#xichen speaks

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Thanks for listening to my sad backstory. Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

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[qiu-yan]

shipping jiang cheng with any member of the venerated triad is based but also kind of wild, because can you imagine looking at that whole evil polycule situation and then chucking a guy as volatile as jiang cheng into it....

[dailyayao]

[on-repeat-again]

Will never be over how weird it must have been for 13 years to have passed with just a blink. Like Wei Wuxian wakes up and all his colleagues are just grown ass men now and that’s gotta be so strange. Like seeing how much Lan Wangji has matured from his teen self still or maybe how much more like Xichen he looks or even Qiren??

And seeing Jiang Cheng?? Like not only is he 13 years older and probably looks a hell of a lot like Jiang Fengmian, but he’s PARENTING Jin Ling?? And Jin Ling is not a baby at all! In fact he’s closer in age to Wei Wuxian now than most of the people that used to be his friends!

It doesn’t even matter how much of the story is him freaking out about this bc i, personally, would have never been over it…..

[lgbtlunaverse]

While rereading mdzs I am once again shocked by how talked about the "you were the only mistake he ever made" line from Lan Xichen to Wei Wuxian is and how heated it gets some people because honestly... I don't think he actually even believes that.

Stay with me. Look at the actual line. (I Included 2 translations for comparison's sake)

Firstly, yes he is mad at Wei Wuxian in this scene. But his biggest moment of anger was actually before this. By this point he's realized that Wei Wuxian forgot what happened after nightless city (and therefore ISN'T stringing along his baby brother on purpose) so he has in fact calmed down a bit.

Secondly, notice that he starts by talking about how his uncle felt. This is not Lan Xichen making a value statement about what he thinks. When he says Lan Wangji was proper and righteous he is talking about him being a model lan, he's talking about their family and clan's perspective of Wangji. Indeed, in their eyes, Wei Wuxian is the only time Lan Wangji was ever not the textbook perfect Lan.

Thirdly, what is Lan Xichen trying to say here? What is he mad at Wei Wuxian for? It's that he doesn't know Lan Wangji is in love with him. His anger is eased by realizing Wei Wuxian doesn't remember the very blatant confessions lwj made in the cave after nightless city, or Lan Wangji fighting his own clan elders for Wei Wuxian, and so had no way of knowing the whipmarks on Lan Wangji's back were related to him. But he is still mad, he still thinks Wei Wuxian should have been able to figure it out. So what does he highlight?

The fact that the only thing Lan Wangji, perfect model-Lan righteous Lan Wangji, ever defies his clan for is Wei Wuxian.

And Wei Wuxian has seen him do this! Even if he doesn't remember this one instance. Because Lan Wangji has been doing that the whole story through. Wei Wuxian has watched Lan Wangji blatantly stand against the entire cultivation world for him, and here Lan Xichen is highlighting just how unusual that is, how much Wei Wuxian must mean to Lan Wangji that he's willing to do that. The important part of the sentence here is not "mistake" it's "only."

Lan Xichen here isn't trying to say that he disapproves of Wei Wuxian, or telling him to stay away from his brother. Remember, the thing that made him mad in the first place was Wei Wuxian saying that he and Lan Wangji slept in seperate rooms. He thought they were together! He's mad because they're not!

At no point does Lan Xichen say he individually considers Lan Wangji's feelings for Wei Wuxian a mistake. If he ever did, it's clear he accepted them regardless long ago. Mistake or not, what he wants is for his little brother to be happy.

[lilapplesheadcannons]

Lan Xichen occasionally babysits A-Yuan and bullshits him with a very kind, straight face. Like Calvin's dad.

:Hey bofu, where do clouds come from?

: They are made in the bao steamer in our kitchen 😊.

: No wayyyy 😲.

: Hey bofu, where does the sun go in the evening?

: It goes to take a bath in the Yunmeng lotus ponds, then falls asleep on the lotus leaves.

: But then how does it come back here in cloud recess to rise in the morning?

: Overnight express delivery 😇.

: Bofu, is it true babies are dropped off by storks at their parents' doorstep?

: Well, many are. You, however, were dropped off by a rabbit 🙂.

: Was it because I was extra special?

: Yes. And you couldn't be sent by a stork anyway. You still get airsick on a sword, remember?

[sassygaykuja]

best part of mdzs is meeting lan zhan for the first time and he's strange and cool and doesn't talk much and i initially chalked his weird ethereal vibes up to being something innate to the lan clan and the juniors just weren't there yet, and then you meet his brother and he's just a completely normal guy

[trans-xianxian]

obsessed w the scene where wei wuxian goes to jinlintai to ask about wen ning, because when he comes in, while he Has sort of crashed their party, he is still, Technically, following all of their social rules. he's polite, and courteous, and respectful. he tries to speak with jin zixun away from everyone else first, he's well spoken and appropriately vague, he doesn't say anything when everyone continues to insult him directly to his face. they all know what he Means but he is, technically, still behaving exactly as a respectable cultivator should. and then it sort of starts to go sideways, and you're like uh oh. we can still make it out of here unscathed tho I bet. he hasn't said anything crazy yet. but then wei wuxian looks jin guangshan in his face and says "please allow me to ask another question - does jin zongzhu think that without the qishan wen sect, lanling jin is supposed to take it's place naturally? so everything should be handed over to you, and everyone should follow your orders?", which is insane,

[wangxianficrecs]

To Speak Up by Vrishchika

🔒 To Speak Up

by Vrishchika (@vrishchikawrites)

M, 6k, Wangxian

Summary: To be silent is to be complicit. Kay's comments: I've re-read this story numerous times and it always goes so hard. Vrishchika decided to apply what we know of the novel canon Jiang family dynamics in a modern AU and suddenly, it feels much more icky than it already did in canon. Luckily, Wangxian are already established in this story and Wei Wuxian has the Lans and Wens looking out for him as well. Still, it's heart-breaking how willing he is to bear it. Excerpt: Wen Qing is tempted to push but she doesn't, she can't. She can't bear the thought of this kind boy, her little brother's best friend, dealing with his wounds alone. Because that’s what he’ll do if she shows too much worry. Wei Wuxian is ruthlessly practical and doesn’t like to be vulnerable. If he thinks he’s troubling her, he’ll find someone else to care for his wounds. Someone less competent. His back is littered with scars and Wen Qing wonders at the extent of his nerve damage. She prays there's nerve damage because the alternative is chronic pain from the extensive scarring. She aches to drag him to her hospital and get him examined thoroughly. Wei Wuxian is a strong, athletic man and if she hadn’t seen his scarring up-close, she would’ve never believed he had any. "You will eventually need to address these, Wuxian." She tosses the soiled cloth away and carefully applies an antibiotic ointment on the wounds, "I'm prescribing you painkillers and some antibiotics to help avoid infection. You will take them religiously." Wuxian huffs, "I always take medicine, Qing-jie."

pov alternating, pov outsider, modern setting, modern no powers, dysfunctional jiang family, jiang family dynamics, bad parents jiang fengmian and yu ziyuan, not jiang cheng friendly, hurt/comfort, established relationship, families of choice, child abuse, blood and injury, hurt wei wuxian, caring lan wangji, good uncle lan qiren, good sibling lan xichen, child neglect, no jiang cheng & wei wuxian reconciliation

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[thegreatgremlingang]

wait. if lan wangji has a exceptionally large weener, what would lan xichen have?????

[adhdo5]

NMJ design (+3zun height comparison (ft. NHS a little bit)) btw if you care

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Results from the ‘Who is the tallest MDZS Character poll! Thank you all for voting!

[qiu-yan]

lan wangji is a funny character because wei wuxian jokes about eating his pet rabbits on the regular and lan wangji just accepts it, but if lan xichen ever told the exact same joke, lan wangji would just go 😐 Xiongzhang That Isn't Funny 😐

[nebulathunderwave-art]

70s aesthetic XiYao ✨✨

I started with LXC only but I couldn't bring myself to leave him alone in the end 😔

[mostlikelytofangirl]

Summary: The signing of the contract is not what Meng Yao expected, and it also made it clear that he needs to mend things sooner rather than later. He has no idea of how to do it, though, or if Wen Ruohan even wants to see him again. Luckily for him, Lan Qiren has had enough of that man's nonsense.

Characters: Meng Yao, Su Minshan, Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang, Lan Xichen, Lan Qiren, Wen Ruohan.

I'm so sorry this took so long, my entire office moved locations and my new space sucks so hard :'). Also I'm currently sick, so this may contain more mistakes than normal lol.

But the guys are moving towards the path of fixing their mess, so thank you for your patience <3

[acearohippo]

Me @Nie Mingjue and Meng Yao (and Lan Xichen to a lesser extent):

Me @Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian:

Me @Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen:

Me @Yu Ziyuan and Jiang Fengmian:

Me @YLLZ!Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji:

Me @everyone:

Me @Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang (and why I ship them) :