#i'm sure the 30 or so mods and fixes helped as well

[tau1tvec]

Plugged my PC back into the wall socket, and surprisingly ( or rather unsurprisingly ), my game isn't struggling as much as it was.

[eurodyne-d]

Firstly, your Cyberpunk photography is fucking incredible. I love your characters and- as a side note away from my main question- absolutely need to know what mod you used for your V’s long hair. Plus seeing Kerry content is automatically a A in my book because he’s just the best character- what can I say? Anyways, I’m sure it’s been asked hundreds of times- but, how do you manage to get your photography’s so… perfect? I have a pretty beefy PC and run CP on the highest graphics but both with and without mods all my pictures always look so blurry and terrible- specifically around the faces. I’d love to know how you get them so clear and beautiful plus any tips and recommendations on your posing/composition.

This is so kind, thank you so much omg. Your message just made my week <3

For your first question, you can find the hair here!

As for my shots... Honestly it's mostly just me balling it haha. Mine used to be very blurry too but I can't for the life of me remember my settings when that happened, but I do know Path Tracing makes stuff look weird for me even tho my video card should be able to handle it. In general, ray tracing is always off for me, and I have Resolution Scaling on DLSS quality priority with max graphic settings (except for clouds, those are on medium(if that even matters)). Once in photomode tho, it's just a bunch of messing around and see what works. Most of the time I first press space for a quick render to fix the lighting/shadows, then I start messing with the exposure/contrast/filters a bit to enhance the colors of the overall composition, and sometimes I throw on a reshade that compliments the vanilla look further. My general FOV is around 20-30 with 70-80 on DOF cause I feel that makes the overall shot look most crisp and if necessary I'll clean up a bit in photoshop afterwards, but most of the time i just use it to slap on a filter and some grain and call it a day.

After I throw it into photoshop, the end result would be something like this:

As for tips on posing/composition; first and foremost, in-game lighting is your best friend. There are plenty of spots with neon signs and spotlights that give great lighting. If I found a great spot but aren't too sure about the lighting, I also tend to mess around with AMM and adjust the time of day for better (or no) sunlight. Or you found the perfect spot but the lighting is just a bit off? Spawn some spotlights or area lights with AMM to enhance your models! I usually just roam around, find a spot I like as background, and then go from there with setting up an outfit/color scheme/pose. Most of it for me really is just throwing shit at the screen and seeing what sticks tbh. I do use the photomode grid a bit especially for 16:9 shots to align my models a bit off-center cause that just looks better to me personally.

And that's all I can really think of right now.. Sorry if it's not much of a help or all over the place, I'm currently sick and my brain isn't functioning too well lmao. If you have any more questions, don't be afraid to ask! I'm more than happy to answer!

[wangxianficfinder]

Fic Finder

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1. Hello you wonderful people! So grateful to what you do on this page! I was hoping you could help me find a fic where the Lans agree to take in the Wen if Wei Wuxian agrees to be cleansed of resentful energy and Wei Wuxian agrees even though it will kill him. I know Wen Qing has a main role in it because she tries to convince him not to. Thank you lovely mods!

FOUND! decay by antebunny  (G, 16k, wangxian)

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2. Please heeelllp. I had saved your rec list and I randonly clicked on a link and I was reading and then all of a sudden I lost it, not even in my history. I've gone through the whole list and I can't find it 😭 so now I'm going mad for real. Hoping you might know the fic. I swear it was from the list....

WWX wakes up in MXY body but has lost his memory. He is in the middle of fighting off the arm at the Mo residence and tells the diciples to play rest. Meets LWJ, gets taken back to Cloud Recess, everyone thinks his memory lost is due to the arm. Sometimes mentions things in a "previous life". Tries sword fighting with the kids, knows what he's doing. And thats as far as I got.

FOUND! Love Song In Reverse by timetoboldlygo (T, 159k, wangxian, WIP)

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3. Hello! I have been looking for this fic where lwj (aged 30+) travels back in time, and meets the teen versions of everybody. He is completely different from the teen ver of himself, none of the stoic and aloofness he displayed, and the younger wwx really appreciates all the attention he is getting from the older lwj. And all this causes some jealousy from the younger lwj. Pls help me find it i have been looking for it for months!!

FOUND! Mod L thinks this one is vinegar jug by dandelion_san (G, 7k, wangxian, time travel)

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4. Hi, i want to ask a wangxian book name or the author's name will be fine too. I have saved the book in my reading list but now I couldn't find it. I read it in wattpad where both wangji and wei ying fell down from the cliff and baoshan samen rescued them. They together rescued ayuan too and then they all trained under baoshan sanren. After 16 years they met xichen in mo manor. Here shizui is mo xuyanu's friend and huisang asked wei Ying's help to solve his brother death. It is updated till 5.

FOUND? blossoming flowers in a full moon - 花好月圆 by thisiswherethemagichappens (T, 62k, wangxian, fix-it of sorts) Author in Tumblr: @thisiswherethemagichappens and @theuntamed-magic

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5. I am not sure on how to do this loll this is my first time asking. But Ima just try, also I love the stories you recommend (may have cried, and laugh loll)

I am looking for a book that I read few months back, I even went through the history and couldn't find it loll. It's about how the mdzs characters watching wei wuxian life after the first siege (?) Everyone (I think everyone) who died were resurrected to watch his life as well. While watching they didn't know that wei wuxian was still alive but not in their time period, he is alive, and pregnant and now goes by the name Bai Ying or Bai Wuxian in the future. And when they found out they decided to go and convince him to come back with them, but he doesn't remember them.

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6. Hello!! I’m p sure there’s a lot of fics like this out there right now TAT but im looking for a fic where lwj ends up tutoring wwx how to kiss? Or at least how to be sexual w/ each other? Iirc, this happened because they were having a conversation about first base, second base etc so the main point of their “agreement” is to kind of show wwx the different bases? I hope that makes sense 😭 If it helps, i remember wwx always goes to lwj’s place too for their sessions. And he often has to wait until lwj is finished with his studying/homework before the start. Thank you!!!

FOUND? Lead Me On Through by vesna (mrsronweasley) (E, 54k, wangxian, arranged marriage, practice kissing)

FOUND? throw the keys back by dustyloves (E, 31k, wangxian, F/F)

FOUND? give me one good honest kiss by occultings (microcomets) (E, 25k, wangxian, F/F)

Nothing But Trouble by brooklinegirl (E, 60k, wangxian, modern au, Fake/Pretend Relationship)

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7. Hello :3 sorry, it's the first time i don't know where i lost a fic, but i know you can help me (I admire you so much!!!). Well, it's a Wangxian time travel, but Lan Zhan only can remember his feelings for Wei Ying not the past. Wei Ying say that Lan Zhan and he, meet in their childhood and Lan Zhan promised to take him to Cloud Resses but he lost and after that was adopted to the Jiangs. (srry english is not my fist lenguage)

FOUND! Come Back to Me by s6115 (M, 9k, wangxian)

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8. Hi! Looking for a fic where Lan Wangji is cursed and falls sick/catches a cold. Wei Wuxian takes care for him. That's the summary I remember. I forgot to bookmark it (sigh, I never learn). I skimmed through the 'sick fic' tag on ao3 but I couldn't find it there!

FOUND? Might this be ❤️side effects may include by slightlytookish (T, 14k, wangxian, case fic, curses)

Other possibility❤️i don't wanna lose you (hope it never ends) by annemari (T, 20k, wangxian, sick fic, poison instead of curse), podfic by exmanhater

5 Times Wei WuXian was a Domestic Goddess by DoAliensLikePasta (G, 6k, wangxian, sick fic, WIP) has WWX nursing a sick LWJ, as well as sewing and gardening.

The Cultivator's Cold by Court_on_Fire (G, 6k, wangxian, it’s a plain old cold, but the melodramatic summary is priceless.)

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9. Hi!! I love this blog so much and was wondering if u could help me find a fic i've been looking for forever. It was something like Wei Wuxian goes to the gym (related to Jiang Cheng and a basketball team???) and he sees Lan Wangji and eventually they get together/go back to Wangji's place and have sex??? sorry this is so unspecific i just have a shit memory lmao

FOUND! ❤️speeding up my heartbeat by plonk (E, 25k, wangxian, Mojo's post)

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10. Hello! I am looking for a fic set in post-canon and there was this scene where wwx made lwj promise to tell him if he’s getting mad/annoyed at wwx. I think wwx said/did something (they were in the jingshi at this time) and lwj tells wwx that he is mad at him. Another detail I remember is that one of them slept on the floor after that fight. Thank you!

FOUND! You, Asleep and Dreaming by etymologyplayground (M, 9k, wangxian, 5+1)

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11. Hello! I wanted to ask, for the Fic Finder, if you knew the name of a fic with roughly this plot, only with LWJ turning into a bunny. Thank you in advance! :)) **Ooof, I swear I just recently read this but I can't remember! ~Mod L**

FOUND! ❤️it’s you, it was always you by myung (G, 7k, wangxian, animal transformation)

FOUND! ❤️heartkeeper by postingpebbles (G, 7k, wangxian, animal transformation), podfic by esbielle

*both these stories are based on this tumblr comic and/or this tumblr post by pakastekaappihomo

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12. Heyo Mojo guniang and L goniang? Gunzi?( since it’s they/them, i combined them. If it means anything rude please tell!!!) **Thank you for the consideration, it made me really happy! Either works for me tho I don’t know whether they mean something or not. So far the less desirable ways to address me are ‘madam’ and ‘mister’ but I'm not picky ~Mod L** i am looking for a fic. Actually two but i am pretty hopeful they are from a series.

a) WWX lives. He is taked by Qinghe Nie and put to a room. Told not to use resentment. He gets letters but JGY tells him not to read em. WWX doesn’t talk and all but one day NHS comes to do his hair and gossips. Later LWJ comes and WWX uses resentment when he hears about JYL marriage! that’s the first one i wanna find.

b) JGY is given then task to look after JYL’s kids. I think there was three? Something happened to JYL. I think a tough birth and he was given the task to be there babysitter. He starts to get really overworked since he already works a lot and I remember JZX lives too! So JGY basically lives in the baby jin room but later they get a nursemaid. I remember there was a conference and kinda 3zun happens? Like implying. Please help me! Thnx @sandriya-artemis​

FOUND! According to @tora42 both are from series Working Title: Everyone Lives (With Knives) by tucuxi (T, 50k, WIP)

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13. Hello, i'm looking for a fic i've read last year in which (post-canon) WWX was travelling around the jianghu helping people and being fed delicious regional foods in return. It had long and detailed author's notes on the dishes and geography of the regions. It probably had a wangxian love confession scene at the end and might have been formatted as a 5+1 thing? It must have been posted before the summer of 2021; i guess the length was something between 10k-25k. @tauremornalome

FOUND! a shared plate by yukla (T, 25k, wangxian, post-canon, food = love) Russian translation by smokeymoon Вместе есть

FOUND! Seven Cups of Tea by Forestofglory (G, 3k, wangxian, epistolary)

FOUND! the earth remembered me by remux (T, 30k, wangxian, WIP)

You might also be interested in this tumblr post by wangxianbunnydoodles, and Haoppopotamus on AO3, Chinese food geekery infuses a number of their fics.

SIMILAR! Comfort Food / 有可能的夜晚 by Irrelevancy (G, 4k, songxiao) - modern AU; Taiwanese bartender SL mentors Taiwanese-American tourist XXC into the local street food culture: “chinese diaspora feelings and food as love language”

SIMILAR! Before the Winter Comes by Moonpuddles (T, 3k, wangxian, with Traditional Chinese Medicine lore underlying the food choices; successive stages of autumn as celebrated by the Five Sects (the Wen Remnants, among others, get to survive.))

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14. Hi :) I just stumbled over your blog recently and maybe you could help me find a fic? I've been looking for it for weeks now but I can't seem to find it and it's driving me a bit crazy 🙈😅 so, it goes like this I think: wwx & lwj get together earlier and somehow the lan sect gifts Yiling (I think) to wwx and when he goes there during the war they sort of meet an estranged uncle of lwjs who left cloud recess and somehow they end up with little xuanwu babies and wwx lets spirits of former townguards posess them including the deceased wife of lwjs uncle and I think somehow the title Yiling Patriarch is still being used? And at one point lwj and wwx try on makeup? And it might or might not be a time travel fic? Idk 😅 I hope this is enough information and you know the fic, if not no worries and have a great day and thank you! :) 

FOUND! ❤️Gentians in bloom by teawater (M, 251k, wangxian, Mojo's bookmark)

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15. Hi, I first want to say thank you for all the hard work everyone puts in to help find and post links to fics. I have found many great reads following you guys. Second is I had read a fic and thought I had bookmarked it but it seems I cannot find it anymore so I am not sure if it was deleted or not and I cannot remember the title 😭. What I remember from the fix is that Wei WuXian has like 4 soulmates (idr if it was abo or not) but one of his soulmates was Wen Ning but he was a platonic soulmate. All his soul mates also had like a celestial beast form I think Lan Wangji was a dragon, Jin Zixuan was a tortoise or something like that. Oh and Wei WuXian was a phoenix but no one knew until he died and came back. Thats all I remember. Thank you again in advance ☺️. Oh an sorry if I did this incorrectly it’s my first time doing an ask. 

FOUND! Constellations in our Hearts by bloomylele (G, 59k, wangxian, JC/WWX, JZX/WWX, ABO, spirit animals)

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16. Hello. I have been looking for a fic for a few months and, at this point, I'm not sure I didn't just make it up in my head. It was a modern or future AU, set in space (on a spaceship, I think) and LWJ was an alien who  was slowly killing off the rest of the crew. WWX found out but wasn't freaked out and offered to help with LWJ's plans. Thank you! 

FOUND? Two Alphas, One Ship by fenaly (E, 6k, wangxian, ABO, non-con, Among Us AU, mind the tags!)

FOUND? Among Us by misbehavingvigilante (E, 50k, wangxian, imposter!LWJ/human!WWX, eggpreg, cannibalism, mind the tags!)

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17. Hello! I am looking for a fic where LWJ has been visiting WWX in the Burial Mounds often, and they consider A-Yuan their son. When WWX goes to Jin Ling's one-month, he also brings A-Yuan, but they are attacked at Qionqi path. WWX eventually makes it to Koi Tower and says something about how 'they tried to kill our son.' Thank you! 

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18. I'm trying to find a specific fic- from what I recall, it's set during the 13 years wwx is dead, and it's basically LWJ fantasizing about what if he'd become a Ghost General and stayed in the burial mounds with WWX as a fierce corpse. it's pretty pining/angsty. Any help would be great! @maverickkarel

Not quite what you're looking for but in blue skies forever series by rikke (M, 12k, wangxian, major character death) LWJ does become WWX’s Ghost General

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19. Hello! I need help finding a fic please. It's a post canon au fic where the wens and wwx survive the siege. And Sizhui goes to Cloud Recesses for the lectures once he is old enough. His gift to the Lans is a painting of all the leaders of the ssc. I remember lxc showing lwj and saying how it showed ssc as it really was with jin zixuan with mianmian not zixun and it had the best representation of what wwx looked like. After the lectures i think sizhui and lwj went back to the village. That is all I really remember. Please help. @akweenbitch​

FOUND! the first fic in the finding one another series by marbleglove - the beginning of a beautiful friendship by MarbleGlove. (G, 2k, LJY & LSZ, Wei Sizhui sets out on his first solo trip and finds a best friend)

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20. Hello. How are you? **I'm very well, thank you ~Mod L** Um there's this fic that's been on my mind and no matter how much I look, I can't seem to find it. I remember the beginning I believe was people chasing wwx wanting to kill him (this is post canon he and lwj are already together doing everyday stuff 😏) and lwj wasn't there, I think they had lured him away. Anyway wwx dies but ends up time travelling back to his lotus pier childhood. I know he was basically a genius. I distinctly remember him joining jiang yanli in training to be a 'good wife' (?) Furen training idk. But it was stuff like sewing embroidery, accounts, etc. I think there was even a sex ed thing. I know wwx made his own robes and he and nhs got along well bc of that. I can't really remember much else but any help would be appreciated please and thank you. 

FOUND? The Darkness Before Dawn by PsycheStellata707 (M, 113k, wangxian WIP)

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