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Love never fades [Sukuna x reader]
{So it's been a while since i've written anything so please go easy on me. Any tips are appreciated!!}
Summary â So what happens if the Ryomen Sukuna had a lover who was powerful, if not more powerful than he?
Warnings â Ooc Sukuna obviously đ„±
WORDS â 905
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{EditâI CANNOT BELIEVE I DIDNT FIGURE OUT I HAD PASTED THE ENTIRE THING TWO TIMES OMG PLEASE HELP MEEEE đ}
The wind howled through the ancient pines, its mournful song echoing through the vast, dark and quiet domain. Inside, skulls of all sizes some big others small ,bathed in the dim glow. Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses, sat cross-legged, his crimson eyes narrowed in contemplation. He was a contradiction: a being of immense power, yet trapped within the body of a young man, (Yuuji Itadori) his spirit restless and his hunger insatiable.His gaze fell upon a single, crimson blossom that floats in the red water below, its delicate petals shimmering in the lamplight. He recognized it â a foxglove, a potent symbol of the fox spirit, (Name) Akuma. She was the most powerful kitsune, her cunning and magic unmatched. Yet, unlike Sukuna, who relished in chaos, she sought balance, a fragile harmony in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.Their paths crossed by chance. Sukuna, drawn by the scent of power, sought to consume her. (Name), sensing his approach, had offered him the foxglove as a truce, a proposition for a partnership of sorts. Their initial meetings were fraught with tension, a dance between predator and prey, yet, amidst the clash of their wills, a strange fascination was born.Sukuna was captivated by (Name)'s unwavering strength, her defiance in the face of his overwhelming power. (Name), in turn, was drawn to the raw, untamed energy that pulsed within him, a mirror to the darkness that she had fought to contain within herself. Their conversations, often veiled in veiled threats and cryptic pronouncements, gradually shifted to exchanges of wisdom, their clashing philosophies blurring into a shared yearning for something more.One evening, under the watchful gaze of the moon, Sukuna found (Name) by the temple pond, her form shifting between a beautiful woman and a white fox, the transformation fluid and mesmerizing. She spoke of her longing for a world where peace could bloom, a world where beauty and power were not at odds. Sukuna listened, his eyes mirroring the silver light that danced in the pond.The air crackled with unspoken words, a yearning that transcended their cursed existences. The King of Curses, the most feared being in the Heian Era, felt a glimmer of something he had never known â a desire, a craving for something beyond destruction.Their hands brushed, a spark arcing between them, a potent alchemy of shadows and light. In that moment, they knew. This was not a truce, it was a beginning, the dawn of a love story that could rewrite their destinies, a love that defied the very fabric of their existence.The future, however, remained uncertain. Love, for them, was a dangerous gamble, a fragile flame that could easily be extinguished by the winds of fate. But as they stood together, bathed in the moon's soft glow, they dared to hope. For even the strongest curses could be broken, even the darkest hearts could find redemption, in the embrace of a love that transcended all boundaries.Sukuna sighed softly. It seemed he was no longer in control of his own thoughts . A flood of memories assaulted him, but, with an effort, he focused on one in particular. (Name). His partner. His lover.
She, too, was a creature of contradictions. Her lightness of touch could devastate with devastating effect. Her laughter echoed in his heart like a merry tune. And yet, despite her ferocity, there was a subtle fragility that marked her features, a vulnerability that drew you in. (Name) always knew when he was lost in thought, catching him off guard with playful jabs and teasing remarks. Often, she would lean forward, pulling him close, sharing her warm breath.Until that tragic night.Fire burning everything in sight, mutilated body's lay around. As children cry as they no longer have a home nor family to run to. But the focus is on the two in the middle of it all. Sukuna lays in his lovers arms as she holds his body closeâ"Don't forget me," she whispers against his slowing turning cold skin, a smile twitching at the corners of her lips, tears daring to fall. "I would never forget you...you silly girl..." Sukuna says softly, smirking."You always had my back, didn't you? You protected me, made sure I was okay."
She laughs quietly, gazing down at the man she loves. He closes his eyes. This wasn't how it was supposed to end. He would protect her until the day he died, and here she was....He has failed. She cradles his body closer, feeling the heat of her tears soak through his skin. She fights to keep her voice from breaking, "Even if it means losing your own life?" Her tone turns softer.
"Always" And that was the last thing she heard from him before his heartbeat stopped for good.
Sukuna's senses snapped back to reality. His consciousness felt fuzzy, as though the edges of his mind had been smudged with haze. His vision blurred slightly as he tried to clear his head, slowly blinking to bring things into focus.
"Don't worry my silly little kitsune...we'll reunite soon"
#sukuna ryomen#yuuji itadori#sukuna x reader#First time writtin in awhile#please he's so cute#i know his occ#hear me out
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Scrapbook 2023 | Pt IV
NGL, a little heated that Tumblr's new editing bullshit has made it so I can't save more than a month at a time, so I guess I'll have monthly ones from now on.
For anyone thatâs new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.
Itâs a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.
A reminder:
Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked
Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.
Past Years
MOVIES
November
(Interstellar)
(Lotr: Fellowship)
(The Birdcage)
December
No Hard Feelings
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(Love Actually)
(Lotr: Fellowship)
Saltburn
(Everything Everywhere All At Once)
TV SHOWS
November
Loki, s2
Scavengers Reign s1
All the Light We Cannot See
December
Yu Yu Hakusho - Live Action
One Piece - Live Action
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
What If, s2
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
November
Watcher: Ghost Files
Watcher: Ghost Files Debrief
Watcher Podcast
Watcher: Food Files
Claire Saffitz Cooks
Gino's Italian Escape
Top 5 Beatdown
Inga Lam
December
Beryl!
Watcher: Too Many Spirits
Kimi
Imamu Room
BOOKS
November
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix [Fin]
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten [Fin]
(A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab)
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske [Fin]
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [Fin]
The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec [Fin]
December
(A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab) [Fin]
The Only One Left by Riley Sager [Fin]
(A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab) [Fin]
(A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab) [Fin]
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [Fin]
All Systems Red by Martha Wells [Fin]
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells [Fin]
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells [Fin]
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells [Fin]
Starling House by Alix Harrow [Fin]
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Fin]
Network Effect by Martha Wells [Fin]
PODCASTS
November
Watcher Podcast
December
Watcher Podcast
VIDEO GAMES
November
Baldurâs Gate 3
Hollow Knight
LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
December
LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
(Ghosts of Tsushima)
POSTED FIC
November
for years or for hours | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 1,677 words | âWhat the shit are you doing?â Mobius hisses, and Lokiâ Loki is tired.
touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2220 words | âGod,â Steve murmurs into Eddieâs mouth. âYou lookâ I cannot deal with how you look right now.â
December
these, our bodies, possessed by light | Shades of Magic | Holland/Kell/Lila, Athos/Holland | 2,134 words | Holland tells her simply. âI want to go home.â
this house says your name like an elegy | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 6768 words | âGood night, ghost,â he says. âWe can play tomorrow.â
WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL
November
Eddie/Steve - Rocky Horror
Yuletide
December
N/A
Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics
November
Holland Playlist - Lost
December
N/A
DELIGHTFUL FIC
November
The Water's Edge by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | In which Steve takes a walk in the rain, sees something he's not supposed to and has some thoughts he didn't expect.
The Shortest Straw by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | In which Steve gets to indulge in a bit of roughhousing with a friend and realizes how much he'd missed it.
Manacled by senlinyu | HP | Hermione/Draco | 370k | Harry Potter is dead.
Extra Fresh Cherry Flavor by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | The cold, dry weather is not kind to Eddie's mouth, if only someone could offer a little help.
Faith, Faith, Faith by avocadomoon | Teen Wolf | Derek/Stiles | 21k | "Is there literally anywhere in the world you haven't been? Jesus fuck," Stiles said.
Crocodile Jock by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | When in doubt, Eddie figures you can never go wrong with a classic.
some version of you (that I might not have, but I did not lose) by PinkCanary | Loki | Loki/Sylvie | 4k | Mobius offers her the bedroom, but she insists on the couch.
come back. even as a shadow, even as a dream. by harleygirl2648 | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 6k | Dreams donât happen in the TVA.
the earth from a distance by spqr | HP | Draco/Harry | 16k | âReally,â Malfoy drawled. âWeâre stuck in the 16th century, with no idea how we got here or how we might go about getting back â pray tell, Potter, how could this situation possibly be worse?â
Five Stars by Dira Sudis (dsudis) | The Sandman | Dream/Hob | 3k | Robert G. who brings the groceries is one of the most-texted numbers in Dream's phone. This will surely never cause any problems.
A Sign of The Morning by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 86k | Vecna is dead. The Upside Down is cut off from Hawkins yet again. Steve is trying to go back to normal, whatever that is. He's also trying to figure out exactly how Eddie Munson has managed to fit so easily into his life.
(meet me tonight in atlantic city) by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 20k | Ten years on, in a town in Nova Scotia, on the edge of the Atlantic, Eddie finds Steve again, and also maybe himself.
Desperate Measures by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Karlach | 7k | "I think Scratch is coming down with something," says Karlach the next morning, and Astarion, who's in the midst of packing up for the day's travel, drops the pillow he's attempting to make space for.
Eye Of The Beholder by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 22k | Eddie works himself up to ask Steve if he can borrow his instant camera, because the type of pictures he wants to take areâŠnot the kind he can get developed in town.
In Our Blood by secretsalex | HP | Harry/Draco | 38k | Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest jobâcleaning up the Van Boer mansion, which has been under a devastating fertility curse for seven generations.
Terminus by RC_McLachlan | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 4k | "Keep me here," he begs against Mobius's lips. "You must keep me here."
What Made Milwaukee Famous by synthetica | Danny Phantom | Danny/Vlad | 31k | Ten years after establishing a tenuous truce, Danny crash-lands at Vlad's Milwaukee lakehouse with a particularly nasty wound, three days recovery time, and absolutely nothing to do but talk to his long-lost archnemesis.
December
then now and always by raisesomehale | Teen Wolf | Stiles/Derek | 14k | Stiles is stuck in the fucking snow in the middle of bum-fuck-nowhere at night with a broken down car three days before Christmas, and the nearest tow truck companyâover fifty miles awayâdoesnât open until morning.
many times, many ways by spqr | Suits | Mike/Harvey | 15k | Soulmates are something that other people worry about, normal people, the masses, like marriage and kids and mortgages in the suburbs, and besides, Harveyâs not the sort of person who wants a life partner.
Damage Control by entanglednow | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 3k | When their meeting is unexpectedly interrupted by angels, Aziraphale and Crowley have very little time to do damage control.
the summer of '85 by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 20k | âFuck The Man, Harrington. Gimme a taste.â
Handle Me with Care (I'm So Tired of Being Lonely) by thesurefireway | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 8k | âIâm a virgin.â Eddie figureâs heâll just drop one unexpected revelation on Steve for now. He can only expose so many squishy, vulnerable parts of himself at a time.
Strawberry Fields by ParadimeShifts | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 19k | âNo,â Steve had said three days prior. âLiterally anyone else.â
i don't ask much (i just want you) by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 8k | "The fuck are you doing, Harrington?"
Deadwinter Warmth by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Karlach/Wyll | 4k | In the noble houses, Midwinter is a time of alliances, and Astarion knows better than anyone what that means.
Blood in the Snow by linaerys | Crimson Peak | Lucille/Thomas | 5k | Before the house, there was the earth, and the blood.
you gave up all the golden factories by evewithanapple | Anastasia | Anya/Dimitri | 3k | Two Petersburg childhoods.
A Private Room by 20thcenturyvole | The Goblin Emperor | Csethiro/Maia | 5k | One morning in late summer, ten months into the reign of Edrehasivar VII and four months into his marriage, the Emperor was apprised of a scandal brewing in his court when his wife upended her teacup at breakfast.
seasons change (so do we) by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 7k | WIP | "Do you remember?" Eddie asks, in lieu of absolutely nothing. Steve doesn't look up from his place beside the hospital bed, flips his magazine page with a frown.
unintended consequence by itsmylifekay | One Piece | Zoro/Sanji | 8k | Imagine person A making person B a friendship bracelet, expecting person B to never wear it, but when itâs given to them person B puts it on and is rarely seen with it off.
our lady of zapovednik by magneticwave | Shadow and Bone | Darkling/Alina | 24k | Alina Oretsev owns a bookshop in a neighborhood in Os Alta that is escaping gentrification by the skin of its teeth and the sweat of its most notorious occupants, the Dregs.
just me against the sky by magneticwave | DC | Tim/Jason | 49k | Tim Drake stops stalking Gothamâs nocturnal wildlife when she goes to college. Unfortunately, they donât return the favor.
DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS
November
Loki | God of The Multiverse
THE LAST OF US | Ellie Williams
Loki & Sylvie || Running Up That Hill (+2x06)
Spider-Gwen
The Beginning of the end. [COLLAB]
Loki || Glorious Purpose (God of Stories)
December
LOKI & SYLVIE | DYNASTY
Loki | The God of Stories
MARVEL || Believe in Me ft. Armanni Reign
DELIGHTFUL MUSIC
November
Now and Then - The Beatles
What Happens Tomorrow - Duran Duran
Vois sur ton chemin - BENNETT
could have been me - the struts
freya - christian reindl
history is now - natalie holt
purpose is glorious - natalie holt
have yourself a merry little christmas - mother mother
ice storm - lindsey stirling
December
my goodbye - jorge rivera-herrans
thus always to the tyrants - the oh hellos
a child's shadow - jessica curry
the power - borislav slavov
i believe - christina perry
dj play a christmas song- cher
paint it black - wednesday addams
my sails are set - sonya belousova
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Next game jam brainstorming session GO
Love that this is kinda becoming a thing, at least for me haha. I gotta like, talk it out and I always end up at the end of these rants with a clearer idea of where I want the story to go.
So the next game jam i themed Untamed Wilderness and the bonus challenges kinda boil down to a werewolf vibe. I don't really want to do a werewolf story? I always like to try and twist the vibes a little.
The specific (optional) challenges are
1 - Wild Beast: The protagonist is being hunted by some kind of wild beast, be it an animal or some kind of monster with animal characteristics.
2 - Hunter or Prey: The player is able to evade enemies in some way (for example by running from them or hiding) as well as having the ability to fight back against them.
3 - Feral Rage: There's a scene in the game where someone or something flies into a terrifying rage.
SO.
I've decided I want to write a love story this time, cuz I haven't really done that. And I want it to be some kind of person / non person thing.
My idea boils down to this :
There's a settlement of humans deep in the woods, thinking very like, VVitch, pilgrim, just got to the west coast and there's nothing but wilderness on this mountain type vibe. And maybe there's a REASON this mountain hasn't been populated ~~~
Idk if I want it to be split POV or not. But I think the basic premise is
Younger lady is still living with family and has health issues. She's weak, sickly, coughs a lot and isn't allowed to be outside much. She sits at her window and looks out into the forest and watches the flowers grow in the field near her house.
A FLOWER spirit of some sort, I'm thinking Foxglove, watches her from the field and listens to her plights. She's kind of an outlier, judged for being toxic and invasive etc.
I'd love some kind of ability where the foxglove spirit can take over the bodies of animals through like, magical pollen or some shit. Game mechanic wise I think that'd just be fun, lol. It doesn't make much sense but eh. I thought briefly about her being like a mushroom type spirit but I think the media is chalk full of mushroom type creatures taking over bodies right now (cough cough).
Basically, the flower spirit starts bringing the sickly girl treats or herbs she can use to start getting better or to help her. The girl starts going outside more and is seen running off into the forest and getting magically healthier and healthier. Inevitable bad accusations get thrown. She gets accused of witchcraft or something. Maybe this is too basic, it's used a lot as a trope but it's a GOOD trope so eh, don't fight it I guess haha.
I can just picture a scene where you've had this build of like, useful animal critters you've taken over (like a bat to access this thing up high or a cat to climb this thing or a wolf to run fast etc etc) and then a big final confrontation with the town and pitch forks and fire and she takes over a huge Bear or something.
And ?? Cuz I'm trash, possible sad ending??? I haven't decided. Like what do they go live in the forest together?
I had this scene in my head of like, some choice the human girl has to make. And in a very Life Is Strange way, have the final kiss be locked behind a choice. And the sad choices gets you the kiss. And because the flower girl is a foxglove her kiss is deadly.
I mean in my head she's also like tiny. So idk. IDK. Maybe it's too weird. I'm working it all out. This was helpful, thanks internet void haha.
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Episode 10 - Tywin Lannister called, he wants the Rains of Castamere back & once again, Foxglove cheers when someone gets shanked
Hiiiii! Welcome to episode 10 commentary! Iâm doing this one right after episode 9 because for once in my life I started on this early enough in the day I can get more than one single episode in. Hope you enjoy!
Before I descend into several âwtf is wrong with this guyâ rants, let me point a funny to yâall. The corpse that WWX checks for pupillary changes is not only breathing, you can see his carotid pulse jumping on his neck.
Ok done.
WHAT THE FUCK THATâS A LITTLE GIRL WHAT THE FUCK.
Fuck this creeper oh my god. I know heâs supposed to have a tragic past and be cute and charismatic but I just want to shush him every time he opens his mouth.
(XXC truly looks like an elven prince doesnât he)
Aaaaaand WWX gives zero fucks about your dramatic exit stage right.
He also gives zero fucks about the fight to the death happening right in front of him, I mean, why would he when he can flirt with LWJ instead?
Speaking of said fight, I really hope they sped up the footage of them spinning through the air, because if whatever machine and harnesses they used truly spun them so fast I feel for the actors/body doubles.
Hey XXC thatâs your boyfriend right there!
Today is really not XYâs day is it.
(That disgusted face WWX makes is pretty much a visual representation of what I feel when XY tries to be cute. Seriously)
SHUT UP XY MY BOY IS HAVING A FANBOY MOMENT.
I canât believe Iâm saying this but heâs got a point. Not in this case, because these five are actually good people but the rich and powerful are indeed a bunch of hypocrites. *Softly plays Eat the Rich*
LWJ is a hairsbreadth away from slapping XY out of his faux-innocent act and I canât say I fault him tbh. And WWX is fucking smug because he is the king of being a little shit and this amateur got nothing on him.
Is Zhu Zanjin wearing eyeliner or are his eyelashes actually that incredible?
Iâm making pained noises because I keep wondering what wouldâve happened if WWX had asked XXC for help after people mounted a witch hunt against him and why do I keep doing this to myself?
WWX: *talks about his boyfriend*
JC: *eyeroll*
Oh my god this bit is so painful. You can see how starved WWX is about finding the smallest connection with his mum and my soul hurts.
And LWJâs face watching them go. Heâs probably just realised this was a dream you could have, and there it is, walking away. Iâm gonna go make myself some tea and eat some cake or something, I deserve it after all this emotional turmoil.
(Aaaaaaand there goes XY being a fucking creep again)
LOOK AT MY TWO LIL CUPCAKES BEING FUCKING ADORABLE WHEN THEY GET PRAISED. LOOK AT THEM.
Weâve already established that I have the survival instincts of a concussed lemming but NMJ is a dude I want to get into a shouting match with. I donât dislike him or anything and heâs badass, but watching this is obvious a five year old with an attitude can push his buttons. And heâs both a political leader and has a whole baby brother to take care off, you canât allow yourself to get so angry you contemplate murder in your living room my dude. Furthermore, I know his way of cultivation makes him even more unstable and prone to Qi deviation; but instead of finding a way to work around that this idiot is ok with dying young and leaving everyone who loves him fucking devastated. Because why? Itâs the way of his clan? Itâs traditional? Itâs honourable? Fuck that, no wonder NHS dislikes sword fighting so much if thatâs going to eventually kill his big brother.
NMJ: I am a just and frank man, I fear nothing in presence of sinners like you.
Me, with a megaphone: HUBRIS IS A BITCH
The One Braincell Trio being MY fanboys gives me life *insert another million canon-divergences in which they befriend MY and everything is less Lannister red as a result*
THIS ASSHOLE IS2G SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THAT ABOUT MY MUM AND NO ONE WILL FIND THE BODY.
Ok, NMJ called Lan Yi âthe great talented leader of the Lanâ, I want to pick a less violent fight with him now.
Wei âlet me be damn sexy while drinkingâ Wuxian back at it again.
WUJI IS ON! MOONLIGHT! ROOFTOPS!
WWX: Lan Zhan Iâll sleep on your roof tonight
LWJ: Wei Ying I have to go
WWX: Lan Zhan Iâll sleep on your roof tonight
LWJ: Wei Ying, thereâs room in my bed if we snuggle.
There, I fixed it. (Here I come again, joking to hide the pain. Parting is such sweet sorrow and all that)
... oh hey Iâd never noticed how big Wang YiBoâs hands are and now Iâm in trouble. Which is funny, cause LWJ is v much not my type, but Wang YiBo apparently is now? I mean, Iâve reblogged stuff about him because heâs ridiculously beautiful but...
*falls down a google images rabbit hole*
...
Yeah I can safely say Iâm into Wang YiBoâs badboy-prettyboy-coolboy-gremlinboy attitude.
Anyway back to the show:
That was a fucking great sword throw and I love the little smirk MYâs wearing.
... what did I just see?
I donât know how to describe it, but when WZL sticks the tip of his sword into the flat of NMJâs sabre and drives him back and you see then go through the frame in front of WC? Thatâs like the most ridiculous anthropomorphic version of a train dragging a car along the tracks. All thatâs missing is the ânyooooomâ sound.
Speaking of WZL thatâs one coolheaded dude.
Ok, Iâm going to go down a Meng Yao rabbit hole again. Brace yoselves.
At risk of sounding like NHS I really donât know why MY wouldâve set XY free. I mean, if he gets XY and the Yin Iron back to WRH heâs got the chief cultivatorâs favour... but everyone and their mum wants WRH out of the scene, including as far as he knows Daddy Dearest. Heâs clever enough to realise thereâs going to be a war, so he mightâve though that if he put himself up as a spy this soon it wouldâve benefited the, yet nonexistent, SunShot Campaign. In the book he also murders his bully of a superior right before âdefectingâ and becoming a spy, and much like in here, NMJ catches him and stabbing happens. Do I think he, like the Jins, was playing both sides during the war? Yeah, but in this instance if I were him I wouldnât trust in the benevolence of a man who makes puppets out humans for funsies, especially seeing how much he gets bullied.
Now if we go the other direction, of wrong place wrong time, MY doesnât seem displeased with the Nies. I mean, NMJ and NHS like and respect him as far weâve seen, NMJ even follows his advise. Why would he want to risk his fucking neck against NMJ just to get a potential in (that again depends on WRH liking him) to spy in a potential war? Call me a hufflepuff, but Iâd stay put. Right before NMJ finds MY murdering someone we hear the voice of he asshole captain who loves to mess with MY, same captain that wasnât present when confronting WC and that was really fucking drunk last night. Iâm not saying this man works for the Wens, but hangovers make you sluggish and tired, whoâs to say XY didnât actually break tf out if this yahoo was the one guarding him (back again to the bit when MY asked the captain to post extra guards and the captain told him where to stick it, we donât know if he actually doubled the guard) and MY walked in on it. Now this asshole has the perfect scapegoat! The *insert his preferred MY slur* did it! He saw it! And MY either panics or snaps and gets stabby.
Listen, itâs murder either way, and I wonât pretend MY doesnât have a whole alphabet of plans for every situation, but damn I cheered.
Shut the fuck up WC.
My one track mind is shrieking because MY has a stab wound in his chest and heâs just... chilling? (Like a villain lol)
Did yâall see the fan smacking the hand bit? Now that Iâve seen the whole thing is evident, but thatâs pretty much the same exact show as at the beginning with the âmysterious manâ. Ooooohhhh I love the hints!
HOLY FUCK NMJ IS CRYING (my 3zun ship is sailing yâall canât stop me).
Speaking of 3zun if yâall could point me to nice fics where everything doesnât go up in flames for these three idiots Iâd appreciate it.
And thatâs all for this episode. Thanks for reading.
#cql#the untamed#mdzs live action#mdzs#foxglove watches cql#foxglove watches the untamed#wei wuxian#lan wangji#wangxian#jiang wanyin#jiang cheng#nie huaisang#nie mingjue#meng yao#jin guanyao#3zun#Foxglove cheers when someone gets shanked#again#foxglove babbles
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Steve Rogers x Witch!Reader : Love is a Curse (Inspired by Practical Magic) - Chapter 1 - The Meet Cute
(YN) : your name (LN) : last name (HC) : hair colour (EC) : eye colour  Â
Chapter 2 -Â https://protectthelesbians.tumblr.com/post/185063448398/steve-rogers-x-witchreader-love-is-a-curse
Flashback
Narrator POV
The old-withered hand of your grandmother held yours tightly as you watched them lower the coffins into
the ground.
The coffins of your father and mother.
They died only a week apart from each other. The mutterings of the funeral attendees surround you, this is so overwhelming for only an 8 year old child. Your aunts had styled your (HL) (HC) hair to make you look a lot older than you did, you wanted to be strong for your family but the longing for your parents would always linger and eat away at you. Family friends approached you left-right and centre, patronising you about how your parents were in heaven with the angels.
This is why children traditionally  donât attend the funerals.
But your family isnât necessarily âtraditionalâ.
Amongst all the mutters of sorrow and grieving, there was whispers of the curse which haunts the family and has once again taken two lives. The curse was cast centuries ago, by an ancestor of yours by the name Maria (L/N). She was tried for witchcraft by those who saw her gifts to be wicked and sinful. But somehow, she escaped her capture and escaped with only the clothes on her back and her ever-growing child in her belly, a child of a man who seemed enchanted by the young witch at the time. The love-struck enchantress truly  thought her lover, a wealthy lord would take her hand and wed her, making sure that their child would not be out of wedlock and would not forever be called a âbastardâ.
But witches never get happily ever afters in these stories.
He never came to her, he promised her he would. But he never did.
She waited in a desolate piece of land, waiting. But as her child grew inside her, the sorrow and anger she felt towards her once lover grew and grew. This sorrow grew into a spell before becoming a curse. A curse that would put endanger any man who fell in love with a (L/N) woman. This curse would prevail for generations and generations, though many tried to break the curse, none succeeded.
You were the next generation, you would eventually see the same fate as your mother. For you see, your mother heard the sound of the death-watch beetle, a harbinger of death. She knew that the man she loved was doomed to die. It was easier to tell a child that her mother died of a âbroken heartâ but secretly you  knew the truth. You saw the pain in your motherâs eyes after your father died and then, only a week later. You were orphaned.
You now lived with your aunts in their home outside of New York, the old house was much more comforting than the home where both of your parents had perished. One night, when the aunts were sleeping in their rooms, you sneaked into the greenhouse which you and the aunts tended to. From the earth grew tall foxglove plants, their deep purple petals lured anyone who did not see the hidden danger to their beauty or the belladonna, the herb which would help anyone drift away with a little bit of it slipped into their drink. You wandered around the greenhouse, collecting herbs and plants from high and low, you filled a small wooden bowl with petals, leaves and berries. You started the incantation that you had written in your small spell book, which had flowers pasted over the cover.
He will hear my call a mile away.
Heâll whistle my favourite song.
You picked the petals from a few of the roses, letting them gently fall into the bowl, the floral smell tickled your nose as you continued the spell.
He will be a gentleman, like a prince charming
He can flip pancakes in the air
Heâll be marvelously kind
And his favourite shape will be a star
You picked a flower which resembles the shape of a star, twiddling it in your fingers before placing it into the bowl gently, admiring the little flowers
And heâll have two blue eyes, the colour of the sky.â
You picked a pair of bluebells, placing them into the bowl and turned around and tried to head upstairs when you came face to face with your Aunt Francis and Jet, wearing their dressing-gowns and their hair wild and untameable. Aunt Francis rose her dark eyebrow at your small figure at the end of the staircase âWhat are you doing out of bed?â She clicked her nails against the bannister. You immediately hid the bowl behind your back and your tiny spell-book, they looked at you in disbelief as you stuttered out a âN-Nothing!â The aunts slowly approached you warily âYou sure?â Aunt Jet asked, you nodded insistently. The aunts looked at you before in their heads giving you the benefit of the doubt, you had just lost your parents and would be grieving in a way the aunts just may not understand.
The aunts made their way back up the stairs and smiled âDonât be cursinâ any neighbourhood boys at midnight.â they joked and walked back up to their rooms, you let out a sigh of relief âI wonât!â you held the bowl and spell book close to your chest and scuttled up the stairs to the balcony which was attached to your room.You kept reminding yourself as you muttered âThe guy I will dream up doesnât exist.. And if he doesnât exist then iâll never die of a broken heart..â you held the bowl close as the cold, brisk wind hit your face, stepping barefoot onto the creaky balcony. You held out the bowl over the edge of the balcony, you focused on the petals which began to levitate, flying up into the night sky and towards the moon. Soon, the petals were gone and the spell was complete.
You stood alone on the balcony, holding the empty bowl as you out loud repeated âIâll never die of a broken heart..â you wandered back into your room, the spell started to slowly take form but in a way that your younger self did not intend.
Flash forward 13 years ~~~
With the spell long forgotten, you were currently rustling through your backpack, searching for a pen to use as you were in the middle of signing contracts with Fury concerning joining SHIELD. This was a major deal for you considering the gifts you had inherited from your family.
âFinally Iâll get to help people..â you smiled faintly as you told yourself that, you looked over the contract and signed the dotted lines with an elaborate swish and flick of your pen. You clicked your pen as you had signed everything, handing the contract back over to Fury. He nodded and slipped them back into his jacketâs inside pocket. âYou ready?â He asked, this made your stomach feel slightly off but hey you were about to meet the worldâs mightiest heroes, who wouldnât be a little nervous. However, there was a lingering feeling, something niggling at you. It was a new sensation that couldnât be exactly named. You ignored it briefly and just nodded to Furyâs question and spoke âIâm ready.â He opened the glass-doors âWell what are you waiting for, Agent?â You stepped out and turned back to ask Fury for the location of the others but he had already closed his office doors behind him
âDamn..â You muttered to yourself as you stepped into the hallway properly, searching for any other signs of life in this building. Your shoes clicked against the ground as you followed your intuition, stepping blindly down the hall in an attempt to find the others who were a part of your team. With each step, you let your eyes scan the rooms, still finding no signs of life. Letting out a sigh, your feet scuffed against the ground as you walked through the labyrinth like halls of the 'New Avengers Facility', this was starting to annoy you.
"Oh come on where is everyo-!?" You were muttering until you practically body slammed into something as you tightly turned a corner, you had partially winded yourself in the process, leaving you gasping. From the feeling of that collision, it felt as if you had face first slammed into a wall but no, you glanced up to see a pair of large sapphire eyes staring down at you.
It was Captain America.
Only you would have met America's sweetheart in this manner... By body-slamming yourself into him.
You usually would not be such as mess but your mind and body just melted in his presence, you cursed yourself at this wondering why your body had just decided not to work properly. Your mouth just fell open "U-Uhm.. I-I'm so sorry Sir! Â I mean Captain America! Sir!" Your words seemed to just fall out of your mouth without your brain actually processing any of what you just said. Steve seemed taken aback by this, taking in your appearance and what you just spluttered out "Uhm Hello Ma'am." giving out his signature smile. You let out a smile "I'm the n-new recruit yeah yeah."
You wanted to kick yourself at how you were talking to him.
Why were you acting so flustered around him?
This whole situation was making your head spin, you came back to your senses when Steve asked if you wanted a companion on your way to the main lounge, you simply nodded and followed after the tall, blonde Avenger. You kept your bag close to you as you wandered through the halls with him, looking out of the large bay-windows. Steve glanced down at you âSo, whatâs your story maâam?â You looked up at him âWhat do you mean?â You quirked an eyebrow at him as he chuckled âI mean. Where are you from? Who are you?â He asked, you giggled gently âWell isnât that a deep question. Who am I?â You joked before truthfully answering âIâm (Y/N) (L/N) and Iâve lived in Scarsdale, New York since I was 8.â Steve grinned âWell nice to meet you (YN) from Scarsdale.â
You couldnât help but smile at Steve, your cheeks were tinted pink âWell its been nice meeting you. Captain.â She expressed as they reached the lounge, many of the avengers were lounging around and waiting for updates on any missions instead of lounging around in their rooms. Natasha glanced over as well as Clint âYou must be the new girl Fury mentioned.â She crossed one leg over the other and looked at you closely. As soon as Natasha spoke, the others turned their heads to look at you, inspecting you closely. You simply nodded âYeah that's me.â the others just nodded and waved over and welcomed you warmly except Tony who seemed to have something on his mind, as if he was waiting to say something. When everyone had introduced themselves, Tony looked at Steve, who was still standing beside you, and then back to you and burst out âIâm Tony and I can already see that Steveâs called dibs.â Steve who had taken a sip of his water bottle had spat it out when Tony told that to (Y/N). You couldnât help but let out a snort at that, though your cheeks matched Steveâs perfectly.
Steve, with his cheeks blazoned red âIâm only being polite Tony. Iâve not called âdibsâ.â He put in air-quotes, you snickered at that as you wondered how this âold manâ learned to use air-quotes like that in such a sarcastic yet kind way. You nodded âHe was being a gentleman, you may want to learn a few things from him, Stark.â
Tony POV
Tony looked shocked at the two of you, you two ganging up on him together made him realise that Steve had somehow, in the five minutes he knew you, had got attached to the new girl. âWell Well Well..â He said in his head and watched the two exchange looks with each other, he thought back to old-Hollywood movies as he watched the two, he couldnât help it considering this was involved with Steve after all! But he could help but think that this maybe just maybe was Steve and (Y/N) âMeet Cuteâ. The beginning of something to form between them.
He was pulled from his thoughts by the entrance of a tall, dark and mysterious shadow which entered the lounge.
It was Fury.
Fury walked into the middle of the room, everyone watched him even (Y/N). He knew that Furyâs entrance into the lounge meant this would be the formal announcement of (Y/N)âs position in the team. The avengers knew that things were only official when Fury told them himself.
(Y/N) POV
You watched Fury closely as he straightened out his jacket and looked around at the Avengers, he stood amongst them but still he wasnât exactly one of them. He was still a superior. Â Fury let out a cough before speaking âI see you have met the new recruit, welcoming (Y/N) into your ranks. Her gift will surely be needed in any missions which arise.â That is when you felt the eyes land on you once more, like they did when you first entered the lounge. You sighed âThey probably werenât expecting that.â You simply rubbed your arm nervously and nodded, not disagreeing with Furyâs statement.
Steve was the first to pipe up âWait.. So you have powers?â He questioned, looking at you intently and in some sort of disbelief. You pondered how you were going to phrase this for a moment, every sort of description you used sounded stupid inside your head. You were going to go with the one which sounded the least stupid. Well at least you think its the least stupid. âHere I go..â You bigged yourself up inside your head, looking at all their faces but especially Steveâs. For some reason his eyes on you made you the most nervous as you gulped and prepared to tell your new colleagues of the dark mark on your family name, the reason you were bullied as a child, the reason you were considered for the job here with them.Â
It was time.
End of Chapter 1 ~~~
#captain america#Steve Rogers#reader insert#steve rogers x reader#steve rogers x you#fanfic#series#fanfiction#witch#marvel#marvel mcu
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WILD-FLOWER GARDEN.
A wild-flower garden has a most tasty sound. One thinks of lengthy tramps in the woods, gathering material, and then of the fun in fixing up an actual for sure wild garden.
Many people say they donât have any luck in any respect with such a garden. Itâs not a question of luck, but a question of understanding, for wild flowers are like people and every has its personality. What a plant has been accustomed to in Nature it desires always. In reality, when removed from its personal sort of residing situations, it sickens and dies. That is enough to inform us that we must always copy Nature herself. Suppose you are hunting wild flowers. As you choose sure flowers from the woods, discover the soil they are in, the place, circumstances, the environment, and the neighbours.
Suppose you find dog-tooth violets and wind-flowers rising near together. Then place them so in your own new garden. Suppose you discover a certain violet enjoying an open scenario; then it should at all times have the same. You see the purpose, do you not? If you wish wild flowers to grow in a tame backyard make them feel at home. Cheat them into almost believing that theyâre still of their native haunts.
Wild flowers should be transplanted after blossoming time is over. Take a trowel and a basket into the woods with you. As you are taking up a few, a columbine, or a hepatica, make sure to take with the roots a few of the plantâs own soil, which have to be packed about it when replanted.
The bed into which these vegetation are to go ought to be ready rigorously before this trip of yours. Certainly you donât wish to deliver those crops back to attend over a day or night earlier than planting. They need to go into new quarters at once. The mattress needs soil from the woods, deep and wealthy and filled with leaf mold. The under drainage system needs to be excellent. Then plants will not be to enter water-logged ground. Some people suppose that each one wood vegetation ought to have a soil saturated with water. But the woods themselves usually are not water-logged. It could be that youâll want to dig your backyard up very deeply and put some stone within the bottom. Over this the highest soil ought to go. And on top, the place the highest soil as soon as was, put a new layer of the wealthy soil you introduced from the woods.
Earlier than planting water the soil well. Then as you make places for the crops put into every hole a number of the soil which belongs to the plant which is to be put there.
I think it will be a somewhat good plan to have a wild-flower backyard giving a succession of bloom from early spring to late fall; so allow us to begin off with March, the hepatica, spring beauty and saxifrage. Then comes April bearing in its arms the beautiful columbine, the tiny bluets and wild geranium. For May there are the canine-tooth violet and the wood anemone, false Solomonâs seal, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wake robin, bloodroot and violets. June will give the bellflower, mullein, bee balm and foxglove. Iâd select the homosexual butterfly weed for July. Let turtle head, aster, Joe Pye weed, and Queen Anneâs lace make the rest of the season good till frost.
Allow us to have a bit in regards to the likes and dislikes of these plants. After you are once started you will keep on adding to this wild-flower list.
There is no such thing as a one who doesnât love the hepatica. Earlier than the spring has really decided to come back, this little flower pokes its head up and puts all else to shame. Tucked below a protecting of dry leaves the blossoms watch for a ray of heat sunshine to deliver them out. These embryo flowers are further protected by a fuzzy covering. This reminds certainly one of an identical protective protecting which new fern leaves have. In the spring a hepatica plant wastes no time on getting a new swimsuit of leaves. It makes its outdated ones do till the blossom has had its day. Then the new leaves, began to make certain earlier than this, have a chance. These delayed, are prepared to assist out subsequent season. You can find hepaticas growing in clusters, form of household groups. Theyâre likely to be present in slightly open places within the woods. The soil is discovered to be rich and loose. So these ought to go solely in partly shaded places and under good soil conditions. If planted with other woods specimens give them the good thing about a reasonably uncovered place, that they could catch the early spring sunshine. I should cowl hepaticas over with a lightweight litter of leaves in the fall. During the last days of February, except the climate is excessive take this leaf covering away. Youâll discover the hepatica blossoms all able to poke up their heads.
The spring beauty hardly permits the hepatica to get ahead of her. With a white flower which has dainty tracings of pink, a skinny, wiry stem, and slender, grass-like leaves, this spring flower canât be mistaken. Youâll find spring beauties growing in nice patches in moderately open places. Plant a lot of the roots and allow the solar good alternative to get at them. For this plant loves the sun.
The opposite March flower talked about is the saxifrage. This belongs in fairly a special type of environment. It is a plant which grows in dry and rocky places. Typically one will find it in chinks of rock. There may be an outdated tale to the effect that the saxifrage roots twine about rocks and work their method into them in order that the rock itself splits. Anyway, it is a rock garden plant. Iâve found it in dry, sandy locations proper on the borders of a giant rock. It has white flower clusters borne on furry stems.
The columbine is one other plant that is fairly likely to be present in rocky places. Standing below a ledge and looking out up, one sees nestled right here and there in rocky crevices one plant or more of columbine. The nodding purple heads bob on wiry, slender stems. The roots donât strike deeply into the soil; the truth is, often the soil hardly covers them. Now, just because the columbine has little soil, it does not signify that itâs indifferent to the soil conditions. For it all the time has lived, and always ought to stay, underneath good drainage conditions. Iâm wondering if it has struck you, how actually hygienic crops are? Plenty of fresh air, proper drainage, and good food are fundamentals with plants.
It is evident from research of these crops how easy itâs to search out out what vegetation like. After learning their feelings, then donât make the error of huddling all of them together under poor drainage conditions.
I always have a sense of personal affection for the bluets. Once they come I always really feel that now things are starting to settle down outdoors. They start with rich, lovely, little delicate blue blossoms. As June will get hotter and hotter their color fades a bit, till at occasions they give the impression of being quite worn and white. Some people name them Quaker ladies, others innocence. Below any name they are charming. They develop in colonies, typically in sunny fields, generally by the street-side. From this we be taught that theyâre extra specific concerning the open sunlight than about the soil.
In the event you want a flower to choose and use for bouquets, then the wild geranium is not your flower. It droops very quickly after picking and almost immediately drops its petals. However the purplish flowers are showy, and the leaves, whereas relatively coarse, are deeply cut. This latter impact provides a sure boldness to the plant that is rather attractive. The plant is found in reasonably moist, partly shaded portions of the woods. I like this plant within the garden. It adds good colour and permanent color as long as blooming time lasts, since there isnât a object in picking it.
There are numbers and numbers of untamed flowers I may need suggested. These I have mentioned werenât given for the purpose of a flower information, however with only one end in view your understanding of find out how to examine soil conditions for the work of starting a wild-flower garden.
If you happen to fear results, take but one or two flowers and research simply what you select. Having mastered, or better, change into acquainted with a number of, add more another 12 months to your garden. I believe you will love your wild garden better of all before you might be by with it. Itâs a real research, you see.
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Episode 21 - The PTSD is strong with this one & we need more braincells
Hello hello! Welcome to the commentary. Howâs everyone? Iâm frozen solid because itâs mid-June in Spain and yet we had 11°C yesterday. Fucking awesome!
I AM NOT WEARING MASCARA SO I CAN CRY ALL I WANT. I DONT KNOW IF THATS GOOD OR BAD THO.
Can I just take a second to appreciate how much this big strong powerful men emote? I mean, I know this isnât western media where the tough guy canât show emotions, and I donât know that eastern media has the same hangups about men emoting but just... itâs so refreshing.
Huaisang bb youâre so sweet.
Oh, oh the PTSD is strong with this one.
Also, bless both JC and NHS, they absolutely noticed WWX flinch and, in their own ways, went and steamrolled over it so WWX wouldnât feel scrutinised.
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST TO INFORM YALL THAT I GOT A KITTEN ON MY LAP. (Sheâs kneading my boob, which, ow, but...)
*BICHEN GRIIIIIIIP*
How do yâall think the guards go deliver bad news to WRH? Like do they paper-rock-scissor it? Draw straws?
NMJ did you have to?
And once again I wonder what wouldâve happened if JFM had let sect leader Yao kick it.
Ughvhfnevus itâs this clown. Same as with Su She, if you see a bunch of screaming itâs just me not wanting to listen to Jin ZiXun.
The Nies: letâs throw a banquet to honour WWXâs return
Every asshole there: *gossips about WWX while in the room with him*
Once again I wish I could transmigrate (and speak mandarin lol) and just start delivering tongue lashings.
Listen, I have no idea how to play Guqin, but I did play the guitar for years and even from here I can see how much YiBoâs hands donât match the melody. Nothing against him but why does this always happen? I know they got classes, so was the music not written by that time or something? Because one thing is not hitting the correct notes, another is plucking slow notes when the tempo is much faster.
JC: Since yours and LWJâs unhappy separation...
My dumbass: do you mean breakup? *eyebrow waggle*
You will pry my âJC knows his brother is pinning after LWJ, he probably doesnât want to know anything elseâ hc out of my cold dead hands thankyouverymuch.
WWX: *spouts a bunch of misdirection to avoid giving JC a straight answer*
JC: Bull-fucking-shit.
Should I count how many times WWX PTSDs all over the place or would you like me to leave your hearts intact? Thatâs two so far.
Ok ok, I feel that, if someone with a bit less trauma and a bit of insight (NHS maybe?) had seen the bit where ChenQing fucking hurts Shijie thing wouldâve gone differently. I mean, yes, LWJ keeps warning WWX that this shit is gonna fuck him up, but as I said in my previous commentary LWJ also has the communication skills of a hermit crab so that wouldnât work, and JC would be too wound up and WWX too busy trying to conceal his lack of golden core for that conversation to go anywhere. But if someone who WWX knows is a good egg (Iâm not gonna say trusts bc paranoia) had sat him down and told him âyour new instrument that you use for your new form of cultivation just hurt the person you love most please be careful when you use it.â I think it wouldâve worked wonders towards his health overall.
I know Shijie says itâs like Zidian, but sheâs not working with the fact that this thing is made for and by the Dark Side of the Force and Iâm sorry but I canât help but see ChenQing as a bit of a horrocrux almost. Or like, if you like me think the Burial Mounds is an Entity, something thatâs a bit more sentient that it lets on.
Speaking of reputations and NHS being a good egg, I have oh-so-many ideas (I wonât say plot bunnies because I canât write for shit) in which NHS for Reasons (time-travel? Letter from the future? His massive brain?) realises just how much damage WWX is doing to his public image. And he might be a sheltered dandy, but he saw what being the son of a sex worker did to Meng Yao despite how hard he worked (Iâm assuming he doesnât know about the whole betrayal business). This is way fucking worse, like hell is he going to let one of his best friends paint a target on his back. So he pulls back his sleeves, engages his slytherin brain and proceeds to lay down a plan to throughly destroy WWXâs reputation as a powerful genius.
Iâm guessing LWJ and JC protest, and maybe WWX, and NHS just hits them with âdo you want him respected or alive?â And they shut tf up. He glues himself to WWX, and brings up as many instances in which their behaviour can be compared as he can (we got drunk and punished at cloud recesses, we slept in class, we skipped to go fishing, I donât carry my sword either). And, because assholes be assholes, people like Sect Leader Yao or Clown Cousin are quick to start spouting their own derogatory bullshit and thus WWX the untamed powerful prodigy dies a fiery death. Now heâs just a mouthy kid with a quick mind that âdoes tricks instead of battleâ (Iâll never get bored of using that Thor quote). I also like to think that people who personally know WWX and are not pieces of shit go give NHS a tongue lashing for messing with what they thought was his friend, NHS takes that as a test of good eggness and bring them into the plan. Soon the whole Cloud Recesses class is swearing up, down, left, right and centre that all the shit WWX has ever successfully pulled is just an insane amount of luck and quick thinking.
I donât know how would they work him into the battlefield (disguise? Mask?) to unleash his demonic cultivation but thatâs Plot and I donât do that.
Also, because Iâm a terrible human being I want to say that people assume LWJ is on âpretty but uselessâ WWX like white on rice because *insert derogatory comment about being good in bed and sexual favours*. Because yâall know the assholes here are Like That. And WWX is horrified because holy fucking shit heâs gonna drag LWJâs reputation down, he canât have people thinking HGJ is ok with having him as a concubine pretty much. But before he can act LWJ politely all but confirms that yeah, heâs tapping that, yâall wish you were but he doesnât share and none of yâall are good enough for his Wei Ying anyway. CUE FAKE/PRETEND RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE I AM INDEED TRASH FOR THAT TROPE.
Muahahahaha yâall thought I was gonna devolve into my personal hcs and not include my fave trope? Shouldnât yâall know me better by now?
(Btw I like this bit ^ so I might polish it a little and post it separately as well, just a warning if you find yourself reading an eerily similar post by me)
WuJi is playing and LWJ is pining so much. Also, if LWJ did not just realise that, just like Yu the Great, WWX had no other option but tame resentful energy Iâll eat my blanket.
I refuse to believe Jiang Yanli didnât become the unofficial war camp therapist/sounding board/only sane person/everyoneâs mum/I just need a hug and a corner to cry in peace. There are not enough fics about Shijie being her gentle BAMF self while in the camp and itâs a pity. My crops are dying yâall!
Also, I will fight anyone who scoffs at Shijie being the epitome of the âgentle woman who cooks and waits for the men to come back from warâ. Look at her mum, do you think it is easy for a kid (she was a kid in the flashback when WWX ran away) to see that day in and day out, to have that as a ârole modelâ and decide that she was not going to be like her mum? That she didnât like what she saw in her so she was going to be kind and gentle? And do you think it is easy for a person barely in their twenties to deal with years of verbal and psychological abuse for again, being gentle and kind, and not grow a hard shell of bitterness to protect themselves? And to keep being gentle and kind while at war, with your parents dead and your siblings unraveling before your very eyes? Shijie is so fucking strong and I love her.
Hey look, the White Walkers!
âResentful energy is just energyâ ok, valid. But my dude, youâve got black ghost smoke coming out of you and can hear people screaming in your head. Iâm not saying it is evil, like someoneâs uptight set in his ways arrogant uncle; but it sure as shit ainât healthy.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH (thatâs a Clown Cousin scream btw)
Ok ok, just one little thing: IF SOMEONE ELSE CALLS WWX WEI YING AS A SHOW OF DISRESPECT IMMA SCALP THEM.
...are those crows eating that man alive? Yikes on bikes.
(Assume my comment about YiBoâs Guqin playing also goes for Xiao Zhan and his flute. I canât play the flute but the tempo doesnât match his fingers)
Iâm just gonna say it, I think 3zun (well, 2zun as of now) suspect shit went down badly for WWX, thatâs two questions by both of them in a very soft conciliatory tone. They are genuinely interested/worried about the topic, and donât seem to come off as chiding or judgemental. I mean WWX is a weirdo irreverent kid and theyâre sect leaders, they outrank him so much itâs ridiculous. Iâm also counting the fact that both their baby brothers like him towards them being so kind. But I also think WWX just triggers all their big brother instincts the second he walks in.
Oh thereâs a thought, Shijie, Wen Qing, NMJ and LXC take a look at everyoneâs shitty parents and just decide to adopt everyone.
What happened at Yiling was a traumatised teenager (is WWX even 20?) PTSDing all over the place with the Dark Side of the Force whispering in his ear and an all powerful trinket at his disposal. Not saying I approve of all the torture and murder but he clearly isnât revelling in them.
That is some outstanding bit of big-brothering on LXCâs side and I love it. Also, my dumbass just realised LWJ probably wasnât quoting WWX when he was being punished (what is white what is black?) I think he was quoting his big brother. Which is magnitudes deep too, but in a different direction and I might love that scene even more.
Ok fuck it, Iâm gonna tangent. So I had a terrible boyfriend when I was 15-18. He alienated me from my friends, sunk my self-esteem to the molten core of the earth, tried to convince me my parents were abusive and encouraged (aka threatened manipulated and cajoled) the slow tanking of my high school marks. I have A Problem when I see media where someone latches onto their significant other and everything they are shifts towards that person. Now, love, true genuine love, is powerful, and I believe it can be the catalyst for shifting your world-view for the better. I donât have a problem with that. I donât have a problem with people sticking with their romantic partner if it is clear their previous âfamilyâ is so much shit. I donât have a problem with LWJ coming out of his shell and defying corrupt precepts because his love for WWX made them see they were wrong, or getting sassy and unrepentant during his punishment (I have a problem with the punishment bc thatâs abuse but...). But I do side-eye WangXian being the only thing in their orbit. People need people, and WangXian have other good people around them. So I kind of love that yes, WWX showed him the system was corrupt, but it is the words of his brother he is sticking by to the defy said system.
Letâs go back to our scheduled slew of held pinning glances shall we?
LXC after That awkward run-in: WangJi I wasnât gone that long, what the fuck did you two oblivious pining idiots do?
(LXC has âbitchingâ tea sessions with Shijie and you canât convince me otherwise)
LWJ: *is being dramatic and not knocking on WWXâs door*
Me: oh my god you fucking idiot
Shijie: *walks in*
Me: oh thank god someone with a braincell.
Ah yes, there we go triggering WWXâs paranoia again. Why would he get a break.
OH MY GOD YOU PAIR OF FUCKING IDIOTS. THATS IT, FUCK THIS SHIT IM OUT.
@ LWJ: bitch wtf was that? I know youâre shit at talking but have you thought about writing it down? Letters anyone? It worked for mr. Darcy.
(Yes LWJ is mr darcy and now I want an au where LWJ writes WWX letters and just pours everything in them, WWX finds them, any everything is sunshine and rainbows)
While this bullshit fight/misunderstanding is all on LWJâs shoulders, Iâm also going to scream at WWX. Because yes, he is in PTSD hell, but he trusted LWJ before, and yet he canât get past his perceived notion of LWJâs character (and his own inadequacies) to trust him again and ask for help. Plus, you know, he thinks he doesnât deserve heâll bc *waves hand at WWXâs trauma conga line*
These episodes canât be good for my BP.
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Episode 11 - The Yunmeng Sibs have shitty parents & *Screams in Doctor*
Hello hello! Long time no talk, whoâd thought finishing med school wound not free my schedule up? Not me thatâs for sure. Btw I have an iPad case (where Iâm watching and writing) that can turn into a stand so the screen is upright. HOWEVER the lower flaps that hold the iPad in the case broke so it just keeps sliding down and giving me heart attacks, youâll hear me screaming about it further down Iâm sure. So enjoy my pain.
This farewell scene is fucking me up tho. Why do you want tears so early in the episode screenwriters? Why? (Also, MY STILL HAS NOT HAD TREATMENT FOR THAT STAB WOUND)
Aw my One Braincell Trio worries about MY is adorable tho (yet another missed opportunity for him to make actual friends who care about him and not end up as JGY)
Iâm sorry for the thirst but HOLLY SHIT WANG ZHUOCHENGâS BONE STRUCTURE.
Thatâs it. Iâm going to stop the tv series here when theyâre in Lotus Pier and everything is fiiiiine. Btw watching that servant girl run through the place has convinced me that I 100% would trip taking a corner and end up in the lake.
YUNMENG SIIIIIBS
Ok, pause to say: I do think Madame Yu is a BAMF. I also think thatâs literally her only redeeming quality. I donïżœïżœïżœt like Mme Yu and I donât like JFM and yâall are gonna have to endure my ranting.
This woman is just spoiling for a fight isnât she?
Ok, the first time I saw this, I was willing to be on her side. My mum does the same thing where she rants when sheâs worried and my dad is more phlegmatic (until he snaps then they just scream at each other and I eat popcorn). The instant I decided that she could go hang was when she started being an asshole to her kids. And they just take it, so it is clearly not the first time sheâs called her daughter a mildness follower and her son idiot and useless fuuuuck her.
And of course JFM goes and pulls the âman from way back whenâ misogynistic bullshit and tells her to go rest. Why would he either try to not have this conversation in from of their children or stand up for all of them.
Ok. How did LWJ not get a massive footprint on his PALE BLUE clothes from WZLâs kick?
Also, let me go down the clothes, or rather footwear, rabbit hole for a second. Those fucking boots canât be comfortable. I know thatâs the shape they had and whatever but they donât move when you walk. My god, I own 12 pairs of Doctor Martens, I did pointe in my ballet class for years, I know a lot about unyielding shoes and I can tell you, that walking without being able to flex you foot is horrendous. How. Why. Am I missing something thatâs common knowledge about those boots by virtue of not being Chinese? (And having almost zero knowledge of traditional Chinese clothing)
Alright, back to the show LWJ about to throw hands at WC (not with, WC is too much of a coward).
Yay the butterflies!
My one track mind: *takes note of the fakeness of the fake blood*
Xichen bb noooooo.
Wait wait wait. Assuming the Cloud Recesses siege and the conversation when JFM tells our boys theyâre leaving for Nightless City in three days are happening simultaneously that means LWJ fucked off to indoctrination ON A BROKEN LEG. And he got there only a bit before the people from Yunmeng, however Cloud Recesses is further away than Lotus Pier, so he was fucking rushing, ON A BROKEN LEG. Please tell me he was at least wearing plaster under his clothes (no he wasnât, at least not in the Murder Turtle cave) *Screams in Doctor*
(But FR, donât pull that kind of bullshit, walking around on a fracture can cause the bone fragments to shift, compress the blood supply to your foot and you can loose it)
Look, this idiot is back. Again, if you see random bouts of screaming is just me not wanting to listen to Su She.
Ok, ok Iâve got a bone to pick here. Iâve seen some people say that Su She cracking and telling the Wens how to get in is less about him being an asshole and more about he not wanting to die. Fair enough, wanting to survive is natural. HOWEVER, my problem with this situation in particular is that, as long as he saved his own skin, he didnât give a fuck about all the people who were going to get murdered. Thatâs a dick move.
And before anyone can tell me thatâs not how regular people work, my building caught on fire about a year ago, my first instinct after putting my cat in his carrier by a fresh air source was to leave my flame-free flat to go check on my neighbours. I donât know my neighbours, hell, our relationship consists on them letting their kids scream until past midnight and me blasting death metal at 6am the day after in retaliation. (They were gone for the weekend and both me and the cat were fine, thank fuck for skylights). I know it isnât the same stakes as being held at swordpoint but, my dude, human decency is human decency.
Su She: people like LWJ look down on us outer disciples.
LWJ: *literally gets his leg broken bc he saved Su Sheâs life*
My one track mind: whereâs the arterial spray?
Every time I seen Yunmeng disciples shooting kites I start hearing Kill Bill sirens.
Speaking of shooting kites. I donât think JC has ever actually been jealous of WWX like sometimes Iâve seen mentioned. He clearly encourages him to best his shot in front of all the disciples knowing heâll make it. Heâs had his motherâs poison and his fatherâs indifference poured in his ear since he was a child, if this really was a Thor-Loki/Scar-Mufasa/Cain-Abel brother dynamic those tiny little gestures wouldnât exist. JC could not give less of a fuck that WWX is âbetterâ than him, it has been, however, used to hurt both of them; and thatâs what pisses him off. Not that heâs compared to his brother, but that whoever is doing that comparison explicitly seeks to hurt. Also, knowing that you baby brother (I donât care WWX is older that JC, heâs the baby in this relationship) is a prodigy, and yet heâs in such deep shit he probably wonât be able to get out, and what can you, not a prodigy, do to help him out? Nothing. Thatâs terrible, thatâs painful and as we all know JC only emotes in anger.
SOMEONE HUG NHS PLEASE HE LOOKS SO SAD.
Oh Iâm living for Peacockâs facial expressions.
Ok, listen, listen. That whole scene where WWX turns around, LWJ is looking gorgeous dressed in white, flanked by the two Wen soldiers walking down the aisle to joint the front of the queue reads too much like a Western wedding for my poor heart to not make the connection. Also, LWJ (in white) is walking towards WWX (in black) which is usually the positions and colour schemes of an heterosexual version of those weddings and as much as I say fuck gendering WangXian (ppl calling WWX mother or wife makes me homicidal) you will pry those parallels from my cold dead hands.
I canât even make fun of the *Bichen grip* because my taciturn bb is so hurt right now.
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Episode 19 - Yiling Laozu mode activated & BAMF!Lan WangJi avenging his husband
Hiiii! Itâs Saturday and Iâm pumped! Sorry itâs been radio silence for the whole week, I tried to do this on Monday, but Iâve been going driving with my parents the whole week bc I finally got my own car (or rather, they got me a car) and ya girl hasnât driven for the last six years, so I needed some practice. Also, I pouted at my mum to get me a bunch of music albums in physical format for said car... and turns out it doesnât have a CD reader lol. In other news, gardening has the upside of giving me a healthy sun glow, instead of my usual Vulcan pallor (Iâm quite light and olive, Iâm pretty much green-ish) and before anyone freaks tf out about sun tanning and skin cancer: I have a sun allergy, I donât go anywhere without SPF 50 and I donât sunbathe.
Ok, two things: one, WWX is looking rough, I mean, expected after such major surgery. Two, thank god someone finally decided to disguise his clothes.
Aaaaaand it did fuck all for him. Cool cool cool.
JCâs dream/hallucination is fucking me up ok? Ok.
MY BB! 10/10 this is what heâd see if he looked in the Mirror of Erised, itâs breaking my heart.
FUCK OFF SUBCONSCIOUS, LET HIM HAVE ONE HAPPY DREAM.
Heâs so happy! I know itâs a complicated issue but Iâm also glad he had this moment of relief and happiness in all this mess.
Again WC missed the memo about how antagonistic WWX can be. His brother has a golden core again and his sister is safe, Iâm pretty sure at this time he couldnât give less of a fuck if he lives or dies and heâs reached peak pain tolerance with the core transfer so not even torture will work; exactly what leverage does WC think he has on WWX for the interrogation?
WC: Iâll ask WZL to crush his core first.
Me: *uncontrollable cackling*
Slow clap for our boy for activating YLLZ (Iâm going to start shortening Yiling Patriarch to this) mode while really fucked up. I really love this creepy af side of WWX and considering this is pre-Burial Mounds I think it is safe to say heâs always had it in him, just you know, amped up to 11 after the Trauma and the demonic cultivation.
Anyway, go forth and mindfuck them all my child.
...that branding iron is not hot, why it is smoking?
JC: *wearing a hat and plain robes to hide*
Also JC: *Zidian and his very distinctive guan on full display*
Ok I donât have any way to elaborate on it, but Iâm pretty sure of two things:
1. The Burial Mounds is An Entity.
2. WWX is not fully alive anymore.
3. (This is a bonus, I donât want to think what he ate for three months in a mountain full of corpses. Ok? Ok)
WN BB WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU. HEâS SO GOOD AND SO BRAVE I CANâT.
This is creepy creepy.
So when WWX starts hearing LWJâs voice among all the screaming is this LWJ already playing Inquiry (if I remember he did play inquiry when he found out Lotus Pier had burned) or him just being WWXâs anchor to sanity?
Oh hey, thatâs a rib cage.
And thus YLLZ was born.
This is one of my favourite scenes and Iâm pumped. Iâve also seen it set to a Targaryen music theme and it is even more fucking epic. I kept expecting LWJ to go dracarys on their asses. Also, heâs literally a husband on a revenge mission right here, fucking fight me if you disagree (donât fight me, Iâm baby). Btw as always the cinematography *chefâs kiss* Just assume Iâm screaming like a fan girl all throughout this.
Now heâs a widower on a revenge mission (or so he thinks)
PSA: donât be like JiaoJiao, take your makeup off before going to sleep.
(Ok, tiiiiiny bit of pity for JiaoJiao here, sheâs fucking terrified and WC is being an asshole about it. I mean, itâs what everyone expected but holy shit what a douchebag)
Ohhhh sad WuJi on a cello still breaking my heart.
Ok but let me delve into my own hc here. JC is being so very soft when talking to LWJ, it kind of makes me wonder how many sleepless nights these two ended up talking about WWX in their search and just trying to reassure each other that he was alive. There is absolutely no bitterness when he says he thought WWX had taken off to be with LWJ in LanLing too, so that, plus the fact that the Lan disciples give Suibian to LWJ really makes me think JC knows and is on board with LWJâs feelings for WWX. Thereâs absolutely no way heâd let him touch his, afahk deceased, brotherâs sword if he still thought LWJ hated WWX.
I just need these two sad beans to be friends ok?
Just imagine:
LWJ: Wei Ying is so... *longing look, Bichen grip*
JC: *lightbulb goes off* oooohhh. Ok, now I see, you want to marry the dumbass!
LWJ: *freaked out look*
JC: No, no. Itâs fine, once we find the idiot heâs all yours.
Thatâs a lot of bodies. Also, of course Dumb Jin Cousin (I know heâs Jin ZiXun but shortening it sounds too much like Jin Zixuan, so no. Also the reason why I call Jin Zixuan Peacock all the time) doesnât mind animals desecrating corpses.
I donât know if Iâve said it but I so much prefer CQL!Peacock to MDZS!Peacock. Just look at the character development of him making his own people collect the corpses of their enemies and be respectful to them.
Also, oooff, Shijie saying that anywhere they travel the only thing to see is corpses covering the ground hit me hard.
Some of my Yunmeng sibs are together again and Iâm smiling like an idiot (also, JC looks like he gives amazing hugs).
Nvm JC realising LWJ is into his baby brother, Iâm pretty sure the Peacock thinks LWJ just became a widower.
Again, NMJ is a cool dude, but he needs to take a fucking chill pill before he bursts a blood vessel and ends up with a haemorrhagic stroke of out sheer anger- induced HBP.
But also, if he didnât agree to give these two the Yiling assignment out of sheer big brother instinct Iâll eat one of my textbooks.
Look at him asking after his crush and getting all worried when he realises no one knows where he is.
These two, crying over their baby brother just break my heart. I just want to blanket and kittens them.
We are getting murdery in here!
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Episode 14 - WangXian are a (v soft) Battle Couple & Foxglove is hella mad
Hi! Welcome to episode 14. I should be studying. Itâs day two of morning runs, so my soul has left my body already, send help. Yesterday I went to buy plants with my mum and got so excited I just whacked on a bunch of eyeshadow because I havenât seen the outside in weeks, Iâm also wearing makeup today, because I have nowhere to go, but I really need to finish this bb cream before it goes bad, so my parents are getting my full fresh faced âwoke up like this and put on mascaraâ routine (which is a fucking lie because Iâm wearing at least three blushes and two highlighters). Iâm determined to get this bitch down in under five minutes so I can have another five to do eyeshadow, I have way too much eyeshadow to not wear it (I have way too much everything except maybe mascara and eyebrow stuff).
Yes, if yâall were wondering I am in fact a makeup magpie. ANYWAY BACK TO THE ACTUAL THING WE ALL CAME HERE FOR.
(Btw further down I discuss once again how shitty I think the Yunmeng sibsâ parents are if that causes an issue for you)
Ok ok ok, so I was talking with damnpoe-2187 here about how we found that sometimes WWX crossed from gremlin into asshole when he tried to get LWJ riled up. Like in the Cold Springs, putting our shippers hearts aside, that was a dick move and he should have stopped undressing the second LWJ went from annoyed to incredibly uncomfortable. I find this scene the complete opposite, a show of character development if you will. It is kind of similar in that theyâre both hurt, and alone (although this time is much more serious) and there was some undressing going on; however WWX here behaves like a fool in love considerate person and knowing how uncomfortable LWJ already is tries to make it easier for him. Theyâre also super soft and Iâm weak.
A brief interlude from my one track mind: That pond is full of corpses isnât it? Or at least the remnants of the Murder Turtleâs meals I suppose. Damn right WWX should not have gone into the water with an open wound, but think no one should go swimming in there without a full hazmat suit tbh (I want to pump them full of antibiotics at this point ngl)
So I love this tiny montage (is it even a montage) of the, getting themselves ready to kill the Murder Turtle.
Teamwooooooork.
Listen, I have read a few fics in which their mind-meld stays in place due to reasons and I need me more of those.
Ok, turtles donât work that way, but then again, giant murder snake-Trex-turtle so thatâs low on my list of priorities. Whatâs not low is the fact that this guy is knee deep into pretty much a mass grave and I want to take a few showers just watching him.
Yeah, I know exactly what heâs smelling and suddenly I hope I donât have meat for lunch today tbh.
The screaming sword has always been fucking creepy and does LWJâs fist clench mean that heâs also hearing them?
BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE!
So I know killing the thing took them something like six hours. And while it feels quite a long time in the show, I think that, if they cut the scene with idk, JC running towards Lotus Pier, then back to them, then back to JC, but now the sun is in a different position, back to them, but now the blood from LWJâs hand has dripped down his arm; and so on a so forth itâd convey more clearly how long it took for the Murder Turtle to die. I know fuck all about cinematography tho so feel free to ignore all this if it is in fact an abomination.
Tiiiiiiny interlude here to say that Yiling Patriarch!WWX is probably one of my favourite character archetypes. Heâs slightly creepy, slightly amoral (smiling while torturing and murdering bad guys is still amoral ok), more than a bit on the Dark Side, cocky, smirky, a bit of an asshole a BAMF, a rebel with cause and yet he will still do the right thing, not despite his nature, but because of it. Heâs kind of like a Chipped Spike? But you know, he doesnât need electroshock to behave.
I just want a fic where heâs this Dark Lord of Evil in everyoneâs eyes however the âgood guysâ take a break from trying to off him because a bigger threat just popped up and they have no choice but to ask for his help. He agrees, keeps being his charming self while also saving everyoneâs asses, LWJ is smitten.
TL;DR: The Necromancer is hot. Oh and nobody dare deny LWJ has a Yiling Patriarch kink.
Oh my, this is the part when I always get teary eyed.
WUJI ON A CELLO? DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME?
âWhy hasnât Jiang Cheng shown up and rescued me yet?â THIS IS ALL THE PROOF I NEED THAT WWX IS THE BABY SIBLING.
âLan Zhan sing me a songâ
IT IS HAPPENING, STAY FUCKING CALM EVERYBODY (Iâm crying)
That slideshow of their best moments set to WuJi is a masterpiece, and also, it kind of drives home the point of âhow tf did we go from flirting during summer camp to this messâ?
(Btw if thatâs YiBo humming heâs got one hell of a deep voice)
Ok ok ok, so this moment had me spitting up my tea the first time I watched it. Believe it or not my dumbass thought these people were actually serious with the censorship and weâd get scraps of their actual relationship. Lots of charged moments like in some other western tv shows Iâve seen when two dudes have chemistry but âtheyâre not gayâ, no longing glances, no tender touches, no being unbelievably soft with each other; just you know, amped up, because if Iâm not mistaken you can be arrested in China for âpromoting the gayâ. I mean, they changed the beginning when people insult MXYâs sexuality to insulting his mental health; no one would think âah yes, the gays are goodâ when they hear it used as a slur, but they still erased it completely. One of the things I thought theyâd fully take away was WangXian, I mean, the into/outro is named Wuji, which, you know, still a mishmash of their names, but not their ship name. It is such a significant part of the story with all the âwhatâs the song name? Figure it out yourselfâ that if something were going to give away that theyâre married with a kid it would be that. I thought weâd get an artful fade to black BEFORE LWJ would say the name not after. And also, YiBo is enunciating it so clearly that, even with the sound muffled and the blurriness I, who donât speak Chinese, can make out the two syllables. Thatâs deliberate, I can say âWangXianâ loud and clear without moving my lips too much. At this point in time I must assume someone in charge of looking for censorship violations in the show is a fan and just ignored it.
Censorship person 1: dude, isnât that a bit too gay, maybe you shouldnât greenlight it.
Censorship person 2: shut the fuck up, sit here and watch.
*a full rundown of the whole of CQL later*
Censorship person 1: oh my god theyâre so in love and they deserve to be happy.
Back to the commentary: Iâm sorry but I have a mighty need of a WWX & Peacock friendship ok? This might be me just wanting WWX and LWJ to make other friends besides each other but I think that the Peacock is just bitchy enough to not take any of WWXâs bullshit.
And the Yunmeng bros timing for banter strikes yet again.
Thatâs terrible quality fake blood btw.
@ Yunmeng disciples: STOP SHOOTING FUCKING KITES PLEASE AND THANK YOU
Oooof even with a change of clothes our boy is still looking rough as hell.
MY LOVELY YUNMENG SIBS BEING SOFT AND HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER.
It hurts my soul that the second JFM starts praising WWX for surviving the Murder Turtle our boyâs knee-jerk reaction is to start praising JC in return. It is instinctive, how many times must this have happened for him to know his brother wonât even get scraps of praise? (Seriously fuck their parents)
It was going so well, I mean, JFM had a point warning him to not say things in anger. But I thought he was going to tell him that it is because sometimes heâll hurt someone without wanting to, yet, this asshole decided to, once again, remind his kid he thinks heâs a failure.
And here comes Mme Yu who I can only assume had a servant posted at the door to warn her when WWX woke so she could throw some verbal abuse at him. I mean, she must have been missing it.
And JFMâs misogynistic bullshit strikes once again, because why defend ALL your kids when you can insult your wife.
(Every time someone berates WWX for âinterveningâ I want to scream. I mean, seeing this I can believe why the society as a whole thought genocide was a good idea.)
I love how they use their kids as props in their fight, I mean itâs not like they have feelings or anything. This woman is gaslight-y as hell too âyou donât love your kid because I gave birth to himâ, you canât tell me saying that in front of the son sheâs supposed to love isnât going to hurt him. And she knows it, I mean, besides the Wen attack Iâve never seen her hit the kids (although I very much doubt she hasnât), so a good part of the abuse must be verbal. Thereâs no fucking way a person who regularly uses words that way wonât realise where sheâs aiming those arrows. Which means to her (to both) the kids are collateral.
But FR, the barely-out-of-adolescence disaster bi necromancer PTSDing all over the place and living in a mass grave was a better parent than any of the current adults in this thing.
Which brings me to another point, Shijie is textbook âthe oldest sibling is just another parentâ and Iâm making myself very angry.
[this is when I start frothing at the mouth and itching to write a modern-girl(and friends)-dropped-in-CQL because someone has to be a positive adult influence in these kidsâ lives and it sure as shit ainât the ones in the actual show.]
CAN WE STOP BRINGING PEOPLEâS DEAD PARENTS INTO THE FIGHT?
*deep breath*
I am going to feed JFM & Mme Yu each otherâs spleens. Look, listen, look and listen, letâs first talk about how calmly they lay out the facts of their lives, one is only loved because heâs been brought up in the shadow of his dead parents, the other knows with certainty his father dislikes him and his mother uses him as leverage in marital disputes. When have these two not exploded their emotions all over the place? Fucking never. Yet here they are, talking about this bullshit like some bout of inconvenient weather. Theyâre used to it!
And now letâs talk about yet again siblings-are-just-extra-parents, with an added pile of WWXâs terrible self awareness that, to the man who brought him up, his worth is due to his dead parents. Again Iâm extrapolating, but with the amount of times Mme Yu brings up his parents in such a negative light I refuse to believe JFM hasnât made all the âyouâre so much like your parentsâ comments to him every time WWX does something right. I mean, telling an orphan about their parents if they ask is a good thing, but WWX seems starved for stories about his them, which leads me to believe JFM refuses to talk about the topic except to make those little comments. What a fucking stellar way to give someone all the trauma if you ask me. May also explain a lot of WWXâs self worth issues if the biggest praise heâs ever heard is that he resembles dead people, yes, people who were loved, but theyâre dead, and it doesnât look like any adult has bothered to go and differentiate WWX from ZSSR&WCZ.
Iâm just really mad, despite all the silly anecdotes I put in here my parents are fucking great at parenting, so I know what good parents should look like, and this ainât it.
Ok, so I made myself angry and I donât know if I should move onto the next episode now or wait till tomorrow but thanks for reading!
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Episode 7 - Wei Wuxian would cut a bitch for Shijie (we all would) & Lan WangJi canât believe heâs in love with this gremlin
Hello and welcome to the commentary for episode 7. Still on a plane, the cat is being an exceptional travel buddy, the surgical mask is choking me and I still have between 5 and 8 hours to go depending on me being able to catch the earliest train possible.
Wei âall women are badass queensâ Wuxian.
Do yâall ever think that when JC saw those two reappear and fall in that compromising position that he thought his brother, the asshole, had fucked off to snog his bf and theyâd gotten lost/lost track of time? Iâm pretty sure he thinks theyâre at least hate-kissing (Iâm not going to say hate-fucking bc JC is a maiden aunt and he would never think such things)
You know what makes me mad? They left her guqin there. Whyyyyyy.
Is NHS saying that he thinks âgot lost the whole nightâ is an euphemism for âwe went on a date and didnât check the timeâ?
These two petty bitches. My god, theyâre supposed to be evil but theyâre giving each other looks like two cheerleaders whoâre trying to date the same dude from the football team.
Itâs the lanterns yâall, the lanterns!
THAT TINY CHARMED SMILE ON LWJâS FACE.
So WWX wants to release a lantern together with LWJ, and MianMian wonders why XuanLi didnât release a lantern together since theyâre about to be married. You see where Iâm going? I mean, thereâs probably a lot of tradition and societal cues that are going right over my head but let me live ok? Iâm just having a blast finding all the ways everyone who worked on this went: censorship who?
(Tiny interlude here to talk about ChengQing, I love JCâs soft face when he hears her wish for her brotherâs safety. Itâs kind of like âoh, we are the sameâ)
And that is the exact moment LWJ fell in love. Also, probably when he decided to leave alone so WWX would stay safe.
This whole scene is stunning.
MianMian youâre so cute.
I thought it was Altair and Vega, not Altair and Lyra? Ok no, I googled it, the stars are Altair and Vega, the constellations are Aquila and Lyra. (Awkward peacock is awkward)
WWX about to cut a bitch.
Shijie has to become friend with MianMian too. Blanket and kittens for Shijie.
WWX youâre a weirdo. And I just cracked up at LWJâs frustration.
Oh no, itâs this creeper. PSA: I hate JGS and I hope he dies in a fire.
You guys, Iâm bitting my lip. The audacity of this clown saying âmarriage is seriousâ.
As much as I donât like JFM and his head-in-the-sand syndrome Iâm with him about XuanLi having to work it out themselves.
I love the Yunmeng sibs and you will pry them from my cold dead hands.
[Hi, foxglove here with a travel update: we made it home safely on Saturday evening. All the cats are mad at each other, but that always happens, and I realised how damn difficult is to merge two lives back together. Or you know, two full wardrobes and two makeup collections and all the textbooks]
Moving on with the commentary, Iâm currently sharing a sofa with one of the cats btw.
Here I come again spitting blood because LQR is recommending WWX gets disciplined more/more often. 1) donât tell other people how to raise their kids. 2) your idea of discipline is beating kids up so fuck right off.
I know corporal punishment was common back then, and as I said, Iâve been thrown la zapatilla a few times, but we donât condone hitting kids/teens in this household. And no, Iâm not saying WWX wasnât a fucking gremlin at Cloud Recesses because he was, just donât fucking beat him up.
Yâall are going to forgive me for dumping another of my hc in the commentary but I am absolutely sure LWJ took a look at the ducklings when they were actual kids and decided over his dead body was anyone going to use corporal punishment on any of them. Not only was the fact that he was lashed and put in pretty much solitary confinement for doing the right thing quite fresh, one of the ducklings was his own kid and the other was Jingyi, who Iâm willing to be he reminded him of WWX just a little. Yes, most of my hc about LWJ are him being salty at the Gusu Lan sect bc I am salty at the Gusu Lan sect and need validation.
Yunmeng siiiiiibs! Also, I believe that JCâs âLWJ hates you so much stop pestering himâ are his way of saying âlook bro, I see your monster crush but I canât tell if heâs marriage serious about you, so back tf off before he breaks your heart. (Bc then Iâll have to break his legs and I canât win in a fight against him)â
Yunmeng siiiiibs.
LWJ: of course Iâm not telling him Iâm going after the Yin iron. Because I am both incapable of talking to him like a normal human (I mean look at him heâs so... *Bichen grip*) and also terrified I wonât be able to protect him and heâll get hurt on my watch.
BUNBUNS. LOOK AT THE BUNBUNS
HOWâS WWX CUTER THAN THE BUNBUNS. THEYâRE BUNBUNS.
And with that stunningly witty observation I leave you until next time.
Thanks for reading!
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Episode 22 - XuanXian friendship AU & Meng Yao canât believe one of his boyfriends is this dumb.
Hello hello! First of all, it looks like I will have to slow down these posts to every Sunday at most, I might be able to get a few episodes per day but if youâre interested in reading youâre gonna have to wait the whole week. I started the intensive course preparing me for an exam and I have to put in 12h daily six days a week. On the upside my Sundays are completely free and I just spent the whole morning reading in my garden.
We have a romantic rooftop date and WuJi on the piano, this is gonna be good.
My bb LWJ is looking for literally the smallest sign that WWX is not going to melt his brain with his new brand of magic. Heâs so worried.
Theyâre being so soft and vulnerable and Iâm so glad WWX agreed to let LWJ help him. (Hhhhhmmmmmmgggggg the possibilities if these two idiots communicated oh my gooooooood)
Thatâs it, thatâs the whole episode. Nothing else happens.
Ok clearly it wasnât. But I just have to spiral down and scream about their fucking lack of armour. Maybe Iâm too used to western high fantasy but theyâre not even wearing leather or chainmail what the fuck.
NHS YOU CUPCAKE I ADORE YOU!
That whole battle scene with the Peacock. What the fuck
So... JC sword fighting and covered in blood. Hhhmmm... interesting visual.
(Listen I said I wasnât gonna creep until SunShot, this is SunShot)
Something Iâve never understood: arenât puppets mind-and-body controlled people at best, walking corpses at worst? Why would they stop if you chop off an arm? Itâs not like they feel pain or have survival instincts, and if theyâre corpses, or you can keep them in control after they die, delivering a mortal blow would do fuck all wouldnât it? Solution: get a flamethrower.
... a well known man in a position of power, built like a brick shithouse and with a big-ass sword just decided he was the best for the task of infiltration and assassination. What the fuck Da-ge, was it LXCâs turn with the braincell or what? And these two just let him! I want to think if NHS had gone with them heâd smacked all three over the head with his fan.
Listen listen listen. I find my sister crying âunchaperonedâ and in the company of the asshole son of a known canât-keep-it-in-his-pants dude, IN HIS ROOM, and Iâm murdering first and asking question second. And I donât even have siblings. Hell, I find any girl crying in those circumstances and Iâm getting stabby.
Ok, hereâs another scene Iâm taking to create a parallel btw âstableâ and âunstableâ WWX. You remember that when he got into a fight with the Peacock at Cloud Recesses the second Shijie appeared with a bit of manpower he backed the fuck off. Now sheâs here physically holding onto him and begging him to go (remember sheâs the one whoâs crying and probably wants to leave and not have this turned into a public spectacle) and heâs so angry he isnât even budging. Like, Iâd understand if the fight wasnât triggered by her being upset and she was just asking him to not fight, but she is super upset, and instead of comforting her like Iâm sure heâs done a bunch of times he wants to stay and throw hands. Conclusion: get this boy to therapy.
Do NOT scream at MianMian.
Ok now I want to throw hands with the Peacock myself. (Once again I beg of you, someone re-write canon but with an actual responsible adult for these people to go to when this shit happens. Women need more female friendships and everyone needs an actual good adult role-model)
As always, any Jin disciple not MianMian is an asshole (Iâm willing to forgive the one who went to fetch WWX just now).
Bless LWJâs wrist grabs.
OH MY GOD GALAXY BRAIN MOMENT: So we remember when JC got his core melted and shoved WWX and he barely felt it. WHAT IF the Peacock already knowing WWX packs a mean punch, realises that being sent flying into a table is way too mild a response, and why would WWX hold back when heâd just made his Shijie cry you know? What is wrong with WWX, we canât have him sick/dying this is a war and we need manpower, plus itâd make her cry and he refuses to see that ever again. So he confides in MianMian and they decide to keep an eye out for WWX, give him a hand AND try and guess tf is wrong with him. Iâm not gonna say they guess it, because itâd be impossible but book MianMian was already good with herbs and medicine so maybe she gets to research? Regardless WWX suddenly has two very determined Jin puppies following him around and being nice to him? Like, genuinely? Like they seem to be pleased just by him chilling and taking a rest? Iâve always said Iâd love for him and the Peacock to become friends (bc oh my god the bitchiness if those two joined forces) and LWJ going fucking insane because suddenly MIANMIAN is glued to his Wei Yingâs side would be hilarious.
In this AU she offhandedly comes out as bi, WWX either realises then and there or goes âoooohhh sameâ and WangJi.exe stops working for a sec while he rearranges his whole world view. Bonus if Peacock goes something like âwe figured with you dating LWJâ and thatâs how WangXian gets together. JC will never forgive his brother in law because fucking hell the PDA is OFF THE FUCKING CHARTS WHY. (It would be, theyâre barely out of hormone hurricane hell and fighting battles all day, emotions run really high)
And thatâs how, when WQ goes to ask WWX help with her brother MianMian (and probably LWJ? Idk, I donât want to deprive myself of that âmy body is readyâ face he makes when WWX drinks his wine for him) is with her WN doesnât die, WQ gets a girlfriend AND EVERYTHING IS SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS.
Aw look at 2zun talking about their boyfriend.
Have I ever mentioned that LXCâs headpiece reminds me of a (western) dragon skull? Because it does and I think itâs super cool.
NMJ just said âthat asshole Wenâ according to the Netflix subtitles and idk if it is accurate, but holy shit I love it.
Well, thatâs not an ominous place to go and try to break into or anything.
Oh he got caught. What a surprise. Who wouldâve thought.
(Sneaky Meng Yao gives me life tho)
Meng Yao is enjoying this and Iâm living for it, thatâs such a pleased smile. Insert here a joke about him enjoying seeing his bf all bloody and on his knees.
Also his face when NMJ goes for the kill pretty much screams âthis dumbass is gonna get obliterated, why am I with him again?â
LWJâs Wei Ying senses were tingling. Also, assume Iâm screaming about these yahoos not putting their hair up, thatâs a scalping wanting to happen and those shits ainât pretty.
BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE!
Btw I really like the fade to black cut style of the battle, helps not make me dizzy.
Nvm Iâm dizzy now.
Holy shit I love how creepy YLLZ can get.
And thatâs all for this episode my friends. Read you soon!
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Episode 4 - Meng Yao has a crush & Foxglove likes to babble
Hello everybody, welcome to episode 4. I slept like a baby last night, but I have a migraine so I may sound a bit incoherent. (Post episode Foxglove here, Iâm not incoherent in this, Iâm just ranty)
Poor WWX. Funny story, during my first? Second? Year of Med School I fell aspleep on my biophysics notes during exam period, woke up at 9pm when my alarm for my meds started ringing, realised what Iâd done and called my mum (who was on a 24h shift at the hospital) crying. In hindsight is hilarious because I had something like two weeks until the exam so I lost no more than a few hours but oh well.
Full disclosure here: I donât like the Lan sect, LXC, LWJ and the Ducklings excluded I think theyâre a bunch of hypocrites. You canât call yourself righteous and boast about your almost 4000 rules and then shrug when people decide to commit genocide.
Also, 4000-ish rules? Fuck that noise, thereâs a post floating around here where some amazing soul translated what they could see of the Wall of Rules and yeah, some of them are in the âdonât be an asshole, donât hurt yourself or othersâ vein which, absolutely fair. But things like âdress properlyâ who are you to tell me what and how I cover my body with? âDonât be promiscuousâ wow thanks for the slut shaming my dudes. âDonât smile foolishly/donât smile too muchâ, âsit properlyâ, âdonât be too sadâ, âdonât be too happyâ. Youâre telling me these are rules, not guidelines, not common sense stuff. RULES. Youâre telling me people get punished for grinning or crying. Fuck off mate.
And we canât forget the golden example of hypocrisy âDonât talk to Wei Wuxianâ so much for âdonât speak ill of othersâ.
Is my Western Girl showing? Iâm sorry, Iâm from Spain and I was raised by the guidelines âdonât be an asshole, donât hurt yourself or others, donât take anyoneâs bullshit, live and let live, have courage and be kind, we will always love and support youâ so some stuff in here is very very grating. I donât have enough knowledge about the culture to discern if it is because of my modern sensibilities or because my culture is so different.
Oooooohhh I donât like birds. I mean, I love crows, ravens and birds of prey to an unhealthy degree, but they keep their distance. The other day a pigeon flew into my building and decided that my (very dark) doorstep was the place to have a rest. I screamed like a banshee.
Hey, those two assholes at the back, get the fuck out of here.
LXC protective mode activated.
You will never convince me Meng Yao did not develop a monster crush right then and there.
Oh no. Itâs this asshole.
Oh WangJi about to cut a bitch.
Drag him WWX.
MYâs protective mode activated.
And LXC is too done with this shit. Yep, NHS also thinks MY got a massive crush.
WQ aka Qishan Wenâs only braincell.
Itâs the One Braincell Trio!
Notice me sempai! Omg JCâs faces.
This is where I dump all my canon-divergence AUs:
Meng Yao stays in Cloud Recesses. He and LXC keep gazing longingly into each otherâs eyes.
NHS introduces him to the other two from the One Braincell Trio. WWX takes one look at him and goes âyep, youâre my friend now, Iâm kneecapping anybody who fucks with you.â Because thereâs no way he wouldnât be sympathetic to MY after his own childhood (omg, both of them drunk, making terrible gallowsâ humour jokes about living poor and mostly homeless while JC and NHS just listen horrified). JC goes into overprotective bro mode with MY. I mean, he still canât emote for shit but heâs made very very sure that he will cut a bitch for MY and at least he knows MY has a brain, not like someone else he knows.
Shijie makes friends with MY because Shijie is a goddess and MY is so confused because how the hell does someone so kind exist? And she wants to be friends? And she doesnât care at all about his past? What? MY.exe has stopped working.
Maybe JZX gets his head out of his ass and goes to talk to MY and warn him about what an asshole JGS is, because I refuse to think JZX doesnât know it. Maybe MY hears him disparaging Shijie and decides that nope, the Jins can fuck right off every single one of them is a rude idiot; itâs ok with him because of his parentage (itâs not ok) but no one touches Shijie. The Yunmeng sibs is where it is at.
And thatâs when he unleashes his full Slytherin powers on behalf of his new family. Because he does indeed have a fully functioning brain and shit is going to get really ugly really fast for all the people he loves if he doesnât try and mitigate the damage somehow.
(A lot of mutual XiYao pinning is going on in the background because I live for the angst ok. LWJ fully approves of him as a brother-in-law tho)
A lot of terrible shit still happens because this is my AU and I want pain, but not only does JGS not have MYâs enormous brain on his side when he tries to seize power, heâs actively working against him (you canât tell me MY wouldnât get the kick of his life publicly bringing down and exposing his terrible father).
Iâm sorry, back to the commentary.
This two idiots omg.
Itâs WQ! Drag him WQ (gently)
Iâm going to channel my ballet teacher here for a second: put your hair up! (You bunch of spider crabs, as she would call us)
I mean, JCâs hair is clearly in his face when heâs doing drills and, while the visual of all that dark hair whipping in the wind with the robes (another beef I have, they look like theyâd catch on everything) is very dramatic I can assure you itâs fucking annoying. Plus it limits your visual field a lot. Again, I know jack about the culture and people can fly on swords here so why am I complaining about hair but let me live.
I used to have that much hair (then I got a pixie, now Iâm growing it back out) and smacking yourself on the face with your own braid hurts.
Shijie knows whatâs up with Jiang âI can only show angerâ Cheng.
My one track mind when I saw the fish: Anisakis!
I think I would absolutely become a vegetarian if I got dropped in the past tbh. Not only is there no quality control of animal products (hello Trichinella), thereâs also no way to do a proper cold storage (hello Salmonella). Iâve read and seen to many horror stories due to contaminated animal byproducts and, while vegetables pose their own risk (hello E. Coli) usually you only have to be thorough at washing and peeling to not have trouble.
5am wake up call without coffee. Fuck that noise.
Wei âIâm a petty gremlinâ Wuxian.
I once called WWX a âmad scientist with ADHDâ on an AO3 comment and I stand by that assessment.
Ok, but why the turtle caricature? Itâs because turtles are âold and wiseâ like LQR? Is that the joke? Or are they laughing at WWXâs balls?
AW NO PAPERMAN.
âTell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? // Where, would you look if I asked you to get me a bezoar? // And what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?â Itâs pretty much the same energy. LQR is Ancient magic Chinaâs version is Severus Snape down to the pettiness. He tries to catch WWX in a mistake, and when he canât he dismisses his knowledge (look at Shijieâs face when he says WWX should not be proud to know what he does). He keeps pushing until WWXâs runs into a wall, then uses LWJ to âshow him how itâs doneâ I mean, look how smug he looks and how uncomfortable everyone else is.
âPity... clearly, fame isn't everything.â
(No, I donât like LQR and I donât like Severus Snape either; tragic past and sacrifices do not give you a pass to abuse children donât @ me, Iâm not interested in changing my mind)
And here is where all my âmad scientist with ADHDâ hc stem from.
âNo screaming in Cloud Recesses.â Screams LQR (yes, Iâm 100% that bitch)
WEN NING IS HERE HI WN YOURE SO PRECIOUS.
But intercepting an arrow mid flight is some Geralt of Rivia Witcher bullshit right there.
Detective Wei strikes again.
The scenery is gorgeous my god.
Can we talk again about how this 16-year-old boy reacted to someone sneaking up on him by drawing his sword and attacking? Thatâs not fucking normal, thatâs a common reflex in soldiers or people with PTSD.
(The Netflix translation has him calling LWJ âWangJiâ and I die)
Thanks for reading!
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Hello everyone and welcome to my dumpster fire The Untamed/CQL commentary. Full credit for this idea goes to @inessencedevided and @trensu who have both done their own version. One is a first watch commentary, the other one is specifically focused on WangXian moments. Go read those, I guarantee theyâll be miles better that whatever I can cook up in my notes app.
Several things to note:
English is not my first language.
Iâm moving countries in a week.
Iâm preparing for an exam that I need to sit in order to even work in the public health system.
I swear, like a lot.
Iâm slowly working my way through the novel but Iâve also not been able to sit down and read a book in the last six years. So now that I graduated Iâve started like... twelve? At the same time or so. I jump between them and it is The Best.
I donât know to to properly format a tumblr post. So the idea is that Iâll keep editing this post to link every episode but pray for me.
EPISODE 1 - The ducklings are the best & WWX totally does not have a crush
Episode 2 - Wei Wuxian has Foot-in-Mouth syndrome & Foxglove absolutely has a crush
Episode 3 - Wei Wuxian is a Gremlin & Lan WangJi has a crush
Episode 4 - Meng Yao has a crush & Foxglove likes to babble
Episode 5 - WangXian flirts & The fucking lake does fucking what?
Episode 6 - Cold Pond Cave handfasting & Foxglove is a Lan Yi stan
Episode 7 - Wei Wuxian would cut a bitch for Shijie (we all would) & Lan WangJi canât believe heâs in love with this gremlin
Episode 8 - WangXian go on a date & DONâT BLINK
Episode 9 - DONâT DEAD OPEN INSIDE & Foxglove loves all the tropes
Episode 10 - Tywin Lannister called, he wants the Rains of Castamere back & once again, Foxglove cheers when someone gets shanked
Episode 11 - The Yunmeng Sibs have shitty parents & *Screams in Doctor*
Episode 12 - Blanket and kittens for Lan WangJi & Foxglove really wants a fake relationship AU fic
Episode 13 - Attack of the Murder Turtle & WangXian dance around their mutual crush
Episode 14 - WangXian are a (v soft) Battle Couple & Foxglove is hella mad
Episode 15 - Stop fucking shooting fucking kites & Fuck this shit Iâm out
Episode 16 - The pain continues & What the fuck is up with Wen Zhuliu
Episode 17 - Blanket and kittens for everybody & Foxglove is completely scatterbrained today
Episode 18 - Baby!Yunmeng Sibs & thoughts all over the place
Episode 19 - Yiling Laozu mode activated & BAMF!Lan WangJi avenging his husband
Episode 20 - ChenQing Syndrome & Tangents everywhere
Episode 21 - The PTSD is strong with this one & we need more braincells
Episode 22 - XuanXian friendship AU & Meng Yao canât believe one of his boyfriends is this dumb.
And of course...
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EPISODE 1 - The ducklings are the best & WWX totally does not have a crush
Opening the first episode with people celebrating the death of what turns out to be the main character is brilliant. And as the narrator recounts his âwicked deedsâ you get a shot of this trembling man walking backwards towards the edge of a cliff looking like, well, absolute shit and crying. And then he jumps, and this bleeding man in white literally flies to catch him.
I cried the first time I saw this ngl.
Again, JCâs sword hand shaking as he gets closer to them. Such incredible attention to detail.
That canât be a comfortable way to sit for long periods of time, thereâs zero back support.
Well, it sure turned creepy.
And now it went from âcreepyâ to âfucking terrifyingâ.
This show has the unique ability to make me cheer when some assholes get murdered.
When the evil spirt you call up for revenge would very much prefer to go back to his nap.
My god everyone in this household are fucking assholes.
WWX: *Gremlin mode activated*
Fun fact, before I I found out who LSZ was my first impression of him was that he was an absolute cupcake.
Let me break this bit down please: WWX is very much Not Happy that Gusu people are roaming around. Yet what does he do the second he recognises the flags? Make a scene so as to grab one, and make absolutely sure these kids are not gonna be in danger. What a fucking legend.
First LWJ flashback hit him like a punch to the stomach it looks like.
These two dickheads.
Hc that either WWX or LWJ used WangXian/WuJi as A-Yuanâs lullaby and thatâs why it is so familiar to him.
Jingyi is a Mood.
Second LWJ flashback complete with wishful sighing of his name after playing their love song.
Drag her WWX.
LSZ: Call HGJ
WWX: *Kill Bill Sirens*
Ok, time out. Exactly how tall is Xiao Zhan? Because heâs at least two heads taller than the actress whoâs playing servant.
Back to business, being strangled by your own hand is fucking brutal. Itâs like the worst possible version of Alien Hand Syndrome.
That moment when I am left handed lol.
Thatâs one badass entrance.
Oh hi, absolutely stunning cinematography, how are you doing?
What the ducklings say: HGJ!
What the ducklings mean: DAD!
LJY: maybe the Yiling Patriarch didnât die!
LWJ: god I fucking wish.
Again, brilliant script. The only actions this gorgeous man in white has taken so far have been trying to save WWX from going off a cliff, saving all his kids and wondering if WWX was actually alive, with That Look on his face.
Yet WWX keeps trying to get away from him ASAP. And we have to wonder why? Is this dude a secret evil mastermind?
Nope, WWX is just an oblivious gremlin.
At the beginning of the episode the drunk man chanting âSouls come back, they donât go to the Ghost Realmâ sounded really creepy, now it sounds almost hopeful.
Thank you for reading!
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Episode 13 - Attack of the Murder Turtle & WangXian dance around their mutual crush
What is this? Three episodes in a day? Iâd make a joke about the end of times but *waves hand at 2020*. In other news I washed my hair and it is tying to strangle me, because I have more hair than Medusa.
We open again with WWX offering to carry LWJ, and let me just mention how fucking soft, pained and defeated that âBoringâ sounds, followed by WuJi and Iâm tearing up.
Iâm totally treating LWJâs âBoringâ as his version of âAs you wishâ and none of yâall can stop me. (Wow suddenly I need a Princess Bride wangxian fic because holy shit the amount of angst -with a happy ending- that could have)
PAPERMAN
WWX is such a good boy oh my god *sniffles*
Does WC thing WWX and WQ have a thing? Is that what that look means? Holy shit Iâm cackling.
Iâd love to introduce Wang LingJiao to my (deceased unfortunately) grandma, see how long she lasts before she gets la zapatilla to the face for being an asshole.
... the cave was on the other bank of the river. Oh my god these fucking idiots (the Wens I mean)
WWX just being done with LWJâs refusal and grabbing his arm to help him walk. He learnt that bedside manner from JC.
WC: *starts talking*
Everyone: *eye roll*
Can we stop yeeting WWX off high places? Please?
Also, LWJ with his hurt leg was the first to get down that ravine and help his man off the ground. These two I swear.
And the Peacock is getting sassy, well done character development!
You can see when everybody just silently agrees to not even bother answering WCâs screams.
Listen listen, I donât know if this is just A Thing me and my friends do, but the second the Idiot Couple singled MianMian out I wouldâve been *Kill Bill sirens* and not taken my eyes off her. I mean, I know the Murder Turtle is kind of a big deal here, but my guys, they already want to hurt the girl, close ranks around her, donât let them catch her alone. (Exactly like LWJ did, dude pretty much Apparated)
LWJ is one chill dude and I love how he knows heâs so above the guardsâ level he threw his torch way before procuring a sword. Also, give my wife a sword, if she had one the iron poker thing wouldâve gone waaaaaay differently.
WC: *exists*
WWX: Iâm about to end this manâs whole career
(And this can also count as a very dark joke for future episodes too)
WZL canât believe he has to protect this idiot.
Ok, but when WWX asked JC if it was an earthquake I was so expecting to get one of those scenes when two people start bantering with each other in a very inappropriate situation, like holding a dude at sword point. Oh well...
So the Murder Turtle is a T-Rex. Cool cool cool. And WWX is on top of it. Iâd say something about his luck but he hasnât got any.
THIS IS WHAT I MEANT BY CLOSING RANKS AROUND MIANMIAN. If youâre not going to give her a sword donât leave her alone with a crazy lady who wants to hurt her unaccounted for.
Ok so WWX canât console people to save his life but imma forgive him cause heâs a teenager in this and lord knows I wasnât the most tactful teen.
LWJ has temporarily taken custody of the Braincell to give MianMian a moment.
You can see the moment JCâs expression shifts as he realises that yep, his brother is back on his crazy bullshit again, better strap in.
(But why you swimming with all those layers tho whyyyyyy)
Yunmeng bros to the rescue.
Holy shit, LWJ just threw WWX back with one hand, thatâs some arm strength.
Ah yes, why not add Murder a Turtle bite on top of a broken leg.
JC screaming heâd come back for WWX, my heart.
WANGXIAN MURDER TURTLE CAVE SHENANIGANS AHOY YALL.
Iâm sorry I canât ship properly with the amount of pain LWJ seems to be in.
... nevermind, itâs the striptease scene Iâm already cackling (my parents just asked me what Iâm laughing at because they can hear me from downstairs)
LWJâs whole ass repressed gay teen in panic mode expression is pure gold.
LWJâs mind: THIN RED ROBE THIN RED ROBE THIN RED ROBE HOLY SHIT TROUSERS.
WWX: thanks give me hives/goosebumps/the creeps.
SAME BRO SAME.
SASSY LWJ STRIKES AGAIN. If heâd paired that âyouâre welcomeâ with a tiny smirk (and if they hadnât both been grievously injured) neither of those boys wouldâve left that cave a virgin.
âYou like MianMianâ
This look on LWJâs face is what convinced me that he keeps an inner running monologue thatâs mostly swearing and ranting about how pretty WWX is. I so want to write a LWJ POV fic, maybe detailing some of WangXianâs most iconic scenes but 1)canât write and 2) JC also swears like a sailor so Iâd probably screw up their voices or something.
I wonder what wouldâve happened if LWJ had told WWX heâs only into dudes? Probably nothing bc WWX is oblivious but...
I would say that, in this version (remember I firmly believe CQLâs WWX developed a monster crush for LWJ during the Library), WWX is rhapsodising about MianMian to try and see if LWJ gets ticked off, but heâs not that subtle, just a disaster bi.
Oops back to the sads. BLANKET AND KITTENS FOR LWJ.
Sweethearts, theyâre in danger and in pain and sad and my heart canât take it they need to be safe and happy and *throws blankets and kittens at them*
Thanks for reading!
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