#the untamed mdzs q

[sinfulpatata]

lightweight

drunk lwj is such a silly little guy

[sandushengshou]

barbie from my shows <3

[sonik-kun]

Eepy ChengCheng 😴😴

[unsinkablefae]

This was one of my earliest attempts at embroidery a couple of years ago. I am planning on re-doing this chibi Wangji soon (and a companion Wuxian, finally).

I am very excited to see how my skills have progressed since then!!

[lazycranberrydoodles]

How did you get into tgcf? :)

in around 2020 i watched+read both MDZS and SVSSS and was a MDZS hyperfixation main for a bit. after that, i got a little burnt out on MXTX so i didn't attempt TGCF.

in summer '22 I decided to watch the TGCF donghua and quickly realized that that fucker in red would be the Next Big Thing in my psyche. i read the entire book in 3 days and, well... the rest is history.

[which-item-poll]

[jalpari]

MY HUSBAND DREW WANGXIAN FOR ME!!!

[trenchcoat-full-of-recs]

Favourite fics of 2023

Now that the year is over, I figured I'd cast my eye back over the previous year to see what were my favourite fics I discovered that year. Notably, they may not have been published last year--just the ones that I read during that time period.

I have absolutely no idea what they will be, so I'm curious to dive into my bookmarks...

MDZS/CQL

Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark -- oooh, apparently it was last year that I consumed this. It's a behemoth of a story at over 700k words; it's a slowly sprawling tale, and I read and reread it during the same year. And it's been one of the rare WIPs that I have been following faithfully. It's an AU in which WWX and LWJ, early on during the Gusu lectures, have the extra-canonical chapters' dreams about each other (that's to say, the ravishing in the library and the peaceful domesticity) and this triggers them realizing their feelings, which in turn changes rather a lot of things. This sounds underwhelming, but the fic really is very good and rather epic in scope! I have appreciated how it depicts WWX--intensely intelligent, precocious, but in need of guidance; and he and LWJ are darling together. I only hope it keeps being this good for the next 700k words or however much it takes!

You'll See Me Again by anon -- oh man, I loved this one. It's sadly a short-ish WIP (12k> words), but the concept is brilliant: it's NHS, who's time-travelled back and is determined to fix everything by getting WWX as his younger brother, and it's told from NMJ's baffled point of view. It's very good! I just wish it were longer.

Mourning Dove by jaemyun - a WIP featuring a dark LWJ who's very fed up with the hypocrisy of the cultivation world. Hasn't updated in a while, though...

SVSSS

This was the year I read SVSSS! Boy, did I ever love it. This naturally unlocked a new fandom for me, so here are some of my favourite fics:

A Transmigrator and a Time Traveler Walk Into the Bamboo House by VeryCharismaticDragon - this is super lovely! This is Binghe who time-travels from after SQQ's self-destruction to the start of the story. And he's determined to change things, even as he's trying to understand them. The whole thing is great.

The More You Don't Know by Neery - this is sweet and angsty in just the right way. Binghe is convinced SQQ only loves him because he doesn't realize he's a demon, and does his best to hide. (There's also a canon divergence in there.)

The Peace Between Divine Pec- ah-hm sorry - uh…Peaks by AceOfDivineChlorophyll - I need to catch up with the latest chapters of this, but I have it bookmarked as "absolutely love it, mega oblivious SQQ thinks he's LBH's advisor and not realizing that he's effectively the empress (something everyone around him sees) and of course not realizing also that he's super in love with LBH."

Particular by thehoyden - a very sweet SQQ/LBH a/b/o!

The King's Avatar

This is also the year when I consumed this canon!

Born of Fire (We Shall Not Fall) by TheDefenestrator - I loved this fic so much. So much. It's my favourite take on omegaverse I've ever seen in any fic, ever. It's got a super lovely Ye Xiu/Han Wenqing slowburn and Ye Xiu joining Tyranny, but it's also set in this universe which brings this omegaverse context into everything and makes it extra delicious. It's so well done. I just hope it updates one day.

here in search of your glory by Synoshian - I also adored this long slowburn long slowburn Ye Xiu/Han Wenqing WIP where Ye Xiu joins Tyranny.

Bond/Q

a bloodless coup by Ark - scorchingly hot, great characterisations, very well done.

There's a lot more fics that I read and enjoyed last year, but these were in my bookmarks as absolute faves, so I figure it's fair enough to end it here!

[the-shotce-newsletter]

Happy Birthday Lan Zhan! Trying out the MDZS Q style, because I have no time and chibi/baby Lan Zhan is the literal cutest.

[snickerdoodlles]

the untamed/mdzs fandom has so much forgiveness for the fathers and so little for the mothers :T

[laziestgirlintown]

So I just finished watching The Untamed, and will very soon start rewatching it. Looking now for blogs to follow for gifsets to reblog, taking recs 😊 Filter accordingly if uninterested.

(Have read the four (out of five) MDZS books out in English, so I haven't yet read their version of the last showdown and how they go from there. It'd better be fuzzy)

[sinfulpatata]

tranquil

+closeups

[sandushengshou]

happy birthday, @yibo-wang! please enjoy barbie from your shows <3

[sonik-kun]

The king of side eye 👁️

[ghost-city]

i swear every day on TikTok i have to block someone for reposting tgcf fanart without permission and/or credit. just now i saw one where they included a screenshot of the artists twt bio to give credit or whatever but in the screenshot it clearly says "do not repost" like how can u be that blatantly and unapologetically disrespectful

[laziestgirlintown]

They had good instructors