much take over the cultivation world after WWX has long been dead and the sects have the Lans call for him with Inquiry.

The Jins apparently use the Yin iron publically to threathen the other sects. The sects manage to actually speak with WWX in hopes of getting info on how to destroy the Yin iron.

Any info about a fic like this is welcome! @pancakeshitdifferentat4am

FOUND! Wei Wuxian's Truth by SwayingKelp (acandia89) (G, 5k, WangXian, Ghost WWX, Golden Core Reveal, Emotional Hurt, Hopeful Ending, The Lan play inquiry, Truth Serum, Cultivation Clans bashing - sorta)

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[truly-morgan]

[Sex knowledge (nsfw-ish)]

Junior Quartet | Mo Dao Zu Shi 29-03-2021

[#mdzsjuniors - nsfw-ish]  

Somehow got this from another thread yesterday: oyz is the most "knowledgeable" about sex and romance. Then it made me wanna rank them:

1- OYZ: a romantic who reads a lot of romance novels, which some do get rather graphic and are even illustrated. He theoretically knows more than the basics, despite having never done anything himself. He would totally be the one his bf turns to they want to know what to do so they do it correctly.  

2- LSZ: this sweet and seemingly innocent bean always surprise them when he knows about such things. None of his bf are sure /where/ he learned all this (probably asked wwx, lwj or with some books), he simply tells them he wanted to make sure that he would never hurt his partner in the future because he didn't know how to do it well.  

3- LJY: knows some things out of just being told how babies are made (for real, no metaphor!) And by very unfortunately stumbling onto interesting documents wwx had left all messed up with his other documents. There are things he also wishes he had never heard or noticed.  

4- JL: never really had the time nor the interest to learn more than just how baby a really made. Jgy was often too busy to ever even think of having such a talk, where jc had his own problems and had never thought to talk about such thing with him, probably assuming jgy did. He tries to hide his lack of knowledge until he realises none of his bf will mock him for not knowing, they will learn with him as it goes.

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[ca-darkrose]

Mdzs Mafia AU

So the Story goes Like This LSZ killed himself because he really miss his mom(WWX) and he killed his dad(LWJ) because he thinks LWJ killed WWX but someone else killed his mom(WWX) so after LSZ die he got reborn his mother (WWX) death so when LSZ see WWX he just crying a lot WWX really unaware of the situation she said a yuan what wrong my baby LSZ say I had a bad dream mom so WWX is very surprise because it's very rare for LSZ to get nightmares so she said ok my baby tell me what happened he was a about to say something but you remember he should act like a baby well in my dream mommy WWX replied with a Yuan I will never die ok what ever the dream was about remember it just a dream my baby ok LSZ was thinking it maybe a dream but it was reality for me WWX smile and said my little cute crybaby I have a great news to tell you were going to China for my work and vacation LSZ ofc be like no I don't want to go to China WWX said why because she is very surprise with LSZ behavior LSZ said all the kids in my daycare bully ne and call me a ching and and said that they don't like my lunch you make me and think I eat cats and dogs and always ask me stupid questions about China and I don't know and would that he fake tears WWX said WHO ARE THE IDIOTS WHO SAY THAT TELL ME LSZ forgot how overprotective his mother was and have to tell her about all the bullying so LSZ tell WWX about all the bullying and things are said and also hit that the bully give him so WWX after listening to LSZ whole story WWX got up and said to LSZ baby get ready tomorrow we going to the daycare and you well punch the idiot who said that ok baby LSZ said ok mommy so before that at night LSZ come to WWX room and ask mommy when are we going to China and can I sleep with you please he said that with a very cute scared face WWX said ofc my baby come to mommy and we going to China in 2 weeks so don't worry about it and how about a little bedtime stories for my baby ok LSZ was happy to sleep with his mother a again because he really miss her so WWX told LSZ the story about when she was a young WWX said I was Young and beautiful everything was perfect in my life I graduated college and high school early but I was miss something and one day my belly become big but when I could I handle how much my belly ground I go the doctor and then he took me to the hospital room and then boom I got you and you were the one miss in my life LSZ said but mommy you're very beautiful and young now WWX said oh my baby think I am beautiful lsz said yes mommy is the most beautiful in the entire universe WWX replied so If I am very beautiful then you be much more beautiful than me

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Section Four: Part XI

In another life: modern AUs - no magic

*giant mancala* by astrolesbian

summary: uh oh! wwx, jc, and jzx get locked in the basement the day before the xuanli wedding! they proceed to get smashed. family bonding ensues. I just love this fic - very funny and heartwarming work issues: none author issues: has written genderbends

A Temporary Fix by bosgood

summary: wen qing, wen ning, and wwx are living paycheck to paycheck and on the run from us immigration authorities, who will deport them to face death if they’re discovered. wq pov, and not long, but a harrowing and painful journey, especially when they run into a familiar face while seeking medical care. this fic is devastating, but it’s really well-done, it does not end on as depressing a note it could have, and it’s not without its moments of levity and humor work issues: none author issues: jl/lsz

*Unstrictly Ballroom by Ariaste

summary: WOW. professional dancing AU. lwj reunites with wwx after 13 years away from the scene and they embark on a quest to challenge heteronormative dance regulations. the characterizations are good! the writing flows well and is funny. the juniors are really a delight, jc is great except he’s maybe too heroic, and wq is a bit too mean :( also we never saw jyl which bummed me out. but mianmian had a really prominent role, and I loved how they incorporated sl and xxc wwx is well characterized as a wonderful but not perfect teacher, and someone who masks constantly to avoid letting his true feelings or wants be heard. maybe a little more insecure than I’d like. lwj is correctly portrayed as an intense, obsessive, harshly disciplined professional who cares about doing right. however in the flashback part in his early 20s he was totally normal about stripping which I really don’t think would be faithful to his rigid, judgemental, traditional outlook as a younger man the drawn-out miscommunication plot is really annoying but their dynamic and chemistry is so good and the final scene is such a brilliant amalgamation of the setting and canon themes and characterizations. really blew my expectations out of the water and definitely worth reading. either canon work issues: the issues with the drunk kissing scene were not as well examined as I would have liked but it was whatever author issues: xiyao, jl/lsz

*strangers on the shore by seularen

summary: a super fun cold war-era spy fic where wwx and lwj, together and on the run, have to outmaneuver a nefarious blackmailer! on the ocean! not quite a modern AU, but close enough. switches between jyl pov and wwx’s. all the characterizations were excellent, especially lwj. special shoutout to this jyl, too - she’s personable, kind, bright, protective, daring, sneaky, and very human. the wx was really lovely. I enjoyed the drama and interpersonal tension and secret identities and intrigue, and the way relationship dynamics mirrored canon was very impressive. extremely well researched, and not really taking the side of any country, but instead exploring the people and philosophies behind the conflict, and the injustices all government commit. all the espionage in this fic is really for the safety of the characters, not to benefit any government. there is some violence but really not as much as the tags make it sound. easily one of the best fics that actually confronts societal homophobia and how it would impact a wwx who knows he’s into men and knows that’s dangerous for his family. not ignoring homophobia, but recognizing it without making it gratuitous unfortunately the jc in this one is awful. just really disrespectful and ‘jokingly’ homophobic and he’s never called on it and he never apologized and I hate him, but him and wwx work together for some action scenes. and I think the writing also got a little away form the author at certain points, because the pacing got weird at the end and events seemed disconnected, and I could never tell where anyone was, country-wise. it was a bit confusing. still a satisfying finale, though! work issues: none author issues: none

你吃饭没有 / have you eaten? by heuheu_the_goose

summary: so lwj hasn’t seen wwx in almost a year, and neither has anybody else. he’s still in touch with some of his friends, but hasn’t contacted lwj once in all that time. why did he vanish? where has he been? is he okay? what was their relationship before he disappeared? what happened between them? and will lan wangji ever be able to speak to speak to him again? this modern AU has lovely characterizations - it's about recovery from grief, and the expression of love through food, with a well-written trans lwj. the mystery is fun in the first few chapters but I think it spends far too little time on actually dealing with grief and too much time getting really elaborate on the minutiae of self-analysis and guilt and ‘he’s going to hate me!!! he should hate me!!! which gets tiresome. it’s overall nice, and I liked it a lot, but it wasn’t quite as magical or romantic towards the end as I would have liked. the wq and a-yuan were really great though, as well as the lwj and wwx. work issues: none author issues: none

on your marks, get set, bake! by BlackWiresOnHerHead

summary: if you don’t already like great british bakeoff, you probably won’t enjoy this fic. but I watch gbbo and I am just floored by how accurate this fic is to the show in terms of structure, dialogue, judging, tone, atmosphere, and food. a bit ooc by necessity, but not too much. mostly a lighthearted, funny, and engaging work depicting the characters we all know and love competing in this baking competition, with a satisfying conclusion. half of the fic is the juniors watching the show from the future and getting super invested, but I think that section is bad so I skip it. also there is wx at the very end, but I find the lwj and the romance very dull and forgettable, even cringe work issues: wwx (the juniors’ RA at college) just loves calling himself their mom. super fucking annoying author issues: well. see above

An Ache Like This by sofriel

summary: trans wangxian! fic starts with lwj mourning his mother and follows him through his childhood and young adulthood. it skips through years and arcs and ends at a really tender postcanon get-together scene work issues: none author issues: none

Everything You Wanted to Find by brooklinegirl

summary: wwx and lwj visit the jiangs as a couple and things are good! it’s a sweet fic, I thought the character dynamics were all very natural and I enjoyed it a lot work issues: none author issues: age gaps, lsz/jl, and sex pollen

*and after all…by BlackWiresOnHerHead

summary: a funny little oneshot where characters keep trying to play wonderwall and other characters get mad and interrupt them before they can finish. that’s it. wangxian are cute. jyl is horny for her boyfriend. nhs is secretly a menace. jc is clowned upon. it’s good fun. note: this work uses the term ‘chengxian’ in the tags to refer to wwx and jc’s platonic sibling relationship work issues none author issues:: genderbends, wwx calling himself a mom

varied my velocities by fantasiavii

summary: ballet dancer lwj and soccer player wwx. lwj is gnc and works through internalized homophobia exacerbated by other members of the ballet community. emotionally powerful and clearly written out of personal experience, so I both cried and learned a lot about ballet as an art form lwj’s issues here are rather specific to ballet, so he feels somewhat disconnected from his canon character. and wwx isn’t quite ooc, but he’s rather generic and nothing jumps out about him that the reader would recognize as wwx without being told. it read almost as original fiction, and therefore I found the chemistry rather lacking because I didn’t feel like I knew the characters. but it’s a good story nonetheless lwj is a sub in this and it’s actually explored quite thoughtfully and beautifully as an important part of his identity work issues: none author issues: none

My Heart’s Desire by phnelt

summary: established relationship. either canon. a funny and sweet little fic about lwj taking a shot at some jin event and getting drunk and trying to steal a painting and wwx wrangling him to take him home. really funny! I love how judgemental wwx is about the jins work issues: none author issues: has written genderbends, cnc, A/B/O, and sex pollen

the whole day alone with you by fantasiavii

summary: hurt/comfort oneshot - wwx is trans and having a bad period. a very loving little fic written by a trans author work issues: none author issues: none

merry christmas ya filthy animal by belovedmuerto

summary: jzx pov! he, jyl, and their baby fly from china to california to spend the holidays with wwx, lwj, and their baby. jzx is endearingly awkward in this fic and he clearly loves his family so much. it’s funny to watch him and lwj vibing without needing to talk while their respective spouses carry the conversation, and the writing for the babies was really cute work issues: it described wwx as a gremlin and make him kind of annoying and immature, but not to the point where it ruined the fic. also, wwx and lwj start celebrating christmas here, which I don’t love, but they’re taking it as a family holiday/tradition for themselves rather than a religious event. since this is modern AU and set in the usa, I can see it. my roommate did the same thing author issues: none

the thought of us seems wholly make-believe by fensandmarshes

summary: very short, very fun oneshot where wwx, jc, lwj, and some others play dnd. jc gets mad. it’s hilarious work issues: none author issues: none

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#the first part I wholeheartedly agree with and would like to see too - no matter how you love someone it is An Adjustment to start#living with someone#after 30+ years living alone and having this image of a person in your mind#and i don’t actually think lsz lived WITH lwj when he was small#first seclusion and then he was 6-7… anyway#the last part i don’t particularly agree with ‘cause i don’t think THOSE are the parts lwj has no idea about or would find surprising#or eye-opening or whatever#the day-to-day struggles on the other hand?…#also i do think he got better with expressing himself by this time…#then I remember that he failed to tell wwx about ayuan#and go…maybe not…..#then i think how that might have been for wwx’s benefit and change my mind again…..

For me, Lan Zhan at some point will start catching up to the moral hangover, but not because he will be surprised by the less savoury parts of his beloved, but because he will start noticing his own willingness to accept them and that can be a scary thing.

(I don't mean that WWX is a bad person - he's actually a really good guy with his heart in the right place, who tries to do a good thing whenever he can. But he also has a checkered past, made some choices that, while understandable, are morally indefensible, and he has serious issues with emotional intimacy and honesty, and a scary penchant for self-sacrifice.)

Until the realtionship started, Lan Wangji's intention towards his Wei Ying was to be The Saviour.

Like, throughought the whole of Sunshot all he tried to do was to Save Him - from the bad war, from the bad cultivation, from the bad sects... Then, he spent over a decade regetting not Saving Him. And then WWX came back and it was saving him from the bad Jiang Cheng. So, for the last 20 or some years, LWJ lived exclusively in the mode of The Saviour. WWX returning had to be like a blessing to him, he finally could play out his greatest fantasy! He got to save his beloved from more than one villain and after all that, he got to kiss him and take him to bed home! Gasp! He got his happy ending! He got to ride of into the sunset and now...

...now what? What now, once LWJ has to start realising that Wei Ying doesn't need a Saviour anymore, and that outside of that role he doesn't really know what to do? Once he has a chance to process, to familiarise himself with Wei Ying the person, he will have to face some moral quandaries he didn't have to face before. He was raised in a certain way and, as much as he carries anger towards his sect and the rules he was raised in, he was still raised with certain kind of morality that, given his character, I don't see him discarding easily or without a solid reason.

Until now the reason was his role of the Saviour that subsumed everything else. But since he doesn't have to be that anymore, what came he his behind now?

Uncritical love?

I don't think Wei Wuxian is someone who can be loved uncritically - for his own good. As much as everyone would want that for themselves in the imaginary world, lack of boundaries in a relationship harms both sides. WWX is a person that will strain against every lead put on him - and if he can't feel one, he will keep desperately pushing further and further until he feels something holding him back.

That's how he lived his first life - notice, he was always fighting for the attention of the people who were providing him with barriers. He wasn't bothering Lan Xichen in Gusu (arguably evenore handsome than Wangji) - he was exclusively pissing off Wangji and Lan Qiren. He wasn't bothering JFM, trying to discover his boundaries - he was annoying the shit out of JC and almost taunting Madame Yu. Almost, as if he needed people who would try to limit him in some way. To feel safe, maybe? To feel noticed?

He was always noticed and it never seemed enough. What can Lan Zhan do that a whole Jiang sect wasn't enough to do for their super star? Love him? As if he wasn't loved before???

So, like, if Lan Zhan is not a Saviour, that means Wei Ying isn't the damsell - as much as he likes to play up being one. He's not the princess in need of a knight. He's not perfect. Not innocent - I think Wei Wuxian would at some point become desperate for Lan Zhan to know that he's not perfect, ecause for how long can you stand to be placed on a pedestal you feel you don't feel you deserve to stand on?

The whole "between us there's no need for thank yous and sorrys" is such a deep quote - as long as you're 15 and never had a meaningful relationship of any kind. Because thank yous and sorrys are a part of normal human communication, and that communication is needed to maintain any sort of relationship - and here we have two characters obscenly bad at communicating and emotional honesty, and once you take even that simple scaffold away...

Yeah, this won't be smooth sailing for either of them.

I'd really love to read a fic where a year past the canon ends, Lan Zhan starts to realise that his dreamed-up perfect relationship with Wei Ying isn't what he imagined it to be.

That what he got is actually a wholeass person with imperfections that will get annoying after a while, with opinions that he doesn't agree with and behaviours he's not prepared to just accept. A human person that will lie to keep him happy, that will leave when any possibility of strife approaches, that sometimes doesn't want to have sex - or that sex isn't a cure-all for their problems. That whatever Jiang Cheng experienced growing up with Wei Wuxian will fall on Wangji too, because love doesn't change you as a person in 100%, sorry.

Because that's what think will be a hurdle for him - he never was in a relationship. He never even had real human friends. Fuck, he doesn't seem to have acquaintances. All he ever had was a made-up image of a boy he knew shortly in his late teens and a sect where he was the lauded Young Master everyone respected. He can't stoically stand a kid talking back to him without a silencing spell and has difficulty expressing the most basic things in useful words. For all the soulmate talk, he didn't even know the boy he dreamed building a life with - that Wei Wuxian never existed outside of Wangji's limited glimpses of him and a lot of forgiving assumption.

Like, when will it hit him that Wei Ying is actually a complex human being that isn't just for him to care about and love, and that he himself isn't happy with some things? Will he one night wake up in cold sweat when he finally understands that the man sleeping next to him orchestrated a horiffic surgery on himself and his brother, and never indicated that he regrets it and wouldn't do it again? That the man sleeping next to him kinda-sorta just looked on as people were murdered in front of him, and didn't really have any strong opinion about being brought back via human sacrifice?

Like, discarding stiff and stifling Lan rules after being burned by them is one thing, but this is a moral quandary that goes way beyond that.

[grewlikefancyflowers]

‘Intrusion’ extra, what it says about Jiang Cheng’s role in MDZS, and how Wei Wuxian looks back on his past with the Jiangs

I said back in like June that I’d write meta on this and then put it off for a few months, oops! Here we are, finally!

First things first, both the ‘Intrusion’ and ‘Iron Hook’ extras are not just silly romps featuring married wangxian and fanservice, as some people seem to believe?? I’d say both of them clear up pretty neatly, for those that are still confused, points of contention in the fandom - such as Wei Wuxian’s heroism, and Jiang Cheng’s role as an antagonist. Specifically, if his actions were justified or sympathetic, and if he was punished unfairly by the narrative.

The first and most obvious statement made in ‘Intrusion’ is the parallel between the story of Young Master Qin (YMQ), and JC and WWX’s youths. I’ll summarise quickly the relationship between YMQ and the fierce corpse that has been bothering him.

They grew up together in YMQ’s grandmother’s house, since they were a similar age they played together

The fierce corpse (FC) was a servant in YMQ’s grandmother’s household

The grandmother took a liking to FC, and he was in some ways treated less like a servant, and more like a member of their clan, and was allowed to attend school with the other boys

YMQ specifically notes that his grandmother used to praise FC a lot

YMQ describes a story at the school in which someone answered a question, and FC incorrectly claimed he answered wrongly. When FC pushed the matter, the other students became annoyed and drove him out of the class

It is very heavily implied (to the point where ‘implied’ isn’t really the right word) that ‘someone’ was YMQ, that he had actually answered the question wrongly, and that he felt shown up by someone he felt should be below him proving so, and that he led the other boys in driving FC away

FC left the school and didn’t attend again

I probably don’t need to lay out where the similarities are…?

In response to YMQ’s story, Wei Wuxian (rhetorically) says this - ‘“Regarding the solution to that problem, in the end, who was right and who was wrong?”’

Aside from just exposing the kind of person YMQ is, in reference to a story wherein ‘FC’ is clearly a stand in for WWX, and YMQ for JC, MXTX’s decision to highlight specifically that it was FC that had the right solution to the problem is not insignificant. Nor how she specifies that he was the instigator of FC’s expulsion, while hiding behind the mob mentality of the other students.

Another interesting detail is that YMQ deliberately obscures the truth throughout the chapter, because despite his refusal to acknowledge it, possibly even to himself, he knows that between him and FC he is the one in the wrong. Similarly, JC obscures the truth about WWX, to the wider cultivation world during the period of WWX’s ‘downfall,’ (Ch.73) but also, more importantly, to JL after WWX’s death. JL believes that WWX ordered WN to kill both JZX and JYL (Ch.42). Of course, if JC did not have a guilty conscience, he would not feel it necessary to lie about these things. Or rather, convince himself that they are true, as he still blames WWX for the deaths of his parents’ and JYL and the end of the story (Ch.102).

YMQ’s attitude about servants is bad enough that it upsets Sizhui quite a lot, and shortly after their interaction with him, we have this exchange between LSZ and Wangxian.

‘Lan SiZhui thought about it, “I do not know either.” He responded with honesty, “He never did anything truly evil, but perhaps I find it difficult to deal with people of such character. I do not particularly like the tone with which he mentioned the word ‘servant’…”

He paused at this point. Wei WuXian was oblivious to it, “Typical, typical. Most of the people in this world looks down upon servants. Servants sometimes even look down upon themselves… Why are you two looking at me like that?”

Halfway through, he interrupted, not knowing whether to laugh or frown, “Stop—is there a misunderstanding here? How could I compare? Lotus Pier isn’t the usual household, after all. I’ve beaten Jiang Cheng up way more times than he’s ever beaten me!”

Lan WangJi didn’t say anything, but instead gave him a silent hug. Wei WuXian couldn’t help but smiled. He hugged back, stroking Lan WangJi’s back a couple of times. Lan SiZhui coughed. Seeing how confident Wei WuXian looked, not at all sensitive to the word ‘servant’, he was finally at ease.’

There’s a lot going on here...

Firstly, WWX definitely does not think badly of himself because his father was a servant, because WWX doesn’t think badly of servants. It is also true that Lotus Pier wasn’t so strict with hierarchy as other sects (Ch.51, Ch.71), and that WWX and JC sometimes playfully fought on equal terms in their youths. But WWX was also very clearly treated badly in the Jiang household due to his status, notably by YZY (Ch.51, Ch.56, Ch.57, Lotus Seed Pod extra), JC does also repeatedly enact real physical violence against WWX, that he simply brushes off (Ch.56, Ch.59). You could argue that the example from Ch.59 is under extenuating circumstances and therefore should not count, but the same excuse cannot apply to Ch.56.

Knowing this, Lan Wangji’s response to this, to hug WWX, does not feel casual at all. Instead it comes across as if he is offering comfort, which WWX accepts.

Finally, this exchange finishes with ‘Seeing how confident Wei WuXian looked, not at all sensitive to the word ‘servant’, he [LSZ] was finally at ease.’ To me, this seems to suggest that the entire purpose of this was not at all reader directed exposition about how good and equal the Jiang household was, but rather a WWX-typical veneer meant to appease LSZ’s concerns (taking a moment to quietly fangirl about how good MXTX is at ‘show, don’t tell’). Also suggests that WWX is aware on some level that he was treated badly, and LWJ is too - presumably, it is something that they have spoken about.

Continuing with the story of YMQ and FC…

YMQ returns to his home village as an adult wearing a jade pendant that belonged to his now deceased grandmother

FC asks to borrow it, YMQ allows it, thinking FC is missing his grandmother

FC returns telling him he has lost the pendant, YMQ thinks he has actually sold it, and has him beaten, it is very heavily implied that he breaks his leg

In the present, YMQ admits that he doesn’t actually think FC would have gone so far as to sell something of his grandmother’s

This is reflective of JC’s attitude towards WWX throughout his life, with regards to how he frequently comes to the worst conclusions about him, without having any real evidence, and lashes out at him for it. I spoke about this a bit before here. Most notable example is probably during their conversation in the demon-slaughtering cave wherein they discuss WWX’s defection, and JC decides that WWX is acting carelessly and playing the hero, though admits himself that WWX is following the Jiang Sect’s teachings, then declares WWX an enemy of the cultivation world behind his back.

The ambiguity of FC’s death, and YMQ’s role in it discussed in part 3 of the extra is referencing WWX’s own death, and JC’s role in it. In the end the conclusion is that whether or not YMQ was responsible, FC did not hold him to it.

In the end, FC is content to simply throw some fruit, and punch YMQ in the face in vengeance for his death, and even goes out of his way to avoid hurting LSZ when he is fighting him. He returns the jade pendant, that he really did lose and not steal, and goes back to resting peacefully.

WWX, LWJ, and LSZ’s views on YMQ’s fate are as follows

‘Lan WangJi gently tugged Lil’ Apple’s rein, his voice calm, “He was fortunate.”

Wei WuXian agreed, “Indeed. Young Master Qin has got quite the luck.”

After some time, Lan SiZhui finally couldn’t hold his words back any longer. Sincerely, he spoke, “But I still feel that only one punch might be a bit insufficient…”’

JC didn’t even get a punch to the face. I’d say he got off very lightly indeed.

[angstymdzsthoughts]

Modern AU where LSZ is WWX and JC's child.

Before WWX knows he is pregnant, he gets involved in a scandal defending WQ and WN and their family. WWX gets thrown out by the jiangs with nothing but the clothes on his back and JC refuses to hear him out and tells him to never show his face again. WWX is abondoned by everyone except LWJ and the wens. After wangxian get together wwx discovers he is pregnant with JC's child but LWJ doesn't mind and tells that he will love Wei Ying's child even if they're not biologically his. Wangxian get married and when a-yuan is born LWJ claims him as his own and everyone assumes that LSZ is his biological son and wangxian never bother to correct them. Wangxian raise their child together with love and happiness and distance themselves from the jiangs and the people who accused wwx

13 years later the truth is revealed by NHS that it was JGS and JGY who framed WWX, in the chaos that follows it is also revealed that JC is LSZ's biological father. LSZ is devastated at 1st but is quickly reassured by LWJ that he's his son no matter what and that he will always love him. On the other hand JC attempts to have a relationship with LSZ but LSZ straight up refuses especially after he finds out how JC and the Jiangs treated wwx when he was pregnant with him

Bitter and angry JC assumes WWX is turning LSZ against him in revenge for abandoning him so he sues wangxian for custody. The jiang lawyer argue that wwx purposefully hid the existence of his child from JC in retaliation for being kicked out by the jiangs and demand that full custody be given to JC until he and LSZ are able to develop a meaningful parent-child relationship.

It is a long and bitter legal battle but in the court rules in JC's favor and grants him full custody, LSZ is removed from his home and taken to live with JC and the Jiangs. LSZ knows his parents are going to fight the court's ruling and won't give up until they can bring him back home but in the mean time he has to play family with the jiangs and sit at the dinner table with them every day and listen to madam Yu's insult his parents and spend time with JC who knows nothing about him and has no idea how to bond with him but still took him away from his loving family.

OOF. 

A part of me wants YZY to have been poisoning JC against WWX for years and JFM to see what was happening but only tried to shield WWX from it and not JC. His mothers constant bad mouthing and manipulating led to JC turning his back on WWX all those years ago. Now that she knows WWX has ‘stolen’ her grandson away? She’s ruthless. Probably bribed the judge in order to get JC full custody. 

And in YZY’s mind, she’s just protecting her family. Her son wanted a relationship with the child he didn’t know he had so she did everything in her power to make sure it would happen. 

[vrishchikawrites]

Just finished a fic on ao3 and I am now noticing a trend where Lan Xichen misses his poor Men Yao and Lan Wangji is helping him out of depression and Wei Wuxian the troublemaking gremblin is always messing with Lan Xichen, making things harder for him and Lan Xichen is always telling him that he doesn’t like him and that he hopes that he doesn’t breaks his brothers heart or else and Lan Wangji is on the sidelines and always nodding.

Don’t get me started on this other trend that always makes Lan Wangji the paragon of virtue and always and I mean always gets hurt because Wei Wuxian is arrogant and doesn’t ask for help. And always gets little A Yuan at the end and tells him when he’s growing up that Wei Wuxian made a lot of mistakes but to never stop loving him?

Like am I missing something?

People forget that the beauty of the characters are that they make mistakes and they grow since than and making Lan Wangji this angel is a disservice to his faults and his repentance.

What do you think?

You're not missing anything. And if you're feeling upset because of this, let me direct you to this absolute gem of a fic to heal your soul.

WWX is perfect here. LWJ is perfect. The writing is perfect. This author is perfect. Everything is gold.

Now, onto your ask-

Honestly, I partly blame the adaptions (outside of the audio drama) for this. And partially because I feel like a lot of this fandom just hasn't read the book. I mean, they have read a few chapters but not the entire book to truly understand the nuances.

I feel like MDZS requires a reread because you miss a lot in your first reading.

Like people say WWX never regreted GC tranfer and while he was sad, he didn't look back.

But in canon, he looses sleep over it, convinces himself it was the right thing to do, redirects his thoughts away from the loss and tries to make himself feel better.

And he ADMITS he is lying to himself. It is canon.

When you read the Guanyin Temple incident chapters, WWX's attitude towards LXC is distinctly protective. LXC as in Zewu-jun. He is cautions LXC a few times, chooses not to mention anything that would hurt or soften LXC's convictions. He UNDERSTANDS LXC and is compassionate towards him. Even in the donghua, you see WWX asking LXC to be careful and he says 'I understand, Wei-gongzi.'

WWX is very aware of LXC's vulnerable state and VERY concerned. Later, when LXC is in seclusion, WWX asks after him. Anyone who thinks WWX won't do his utmost to help LWJ's brother is a fool.

When WWX is making chaos, it is deliberate and serves a purpose. It doesn't do it to hurt others or on a whim.

As for asking for help, WWX does it constantly. With the Wen situation, he disclosed the entire affair in public, no one helped. He asked JC to honor their debt to the Wen siblings, he scoffed it away. He asked LWJ if there was any other alternative but to walk this road, LWJ walked away silently. WWX has always reached out. He spends his entire first life reaching out and being rejected. By JC, by LWJ, by the cultivation world leaders, by everyone. Just who is he supposed to ask for help?

Who has EVER indicated they would help? When LWJ was just being critical of his cultivation and demanding he come to Gusu without any explanation. And we like to soften it but he clearly states 'to hide him away'

How can WWX protect the people he wants to protect if he is hidden away in some corner of CR?

LWJ wouldn't have LSZ to raise and cherish if WWX hadn't saved that child first. LSZ exists today and is a cultivator to be proud of because WWX didn't falter in his convictions.

LWJ is fully aware of how fortunate he is and how much of a blessing WWX is. That's why he keeps coddling WWX and never takes his eyes off him ever again. LSZ and LGY both take to WWX quickly and even after his identity is revealed, they are concerned for him. That shows that LWJ never spoke an ill-word about WWX to them. It is likely he shared some of WWX's most honorable, heroic, and hilarious actions with LSZ, just to ensure LSZ knew about his savior and had some positive stories of him. This is hinted in the canon as well, like in the flower damsel bit.

Honestly, I am tired of shallow-ass takes and am very careful about what I read. I'm reaching a point where I simply do not want to read fics unless they are from authors I trust (which I can't do because pocketful but it has been a task for Ju and I to find fics without shitty things)

[julchenawesome]

A day ago, i publish about the idea of "We don't talk about Bruno" but WWX ver. So, I only had LWJ (and LXC) parts, and the idea of Jin Ling or LSZ asking about him. But, the roles in the song, i need help to decide.

It could be the canon or a AU. This one it could be if Jin Ling, after reading some letters from his mom, to ask if WWX was bad person. He even do researches about the Wens, and if they were cultivators. In the AU with LSZ, it's because he starts to remember his "Xian gege".

Spoiler of Encanto if you want to watched, don't read down this...

For the beginning, Pepa and Felix part is about their wedding and how Bruno's prediction ruined it(?). So, my first idea was about Jiang Cheng telling his nephew about how, in the celebration of Jin Ling's full moon, WWX killed his father with the Ghost General.

It would be like this:

'JC: We don't talk about Wei Wuxian, no no

We don't talk about Wei Wuxian

But, in your full moon

(JL: In my full moon?)

We were reunited

And there wasn't a cloud in the sky

(JL: no cloud alloweds in the sky)

EVerything changed in the Qionqui Path

(JL: Is that so?!)

Am i telling the story or break your legs?(

JL: Sorry jiujui go on)

Jin Zixuan went after him

(JL: why did he do that?)

Wei Wuxian lost his control

(JL: i don't like this part...)

The Ghost General killed your dad

(JL: and since then I'm fatherless, but..)

For that...

We don't talk about Wei Wuxian, no no

We don't About Wei Wuxian!'

The other Idea was that the begginning was Lan Qiren pov's.

We don't talk about Wei Wuxian, no no

We don't talk about that Wuxian...

But, in the Lectures

(LJY: in the lectures)

Cloud Recesses was a temple full of peace and control

(LJY: a temple of peace and control)

But the Jiangs bring that first Disciple

(LJY: Oh NO)

Don't interrupt your Elders!

(LJY: I'm sorry Grandmaster~)

He brings evil ideas

(LJY: Really evil)

to manipulates resentful energy

(LJY: So heretic!)

He corrupts my best disciple!

(LJY: Hanguanjun still is the best of all us)

But, We don't talk about Wei Wuxian, no no,

We don't talk about that Wei Wuxian!'

Next part, Dolores rap, I think that would be Nie Huisang, (not)talking directly, with a storyteller maybe, but using methods to talk to Jin Ling/LSZ.

It would be:

'Hey! He was defying some authority in the moment,

in the war something changed he start to mumbling

I associate him with the sound of a dizi play, sss, sss,sss

He never brings his sword in the meetings,

Sect Leaders seems his being a problem to control him

He makes Wen Ruohan tremble in his place,

But I don't know nothing'

But, i don't know

Next one, I thing it would be Jin's disciples, trying to scare him.

'A seven foot frame, ghouls in his back

When if you see red in his eyes you better went to hide

Yes, he kill the Jins with his Wen dogs!'

Chorus:

We don't talk about Wei Wuxian (no, no~)

We don't talk about Wei Wuxian!'

Like in Bruno's song, this part are ridiculous vision's that are not really visions, but town people being credible. Here, are some cultivators thoughts.

'He cursed Jin Zixun, and then he died!

(Oh, no)

He killed my cousin in Nightless City with a puppet of his

(Oh, no)

My brother lost a leg in the Qionqui Path!

(Oh, no)

He was the Evil who brings the End of times"

Then, as Isabela brings a good vision, I want to bring someone who remembers him in a good way and still lives:

MianMian: He protect me in the XuanWu cave

From Wen Chao and his horrible bride

He had reasons to defend the Wens

He was good and a honorable man'

Now, the wangxian, and a familiar situation:

(Lan disciples: there is a problem in Mo Manor)

LWJ: They told me that the man of my dreams

It was bretayed and Killed by his own brother

I want to hear him now

I want to hear him now

(LXC: Wangji, please let him go

find your peace)

I want to hear him now

Answer me Wei Ying!'

Jin Ling's part/Lan Sizhui parts:

Umm, Wei Wuxian

Yeah, about Wei Wuxian

I really need to know about Wei Wuxian

Gimme the truth and the whole truth, Yiling Laozu!/Xian gege!

(Oh, mother, Mo XuanYu just cursed me!)

(It's night hunt!)

And there is the mashup, mix, with everything pointed up. Meanwhile they are singing, Mo XuanYu sacrifice himself for WWX. And, If it's Jin Ling's way, he would try to find answers with JGY, instead he finds NMJ head and Suibian, stealing this one. With LSZ's way, it would be finding Wangxian' partitures, the red ribbon, or just remembering everything in a moment. Even, finding his father depressive, and feeling guilty.

(We don't talk about We Wuxian, no)

why did I talk about Wei Wuxian?

(Not a word about Wei Wuxian)

I never shoulda brought up Wei Wuxian'!

Well...what do you think? Should i try with another songs? What version do you prefer?

[wangxianficfinder]

Fics Still Missing part 2

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These fics are still missing!

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1. hey for the next fic finder could u find a fic where post canon wei ying  and the juniors are on a night hunt and wei ying plays this horrifying  melody and lan sizhui falls asleep cause that used to be his lullaby   while the other juniors are all creeped out? #9 of post

FOUND? is referring to a scene in chapter 2 of tell some storm by qurbat (G, 31k, wangxian, JC & WWX, LSZ & WWX, NHS & WWX, Post-Canon, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, liberal amounts of outsider POV, the legend of wangxian, how to create a romance epic for dummies)

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2. Um excuse me but can you help me find an air of wangxian in modern au I  read it when I first got into it but I can’t find it anywhere so I hope  you can help me it’s about lan zhan being either a Mafia boss or   something like that while wei ying is a detective/police officer I think  I remember wei ying getting drunk at a bar than being taken by lan zhan  than they did papapa other than that lan zhan took him to his limo  after the bar scene while the end is when wei ying leaves to go only to  find out he did the papapa with the dangerous lan zhan that’s all I can  remember but I am hoping you know what name it is also can you find any  male pregnant wei ying when wei ying and lan zhan lives at gusu. #13 of post

#13 sounds so familiar and it might even be a twitter threadfic but i cant remember which ToT; anon would u happen to remember where you’ve read it?

FOUND? 🧡 Rule Number One: Never get attached. by KizuKatana (E, 130k, WangXian, Modern AU, A/B/O, Light Angst, Crime Boss LWJ, Rogue criminal genius WWX)

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3. I was wondering if you knew a post-canon fic where there’s a scene in  which JC, WWX, LWJ, maybe LXC and the juniors(?) All end up in the   forest during a night hunt(?) And are forced to relive the Nightless   City massacre and see Jiang Yanli die. And not sure if it’s the same   post-canon fic but one where the Elders of some sect (I think it’s the   Moling Su?) accuse the Jin(?) Sect of something during a discussion   conference and Nie Huaisang helps out. Mikkeneko asks: For #9 - is this the same fic where Jiang Yanli gets brought back to life following revisiting the massacre? #9 of post

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4. Heyo Mod L and Mod C. Looking for a fic where i only remember one weird fact. WWX can only drink alcohol and eat meat? Not sure about the meat part but I remember it’s on CR and WWX need alcohol to sustain? Please help me. It feels like something i made up!(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ #11 of post

Hi! Fic finder #11 here. It’s not the tiger verse series. I think WWX is a demon? Another titbit I remembered is i think WWX almost collapsed before they found out. JC is a good brother here! Thank you trying!! I’m kinda losing my mind over this. I even went thur the demon WWX tag but i dunno it’s deleted or i just couldn’t find it FOUND? The Beast of Gusu series by Netrixie (T&M, 212k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Eventual Happy Ending, Unreliable Narrator, Slow Burn, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Angst, Wolf-shifter WWX, Resolved Sexual Tension, Resolved Romantic Tension, Fix-It, Werewolf, Shapeshifters, Sunshot Campaign, Canonical Lan arm strength, Supportive LXC, Good Parent JFM, POV Alternating, Time Skips, LQR is a bad parent and so is QHJ, LQR Being an Asshole, Found Family, WWX is LXC’s anger translator, Super Soft, Зверь из Гусу by Den_Allen)

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5. I have a fic finder request if you don’t mind :) The scene I remember is just after the Sunshot campaign and the Jin (I think?) have been holding Wen cultivator prisoners during their trials. WWX meets with a Wen prisoner scheduled to be executed who has agreed to give WWX his golden core and it turns out the Wen is A-Yuan’s birth father. I remember that the transplant does occur and the man is executed and WWX and LWJ still end up AY’s parents.  Ring any bells? Thanks! #20 of post

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6. hi! ummm I´m looking for an omega verse fanfic I last saw on ao3 I think. Where Wei Ying´s ghost protects Lan Zhan from his punishment(lashes)  and Lan Zhan gets expelled from the clan and goes to live in the burial mounds with A-Yuan, and i think Wei Ying is a Yiling local god or something #5 of post

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7. I’m not sure if I’m doing this right(apologies if it isn’t) but I’m looking for a fic where wei ying ends up in ghost city and ended up being adopted by hualian as their little brother. Wei ying also becomes a calamity with a title of something knowing dreams. He later on timetravels back to gusu study days where only wangxian is aware that they have timetraveled. Theres also a scene where wei ying basically corrects lan qiran during class and ends up teaching the class for a bit before getting kicked out. #17 of post

FOUND? It's possible that 7 is a combination of Hua Xianle by Tiffany_Guinne (Not rated, 260k, HuaLIan, WangXian, WIP, TGCF Crossover, Jiang Family Bashing, Madam Lan Lives, JFM and YZY Bashing, Bad Parent JFM, Bad Parent YZY, Overprotective Hualian as parents, WWX is good at feelings, WWX knows self preservation and self love, WWX NHS and JZX are friends, JC Bashing, No Golden Core Transfer, Canon Divergence, Ghosts and Gods are wrapped around WWX’s fingers, LWJ is a Panicked Gay, WWX is kinda sickly, WWX is not named Wuxian, HuaLian Adopt WWX, WWX has selective mutism, PM is the uncle that teaches you how to flirt, Grandfather JW, MNQ is the grandmother then?, SQX is the aunt/uncle that spoils WWX, all of them spoils him actually, Creepy JFM, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, HUA YING DOES NOT GET RAPED!, Can’t say the same for some unwanted…people, DLDR, This starts of mild and fluffy though) and another?

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8. Hi! I’m trying to find a fic where Lan Xichen lives with Wangxian and A-Yuan post JGY events. Because he’s like uber depressed and doesn’t want to live alone. It was a modern AU, but tbh I’d love anything with a similar premise. Thanks for all your work!  #4 of post

FOUND? The Mountains Are Calling and I Must Go by Kitsune_Moonstar (T, 50k, LXC/NMJ, Modern, National Parks, References to Depression, Career Change, Healing, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Found Family, Wildfires Mentioned, Manipulative JGY, XY is his own warning, Not JGY Friendly, Scheming NHS)

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9. Hello. For your new fic finder, honestly at this point I’m convinced I’ve dreamed it or merged two fics together idek. It begins with wwx being hunted down by ppl (this is post canon so after all the sieges and in mxy body) and he is trying to wait for lz but dies anyway (similar to Third Times A Charm by Kyerian and Lily but not it) and then wwx time travels back to his lotus pier time before the lectures at cloud recesses. This is where it gets foggy for me. I remember him being really good at the sword and inventions but that is pretty canon. I think jc wasn’t upset bc wwx was SO advanced he was basically at the end of what ymj could teach him? Idk not too sure. Foggy as I said. But bc he was so good I guess he was idle and more troublemaking than usual (?) so Yu furen ended up putting him in lessons with jyl and he learned to embroider, make clothes, paint, manage a house, how to please your man (lol), etc. Jc joined them at some point cause he was jealous wwx and jyl were spending so much time together but quickly left bc he was blushing ashamed idk. I think after either jyl or wwx stopped their lessons but one continued on (leaning towards wwx cause I feel like I remember yzy being passive aggresively kind about it?). Also nhs, jc and wwx were friends pre gusu lectures. Nhs really liked wwx cause he painted fans with him. Also I think when they were getting ready to go to gusu wwx decided to make robes for himself. Nhs was shocked and jc explained how he knew how to do it trying to make fun of wwx which failed. In the end nhs was all heart eyes cause he loved fashion. This is all I remember. As I said I’ve been trying nearly a freaking year to find this fic. Idk if it is deleted, I dreamt it or what but please help me. When I read it it was incomplete, not a lot of chapters, idk if it is in hiatus, abandoned or if it was completed. Please help me. #12 of post

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10. hii!! I heard there’s new mod, welcome mod c! (Hi ^^ ~ Mod C) hope am not bothering you mods too much. so, do you know i u have encountered a fic were wangxian was childhood friends playing to be boyfriends but they weren’t actually one. (idk if it fits fake/pretend relationship tag, didn’t found anything.) there was a moment in their teens (midschool ig) where a girl confessed her feelings to lwj and wwx immediately says lwj has bf and it’s him. they were roommates, too. I think it was due to university of something like that. they were questioned by jc and nhs if they r real lovers or not. also, there was wedding (not 100% certain if it’s jzx & jyl’s) wwx starts questioning himself if he was really inlove with lwj. reminder that they r not friends with benefits. they were just playing, holding hands or hugging e/o. I am not actually the person who was finding this fic but I am interested, til now, no one has found this fic. Thank you!  #16 of post

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11. Hi mods! For the next fic finder, I’m looking for a WWX traveling to the past fic in which there was a scene where he and LZ were talking about his husband (future LZ) and his children I think. And LZ is just there listening yet at the same time being jealous about it ‘cause he doesn’t know it’s him. #12 of post

NOT FOUND! Travel Back Down That Road by iSwallowMy_converse  

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12. Do you know this one fanfic where Lwj tries to kill himself but he ended up losing memories and Wei ying found him. They ended up getting married to each other and go on adventures and then lwj gets his memories back bc his brother is playing music. #14 of post

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13. Hey! Im looking for two fics. A) One when Wen Chao pushed WWX down.LWJ went down and he kissed him. I think they were on a established relationship by then. JC was looking at them flabbergasted. #16A of post

Heyo mods! I kinda remember the scene in #16 but not much. It was time travel fic i think and that scene was in Xuanwu cave. WC pushed WY down and LZ also went down. I think WY had an injury and LZ kissed him to distract him. Hope this will help to find it! Im sorry I can’t help more

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14. Good evening, Mods! I was just wondering if there were any fics you know of that involve Wangxian hiding their pregnancy from LQR (specifically LQR but not from anyone else), who finds out only after the baby is born and is hurt to realize that they didn’t trust him with their growing family? I feel like I’ve read something similar before but for the life of me, I can’t seem to find it #8 of post

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15. hi, do you know about a fic where lan qiren decided to act as a good father figure for the two jades and gives advice to the disciples, i lost the fic, and its killing me #13 of post

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16. Hi! Hope mods are doing great! ^.^ I have a weird request, because I need to find a fic, but also ask for others with a similar theme (nice, but will make you cry). It was a modern au, and kind of in the suburbs. I think the Lans are new, and lwj meets troublemaker wwx, but doesn’t know how to get close. There’s a fire in the Jin house, everyone except jgy and, I think jzx die and blame wwx. I also remember lwj and wq go to uni together, and they usually meet at the library. Pls help me. #17 of post

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17. Hello all, i hope everyone is doing fine. I am so happy we’re all still here 💚💚💚 i don’t know what i’d do without y’all. So i am looking for a fic. Although I’ve never read it 🤦🤦 i know it’s a fix it fic where jin zixuan kinda abdicates to move into lotus pier with his wife. He talks to meng yao and he’s like you are a much better leader than i’ll ever be brother. Meng yao is super touched and actually stops all his evil doing. And they all live happily ever after. I THINK.  Since i never read this, it might actually be like just something i saw posted on tumblr and not an actual fic 🤷🤷 i hope it is tho.    Much love 💚💚💚 #19 of post

FOUND? could be scorpion, before the frog by Stratisphyre (T, 59k, LXC & JGY & NMJ, JGY & WWX, JZX & JGY, JYL/JZX, wangxian, Dragons, Found Family, Pre-Relationship, Mutual Pining, Canon-Typical Violence, Parental Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, warning for JGS behaving exactly as expected, sometimes a redemption arc is just dragons and kids and found families, allusions to noncon because of JGS, derogatory references to sex work, suicidal ideation and attempt) but I think it only partially fits?

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18. Hi! I was wondering if you could help me find a fic? I only remember one scene where LWJ said something (or assumed something) that led to a misunderstanding between him and WWX. When it cleared up, LWJ said “What have I done to you?” and WWX answered “I think you broke my heart a little”. I’m sorry if it’s super vague, but I can’t remember anything else, except for the fact that it was almost certainly a complete fic with only one chapter.  #5 of post

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19. Hi!! For the next fic finder can you help me find a fic where WWX is  a little, and the Jiangs refuse to let him become little. In the story  there were 3 types of people: Carers, Littles, and I think like   someone  who isn’t either. So when they go to CR, LWJ finds out, and he tries to  help WWX get away from the Jiangs. It’s been awhile since I’ve  read it,  and I can’t find in my history. I would really appreciate the  help! #11 of post  

Hey!!  I’m the anon who asked for #11 on the recent fic find. It wasn’t Being Vulnerable is the Only Way to Allow Your Heart to Feel True Pleasure. I definitely remember that both JC and JYL went to CR with WWX, and they  were both making sure that WWX didn’t regress into a little. Another scene that I kind of remember was that LWJ discovered that WWX was a   little while he was writing the rules in the library. And another scene is that WWX basically has a breakdown when he witnesses MianMian being   able to regress into a little

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20. hi ❤️ for fic finder, id reaaally appreciate your help! the only thing  i remember is that jc finds out that wwx doesn’t have a core but  wwx  tells him some lie about the reason (wzl?), but later they’re at LP i think? and wwx confesses the truth to jyl but jc was standing at the   doorframe, hears everything, yells a lot, and then ??? yunmeng sibs   feels ig? its not Tether or The most dangerous thing is to love (both wonderful).. i feel like i went thru every single core reveal fic ctrl+f-ing the word door 😂  #16 of post  

hi,  i asked for 16, and sadly its not  Silence Like A Cancer Grows    (even though its a  great angsty fic 😭), i remember reading it in   like 2020, and i think  the reveal happens in the great hall or throne   room or whatever its  called. thank you!

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21. This is a bit out of the way but I was wondering if you guys could  help  me find a certain twitter thread about, like, a huge family dinner  with  the mdzs characters where “who is going to pay the bill” devolves  into  hijinks and a lot of politeness judo. and ends with nie huaisang  going  “i paid the bill while i was in the toilet”  #1 of post

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22. Hi! Thank you for all the wonderful work you are doing, this blog has    brought me a lot of joy. I am looking for a fic where JC and WY fell  out   after trying to save JYL  from drowning when she was caught in a  net   underwater. And WY had to keep diving down to give her air, and he  was   really exhausted and delirious afterwards. JC got really angry at  him.   And the fic is about how JC had to do something similar and  realised how   difficult it was and tried to reconcile with WY.   Hopefully that’s   enough info, I can’t remember much else! Thanks very much :)  #9 of post 

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23. Hello mods! I hope you’re doing well! I was wondering if you guys   could  help me find a fanfiction that I’ve been searching for but can’t find. I  remember that it’s about wwx who died and came back either as a  ghost  or a fierce corpse during the sungshot campaign, I’m not sure if  he died  when he was thrown into the burial mounds, but I remember that  he  helped them win the war and then passed on peacefully after, I  remember  that they knew he was a ghost too.    #16 of post  

Hello!  It’s #16 from the  Last fic Finder, unfortunately it is not that one:(  if I remember  correctly, wwx passed on as soon as the battle was over,  on the  battlefield.

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24. Good day to all of u mods. Thank u for your service in help us lost souls. So sorry to bother u all again but I’ve been searching for a fic that I lost long ago and I’ve only read about 1-2 chapters i think.If I’m not wrong the story is a bit horror. It’s a modern au and I remembered that WY unalive himself and there was a phone call from LWJ to JC and JYL telling them about this. And if I’m not wrong, it was implied that WY unalive himself because he was always haunted (by ghost or memories -I’m not sure because I only read the beginning- of Madam Yu).I’m sorry if this is really vague. I’ll also keep trying to search for it. I really appreciate your help. Thank y #2 of post

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25. Hello wangxianficfinder! I heard that there was a reincarnation/modern au fic where Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji got caught in the rain and then hid in a cave to wait it out. Could you please help me find it? #6 of post

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26. For the next fic finder. I’m at my wits end trying to figure out what fic I’m thinking of. I believe it was a war fic (not sunshot) where wwx was on one side and the lans were on the other tho I’m not sure. What I’m sure of is someone (wq?) commenting that in battles with one particular leader (wwx? lxc?), there are a lot more ppl who make it to the medics, as in fewer deaths on the battlefield, so that leader is an honourable one. Anyone recognize the fic? #10 of post

NOT FOUND! Crossing Paths by Ilona22

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27. Hi, I am for a fic where WWX time traveled to the past. I can’t quite remember the details, but I remember Wen Ruohan some how knows WWX played an important role in the war so he wants to capture him. Since WWX time traveled, he’s the only one know why WRH wants him, but the others are kinda freak out why WRH wants to capture a teenager WWX. I’m sorry for this little detail, but I hope you guys can help me find it. Much appreciation!! #11 of post

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28. I’m looking for a fic that takes place post canon, and its Xicheng. From  what I remember LXC is doing horrible in seclusion and JC secretly  hides his bell when he visits one day. They become friends while LXC is  still in seclusion and one day, after LXC precious gift from his parents  break, JC goes missing. JL tracks JC through his clarity bell but finds  it at LXC’s place. LXC goes on a journey to find JC and finds him  injured but with a replacement for his precious gift he got from his  father. A very clear but beautiful crystal I think? That’s all I  remember @youkaimeimi  #12 of post and #1 of post (This ask had been accidentally added to two different posts ^^; apologies for any confusion ~ Mod C)

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29. Hi! i hope you’re having a great day!! this blog is everything to me   and it makes my day and makes finding fics so easy!! thank you for the   hard work ^^ I’m trying to find a wangxian time travel fic. i don’t   remember much except that there was this one scene in the library. wwx   travelled back in time and was with lwj and thought he was the only one who travelled back until they’re in the library and lwj asks wwx about lsz and wwx is shocked that lwj is from the future. thank you <3   #2 of post  

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30. I’m looking for a fic I remember only one scene. It’s a modern fic and  there was a scene where LWJ & WWX were dining together. The food was  very spicy and LWJ had a strong reaction for it, got like really   overwhelmed.   #12 of post 

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31.  Hi guys! I’m trying to find a fic but I only remember one thing about it  🙈 LWJ was the god of devotion. Hopefully someone remembers that 😬  #20 of post

I don’t recall a god of devotion, but here’s some divinity fics:

despite it all by novalotypo (T, 292k, wangxian, canon divergence, god of luck WWX, memory loss, non-linear narrative, WIP)

We’ll Build This House on Stone (Altars) by FluffyHippogriff (E, 236k, wangxian, angst w happy ending, romance, supernatural elements, friendship, old god LWJ, YLLZ WWX, hijinks & shenanigans, canonical character death, nonbinary character, nonbinary bichen, WIP)

In God’s Eyes by VividestList (E, 23k, wangxian, LSZ & WWX, NHS & WWX, gods & goddesses au, kid fic, mpreg, public sex, mortal WWX, servant WWX, moon god LWJ, marathon sex, identity reveal, pregnancy kink, unplanned pregnancy, angst w happy ending)

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32. Hello. Can you help me find this fic, please. 🥺WWX could jump  between universes. And he found one where other him gone mad or  something. WWX tried to save LWJ of that universe, but LWJ wouldn’t  leave, if his WWX die, he would die with him.

I’m not sure if it  time loop or not, because somehow I think WWX had asked LWJ to leave  about hundred times before. (These’re dialogs I tried to write from my  memory, it might not be entirely correct.)

LWJ: How many time have you asked me?

WWX: About hundred, and you never leave.

LWJ: You could be wrong. This time it might be different, I can save him.

WWX: I’m not, because I’m him. I know this because my Lan Zhan died and I survived. So please don’t make me watch you die again.

That’s all I can remember. Please can you help me find it. Thank you. 🥺🥺🥺😭 #2 of post

NOT FOUND! A Necessary Evil by @gravitywonagain  (M, 870, Wangxian, Major Character Death, time travel, hurt/comfort but  mostly hurt, I’m not going to lie this is all angst, not a happy   ending)

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33. Hello! I was wondering if you could help me find a crossover fic between TGCF and MDZS, I remember only a scene in which Hua Cheng finds a bloodied figure of Lan Wangji with everyone in town dead around him. And Wangji was like ‘look what they have done to my A-Ying’. I hope this is  enough to find it!  #10 of post  

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34. Hello! I am looking for a fic where the mountain goats pushes wwx too far that he commits (t.w.) sewerside? Then I remembered there were 2 ocs  and that all the goats that hurted wwx were killed and that woman was  wwx’s mother (??). I also remember this being an characters watch the  series au. Thank you and have a nice day!!   #18 of post  

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35. I’m searching for a fic and I feel like I’m going crazy–went through 80  pages of AO3 history with no luck, but I know I read it. Almost sure I  found it through the OG wangxianficrecs  around a year or more ago through one of the ff or itmf posts. I  *think* it goes like this: very BAMF WWX, taking place post-Nightless  City, has a better understanding/control of his powers because of his  2nd death, has godlike powers w/o negative side effects of resentful  energy. Maybe in MXY’s body but not sure, just think there was a scene  of wangxian in bed together in the CR and LWJ is worried about people  knowing he’s WWX and how they’ll react. But it could just be that WWX  didn’t die at all, or came back earlier than canon somehow. Some things I  know still happened (LWJ still got whipped for defending WWX), but  others are fuzzy (like maybe the Wen survive somehow?) I’ve read SO MUCH  I wondered if I was conflating multiple fics like Imperfect Memory by Xantissa and help is on the way  by Vamillepudding, but too many things that just aren’t right about   either. In the one I’m thinking of, WWX remembers who he is, LWJ is   quick to express his true feelings (having thought he lost WWX), and   have them reciprocated. It was definitely M or E, there wasn’t really a sub/dom aspect, maybe some theoretical stuff about mastering death so   it’s unable to take him, being immortal without needing a golden core.   #20 of post  

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36. so it’s jin ling running around just postcanon getting the jin sect   functional again where he decides he also wants to repatriate the   artifacts in the creepy mirror? (jc has opinions) i believe he starts   with the canon face-knife and also lots of juniors communication (uhhhh p  sure wangxian are running around in the bg doing wangxian things …?)  #6 of post

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37. Hi! Can you please help me find a fic? It’s an AU where all the women in  MDZS decide they should all just leave and go travel and cultivate   gardens or something. Tysm!    #6 of post  

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38. Hi! I’m looking for a fic where WWX and LWJ get together at cloud   recesses? At the end WWX thinks LWJ is going to marry WQ, but it turns   out to be a misunderstanding - I believe it was on AO3. Thank you so   much!  #9 of post  

Hey - I’m the anon from #9 on the latest fic finder.  Unfortunately “Take my heart” is not the one :( . The fic im looking for  was not a time-travel, and a lot of the book events still occurred  (qiongqi path etc.) - but at the end the wens were able to go to gusu.  Also wangxian are together but not married until the end. Thank you so  much for your help!

NOT FOUND! Take my heart by Lady KG (Not Rated, 22k, WangXian, LWJ Time Travels, Time travel, POV WWX)

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39.  heyy im looking for a fic where lwj and wwx are both actors who are   always in the same movies. they’ve also done several sex scenes   together. they’re really popular celebrities and they both get nominated  for oscars or academy award or smth but neither of them get it bc the judges couldn’t decide. if you could find this fic for me that would   mean a lot tysm!   #12 of post

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40. I am looking for a fiction that Lan Wangi and wei wuxian are tring to have a baby and it not working and they are invited to jiang yanli’s   baby shower and wwx breaks down.  #4 of post  

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41. Since you found me exactly what i was looking for I came back with  two more fics and to say thanks for finding the two i requested the  first time.

A) So the first fic i want to request is one  where wangxian time travel and at first they think its only them but  later on in the story its revealed that because of something they did  lan xichen, nie huaisang and jiang cheng also come back. but near the   beginning of the story lan wangji helps madam lan escape and she goes to  lotus pier and turns out she knows madam yu and qinghengjun comes out of seclusion i belive cause when they go to the lectures he and madam   lan reunite and then our timetravels tell them what happens and there   are multiple training dummies that are destroyed by madam yu and jiang   yanli

B) the second fic is where after canon ends i belive almost everyone but wangxian and a’yuan were dead but a’yuan was making  his way to deaths door but wei wuxian used this array or talisman yo   send them back thousands of years and a’yuan reverts to his child self   and wei wuxian and lan wangji get to raise him but eventualy become   immortal or already were and i dont know if a’yuan becomes immortal or   not but it doesnt really mention him at all after that except a brief   passing. As the years pass wei wuxian and lan wangji travel and meet a   lot of people including their parents and baoshan sanren. it time skips i  belive and its after the lectures(?) and the sects are invited to the burial mounds where a whole bunch of relevant but not totally relevent people are, along with wei wuxian and lan wangji as their immortal sect  leaders and the sects read the books but it doesnt actually show that part and madam meng and madam jin meet and at first madam jin is   standoffish but eventually get to know each other, i dont know anything after that, most like where the last update was.

Sorry for   rambling and making this request daunting and sorry if there is anything  that is hard to read im on my phone and the the keyboard is not writing  down the letters as i type them in. thank you for your time and i wish  you a good day(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ  #7 of post 

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FOUND? A few of the elements of 41A are similar to ❤️ All will be well when the day is done by abCEE (T, 76k, LQR & WWX, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fix It, Not Jiang Family Friendly, JFM & YZY Bashing, YZY Bashing, Definitely not YZY centric, Fix it for our main characters, Time Travel, Butterfly Effect, Madam Lan Lives, No Sunshot Campaign, Artistic License, Unreliable Narrator, JC Bashing, non-yunmeng WWX, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Good Uncle LQR, OOC, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, WWX gets the love and care that he deserves from the very beginning, Mainly CQL but has elements of the novel as well, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiangs, verbal and physical (c/o Zidian) abuse from YZY) Madam Lan lives & she & Qingheng-Jun get back together in this time travel fic. Madam Yu also destroys training dummies in this fic.

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42. Okay so I have a fic finder request for you guys if thats okay!! I don’t  know if you’ll be able to find it for me because I really don’t have a  lot for you to go on. Literally all that I remember is wwx and lwj  talking to someone (a merchant? A shop worker? Maybe something with a  festival?) And they had to solve a series of riddles to win a prize (I  think it was 3 riddles) wwx solved one but then I think lwj ended up  solving 3 riddles instead and gave the prize to wwx. That’s all I can remember!! But the scene has been in my head a lot so now I really want  to reread the fic haha any help in finding it would be greatly   appreciated!! Thank you so much!!!   #16 of post  

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43. Hiii thanks for all your hard work ✨🐇✨ can you help me please I read a  Twitter thread fic but I lost it and don’t think it was over 😅 I was about wwx and lwj being married but wwx became pregnant and wanted ro   surprise lwj but he thought wwx wanted to divorce So he called his   lawyer and wwx heard it anc that’s all I got. 🫠😭✨ thanks again     #18 of post  

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44. Hello! Could you help me find a fic wherein kid! Nie Mingjue and kid!Nie Huaisang are kidnapped/taken into the Wen Sect? Their father   (Sect Leader Nie) is still alive in this fic. I believe that one of the memorable things in it is that Nie Huaisang calls Wen Ruohan A-die or   Father as a manipulation scheme? I hope you can help me find it, I’m   going crazy over it!  #1 of post  

SIMILAR! Fire and Light  by nirejseki (T, 31k, NHS & NMJ, Canon Divergence, Found Family,   Families of Choice, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Childhood Trauma,   Implied/Referenced Torture, the bad stuff is mostly offscreen)

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45. Does anyone know that one fic, I think CR era, where Lan Wangji meets Jiang Yanli and thinks she’s unusually generous because she’s   encouraging him to marry Wei Wuxian into the Lan clan?  #10 of post  

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46. The other fic was where wwx and lwj ran away together (modern fic) got married and years later wwx saw jc at store and talked #17B of post

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47. Fic finders: It’s Untamed-verse (post canon), in LWJ’s pov. I think  it starts with LWJ looking for WWX in a village, then it flashbacks to   him receiving a letter where WWX writes that he has fallen in love with a  farmer and marrying him, if LWJ would come to the wedding and give his  blessing… which obviously catches LWJ off-guard because he’s been kinda  assuming that WWX would come back when he’s ready, so now he’s all  jealous and pining, and needs to see for himself what the hell is going  on.  They do end up meeting and go on a night-hunt together, and LWJ notices that WWX is actually acting weird. The reveal was that WWX was actually under some kind of love spell and that the “farmer” was a rogue cultivator trying to bind WWX’s literal life to him and use his   powers.  #20 of post  

NOT FOUND! You’d Break Your Heart to Make It Bigger by vesna (mrsronweasley)  it sounds kinda like this fic minus the letter part

SIMILAR! Boy Trouble, We’ve Got Double  by saltyfeathers It’s actually the reverse, where lwj is the one who gets cursed  

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48. Hi, I remember reading a short fic set during the Cloud Recesses study  arc where Wei Yang is kneeling after punching JZX and Lan Zhan talks to  him. The conversation goes differently than canon and it ends with WWX  saying: you have a book of rules where your heart should be. And the fic  ends with saying it took LWJ years to heal from those words @/knifeshoebookworm  #3 of post

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49. Another modern au fic in which WY is accused of a crime when he’s   younger, perhaps in his teens (I don’t remember what he did exactly or   if he actually committed it), but he still ends up getting arrested and LZ is the only one who stood up to him at the time. Then a couple of   years later WY is released, becomes a police officer and works together with LZ at the same police station, probably as partners. I think LZ is  kinda ooc, instead of being shy, quiet and frigid, he’s quite bold and  sweary in this fic. Also I recall a specific part that is set by the end  of the story (it could be the last chapter), a party is happening, maybe a wedding or celebration of some sort, and Wangxian goes to the   bathroom to hook up or have sex. There’s a chance that this belongs to   another fic, but it doesn’t hurt to try.   #15B of post  

FOUND? Keep Track of Losing Days by giraffeter (T, 74k, WangXian, NieLan, Modern AU, Case Fic, Police, Missing Persons, Mystery, Getting Together, Flashbacks, Rooftop Conversations, Detective LWJ, antifa WWX, team give LWJ friends, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sharing a Bed, First Kiss, First Meetings, Seattle, Mutual Pining, nonfatal car accident, mafia wens, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Guns)

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50. Hello! Wondering if anyone might be able to point me to cute (possibly   a) one-shot (it’s short) wherein WWX (with one other person) descend   from Baoshan-sanren’s mountain because they looked into a well that   showed them their soulmate/fated one. They go to Yunmeng Jiang first.   They’re pointed to the Lan clan due to the robes in the “vision”. Cue   Romantic™ Gusu Lan’s excitement reaching fever pitch. We get WangXian’s first meeting in LXC’s POV. Thank you so much for your work! ❤️  #17 of post  

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[cqlfeels]

What would the characters do for Halloween? 🎃👻

I think that highly depends on whether or not in this AU-where-Halloween-is-celebrated, WWX's birthday is still on October 31! If it is, then the Halloween party is probably gonna be a birthday party as well, right? But let's go with it not being his birthday because then the focus would shift to WWX more than I think you'd like.

Off the top of my head, some random, probably nonsensical and ooc headcanons:

XY absolutely loves trick or treat. It's in your best interest to go with treat and give him every single sugary thing you can possibly find. Trust me.

XXC is on the opposite end of the spectrum: he's very happy to give out candy! 🥰

SL will not personally hand out anything at all, but he's buying enough candy for the neighborhood and then some extra to donate. Yes he and XXC save half a year for that, what's the joint account for if not that?

AQ is very upset that she's A BLIND GIRL and is getting less candy than XY - but XXC makes them pool together their candies and share equally anyway so it's a moot point. Forgets to keep up the blind act sometimes and inspects what candy she's getting and is very displeased. What has this world come to, people aren't buying good candy anymore!

JC is taking JL trick or treating. JL is Too Old For This Jiujiu This Is Embarrassing until he sees wangxian taking LSZ and LJY trick or treating - at which point JL will stop at nothing on his quest to trick or treat better than LJY. He can't ever win because LJY keeps making up competition rules and LSZ is unhelpfully saying all that matters is having fun :) so nothing is ever settled

Addendum to the above: JC and WWX are mutually horrified to realize that JYL taking them trick or treating as kids has stuck with them both and now they're both kinda trick or treating together via chaperoning the juniors? Plus: LWJ and JC glare at each other and WWX conveniently is suddenly very invested in passing on his Halloween wisdom to the kids. Nobody is happy about it.

No, wait. LXC is very happy LWJ is doing something fun! He promises LQR to keep LWJ from getting dragged into trouble by WWX, of course. Gets the rest of 3zun (with NHS and perhaps QS coming attached) and makes sure he never gets closer than two blocks from wherever LWJ is. It's a very pleasant evening 😌

WN doesn't like the crowded feeling of the actual outing but he's very excited to get a party ready for wangxian and the juniors when they come back! He's very proud that they like his arrangements and wants to know all about how it all went. Also: LSZ makes a point of giving him candy and he's very touched

Don't tell WWX that, btw, but LSZ, LJY and LWJ were all trick or treating mostly because it was clearly important to WWX. It's endearing how much he enjoys that kind of thing, from the little children with improvised homemade costumes to the yard skeletons to objectively bad novelty candy

They're not supposed to be alive at this point, so here's an extra, flashback headcanon: the Jin don't do peasant things like begging strangers for cheap candy, so JZX does the whole Halloween routine for the first time after being married to JYL. He takes to it like he takes to planting lotus - that's to say, very awkwardly but very endearingly!

[truly-morgan]

[OT4, Juniors all getting together]

Junior Quartet | Mo Dao Zu Shi 23-03-2021

[#mdzsjuniors - ot4]

What if Jin Ling and Lan Sizhui started dating post-canon after some nervous pining, keeping their relationship a secret from the other half of the quartet.

Then, after some time, jl ends up asking lsz if he really loves him, because of the way he looks at ljy he has this something in his eyes. After some nervous turning around the subject, lsz finally admits he does /also/ love ljy, the same way he does jl. but lsz doesn't dare tell him, because he's sure ljy doesn't feel the same.

jl ends up telling him he doesn't mind sharing if it make him happier. Especially since it is clear ljy is also pining for lsz, but had noticed their little "secret" relationship and didn't dare step in. Turns out lsz is happily surprised and gets himself a second boyfriend, jl and ljy slowly develop their own brand of love.

So they now start this new poly couple, rather happy with how thing seems to work. But now that they are often only the three of them most of the time, they feel like they are missing someone all the time.

Then they realise that maybe, they didn't see oyzz as just a friend. They also feel a bit guilty for having left him so much to the side as they were trying to make this whole new thing work. lsz is the one to come up to oyzz to talk about it to him, as the two others didn't know how to bring it up to him. 

oyzz doesn't really know what to answer to this, as he never really thought about it in the past. He /does/ have a little something for lsz tho "now that he's thinking about it", but doesn't know if he should join them. He does, and things turn out even better than before. 

They are back to being the juniors quartet, but this time as lovers, even though most obviously don't know. Some days a more difficult, sometimes communication is hard, but they would rather not give it up for anything in the world, they absolutely like it the way it is. 

I also wonder how the parents would all react.

I'd see jc going "Really jl, /another/ boyfriend? I suppose at least this time he's not a plan, shouldn't be too troublesome". Yet he doesn't try to break them off anyway, as he would rather see his nephew happy than sad because he tried to break them off.

wn is over the moon that lsz is surrounded by so many people who love him that much. Although even this sweet cinnamon bun has warned one time that they shouldn't dare to break his heart. All three hurriedly agreed. 

lwj would be the silently supportive dad, ready to listen and give advice despite easy relationships not being his department. All he can wish for is for none of them to suddenly disappear on him for 13 years.

wwx isn't sure at first how come baby a-yuan is collecting this many boyfriends, but is just as supportive, ready to help them out. He's the dad ready to bring up the most embarrassing thing simply because he's trying his best to help his son out. If he can make sure lsz is not as lost as he was, then it would be this already won. 

I cannot tell what oyzz dad would say, but if he were to not be supportive of his son, oyzz is made quickly aware that he already has a new family ready to support him whatever happens with him (my hurt/comfort ass don't like oyzz dad, so it would probably not be a good react) but oyzz is better off with all these other cultivators ready to support him than him anyway.

They lived happily ever after and we forget that jl is the jll sect leader (am not thinking angst tonight okay, shoo shoo).

Original

[ouyangzizhensdad]

Your friend's comments are spot on. If you ask me (i know no one did), I think CQL!LWJ recognised WWX after the mutual staring thing, which only makes it worse. One of the most romantic things about MDZS was how LWJ could recognise WWX's personality even in a different body and WWX slowly realising what we as readers could see. It was so well-written. All of that nuance was taken out make time to show WRH chuckling evilly in his poorly designed, cheap as fuck throne room.

To be fair anon,

In the novel, LWJ recognised WWX because he played Wangxian, a song LWJ composed and had never played to anyone else, and which WWX didn't remember cam from LWJ at first only remembering the association with something pleasant and calming (something c/ql also changes for no reasons at all by having WWX play the song at Mo Estate and finish with a longing 'Lan Zhan' all the while LSZ says wow this is familiar and I've heard this before. Why? What was the reason!!!!) Of course, although it is that signal that tells LWJ that this is WWX without doubt, we know that it is true that LWJ would love WWX in any body (something MXTX said explicitly) and something that is indeed lost in c/ql.

[llycaons]

sorry to randomly rant in your inbox but after reading so many fics with bad wwx and jc characterization with the exhausting 'jc is mean to me bc he loves me' trope, im just like tbh i think more fics should let wwx be meaner to jc actually asdhfldf

sooo true anon that is genuinely my no. 1 hated trope I just think its so unoriginal and ooc and disgusting/tragic in its implications 🔪🔪🔪 wwx is not really mean to jc in canon but like...he has the right to be ahshdjdnk. and even tho he's not being mean, you can tell when he's fed up and sick of him

I'm trying to finish this jl pov fic that's still boring but has a somewhat more engaging ch7 and it's spin on it is, wwx and lwj are super injured and unconscious so lxc is bringing lwj to safety while jc is bringing wwx, and jc is helping but isn't being nice about it so lsz is getting uncomfortable and angry at jc even tho jl can tell jc is actually taking perfectly good care of wwx. and lsz apologizes later but like...he's completely valid

the thing is, this fic never established their postcanon relationship so lxc and lsz, AND me, the reader, none of us have any reason to trust that jc is going to take great care of an extremely vulnerable wwx, and we have very good reason to he nervous about that given their history. I AM uncomfortable watching jc care for an unconscious wwx. I DON'T trust him to take the best care of him in that state, and not take out his anger on him in even little ways that overall won't actually kill him. I DON'T want jc in the room when wwx needs a caretaker. he just hasn't earned that trust back.

and jl reassures us it's fine but 1. he's a teenager and 2. it's more that wwx himself would probably not feel safe with this situation, and lxc and lsz are looking out for what he himself would choose if he was awake. this situation in the fic was a bit of an emergency so there was no helping it, but it isn't unfair or unreasonable to distrust jc w wwx's safety or ask him to leave while trusted caretakers step in. like...he has NOT earned the benefit of the doubt

so yeah...wish fic authors that mention jc and wwx's rocky relationship explore the consequences for that in ways that negatively impact jc

[crossdressingdeath]

I saw people talking about the Lan sect rules and how only LWJ was noticed to break them, did you all not notice that LQR, the elders, even LXC and QHJ broke the rules? The thing about the rules is that nobody can follow them 24/7, all the damn time. Who knows what rules you break and didn’t break? That’s not on anyone really. LQR broke the rules in front of everyone regarding the resentful energy debate and everyone excused him! As an educator, he doesn’t practice what he preach. The rule LQR broke? Morality is propriety. Also he talks shittily about wwx’s parents like bruh. Nobody in the Lan think about Madam Lan situation precisely like why she killed QHJ’s teacher, etc. QHJ himself also didn’t investigate and just marry and imprison her. The rule broken? Don’t make assumption. LXC also listens to gossip all around him, so he shouldn’t have the gall to act like the holier than art thou because he sees LWJ broke rules for WWX. LWJ did that, LQR did that, LXC and his father also did that, the whole elders I am sure broke rules too. Not all the rules broken are within their right and sometimes it is important to know that with rules like these acting as governing body discipline (like rise at 5 and sleep at 9 pm is a basic healthy life style for working people commuting) but others such as no killing, don’t lie, it’s supposed like common decency and what humans need to uphold as principles, not rules in the wall where it prevents everyone from lying in situation needed (like absent of gc or gc transfer). Though canonically, everyone even Lan disciples like LJY broke rules too. Even LSZ. Moreso, non Lans like NHS, JC, and other visiting disciples (JZXun, JZXUan etc). didn’t they insult wwx’s parentage and jfm’s rumors thing? And no Lans stopped them and just listen to the gossip or fight going on? Well I could go on but only WWX is punished for every thing in the end. LQR surely isn’t blind that he doesn’t know NHS doesn’t cheat or smuggle porn alcohol etc but he only singles out WWX. It just means they are somehow using the rules to cover up hypocrisy we are supposedly seeing.

though I agree the rules are not harsh, some are unnecessary such as no killing and no lying, but if the authority upholding and witholding the rules are not just, then it’s gonna be corrupt or biased assertion of sort.

I mean, to be fair we don't actually know that QHJ didn't investigate what happened with his teacher because we only know the most basic of basics regarding that situation. And I don't remember LQR talking about CSSR at all beyond maybe a sort of "Just like your mother, she was a troublemaker too" type thing, which is... y'know, accurate, not talking shit. And I don't think LXC really does listen to gossip (accepting the word of trusted associates as fact is not the same as gossiping). And he does not have a holier-than-thou attitude towards LWJ breaking the rules for WWX! His issue is that LWJ is committing treason and could end up heartbroken or dead! Concern for your sibling is not the same as being holier-than-thou! LXC's issue is with the fact that as far as he can tell WWX is toying with LWJ's feelings, not the fact that LWJ's breaking rules!

As for "others such as no killing, don’t lie, it’s supposed like common decency and what humans need to uphold as principles, not rules in the wall where it prevents everyone from lying in situation needed"... anon, allow me to introduce you to a little thing called laws. There are laws that are only on the books so that people know where to assign fault if something goes wrong, and there are laws that are in place so that people know what the punishment should be. Name one society that doesn't have rules in place regarding things like killing. And the rule against lying is a principle thing? It's more like... "you are expected to hold to these principles as a Lan cultivator". It's setting out expectations. Like a dress code; you go into a job knowing that you are expected to wear a certain sort of outfit, and by taking the job you are saying that you understand that and will wear that sort of outfit. Same deal here; Lans are honest, this is a known thing, if you want to join the Lan sect you have to be honest and if you're not prepared to do that you shouldn't join the Lan sect. Also uh... there is no evidence that the Lans can't lie in situations where they absolutely have to, what? We know Lans can break the rules in circumstances where that becomes necessary! Unless you're arguing that every Lan who participated in the Sunshot Campaign then had to be punished for all that killing. Which I hope you're not, because that would be... stupid. And we know they do lie; LSZ would be in deep shit if Lans couldn't lie, because it would be impossible to keep the fact that he's a Wen quiet if LWJ had to tell everyone who asked where he came from! It's not a fucking magical compulsion, it's a rule they choose to follow to the best of their abilities! Like how murder is illegal but self-defence is okay, there are times when breaking a rule is the best option and there are additional rules in place to allow for that.

And you say only WWX was punished for the cheating and the smuggling of alcohol and smuggling porn, but a) WWX is incredibly open about it, b) WWX is the only one mentioned as smuggling alcohol, c) WWX isn't actually punished for smuggling porn because only NHS is mentioned as doing that and he's VERY VERY GOOD AT HIDING THE FACT THAT HE'S DOING IT SO HE'S NEVER ACTUALLY CAUGHT (you say that LQR "surely isn't blind" like that means he must have noticed, but you're forgetting that 1. LQR isn't actually omnipotent and 2. NHS's whole thing is being insanely good at hiding what he's doing; don't assume he was obvious enough to get caught, especially when he's been through these classes multiple times and presumably knows all of LQR's usual tricks for catching troublemakers), and d) there's... nothing to say the other disciples weren't punished for cheating. LWJ caught all of them. WWX is specifically mentioned as being punished because a) he's the protagonist so of course he is, b) he's a repeat offender and repeat offences generally do lead to a heavier punishment, and c) LQR (correctly and definitely understandably) pegs him as the ringleader; WWX is being punished for heading the thing while the others are just punished for participating. That's... not unreasonable. (And yes it was NHS's idea but LQR doesn't know that, now does he?)

The guest disciples probably get away with more because they didn't sign up for how strict the rules are, not because the Lans are being hypocrites. Hey, remember how WWX blatantly breaks a bunch of rules right in front of LWJ on his first night only to get off scot-free because he claimed (likely falsely!) that he didn't know the rules yet and the only real consequence was that LQR then read out all the rules the first day of class so that he could ensure everyone knew the rules? WWX benefits from the laxer standards on guest disciples too, it's just that he's far more determined to cause trouble than everyone else! Also the other disciples don't insult WWX's parentage or talk shit about JFM's supposed favour? Because WWX is in fact incredibly popular? Like, I think you're underestimating just how much people liked WWX before the Sunshot Campaign! This man was insanely well-liked by his peers! It is only the Jiangs and assholes like JZXun who have an issue with him based on his parentage or position in the Jiang sect! Hell, the novel expressly states that him being head disciple and the son of the sect leader's childhood friend in addition to how young people aren't as bothered about status and ancestry meant that he was pretty much accepted as an equal right away! The closest thing to someone talking shit is JZX's "Doesn't [JFM] treat you better than his own son or something?", which he clearly doesn't even fully believe himself (the "or something" suggests he's parroting someone else's words in an effort to hurt, not stating something he believes wholeheartedly himself), and the Lans aren't so much standing around listening to the gossip as they are trying to pull JZX and WWX off each other. Also I don't think JZXun is even mentioned as being there but whatever, he might have been one of the nameless disciples in that scene.

Basically... are the Lans all perfect paragons of justice and honour? Of course they aren't! They're people! People are going to be petty and harsh and unfair, that's just what people do! But people seem so determined to treat them as this awful, hypocritical, cruel mess of a sect who use their reputation to bully people and I just do not get it! "Strict but fair" is the most accurate summary of how the Lan sect works, and yes, sometimes individual members are petty about it and everyone in the sect sometimes breaks the rules because again, they're human, no one can uphold all those rules all the time, but everyone in the sect signed up for that and if they find they can't handle it they leave the sect. Like... guys. Strict does not inherently mean they're hypocritical and awful. Come on.

[grewlikefancyflowers]

On how Lan Wangji mourned Wei Wuxian & how Jin Ling and Lan Sizhui parallel eachother.

So, I was thinking about how I don’t really buy the 13 year inquiry fanon, and it got me thinking about the ways LWJ did mourn WWX instead, how healed from his death, and how this contrasts Jiang Cheng’s refusal to move on from the deaths of his parents and JYL.

As we know, when LWJ learned of WWX’s death, he went straight to Burial Mounds, where he retrieved A-Yuan/LSZ and also brought emperor’s smile on his way back, resulting in him branding himself.

With no body to bury, and no shrine of any sort to visit, the branding serves as a physical reminder of WWX. Not only because he had the same mark, but because it also reflects the kind of person WWX was, as he got the scar in the first place saving mianmian. Something LWJ and WWX both share is their moral compass - they’ve always respected each other because of this. It is WWX’s selflessness and drive to always help others that made LWJ fall in love with him, so it is very fitting that this physical reminder of WWX is also such a clear reflection of who he was, and why LWJ loved him.

LSZ also serves as a physical reminder, but while the branding represents the initial pain of grief, LSZ represents healing.

Like the brand mark, LSZ is also a representation of WWX’s morals as he rescued him from the Jin’s encampment, and dedicated himself to protecting him and the rest of Wen remnants. With them being killed during the siege, WWX’s sacrifice would almost be in vain, if not for the fact that LSZ lived, LWJ knows that WWX would think it was all worth it, just for LSZ to live, and that is a great source of comfort for LWJ also. I think we can all agree that LSZ is a good boy, who embodies everything right with the world. Not only did LWJ ensure WWX’s sacrifice was worthwhile by giving him a safe and happy home, he also instilled within him, and lived by, the morals that he and WWX believed in (and he did a good job, WWX’s first impression of LSZ is what a good boy he is!) So LSZ represents healing, and working towards a better future. In contrast to Jin Ling & and Jiang Cheng, LWJ doesn’t tell LSZ about his family or the circumstance of his orphanhood, because he doesn’t want him to grow up with that burden. LWJ doesn’t want the cycles of revenge and debt that has plagued the past to rule the present. So LSZ is a representation of how LWJ heals from grief by working towards a better future and letting go of the bad parts of the past.

In this sense, JL is the antithesis of LSZ, in Jiang Cheng’s grief for his parents and his sister, he poisoned JL with his own bitterness and resentment - giving JL a complex about being an orphan, and inflicting on him this responsibility to avenge his parent’s deaths. Where LWJ doesn’t tell LSZ the truth so that he can live happily and not be burdened by the past, JC pushes all his grief and resentment onto JL.

Unlike WWX’s praise of LSZ, his initial impression of JL is that he’s rude, arrogant and selfish, and he later learns that he is friendless as a result of this attitude (in the same way JC never had any friends in his youth). This is a further indication of how JC, unlike LWJ, does not learn or grow from his experiences, and drags the future generations down with him. This is also reflected in JC’s management of Lotus Pier, the common folk in his territory are too afraid to even approach LP, due to his habit of torturing suspected demonic cultivators - his bitterness is ruining the legacy of the Jiang Sect.

So, where LSZ represents healing from grief and improving the future, JL represents refusing to move on and heal from bad experiences & how holding onto them hurts both yourself, and those around you.

And this is why the idea of LWJ playing inquiry for 13 years feels so out of character to me (aside from the fact that LWJ accepted that WWX rejected him, it'd be pretty rude to bother his soul for 13 years 😐). Because while LWJ never stopped loving WWX, he did not allow himself to get stuck in the past either, he built a life for himself, continuing WWX's legacy through LSZ, and continuing to live by the values that drew them together in the first place.