#cql thoughts

[askew-d]

the wildest thing about lan wangji is the way he’s immediately enraged at his own feelings for wei wuxian. because we’ve seen wei wuxian fall in love slowly and surely, right? he goes from a quick interest to an oblivious attraction to liking lan wangji then being infatuated after his return to life, then to straight-up loving the guy intensely. we watch him develop his sexual and romantic attraction equally.

but lan wangji’s different. from the very first second he’s desperately smitten — all it took was one sly smile and he was going through the four stages of love: the desire to marry, kiss, bed and die with him. and he’s so goddamn outraged, because how dare this troublemaker trespass into his house and steal his heart so easily??

he was so conflicted that he didn’t see any other alternative if not to unsheathe his sword and fight the hell out of that idiot. feelings?? for a rebellious teenager?? right in front of my clan’s three thousand rules??? not today, devil.

[themorrana]

Why was it called "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation"? That name describes only one plotline.

Should've called it "A Tragedy of Jin Ling's Uncle". Covers pretty much all of the main plotlines.

[disaster-fruit]

Dog, lamb, wolf.

[xiaokuer-schmetterling]

podlet #10 is 🆙

what am i reading? this tumblr collaboration (about 30 mins listening commitment btw) that has turned into a mdzs soulmates modern au h/c setup AND GDI SOMEBODY BETTER WRITE THE COMFORT PART. FOR THE SAKE OF MY SANITY ISTFG. pls. pls. pls. i beg on my knees orz. unintentional (?) tumblr collab by: @maelstrom-of-emotions @undercover-stories @sun-ashes

EDIT! UPDATE! there's a part 2!!!

part 2 I am reading this continuation by @sun-ashes and this idea expansion by @undercover-stories (also about 30 mins listening time)

☝️ and don't miss out on the continuation of our fun tumblr collab in podlet #11!!!

[duohensheng]

either I just noticed something or I’m very late to the party but: jgy’s name

Guangyao 光瑶 (Light/Glory ; Jade per seven seas translation)

is a homonym of Guangyao 光耀 (which together means brilliance/honour/glory)

IS A HOMONYM OF guang yaozi 逛窑子 WHICH MEANS TO VISIT A BROTHEL????? NOTE THAT THE zi 子 IS THE SAME 子 AS IN SON?????

this is on purpose. right??? we all knew this man named his son a backhanded compliment (by using the suffix guang instead of the Jin generational zi, and by the fact that it’s a homonym for glory). BUT DID HE NAME HIS SON AN OVERT SLAP IN THE FACE ALSO

a sly snide open secret of an insult name????

screenshot of my mandarin dictionary 4 the ages but seriously What is going on. did we already know about this???

(homonyms don’t quite work like that in mandarin but I talked to my teacher about how she named her kids and she said people often do use “homonyms” (same sound different tone different character/meaning) to layer meaning onto names)

[disclaimer I am fluent but not a native speaker if anyone wants to correct me please do!!]

[lgbtlunaverse]

Most annoying NMJ or JC take is when someone that dislikes them is like "oh you're a fan of him? *scoff* Well obviously you've only seen cql, where he was super watered down. In the novel he's a dislikable asshole and that's the objectively superior canon I'm working from instead of your woobified fanfic." Meanwhile your main canon is novel canon and you genuinely find novel Jiang Cheng and Nie Mingjue complex sympathetic characters.

[lemonycranberries]

currently wondering how different mdzs characters would react if they suddenly gained awareness that they’re in a fictional story and then learned that the pov from which the story is being told to the entire world is WEI WUXIAN’S

[3cosmicfrogs]

"There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen"

[krispycreamsicle]

You're blind?

[snowyshuanghua]

mdzs headcanon of the day #579 !

jingyi is disturbingly good at mimicking voices and sounds

[askew-d]

if wei wuxian had ignored lan wangji a little, that would be the utmost fix-up. because, listen to me: if wei wuxian had decided to play hard to get after so many times receiving the cold shoulder from hanguang-jun, the man would be so dejected. imagine he decides ‘oh, well, guess i’ll just stop pestering him and do my stuff instead’. lan wangji would be so confused, he’d start begging inside during public appearances for wei wuxian to pay attention on him once more.

he’d struggle to get first place in every competition to be noticed by the yumeng’s head disciple. he’d stare at him so intensely all the time that at some point every cultivator will already understand or he wants wei wuxian naked or wants him tied somewhere, whimpering. or both, for the matter, but who cares at that point??! the cultivators just want some peace!!

lan wangji would buy him stuff. write him stuff. indulge his mischiefs. ask his laughing brother for advice. paint a ‘wei ying… notice me,” in his white clothes, making lan qiren go mad (alright, he wouldn’t do it, but you get what i mean).

it’s just that, canonically, i believe he absolutely loves wei wuxian’s undivided attention (his teenage self wouldn’t ever admit though). but if wei wuxian had ignored him a bit, lan wangji would have learned long ago how much he doesn’t want wei wuxian away, causing him to protect him harder.

but that’s just another theory that’ll never get proved because wei wuxian is a simp. he’s a hanguang-jun worshipper. the gayest gay to have ever gayed. his sleeves are so cut that the fabric’s now gone and he’ll walk around naked. he couldn’t have not bothered lan wangji — if you ask him, he’ll say he was born for that.

[coquelicoq]

jiang cheng they could never make me hate you

[rhaenyraqueenred]

The Untamed AU: Jiang Cheng & Wen Qing as enemies-to-lovers power couple

"my darling, you will never be unloved by me you are too well tangled in my soul".

[add1ctedt0you]

The Untamed - Episode 19

Throughout the night, he [Jiang Cheng] had somehow managed to sleep a couple of times. The first reason was that, having been too tired from crying himself weak, he couldn't help from passing out. The second reason was that he still had the hope that this might be a nightmare. He couldn't wait to wake up after some rest and open his eyes to find himself lying inside of his room back in Lotus Pier. His father would be wiping his sword in the main hall. His mother would be angry again and complaining, scolding Wei Wuxian who winked in a funny way. His sister would be in the kitchen, thinking as hard as she could about what to make today. His shidi would be refusing to do their morning lessons properly and jumping around.

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Chapter 59, Poisons- Part Four

[acequinz]

Sometimes I like to think that LXC was so excited about LWJ becoming friends with WWX cause WWX was actually very fun and LXC likes to have fun toying around the lines of the rules.

So he probably wanted WWX to rub some of that chaos onto LWJ as well so he could have shared some of his fun adventure tips with LWJ without giving the kid a heart attack.

But instead he had to watch his brother be whipped 33 times and then mourn over Wei Wuxian for 13 years.

This time when he came back he really did manage to make LWJ happy and more chaotic like LXC had hoped except this time LXC is too deep into the seclusion to be able to see it or share his fun tips.