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Ever think about how in the prologue of the novel when all the cultivators are listing the "great evils" of the Yiling Patriarch, nobody ever mentions that a war happened? They really just act like Wei Wuxian up and "went crazy" one day for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Nothing else happened in between Wei Wuxian getting taken in by the Jiang, the Jiang being wiped out, and the cultivation world gathering to kill Wei Wuxian that's worth mentioning at all. Like, the first mention of the Sunshot Campaign doesn't appear until chapt. 10/the last chapter of Pride/Arrogance, and the context is missing, just thrown in there that there was a war in which Wei Wuxian summoned hordes of the dead to fight. As far as any new reader is concerned, this could have been the crime that caused the cultivation world to come together to kill him!

Omitting the QishanWen and the Sunshot Campaign from the origin stories of the Yiling Patriarch not only collapses the QishanWen's crimes into Wei Wuxian's completely separate actions, but it also neatly bypasses the fact that the cultivation world encouraged Wei Wuxian's cultivation path when it was about saving their own lives. QishanWen Clan, who? It was Wei Wuxian all along!

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Are you normal or do you cry about how A-yuan was almost the same age when Wei Wuxian died as Wei Wuxian was when his own parents left him?

Both of them were taken in by major Sects because of who their parents were ( or guardian in the case of A-yuan), one loved because that was all that was left of their guardian but the other hated for the same reason.

One wasn't allowed to learn about their origins to keep them safe and protected in a world where every last member of their Clan was hunted down and killed. Still, the other was simply forbidden from learning anything about their parents because of a baseless rumor, jealousy, and insecurity.

One was truly accepted and the other was called a slave in their whole life.

Their backgrounds were so similar yet their childhoods were vastly different. They both went through so much.

The one with a good memory forgot the pain due to a fever.

The one with a horrible memory remembered every bit.

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I think part of the reason I’m so obsessed with MXTX’s works is the way that each story seems to hold you gently as say “Your kindness mattered. It didn’t alleviate the suffering, it did not undo the pain. But your kindness mattered.”

Kindness could not erase Luo Binghe’s abuse, but it changed the story into a kinder one.

Kindness did not stop Wei Wuxian’s death, but it did save a-Yuan.

Kindness did not undo Xie Lian’s suffering, but it renewed his sincerity to help others.

Kindness did not change the entire world, but it helped create a softer future.

Its such a nice message, that maybe kindness will not protect you, maybe you don’t see the outcome of it, but you should still try to be kind, and I love that honestly.

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Lan jingyi speaking the unwritten rules

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wei changze strikes me as that type of quiet unassuming guy who has friends in all kinds of places in all walks of life. wei "i know a guy" changze. but also wei "of many niche talents" changze.

he can fix your car, your leaky faucet, mend that hole in your favorite sweater, make you [censored]. he is simply ✨️Very Good With His Hands✨️ in all the ways.

All the ways.

what can't he do in a modern au? drive.

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Pick me TeenXian 💞

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xie lian's bamboo hat really doesn't have a whole lot of practical use in the novel. very often he doesn't even wear it, he just carries it around on his back. it probably falls to the ground and he has to go back and pick it up more often than he wears it. but he would never go anywhere without it.

because it reminds him that there's good in the world and in humanity. it reminds him that even if everything else is terrible, even if he feels like dying, there's still something worth living for.

at the end of the day, the bamboo hat is what makes xie lian different from jun wu. because he was able to see that even if most of the world is cruel, there's also kindness and he chose to focus on that kindness while jun wu chose to focus on the cruelty.

it's probably one of the strongest symbols in this novel, but in a very literal way it also serves as a reminder for xie lian of why he keeps going after all those years and it's why he always goes back to retrieve it when he loses it somewhere along the way

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the yiling patriarch

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tumblr should have a pin comment button but shoutout to this one <3

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Love is stored in the wangxian

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Ek passe tu babbu, ek passe hai jag saara

-You on one side, my beloved, the entire world on another-

[About Ch-3 of Something is Wrong with A-Zhan!]

Remember the morally grey Wei Wuxian tag? Yeah, that line at the top is what I meant by that. I don’t think Wei Wuxian would ever be morally grey, he’s the most morally upright character I have ever come across, but just for this fic, as long as it’s Lan Wangji vs the world, Wei Wuxian would always choose Lan Wangji, even if it conflicts with his moral and principles. Putting it simply, Wei Wuxian would condemn murder and harming the innocents, but if it’s Lan Wangji committing these crimes, he wouldn’t be able to bring himself to condemn him, instead, he’ll come up with possible justifications for Lan Wangji and defend him.

I hope I was able to capture an inkling, an essence of this in the chapter.

Also, is anyone surprised that no Lan elders except Lan Qiren are furious at Lan Wangji's wantonness? I just think that after the whole Qingheng-jun fiasco, they will think Lan Wangji much more tame, especially since Wei Wuxian, unlike the Madam Lan in my head, doesn't seem too bothered by their second heir's behavior. Maybe they are even turning a blind eye to this because of how much they love Wei Wuxian and his genius.

My thought process behind their thought process is that- since Wei Wuxian is a once in a lifetime genius and he is here (in cloud recesses) because of Lan Wangji and he is staying because of his obvious love for their second heir, and they know this. They can see this. So, just for the sake of keeping Wei Wuxian in their sect as their prized disciple who is famous all around for his no-less-than-miraculous inventions, they all collectively decide to overlook Lan Wangji's shameless behaviour that is definitely not befitting of someone holding the title of the Second Jade of GusuLan.

Of course, no one added Lan Qiren to the group chat and that's why he's still bitter about his nephew's changed behaviour.

Mini Theater:-

*lwj acting shameless, holding wwx by the waist and kissing him publicly* Lan Elders: I can't see, I'm blind~ blind~ Lan Qiren, who was not added to the chat and thus was not informed that they have to ignore all this: *qi-deviates* Lan Xichen, who now has to deal with his dramatic uncle: Wangji, if you could just get a room, I would be grateful. You know uncle can't handle this much pda. Lan Wangji: *too busy sucking wwx's soul out through his mouth to hear, further sending his dramatic but weak-hearted single uncle into a qi-deviation* Lan Xichen: ... I love you, didi, but I feel like I should not. When did you become such a menace?!

I don't even know why I'm babbling, but I am and I refuse to suffer through the on-goings of my mind alone, so here we are~

Sofia out~

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Wwx: *trying to flirt*

Wwx: Can you help me? I’m lost.

Lwj: Mn.

Wwx: Could you tell me where the road to your heart is?

Lwj: Shouldn’t Wei Ying know that already? Wei Ying was the one who paved it.

Wwx: *is flustered* *blushing intensifies*

//When you’re a flirt but he’s also a flirt//

(Insp.)

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Wei Wuxian: Do you ever wonder what your future wife is doing?

Lan Wangji: What are you doing?

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Wei Wuxian: I think my instincts about people are better than yours.

Lan Wangji: Why?

Wei Wuxian: Well, I picked you...

Wei Wuxian: you on the other hand, picked me.

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I once saw someone describe WangXian as "autistic gay bunny enthusiast falls for a bisexual with adhd" and.... yeah no notes there that's accurate

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everytime i remember that lan wangji was actually the emo one dressing in mourning robes and wwx was actually a normie is so fucking funny to me

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Something is wrong with A-Zhan! [EXTRA]

A-Zhan really did throw himself to the ground, pouting and wailing and weeping, and refused to go back home without his Wei Ying. Lan Qiren never felt this embarrassed in his life! Even Lan Huan and Wei Ying seemed clueless as to what to do.

“A-Zhan, stop this and let’s go home.” Lan Qiren tried to speak calmly, he really did. It was just really hard with almost everyone looking at him with pity and annoyance.

“NO! WANT WEI YING!! MINE!” 

Lan Qiren almost popped a vein.

“Ah. Lan Zhan, don’t cry. A-Ying can just stay here. Please don’t cry.” The child this tantrum was over, Wei Ying, tried consoling A-Zhan.

“NO! Go home with Wei Ying or not!” Never in his life had Lan Qiren thought that Cangse’s child would be better behaved than his precious nephew whom he raised with only the best of himself and his sect.

“A-Zhan, be reasonable.”

“No! Want Wei Ying! Shufu said to get what A-Zhan likes! Lying is forbidden! Breaking promises is forbidden!” 

Lan Qiren really did dig his grave by not thinking of the loophole in his words. Yet, who could have thought that A-Zhan would take such a sudden liking to a street child, much less the child of Cangse Sanren?! 

As A-Zhan kept wailing on, with his brother and his Wei Ying trying to get him to calm down, a crowd of people gathered, whispering about how badly the child was crying and how the ‘father’ was inadequate. 

As much as Lan Qiren wanted to tell them that he was not the ‘father’, but rather their uncle, he also wanted this to be over as soon as possible.

“Okay, A-Zhan. We’ll take Wei Ying home with us.” ‘Now stop your tantrum and get going!’

The speed at which A-Zhan brightened and stopped crying was phenomenal. 

He immediately attached himself to Wei Ying, who didn’t seem to mind the clinginess and walked ahead of Lan Qiren and Lan Huan.

“Let’s go, shufu, it’s time for dinner. We need to get new clothes too. Wei Ying, wear my clothes until then.” A-Zhan rambled about getting this and that for Wei Ying as Lan Qiren stared at the two kids’ backs.

“A-Huan, since when did your brother become so eloquent?”

“I’m afraid I don’t know either, shufu.”  

“Let’s hope I don’t regret this.”

This is an extra from this fic of mine. Set right after chapter 1- arriving with two, leaving with three.