#i think that's all the pairings?

[chaotic---calm]

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, No Golden Core Transfer (Módào Zǔshī), Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín Has No Golden Core, Concubine Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Concubine Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Dubious Consent, Extremely Dubious Consent, Consent Issues, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Anal Gaping, Double Penetration, Double Penetration in One Hole, Double Penetration in Two Holes, Double Anal Penetration, Rough Sex, Reluctant Sex, Marathon Sex, Gentle Sex, Oral Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Deepthroating, Non-Consensual Somnophilia, Rough Kissing, Gentle Kissing, Neck Kissing, Biting, Nipple Piercings, Nipple Licking, Overstimulation, Forced Orgasm, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Multiple Orgasms, Dry Orgasm, Inappropriate Use of Gūsū Lán Forehead Ribbon (Módào Zǔshī), Inappropriate Use of Gūsū Lán Silencing Spell (Módào Zǔshī), Large Cock, Cock Warming, Rimming, Crying, Dacryphilia, Guilty Pleasures, Angst, Angst and Porn, Emotional Baggage, Emotional Hurt, with a little comfort but not much, Confusion, Sexual Confusion, Light Bondage, Loss of Virginity, Dark Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Dark Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, (not so much evil dark; more like lascivious dark), (like two powerful entitled men who don't understand others' POVs), Pseudo-Incest, (WWX and JC aren't related by blood but do have sex), (LXC and LWJ are related by blood but don't directly interact with one another), Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Explicit Sexual Content, probably more tags to come after i write chapter 2 and know what all will be included Summary:

With his golden core destroyed and his sect in ruins, Jiang Cheng must come up with a way to secure the safety of the few remaining people he owes protection to. As pathetic as he has become in his fall, as the heir to the sect, the burden falls on his shoulders, and his only hope is to form an alliance to another sect. However, without a golden core, Jiang Cheng is no longer suitable to serve as a spouse, so in the end, his fate is to be a concubine to Zewu-jun, leader of the Lan Sect.

To protect all that he holds dear, Jiang Cheng must give up his body…forever.

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

[empress-of-snark]

Beetlejuice in the first movie: I want to get back to the land of the living to terrorize humanity in any way that I can, this weird goth girl is just a means to an end

Beetlejuice in the sequel, who keeps a framed picture of Lydia on his desk: It has been thirty years since I've seen my wife Lydia Deetz, the love of my life, my one and only, my other half, the only woman I’ve ever truly loved, my—

[ionlydrinkhotwater]

See one of the unrealized beautiful things about Jean and Neil's friendship is that the more they hang out, the more their boyfriends have to hang out, too. Andrew and Jeremy actually have a lot of potential as friends, Andrew actually likes nice people, i think Jeremy is capable of getting Andrew to talk with him, they are both blonde Californians with dark taste in partners, they hate cops, they have weird relationships with their siblings, but they take mental health seriously, and they dont make Exy their whole personality. While Jean and Neil are having a complicated crime filled lovehate, "we are brothers from the same messed up family" friendship. Jeremy and Andrew could actually develop a really nice, uncomplicated friendship where they babysit the others' bf when they are in town.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

[vebokki]

go go demon gang

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

[cyanbeetle]

Trinity thesis

[couch-house]

yippee knuckles comic done! wanted to try several things: tell a story in 4-7 pages, attempt to style layouts and writing a bit more like stc comics, and lump my "knuckles raised unknowingly by the m.e." headcanons together. mixed results I think but I still think it turned out nice :)

[keii]

late morning

[kabukiaku]

terzo sure does love his ghouls!

[hinamie]

every so often i have to relearn how to draw yuuji or he starts fighting me

[benevolenterrancy]

("Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension, and decreasing hope. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this." -- paraphrased from The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket)

[blorbologist]

Y'know, I think I figured out why the Hells still feel like a new low-level party to me, even though they're level 13 and almost 100 episodes in.

I don't quite think it's the lack of conversations, or the fact half the party's plot hooks are big ties to past campaigns - though that definitely plays a part.

... Bell's Hells still primarily rely on quest givers.

Most of their goals are given to them and do not feel organic to the party, and constantly remind us that the Hells are pretty much never the most powerful people in the room. Which is usually something you see with a low-level party.

NPCs offering jobs is not a bad thing; it's a very common plot hook. Matt has been extremely skilled with using NPC quest givers in those two campaigns. Not only do they provide an obvious plot thread, but they can put the party in the path of others (say, the Nein running into the Iron Shepherds while doing a job for the Gentleman and everything that came of that). And the Hells had a solid start with it too - Eshteross was an excellent quest giver!

The problem is that Bell's Hells have never really not had a quest giver.

Maybe it's a byproduct of the more plot-heavy structure of this campaign? But while prior parties have felt like they decided on their course of action and what they prioritized, Bell's Hells feels less like level 13 (13! Level 13!) experienced adventurers and more like an MMO group clicking on the exclamation point over an NPC's head. Where does the plot demand we go next? Who do we report back to?

They're level 13.

At level 13, Vox Machina had just defeated a necromantic city-state to clear their name and Percy's conscience. And, you know, the Conclave just destroyed Emon. No one was explicitly telling the group to gather Vestiges and save the world (though Matt guided them there), and they were usually among the most powerful people in the room. They chose which Vestiges to prioritize, which dragons to tackle when, even if the over-all plot was pretty clear.

At level 13, the Mighty Nein were celebrating Traveler Con (another PC goal, I'll note) after brokering peace between two nations, accidentally becoming pirates and heroes of the Dynasty. The Nein regularly chose what to do based on personal goals, not grand ones. Though definitely smaller fish than Vox Machina at this level, they were very independent and gaining solid political clout.

While we're at it: level 13 is one level lower than the Ring of Brass, who had a huge amount of sway over Avalir. They ended the world, and also saved it, while in the grand scheme of things being only a smidge more powerful than Bell's Hells are now.

Can you really see the Hells wielding that amount of influence, when they're constantly being told what to do next?

The god-eater might be unleashed, so Bell's Hells have no time to do anything but what is asked of them. No time for therapy unless stolen from Feywild time, no travel on foot and late-night watches. They haven't even had time to grieve FCG. Percy was grieved in the middle of the Conclave arc. Molly was grieved when half the party was still in irons.

Matt is in the very unfortunate spot of not being able to give the Hells the same agency as the other two parties. Not only because of the world-ending plot introduced so early on; they are surrounded by characters they know (and the cast knows) are stronger and wiser than them - the familiarity of the past PCs and NPCs is to their disadvantage.

Why would the party reasonably ignore Keyleth's task that will help save the world and go off on a romp? Why would the cast when they know well Keyleth has to be sensible and with the best intentions in mind? The stakes are just too high.

It means that the Hells still feel like they're running errands instead of pursuing their own destiny. Their accomplishments are diminished as just being parts of a to-do list, and any stakes feel padded by several level 20 PCs/NPCs standing 5 steps away ready to catch them.

This isn't Bell's Hell's fault, nor is it Matt's. It could be amended, I think, if the Hells are really left to their own devices for a long period of time without support and shortcuts (like during the party split)... which would be really tricky to pull off at this point in the campaign.

They're level 13. They're big fish, but they're stuck in a pond full of friendly sharks, so they don't feel big at all.

[hballegro]

they're leaving room for jesus via the width of a single communion wafer

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

yall know the "after first kiss" meme

there are three types of pairing

the meme: