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[dangerouscommiesubversive]

Trick or treat!

Happy Halloween! ^_^ You get a snippet from one of the fics I'm working on right now!

Once he was off the country roads and could get a signal again, Xichen called Sizhui to let him know, "I'm bringing a guest back with me." He could very nearly hear Sizhui blinking. "From Carp Manor? Is Ms. Jiang visiting? I can make up the guest room on the ground floor so she doesn't need to manage the stairs, if that'd help." "Not Ms. Jiang, no, although that's a very thoughtful offer. I, ah." Xichen paused, trying to figure out how to phrase his request, while in the passenger's seat next to him Meng Yao's eyes watched with some interest. The rest of him was mostly a vaguely humanoid cloud, which he'd said was the easiest visible state for him. "I need you and Jingyi to take down the spirit exclusion wards. We'll put them back up when I arrive, but I'll need to add in some exceptions." More audible blinking before Sizhui replied. "You're…bringing home a ghost, aren't you." "Very perceptive of you, Sizhui." "Thank you, bobo, but I wouldn't really say so? It's just sort of the fashionable thing now, all of the best exorcists are friends with ghosts. Or. Whatever Mr. Wei is." "I think he's currently insisting on 'eldritch horror.' In any case, please take down the wards, I'll introduce you when we arrive."

[three--rings]

Trick or treat!

Ren Faire, many years ago.

[oneiriad]

And I watch from a polite distance while the Oriental Department* and the Preservation Department have a cat fight over those books, and ToRS and NIAS slinks closer and closer, greedily reaching out.

Would you ever write self-insert?

I mean, isn't all fiction ultimately self-insert?

But if you mean would I write a story where a middle-aged nerdy Danish librarian starts hanging out with our more ferocious iron age ancestors or random superheroes & villains or ancient fantasy!Chinese sorcerers? Probably not. I don't even do much in the way of OCs.

Of course, this is writing we're talking about. Let's not talk about the stuff that doesn't ever make it out of my brain and onto paper.

[arrgh-whatever]

Commissions

1 - @butchwaifu

2 - yomiVT on Twitch

3 - @omgpurplefattie

[the-pudding-is-a-lie]

@omgpurplefattie suggested: How about NMJ hauling both Nice Huaisang and Meng Yao around over his shoulders?

Huaisang was supposed to be tucked into Mingjue's side but it messed up the composition. I imagine that would upset him, so I left him out. Also tried to go for a more sketchy style, not obsessing about details too much. I think it turned out quite nice!

Anyways -as I was drawing I imagined some unrestrained summer fun for these two in Yunmeng's lakes. I am not saying it would fix them but I am sure it wouldn't make anything worse at least!

[image ID: A digital sketch of Meng Yao and Nie Mingjue from MDZS/The Untamed. Both are only wearing ancient Chinese undergarments, with slits at the side of the legs. Meng Yao is sitting on top of Nie Mingjue's shoulder, getting supported by Nie Mingjue's arm slung around his legs. They are both wet and smiling. More detailed description in alt text. End ID.]

[artsy-alice]

☕️ OctoberKofiRun23 Day 10 for @omgpurplefattie

mysterious lotus casebook, modern au! ^^)/

[lynne-monstr]

I remember thousand autumns also had an actual event. I know mlc has the ranking but yeah it seemed more like an assessment of martial artists in the wild rather than an actual competition. poor di feisheng, the man needs a proper event to prove he's the best but hey if you can't make your own, fighting your rival on a romantic boat cruise store bought will do

I haven't made it through the whole show yet but I'm just so curious how di feisheng ended up as the leader of the bad guy alliance. like yeah, he doesn't give a crap about other people and he's certainly not a nice man. but also. this is not a dude who wants to take over the world, this is a guy with a burning desire to place first at the national martial arts competition that (unfortunately for him, and tbh everyone else) doesn't exist.

[bbcphile]

WIP word game

Thank you for the tag @omgpurplefattie! 

Rules: you will be given a word. then you share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of your word!

My Word: CRIME

C: Callused fingers cupped both sides of his face, turning it gently but firmly toward him.

R: “Right. Never mind.” He left without waiting for a response.

 I: “If it's really the only way to save him, then . . . then"—he winced, his eyes squeezing shut—"then I'll do it, but I need you to be sure."

M: “My name,” Xiangyi said, calm providing a thin cloak for cold fury, “is Li Lianhua.

(And a bonus one because it’s funny: Maybe he just didn’t have a gag refl—

—Nope. That was not a thought he was going to be entertaining right now.)

E: Even with a-Fei’s eyes closed, Fang Duobing could see how hard he rolled them.

Tagging: @momosandlemonsoda, @eirenical, @evolutionsbedingt, @thesilversun, @beneaththebrim, @tenillypo and anyone who’d like to join in!

Your word is: BELOW

[thebansacredbanned]

HI @omgpurplefattie so this one I was in the middle of trying to write something else and my brain went "hey, what if Qi Mushan never found Li Xiangyi and Shan Gudao? What then?" to which the obvious answer is 'they end up in a brothel because SGD needs to earn money to buy medicine and then LXY starts working also. and then I wrote 3k in one evening but it keeps developing and I have a timeline spanning c20 years and its all very tragic

wip tag game here

snippet under the cut!

Fifteen Years Ago

Gudao-ge had tried to hide exactly what he did to earn their keep, but Xiangyi was not stupid. And now, after five years of living in a brothel, he was not stupid enough to not see the way guests eyes followed him around the room. Or the way the Madam’s eyes watched to see where they were looking.

He’s outside the door of her office now, listening in as she talks to Gudao-ge in hushed tones. Mei-jiejie raises an eyebrow at him as she walks past, but he puts a finger to his lips and flaps a hand at her.

“Your brother is going to have to start earning his keep.”

“Xiangyi is earning his keep. Doesn’t he clean this place from top to bottom every day?”

“I can hire any brat off the street to do that. He is too old to be doing that sort of work here. He’s distracting customers. Either he goes or he works.”

“If you try to make him do either of those things, I’ll leave with him.”

“I own you, Gudao.”

“I’ll do it!” Xiangyi pushes through the door, almost falling, as he speaks. He has been glad to have a roof over his head and food on his plate these five years. He does owe the Madam a lot. And besides, the sort of things that Gudao-ge does really don’t seem that awful.

But Gudao looks thunderous. Furious. “Xiangyi, no –”

“Perfect!” The Madam interrupts with a big smile. “You can start tomorrow night. Let me take you to some of the girls, they’ll be able to get you the things you’ll need.”

Xiangyi looks over his shoulder as she all-but drags him out of the room. Gudao-ge’s stares back at him, twisting the jade token between his fingers.

[unfortunatelycake]

challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favorite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favorite.

Tagged by @takenene, thank you!

Made a new post because trying to add to the other thread made my ancient laptop really angry.

Anyway omg how can I whittle it down to five I have more than five faves in just one fandom halp lmao

Mixed in some old ones for more diversity lmao

Tagging: @snarkivistfic @omgpurplefattie @criscura @10holmes @lasenbyphoenix

[swankyfunk]

Request from @omgpurplefattie - a portrait of their late cats Lucifer and Mephisto. They seemed like best buds and up to no good. I hope I did them justice!

[lyselkatz]

Hé XiâoFèng and Zhân YúnFei.

JiangHú's number five is now XiâoBâo's uncle!

A little gift for @omgpurplefattie, thank you for commissioning me again.

🖌commission

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Xiao ShùnYáo 肖順堯

Wolf and kitten.

For @omgpurplefattie ;) 🚌👨‍👦‍👦🐶🐱

Random pictures I like, just because!

[la-muerta]

Writing Patterns

rules: share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able and see if there are any patterns!

Thank you for the tag @yeliuxi! <3

1. one hand on the trigger (the other hand in mine) // 暗线, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

Li Xiangyi turned the collar of his leather jacket up and quickened his pace, trying not to look around too obviously as he checked if he was being followed.

2. again and again we look up to the moon // 细算浮生千万绪, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

Thunder rumbled in the distance, and the ship tipped forward with a gut-heaving lurch as the huge wave it was riding crested and fell.

3. Lightwood After Dark, Magnus Bane x Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters), Rated T

The party at The Institute is in full swing now, with everything going according to plan — the food and drinks that had been catered presented exactly as he instructed, no tech issues with any of the screens and photobooths, the music list more or less bearable thanks to Simon, and every part of the theme perfectly executed.

4. no sweeter taste // 特别甜, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated G

"We don't need a recipe, of course your Lao Ba knows what goes in a cake," Li Lianhua says distractedly while digging in the depths of the kitchen cabinets for a bowl big enough to mix the batter in.

5. the moon in the water // 镜中花，水中月, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

The man that Di Feisheng and Fang Duobing find on the beach is Li Xiangyi, but isn't.

6. can't read my poker face*, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

Alone in his dark apartment, Li Lianhua is hunched over his laptop, the video that is playing on his screen reflected in the lenses of his glasses.

*this is a collaborative work but I happened to be the one who wrote the first line

7. being a teenager sucks, platonic junior quartet + Lan Sizhui x Jin Ling (MDZS), Rated T

"Why are we even here?" Jin Ling complained as he frowned at the rundown building looming in front of them.

8. now I've got you in my sights // 你眼里的一首情歌, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

The light this morning is perfect, the first proper sun they've had after days of gloom and rain, coming in soft and warm when it filters through the gauzy curtains.

9. this is the nonsense of love // 只想跟你说些温暖的废话, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

Friday afternoons just after lunch, Li Xiangyi decides, were not meant for sitting in Di Feisheng's office trying to make his brain concentrate on Fang Duobing's weekly department reports.

10. it ends or it doesn't // 奈何吟, Di Feisheng x Li Lianhua (MLC), Rated E

Li Lianhua can feel the bird's frantic heartbeat under his fingertips when he picks it up, life caged in fragile bone and soft feathers.

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Looks like my first lines usually have some sensory description. I remember that the last time I did this tag game, most of them started with dialogue, so it's interesting that I seem to have changed that habit.

No-pressure tagging: @peridot-tears @howdaretrashships @exitvelocities @junemermaid @omgpurplefattie and anyone else who feels like playing!

[asparklethatisblue]

Nie Huaisang has got a naughty little a-Yao kitten on his hands~

commission for @omgpurplefattie 💚 

[the-pudding-is-a-lie]

@omgpurplefattie said: Draw Nie Mingjue having real honest fun? (I adore your Nie Mingjue!)

@beautifullights1 said: It's snowing here…draw your fave making a snow angel?

So this is the result. A picture taken 3 seconds before desaster. XD

(And thank you for adoring my Nie Mingjue, that makes me so happy!)