#ilu and let me know if this isn't ok!

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Hi! Prompts! Yay!

I really loved the miscommunication April prompt fic so I wonder if you could please use that world for prompt 23. I thought I lost you. ? Except it’s just Nico being over dramatic when he can’t find Jack on the magic school campus (he’s just in the library basement trying to find a rare book for his latest research paper).

(More thoughts: I love the idea Nico being the softy cute dramatic one & Jack is just like why my guy? I know I look good but no one wants a pretty face that has opinions (only want that pretty mouth for other things). So he’s kinda suspicious and that’s also why the flowers were such an insult!!!! Because Jack took it as ‘I don’t want you for your thoughts, just be pretty & dumb for me’ and that’s happened so many times before that he’s had Enough. And has started to respect himself more (no dick is worth being undervalued like that) so courting Nico is a Big Deal. And sometimes he hides out in the library buried under his books & research. But nico thinks he’s lost! And searches all the other libraries and greenhouses before finding him. And Jack has to reassure him that no I do like spending time with you I’m not hiding from u but this is new because I haven’t been courted / dated someone before that o want to make it work with and it’s a lot to process. And Nico reassures him like baby I love that u study pls let me proof read ur drafts (j’s sentences are too long because he writes like he thinks so there’s no breaks which is also how I write oops) and rant to me about the archaic views you read about today.

(then they fuck about it) and they all lived happily ever after

lol this is probably longer than ur bullet stories would be but here ya go 🎁

anon I think you may have already written the prompt yourself LOOL (ilu ❤️). for context, this is the OG miscommunication prompt fill!

23. “I thought I’d lost you.”

After their absolutely ridiculous first meeting (and first misunderstanding!) Nico, understandably, takes it slow with courting Jack.

Slow, because he thinks it's unwise to go all in for a fresh relationship anyway, unintentional offences notwithstanding, but also slow because Nico's paranoid he's going to make another awful faux pas and gift Jack flowers that accidentally says his ass is flat or something. He's spending an absurd of time researching American courting culture and losing sleep over it.

"Just bring him out to dinner and go for a walk to see the sunset," Timo tells him, exasperated. "You're trying to date a guy, not an alien from outer space."

Look, Nico just wants to do a good job, okay? And hopefully charm himself into Jack's good graces while he's at it. Except, it's getting weirdly difficult to find Jack, to bring him food or gifts or ask him out on a date. The Bern Campus isn't actually that big; where on earth can Jack be? He wanders across the grounds, trying and failing not to look like a sad puppy as he searches for the other witch. What did he do wrong? Was it too late to beg for forgiveness?

And suddenly--there's a frenzy of people rushing down to the lake. "One of the Americans fell in!"

Nico nearly pulls a muscle rushing over, only to stop short when he sees one of Jack's colleagues crawling out of the water (he remembers them; he was one of the few snickering the night Nico insulted Jack with the flowers), furiously embarrassed after getting caught goofing off in a restricted area on the docks. And suddenly, there's someone standing next to him, a snort, and a familiar voice. "Man, way to live up to the asshole stereotypes, just what we needed."

It's Jack, in broad daylight, kind of under-dressed in sweat pants and a t-shirt, chilling next to him. Nico gapes at him before Jack glances over, eyebrows knitting together in confusion. "Uh, Nico? You ok--?" And Nico just pulls him into a hug and blurts out, "I thought I'd lost you."

He'd be mortified at his own admission if he didn't hear Jack's breathing hitch by his ear, and feel Jack's arms immediately rest along the spot between his shoulder blades, hugging Nico back. "Lost me? But I'm right here?"

So Nico had been half-right; Jack isn't avoiding him, but he did lose track of time working in the basement of the library. Jack also doesn't hate him, but he does have a bit of a hard time believing Nico has no ulterior motives when it came to quote unquote 'buttering him up'

"People are assholes, Hischier, and I'm not saying you are but, look, there's just been a few jerks lately with all their assumptions that's put me off dating for little while, alright? They think they can send me cupid-charm cards or pay for dinner once and I take my pants off for them."

"Then I'll court you until you say you're ready to date, if you ever want that at all. We go at your pace, we pause when you think I'm being too much, and if you realize you don't like me at all--well, we'll call it off." (It hurts to say it, but more than anything, Nico just wants to reassure Jack). "I can respect that, I promise."

He needn't have worried, honestly. Because there's a slow, flustered smile creeping up on Jack's face, and his cheeks are rosy with the most endearing blush. "Well, hang on. I didn't say anything about calling anything off. Fuck, let's get outta here--last thing I want is an audience when we talk about our feelings. And the basement's actually not half bad."

send me a jacknico prompt!

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awkward perhaps to ask this on the heels of your fervent plea for chenglatan support... however. do you think xicheng COULD be interesting? like i can't see it based on what canon provides and so i don't understand the popularity of the ship, but im generally in favor of trying to explore character relations regardless... and i do think that the way it could potentially give lwj conniptions would be. funny. sorry lwj i know you've suffered

HARK! WHO DARES IMPINGE UPON MY TERRITORY IN THE MIDST OF MY BEDDYTIME ABLUTIONS........ (readies the chain lightning)

jk anon ilu mwah and since you asked nicely (and since i'm still on karma probation) let me preface this by saying what i've always said about xi/cheng, which is that Anything that could have possibly made it compelling is already done by sang/cheng but more balanced and it just makes more sense TO ME.

brother issues? lxc is a responsible older brother (though not as well-adjusted as he seems on the surface) but SC are both youngest brothers too. lost something during the war? they all did, but SC both lost brothers who were Larger Than Life both for and in comparison to themselves. sect leaders? so are SC plus their situations mirror each other's (one never wanted to be but was thrust into it. the other was destined for it but entirely unprepared to take it in that way; both came at steep costs they never expected to pay) and that's not getting into like, how they have opposite and complementary connections to grief and rage, how one is a mask to hide the other

also no offense to zewu-jun, but what exactly is he doing here. as far as i can tell, XC is mostly a ship designed to benefit jc, but how does it benefit lxc in any way? meanwhile let's look at the tragedy of nielan and how it also reflects the themes set up in the songxiao arc to be honest what's my man jc bringing to the table for lxc? more work??

ALL THAT BEING SAID. because lwj conniptions would be funny and you're talking to me the guy who's gonna make hx/yy big in the other fandom someday I WILL GIVE IT THE GOOD OL' COLLEGE TRY. it'll be hard because i am so heavily biased for SC (hence my old url) but:

maaaaaybeeeee ....... ok so it's postcanon but pre-wangxian returning from their road trip. jiang cheng is not coping well and is so very close to a qi deviation (always) and lxc is like "maybe if you listen to my binaural beats you'll calm down" because 1) jc needs to settle down a little and 2) it eases lxc's guilt about the whole nmj + jgy situation and gives him smth to think about that isn't his two dead bros chillin in a coffin. whatever so they do that and perhaps they get to talking? i'm really blanking out on who'd go first bc jc either lashes out or Doesn't Say Shit but lxc pure Dissociates just goes up in the clouds (NOT WEED) who knows. anyway maybe it starts out as a mutual pseudo-therapy session where lxc teaches jc to Chill Bro and jc teaches lxc the beauty of "don't you ever get tired of being nice? don't you just wanna go Ape Shitt?" which. idk how well it's gonna work. look at him. MAYBE we can work in the goddamn frogs into the situation. lxc calls in jc like "we're trying to grow lotuses here but--" "it's too cold. your lake bed is shit and the seeds don't like it. you don't even have frogs" and they do landscaping together. lwj comes home and finds jc dunking a bucket on tadpoles on lxc like it's frat night idk

我不知 FUCKING 道 KLDHLS I GIVE UP!!!!!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS SHIP EVEN HAPPENED BUT BABY IT'S LIKE PUTTING TWO NORTH-NORTH MAGNETS TOGETHER IT'S LIKE MAKING PARALLEL LINES TOUCH I CAN'T DO IT I CAAAAAN'T IM SORRYYYYYY DO THEY EVEN TALK MUCH IN CANON?????????

(and as a side note. chenglatan canon bc, basically, i can For My Derelict Favorite my way into his heart. and poison mushroom omelet my way into his guts. please support me in my dreams <3)

in conclusion: i was brushing my teeth when i saw this ask and i spat out blood from my throat. but that is just the cadmium poisoning dw

[nemainofthewater]

Halfway through, and in the last 24 hours, Wang Pangxi has had a huge increase in votes, leaving him currently in joint first place with Meng Zhi with 31.2%, and with Tang Lian in third with 13%.

Due to a large amount of propaganda, there will be two posts, with the next one in the reblog. First set of tag propaganda under the cut:

Meng Zhi

by @readsintraffic

#there is a correct answer here and it is meng dage#it's literally his name. who is meng zhi? i don't know him I only know meng dage by @autistic-lanzhan

#I would hug meng dage so hard by @zhoudadudugongjin

#meng zhi SWEEP#nirvana in fire by @yuhengwanye

#the entire fandom calls him meng dage#to the point that due to autocorrect has birthed the#meng dave#meme#ming lou comes close but nah#Meng Zhi it is#usual disclaimer: has not seen some of these#also op lets pray none of a certain part(s?) of cql fandom find this#eta: ah too late by @xiaojingyan-jingwang

#of my favourite 3#Tang Lian is absolutely the brother to go to for advice#but I don't know if he'd be all that comfortable with the hugging#Ming Lou is the brother who would fix whatever mess you got into#but also not a big hugger#unless headlocks count#so Meng Zhi absolutely gets the vote#he's on your side even if he doesn't understand your drama#he's always happy to see you#and would give the most bone crushing hugs by @lasenbyphoenix

#correct answers only: it's meng zhi#he shows up on screen and the entire group chat starts chanting 'dage! dage!'#as the group chat buddy before me so tagged:#it's literally his name. who is meng zhi? i don't know him i only know meng dage by @thereismusicinmysoul

#i adore pangzi but most of the time he's got little brother with firecrackers energy#anyway meng dage please#polls by @listening-to-thunder

#nirvana in fire#meng zhi#he is literally Meng Da-Ge!!!!#the Da-Ge of all time! by @acesgroupchat

#god meng-dage#yeah#please#I bet he gives incredible hugs by @mikathemad

#ok im reblogging the dmbj edition bc its beautiful#but imo pangzi isn't brother he is husband#so i voted nif by @onmyo-jin

Xiao Pingzhang

#ohhh tricky#was going to go with pangzi because i bet he gives *great* hugs#but also. hard to catch him at a moment when he's not covered in Horrible Tomb Goop#I've seen what being Ming Lou's little brother gets you and No Thank You#so i think it has to be pingzhang#i think he's had time to get really embedded in his big brother lifestyle and knows what he's doing by @sinni-ok-sessi

Tang Lian

#ok obviously I voted for Tang Lian#but this poll is SO CRUEL#mostly because I have a favourite character type and it’s ‘older brother shaped tired babysitter’#literally just listing my favourite characters in every show here#SO CRUEL#so many of these characters deserve the win by @jianghushenanigans

#i voted tang lian but i was sooo tempted to go for nie Mingjue#dage is dage by @fire-burning-brighter

#tang lian#forever da shixiong#me want hug too#feels like jade deity's more of a mother hen vibe#a very fierce mother hen by @dramatictrajectory

#sorry pangzi#ilu but tang lian is probably in my top 5 of all time favourite characters ever of all times#gotta go with tang lian on this one#that man deserves a good hug#tang lian#polls by @elletromil

If there was ever a character who you'd want to give you a hug, these ones are it.

You know the saying: some are born a big brother, some become a big brother, and some have big brother status thrust upon them.

Write-ins, propaganda, and images are welcome!

[musas-muse]

After the take down of Essex House 

@persuasivewhispers​​

Sela laughed, an involuntary sound, as the cork of the bottle she had in a firm grasp finally popped, a delightful spray of bubble foaming out and over the top of the bottle. Her hips swayed along to the peppy jazz coming from the speakers of her CD player in the main room of her apartment. The cork rolled along the surface of the table as Sela discarded it, trading it in favor of sticking two long, thin champagne flutes between her gloved fingers. 

“Finally, it all went right, hm?” She spoke with a celebratory smile, her already lilted voice nearly sing-song as she rejoined her friend in the main room. Sela handed Tenzin one of the flutes and began filling it. “The House has fallen, the shoes have been stolen and soon” With the death of a specific few, “we’ll all be singing that dreadful song-- how does it go again?” She lifts the bottle as the alcohol in Tenzin’s glass nearly reaches the brim. “Oh yes, ‘ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!’”