#aromantic wei wuxian

[wangxianficrecs]

💙 GLADIOLUS by hilarions

💙 GLADIOLUS

by hilarions

M, 4k, Wangxian

Summary: “I like you so much it’s insane,” he says. “You’re so good. You’re my favourite. You’re the best, Lan Zhan.” His voice recedes, turns smaller and smaller, and Lan Wangji’s skin prickles with the terrible realisation that this doubt of his has hurt Wei Wuxian. “So don’t go around thinking I don’t love you.” Kay's comments: This is THE story when it comes to aromantic Wei Wuxian and his relationship with Lan Wangji. It's so beautifully done and I adore it. The way it explains their love for each other and their relationship and deals with Lan Wangji's insecurities in this regard is actually genius and it can be totally read as canon compliant. Highly recommend! Excerpt: It’s not that Wei Wuxian doesn’t love him, Lan Wangji realises in that moment, the gentle inevitability of dawn. It isn’t even that Wei Wuxian doesn’t love him more than anything else. It’s simply that, if Lan Wangji is a compass always seeking him, then Wei Ying is simply the North Star. It’s just that, for all that Lan Wangji followed him, Wei Ying might never have gone looking. It’s only that, of all the countless people in the world who are magnetised to his charm, Lan Wangji was the one persistent enough to reach him, and touch him, and know him. Of course, Wei Wuxian loves him. But he has never had to be in love with Lan Wangji. With anyone. And if Lan Wangji had never known Wei Ying so comprehensively, he thinks with a strange curiosity for the nature of his heart that Wei Ying would never have been in love, with anyone, ever. He still isn’t. Not in the way that Lan Wangji is in love with him.

pov lan wangji, post-canon, canon compliant, aromantic character, aromantic wei wuxian, insecurity, communication, light angst, established relationship

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[soft-for-xie-lian]

Still thinking about aromantic bisexual wei wuxian in this stunning fanfic i want you always and forever aromanticism youre beautiful

[aggressivelyarospec]

hi! idk if you accept anonymous submissions, but in case you do, i have this fic i wrote a while back! it deals with the less than pretty part of being aro, though, so be sure to read the tags and content warnings at the end of the fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41779047

Summary:

As if responding to nir sullen mood, pitter-patters of drizzling rain started to fall down outside. A vague earthy smell filled the room, the soft sunset glow from the window slowly fading away into light grey. In this room, in this empty and melancholy apartment, Wei Ying felt the dam break. Tears started to fall down nir cheeks, making nem hug the pillow even tighter. Nir chest heaved with sobs, even harder now that ne was alone and no longer had to stifle it in.

[danmeichael]

If SY were to interact with other MXTX characters how many and who do you think he'd be able to wifebeam

the only characters he absolutely would NOT be able to wifebeam are hua cheng, xie lian, and lan wangji. i believe without a doubt he would wifebeam wei wuxian though. he is so vulnerable to beautiful scholarly autistic men.

the majority of side characters are absolutely done for though. wen ning? gone. obliterated. pei ming? fucked. absolutely fucked. sy bottles bisexual awakenings and forcefeeds them to unsuspecting victims. jiang yanli is a married woman but i think she and jin zixuan could blow his back out together. aromantics are immune from the romantic implications of the wifebeam but will still be obsessed with him in some way. only lesbians are safe.

[wangxianficfinder]

Hello, I'm looking for a fic where in the Tortoise cave, Jiang Cheng and Jin Zixuan also get trapped with Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. They all accidentally form a telepathic bond while killing the Tortoise. I remember that after they escape, WWX and LWJ figure out how to temporarily block out the others so that they can make out without Jiang Cheng getting too grossed out. They all decide to have a sworn brothers ceremony so that they won't all be separated easily. At some point, Jin Zixuan realizes that he's asexual.

Thank you 💙

Hi! The series you're looking for is most likely

FOUND? 🔒 Quartet series by WithBroomBefore (T, 69k, WangXian, JC & LWJ & WWX & JZX, Canon Divergence, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss, WWX's canonical comfort with the prospect of his own death, Hurt/Comfort, JZX makes friends, Eventual Happy Ending, some unhappiness along the way, Canon-Typical Violence, JC keeps his golden core, JYL Lives, WQ Lives, Minor Character Death, Kissing, WWX Lives, no golden core transfer, JZX Lives, Fix-It, WN Lives, Weeping, temporary major character death, like extremely temporary, Murder Road Trip, Implied Sexual Content, Sunshot Campaign, Nonbinary NHS, Telepathy, platonic group soulbonding, Family, Found Family, POV WWX, Podfic Available, Siblings, Sworn Brothers, aroace JZX, all the Wen remnants live, POV JZX, JGY is less murdery, Asexual Character, Aromantic Character, JZX's social awkwardness, Poison, Everyone/Therapy)

~Mod L

[fiftysevenacademics]

The four main clans each have a distinct style of romantic attachment that somewhat contradicts the way they formally present themselves.

Lan Clan of Gusu: Ethically rigid, morally pure, righteous rule-followers who partner up with morally grey or even bad, slightly unhinged people.

Qinghen-jun: Had two kids with the woman who murdered his teacher, then devoted the rest of his life to keeping her a prisoner in Cloud Recesses. She might have had a serious mental illness.

Lan Xichen: Was doing OK with Nie Mingjue until Jin Guangyao swept him off his feet, and he just HAD to turn it into a messy polycule that gave Jin Guangyao many ways to manipulate him.

Lan Wangji: Alters his entire life trajectory and betrays numerous Lan principles for a chaotic demonic cultivator.

Jin Clan of Lanling: The richest, most prestigious clan has the messiest, most embarrassing and venal romantic liaisons.

Jin Guangshan: Famously can't keep it in his pants.

Jin Zixuan: Has an off-and-on again relationship with Jiang Yanli, breaking her heart before making her happy in the end. He's the least messed up in his family, though.

Jin Guangyao: Even though he genuinely loves Lan Xichen, he uses him to exact revenge on his ex, Nie Mingjue. May have agreed to a three-way relationship just for that purpose. Fell in love with and married his half-sister and had a baby with her even after he knew.

Mo Xuanyu: Expelled from Jin disciple school for sexually harassing men. Real reason was possibly an intimate relationship with Jin Guangyao that went south when he started poking around in the treasure room.

Nie Clan of Qinghe: The ultimate jocks and macho men, Nie men think they're power bottoms when in reality they're being used and bossed around by someone far more devious than they can imagine.

Nie Mingjue: Thinks he can replicate the healthy thing he has going on with Lan Xichen in his relationship with Jin Guangyao but boy, was he ever wrong about that. Nonetheless, he allows himself to be pushed into a polycule that brings him quickly to his doom.

Nie Huaisang: OK, I gotta hand it to Nie Huaisang. He's a power bottom, just like it says on the label. We never see him in any romantic relationships but he knows how to cry, faint, and complain in a way that makes everyone fall neatly in line with his plans.

Jiang Clan of Yunmeng: Like their motto, "attempt the impossible," the Jiangs fall for people who are unattainable or out of their league.

Jiang Fengmian: His one true love, Cangse Sanren, was a more powerful cultivator who chose a servant over him and left. Married a woman from a richer, higher status family and has a rocky marriage as a result.

Jiang Yanli: A sweet, simple girl in love with a vain, proud man who doesn't think she's beautiful or talented enough for him. Somehow it works out in her favor, though.

Wei Wuxian: Literally attempts the impossible, can't follow a single rule, but falls head over heels for the jianghu's gold medalist in rule-following, Lan Wangji. This ends tragically and is only redeemed when he's resurrected with a little more humility and respect for the social order (just a little, though).

Jiang Cheng: In MDZS canon, Jiang Cheng has no romantic entanglements or even friendships outside of his family. He might be aromantic or maybe his parents' toxic relationship has made him want to never partner up. In Untamed canon, he follows the family pattern and crushes on a member of the very clan that murdered his parents.

[danmeiarchive]

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know by Cyan Wings -- a brief review (no spoilers)

80 chapters + 2 extras

My Rating: ★★★★★ / 5

I went into this story fairly blind / un-spoiled as to the plot and characters and I really enjoyed it. If you like The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System I think you'll like this one. It's a pretty quick read (I read it over the course of 2½ weeks) and it also feels a bit lighter of a read -- in the sense that there's not a bunch of twists and turns or faceslapping going around. There's still narrative weight to the characters' choices but it feels more focused on the emotions of the characters than on making a dogblood drama.

I also really enjoyed the cultivation meta in this book -- there were sections where we would get insight into why the main character did a certain thing and how he belived that would / could impact the universe / world / dao.

Check for content warnings under the cut.

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What kind of story is Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know?

This is a story that really breaks the fourth wall and doesn't take itself too seriously. Like Cyan Wings' other stories that I've read it is really funny and the characters are fantastic. If you like transmigration novels but dislike the trope of an all-powerful manipulative "System" that keeps that transmigrator in check then try this one! The main character is NOT a transmigrator but he does gain knowledge that breaks the fourth wall and there are times when he considers the people around them as if they were characters in a novel. Several of the main characters can also be read as asexual and / or aromantic which is really nice too.

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Throughout the story the main characters are growing and learning more about themselves and each other -- there's several times when a character reflects on how they had misunderstood another character or not known what was really in their hearts. This leads to the story feeling very emotional and tender as you slowly get to know the characters. This is mainly in regard to the main character and his love interest but its true for some of the supporting cast as well.

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Ultimately it feels like a story of two people (who whole-heartedly trust each other with their lives) slowly opening up and allowing themselves to be vulnerable with the other. There's also a good portion of the story that talks about heart demons and how that affects one of the characters -- it becomes a plot point even. It certainly takes the main pair a lot of work but once they are finally on the same page (ha) and treat each other as equals... it's very sweet and intimate.

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Who are the main characters?

Without going into details here's a little bit about our main squad:

WenRen E - Our main character. WRE is the leader of the XuanYuan demonic sect and an absolute badass. He somehow reminds me of both Yan Wushi from Thousand Autumns and Wei Wuxian from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation. He is arrogant and prideful but also cares SO MUCH about the commonfolk in the world. He is absolutely ruthless when he needs to be but he has a line that he does not cross and he forbids his minions from crossing it either. There's also a lot of times where he's sussing out why or how something works a certain way and his understanding of the dao and the universe felt profound.

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Yin HanJiang - Our love interest. There's a specific post I've seen that is coming to mind but I can't remember how it's phrased... YHJ is loyal to WRE and ONLY WRE. He is submissive in the way a guard dog is -- he would follow WRE's every order and do everything in his power to protect him but at the same time he would not hesitate for a moment to attack anyone he viewed as a threat to WRE. At the beginning of the story he keeps a certain distance between himself and WRE but as the plot develops that distance becomes smaller and smaller.

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BaiLi QingMiao - the protagonist of the book that appears in WRE's hand which serves as the impetus for the story. WRE finds himself frustrated and confused at her actions a fair amount of time but over the course of the story she too grows up and gains a new outlook on life.

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Shu YanYan - a seductress demonic cultivator. She only dual cultivates with consenting partners and uses her cleverness to manipulate people. She also seems fairly uninterested in romance -- I think she alludes to not wanting to get her heart broken but she also seems very happy as things are with her various lovers.

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Qiu CongXue - hands down my favorite character in the story. I liked everyone but QCX is always speaking her mind and stirring up trouble. She has strong himbo energy and I don't want to spoil anything about her, just know that anytime she comes up it's going to be great.

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What is the plot of Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know?

One day a book suddenly appears in WenRen E's hand. This is notable because he is a very strong demonic cultivator and he didn't sense anything before the book appeared. So he looks at the book and decides to take it very seriously. He reads it. And he discovers that he is a character in a trashy romance novel, as is his most trusted subbordinate Yin HanJiang. He becomes very curious to find out if the other characters are real and if the events that happen in the book are destined to come true or if they can be changed. So he sets off and meets the protagonists of the novel and begins experimenting. Without spoiling things he is especially concerned about what happens to Yin HanJiang in the book. He also wants to know more about the novel's protagonists and their motivations.

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Click 'keep reading' to see trigger warnings.

ptsd, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, violence, manipulation and abuse, mention of torture, war, survivor's guilt, etc. The characters have some tragic backstories and there's some things in the novel that WRE reads that are disturbing -- but ultimately there's not "on screen" torture that the characters go through, the novel instead focuses on what's going on in the characters' psyche.

[web-novel-polls]

Aroace-spec Character Losers' Tournament

[Please vote for who you believe has the most canon evidence to be aroace-spec, not the most popular. It will never be acceptable to post "anti-propaganda" in this tournament or invalidate a suggested identity because "they're not aroace enough." You will be blocked unless it's clearly a genuine mistake / misphrasing.]

Propaganda underneath the cut

Kim Dokja from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Submission 1: demiromantic graysexual, romance/sex indifferent

bc yoohankim is the most qpr qpr to ever qpr

Submission 2: demiromantic graysexual

yoohankim is soo queerplatonic it makes my chest hurt. and ysa and kdj are THE qpr ever. also i read the submissions list and my jaw deadass dropped when i saw that someone else had the exact same kdj hcs as me like asjdnghfdhdbn!ksnk#**#*@*

Wen Ning from the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Submission 1: Aromantic ("A Good Aro Boi")

He never shows any kind of romantic interest in anyone. He's definitely in a QPR with Wei Wuxian and tangentially Lan Wangji though.

[platonic-pals-punchout]

The Untamed (tv show) | Lord of the Rings (multimedia)

Wen Qing & Wei Wuxian:

Besties who run communes of war refugees in direct opposition to the current ruling class stay together

Frodo Bagigns & Samwise Gamgee:

They’re just! Iconic! They have such a powerful and kind of heartbreaking friendship that drives the whole narrative.

Note: This blog is run & followed by aromantics. Insisting any pairs are ~actually romantic~ will not only cause you to be blocked on the spot, but you’ll out yourself as someone not safe to be queer around. No one wants to hear how stupid you look with those shipping goggles on.

[danmeiconfession]

Wen Ning deserved to have a happy ending equal to or greater than Wei Wuxian. In a romantic sense. (ignore if your hc!WN is aromantic)

I don't care that he is technically a corpse.

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[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

My headcanons that you won’t be able to pry from my cold, dead fingers!

This is a compilation from various pieces of fiction.

Severus Snape loves musicals and has everything possible on vinyl. Wicked and Fiddler on the Roof are his favs.

Every single one of the Konoha 12 - sans Naruto - has a crush, however minor, on Naruto.

Itachi Uchiha is either Asexual or he’s Demisexual with Kisame Hoshigaki as his only point of interest ever. I oscillate between the two regularly.

Yuri Plisetsky is Asexual and Aromantic.

Aro of the Volturi isn’t straight. This is based on the fact that while Caius and Marcus fell in love and ‘mated’ vampires, Aro only chose to take a wife to appease the masses. While being ‘mates’ is described as being something uncontrollable, Aro literally just looked for a human woman who fit his requirements and convinced her to let him turn her. Specifically done this way because he felt that what Caius and Marcus had was a weakness and would get in the way of his plans to seek power. Having a wife doesn’t mean he’s straight. Also, as the Volturi are 3000+ years old, I believe wholeheartedly they cannot be homophobic especially since they’re from around 1000 B.C. Greece, before Christianity fucked the world over.

Crowley ranted about Aziraphale to Freddie Mercury and Freddie wrote Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy in response.

Kaname/Zero is a much better ship than Kaname/Yuki or Zero/Yuki. It simply makes more sense.

Haruhi Fujioka is non-binary.

John Watson(BBC Sherlock) isn’t straight. He simply said he wasn’t gay and that leaves many other options.

Ravenclaws are actually very bad at Chess because they get so wrapped up in the particulars of a potential future move that they forget to focus on the present.

Everyone is hot for Wei Wuxian, idc what anyone says.

Lan Xichen is secretly a kinky bastard and I can’t be convinced otherwise.

[carolperkinsexgirlfriend]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

tagged by @devondespresso <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

twenty-two!

2. What is your total AO3 word count?

161,121

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Lately, it's been stranger things, but I've published fanfic for The Magicians, The Untamed, Sweet Home, Alice in Borderland, Naruto, The Penumbra Podcast, and I Am In Eskew.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the path to peace (is paved with good intentions)

Hearth-Warmed Chakra

rinsed vision and second chances

Secrets Never Meant to Be Kept

I could say grace was a woman with time on her hands

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Usually!!! Sometimes, I'll get behind by not responding for like a year though, and then I'll be like.......it's been too long.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't necessarily do angsty endings, but probably "a matter of going through" because it ends with heavily implied reconciliation that doesn't quite get actualized.

7. What the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I ALSO don't tend to do like, cookie-cutter happy endings. Usually I go for the, everything's still hard but we'll get through it together, endings. But probably, the path to peace (is paved with good intentions).

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I got that one weird anon I mentioned for the Upside-Down AU, and then I got one person on one of my fics where a pizza delivery driver falls in love with a customer telling me that it was problematic because the driver has no agency. And I was like, lol this is fanfiction and I AM a delivery driver.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I've written exactly ONE unpublished smut fic for Alice Quinn from The Magicians in which her evil counterpart came through the mirror and they fucked about it. I'm thinking of doing a one-shot smut fic for the Upside-Down AU though.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Closest I've gotten is me and a friend plotting out the unholy union of I Am In Eskew and The Penumbra Podcast (Juno Steel).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Thankfully, nope!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yeah, my most popular Naruto fanfic was translated to Russian!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope! I've never gotten past the fucked up world-building stage with friends. Could be fun though.

14. What's your all time favorite ship?

As an aromantic person, the platonic ships are usually more important to me. First ones that come to mind are platonic stobin, and from the Untamed, Jiang Cheng & Wei Wuxian who are brothers. Honestly, I usually get sucked into romantic pairings because I'm like, wow, sure would love to see these two interract more! And then all the fanfic is romantic, so that's what I read!!!

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Definitely my one where Jiang Cheng from The Untamed sees ghosts. If you've watched that show, you understand how this would be both hilarious and deeply fucked up.

16. What are your writing stregths?

I think I'm pretty good at little moments. Like when everyone is having a meal together etc, small, contained scenes.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Getting from point A to point B, like, how do I skip through time without if seeming weird????? So, joining sentences?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I've never done it, but I think it can serve its purpose. Unless you speak the language though, I think it can veer into offensive and clunky unless you get a translator.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The Magicians, which broke my soul enough that I wrote a crack fic about it.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

My favorite is always my current obsession, so Upside-Down AU lol, but from what's published, it's definitely two million naturally occuring sweet things which is just a tretius on grief masquerading as a soup recipe.

tagging: @wynnyfryd @rogueddie @steddierthings @altschmerzes if any of you want to do it!

[demigoddreamer]

My Personal Headcanon that Jiang Cheng is Asexual

*Before anyone mentions Wen Qing that's not canon, that romance was only in the untamed not in the books*

I have become fully convinced that Jiang Cheng is a asexual not interested in romantic relationships(There are asexual people who don't want romance but don't identify are somewhere on the aromantic spectrum)

My reasons for this include:

-Jiang Cheng is still single to this day, a middle aged virgin

-He probably has pressure from other people to marry and have kids so his bloodline will continue and he'll have an heir to the Jiang sect but yet still refuses.

-He went on 3 blind dates and was blacklisted by all 3 of them which makes me think he did that on purpose because ain't no way this man has such bad behavior ALL TIMES and it wasn't on purpose

-He has a list of requirements for his partner which sounds a hell of a lot like what asexual people do. They create a logical list of traits to make it seem like they know their "type" or something vague like "looks don't matter it's about personality" because asexuals lack sexual attraction. Let's be real no other valid straight person in the series has lists like these for their partners. Which either leaves bad straight person or asexual and Jiang Cheng is actually a good person as evidenced by literally the entire show soooooooo

-He probably made that collection of traits from random other women he's seen in his life and was like let me write that down.

-When they were students at Cloud Recesses, Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang shared porn while Jiang Cheng did not

-When Jiang Cheng came back to Lotus Pier and Wei Wuxian mentioned something like "You took so long to come Are the Gusu Lan girls that attractive?" and Jiang Cheng scoffs and says something to the purpose of "I'm not like you"

Edit: I didn't want to mention the color scheme but he wears purple therefore walking asexual flag

[squireofgeekdom]

And one last of my own gen fics from 2022 for @genworkjune !

The Untamed

Artificial Survivor

A Murderbot fusion (a little bit a crossover, it’s very briefly implied that Murderbot and ART exist in this universe). SecUnit!Wen Ning

SecUnit Ning & Wei Wuxian, SecUnit Ning & Wen Yuan, SecUnit Ning & Song Zichen, SecUnit Ning & SecUnit Qing, SecUnit Ning & Lan Wangji

A SecUnit wakes up, with missing memories, and a long journey to find what's been taken from it.

Definitely a ‘families (born and made) fic, one that gets into how some  relationships might not fit clear labels, and where some found family dynamics may align in some ways with particular bio-family dynamics, that doesn’t necessarily mean they line up one to one with how they might be expected to. Also focused on complicated history and boundaries in these relationships, and how those relationships might change and evolve. This one hits the ‘reunion’ prompt as well. Wangxian is an implied background romantic relationship. The nature of Songchen’s relationship is left intentionally ambiguous (I was leaning into queerplatonic vibes). Song Zichen is implied as arospec, and SecUnit Ning is implied aromantic. Canon typical/equivalent violence and death, but some canon equivalent and non-canon equivalent un-deaths and a happy ending for SecUnit Ning.

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Star Trek gen fics || The Flash gen fics || Recent gen fic recs

[bahoreal]

characters i have decided are aromantic

wei wuxian

ted lasso

[llycaons]

And even after Wei Wuxian finally gets the hint, I end up skipping over most of the actual romance, because I'm too aromantic to write it successfully…so this fic may feel a bit like a lengthy prologue and an epilogue with nothing in between.

not to be the fanfiction police but...why did you write it then. or if romance wasn't your strong suit, was there maybe plot or a character study to fill out that central story? this doesn't sound appealing to read when it's phrased like that