#wealthy lwj

[sun-ashes]

Broke artist WWX × wealthy commissioner LWJ except they are both so so dumb.

Lwj who is so down bad for his college classmate that he commissions art from his favorite artist of them together under the name of Mo Xuanyu, asking for a tall, dark haired, silver eyed man holding hands with the second heir of Gusu Lan Pharma.

Wwx, the aforementioned artist, being so deep in the trenches that he sees the opportunity to draw himself with his college crush and goes wild with it. The commissions quickly become a weekly thing. Soon enough they are asking for or drawing pictures of every little interaction or lost chance of talking the have/had. Their lock screens match. They start talking through DMs and become close as well.

One day Lwj overhears Nhs pestering Wwx about his new partner who he spends aaalllll his time with (it's the commissions, they are consuming him) and Wwx blurts the name Mo Xuanyu. Lwj freaks about because 1) the possible love of his life is already in a committed relationship with someone else and 2) he apparently stole an actual person's identity to commission both sappy fluffy scenes and also softcore porn.

Lwj goes on a search for Mxy and so does Nhs. The guy exists and is a gay twink that, yeah, looks like Wwx a lot. Nhs invites him to a party. Wwx asks him to be his fake fate because he thinks it's the guy he has been taking to for months on end. Lwj is trying to reach him out to explain, apologize and possibly compensate him with money. Mxy is just confused af because he has never had friends before, his fake date keeps referencing things he has no idea about, and some scammer posing as Hanguan Jun keep trying to contact him to offer him money for the rights of his identity, yeah right.

[feanarotherindion]

I absolutely love the idea of MXTX guys in red having to be strict parents. It’s not something they thought they’d be doing. They thought they’d be the fun parent but who knew their spouses in white are just too indulgent towards their children, never able to say no.

SQQ grew up as the third son of wealthy parents. He doesn’t know what moderation is. He had a hand in raising his Qing Jing children and look at them, all of them were brats. Brats who could do no wrong in SQQ’s eyes.

LWJ grew up in a restricted sect, never able to indulge in anything lest the elders punish him by denying him a visit to his mother. How could he do the same to his child? His child who is his WWX’s child too. How could he say no to their whims? Why would he say no?

As the pampered prince of Xian Le, XL had everything. Then he had nothing. He knew both sides of the spectrum. While he won’t let their child be bratty like he was, but he still let HC be the strict parent. HC looked hot like that too so more’s the bonus for him.

[whumpbby]

I think the best take I've seen today is someone justifying being anti-JC with the argument that "it's been 13 years and he still didn't get over it! He's still angry! He yells at people! No one deserves to be yelled at!"

I mean, yes? That's how trauma works? You don't 'get over' stuff with no support. It's not pretty, but it's life my dude. Some people get hurt and then spend the rest of their life defensive and unfriendly. He was clearly put together and approachable enough to build a very wealthy, respected sect, and raise a child, so he didn't spend all that time wallowing in despair, did he?

I mean, against what people like to proclaim, Lan Wangji also didn't move on. He goes out and fights things, but his irrational anger towards JC is still alive and well, he didn't get over anything by understanding the situation everyone were in. He wasn't interested in asking how the hell things got so bad or why his own golden brother (who had 100% more clout than JC) didn't do anything to step in. He doesn't yell, but he's a dick nonetheless. Does JL deserve LWJ being a dick to him only because he doesn't like his uncle? Does he deserve Jingyi acting like a dick towards him because Huanguang-Jun also does, so it's safe?

No one moved on in this story - the war left them all shattered. They all commited atrocities. They all have regrets. Barely anyone gets any closure. Wei fucking Wuxian didn't move on - he just died and came back right after, and then ran from the hard questions because he didn't have the bandwidth to deal with them at the time. As you do when traumatised.

Dislike the man all you want, but the argument is just.... JC didn't stub his toe 13 years ago, he lost his entire extended family and was left to pick up the pieces. Thirteen years of being angry at the world is nothing.

[lezleonardo]

Every once a while I will cross paths with a another sect! Wwx au and yk that's cool and all, but these aus always (understandably) revolve around the Great sects, but that's got me thinking of a wwx being adopted by the sect leader of a relatively new sect!

Here I go:

Wwx is picked up from the streets by the sect leader when he's 6-7(? I can't remember how old wwx was when jfm found him) originally for selfish purposes to increase the disciplines in his sect, but unfortunately for the man wwx grows on this man and his wife like fungus (also wwx being a genius prodigy makes him even more favorable)

I'd imagine by the time wwx is 15 the sect had grown a decent size... not big by any means but wealthy enough to afford an invite to the cr classes, ofc wwx and like a humble amount of disciplines from the sect are taken and wwx meets lwj blah blah.

So ik alot of u are asking. What would be the difference to canon? Difference is Wwx actually has a good support system in this universe, also lwj being the petty man he is marries INTO the small sect just to piss off all the big sect leaders (and his uncle+ brotherl)

(Actually tbh he also has valid reasons, but its funny to think of those as reasons too)

Feel free to add to this as it matinatez.

[stiltonbasket]

Post sunshot campaign, Wei Ying leaves his ghost jie jies to babysit A-yuan while he and LWJ cleanse the battlefields of resentful spirits!

LWJ is still spooked by the ghost maidens but A-yuan is having the time of his life with them, and since WWX still trusts them more than the Lan nannies, he lets them be. One night, WWX finds LWJ taking notes from them on how to swaddle babies, make the best nutritional baby food etc and he’s melting from all sorts of emotions ;;

On a fine, clear night in the middle of Guiyue, Wei Wuxian wakes at the stroke of yin hour to find his friend's bed empty.

Lan Zhan moved into Wei Wuxian's room when he first came to Lotus Pier, determined not to waste a single moment with A-Yuan, and he was usually still awake when Wei Wuxian began preparing for bed. Once, Wei Wuxian asked his friend why he kept staying up past hai hour; and Lan Zhan had only stared at him before explaining that he could not rest until Wei Wuxian and A-Yuan were tucked away in their warded bed, asleep.

"I spent the entire war fearing that I would lose you both," he said bluntly, putting a hand on A-Yuan's little head to steady himself. "I do not think I will ever cease to fear it. It might grow easier to bear, in time—but not yet."

Afterwards, Lan Zhan even gave up his habit of rising at maoshi and started lingering in bed until Wei Wuxian and A-Yuan woke nearly three hours later; so where could he possibly be at this time of night?

Puzzled, Wei Wuxian slides out from under the covers and pads out of his bedroom, leaving A-Yuan fast asleep in his crib. It shouldn't take long to find him, he thinks, as he wanders down the lamplit corridors in search of Lan Zhan. Perhaps he went out to get a drink of water.

But instead, he finds his errant beloved—and how strange it is to think of him as such!—in the company of one of A-Yuan's ghost nannies, Meng Leilan.

Meng Leilan was the gentlest of Wei Wuxian's dead servants during the war. In life, she was the eldest daughter of a once-wealthy merchant, whose estate was seized by a rival when he reneged on his debts—and Leilan, then eighteen, was sold into marriage as a magistrate's third concubine, while her younger sister entered a flower house as a yiji.

Leilan met her death at the hands of one of the other concubines three years later, after her first child turned out to be a son—and though she remained peaceful for the first few weeks after her passing, content to linger in the shadows of the nursery where her baby slept, she was forced to bear witness to the child's murder not two months after his full-moon birthday.

It was then that Meng Leilan realized that she had been murdered as well—for she had previously believed that her death was the result of childbed fever, having died in her sleep two weeks after her baby's birth—and arose as a fierce ghost before killing her husband's second concubine in as gruesome a manner as her tortured mind could bear.

But she spared the second concubine's son, unable to do any harm to a infant even in the depths of her resentment; and after Wei Wuxian brought her into his service and told her that she might do whatever she pleased to any Wen soldier who had killed a woman or child, she settled, and asked to remain in the living world as one of A-Yuan's nannies.

But Lan Zhan cannot rest at ease in the presence of Wei Wuxian's ghostly servants, even those who had never shed blood where he could see it, so what could Lan Zhan want with Meng Leilan at this hour?

Curious, Wei Wuxian makes his way to his beloved's side.

"What are you doing here, xingan?" he teases, nudging Lan Zhan's shoulder. "If you and Leilan were going out to play, you should have invited me!"

"I did not come out to amuse myself," Lan Zhan replies, looking heart-breakingly solemn. "But Yuan'er eats solid food now, and I wanted to know which of the dishes we have at the Cloud Recesses would be best for him. You were asleep, and I was impatient—so I came out to look for Meng-guniang, though I ought to have waited until morning."

Ah, Lan Zhan, Wei Wuxian laments to himself. He's been drinking my blood and eating solid food since the month after he was born. It's just that I don't feed him when you're in the room with us.

"Oh?" he says instead. "And what did Leilan tell you, then?"

Lan Zhan's fine mouth turns downward. "She said that a child born and bred in Yunmeng would fare poorly upon the fare of my clan," he says sadly. "It is fortunate that I asked her, or I might have stunted A-Yuan's growth. But now that I know better, I shall have to learn to cook."

Wei Wuxian's heart melts on the spot. "Oh, Lan Zhan..."

"But then again, I would have learned to cook for you either way," Lan Zhan tells him, rallying at once. "Yuan'er already takes hongyou in his baby food, so we might give him a milder portion of your food mixed with rice. What do you think, my heart?"

In answer, Wei Wuxian puts his arms about Lan Zhan's neck and tries not to burst into tears.

"That I can't wait for our wedding," he says thickly. "That's what I think, Lan Zhan."

At that, Lan Zhan looks so breathtakingly radiant—like a lonely white moonbeam fallen to earth and shaped into human form by the thrumming lingli in Lake Lianhua—that Wei Wuxian cannot help but kiss him, and fall back into the cradle of his arms as Lan Zhan tips Wei Wuxian's chin up and kisses him fiercely in return.

When Lan Zhan finally releases him, Wei Wuxian staggers backward, gasping—and finds himself clasped in Lan Zhan's arms all over again, for his beloved had seized him by the waist to keep him from falling over the side of the dock and into the lake below.

"Two more months," he says softly, smoothing his thumb along the line of Wei Wuxian's eye. "And then we need never be parted again."

He turns to bow to Meng Leilan, who inclines her head and vanishes in a cloud of lotus-scented vapor; and with that, they join their hands and walk back to Wei Wuxian's room.

Lan Zhan climbs into bed and falls asleep in less than half a ke, leaving Wei Wuxian to stare up at the ceiling with his fingertips pressed to his mouth in wonder—for somehow, it had not struck him that he and Lan Zhan will be married by the year's end until that very moment.

And then—

I'm going to tell him about A-Yuan, he resolves. Right after we get back from the discussion conference in Lanling. He'll love A-Yuan just the same, no matter how he came into the world—and he'll keep the truth secret for the rest of his life if I ask, even from Laoshi and Zewu-jun.

And with that, Wei Wuxian closes his eyes, and follows his beloved into slumber.

[wangxianficfinder]

Fic Finder

March 15th

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1. Looking for a post 1st seige burial mounds fic on ao3. It was a wip but it's been awhile so may no longer be the case. In it jc only participated in the siege as a cover to get close enough to his brother w/out endangering lotus pier. Since he leads the charge he finds wwx first and when wwx passes out after destroying the seal jc fakes wwx's death and smuggle him back to lotus pier & hides/kinda imprison him. But the longer they're together the more jc realizes a lot of the things he blamed wwx for aren't adding up (seeing through Jin manipulations).

Jc also forgot/didn't know about ayuan so when wwx wakes up he freaks out about where his baby adopted son is, but by the time jc gets back to bm yuan is no where to be found (implied lz had already got him) but jc and wwx think this means yuan is dead. Wwx is very depressed and becomes Jin ling's secret nanny whenever the kid is at lotus pier. In the most recent updates (at the time) a baby xue yang was introduced.

He saw a disguised wwx in a hidden area by lotus pier playing in the water and is basically like 'I'm cute and small too' and plots how to get himself adopted so he can also be pampered like the wealthy kid. I think there were some alternating povs. Might of been a Lan pov too, creating dramatic irony since both yuan and wwx are alive but neither side knows? Was setting up yunmeng bro reconciliation.

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2. I'm looking for a specific fic, it was modern, WWX took LWJ to a concert of post modern, like synth? Chinese music and I think NHS told WWX about it?? It had some good song recs and I'm mainly looking for the the songs- if you guys could help me out? Thank you!!!! @recombinantdna

NOT FOUND! The Quiet Room by trickybonmot (M, 39k, WangXian, Modern AU, 1990s, Goth LWJ, Cellist LWJ, College Student WWX, House Hunting, Dating, Clubbing, San Francisco, Implied/Referenced Past Child Abuse, Mental Health Issues, Academic Disaster Aftermath, Getting Together, Repressed Teen Crushes to Strangers to Lovers, Homelessness, in the form of couch surfing, background NieLan) in which WWX finds LWJ being a DJ in a goth club in the 90s and it talks a lot about music. NHS is totally an enabler.

FOUND! show me a quiver, give me tonight by spookykingdomstarlight (E, 115k, wangxian, lwj/others, communication failure, mutual pining, artists, demisexual wwx, angst w/ happy ending) WY surprised LZ by bringing him to a performance of an artist LZ likes, H i d d e n f r a g r a n c e who plays electronic guqin. The sample songs can be found in the author notes in Chapter 10

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3. hi! im looking for a fic and the only thing i remember from it was wangxian (canon divergence, maybe arranged marriage but im not sure) in maybe caiyi?? sitting down at a noodle place, and there was a thing about how wwx loved the gusu dialect and kept pestering lwj to say something in the dialect, and he knew enough of the dialect to flirt or haggle so when lwj said an endearment term (i think it was something like sweetheart?) he froze and got all panicky about wwx recognising the word because he froze too, but then wwx just asks if he swore?? THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU FIND IT ive been combing my bookmarks and history for almost weeks now and im so close to thinking i made it all up

FOUND? Your Hand in Mine by cerbykerby (T, 20k, WangXian, Humor, Comedy, Pining, cursed to hold hands, Light Angst, Sharing a Bed, First Dates, Embarrassment, Fluff, bathing together, wwx is a menace to society, and lwj Suffers A Lot, Canon Compliant)

FOUND? Fentao-laoshi’s Guide to Cut-Sleeve Pleasures by occultings (microcomets) (E, 31k, wangxian, canon divergence, pining while fucking, friends with benefits, first time, cloud recesses study arc, practice kissing, sharing a bed, jealousy, getting together, confessions, happy ending)

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4. For fic finder: I have lost a modern-au fic where Lan Zhan is in the hospital, in a children’s wing, and Wei Wuxian visits a lot/volunteers there. Wei Wuxian has prosthetic legs and he gets a new red pair around the point I lost the fic. I am pretty sure I found the rec through this blog but I can’t find it again TT Help please!

FOUND? 🔒 some things go forward by everythingispoetry (T, 73k, WangXian, Modern AU, Hospitals, Teenage Drama, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Happy Ending)

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5. First, thank you for everything that you do ! Your posts and recommendations and "I'm in the mood for" collections have kept my heart and soul busy for years now! I am honestly in awe of all the hard work and time you dedicate to both pages! 🥰

Unfortunately I don't remember much of the summary of the fic I'm searching for, but I wanted to try my luck. 🙈 It was a light modern dom/sub fic where WY accidentally sort of turned LZ into a sub. I think by giving him indirect orders all the time? And nobody noticed until WQ pointed it out? I searched through Ao3 with the light dom/sub tag for ages and then eventually gave up.

Maybe it rings a bell for you? 🙏🤞❤️ @papperlapapp1

FOUND? And They Were Roommates! or The Accidental Domming of Lan Wangji by DizziDreams (E, 21k, wangxian, Dom WWX, Sub LWJ, inexperienced BDSM practices, un-/under- negotiated kink, horny climbing, horny cohabitation, horny on main except by main I mean at a party surrounded by innocent bystanders, Praise Kink, Masturbation, Bondage, Lingerie, Orgasm Delay/Denial, omg they were roommates, Modern, BDSM, debatably a bit of dom drop, Public Masturbation, Edging, Getting Together, WQ has to come in and straighten this shit out)

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6. Okay so looking for a fic where lwj or wwx accidentally summon incubus/succubus wwx or lwj. (I can't remember who was the sex demon or who was the human but it is a wangxian fic)

So, the succubus needs food and it is, unsurprisingly, cum. As in they have to literally eat cum to survive. So the human is followed by this succubus/incubus everywhere they go to including his university.

The human does love feeding the sex demon and even lets him feed in the uni bathroom during breaks.

Does a fic like this exist? Does it ring any bell?

FOUND? An Array of Good Decisions by celerydragon (E, 11k, WangXian, Demon Sex Size Kink, Size Difference, Consensual Non-Consent, dubcon, Tongue Sex, Omegaverse, Humiliation, Mild Breeding Kink)

FOUND? Lan Wangji's Fullproof Guide on How (NOT) to Summon a Demon by fardimensions (E, 3k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Porn With Plot, but not a lot of plot, Incubus WWX, Demons, wwx has a tail, Wings, Interspecies Sex, Bottom LWJ/Top WWX, Anal Sex, Crack, Filthy, size queen LWJ)

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7. for the fic finder: it's a fic (dom/sub canon au?) where wei wuxian gave lan wangji a collar before he died. lan wangji keeps the collar for as long as he can but eventually the leather is too old and it breaks. there's a bunch of sadness but all is well when wei wuxian resurrects.

thank you for all you do!!

FOUND? Breathe Again by Sheehan_sidhe (E, 4k, wangxian, Grief/Mourning, Depression, Breathplay, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, POV LWJ, LWJ Has Feelings, Submissive LWJ, Crying LWJ, Grieving LWJ, Collars, Angst with an Eventual Happy Ending)

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8. for fic finder: my heart tells me it was a modern/modern with cultivation au, but my searches have been fruitless. i just remember our beloved wangxian dancing around each other, and the juniors being there with a similar problem. specifically, jin ling being tested at archery, and sizhui Totally Only There For Emotional Support And No Other Reason.

FOUND? with you, I am home by tellthemstories (M, 47k, wangxian, Modern Cultivation, fake dating for reasons, Meeting the Family, There Was Only One Bed, Casual Domesticity, wwx is oblivious in more ways than one, 'this fic is like emotional edging', this comment sums up the entire fic)

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9. heyI've been looking for a fic for a while.WWX and LWJ were in the turtle's cave of slaughter... they had no energy to fight and decided to do double cultivation.

When it comes to the part where WWX donates the golden core to JC.... during the surgery, WQ discovers WWX is pregnant, the double cultivation generated a uterus.

He is still captured by the Wen clan and thrown into the grave hill.He believes he lost the baby because of this and uses his resentful energy to survive and get revenge.

When he reaches the part at the end of the campaign where the sun falls, he goes into labor without knowing that he is still pregnant.

It's not Omegaverse.

Sorry if my writing is bad, english is not my first language @crazy-tai

FOUND? Impermanence, Transience, Permanence by Best Bepsy (BepsyGray) (E, 39k, wangxian, canon divergence, unplanned pregnancy, mpreg, gore, sunshot campaign, assumed miscarriage, medical procedures, childbirth, golden core reveal)

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10. Hello! I was wondering if anyone here knew of a fic that took place during the Wen Indoctrination? If I remember right, it was only one chapter, set mostly in the Untamed universe because Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning had worked together to make it seem like he was dead for the Wens after being locked in with that dog, but he was grabbed too early and basically paraded in front of the other disciples under the belief that he was dead. If anyone else has seen this fic, I'd be extremely grateful!

FOUND!🔒💖 the universe would turn to a mighty stranger by RavenclawLoki (T, 11k, wangxian, Angst, Eventual Fluff, Some mentions of blood, it looks like someone is dead but!!, it is okay, everything is going to be okay i promise, First Kiss, Canon Divergence, Wwx and lwj know they're in love, They just don't know the other loves them back, Everyone Lives AU, Hurt WWX, Hurt LWJ)

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11. For your next fic finder, I'm looking for a modern wangxian dating reality tv au. It's omegaverse and in the first half of the show, everyone is paired up, but in the second half of the show, it's wilderness survival with the alphas trying to catch the omegas. Wwx is a career omega who is trying to get a cash prize instead of an alpha. @leahlisabeth

FOUND? 🧡 shoot your shot – hot or knot by defractum (nyargles) (E, 51k, WangXian, Modern AU, A/B/O Dynamics, Reality Show, Hunger Games Setting, Canon-Typical Violence, Extremely Dubious Consent, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Humor, Additional Warnings In Author’s Notes)

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12. Guys I need help finding this story. So it’s about Wei ying being hit by this memory yao. And he is in pain. So lan zhan, lan yuan, lan qiren, lan huan, Jin rulan, and jiang cheng. They use this spell to take Wei ying bad memories. They hold onto this bad memories because they don’t want Wei ying to go through all of that and remember. Ofc they are traumatized but they love him, etc. sooo please if you know the name write in comments. I have been looking for it for DAYS @zodime101

FOUND? Window of the Waking Mind by mrcformoso (M, 8k, wangxian, LSZ & WWX, JC & WWX, Graphic depictions of violence, Major Character Death, Heavy Angst with a Happy Ending, Sad with a Happy Ending, Post-Canon, Torture, Golden Core Transfer, WWX Has Self-Esteem Issues, Hurt WWX, WWX Needs a Hug, WWX Needs a Break, Flashbacks, Curses, Night Hunts, Suicide, Starvation, Canonical Child Abuse, Canonical Character Death, Cannibalism, Although it was forced by the situation to survive, Healing, Hurt/Comfort, lots of comfort, Soft LQR, Learning To Communicate, Zidian Spiritual Tool, JC Tries, Reaction)

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13. hi! for the next fic finder — it was sizhui centered! him being raised by lwj but also wwx, but wwx is a ghost. and wwx has no recollection of his death and there was this one scene where he curls up around ayuans body and falls asleep and he wakes in the cloud recesses and i think he thinks he's being ignored? and then there was the whole realizing he was a ghost thing. and also lwj burying his body at the bm. pls help me T^T its Not "the dark doesnt frighten me, its mine" btw!

NOT FOUND! the moon, grown full by Deinde (T, 22k, LSZ & WWX, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Spirits, Identity Reveal, discussion of war crimes, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Hopeful Ending, Homecoming, reclaiming your name and identity, Names, Families of Choice)

FOUND! The Intervening Years by rosemu (G, 11k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, LSZ centric, Parent-Child Relationship, Wangxian is background, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort)

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14. Hi! For fic finder: I am looking for a canon-era fic where cultivators have golden blood and regular people have red blood. When Wei Wuxian loses his core his blood fades to red, which means he has to work harder to hide his wounds or they will give away his core-less state. I particularly remember the scene where Jiang Cheng stabs him in their “mock” fight WWX hides his wound with a cloak. He takes to covering up his body fully from head to toe to avoid showing any scrapes. Then after he is revived and Jiang Cheng whips him he purposefully shows the red blood to “prove” he isn’t WWX, then I think the core reveal happens when Jin Ling stabs him and everyone knows its him and they see the red blood too. Thank you!!

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15. I need help finding a fic, I didn’t get too far into it but I really want to finish it. I think it was a longer fic and I think it’s well known and/or already in a comp or itmf answer. I i remember is that the summary put wwx as a temporary head of the Jiang Clan, from the first few chapters I think he’s tricked/strong armed into this position by JC. He had some Buisness at koi tower or a conference that would take a while so he needed a filler and wanted WWX. I think it’s post-cannon and it had someone insulting WWX in the summary and something along the lines of a statement of spite and a declaration to prove said person wrong.

This is likely a terrible description but it’s all I have. I know I got the og link from this site so someone should recognize it… Help would be greatly appreciated.

FOUND? Twelve Moons and a Fortnight by stiltonbasket (M, 290k, WangXian, Humor, Slow Burn, Post-Canon Fix-It, Long-Distance Relationship, Epistolary, Love Letters, Family Feels, a-qing lives, teenage romance, Adoption, Romantic Comedy, Happy Ending, Weddings, Case Fic, Parenthood, Politics)

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16. Hello! For the next fic finder I have two fics:

A) the only thing I remember about this fic is that it deals with the "do not speak with Wei Ying" rule. Lan Wangji was really angry when he found out and was about to go yell at his uncle, but Wei Wuxian kept trying to stop him. I remember Wwx threw himself into a pond or down a hill or something to snap Lwj out of it? I don't remember anything else about the fic unfortunately.

B) vampire au where Wwx was a vampire and the lans hunted the supernatural I think? Wangxian had to work together to stop some evil thing. I remember Wwx's backstory was something like: Wen Chao captured him and locked him in a room with a vampire, thinking it would result in Wwx dying (cultivators couldn't be turned into vampires, they would just die). But Wwx had given up his core so he got turned and Wen Chao locked him in a house with Wen Ning. There was a fire and Wwx turned Wen Ning to save his life. I also remember a scene where Wwx tried to go into Cloud Recesses, but the wards wouldn't let him. He thought this meant Lwj wanted nothing to do with him, but it was just Lan Xichen updating the wards or something.

Thank you!

16A)

FOUND?🔒Scenes From Three Winters by LtLJ (G, 12k, wangxian, post-canon, romance, family feels, family issues, family drama, PTSD, body horror, bad parent LQR, happy ending) Wei Ying throwing himself in a pond and down a hill to snap LWJ out of anger at his uncle sounds a lot like what happens at the end of Scenes from Three Winters by LtLJ but it's not specifically the 'do not speak to Wei Ying' rule that's the problem (will probably need to read other fics in the series for context)

16B)

FOUND?🔒hear the monsters calling home by sundiscus (M, 8k, wangxian, Modern Cultivation, Vampires, Misunderstandings, Angst with a Happy Ending, blood drinking (romantic))

FOUND? And you must keep your soul/ Like a secret in your throat by athena_crikey (E, 48k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Vampire WWX, Cultivator LWJ, Case Fic, h/c Angst, Falling In Love, First Time, Reference to Torture)

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17. Hi!! for the next fic finder, I was hoping of you guys could help me find a fic where it takes place in post canon: lwj cultivates to immortality even though he didn’t want to be and wwx tried hard to catch up to him but later on passes away bc he was never able to. Lwj was so devastated and during wwx’s funeral, jc came to pay respects and lwj found out that jc has also become an immortal. lwj says something along the lines of “how dare you cultivate to immortality with his core?” it might be a reincarnation fic but that’s about all i can remember from it. Thank you so much! @makkachiin

FOUND!🔒Closer Than Eternity by Netrixie (T, 26k, WangXian, Modern AU, Reincarnation, an unhealthy addiction to starbucks, Immortals, Self-Doubt, POV Alternating, Minor Original Character(s), Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Temporary Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, not for jc fans, This is not a reconciliation fic) The scene at WY's funeral is in Chapter 3.

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18. Hi! I hope my request will be clear, since English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance. I really want to read it, but I can't find a fic in which Lan Sizhui dies on a night hunt, saving the distracted Lan Zhan and Wei Ying. I don't remember many details, but I remember how the grief of A-Yuan's family and friends was described, and then A-Yuan was reborn. The fic was on ao3. @amelliss

FOUND? Setting Of The Sun by heartsdesire456 (M, 8k, WangXian , Character Death, Or Is It?, Grief/Mourning, Child Loss, Heavy Angst) i don't think it's reincarnation but this sounds similar to

FOUND? Our Son Reborn by RenaFair (T, 103k, WangXian, Mpreg, Deities, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Slow Build, There's smut, Rollercoaster of Emotions, baby a-yuan)

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19. hi, I’m look for a fic from ao3, I can’t really remember the plot but the end was wwx absorbing the tiger seal and in the process made a SILVER core. It happened in the burial mound (I think after the seal was stolen in Lanling but that might be a different fic)the timeline was before wwx’s first death because wen Qing was still alive @teasong

FOUND? ❤️ kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (T, 75k, WangXian, Hurt/Comfort, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Eventual Happy Ending, Getting Together, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Inspired by The Parent Trap (1998), Kid Fic, teen shenanigans, two a-yuans, Fluff and Angst)

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20. Hello! I am looking for Wangxian fanfiction where Wei Ying and Lan Zhan are lovers before Demonic cultivation and Wei Ying hurt Lan Zhan as in canon later the reunite after 13 years or something like that @abz18699-blog

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[stiricidewrites]

The Damage You Do: ch 32, pt 3

Previously

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“Isn’t what right?” lwj asked, glaring at his cousin with enough suspicion that wwx assumed he had accidentally agreed to unpleasant things in the past. jc had always been bad about falling for such things—something wwx had totally taken advantage of! Older sibling rights—

wwx’s thoughts cut off as lhr told lwj he’d be sending him a cleaning bill, lwj commenting that his cleaning was already paid for—apparently there had been an incident where lhr’s partner had shown up at lwj’s, sobbing with an equally distressed, weeks-old Jingyi because the apartment was gross and they were gross and everything was terrible. lwj had been paying for his own cleaner to stop by since then—apparently, lwj’s cleaner came several times a week, and it had been easy enough to add lhr’s apartment to their rotation.

That was nice—lwj was nice. He cared for his cousin enough that even now, when clearly Jingyi was at the age that cleaning would be easier—could even be made into a game for them to play as a family, given the right mood and tone of voice—he continued paying for their home to be cleaned. It was silly, and probably rather needless, but lwj did it nonetheless. Just to be nice. Just to show his cousin’s family that he loved them.

lhr could also afford his own cleaner, wwx was sure. The home he had just been inside had been filled with art and expensive furniture and toys and electronics, and while wwx was sure some of those things had probably come from relatives, including his dom, most had likely been bought by lhr and his partner. They weren’t poor, and yet lwj continued helping them when it clearly wasn’t necessary.

They all had money, and it wasn’t necessary, and yet, he still did it. It was a way for him to show he cared—that their comfort was worth more than the few hundred dollars the extra cleaning must cost him every week.

wwx sucked in a deep breath, trying to fight the thoughts forming within his head—the anger and resentment at his siblings for never trying to help him, even in the smallest of ways. They were just as rich as lwj—or, they were in the same general class of wealthy to the point that virtually no purchase other than a luxury yacht would give them a second thought—and they could have helped. There were so many little ways they could have helped, and yet they never had, and wwx couldn’t think about this.

He couldn’t.

Not here, not now, not ever.

If he thought about it, he’d—

[vahntares]

//WangXian 4040

Wei Yuan knocked 3 times on the door.

Because his father, wwx, had adopted him at a young age, he had to be forced to give up everything he loved.

His adoptive family left him on the street, he had to drop out of college to get two jobs and, most difficult of all, he had to leave his boyfriend, lwj.

Wei Yuan was already 19 years old and still living with the beaming smile of wwx telling him that he was the best thing that ever happened to him.

But Wei Yuan knew that, far from missing the comforts of a wealthy family or the prestige of a college degree, what had hurt the most was that he had walked away from lwj thinking he would be a burden on his future.

Who wants a man with a foster child and no support?

The door opened. A mature man greeted him with a slightly lifeless look.

"Mr. Lan?"

"Mn"

Wei Yuan inhaled deeply. He had traveled two cities to get to this moment "My name is Wei Yuan, may we talk?"

The man seemed to open his eyes a little. Without asking further he fully opened the door and invited him in.

Wei Yuan had received so much from his father, he was willing to give him the perfect gift: give him back a little of what he had lost.

(Happy Father's Day 🥺❤️)

[add1ctedt0you]

It's so fucking funny that the donghua writers were like "you know what would be romantic? If an incredibly wealthy young master bought a cheap toy for a homeless orphan. And did nothing else."

What are some other donghua writing gems?

Disclaimer: I watched the donghua three years ago, so I am not a specialist! But I re-watched recently some scenes. So, uh, everything is about jc and the jiang.

Lotus pier was destroyed for an hairpin

Do you think that novel!jfm is an useless sect leader? Don't worry, donghua!jfm is even worse! He was out of lotus pier to buy a jade hairpin for his wife apparently. Not getting into how buying material things to gain your wife's love isn't great, but why leaving lotus pier in such a moment?

Jiang Cheng (lack of) scenes

Do you all remember how novel!jc chased over wzl without even grabbing a sword? Good, because donghua!jc doesn't do shit! He stays right there, just saying: "Wei Wuxian!" perfectly chill.

Do you all remember how novel!jyl dies between novel!jc's arms? Good! Because donghua!jc is merely on the background. His sister was in mortal danger but he couldn't run faster than a tortoise!

Not a great change, but I am sure that novel!jc, whose face made wzl say: not today kid and run away and whose bitchy face made people piss on their pants, can defend himself!

Bonus:

My 4 years old niece can do better than this:

I couldn't put more imagines, but the quality is low a lot of time. And then you have:

Not understanding jc but spending all their budget on jc's last scene, it's wwx's peak behavior tbh.

Abandoned wife/ crazy ex jiang cheng

This is after the golden core's reveal (I am not getting into the chronological order); jc asks wwx why he didn't say anything about the core, why he abandoned them, and then lwj hits jc with his power (??) (I must say that donghua!jc takes a lot of punches: one time yzu slaps him, another time wwx punches him and then even lwj hits him. Man can't catch a break)

[lwjsbedtime]

More YLLZ in a Bottle! In which WWX (current rocker, past idol) has a particularly compatible scent with Omegaji - though neither of them know it.

PREV

Current posts in chronological order:

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Uncle's Date

Without Lan Xichen there to interject on his behalf, Lan Wangji found himself agreeing to another matchmaking attempt. Uncle seemed disconcertingly pleased when his proposal wasn't immediately rejected, and promptly had a four page email sent to his address, detailing the minutiae of his date's personal life.

The alpha chosen for him was the son of a wealthy family, Jiang Wanyin. The Jiangs were fairly well known in his uncle's circles for their company's involvement in not only the large-scale fishing trade, but also politics, and - courtesy of the assets brought in by Yu Ziyuan, the family's current matriarch, upon her marriage - a fifty percent share in the YuStarz talent agency, of which the aforementioned matriarch had once been the public face. Their reputation was, of course, utterly spotless.

What was less well known was the Jiangs' commitment to charity efforts. Though the family was blue blooded through and through, their current head as well as his predecessor had focused a not-insignificant portion of their budget on supporting humanitarian efforts, not dissimilar to the ones taken up by the Lans' Cloud Recesses branch. Though this work was currently spearheaded by the Jiangs' eldest daughter, Jiang Yanli, Jiang Wanyin had also been known to assist during busy periods, along with an unnamed cousin of some sort.

Naturally, Jiang Fengmian, CEO of Lotus Enterprises, having learned humility from his own parents, and wanting to continue this legacy into the future, had worked to instill a sense of modesty in his children, despite their affluent upbringing. Uncle encountered JFM often during high society soirees, and found the man held many values similar to his own - so of course, his alpha son would make a perfectly acceptable mate for LQR's omegan nephew. Lan Wangji had held out no hopes for any such mating, and ultimately found himself to be correct.

The moment he stepped through the cafe door, JWY's eyes were glued to him, burning furiously from under thick, downward slanted brows. LWJ was no stranger to receiving intense looks from potential mates, and as such merely bit down on the world-weary sigh that threatened to escape him, rather than drown the alpha in an outpouring of incredibly uninterested, indescribably dry scent. After a moment spent steeling himself, he closed the door behind him with a soft thwack! and approached the table set out for their date.

When he drew near enough to make polite introductions, the alpha rushed to speak first.

"Lan Wangji?" he asked, brows knitting together more as his eyes raked down the omega's figure. Usually, this would send Lan Wangji's skin crawling, though as it currently stood, JWY appeared more confused - possibly angered - than lecherous. Recalling Uncle's desperation for him to sit through one date without storming out midway, he took the initiative to sit.

"Jiang Wanyin," he replied, distracting the alpha before he got the idea into his head to do more than simply look, as a certain Wen Chao had once tried, before the untimely disollution of his family's company - NMJ's work, unfortunately, though LWJ had felt vindicated to watch him led into prison on the nightly newscast. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

JWY, somehow, managed to frown even more at his remark, perhaps as uncomfortable with the arranged meeting as he himself. LWJ was truly beginning to think the man had some reason to hate him - or perhaps omegas in general -  when he spoke.

"Are you…" JWY shook his head. "My father told me you were looking for a mate."

LWJ's brow twitched at the sheer accusation packed into that compact statement. Of course, JWY was not incorrect to be sceptical, and so he took the effort to formulate a sufficient reply. 

"It is my family's wish to see me settled."

LWJ thought that was a perfectly acceptable answer, but JWY only seemed to grow increasingly irritated, near snarling at him from across the table's top as he scoffed. "I bet they do."

LWJ wasn't sure what that was supposed to mean, but suddenly his teeth itched with the urge to snap at JWY until whatever distasteful fantasy the alpha had brewing about him in his head had been fulfilled. He could do it - he'd even bitten Jin Zixun before.

Before getting carried away, he once again recalled his uncle's desperation, and squared his jaw. If he made it through this one, terrible date, he could expect to not be bothered with another until after his graduation.

The alpha - well bred, and supposedly well behaved - slumped back into the booth, scowling. His arms crossed over his chest, the muscles in them wound glaringly tight as his lake water scent grew almost suffocatingly damp with anger - and something almost like worry.

Surreptitiously as he could, LWJ angled himself towards the edge of the booth seat. Temperamental alphas could quickly become violent alphas, and violent alphas were not to be trifled with. Wen Xu had taught him that, back when he was sixteen, and arranged to spend the day with him. And yet, clearly even that terrible fiasco hadn't taught Uncle caution, from what he'd seen of JWY.

"Did he set you up for this?"

LWJ, mind still half set on his uncle's schemes, blinked at the alpha's nonsensical question. He who?

"Uncle arranged this meeting." He replied, eyeing JWY warily. "It was expressed to me that he and your father believe we have enough in common to make a congenial match."

JWY rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whole lot in fucking common, don't we?"

Before LWJ had the chance to reply, JWY stood from his seat, shook out his coat jacket, and turned towards the door.

"Tell that asshole if he wants to let me know he's alive, he can pick up the phone like a normal person. He doesn't have to send his-his-" The alpha gestured to LWJ vaguely, his face turning an astounding shade of puce. "-you. Smelling like- like he's just…"

Seemingly frustrated, the alpha trailed off with a huff and headed to the door, leaving LWJ with nothing but his half empty cup of tea, and the sympathetic glances of a nearby waitress.

Almost feeling insulted, he pulled the collar of his blouse up to his nose, sniffing at the scent. It smelled normal - soothing even - like home, and...spice, and salt water. It-

LWJ blanched. 

It smelled like YLLZ. The scent from his nest must still linger on his skin. LWJ looked to the wood-grain table, his eyes growing wide with embarrassment. 

To think he'd been walking around, smelling possessed for all these days without realising - and by an alpha he'd never so much as seen!

Something in LWJ felt wild at the realisation. He'd smelled freshly mated for at least a fortnight, since he'd arrived on campus and the lack of scent blockers sent him into heat. He hadn't been bothered by an alpha since - not since he'd started using YLLZ to coat his nest.

LWJ felt a sudden burst of glee bubble up inside of him. The alphas in Yiling weren't any better behaved than the ones in Gusu. They didn't avoid invading his space due to any sense of decency - they just respected a stronger alpha's claim; perhaps even feared it, judging by how easily the scent had made his knees go weak the first time he'd encountered it. He'd been almost violently aroused by the fragrance, completely mindless by the time he'd returned home to spray it all over his bedding. It was…claiming. Possessive. Feral.

He traced a finger over the scarf that concealed his mating gland, a delicious thought blossoming inside his head. If he simply kept himself doused with YLLZ throughout the rest of his stay in Yiling, no alpha on campus - nor anywhere else - would bother him again.

LWJ stood abruptly from the table, near vibrating out of his body with uncontained excitement. He needed to return to the perfumery. He was going to buy them out of every single last can of YLLZ they had left.

And then, he was going to bathe in it.

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Apparently I've had this saved as a draft for months. Whoops. 😅

[kiriel123]

MDZS/The Untamed fic recs

miss me once the thrill expires by idrilka

Modern Cultivation AU lwj and wwx team up for a night hunt and lwj gets sex cursed. Obviously wwx must help him lift the curse with his own body. This was so hot and the pining was so good on both sides

The Trouble With Wanting by Beltenebra

Modern AU wwx moves back into town and lwj offers him a place to stay. In his bed. And his heart. So cuuuute! Features huli jing wwx, and lwj petting his little ears

I Hate the Way You Look at Me by venagrey

Magical AU wwx is just an innocent witch trying to sell some tricksy potions when an Enforcer starts following him. Except lwj is not an enforcer just obsessed with wwx. The worldbuilding and magic system in this blew my mind, and the minor hexes were so fun!

Positive by diamondbruise 

Modern A/B/O AU Jiang Cheng finds a positive pregnancy test in the bathroom and wwx claims it so Jiang Yanli won’t have to. So hilarious, a really fun read

The Sculptor by Eleanor_Fenyx

70s American AU lwj and Wen Qing are in a lavender marriage, and lwj responds to wwx’s ad for a sculpting model for some extra cash on the side. A lovely read, watching lwj and wwx open up to each other

with a honey in the middle, there's some lee-way by vesna (mrsronweasley)

Modern AU wwx, being a giver, proposes a 3way to help lwj finally make a move on Mianmian. Lwj is only interested in making a move on one person in this 3some and it’s not Mianmian. So funny and Mianmian is absolutely MVP

a latent power I'm known to hide by ilip13

Post canon lwj has a hard day and when he comes home wwx helps him turn his brain off. Lwj lets himself unravel at wwx’s hand and it’s beautiful

Conjure Oil For Intimate Attractions and Wealthy Partners by EllaBesmirched (El_Bell)

Modern AU that’s magic-ish wwx decides to do a sex ritual to attract a sugar daddy, somehow missing the fact that lwj is /right there/. Features some hilarious Lan sibling pettiness

Alidade by spookykingdomstarlight

Modern bdsm AU wwx is being extra bratty and lwj takes him home to teach him a lesson. So hot but also so tender, they are infatuated and kinky about it! Lwj wants to shower wwx with praise 25/8 and I love it

operation prison break (gone wrong) by bosbie

Historical royalty AU lwj breaks into the Wen dungeons to find his brother’s informant but instead finds wwx. Lwj being unwillingly charmed by wwx is one of my favorite things!

[llycaons]

jc and lwj and jin ling of course lost so much that night, but of the surviving characters? a-yuan/lsz lost more than any of them while having the least amount of control over his situation and the least to do with the tragedies that he suffered. unfortunately people don't tend to dig into his pain because....he's boring....and the author pretends like he must not have any

[factsilike]

Agree with everything in this.

Exactly, the society that is steeped in classism and is built to serve the rich amd wealthy would absolutely spread rumours like this to discourage the poor feom the cultivating. Because if it turned out that literally anyone could cultivate, be it rich or poor or young or old, well then all the clans and their secret techniques and manuals would be useless, and they wouldn't be able to essentially 'gatekeep' cultivation anymore, and wouldn't that just be outrageous?

If we think about it, who is more likely to have discovered cultivation methods? A child who can barely speak, or a full grown competent adult who can experiment?

WWX and WQ, the two prodigal geniuses in their respective fields in the cultivation world, absolutely would put their heads together and brainstorm ways to restore a core. They are the best people to do this. Both of them have successfully made never-before-done achievements in their short lives, and I truly believe that if they had been given more time, they could have found a way.

I was really confused about who Wen Zhulia was and then I was like, oooh Wen Zhuliu.

Somehow, indeed. *Wink wink* That's what I was saying, I love that LWJ can help WWX in every way he can, but I also love that WWX puts in the work himself, because why wouldn't he? He's done it before, he can do it again.

Starting to think people might put too much focus on Wangxian, um, "dual cultivating" a core into WWX's new body and not enough on the fact that he is a highly accomplished and talented cultivator who knows perfectly well how to cultivate a core himself. He's done it before, and he can do it again.

Like I know it's mostly an excuse to write smut fics, but I think a little more credit is due to WWX putting in the work himself outside of LWJ's help, to mediate and train with a sword and build up his swordsmanship skills due to his own experience and strength, hence building his core by intense training as well.

[stiltonbasket]

Emperor Lwj verse wed sees the imperial palace and goes: you know what this place needs? Rabbits.

Jiang Fengmian, Anxious™️ about having the emperor as a son-in-law: What are we going to give him for a wedding gift?? The Lans aren't fond of gold, they're not short of money, and they have more rare books and treasures than I, a wealthy merchant, could scrounge up in a lifetime. Help.

Wei Wuxian, bride-to-be: Calm down, Uncle. I already prepared the wedding gifts. (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

Jiang Fengmian: ... What are they?

Wei Wuxian: *displays a pair of furious rabbits*

[stiricidewrites]

All the Things We’ll Leave Behind: ch 37, pt 2

lqr has his reasons, which will probably be revealed close to the end of the story... whenever that is ._.

No update tomorrow

Previously

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It had been a rare moment of feeling like his uncle actually cared about him. Of course, as the years went on, lwj realized that the main reason his uncle cared for him and his brother wasn’t love. It wasn’t even familial duty—not exactly, anyways.

While he was sure his uncle had raised them at least partially out of obligation to his brother—out of obligation to make sure their family name and business continued on through his nephews—more than that, lwj had come to realize it was more important to his uncle that he not be forced to create more children.

It was uncommon for people in their circle to remain unmarried, even more so when his uncle would have entered marriageable age some thirty years ago. Even now, lwj had heard whispers about wwx’s bachelorhood at jyl’s party. People were still expecting him to find himself a mate—which, lwj supposed, he now technically had—and pop out a few kids. It was the way things were done. There should be no escaping it, and yet, his uncle had done just that.

For all that his uncle was ridiculously traditional in most things, forcing his nephews and employees to follow strict rules that nearly no one imposed anymore, the man had refused to follow tradition in this case. He’d never spoken about it—about the why of his refusal to even consider a mate—but lwj had his suspicions, even if thinking about the particulars of his uncle’s sexual proclivities wasn’t something he particularly enjoyed contemplating.

People had offered, over the years—and why wouldn’t they? The older man might only be the temporary head of the Lan’s businesses, but he was still a powerful and wealthy man. lqr had always refused those offers, and not even politely, more often than not.

Once the older alpha had taken over as guardian of his recently deceased brother and sister-in-law’s children, he had leveraged that as a reason not to accept, although now that they were grown, those excuses were growing flimsier and flimsier. Technically, lqr should still be able to produce more heirs with a younger mate.

It would have made things easier for everyone, had lqr taken a mate and supplied the family with a few more heirs. lxc would be unaffected, lwj would be able to leave and forget about the nonsense of taking over the Lan empire, and people would stop pestering his uncle to marry. It would be easier, and yet his uncle continued to refuse, even when the offers would make their company stronger, the one thing his uncle did actually seem to care about.

lqr said he was stubborn, but lwj was quite sure that his stubbornness had come from the Lan side of the family, a gene his uncle had surely inherited as well.

[whumpbby]

#love it i have so many thoughts about post war ymj#not a noble extended family anymore but back to the roots. rogues and commoners and travellers and adventurers#a ragged bunch of do or die people risen from a litteral war and led by a sect leader that was called “xiao-zongzhu” by his peers#no numbers no money no reputation left no elders to guide and represent just them and their dedication#and their loyalty to a leader that is not their blood but inspired such devotion from his disciples they might well be chosen family#i adore the post war jiang. i always hear about how lwj and the children are proof society is changing#but what about the entire One Great Sect that is no longer following Wen Mao's clan rule and blood lineage in sect organisations?

@black-n-white-wings

Yes yes yes, that!

Jiang sect went back to the roots - but these weren't the roots that JFM's generation knew.

The roots of this sect start with a sect leader that not only had to find his people - he had to impress them enough to stay and to stay faithful, and had to hold the reins of that gathering of strays while the world around burned.

I have this idea that JC needed to rebuild the core of his sect fast so that it wasn't overtaken by the strangers - and the core was a family, was his name. Whatever stray five-times-removed cousins he's managed to find out in the world couldn't be enough to stand against the sects built on blood-ties... so, how many willing strays and promising orphans were given the Jiang name under the table? Who even knew the shape of the Jiang family tree anymore? The old census books were gone, destroyed, lost, who was there to say that Jiang Fengmian's third great-uncle didn't sire three sons in his eighties? His wife was not much younger, but who was brave enough to say she wasn't strong enough for triplets? Who was there to say that this young toddler wasn't a baby of JC's thrice-removed deceased cousin that survived the massacre in the care of an old maid? All children looked kinda similar once you fed them up.

So, like, for the longest time no one actually knew how many of the Jiang remained - and after a while people stopped asking, because what was the point? Sect Leader promoted you based on merit and skill, not because you belonged to one of the wealthy families that turned away from him when he needed them most. As long as you don't shame the sect, you're free to stay and show what you've got.

I like the idea of the Jiang being quite egalitarian in their new style - with the disciples learning to fill out various roles between different specialities and also civilian roles when needed. They can shoot a kite, fight a fierce corpse, cook a dinner and do their own laundry! (Because if you can't do the laundry, the common-born disciples will laugh at you, so it's just easier to learn than to be embarrassed every time) Lotus harvest means all hands on deck! It builds character!

You know, that bit about "If you offend someone, make sure it's not Yunmeng Jiang and not their Leader specifically!" is just so fascinating to me.

Because - what happened?

What the hell happened to solidify the Jiang as the "find out" of Jianghu??

Like, sure, Sandu Sengshou "killed Yiling Laozu" so you probably don't want to mess with the guy - but a whole sect?? "Don't mess with them or they'll clap back" is a bit of a different fame than "he's torturing demonic cultivators!" - that former is an experience-based life advice.

So, what happened? Did JC punch someone square in the face during a sect conference? Called Sect Leader Yao for a duel and kicked his ass? Fucked up a bunch of trade representatives when they tried to take advantage of the fledgeling Jiang sect??? Took Jin Guangyao's hat and held it out of his reach????

And exactly how trigger-happy are the Jiang disciples to be known as the people you don't fuck with???

I need to know what the hell happened!