#could you imagine modern LJY

[twistedappletree]

[3 AM]

lan jingyi: why are any of us here, really?

zoo security guard: i’m asking about you, specifically.

[truly-morgan]

[The way of the househusband AU]

XiCheng | Mo Dao Zu Shi Modern AU 28-12-2021

[the way of the househusband, but make it #xicheng >:3]

Where Lan Xichen was high in the Lan triads, powerful and feared, gaining the name of Zewu-jun. The last story about Zewu-jun was how he beat up many people from rival groups before just... disappearing!

stories of him being killed, sent to jail or moving to another country are travelling around while no one in the Lan group will confirm anything.

But lxc isn't dead, far from it.

He is playing house husband for a hard-working salaryman He fell head over heels for the beautiful Jiang Cheng the very moment he saw him, taking his nephew out as a reward for being a good boy.

Cue a scary, but polite, man trying to seduce the tired uncle.

Jc is a bit unsure at first, but quickly finds the man intriguing and nice.

Wanting to be with jc without pulling him into a world he doesn't belong in is what caused him to want to get out of it.

Some wouldn't believe that the great Zewu-jun was now a house husband, cooking diligently for his husband, taking care of the house, loving two little boys after another one joined the weird family.

jc and the boys even got used to how weirdly lxc could speak sometimes as if he was talking about criminal activities. but this makes him endearing to jc, who finds it funnier than anything when he knows what he's talking about. The boys sure seem to be amused too.

lxc: then you cut it into little pieces, stuff it into the little bag and dump it into hot what, then the job is nearly done

oyz parent: *looks concerned*

oyz: mister lan xiao long bao are the best!!

ljy: of course, my baba's cooking is the best😤

teacher 1: Who is this scary-looking guy? Should we call the cops?

teacher 2: I don't know, I think we-

ljy: baba!!😮☺️

jl: shushu came to get us?

lxc: the boss is doing overtime 😔 but like this, we can surprise him with a good dinner, will you help me 🤭🤫

kids: yay!!

yes, I've finally started reading the 6 volume of the way of the house husband I bought this semester, and I just thought lxc could work well too 🤭 although we just gotta imagine that himbo looking scary to other people smh

also OF COURSE lxc has a cute apron with a bunny on it that the big boss (aka a-cheng) gifted him soon after they moved in together, he takes great care of it and always uses it

oh and of course all the older ladies on the street also love lxc because they find him funny and love seeing a good husband working so hard for his family. also, they love sharing tips with someone who needs it and gossiping around 🤭

I really wanna draw this now 🤭 maybe if my hands don't hurt too much once I get back from work I'll try drawing this little family adding some more for 3zun: jgy was in the triad because of jgs, taking his step-brother (jzx) path of quitting, especially after lxc just decided to quit they meet again when jgy comes by to see how jl is doing with jc, having heard that he had found someone to live with (and want to make sure that person would be safe for little a-ling).

what a surprise than to find back an old friend because of a-cheng ☺️

nmj is either still in the triads or the nie clan got disbanded after his father died and some other gang used that to attack. maybe NHS saw how it affected his family too much and left it happen (they are much happier now anyway)

maybe they meet again by "accident" when nmj "happens to be passing by the neighbourhood" (totally not jgy telling him where Zewu-jun was and him wanting to make sure he was alive and well)

nmj 100% approves of jc after seeing how he treats lxc with all the love and cares in the world.

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[0himio]

MDZS Fanfic Recs -- Completed

I am in such a MDZS rabbit hole and its driving me INSANE! I've never done this before, but here are a couple of completed MDZS fics that I saved. Not all of them are my top ones but I enjoyed them quite a bit. I don't think the characters went too OOC but having said that I can't tell too much. At least I know that they are goo goo gaa gaa OOC iykwim

Forget Myself in Memories

Ten years after the events of Guanyin temple, the juniors accidentally step into an array that sends them to the past, just before the beginning of the Sunshot Campaign

Author: geethr75 Words: 10,300 Chapters: 7

The ending is pretty sweet and it's a "juniors time travel and decide to fix things" trope. I'm a sucker for that type of thing and it's cool to see how the past interacts with the future -- especially since instead of the usual time travel to Cloud Recesses, they travel at the start of the Sunshot Campaign.

ghost (What's your name)

Wei Wuxian spends the 13 years after his death as a ghost, except that nobody outside of four little kids seems be able to see him.

Author: pearlAngel Words: 3,086 Chapters: 1

This goes into a bit of the perspective of all the juniors and their opinions on the Yiling Patriarch and how different his ghost is. NHS also shows up and his little section makes me tear up a ngl

When The Soul Returns Home

"Jiang Chenggggggg!" He whined, taking extra care not to jolt the man any harder than was comfortable, in fear of being whipped to death. "Heartless shidi, ignoring me. The least you could do is threaten to break my legs, you know." That last part came out more honest than he expected. Because yeah. He'd rather Jiang Cheng threaten him with Zidian for all he cared that he might die, hell he'd rather Jiang Cheng maul him right here right now than straight up looking through him as if he was glass. Jiang Cheng flinched upon contact, but he didn't turn. Wei Wuxian was only perceptive enough to notice the shiver through the thick fabric of his shoulder, gone in a second, replaced instead with firm, tense muscles. . During a night hunt, Wei Wuxian gets his body back and is now responsible for telling his shidi what happened without having a chance to escape. Of course that went wrong as well, but in a different way than he imagined. It seems like no matter what happened, Wei Wuxian will always be surprised by the sheer unconditionality of Jiang Cheng's love and faith.

Author: yue_yinbai Words: 11,164 Chapters: 1

This is an au where WWX gets his body back and he has a lot of mixed feelings about it. Many other people have feelings. There's a heart to heart and a make up/feelings session with WWX and JC that is really sad but sweet to read about.

A Grand Immortal Made Me Soup

One thing had become incredibly clear. Wei Ying was much sicker than he had thought he was, and as a result, was now hallucinating. There was no reality where a Grand Immortal had actually shown up in his apartment, yelled at him about his shit-hole residence, and fed him soup. Absolutely in no way was a Grand Immortal in his apartment, and shitting on him for not finding a place that banned pets.

Author: s6115 Words: 5,040 Chapters: 1

This one's just hella funny but there is a bit of angst. Its a mix of an immortal au and a reincarnation au where JC is an immortal and WWX reincarnates in the modern world. Lowkey felt bad but it's a really heartwarming story. There are a lot of things that WWX doesn't get but he's trying.

The One-Body Problem

The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life. The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.

Author: metisket Words: 28,689 Chapters: 2

LJY acts without thinking and gets possessed by WWX. It's such an interesting concept, especially since they are both hiding things from each other the whole time. It's a bit of a joyride tbh since yk LJY and WWX make an interesting combo but it's one of my favs

Tell Them How the Crowds Went Wild, Tell Them How I Hope They Shine

A-Yuan knows he has to be very careful in his new home. He has to be mindful of the hem of his pristine white robes, cautious of the volume of his voice, dutiful in his manners. A-Yuan has to be very, very good. Really, really good. Because otherwise, Baba might have to leave, like Mama. A-Yuan did not want to lose Baba too. Or: A-Yuan did not forget everything of the Burial Mounds - he remembered a bright smile, a cheerful laugh, the warmth of strong arms, and a single name. It's up to Lan Wangji to make sure he does not forget it all.

Author: GinnyRose Words: 4,598 Chapters: 1

This is told in LSZ's point of view. It's a bit angsty but not too bad.

i don't know how to be something you miss (i'll watch your life in pictures like i used to watch you sleep)

Wei Wuxian died. That should've been the end of it. He gained consciousness again in the Jingshi, unable to leave, while Lan Wangji was in seclusion. He proceeded to watch A-Yuan grow up.

Author: mfingenius Words: 7,071 Chapters: 1

This one is kinda sad. Halfway through I lowkey almost cried because of how bad I felt. I don't want to spoil but this one gave me the feels. I love ghost WWX aus and I actively search for them but this one- *chefs kiss*

A Dramatic Reading

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian make out in a room full of Sect Leaders, Jiang Cheng tearfully declares his love for his estranged brother, Sect Leaders Yao and Ouyang beg for the Yiling Patriarch’s forgiveness, and Lan Qiren openly welcomes a new nephew-in-law into his family. None of them want to be doing any of this. Thanks to the Juniors, they don’t exactly have a choice. (Or, wherein the Juniors accidentally write a cursed fanfiction, and everyone has to reenact their parts in it, or potentially cease to exist).

Author: pupeez4eva Words: 5,627 Chapters: 1

This is such a crack fic but is so damn funny. Everyone just wants to kill the juniors because their guilty pleasure of writing wangxian fanfics gets outed. LWJ and WWX don't get together post-canon and the juniors got sick of them and started writing cringy fanfiction. This fic cured some of the angst I've been reading.

[zhuilingyizhen]

modern junior quartet hcs✨

ugh i’m gay. these hcs are kinda zhuizhen-centric.

Zizhen is the one who dances around his room when no one is watching. Except Jin Ling once walked in on him doing that and was star struck by how... light Zizhen looked.

A universe in which Jingyi & Sizhui aren’t childhood friends is not one I want to imagine, so they are still bffs. They probably meet jl & oyzz in high school or college, where jl is a brooding loner who isn’t really alone bc happy-go-lucky oyzz always sticks around him.

Lsz and oyzz immediately get along. Ljy & jl? Not so much.

Not gonna go super into their meeting + developing friendship stuff, so let’s go right into random hcs.

Oyzz draws a lot. He drew the magnolia tree on the Lan estate, he drew his baby brother, he drew his boyfriends, he draws a lot.

Sometimes lsz will play music and oyzz will draw and they bond.

Lsz gets stressed a lot, he’s just really good at hiding it. Usually, oyzz is the only one who notices it and does things to help him relax.

Oyzz falls in love with him first. He probably realizes his feelings for all of them first tbh.

Actually, I think lsz was each of the other juniors’ first crush excluding jl.

Jl liked oyzz first, then lsz (*insert gay panic*) and then ljy. Ljy’s order was similar: lsz, then oyzz, then jl.

Lsz’s was ljy, then oyzz & jl at around the same time. Oyzz’s was jl, then lsz & ljy at around the same time.

Ljy and oyzz bond over romance and books and I will say this even after the day I die.

Oyzz and lsz get together first bc those two are the somewhat emotionally stable ones.

You can’t tell me that ljy would ever get together with someone. Like he could make out with someone and still never get together with them. He could get confessed to by someone he really likes and still, nope.

Ljy is just oblivious af.

Jl on the other hand also can’t get together will anyone bc he is emotionally constipated. Like. Emotions? No. He barely realizes that his amount of human friends increased from 1 to 3.

[tonyglowheart]

same anon here. ignoring the fact that he's adopted and so technically not of lan blood, does that make lsz/ljy "incest" or are cousins not really considered incestuous in this kind of setting? thank you for being so patient!

Hello again ^^

I suppose it depends on degree of relation and time period of consideration, for starters. We don't know how closely related Lan Jingyi is to the main family, other than him being a Lan, and that could theoretically be several-times removed. Plus, taboo against cousin relationships/marriages aren't static either, and even in European/US history even first-cousin marriages weren't unheard of:

So is it "incest"? It depends on how incest is defined by the time and setting, I suppose. Is first cousin relationships incest? By modern law and sensibilities I believe the answer is generally "yes," tho not across the board; there are still places - hell, still states in the US - where first cousins can marry. So... kind of, but not always, even still today:

But tbh, as far as, like, shipping goes, I say ship what you want? We are modern people with modern sensibilities, yes, but dealing with fictional characters and constructs. If you ARE trying to imagine how it might be perceived in-universe, then I.. do kind of imagine that it'd be somewhat a taboo, tho not necessarily for "incest" reasons, and more for, like.. the fact that the pairing wouldn't reproduce & further the bloodlines (which is a taboo for filial reasons, I'd say; generally, i.e. this means like if you're not furthering the bloodline then there's no later generations to honor your ancestors & parents, which would then be unfilial), and also potentially bc it's not "increasing" the clan bc you don't have someone marrying in from outside, so you're not increasing clan ties. The wikipedia article on "cousin marriages" actually has some interesting info under "history" which could shed some further light on how marriages would be approached esp wrt to cousins and mother's family vs father's family. I will say though, re: where it mentions Ming Dynasty laws, that Ming Dynasty will be much later than any of the "possible" timeframes for MDZS if we're trying to set it literally at some point within CN history (tho I still think MDZS is not set in a literal historical time period, so much as a vaguely-historical setting with anachronisms that are more of a modern conceit, the way English-genre fantasies tend to be vaguely Medieval, but not literally Medieval. After all, potatos are a New World crop :P), so the section on Ming Dynasty laws wouldn't apply.

But again, as far as fictional shipping goes, I say ship and let ship. Even if there would have been historical taboos re: a potential Lan & Lan relationship, you're already making an AU of the original in which the two are being shipped, which is already a nonspecific vaguely historical but not *literal* historical AU of China anyway, so what's not to say that there isn't a taboo against father's family cousin relationships either :P

Also, sometimes shipping is just shipping and it doesn't have to be that deep. It's fiction, we're not talking about rl people who are literally related in which we would need to debate ethics and legality of a relationship or anything, if ya like em together then explore that ;)

[zhuilingyizhen]

What are Jingyi’s non-rule breaking nicknames for Jin Chan? Can you give us the whole list please?

Sorry this took so long! I honestly suck at mean nicknames for people. I don’t think insulting anyone can be viewed as non-rule breaking, but Jin Chan also reeeeally deserves it so... here’s the petty things that ljy does/calls jin chan bc the little bitch deserves it (w/o breaking any of the rules. kinda.):

“oh, it’s you.” in the most scathing, hateful voice imaginable.

since this is a list of petty things, ljy can and will learn all the low-level demonic cultivation spells and use them on Jin Chan.

Jin Chan will just,, TRIP outta nowhere

bastard. low-life. fucktard. asshole. bitch. Ljy could go on for years.

“oh jin chan? you mean that little—“

“a Yi, lan qiren is right there!!”

modern au!ljy’s contact for him in his phone is “little bitch who hurt princess and must die”

every time anyone goes on a date with Jin Chan ljy can and will go up to them and say something along the lines of “you’re cheating on me again??? even tho you told me you have stds???”

I swear jin chan hasn’t had a successful date in YEARS

Ljy also has broken jin chan’s nose on multiple occasions.

Idk hopefully they come up with a truce (jin chan leaves jl the fuck alone and ljy will stop doing some of the above) eventually.