#the sleuth of ming dynasty fic

[deathbyoctopi]

Another year, another rec list with some of the best xuexiao I've read these last 12 months!! >w<

And like last year's rec list, this isn't either exhaustive or limited to fics posted in 2023. It's just the things I have found, which I liked, and want to spread the love about ^-^

Here's, in no particular order, my favourite xuexiao (and occasional songxuexiao) fics. Also, take a look down below for other mxtx or danmei pairings!

You're mine by twilightshards. This is a phenomenal oneshot where Xue Yang does not wait patiently to take revenge on Baixue temple, but rather follows the annoying daoshi out of Jinlintai as soon as he gets off the hook. He catches up with them a couple of nights later, only to find Xiao Xingchen in a... compromised position. While moaning Xue Yang's name.

The tamed by @fieri-sentio-et-excrucior. Last year I recommended the wonderful The Prisoner of Jinlintai fic, and now we got a sequel to that!!! Exciting stuff, very exciting... Xiao Xingchen saves Xue Yang from his botched execution and Song Lan is there raging at what he thinks is a psycho taking full advantage of his friend's kindness. Absolutely loved it!

蛇 - shé by shoujorei. A spectacular oviposition fic with blind snake hybrid Xiao Xingchen and enemy-posing-as-housemate Xue Yang, who really didn't know what he was volunteering for when he offered to "help" daozhang with his next heat. An absolute delight!

good lies go bad by istilfearkanna One of the Yi City what-if's I like so much, showing what would happen if Song Lan is successful in killing Xue Yang and, as per canon, vows not to tell his friend anything. So naturally you have Xiao Xingchen happy about his rekindled friendship, but also deeply worried about his missing friend... breaks my heart every time T-T (thx lionfish13 for the rec!!!)

Down in the black sea by @10holmes. A mermaid AU which has to be the sweetest Xue Yang /Xiao Xingchen tale I've seen in a while, with xxc being a revered merman saving the life of a handsome pirate... without realizing that is the infamous Xue Yang, mermaid hunter and slayer of plenty of his kinsmen!! But of course, they fall in love. It's downright adorable (and deliciously angst-inducing!) Also, the worldbuilding in this one is marvelous!

promises, promises by an anonymous author. Time travel fic!!! This one follows Song Lan trying to right the wrongs of his life in the easiest way possible: that is, to eliminate Xue Yang before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Except... he gets distracted saving the life of a poor child with a mangled left hand. Still ongoing, and XXC isn't in the picture yet, but the new chapters are highly anticipated and the writing style is so, so, so good.

the non-con opition by the same anonymous author. How do I know? None of your business!! But the awesome writing style continues here, as well as the song lan/xue yang being brought together by fate is just as awesome. It promises to be songxuexiao eventually, for now it's a delightful soulmates/omegaverse with alpha!Song Lan in rut nonconning the hell out of a mysterious omega with a foul mouth.

Sant Xingchen i el drac by @ergbolli45 A little sweet adorable spin of a traditional legend very dear to my heart. It's winter, the Yi City crew are bored around their campfire, and A-Qing wants a story. So, Xue Yang offers to tell a tale from some exotic land on the west about a little princess, a brave knight and a fearsome dragon.

sticking their dick in crazy by Sectionladvivi. I'm not generally one for modern AUs, but this one is such a stupid and shameless pwp that it skyrocketed through my rankings XD SongXueXiao, and oddly enough, the crazy one alluded in the title isn't Xue Yang!! Delicious and filthy. No thoughts, just horn.

Priceless by @fieri-sentio-et-excrucior. Another modern AU!! but how can I resist, when this is Xue Yang breaking and entering happily married songxiao's domicile, who were getting ready for a very sexy night... and end up, Song Lan tied up and forced to watch the criminal fuck Xiao Xingchen senseless (and unaware it's not his husband the one in bed with him!). Evil and sexy, another wonderful fic by such a wonderful author <3

hands, reaching out by @neriine. A retelling of Yi City but with mutation-like special powers, making it especially interesting when it comes to xuexiao's backstory (song lan is also there, in the background) and the night hunts. It's sweet, sweet, Xue Yang as always a murder gremlin who thinks he has it all under control when the first thing that he doesn't know half-way about is his own feelings... Very well-written, and creative in its worldbuilding!

THIS lovely picture is not from a fic (well, not yet, unless I manage to do something cute with it >w<) but serves as an example of all the wonderful pic manips @wangxianswuji has made, which maybe it's cheating a bit for a fanfic rec post, but. They're just so good. Go check their profile and drool with me ^-^

and speaking of art, I can't not mention @wrathyforest's art done for the fic Now that I see you, particularly one of my favourite moments with Xiao Xingchen defending Xue Yang from an undesirable... this fic was in last year's rec list, and very deservingly so!

ANd now for the other ships!

Love of my life, don't hurt me by @foreheadkissesforzewu-jun This is a delightful and spectacularly cruel tale of unrequired love by a gallant cultivator spiriting his soulmate away. At least, that's what Wen Zhuliu sees it, when in fact this fic is him kidnapping and brutally assaulting Lan Xichen, while following the events of the Wen war and the sunshot campaign. Loved it, but PLEASE read the tags.

Jade pillar, bending like reed by awkwardrecline. dark jades (and dark!Lan Xichen in particular) are so so sooo very dear to my heart... this fic has it all, a tyrannical Lan clan leader who will abuse his power left right and center, a jealous didi who wants nothing but possessive love, so much smut everywhere... Cloud Recesses is never as sexy as when the jades are so unrestrained, I love it! ^-^

My future mommy's mistake by tenwudzvrs. Is this fic pretty much what many people consider nono kinks? mpreg, noncon, xue yang being an utter dick? and do I love it precisely because of it? XD pregnant Wei Wuxian goes home one evening but comes across a ruffian in a back alley, who does everything to him up to and including speaking with his husband through the phone while nailing him to the wall. Lan Zhan isn't happy. I am delighted.

What brother needs, brother gets by @foreheadkissesforzewu-jun. a modern AU jadecest pwp which... to be honest, it's pure oral fixation Lan Xichen going to his didi after he got dumped by some idiot and Lan Wangji doing the best he can to comfort him. It's ridiculously shameless and incredibly enjoyable, just to see these two come to the conclusion that the best course of action is to fuck each other!! XD Wei Ying will find a surprise when he gets back home from his travels and finds his husband has collected another husband...

furious love by @alipeeps. From Till the end of the moon, a very nasty and wonderfully in-canon insight on the disastrous marriage between Ye Xiwu (the original) and Tantai Jin. Let's just say she decides to take her marital rights to the extreme, and using the very same lust potion that originally landed her in that marriage to begin with! Tantai Jin is one of those characters that truly suffer beautifully, and suffer he does here!

a fire, made high and wild by @judiwench. A fic for Sleuth of Ming Dynasty, which is a series that wormed its way into my soul. Sui Zhou desperately searches Tang Fan (him, please, him, not his corpse) only to find him... less than good. I was seriously debating between this one and is the festering that kills a man by the same author, but... Agh, they are both amazing snippets at their obvious mutual love, and the trauma that brings it to light. Highly recommend the series and these fics!

a long sleepless night by @dying-redshirt-noises. This one is from Mysterious Lotus Casebook, a wonderful three-way pwp in the Girls' Mansion where Fang Duobing gets doused with sex pollen... of course, Li Lianhua wants to help, but there is not much he can do with his yang disfunction. How handy to have someone like a-Fei nearby to rail the young master, then!! It is sexy and wonderfully in-canon, and I'm all for it.

And I'm probably still forgetting a few fics, there is nowhere near enough jadecest here compared to what I know I have read and enjoyed... Shame on me again for forgetting to bookmark more often than not.

I'm a bit sad that I barely found any of this year's authors on tumblr (don't know if they don't have accounts here, or do under different usernames) so if anyone knows about them, repost bc I'd like to engage and give them my most sincere praise.

Also, I will say I purposefully avoided tgcf fics for fear of spoilers until I read the whole book, so... next year I'm surely filling this with hualian and such!! >w<

Finally, since we're at it, I just will get a bit of self-promotion with the 5 fics I liked most of what I wrote on this year. I'm IMMENSELY PROUD to have produced 36 fics in this year of our lord 2023 (3 per month!!! omfg!!) and while I can't claim favourites, these might be the ones I'm most proud of:

Some kind of dream. Xuexiao roleplaying after a night hunt, with some nice power dynamics, very mutually enthusiastic consensual non-con, and Xue Yang all but confessing that he is Xiao Xingchen's worse enemy... Smut and fluff, all in one. I do love the 3 year bliss in Yi City, and all the in-canon opportunities it offers!!!

Incensed nights. An INSANE endeavor for kinktober, with WangXian dreaming each night a different cozy, cruel, smutty or simply crack-y scenario. 31 fics for the price of one!! multiple pairings, I can't stress how much Lan Zhan dreams of his brother, or wei wuxian's mind follows other ships... Extremely happy with this one, and I nearly went crazy, seriously.

Shards of morning nights and forbidden kisses. My attempt at jadecest, niecest and omegaverse, all in one. ANd quite successful, might I say! Both clan leaders Lan and Nie want to find a way to claim and marry their respective omega didis, but something something clan rules forces them to play a delicate and sexy political game. It ends in a very nice orgy XD

A Comedy of Yi City Errors. This one, I'm particularly happy with the sheer amount of planning and interlocking plotpoints it has, with Song Lan coming across Xiao Xingchen, a-Qing and Xue Yang without even realizing. I'm told it is quite funny... And I like it very much >w<

...what did you call it again? the only one not mdzs in the list, this is for Till the end of the moon and it's yet again Tantai Jin suffering in his so beautiful way! It was done for an exchange, following the premise: take a canon even and make it worse. Do you think ttj had it bad in the series, with the servants mistreating him in Ye Manor? Ya have seen nuffin!!!

Once again, thanks for reading, thanks to all authors for writing, and let's have a wonderful 2024 full of fics and love!!!

[oliveskylarks]

hey guys i just got my heart broken!! anyone have any ships they wanna see me write really brutal hurt/no comfort fics for

[astrophyllitely]

A Shape for Your Fear

5.1k explicit graphic depictions of violence, minor character (oc) death, body horror, canon-typical racism

Sui Zhou doesn't belong in the capital. He should be at the border, where he was made.

read

[killerandhealerqueen]

Mafia Au Masterlist

Masterlist of all my mafia fics that I’ve written, by fandom

恨君不似江楼月 | Killer and Healer

Stitches and Leather Jackets 

Around You, I am Soft

Unexpected Visitor

Violence Is Never the Answer...Except When It Is

Murder Husbands

This is an Art Heist, Baby!

I'm Not Losing You Again

Blood In, Blood Out

Always Been Yours

The Mob Boss and the Kindergarten Teacher

No Regrets

In Too Deep

Don't Touch Jiang Yuelou's Doctor

The Detective and the Assassin

Safe and Sound

Sing For Me

Prettiest Flower in Town

The Demon of Jing City

Burn the World to the Ground for You

The Doctor's Bodyguard

Beast & Feast

托斯卡的狗 | Dogs of Tosca

Hand in Bloody Hand

心弦 | Heart Strings

No More Secrets, No More Lies

如何留住一个黑社会分子 | Gang no Kaikata

Bitch Better Have My Doctor

The Red-Light District

My Loyalty Lies With You

Ain't Afraid to Die

Eye for an Eye

The Past Comes Knocking

Come What May

I'll Dirty My Hands for You

秘密生活| Mitsumei

A Debt Must Be Paid

The Triad Leader I Rescued Has His Eyes on Me?!

S.C.I. 谜案集

First Kiss

Cat and Mouse Game

White Tiger, Black Dragon

成化十四年 | The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty

Out of Uniform

Don't Touch My Family

악마판사 | The Devil Judge

Fixer of Dead Bodies, Fixer of Broken Homes

Arranged

Indebted to You

Bubble Tea and Guns

Good Boy

晴雅集 | The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

Demon Hunter and White Fox

Bathed in Blood

[jianghootinandhollerin]

Hello, here is a Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty fic that I started so goddamn long ago and am so happy to have finished! It's Sui Zhou/Wang Zhi (established suitang and OT3 in the bg), it's a lot of exploring of the body of a very masculine man by a guy who got his dick and balls cut off as a child. With sexy results!!!!

[buriedbybooks]

WIP Folder Files

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I was tagged by both @eirenical and thought that this might be a good way to get me to start engaging with fandom again. Please do ask me about them; some are even completely written and are just sitting there on my computer!

Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (which I've never written for but am very tempted by): 1) I Believe

Guardian: 1) Thistledown ficlets a) Acknowledgement b) Control c) Ferocity d) Intrigue e) Light f) Memory g) Resourcefulness h) Shelter 2) Crack Twins fic 3) Meanings of Touch 4) Mind Reading 5) Ye Zun and Lin Jing 6) Guardian/Fairyland Lovers Crossover

Leverage: 1) 5+1 drunk proposals 2) I dare you 3) practice Leverage/Warehouse 13 Crossover 1) Girls night out redux

I've been pretty disconnected from fandom for a bit, so please consider yourself tagged if this shows up on your dash and you've read this far!!

[hhpharaoh]

FanFic Rec Fridays

I��m posting about the fics I enjoy reading (almost) every Friday. In no particular order, let’s dive in, shall we?

“Big Plans to Take Care of you” by Phnelt. (3K, complete, Teen, The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty). According to Dr. Pei, Sui Zhou has excess yang energy and that’s why he is struggling to sleep. Tang Fan, the bestie that he is, takes him to the brothel for him to work it out. Sui Zhou can’t believe he’s in love with someone as obtuse as Tang Fan. I only wish there was more of this fic.

“The Case of the Yunmeng Purple Robes” by Hawkshadow. (The Untamed, Jiang Cheng/Lan Jingyi, 48K, Complete, Explicit). Jiang Cheng discovers Lan Jingyi wears Yunmeng Purple inner robes, hinting at how much Jingyi likes Jiang Cheng. Slowly, Jiang Cheng falls for him, and of course, he fights it the whole way. As a side note, I don’t think I’ve quite been such a multi-shipper as I am in The Untamed arena. All of the fandom writers just write so well.

“The Stubbornness of Dwarves” by Khazadqueen (ama). (Lord of the Rings, 6K, Complete, Teen). Legolas's attempts at courting Gimli have fallen flat on their face. Somehow, Dwalin finds himself playing matchmaker--neither of them are really sure how it happens.

[nemainofthewater]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tang Fan & Wang Zhi & Pei Huai Characters: Pei Huai, Tang Fan, Wang Zhi (The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty), brief cameos by other characters Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, some violence, Kidnapping, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, FIAB 2022 Summary:

Pei Huai woke slowly, painfully and – as a result – in a very bad mood. He felt unsteady, unmoored, light-headed: all of those wonderful symptoms that indicated that he was in possession of a rather marvellous hangover.

 Pei Huai, Tang Fan, and Wang Zhi are kidnapped.

[harocat]

Hello Cdrama fans! The signups for the Yuletide fic exchange close in a little over forty-eight hours, and there are a ton of Cdrama fandoms nominated. I'd LOVE to see some more Cdrama fans on board (and not just because almost all my nominations are that).

Yuletide is an annual fic exchange for rare and obscure fandoms run through the Archive of Our Own. Participants sign up to write a story of at least 1,000 words in a fandom someone else has requested, using the selected characters from that fandom. In return, they receive a story of at least 1,000 words in a fandom they have requested, featuring requested characters.

Please read this FAQ and the Rules before deciding whether to participate.

I had so much fun doing this last year (and I got some great Cdrama fic), so I wanted to share it here in hopes of bringing in some more participants from these fandoms.

The following Chinese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong Dramas are nominated:

HIStory3 - 圈套

S.C.I.谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery

Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀

一念关山 | A Journey to Love

不良執念清���師 | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

与凤行 | The Legend of Shen Li

且试天下 | Who Rules The World

九州缥缈录 | Novoland: Eagle Flag

云之羽 | My Journey to You

以家人之名 | Go Ahead

伪装者 | The Disguiser

你安全吗 | Are You Safe

你微笑时很美 | Falling Into Your Smile

你是我的荣耀 | You Are My Glory

侠探简不知 | Ancient Detective

全职高手 | The King's Avatar

冰雪谣 | Snowfall (TV 2024)

卿卿日常 | New Life Begins

南风知我意 | South Wind Knows My Mood

双夭记 | The Silent Criminal

原生之罪 | Original Sin

双镜 | Couple of Mirrors

后宫甄嬛传 | The Legend of Zhen Huan | Empresses in the Palace

君子盟 | A League of Nobleman

唐朝诡事录 | Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty

四方馆 | Go East

四海重明 | Love's Rebellion

回响 | Echo (TV 2023)

墨雨云间 | The Double

夜色倾心 | Night of Love with You

大唐女法医 | Miss Truth

天盛长歌 | The Rise of Phoenixes

女世子 | The Heiress

如懿传 | Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace

将军在上 | Oh My General

少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV)

少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV)

庆余年 | Joy of Life

延禧攻略 | Story of Yanxi Palace

很想很想你 | Love Me Love My Voice

御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner

心宅猎人 | Psych-Hunter

恨君不似江楼月 | Killer and Healer

惜花芷 | Blossoms in Adversity 

成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty

扫黑风暴 | Crime Crackdown

无眠之境 | Desire Catcher

星汉灿烂 | Love Like the Galaxy

有翡 | Legend of Fei

某某 | The On1y One 

棋魂 | Hikaru no Go (Live Action TV)

沉香如屑 | Immortal Samsara

沙海 | Tomb of the Sea

法医秦明之幸存者 | Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Survivor

浮華夢 | Fu Hua Meng 

涂山小红娘月红篇 | Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

消失的痕迹 | The Evidence Tells

漂亮书生 | In A Class Of Her Own

猎狐 | Hunting

猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin

玉骨遥 | Yù Gǔ Yáo 

琉璃 | Love and Redemption

盗墓笔记2之怒海潜沙&秦岭神树 | The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note

相逢时节 | Challenges at Midlife

种地吧 | Become A Farmer

绅探 | Detective L

美人为馅 | Memory Lost

老九门 | Old Nine Gates 

老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV 1983)

致命游戏 | The Spirealm 

花开有时颓靡无声 | Meet You at the Blossom

花轿喜事 | Wrong Carriage Right Groom (2023)

苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil 

莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook 

HIStory3 - 圈套

S.C.I.谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery

Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀

一念关山 | A Journey to Love

不良執念清除師 | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

与凤行 | The Legend of Shen Li

且试天下 | Who Rules The World

九州缥缈录 | Novoland: Eagle Flag

云之羽 | My Journey to You

以家人之名 | Go Ahead

伪装者 | The Disguiser

你安全吗 | Are You Safe

你微笑时很美 | Falling Into Your Smile

你是我的荣耀 | You Are My Glory

侠探简不知 | Ancient Detective

全职高手 | The King's Avatar

冰雪谣 | Snowfall (TV 2024)

卿卿日常 | New Life Begins

南风知我意 | South Wind Knows My Mood

双夭记 | The Silent Criminal

原生之罪 | Original Sin

双镜 | Couple of Mirrors

后宫甄嬛传 | The Legend of Zhen Huan | Empresses in the Palace

君子盟 | A League of Nobleman

唐朝诡事录 | Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty

四方馆 | Go East

四海重明 | Love's Rebellion

回响 | Echo (TV 2023)

墨雨云间 | The Double

夜色倾心 | Night of Love with You

大唐女法医 | Miss Truth

天盛长歌 | The Rise of Phoenixes

女世子 | The Heiress

如懿传 | Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

宁安如梦 | Story of Kunning Palace

将军在上 | Oh My General

少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV)

少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV)

庆余年 | Joy of Life

延禧攻略 | Story of Yanxi Palace

很想很想你 | Love Me Love My Voice

御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner

心宅猎人 | Psych-Hunter

恨君不似江楼月 | Killer and Healer

惜花芷 | Blossoms in Adversity 

成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty

扫黑风暴 | Crime Crackdown

无眠之境 | Desire Catcher

星汉灿烂 | Love Like the Galaxy

有翡 | Legend of Fei

某某 | The On1y One 

棋魂 | Hikaru no Go (Live Action TV)

沉香如屑 | Immortal Samsara

沙海 | Tomb of the Sea

法医秦明之幸存者 | Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Survivor

浮華夢 | Fu Hua Meng 

涂山小红娘月红篇 | Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

消失的痕迹 | The Evidence Tells

漂亮书生 | In A Class Of Her Own

猎狐 | Hunting

猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin

玉骨遥 | Yù Gǔ Yáo 

琉璃 | Love and Redemption

盗墓笔记2之怒海潜沙&秦岭神树 | The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note

相逢时节 | Challenges at Midlife

种地吧 | Become A Farmer

绅探 | Detective L

美人为馅 | Memory Lost

老九门 | Old Nine Gates 

老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV 1983)

致命游戏 | The Spirealm 

花轿喜事 | Wrong Carriage Right Groom (2023)

苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil 

莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook 

藏海花 | Adventure behind the Bronze Door 

西出玉门 | Parallel World | West Out of Yumen

许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life

说英雄谁是英雄 | Heroes (2022) 

还珠格格 | Huán Zhū Gé Gé | Princess Returning Pearl

追风者 | War of Faith 

重启之极海听雷 | Reunion: The Sound of the Providence 

长月烬明 | Till the End of the Moon

长歌行 | The Long Ballad 

长相思 | Lost You Forever 

长风渡 | Destined 

關於未知的我們 | Unknown

问心 | The Heart 

陪你到世界之巔 | Gank Your Heart

霹靂布袋戲 | Pili Glove Puppetry

风起洛阳 | Fēng Qǐ Luò Yáng 

飞狐外传 | Side Story of Fox Volant

骄阳伴我 | Sunshine by My Side

鬓边不是海棠红 | Winter Begonia

鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984)

I apologized if I missed any. I went fast so I could actually get this posted. For DONGHUA and MANHUA look under 'cartoons & comics & graphic novels'. For Chinese language movies look under 'movies'. For Cnovels (danmei and other), look under 'books and literature.' There are lots of nominations there as well. Here's the tag set!

By the way, according to Yuletide staff, the most frequently nominated fandom was Mysterious Lotus Casebook.

[olderthannetfic]

What are the ships pictured in that ot3 post? I've been really looking to find more pairings of exactly your vibe

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Hah! I was wondering if people were trying to figure them all out. Some are considerably more famous than others.

These are Haven and White Collar. I didn't watch either to the end and have no regrets about that, just saying. There's plenty of good fic though.

This is the venerable Highlander, baby's first OT3 for many a 90s slash fan.

The Book of Life and Singin' in the Rain.

This is the extremely underrated Man from U.N.C.L.E. film. It came out at the same time as Straight Outta Compton, alas.

Some oldschool show fans whined that it was nothing like the show, but they are wrongity wrong wrong and have forgotten season 1, particularly Marion Raven and Gervaise Ravel, upon whom the love interest and the villainess are based. (And yes, I absolutely ship show Illya/Napoleon/Marion.)

There was a nice little fic fandom for a year or two, but it withered in the absence of any sequels. The show is more of a m/m juggernaut with the very occasional foray into the main dudes having a one-off threesome with some lady. Show Illya is pretty iconic and very different from movie Illya though, so I understand that disappointment.

Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty and Mysterious Lotus Casebook. These are historical mystery and wuxia mystery respectively. The former has a more satisfying series end than the latter, but I liked both endings all right. (Look, with c-dramas, that's always my first question: Did everyone die and/or everything get left hanging in a way that will make me throw things?)

The Two Faces of January might as well be called Daddy Issues: The Movie and has allll kinds of badwrong vibes. It's not a happy story. I'm not sure Patricia Highsmith knew what happiness even looked like. But boy is it delicious! The scenery is gorgeous too.

And that last one is Les Spécialistes, a film I only discovered from a fan bitching about how it was the OT3iest thing ever but nobody remembered that it existed. It's a silly French heist movie from the 80s with some identity porn and twists.

Other people added Leverage, most notorious of OT3 fandoms, three of the side dudes from The Untamed, Arthurian legend, and Girl Genius.

[jianghushenanigans]

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Hi I'm Thebes (thebansacredbanned) and this is my cdrama sideblog! I kinda regret making a sideblog bc why not keep everything in one place no matter the topic but like I’ve Committed now

I'm very bad at initiating talking to people both irl and online but I'm happy to answer asks/take part in tag games/randomly scream about headcanons in messages as long as I don't have to initiate it.

Tags:

occasionally I write things - my fic shared from ao3 or snippets of fic that I won't finish from tag games

angsty screenshot edits - song lyrics or poem verses over screenshots from various dramas. Edits is probably a strong word because the images aren’t actually edited in any way but I’m here for fun not to stress about artistic quality, that’s what fics are for

i made this on ms paint - low quality normal funny-ish edits

homemade memeing - memes i made

my personal opinions etc - my personal opinions. etc

Shows under cut

Currently watching:

The Imperial Coroner (ep 14, on pause)

Love Game in Easten Fantasy (ep 8)

Currently reading:

Shao Nian Ge Xing (the blood of youth novel)

Seen:

The Blood of Youth (this is the one tag I actually check myself everything else comes through my dash)

Dashing Youth

The Young Brewmaster’s Adventure Season 1

Nirvana in Fire

The Disguiser

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

The Untamed (used as a catch all tag for all MDZS related content)

Love Between Fairy and Devil

A League of Nobleman

Side Story of Fox Volant

Oh My General

The Legend of Shen Li

Reset

The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty

Guardian

Word of Honor

Joy of Life

Legend of Fei

[neupulman]

I feel like I need to pour my feelings into some words.

You see, I’ve always preferred reading over watching, but I was (and still am) having a really tough time, and I needed something to keep destructive thoughts away from me, to distract me, and give me some time without having to think about my problems, and no other story managed to do that. But then someone recommended me to try The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty, and, well… that was exactly what I needed, maybe even more. To be honest, I never expected that I would come to like it so much. I started watching it without any expectations at all. But right now this cdrama feels like meeting an old friend, like being wrapped up in a warm blanket, like having a cup of nice hot cocoa in my hands.

I started rewatching it as soon as I finished it, because I was not ready to say goodbye to all the characters and the setting and the scenes. It’s great. It’s amazing. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough.

The novel nice as well, by the way, but it’s different. The drama, on the other hand, is exactly what my heart needed. For some reason it heals me and helps me.

Usually my way of saying thank you to a show or a book or a game is writing a fanfic or trying to draw something, but right now I feel drained, so I decided to write at least one post of appreciation (though I do hope that I will be able to finish at least a little fic haha)

[astrophyllitely]

Like Morning Clouds with Nowhere to Go

2.1k teen modern au

After the worst six months of his life, Sui Zhou makes a move.

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[thesilversun]

This is the Hurt/Comfort fic and art exchange that I mentioned earlier.

Although it's run from Dreamwidth you don't need to be on Dreamwidth to take part - you just need an ao3 account and an email the mods can send you the prompt(s) your matched on.

It's an old style exchange, think back to Livejournal days - there's no discord servers etc - just emails to the mods or commenting on the Dreamwidth post.

You make a fic or a piece of art for the person you're matched anonymously with (basically their fic/art wants matched against your offers) and you get the same in return.

Fic/art minimum requirements:

Work requirements are a story of at least 1000 words, or a piece of artwork that is not on lined paper and is at minimum clean linework that is at least 500x500 pixels

Currently it's in the tag set making phase - so people are adding fandoms and pairings that they want when it comes to sign ups in a couple of weeks time.

I've added Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, Beyond Evil and some MDZS pairings that weren't already on there which I could write.

People have already added tgcf, svss, 2ha, thousand autumns, plus other books series etc - this

is an any fandom exchange - so there's everything from 19th century novels to video game characters on there as well.

[uhhhhmanda]

Oooh! If you are writing a fix it fic for Yohan’s kidnapping, do tag me too please! Did you say it may or may not involve Sunah getting mauled?? 👁️👄👁️ 👀

YES. My horrible brain has demanded an animal transformation fic so Yohan is going to get fangs as long as his dick and he's going to sink them into Jung Sunah. 🥰 I was inspired by one of my all-time favorite Sleuth of Ming Dynasty fics More than a Feline by Hope. I also wrote (and already published) one where the kidnapping isn't exactly fixed but K gets Yohan out before he can get nonconned and he comes home roofied and fixated on Gaon. 😈Link

When I post the mauling I will be sure to tag you!

[snarkivistfic]

20 questions writer meme.

Thank you @heyholmesletsgo for tagging me :)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

89 .

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,055,134

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mainly Untamed/MDZS, KinnPorsche now.  I have written in a variety of other fandoms (Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, Jane Austen’s Emma, Torchwood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones) but mostly just Untamed and KPTS now.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Talk to Him - A KPTS fic where Tay goes to visit Big in the hospital and the nurses think they are dating so Tay just plays along.

Common People - Another KPTS fic. This one Tay starts having a fling with Jom. I sort of based it on the song "Common People" by Pulp.

Never Have I Ever - KPTS - It's so funny to me that this is so high because it is a short little one shot that I wrote in one sitting. Basically, Tankhun press gangs some of his friends into playing the drinking game Never Have I Ever.

I'm Ready to Suffer, I'm Ready to Hope - The first KPTS fic I ever wrote. It's a Big/Chan fix it.

Give Me One Good Movie Kiss and I'll be Alright - KPTS again - Big/Chan post canon getting together.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

DEFINITELY. I am here for the community and all the friends I have made in fandom have been through commenting on their fics or them commenting on my fics. This seems even more important now that twitter is well what twitter is these days.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmmm I am a happy ending type of gal but I guess The Loves of Ianto Jones (Torchwood) ends with a bit of angst. I always meant to write a sequel, I started writing it, but then I kind of left the Torchwood fandom.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I guess like they all have happy endings but I think maybe When A Young Cultivator is Happiest (Untamed) because that was meant to be the last fic in my Wen Ning/ Ouyang Zizhen series (I wrote a little post script for Wen Ning's birthday this year) so it wraps everything up and ends with three pairs of characters getting married.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have gotten some hate on my Game of Thrones fics and once on a ZhuLiuHai rpf but generally I am not at all popular enough to get hate - thank goodness!!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Lol like okay I think that I write incredibly sentimental stories about really nice people who are super shy but find each other. And then once they do they bang the shit out of each other in an incredibly graphic sex scene that in no way fits with the rest of tone of the fic.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I love crossovers! I don't know that I've written any crazy ones. So I will link to my favourite all time crossover the These Rainy Hearts series in which John Hart from Torchwood randomly meets Ethan Rayne from Buffy and after Ethan mistakes John for Spike, they hook up and fall in love. The subsequent fics brought in more Buffy and Torchwood characters and the last fic even included cameos from characters from What We Do in the Shadows. I don't really write Torchwood any more but I have thought of writing a fourth in this series which would include both Untamed and KPTS characters.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

YES! Tragically my friend Serpens Caput on AO3 doesn't write fic anymore so we can't continue our ridiculous jokey RPF series The Untaming of the Crew - about the poor put-upon crew on the set of the Untamed.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I have a lot of love for Tay/Big (KPTS) but the ship that I always come back to is my beloved Wen Ning/Ouyang Zizhen.

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I started a sequel to my Untamed fic I"ve Been to Koi Tower, But I've Never Been to Me and it just got so unwieldy and had so many characters and so much plot that I just gave up. I want to finish it but I doubt I will. It was going to be called "Don't Cry for Me Jinlintai".

16. What are your writing strengths?

This is so hard for me to answer. I guess I am occasionally funny?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

So many - writing description of scenery. Having my characters do anything but just stand there whilst talking. Inability to use a comma properly. Writing smut.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I am only fluent in one language. But I have written in the description that the character says something in English (when the rest of the dialogue is assumed to be in Thai) which comes up any time I have written Vegas or Ken for KPTS since they often throw in English words.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I don't know if this counts because I have never posted it anywhere but I saw the trailer for the film The Eagle and wrote this whole fic in my head without ever seeing the movie. I eventually wrote it down on paper. I did eventually also see the movie and I mean I was way off but whatever. But I guess the first fandom I wrote for that I posted was Game of Thrones.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

AAAA!! That's so hard to pick!!! I generally like most of my fics. I can't pick one. So here's 3:

From Torchwood - From Out of the Pain - A fix it involving film archiving.

From Untamed - Tentacles Lift Us Up Where We Belong - just because it's such a ME idea - Wen Ning's black veins are actually tentacles - canonical monster fucker Ouyang Zizhen is MORE than okay with that.

From KPTS - What if We Kissed in a Farmhouse Bread Factory? - I love that I put as many references to Farmhouse bread in this as I could and I also love the pairing - Pol / Chan because it's so improbable but I think it really works

Tagging @unfortunatelycake , @jaggededges123 (look I am an anxious person and I don't know who else would want to be tagged so if you're reading this and want to do it, please consider yourself tagged and tag me at the top so I know that you want to be tagged in future things) OBVIOUSLY no pressure to do this!!!