#write what you know (and then go on a deep dive into paralympic fencing)

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Greater Jianghu Fencing Universe TBoY!

From this wip tag game

SO it's somehow a thing that if I get obsessed enough with a fandom I start deciding what fencing sword they would all use, so like this is what is now happening here. This is very much one of those 'write what you know' sorts of things except I'm significantly better at writing than I ever was at actual sports ✌️

There are three different fencing blades which have different styles and kinda suit different people, and thus:

Sabre: Lei Wujie, Sikong Qianluo, Sikong Changfeng

Foil: Xiao Se, Xiao Ruofeng, Ji Xue, Ji Ruofeng,

Epee: Tang Lian, Tang Lianyue, Li Xinyue, Li Hanyi

Wuxin, Baili Dongjun, and Yi Dingzhi also definitely fence(d) but I haven't worked out which blade yet. Lei Mengsha didn't fence but he would have been a sabreur. Ye Ruoyi is a human rights lawyer because someone needs a real job.

modern au feat trans Xiao Se, para-fencer Tang Lian (he got stabbed I love moving canon plot points into modern aus), and teen dad Sikong Changfeng

I don't particularly have a 'plot' yet, I'm thinking possibly it'll take the form of a magazine interview w XS, LWJ, SQL, JX, and TL as the 'new hopes' for Beili and the inheritors of their parents/uncles/guardians legacies.

Oh and also it's the Greater Jianghu Fencing Universe (or possibly the Jianghu Fencing Crossover) because there's a MLC version that kind crosses over and it also takes place in the same universe as this Nirvana in Fire fic in which fencing is an actually popular sport that people care about and our heroes can be professionals at, although I currently don't have full plans to crossover NiF characters with these guys (yet)