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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 5 months ago

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

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan xichen #lan wangji #madam lan #This normally would have been two separate comics but I felt like it was a far better joke to have them together.#Enjoy the rare double feature comic!#I was listening to this episode - scripting out and preparing for a longer and heartfelt comic on this scene.#And then Lan Xichen pulled out his flute and started playing unprompted.#I could not contain my laughter. I know it is trying to be emotionally resonate and the flute is pretty but...#It really does have the energy of “Okay thanks for listening to my tragedies and traumas. I don't know how to segue out of this.”#This madam lan design is inspired by Qourmet's design! Really good stuff that I was not able to do more with in this one panel.#Speaking of...I know it is ambiguous on purpose and we are only told what happened through LXC's POV but...#I always interpreted madam lan's passing as a suicide. I think LXC was told it was illness to soften the blow.#She was stuck in a house with maybe a servant coming by to give her food. One day a month she saw her children.#Of course she was warm and loving in their memories-#She was trying to give them a version of her that would be remembered as such. She wanted to protect them from the truth.#She did her best but she was already dead a long time ago. She must have felt like a ghost haunting a house.#Love to her was waiting. And both her boys inherited that view of love.

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qiu-yan · 2 months ago

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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....

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jiang cheng #lan xichen #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #yanyan speaks

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dailyayao · 2 months ago

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#cql: episode 26 #even at this angle #his delight at seeing lan xichen and coming to speak with him for literally any reason #is just so obvious in his expression and body language #xiyao

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unfamd · 2 years ago

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i strongly believe that in any universe modern or otherwise lwj uses lan xichen as a kind of confessional like a catholic priest. he literally comes into lan xichen's room at four pm precisely because that's the scheduled time that he allows himself to share an Emotion with his brother and sits down and says in a distinctly monotone yet perfectly recognisably anguished tone 'brother i have sinned' and lan xichen sighs very quietly because he doesn't want to hurt his brother's feelings and puts down his pen and says 'is this about wei wuxian' very gently and Lan Wangji is like 'mn' because it has never once Not been about wei wuxian. and then he says something that is Kind Of Weird, But Still Not A Sin like 'he fell asleep when we were studying and i watched his ribcage moving up and down for thirty eight minutes until he choked on nothing and woke himself up; am i evil' and once again lan xichen will kind of not-sigh in a way that makes it very obvious that in all other ways except physical he Is, Indeed, Sighing and has to reassure the most rigidly distraught younger brother in the history of mankind that what he is suffering from is in fact a malady known colloquially as a crush

#the untamed #wangxian #lan wangji #lan xichen #wei wuxian #mdzs #cql #and then they never speak of any of it again even though lan xichen has to physically control the fact that he's having a Stroke #when lwj makes seventy eight Weird But Pretty Okay Really confessions about this boy for like three years and then leaves for college #and starts doing it over voice message instead #lxc sees the notification that lwj has sent him 16 voice messages in the last half hour and Knows Deep In His Bones that this is about wwx #poor man. he needs A Break #eventually the stress back ache gets too much to handle and he goes to a Very Fancy Chiropractor Spa Thing and meets meng yao and Is Happy #but it took some getting there #unfamd originals

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lgbtlunaverse · 2 months ago

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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.

#mdzs #mdzs meta #lan xichen #For the record even IF he really did think of wwx as a mistake I think he's owed a moment of pettiness!#he's wrong but when i see people cite it as a major reason they dislike him i'm like... everyone in this novel is a war criminal #but frankly that's not so relevant because looking at the text... he doesn't think that!#he's consistently pro wangxian the whole story through. this speech is literally the catalyst to wwx confessing his feelings to lwj!!#frankly for a shovel talk – which it basically is– this whole thing is MILD. there weren't even any death threats!#also!! it drive me up the all when people mistake the intentional xiyao wangxian parralels in this scene as a personal dig on lxc #Yes! Xiyao and wangxian are foils! everyone seeing wwx as a stain on hanguang-jun's reputation but the venerated triad as an honorable bond #only for wangxian to end up happy and lan xichen with both his sworn brothers dead... that's the themes baby!!! can't trust reputations!!#but then people get mad like 'wow how DARE he say that when HE liked jgy!' that's the point!! miss mxtx did that on purpose!#Also lan xichen is VERY aware at this point just how much jgy lied to him! It's not like he's still in his a-yao is innocent era #He is LITERALLY a hostage! He is processing all of this as we speak!#he's less 'YOU are a mistake and i wish wangji didn't love you! unlike me who has never trusted anyone i shouldn't'#and more 'my entire life is falling apart right now and my little brother is the only one in my family who might still get a happy ending-#WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU???'

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lilapplesheadcannons · 2 years ago

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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?

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mdzs headcanons #mdzs crack #lan xichen #wen yuan #a yuan #lan sizhui #WWX: look lan zhan I think we should speak to your brother #LWZ: (big sigh) a-yuan will be ok #WWX: how do you know that?#LWZ: xiongzhang told me the same things growing up

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sassygaykuja · 2 years ago

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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

#ginn speaks #mdzs #the more the book goes on the more it becomes clear that he's just kind of weird and that's okay #it is absolutely hilarious to me how normal lan xichen is #he's surrounded by a bunch of absolutely buckwild people and he's literally just some guy #i say this with only love in my heart he's one of my favorite characters

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trans-xianxian · 3 months ago

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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,

#ABSOLUTELY OUT OF POCKET.#its so good. he's SO good #I love that scene so much #because it perfectly exemplifies the fact that wei wuxian CAN follow the rules #he can be polite and do whats expected of him #he is Incredibly Talented at navigating social situations #but its not enough #because while he bahaves with near perfect manners #the jins are brash and rude and audacious #they insult him to his face and waste his time and make outrageous requests of him #and its only okay because he is the son of a servant #they don't Have to treat him with politeness #and its important to point out that the jins flex their power on Everyone #jin zixun tries to make lan xichen and lan wangji drink moments before #but everyone in that room Knows thats inappropriate and looks like they want to speak up #and even with such an audacious request jin zixun hides it behind courtesy #but they don't even try to pretend at manners with wei wuxian #the illustrious and well regarded jin sect #who are rude and inappropriate and outrageous #vs the villainous and shameless wei wuxian #who is well spoken and polite and holds his tongue #it makes me feel CRAZY #ghost posts #text #wwx #jin zixun #jgs

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thegreatgremlingang · 6 months ago

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

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adhdo5 · 2 months ago

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

#''Nie Mingjue is by far the tallest character in the book'' NO. I am NERFING HIM in this regard and instead making him WIDER.#LAN XICHEN can be the tallest. This is ALSO good for 3ZUN SILHOUETTE BALANCE.#Every design decision I STAY WITH from the NOVEL is a MERCY #THINK before you SPEAK TO ME

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 11 months ago

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

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #nie mingjue #lan wunian #lan xichen #lan wangij #poll #Thank you all for showing up with your whimsy! I saw so many funny tags and messages! What a blast it has been!!!#Nie Mingjue was the distractor answer - word of god *does* say he's the tallest but...he *was* dismembered and beheaded.#It's still a grey area though! This was all for fun after all B*)#Jin Ling uses his hair as a little lasso. Good for night hunting and asserting dominance!#Not the tallest due to his hair gel getting stuck on his hands and reducing the height of his throw during the judging.#And yes- Poorly Drawn Jin Ling is ~4cm tall. Grab you rulers out an visualize that <3 My Friday Treat for you all.#Real feminism is the fact that all the men who won did so by technically cheating and the woman (horse) did it the honest way.#Real feminism is being a horse. Everyone better start getting on that. New Year's resolution. Horse time.#My apologies to the Jin Zixuan likers (lowest votes): He's a bit of a fail wife but that's okay.#I like to imagine that It's the ghost of JYL committing voter fraud to give him pity votes.#(It is still voter fraud if a ghost votes right? Has anyone looked into the legality of ghost voting?)#Much to think about....Hey speaking of the ghosts of women: See you all tomorrow for the new poll!

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qiu-yan · 2 months ago

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assessing select MDZS ships by how many Jin Ling Uncles they add to the existing set

currently, the recognized set of Jin Ling Uncles seems to be as follows: [jiang cheng, jin guangyao, qin su (aunt), mo xuanyu, wei wuxian, lan wangji, lan xichen, nie mingjue, nie huaisang]

in recognizing an individual as a Jin Ling Uncle, the fandom appears to use the following set of rules:

Rule 1: the biological siblings or half-siblings of jin ling's mother and father are Jin Ling Uncles (or aunts).

Rule 2: an individual recognized by jin ling's mother or father as a sibling, regardless of legal status or biological relation, is a Jin Ling Uncle (or aunt).

Rule 3: the spouse of a recognized Jin Ling Uncle (or aunt) is a Jin Ling Uncle (or aunt).

Rule 4: the sworn siblings of a recognized Jin Ling Uncle (or aunt) are Jin Ling Uncles (or aunts).

Rule 5: the biological siblings or half-siblings of a recognized Jin Ling Uncle (or aunt) are Jin Ling Uncles (or aunts).

these 5 rules explain why all of the above listed individuals can be described as Jin Ling Uncles (and aunts):

Rule 1: jiang cheng jin guangyao, mo xuanyu, unknown number of jin guangshan's other bastards

Rule 2: wei wuxian

Rule 3: qin su, lan wangji

Rule 4: lan xichen, nie mingjue

Rule 5: lan wangji, nie huaisang

with these rules in mind, i shall now assess a select number of popular MDZS ships by how many Jin Ling Uncles (or aunts) said ship being consummated adds to the existing set of Jin Ling Uncles. for the sake of argument, let us consider "consummation" as used in the previous sentence to entail legally recognized marriage, on the same level as what wangxian achieves at the end of canon. affairs are not enough to make an individual a Jin Ling Uncle.

wangxian wang and xian are already Jin Ling Uncles, wei wuxian by virtue of being recognized by jiang yanli as a brother, and lan wangji by virtue of being the brother of the sworn brother of jin guangyao, jin zixuan's half-brother. uncles+0

xicheng xi and cheng are already Jin Ling Uncles, jiang cheng by virtue of being jiang yanli's brother, and lan xichen by virtue of being the sworn brother of jin guangyao. uncles+0

sangcheng sang and cheng are already Jin Ling Uncles, nie huaisang by virtue of being the brother of the sworn brother of jin guangyao. uncles+0

chengyao cheng and yao are already Jin Ling Uncles. however, chengyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su, meaning that Rule 3 no longer applies to her. uncles+0, aunts-1

xiyao xi and yao are already Jin Ling Uncles. however, xiyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su. uncles+0, aunts-1

nieyao nie and yao are already Jin Ling Uncles, nie mingjue by virtue of being jin guangyao's sworn brother. however, nieyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su. uncles+0, aunts-1

3zun the same reasoning given for xiyao and nieyao also applies here. uncles+0, aunts-1

nielan nie and lan are already Jin Ling Uncles. uncles+0

suyao su minshan is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jin guangyao would make him one by Rule 3. however, suyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su. uncles+1, aunts-1

susu su minshan is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle. if su minshan and qin su get married, that entails qin su divorcing jin guangyao, meaning that Rule 3 no longer applies to her. uncles+0, aunts-1

sangyao sang and yao are already Jin Ling Uncles. however, sangyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su. uncles+0, aunts-1

ruoyao wen ruohan is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with meng yao would make him one by Rule 3. however, ruoyao officially getting together entails that meng yao never married qin su. uncles+1, aunts-1

xueyao xue yang is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jin guangyao would make him one by Rule 3. however, xueyao officially getting together entails jin guangyao divorcing qin su. uncles+1, aunts-1

chengning wen ning is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jiang cheng would make him one by Rule 3. following wen ning's admission as a Jin Ling Uncle, by Rule 5, wen ning's sister wen qing becomes a Jin Ling Aunt as well. uncles+1, aunts+1

chengqing wen qing is currently not a Jin Ling Aunt, but officially getting together with jiang cheng would make her one by Rule 3. following wen qing's admission as a Jin Ling Uncle, by Rule 5, wen qing's brother wen ning becomes a Jin Ling Uncle as well. uncles+1, aunts+1

ningxian wen ning is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with wei wuxian would make him one by Rule 3. following wen ning's admission as a Jin Ling Uncle, by Rule 5, wen qing becomes a Jin Ling Aunt. while ningxian getting together entails wei wuxian divorcing lan wangji, lan wangji is still a Jin Ling Uncle by Rule 5. uncles+1, aunts+1

chengxian cheng and xian are already Jin Ling Uncles. while chengxian getting together entails wei wuxian divorcing lan wangji, lan wangji is still a Jin Ling Uncle by Rule 5. uncles+0

zhanchengxian zhan, cheng, and xian are all already Jin Ling Uncles. uncles+0

rencheng lan qiren is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jiang cheng would make him one by Rule 3. following lan qiren's admission as a Jin Ling Uncle, by Rule 5, lan qiren's brother qingheng-jun posthumously becomes a Jin Ling Uncle as well. following qingheng-jun's admission as a Jin Ling Uncle, by Rule 3, qingheng-jun's wife madam lan posthumously becomes a Jin Ling Aunt as well. uncles+2, aunts+1

chengyi lan jingyi is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jiang cheng would make him one by Rule 3. uncles+1

juniors swear brotherhood + subsequent chengyi lan jingyi is currently not a Jin Ling Uncle, but officially getting together with jiang cheng would make him one by Rule 3. if the juniors have all sworn brotherhood already, then all of the juniors become Jin Ling Uncles by Rule 4. uncles+4, jin ling becomes his own uncle.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jin ling #jiang cheng #jin guangyao #wei wuxian #lan wangji #nie mingjue #lan xichen #nie huaisang #lan qiren #lan jingyi #yanyan speaks #the logic absolutely is not flying here but you know what. being funny is more important than being correct

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nebulathunderwave-art · 6 months ago

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70s aesthetic XiYao ✨✨

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

#xiyao #xiyao fanart #mdzs fanart #nebulathunderdraws #jin guangyao #lan xichen #don't come at me if this isn't strictly speaking 70s style okay I did vague research and just dressed them how I wanted #lxc's choker was a personal need don't ask

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mostlikelytofangirl · 5 months ago

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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

#mdzs #ruoyao #meng yao #wen ruohan #lan qiren #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #lan xichen #ngl this was cathartic to write #I love you wrh but you did need a reality check lol #this may just be the fever speaking #bc guess who is writing this thing :'))))#also I have my new office so much #can't write during my breaks anymore so updates may take longer now orz #me is writing

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acearohippo · 1 year ago

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