#and now i don't have the wherewithal so (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[cqlfic]

Hello~ I just read “A Curse of a Different Color” and now I’m craving more curse fics. Do you know of any other ones? Thank you!

*cracks knuckles* alRIGHT here we go i’ve finally combed through all 1000+ of my existing AO3 bookmarks and i THINK i’ve got most curse fics i’ve read! categories i left out because i was slowly losing it: purely hanahaki (so not love curses; i left in love/sex curses, but not sex pollen as well), possession/haunting, and talisman stuff was kinda borderline. the vast vast majority of everything was wangxian, so i’ve sorted it into cursed!lwj, wwx, both, or a nebulous “other”

i’m sorry this took a while but i’ve come to the realization that i’m the epitome of “instructions unclear. spent 2.5 weeks re-reading all fics and 2 hours making a compilation post” 😅 for future reference @ others: if you’re ok with just like 3-5 recs and want a fast answer, let me know / specify a number in the ask! otherwise we end up with *waves hands vaguely* this

anyway

there are actually 73 fics on this list so i’m just gonna uhh slide it under a “read more”. i also heard before there might be a limit on how many links i can put in a single tumblr post, so if any of the links break please let me know! i may have to split this into two posts if so, but we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it

i hope you enjoy, anon!!! i sure did 😎

WANGXIAN

Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground (@megafaunatic) (T, 39400 words): casefic, lwj/wwx cursed to be unable to see or hear the other [my post here]

your words upon my lips by uchiuchi (T, 17831 words): casefic, lwj+wwx cursed: everything they say comes out the other’s mouth [my post here]

Beyond All Reach by airinshaw (@airinshaw) (E, 27477 words): curse fic, lwj and wwx can’t touch [my post here]

come home to my heart by occultings (@wanlangji) (M, 29731 words): casefic, lwj+wwx body switch (post-sunshot, no qiongqi path) [my post here]

Given Life by misscam (@misscamthenorwegian) (T, 5318 words): ancient curse, wwx and lwj both try to die for each other [my post here]

nothing but time by ghostsgf (@neiljortsens) (T, 3974 words): wwx cursed to endless sleep and lwj shares the burden [my post here]

most times a wish by impossibletruths (@impossibletruths) (T, 16300 words): curse casefic, “don’t bring your work home with you” [my post here]

a place for you to love me by la_muerta (@la-muerta) (E, 6606 words): cursed forest casefic

Your Hand in Mine by cerbykerby (T, 20593 words): cursed to hold hands

between the pages of some novel by yuer (T, 6927 words): juniors try to figure out how to tell wangxian they got hit by a sex curse

LAN WANGJI

A Curse of a Different Color by nickel710 (@nickel710) (G, 35234 words): lwj is turning to jade, cursebreaker!wwx helps solve it [my post here]

But You Always Return by uponmountains (T, 17125 words): lwj cursed to witness his worst nightmare repeatedly [my post here]

Stainless by Fahye (@fahye) (E, 6576 words): lwj (and other lans) get hit by sex pollen curse [my post here]

tonight i can write the saddest lines by sarahyyy (@sarah-yyy) (G, 3576 words): lwj cursed to forget wwx [my post here]

My Heart Hurts by SinnamonBunnies (@sinnamonbunnies) (G, 572 words): lwj cursed to speak his thoughts out loud [my post here]

shadows in the sun rise by Yuu_chi (@glenflower) (E, 24618 words): lwj gets cursed to lose each of his senses [my post here]

love & longing, rabbit edition. by jaws_3 (G, 18496 words): lwj gets turned into a rabbit on a night hunt; teenage wangxian [my post here]

beneath six layers of silk by darkredloveknot (E, 12551 words): lwj cursed to speak every thought [my post here]

green sleeves growing cold by mistergoblin (G, 16992 words): madame lan places a curse on lwj to protect him [my post here]

moonlight caught in mutton fat by Raitelzen (@zenthisoror) (T, 45008 words): the twin jades are cursed into actual jade [my post here]

far longer than forever by jaws_3 (G, 8896 words): lwj gets turned into a swan [my post here]

what else is there? by mme_anxious (T, 12917 words): lwj gets turned into a swan but everyone thinks wwx killed him instead [my post here]

The Dragon’s Bride by jaws_3 (T, 34571 words): beauty and the beast AU, lwj is cursed to be a dragon and wwx is the marriage sacrifice [my post here]

A Purrfect Day in Gusu by DrJLecter (T, 21376 words): lwj gets turned into a cat [my post here]

that time lan wangji turned into a bunny by bwyn (@bitterbeetle) (G, 5932 words): college AU, lwj gets turned into a rabbit and wwx picks him up for a project [my post here]

sunset gold by theninjacat (T, 6096 words): lwj gets cursed so that everyone tries to propose to him, wwx is unaffected [my post here]

emptiness in harmony (homeward bound) by estel_willow (@hannah-writes) (T, 8966 words): lwj gets hurt REALLY badly on a nighthunt [my post here]

you have me (in the palm of your hand) by wangjiluv (G, 14156 words): thumbelina AU, lwj gets cursed to be tiny [my post here]

The Meaning of Silence by The Silverfish (T, 14277 words): cloud recesses era, lwj is cursed to be the perfect lan [my post here]

I would wait for a thousand years by bleuett (T, 10398 words): cursed!lwj keeps an inn and gets a visitor [my post here]

Castle in the Wastes by ailuridae (T, 41091 words): howl’s moving castle AU [my post here]

Look Not With The Eyes by Spodumene (@spodumene) (G, 28193 words): lwj cursed by a goddess, people fall in love automatically

aux pieds de sa statue qui s'anime by LullabyKnell (@lullabyknellficlets) (T, 6186 words): pygmalion and galatea AU; wwx finds a statue

the dream i dreamed, the breath i breathed by sunny_parasol (T, 13152 words): pygmalion AU; wwx dreams of a jade man

a safe pair of hands by occultings (@wanlangji) (E, 11774 words): lwj hit by touch-starving curse

Boy Trouble, We’ve Got Double by saltyfeathers (E, 59895 words): cursed!lwj; "betrothed" to someone else

we sit in the sunset glow by moonsteps (T, 36944 words): tangled AU

Frozen by Kaytla (@kaytlarambles) (T, 19085 words): cursed!lwj, frozen curse

Obedient and Bellicose by thunderwear (@theuntamedfics) (T, 19953 words): ella enchanted AU

Night Breezes Seem To Whisper by cqlorphan (@jingyismom) (E, 16711 words): cursed!lwj needs to satisfy first sexual desire after cursed

Crack me open, pour you out by Tenillypo (@tenillypo) (E, 16405 words): lwj can’t stop saying his thoughts out loud

All in Good Time by bigboobedcanuck (E, 8052 words): cursed!lwj, pain without touch

dark and delicate by darkredloveknot (E, 6433 words): someone casts a love spell on lwj; witch!wwx

sometimes curses are fun, or: the one where lan zhan is a squirrel by Malachic (T, 11210 words): lwj gets turned into a squirrel

other earths and skies by binghecarer (T, 53728 words): cursed dragon!lwj, wwx trades a year living on mountain to help wens

Send Me Your Earnest Love by goneforthestars (@goneforthestars) (T, 13407 words): lwj gets turned into a baby

a tremor of pure sunlight by nebulae_unravelling (@nebulae-unravelling) (T, 2536 words): lwj gets turned into a rabbit

What greater gift than the love of a cat? by annadream (@annadream) (G, 4474 words): lwj gets turned into a cat, wwx thinks he’s a spiritual pet

and one deleted work... there’s a wayback link for it? i really loved it so i hope the author doesn’t mind -- as remnants of spring slip by (E, 65935 words): curse targeting couples - lwj forgets wwx

WEI WUXIAN

They Told Me I Was Gone by MajorEnglishEsquire (@chuckwinchester) (G, 2897 words): curse fic, true love’s kiss [my post here]

Wearing Down Every Bone by CSHfic, VSfic (E, 30867 words): wwx gets cursed, stuck in a time loop [my post here]

grow by cafecliche (@cafecliche) (T, 14444 words): wwx gets turned into a kid; character study [my post here]

A Gift in a Curse’s Guise by Setyourlazerstopew (@setyourlazerstopew) (E, 9759 words): a curse causes wwx to get his original body back (mdzs); smut (restricted on AO3) [my post here]

Yeah I Know How You Like It by phnelt (@phneltwrites) (E, 5070 words): wwx can read lwj’s thoughts and those thoughts are sex [my post here]

Always Knew You Were Magical by jeyhawk (E, 25263 words): modern cultivation AU, wwx gets cursed [my post here]

all the depths of me, real by northofallmusic (@northofallmusic) (E, 15508 words): after wwx transfers jin ling’s curse mark; cql ep35-40 [my post here]

slip’n’slime by la_dissonance (@bitterchord) (E, 7764 words): wwx gets cursed into slime+tentacles?? wangxian have sex about it [my post here]

as amber of ember glows by occultings (@wanlangji) (E, 11065 words): wwx gets hit by a sex curse [my post here]

the cow says moo, the chicken says squawk, and the demon beast of yiling says by Dragonskye (@chellewing) (T, 57766 words): beauty and the beast AU, kind of; cursed beast!wwx [my post here]

build me no shrines by occultings (@wanlangji) (M, 54585 words): the burial mounds are spreading

The Collector by Jinko (@jinkohhh) (T, 4837 words): wwx kidnapped, trapped by true love's kiss curse

a ghost is just a memory you haven’t met yet by ThirtySixSaveFiles (@thirtysixsavefiles) (T, 5421 words): wwx trapped in cursed library

So Why Not Crack Your Skull When the Mind Swells by greenteafiend (@greenteafiend) (E, 13557 words): wwx cursed to be in pain when not touching lwj

Lead me with Love by hornywwx (M, 9798 words): cursed!wwx, obedience curse

i’m a drop in your ocean by starknjarvis (@starknjarvis27) (T, 11590 words): wwx cursed with honesty

The Demon of Tanxiangshan by kuro (@kurowrites) (M, 17647 words): rumors of a demon roaming tanxiangshan

not in so many words by jaws_3 (T, 18430 words): cursed!wwx, coughing up flowers everytime he says lwj's name

Disaster on Four Legs by DrJLecter (T, 17108 words): wwx gets turned into a cat

deep and inscrutable by twigofwillow (T, 1616 words): wwx gets turned into a cat, bothers jin ling

a blessing and a curse by Say (@saysong91) (E, 4793 words): sleeping beauty AU, maleficent!lwj

leading tone by silencemostofall (@recapitulation) (G, 32147 words): marks of love but wwx doesn't have any

OTHER

Your slightest look easily will unclose me by RedWritingHood (Not Rated, 9253 words): jiang cheng cursed to physically manifest his emotions [my post here]

Crossed Wires by stardust_and_sunlight (T, 20398 words): lwj's laptop is cursed