#but Wen Ning and Wei Wuxian to win

[glowingreads]

One of my favourite things about mdzs is the fact that we have juniors. Idk but I just love when we have a relationship child/parent figure in books is making all the story so much emotional in a way that make my heart melt and hurt in the same time. And in mdzs we have a lot of them.

But what I like the most are the juniors that we have after Wei Wuxian is board back to life (I like the period when the main character are juniors to but the quartet hits diferent)

Like the angst and heart warming moment between the characters and juniors is almost to much. And I swear I don't cry to much at books or movie but Jin Ling and his uncles, your honor it me.

Though a thing that I feel about is not talk enough is the relationship between Lan Wangji and the juniors.

I know all we love Wei Wuxian with them or Wen Ning with them or Lan Xichen with them or Jiang Cheng with them been the somehow uncle to all because Wei Wuxian adopt them all and he will not let the bar low been a good uncle even though he refuse to admit that he forgive his brother ( you can not tell me that after some 10 or so years after the temple he doesn't try to catch back the fact that Lan Wangji hide that he have another nephew, Jiang Cheng have some spoiling to do )

But what not very much cover is Lan Wangji with the juniors other then Lan Sizhui or Lan Jingyi what is fells very rough because every junior knows Hanguang-jun not just the Lans and all look after him in night hunts or respect his commands even if they are from other sects even before Wei Wuxian is in the picture. And I'd you look closely somehow when the junios are not fighting they actually make a very good team and that makes me think that they fight enough times together to be good at that.

And here comes my theory what if in that 13 years where Wei Wuxian was dead Lan Wangji really stars adopting not just tone of bunny's but children's to. And Wei Wuxian explain that the juniors are spoiled and we know that Lan Wangji is not as severe as the other Lans pure example Lan Jingyi ( if that chid was actually disciplined like a Lan he will not be that an-Lan ) and there are the moments where if you go in the second episode of sez 1 from the doughua when Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng have that tense discussion where Wei Wuxian just fight Jin Ling, Lan Wangji don't talk to Jiang Cheng at all but at the final of discussion he warned Jin Ling personally about the hand and to take care ( and that shown that he cared and not because off Wei Wuxian they don't even know yet that Wei Wuxian is back and Jin Ling really looks like he listen and pay atention so this to where in night hunt without Jiang Cheng before enough for Jin Ling to actually listen to Lan Wangji, just go and watch the beginning of the episod ) and what I want to go with that is, what if Lan Wangji actually in this years start to pay much more attention to the juniors that just ar guardian but more as a adult figure to make them safe? What if he actually have moment when he take Jin Ling in his grup ( because both Sizhui and Jingyi are comfortable with him to not keep just appertains)? What if Lan Wangji really let them much more free outside of Cloud Recesses? And why we don't have more fics with the 13 years gap between Lan Wangji and the juniors. My heart need it.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At your side [End of Season 2]

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[trans-yllz]

we know how wen ning feels about jiang cheng but do you think he ever resented lan wangji a little bit too? like here's hanguang jun all caught up in his sects politics agonizing over morality not doing anything to save wei wuxian meanwhile wen ning willingly marched to his presumed death for him. I think I'd be a little angry after that

[adragonthatwrites]

Alright I've finished book 1 of the English release! A few thoughts;

The Spooky™ vibes are off the charts!

He finally summoned Wen Ning again and can I just say, who dare!?! Who has done this to the baby!??!? Kill them!!!

Unrelated but I'm currently picturing Wen Ning as a six foot+ tall tower of dark robes and terrifying energy with the softest little pouty face ever. I'm sure he's not actually super tall, but my brain for some reason refuses to picture him otherwise.

Nie Huaisang: explaining his clan's backstory and their deal with the sabers.

Me: damn, that's rough buddy.

Drunk Lan Wangji has made his first appearance, and all I could think was;

Lan Wangji; making intense bedroom eyes at Wei Wuxian.

Wei Wuxian; "wow, that makes me feel funny and kinda weak kneed, and I bet a woman would be super effected by a look like that!"

...

"so anyway about this dead guy..."

[yudidoodles]

Sooooo I may have made an entire animatic in 3 days,,, I haven't done art in forever so apparently I needed 78 drawings all in a row

I'm editing it to post later (prolly in a couple days), but in the meantime the little thumbnail designs are so goofy I wanted to share themb

[lgbtlunaverse]

Fanon likes to portray Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji as being jealous of each other because they fear wei wuxian will choose one of them over the other. Which is ignoring the fact that at least in novel canon Jiang Cheng did not even fucking know wangxian ever got along let alone that lwj was in love with wwx until at the very end of the story (in cql canon he does go through a wangxian phase early on and gets very confused by their "breakup" during wwx's sunshot era) and that Lan Wangji is mostly filled with loathing towards both himself and Jiang Cheng for 'abandoning' Wei Wuxian and not being able to save him.

It also ignores the much bigger point that both Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng are actually jealous of Wen Ning. And why wouldn't they be? That is who Wei Wuxian chose in his first life. He left the Jiang, told Lan Wangji to fuck off no he is not coming to gusu with you, and spent his days with his little-brother-shaped corpse bestie on his mountain in yiling. And then when he came back he immediately called him up the second he could string together more than two notes on a flute. Wen Ning is the real competition. (And he's winning)

[shanastoryteller]

if jiang yanli was thrown back in time to cloud recesses after she was killed, what do you think she would have changed first?

well! the thing is that jiang yanli is uniquely powerless to do much of anything

she is not physically strong. despite her rank, she's not that politically powerful, because her power is superseded by her mother and her father's and then her brother's and husband's. she doesn't know anything

the last one is the real kicker - jiang yanli wasn't there for the wen indoctrination camp. she wasn't there when wei wuxian gave up his golden core. she wasn't on the battlefield - until she was and it killed her

jiang yanli would have a terribly difficult time preventing the war and saving her brothers mostly because she doesn't know what happened. sure, warning about the wen, but how likely is anyone to take that seriously? they all already know the wen are dangerous, that they're courting war, what good will that do? she knows wei wuxian managed to win the war but not how, not really. she knows they told her that her brother killed her husband and she doesn't believe it, but she doesn't know what did happen either. she doesn't know about jin guangyao or the second flute or the golden cores

i think she's liable to do one of two things

1. tell jiang cheng and wei wuxian everything and get them to help her, which they will even if they think she's crazy, and hope they can stumble across a solution

or

2. decide the common thread, from her limited perspective, that really damned her and her family is wen qing and wen ning. so she kills them. against the death of her husband and brother, what are they anyway? they die either way. this is just speeding things along

of course, what actually happens is the wen take this as a reason to declare war early, so there's no slow build up and instead we launch right into it

which, it turns out, saves lotus pier and her parents and wei wuxian

it's worth it, even if she feels like her brothers never look at her quite the same way again

[mxtxfanatic]

Wei Wuxian at His Best: Arrogant

The cultivation world liked to slander Wei Wuxian about his "arrogance," but is it really arrogance if one knows perfectly well of their own capabilities? Wei Wuxian, for one, can follow through on all his promises. Here are some of my favorite moments where Wei Wuxian is deservedly arrogant:

Wei Wuxian stepped inside the hall, and, one on the left and one on the right, lifted Lady Mo and Mo Ziyuan’s dead bodies. In a low voice, he urgently said, “Why aren’t you awake yet?” As soon as the words left his mouth, their souls returned. An instant later, Lady Mo and Mo Ziyuan’s eyes rolled into the back of their heads, their irises replaced with a blank white gaze. The characteristic piercing shrieks of newly revived vicious ghosts tore from their mouths. In the middle of the screeching, one high and one low, another corpse, trembling with fear, also crawled its way up, and in a voice which was as quiet as it could be, joined the chorus with a soft, soft cry. This was Lady Mo’s husband. The cries were loud enough. The resentment great enough. Wei Wuxian was extremely satisfied, and smiling lightly, said, “Do you recognize the hand outside?” Then he commanded, “Tear it apart.” The three Mo’s were like three black winds; they flew out in the blink of an eye.

—Chapt. 5: Feral IV, fanyiyi

Wei Wuxian stood in front of them, lowered his head slightly, and greeted them politely. The paper effigies returned his politeness and then some by bowing. Wei Wuxian pointed outside. “Bring the living person inside. Eliminate everything else.” ... In only a short period, the twin girls chopped the fifteen or sixteen walking corpses into so many pieces they were impossible to reassemble. The dead body parts tumbled all over the ground! Having secured an overwhelming victory, the paper maids followed their orders and carried inside the weakened man who had been running from the walking corpses.

—Chapt. 36: Flora IV, fanyiyi

Only vicious corpses could fight such a ferocious battle. If two living people fought the same way, they would have long lost an arm and a leg, or cracked their skulls open and splattered their brains everywhere! “Guess who’ll win?” Xue Yang asked. “Is there a need to? Wen Ning, of course,” Wei Wuxian said.

—Chapt. 37: Flora V, fanyiyi

Before he could finish speaking, Wei WuXian had quickly tied the ribbon over his eyes to cover his sight. He positioned his arrow, drew his bow, and released—it hit! The series of actions was both smooth and fast. The others didn’t even realize what he wanted to do. They couldn’t even see his movements clearly before the center of the target had been pierced through. After a moment of silence, overwhelming cheers rang throughout the watching towers, with even greater intensity than those for Jin ZiXuan. The corners of Wei WuXian’s lips curved slightly. Spinning the bow within his hands, he tossed it back.

—Chapt. 69: Departure, exr

[moonlightobsessions]

Thinking about it jiang cheng kinda right about hunting and killing demonic cultivators. I know jiang cheng antis use it against him but green text time.

EDIT. I know he is wrong to do so, i am thinking of the reasons why he did it most of this post is from a jiang cheng perspective.

-be me, clan leader

- forced into leadership early because parents were slaughtered

- only me, sister and brother remain of our clan

- brother goes missing for three months and comes back wrong

- hes a demonic cultivators and gets revenge for you.

- he wins the war

- watch as the world turns against him while he does nothing to clear his name or pick up his old duties. Actually making decisions that make his reputation worse

- he promises you hes got it under control

- he kills your sisters husband

- he kills your sister

- he kills hundreds of cultivators in grief

- me, also in grief, leads a army against him and the people he is protecting and kills him

- next thirteen years hunt down demonic cultivators to see if your idiot brother is back from the dead

- kill those not him since you’ve seen what tragedies happen

- idiot brother comes back and INSTANTLY starts trying to fuck lan wangji.

- NOT kill idiot brother

He very much does not kill wei wuxian. Pissed? Oh yeah who wouldnt be. I know the greentext misses some plot points but i wanted to be concise. He grieves his brother and doesn’t stop trying to find him. Hes experienced tragedy at the hands of demonic cultivation and does what he can to prevent it from repeating. Xue yang used demonic cultivation and killed many, his worries aren’t unfounded.

Edit. The majority of demonic cultivators are not wei wuxian who has a strong moral code. Demonic cultivation appeals to those who crave power for the sake of power. And while wei wuxian has the best control over it even he looses control under pressure. No donghua ‘there was another demonic cultivator making him loose control’ he still was responsible for wen ning killing jin zixuan (even if zixuan should have listened to wei ying) and in part responsible for what happened to jiang yanli. If jiang cheng saw even his brother couldnt control it how could anyone else? Tap tap the sign. Wei wuxian was hiding many things from jiang cheng.

I am not saying that killing all of one group of people because one of them harmed you is okay. That is a bad faith take on what i have said.

If lwj didnt show up when jc and mxy!wwx first met jc would have probably killed wwx. The second time they meet jc does have the chance to kill him but doesnt.

[fixielixie]

i’ve been thinking a lot about wei wuxians gui dao and the belief that it was corrupting him. mxtx said in an interview that wen ning killed jin zixuan bc wwx lost control and he lost control because of his cultivation style, and i think that makes a lot of sense!

cultivation of any type relies heavily on balance, having a clear mind and heart ect. a cultivation path invented during the worst period of wwxs life, used heavily during a war and then as a outcast, of course it would be unstable. and that doesn’t even take into account that resentful energy is dangerous, so without the utmost control of ur mind and body, it makes sense that it would start to corrupt ur judgment and ur ability to be rational.

any cultivator of any path is at risk of qi deviating, especially at times of high stress and constant hyper vigilance. i wouldn’t be surprised if wwx experienced some kind of qi deviation at qiongqi path, which eventually lead to the nightless city massacre.

it’s also why wwx using it without risk of losing control after he comes back makes sense too. bc without the pressure and threat of staying on the burial mounds, and the years he spent dead as a spirit/ghost just chilling, he was more sound of mind. plus with time he could refine the methods, to make sure that the effects of it are negligible.

anyway all this to say wei wuxian one in a lifetime genius who’s so OP he invented a cultivation path and managed to win a war and live for years with minor issue before landing into trouble with it. that’s kinda crazy of him.

[runespoor7]

hello!! for the ask game -- any more details about that post where wei wuxian finds out that wen ning and jiang cheng are hooking up post-canon 👀

the background for this is that WWX hears about WN/JC a while after WN/JC has been a thing - they've had time to phase out of the hate-sex phase, the phase where they're surprised that they have a cordial acquaintance interspersed with moment of kinship outside of sex, and are in the phase where they're willing to see where this takes them. it's been a few years since the end of canon, so WWX and JC have crossed paths since then.

WWX goes through some truly embarrassing denial. Because clearly what WN and JC gave been having isn't sex, it's not like, y'know, sex-sex. They must have been cutely holding hands and cuddling.

or, well, actually WWX isn't even thinking about that part too much either because the idea of JC cuddling makes his heart twinge and his throat go tight and actually what matters here is that what WN and JC are doing is fake sex and can't be real or correct or good!! They're probably too embarrassed to even hold hands, WN's too nice to push and JC is awful!!!

for the record LWJ hates this and is glaring at WN whenever they meet because WN is the one who stumblingly and delicately mentioned that he and SLJ are seeing one another, thank you WN.

2. for a while WWX manages to keep his obnoxiousness under enough wraps that WN can ignore it.

then one day WWX makes the mistake of switching targets for his random bout of fretting, and instead of bothering his husband he talks at WN about his ConcernTM regarding JC having sex WN having sex WWX not being there JC not being good at cuddling while WN needs someone who'll be nice to him.

WN awkwardly conveys the information that oh, hm, actually, that is not an issue, JC is a very good cuddler.

and then some demon must have taken over WN's mouth for a moment, probably invited by WWX's moue of disbelief because WN adds, very neatly cutting through WWX's exclamation that ah, that's just like WN to be so nice, but he's just saying that because he doesn't know better, because in fact--, "i just get him tired enough."

3. denial comes crashing down violently around WWX's ears and so does his peace of mind.

(there's a lot WWX hasn't made his peace with. JC never let him cuddle when they swapped handjobs as teens.)

suddenly WWX starts treating WN like a rival. it's unexpectedly thrilling for WN, and the fact that WWX's moods make it clear that in WWX's mind, WN is winning, makes it even sweeter. WN isn't used to winning. (WN wouldn't have thought of JC as a prize, it's complicated, the thing with JC. and yet. WWX thinks of JC as a prize. Even if he's not admitting it to himself.)

(LWJ is hating this even more but if he'd made a habit of trying to enforce his boundaries with WWX he wouldn't be WWX's regular, would he. he does try to distract WWX! with his dick! it has admirable success for the duration of coitus and then WWX starts getting the same look again. Distracting WWX with a mystery and a night-hunt just ends with WWX musing about looking up specific legends in YunmengJiang, at which point LWJ recognizes that they're going to have to go to Lotus Pier and hope for the best.)

4. They go to Lotus Pier, where: JC has so far been blissfully ignorant of this entire farce.

There's some new tension between he and WN because JC misinterpreted some mentions of WWX WN made, and WWX is an extremely fraught topic between them, one that they've avoided since they rolled out of their hate-sex phase. Originally JC doesn't link WWX's visit to WN's presence, he's too busy being taken aback (and distrustful) (and happy) at WWX being there, WWX trying to recall their history, WWX acting almost as close as they did once.

WN - who was already here! funny how these things work out! - is wincing throughout out these proceedings. WN himself isn't invited to stay in Lotus Pier proper, it's one of these things. YMJ doesn't have dogs for SLJ to unleash on WN, but he wouldn't want to take the risk, it seemed like a boundary worth respecting. There's something particularly awful about seeing WWX ingratiate himself - the word that comes to WN's mind is woo, really - with JC with JC unaware of the reason why it's happening.

Telling JC the truth keeps being the role WN stumbles into, time and again. At least this time he isn't trying to hurt JC on purpose. Even though talking about WWX is another of those boundaries of JC, another of those things that WN knows hurts JC, but--

at least this time he didn't wait years before telling JC either.

5. JC reacts by immediately being furious at everyone involved, but mostly at WWX, and there's a HUGE DRAMATIC SHOUTING MATCH.

JC acts like WWX returning like that, because of this, is some horrible betrayal.

WWX is outraged that WN told JC. (WWX's actual problem is that he's atrociously jealous of someone, anyone, getting somewhere with JC that he never got, by which I mean not just sex but also cuddling and a stable relationship that you can tell the people close to you about, and desperately needs to be higher in JC's priorities. he knows better, he really does, but WN's revelations turned his world upside down and.)

JC is also outraged that WN told WWX about-- *angrily cuts himself off* "--about you two fucking," WWX finishes, so incensed he's that close to calling JC by his courtesy name. And how is that any of WWX's concern exactly, to which WWX retorts something along the lines of "making sure they're not hurting one another," or something equally untrue. There's accusations of WWX playing games (JC - about WWX's return; then WN - about WWX trying to seduce JC, which gets JC snapping at WN and LWJ grimly nodding), there's an attempt from LWJ (who is throwing poisonous looks at both JC and WN) to convince boo that they're not worth it, let's just go, and WWX spits out in a fit of atrocious jealousy that it's his business because they're his, WN is his, and WWX had JC first, so why does JC let WN cuddle him--

at which point JC throws everyone out for the night. WWX and LWJ have to find a room at an inn, and WWX feels the disgrace acutely from having a guest room. (LWJ is indispensable in dragging WWX away, for the record. LWJ doesn't drag WWX all the way back to Cloud Recesses, because WWX "needs" to have JC, as he stresses to LWJ. But he thought about it before WWX started tugging on his heartstrings.)

5.5 - that same night

WWX slinks back out of the inn and beelines straight for LP. he needs to talk to JC, to fix things - JC always thinks the worst of things, it all went topsy turvy. There were too many people! This conversation he should have had without WN. (there's another conversation he needs to have with WN, but WWX's been putting that off forever and isn't going to stop now.) Even LWJ, bless him, of course JC would take everything the wrong way, given how he is with LWJ around.

WN intercepts him just as he's about to enter LP. And isn't budging on not letting him in. ("He said no, Wei-gongzi.") there's something very ironic about WN acting like JC's watchdog without being asked but WWX isn't unpacking all that - it feels like if he did he would entirely unravel.

A couple of WWX's arguments erode WN's resolve - "he threw you out too; you know you need to convince him to take you back or he'll keep a grudge and he won't take you back before forever" and "WN, we both care about JC," and "we need to dissipate this misunderstanding" - and if he'd had just a little more time he's sure he could have gotten through to him but JC finds them before that can happen. (people who trust in WWX's ability to take no for an answer: 0) Eyes slit, looking unhappy, all "what are you doing here."

"We came to see you."

Grudgingly, JC takes them in.

(He, too, thinks it's something unfinished. And his weak point was always fear of abandonment. What if he pushes away too much. They returned tonight. It would be foolish to push them away again; what if they change their minds?)

they're more tired than earlier, and quieter, so despite JC taking them to his office and not his bedroom after the confessions of caring and hurt they'll manoeuver themselves into a successful threesome before the night is out. (despite WWX tempting fate or at least JC's temper by asking whether it's truly so bad that WWX didn't say why he was back now? and no, for JC of course it's not, it's about WWX never telling the truth.)

After all, they came back.

[k-l-ng]

Pre-Exams Days me : realizes that nothing and nobody is stopping me from word-vomiting my love for Lan Sizhui. 

Like, look at him. He’s gentle, thoughtful and resourceful. He’s handsomely pretty.  He’s Baby but reliable. He’s adorable but cool.

In one non-existent mdzs fanfic I would have him go on an investigation with his friends (bcz Friendship is Wholesome). Also I could ship him with anyone but that’s another story. If I were a bit mean he would have to face some life-threatening menace and get out of it injured but victorious, because that’s usually the fate of my fav characters (sorry). He’ll be cared for though, by his friends of course and Wangxian who are basically his parents.

I would have him explore his relationship with Jin Ling (best friend slash cousin). They could support each other as they face their new responsibilities as Sect Leader and Sect Heir. They would sometimes meet up at Lotus Pier, and yeah Yunmeng-bros reconciliation is happening. Jiang Cheng deserves better, much love to him, and I’m sure he’ll get along well with Sizhui.

Jiang Cheng : * proud * ah yes, my nephew who is sensible. I’m sure he’ll take care of my nephew who is not sensible. 

(Cue Lan Sizhui acting self-sacrificing because yeah, he’s Wei Wuxian’s son alright. Jiang Cheng decides that both his nephews need their legs broken.

Jin Ling : Why am I included-)

I could give Sizhui an adventure involving only him and Jingyi, his childhood best friend, because they’re just adorable together and so loyal, literally ride-or-die for each other.

I could have some junior disciples(/villager) have a crush on Head Disciple(/Peerless Cultivator) Lan Sizhui because, again, look at him. 

Me reading MDZS for the first time : Who’s he and why is he so perfect ? (Let me tell you if I were there, a fanclub would definitely exist.)

What about a competition between Sects ? He would end up first when it comes to musical techniques and archery at least. (Sorry I make the rule. Also I believe Wen Ning is a good teacher.)

In another non-existent mdzs fanfic, an original character would want to court him (listen, outsider pov is sexy). Watch him win hearts even as his Wen heritage is discovered. Watch him grow and become even more settled, confident in his own abilities. This other talented new Yao Head Disciple threatening his position as the most eligible bachelor discovered his secret ? One dangerous joint Lan-Yao nighthunt later, that dude would promise him protection if he ever were persecuted for the blood coursing through his veins.

[theballadofmars]

RANKING MDZS CHARACTERS AS HOW MUCH I THINK THEY WOULD SURVIVE IN FNAF:

11. MO XUANYU: he dies during the first five minutes. Don't know how. He just does.

10. JIN ZIXUAN: he doesn't listen AT ALL to Phone Guy and just...doesn't do a thing? He probably thinks he's too rich to die.

9. JIANG CHENG: he dies the first night. Just, sorry. He wouldn't follow Phone Guy's instructions at all, or try at the beginning but then gets mad and fights the animatronics. Sorry jc you're not winning this one.

8. NIE MINGJUE: he's not fucking surviving more than 2 nights, I'm sorry. He doesn't know how anything works, he survives the first night by sheer stuborness, but gets out of luck on his second night. He dies fighting thought.

7. XIAO XINGCHENG: he actually gets to the second night, but his problem is that he tries to help the children to move on and, unlike lxc, he gets killed.

6. SON LANG: survives 4 nights, but gets bitten by an animatronic and dies from the injury. He's the only other character who makes it to night 4 this is so funny mdzs character's would be amazing at surviving or terrible.

5. WEI WUXIAN: he ALMOST survives, but he gets scooped in night 5. Idk how, because this is based in fnaf 1, but he gets scooped, 100% sure.

4. LAN WANGJI: is lwj. He doesn't involve himself in the drama like his brother, but is able to survive the 5 nights. Never comes back.

3. LAN XICHEN: weird position, because lxc doesn't look like he would be the best with computers, but he's a Lan. He's not only going to survive the 5 nights, he also saves the souls of the murder children, because he would try to talk to the animatronics and give them therapy sesions.

2. NIE HUAISANG: he actually suffers the first night, because he doesn't know what's going on. The second night tought? He already knows the cheats. He survives and as a plus makes a theory about the lore that it turns out to be true.

1. JIN GUANGYAO: listen, LISTEN. He not only survives the five nights, the extra night and the 20/20 mood. He's jgy. Being a night guard at Freddy's is actually a vacation for him. Animatronics aren't worse than rich people. He even gets bored at night 5.

HONORARY MENTIONS FOR CHARACTERS WHO DOESN'T GET TO BE IN THE RANKING BECAUSE THEY'RE A SPECIAL CASE:

-XUE YANG: this fucker messes with the animatronics ans disassembles them for fun. The animatronics are the ones hiding from him.

-THE FOUR JUNIORS + A-QING: they are the kids possesing the animatronics. Sorry juniors :(

-YANLI: befriends the animatronics somehow. She makes them soup :D

-MIAN MIAN: stays one night, survives, never comes back. They don't pay her enough for this bullshit.

-WANGXIAN: they fuck in the security office and the animatronics are traumatized.

-WEN QING: finds the bodies of the kids and reports it do the police

-WEN NING: look, I think he would get springlocked but wouldn't become a vengative animatronic (unless he's possesed). He's just there behind a wall.

-LAN QIRENG: survives because Lan power, but instead of doing his job as a security guard starts to reprimend the animatronics and tries to teach them THE RULES.

Tgcf characters ranking

[qiu-yan]

stupid idea for a MDZS fanmade visual novel:

you play as jin zixuan. after a long series of various events and misunderstandings, you come to understand that your acquaintance jiang yanli, who you once wrote off as average, is in fact a perfect soul who you desperately want to marry. the only problem now is that she 1. is still convinced that you hate her, 2. probably hates your loser ass too, and 3. is surrounded by men and women who are far more qualified to date her than you are. #1 and #2 can hopefully be resolved eventually with enough time, effort, and apologies.....but #3 seems to render that impossible, since if you're not careful any one of these "more qualified" bachelor/ettes might snap her up first!!!!!

you immediately identifies wei wuxian as your biggest threat, because from your (jin zixuan's) pov, wei wuxian is jiang yanli's male childhood friend who she super dotes on. after seeing how close they are, you are initially almost ready to give up - except then you find out that lan wangji is gay and in love with wei wuxian, and thus realize that you can eliminate wei wuxian as a threat if wangxian get together. 

you then realize that this also applies to everyone else you see as a romantic threat. so, because you are a problem solver, you come up with a solution: before any of jiang yanli's friends can make a move on her, you will find a way to pair them all off with each other. that way, they will all be too busy dating each other and your path to yanli's heart will be (relatively) clear. 

so instead of being a dating sim, the objective of the visual novel is to help all the various side couples involving yanli's friends get together, so none of them can threaten xuanli. 

ideally, the game will let you freely choose which couples to push together, so there will be a wide variety of routes and endings.

("jiang yanli's friends" in this game is just the set that includes all the mdzs characters more commonly shipped with each other. jiang cheng is there, but he's yanli's brother so he's not a threat. so zixuan's strategy for him is just to keep him available on the side, so he can be paired up with whoever's left over after all the other matches have been made but is still a high enough threat.)

jin zixuan's threat assessments (accuracy not guaranteed):

extremely high:

wei wuxian

high:

nie mingjue (bc of his muscles)

lan xichen (bc he's popular)

wen qing (bc even straight girls would go lesbian for her)

medium:

wen ning (he seems too timid for dating)

nie huaisang (he seems more interested in hookups than dating)

jin guangyao (my own half-brother wouldnt betray me....right?)

low:

mianmian (she's my friend so she wouldn't betray me. also she seems interested in someone else (mr. mianmian))

lan wangji (gay, uninterested in women)

su minshan (too much of a hater)

jiang cheng (brother) 

conditions for victory:

wei wuxian must be paired with someone.

everyone from the high-risk group is paired off.

a maximum of 1 person from the medium-risk group is left unpaired; everyone else from the medium-risk group is paired off.

yanli approval score (explained below) is above a certain threshold.

you do not need to pair up anyone from the low-risk group in order to win; the low-risk group is there purely to help you. pairing off people in the high- and medium-risk group is necessary not because they are actually a threat to xuanli, but rather because jin zixuan will only feel secure enough to confess once almost all of his perceived romantic rivals have been removed.

some game notes:

throuples are allowed.

while wangxian is the most straightforward way to eliminate wei wuxian as a threat, the game also allows for other wei wuxian pairings. in other words, you as the player can betray lan wangji by pairing wei wuxian up with someone else instead - in which case the game is still winnable (ie. jin zixuan can still get together with jiang yanli, which is the victory condition), but you also unlock a special CG of lan wangji crying.

the achievement of the victory condition is decided not just by whether or not you successfully pair everyone else up, but also by a hidden metric called the yanli approval score. this is calculated by your interactions with wei wuxian, jiang cheng, and jiang yanli herself as the game continues: if you are kind to them, then the score goes up, and if you are rude to them, then the score goes down. if your yanli approval score is low enough upon the game's end, then yanli will still refuse to date zixuan even if you've successfully paired everyone else off.

notably, attempting to pair jiang cheng up with someone and then failing nets you a severe yanli approval score demerit, while successfully pairing up jiang cheng with someone nets you a high yanli approval score increase. interestingly, pairing chengxian together nets you the highest increase in yanli approval score.

if you get nielan together and then do not pair up jin guangyao with anyone, then the game gives you the option of putting in the hard work to help him network. it is highly recommended that you take this option, as if you do not, jin guangyao will expose to jiang yanli everything you as jin zixuan have done in the least flattering terms possible, which will make yanli unwilling to date zixuan and will net you a game over.

if you get xiyao together and then do not pair up nie mingjue with anyone, then the game gives you the option of putting in the hard work to find him a hobby. it is highly recommended that you take this option, as if you do not, nie huaisang will push jin zixuan into the traffic and you will get a game over.

if you intend on pairing up jiang cheng with anyone other than wei wuxian himself, then wei wuxian will run interference against you; a successful strategy therefore must include anti-wei-wuxian measures. this remains true even if you previously helped wangxian get together, because wei wuxian is an ungrateful bastard.

if you intend on pairing up jiang cheng with lan xichen, then both wei wuxian and lan wangji will run interference. because of this, the xicheng route is probably the hardest route involving jiang cheng in the entire game; to compensate for this, the xicheng route also has the second-most CGs (after wangxian).

if you get jin guangyao together with someone, then he will offer his assistance to you for the rest of the game. this translates into additional stats, intel, and information on who likes who the most, which will make the rest of your run easier.

if you get nie mingjue together with someone, then nie huaisang will offer his assistance to you for the rest of the game as well. nie huaisang offers the same assistance as jin guangyao above, but he also includes his own commentary and opinions.

you (as jin zixuan) cannot date anyone else. sorry zixuan x other shippers, this is a xuanli game.

[sandontshengshou]

"Random tangent, but this is something she did entirely on her own, no evil uncle leaning over her shoulder, no threat of violence looming over her- she did it all by herself, she achieved a miracle with her own hands and a few manuscripts that she and wwx dug out of some old archive. Of course she’s proud of that!"

CORRECT. one of the first times she acts without a metaphorical gun pointed directly at her head and our girl pulls off a medical miracle that had flip-a-coin odds of killing one or both of her patients. this is *fucking extraordinary*. she should be metaphorically drinking for free at surgeons' conferences for the rest of her life. the only reason wen qing died in canon is because they kept quiet about the core transfer; if it had been common knowledge, no sect leader would've been dumb enough to kill her. different tangent, sorry, moving on!

"And Wwx, he’s been weighed down by so much guilt for that entire month when Jc was bedridden and broken, and as terrible as it is to live without his core, he finally feels like he’s kind of made up for it! He’s done as Jiang Shushu and Yu furen said, he protected their son, he saved his shidi from certain death, the Jiang sect is going to be rebuilt now, he’s achieved the impossible like Jiang Shushu said he would! This is the greatest thing he’s ever accomplished and all he’s gotten in return is Jiang Cheng losing his mind at him.

So he’d probably be insanely bitter (which is a mood, I would too) that JC is just repulsed and broken over the fact that he did what he did. He managed to fix everything at the cost of his soul and this is how his shidi repays him? It’s like no matter what he does, Jiang Cheng finds a way to blame him, he can never win!"

yeah. yeah. you give someone the closest equivalent to your beating heart in your hands and they yell at you for tearing it out? hah!

"Ooh and the wen ning comparison omfg. I’ve seen so many people say this same thing online. Wen Ning himself also thinks that Jiang Cheng is arrogant and ungrateful and makes it heard during the core reveal.

And on that note, I feel like the subject of Jiang Cheng’s insecurity and inferiority complex would definitely come up and wouldn’t that messy? Because it’s true, even if it’s only a small part of why it bothers Jiang Cheng so much. And Wen Ning would definitely bring it up if Jiang Cheng ever got mad at his sister."

oh yeah plenty of people smarter and more eloquent than me have discussed how wen ning is absolutely furious about jiang cheng's lack of gratitude (wwx gave him the kind of intimate gift everyone thought was impossible (and here he is, achieving the impossible once again?) and jiang cheng is bitter and heartbroken (secretly devastated by the enormity of the gift and hey, like you said, the inferiority complex is rearing it's ugly head because jc was willing to die for wwx, but here's his shixiong, figuring out how to sacrifice himself so totally and keep both of them alive? even when jc makes a great sacrifice wwx is ready to lap him)!

"And they should definitely fuck about it. I’ve read a fic where they try to dual cultivate some of Wei Wuxian’s spiritual energy back into himself with Wen Qing directing them. That’s the good stuff!"

*cheerfully* look i just think. if i can be lewd for one minute. that in this specific pretend where jc is aware of the core transfer and Really Fucking Mad about it and wq and wwx are both standing their ground on the basis of it was a genius procedure executed perfectly and they don't necessarily feel Bad about it, JC shows up to visit at the burial grounds and wq is like "strip. we're checking our work. you can shelve the complaints until later," and wwx puts his hand over jc's ~lower dantian~ to "check on the core" and things. progress. at some point either wq or wwx tells jc to say thank you for what they've done (hnur hnur hnur bow chicka wow wow etc) ANYWAYS.

CORRECT. one of the first times she acts without a metaphorical gun pointed directly at her head and our girl pulls off a medical miracle that had flip-a-coin odds of killing one or both of her patients. this is fucking extraordinary. she should be metaphorically drinking for free at surgeons' conferences for the rest of her life. the only reason wen qing died in canon is because they kept quiet about the core transfer; if it had been common knowledge, no sect leader would've been dumb enough to kill her

Wen Qing was such a remarkable character. He had a moral code (what's in the code is a different matter) and she stuck to it no matter what. She never got recognition for her genius. She died at the stake for the sake of her family when she could have aligned herself with literally anyone willing to see her very obvious talent and i love her so much oh my god.

But like. Leaning more into point number three from last post. ("c) really fucking excited and proud about pulling off this shit that should've been impossible") A slightly more unhinged Wen Qing would be stung by jc's reaction.

This is the apex of her talent, the genius that she's had to hide away so she couldn't be manipulated and blackmailed into committing war crimes. She's finally had the chance to show the world who is she is, what she has to offer. I would think she'd want some appreciation for the literal magic she worked to save jc's life, so wouldn't it sting that Jc is looking at her like she's alien to him?

(another damn tangent but wouldn't it be spicy if someone who finds out about the tortures says something to the effect of "you really are wen ruohan's niece"? devastating)

yeah. yeah. you give someone the closest equivalent to your beating heart in your hands and they yell at you for tearing it out? hah!

oh and especially when he's just had his golden core slowly and excruciatingly torn out of him and then gotten tossed out into the burial mounds? devastating. he's all sorts of fucked up right now, trying to cling onto any sanity that might be left in him and now his terrible shidi who he loves to literal death is furious with him about it.

and jiang cheng is bitter and heartbroken (secretly devastated by the enormity of the gift and hey, like you said, the inferiority complex is rearing it's ugly head because jc was willing to die for wwx, but here's his shixiong, figuring out how to sacrifice himself so totally and keep both of them alive? even when jc makes a great sacrifice wwx is ready to lap him)!

Like imagine the devastation. The sacrifice was for nothing. The torture, the humiliation, seeing his parent's bodies hanging from the ceiling, rotting in misery for weeks, it all amounted to nothing- and here's wwx frolicking around like it's NOTHING. It would burn him up. Both the fact that Wwx is better at him than even this and the fact that he will never be able to repay wwx for this gift that he never wanted, would never have even thought to take. Wwx has torn himself apart for him and there's no way jc can ever make up for it. Ouch.

cheerfully look i just think. if i can be lewd for one minute.

any and all lewdness about slj is very, very welcome on this blog, so do please continue <3

in this specific pretend where jc is aware of the core transfer and Really Fucking Mad about it and wq and wwx are both standing their ground on the basis of it was a genius procedure executed perfectly and they don't necessarily feel Bad about it, JC shows up to visit at the burial grounds and wq is like "strip. we're checking our work. you can shelve the complaints until later," and wwx puts his hand over jc's ~lower dantian~ to "check on the core" and things. progress.

duuuuude yes. Jc coming up to the burial mounds to have it out with wwx because he doesn't know how else to communicate. He reaches Wwx's cave and sees the two of them- both thin and gaunt, but especially wei wuxian, he looks more like a phantom than a man.

He's enveloped in guilt and anger for a moment, starts going off about how stupid wwx was to do the transfer, how he's going to die if he continues to rot here- is wwx really so stubborn that he'd rather die than come back to lotus pier?

And then he's shoved onto the nearest wall by a burst of spiritual energy, wwx slowly walking towards him with a bored, dead look in his eyes, saying that jiang cheng really does talk too much

And then the man is putting his palm right on top of jiang cheng cheng's- wei wuxian's golden core, staring at it like a starving man. Before jc can ask him what the hell he's doing, he's leaning all into jc's space, examining~ jc's spiritual energy "just to make sure it's still in there" and jc stays still, blood roaring in his ears when that hand moves a little lower than it should-

And what can jc do but let him, savoring the little bit of closeness between them- he's probably not going to feel it again for a while. And then they let their hands roam and one thing leads to another yk

And then maybe Wen Qing joins in, desperately wanting to feel the golden core she put into him, to feel the success with her own hands and whoop, now they're all feeling up jiang cheng!

at some point either wq or wwx tells jc to say thank you for what they've done (hnur hnur hnur bow chicka wow wow etc) ANYWAYS.

i'm sorry i'm imagining them bringing this up while they're doing it and i'm losing my mind? Terrible, terrible business, i need to see this writing!

Okay i don't know how lewd i should get on main but a very disheveled jc being ordered to say "thank you shixiong/wen guniang" is... a mental image indeed, wow-