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"Omg wwx was so oblivious how did he not realize that he was in love with lwj/that lwj loved him?" Idk man he was busy being tortured by the narrative
Every once a while Wen Qings death and just the general nightless city ordeal haunts me, because imagine being Wen Qing and your brothers accidentally kill the heir of the clan that's been itching for an excuse to stage an official attack on your family, You know time is limited, But the Jins send an ultimatum " give your life up for your family and we'll leave you alone", you accept of course (you always knew you were never going to make it that far anyway, atleast your family would get an extended chance) so you burn, burn as people cheer around you including a man who owes you and your family a debt greater than any other (Jc) But even than you die at peace knowing your family would have a chance, knowing the man you now consider a brother would have a chance.
But that doesn't happen either way, Your whole family dies except one, the man you consider a brother gets supposedly thorn to shreds and the only living family member whom is a child is in the care of a bedridden man (who's bedridden for defending you family in the first place)
I feel like What happened with the Wen remnants really gets idk ignored by the fandom a bit, maybe not ignored but like it's definitely softened up, I personally don't believe that Wen Qing genuinely believed the Jins would keep their promise of peace Wen Qing is to smart to fall for their lies, though I feel she could've deceived herself in a moment of total desperation.
I love how you said he'd have a emo phase. To me honestly modern!wangji is totally goth (specfically white goth) (Saw someone say that the lans are basically wearing funeral clothing all the time which is totally gothic and I can't get it out if my mind now)
Like he'd be in full goth get out, dramatic makeup and everything!
Wwx goes to meet his family and is totally expecting to see Adam families irl, only to realise Lwjs family is just a basic trad family. (Note mod!wwx is emo!)
lan wangji has 1a hair
A list of mdzs X star trek hc species hehe.
Wwx=Betazoid
Lwj=Vulcan/human. His mother was a human (note: lxc behaves more human than vulcan)
Wq&Wn: bojoran
Jc&Jyl: both humans lol!
The jins: Also humans though I'd imagine all illegitimate children to be half-half species.
The nies: Nmj is half-human half-kilngon, nhs is half-human half-andorian
Can't believe this only has 200 smth notes, this is Renaissance level art my gosh.
On the other hands AHH LWJ I LOVE THIS SO MUCH SBWJXHX. Happy late birthday 🎂.
quick little thing for my babygirl’s birthday 🎂
Lwj totally learned how to draw throughout the 13 years just so he could preserve the true image of wwx :)
(Also ahhh I love this freckled wwx my love)
A smile most cherished
God you worded my thoughts beautifully, 100% agreed.
Hii! I hope you are having a good day! I have a question concerning Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji’s righteousness. Also I think this might also be a hot take? Many people have said that Wangxian are the only morally upright people in the novel, but in Lan Wangji’s case that's only when he matured yes?
I'm not trying to say Lan Wangji is not righteous, he is! He is better than most of the cultivators in the gentry, that's how he got his title after all. I'm just confused because I have seen people claiming that he is just as good as Wei Wuxian (before Wei Wuxian's death).
If Lan Wangji really was as good as Wei Wuxian that time. Why didn't he put the same effort in helping the Wen remnants the same way Wei Wuxian did? Why didn't he go and confirm whether or not the Wen remnants really were being unjustly abused?
Wei Wuxian gave up his reputation, his clan, his comfort, and nearly everything to save the Wen remnants. And I'm sorry to say this (I'm not trying to hate, I'm just stating facts), Lan Wangji didn't.
My problem isn't with Lan Wangji (I adore him). My problem is people saying to say that Lan Wangji was as righteous as Wei Wuxian pre-Wei Wuxian death. Yes, Lan Wangji did try to help Wei Wuxian (defending Wei Wuxian several times in the cultivation meetings, and supporting Mianmian, helping Wen Ning when he was just awakened). But my problem is when people equate those actions to what Wei Wuxian did with the Wen remnants. Lan Wangji at that time did not put in the same effort to help the Wen remnants just as Wei Wuxian did. That's what I'm trying to say. Lan Wangji pre-Wei Wuxian was still maturing, he has some hesitationto help the Wen remnants back then, he was not as good as Wei Wuxian back then. BUT Lan Wangji IS as good as Wei Wuxian post-Wei Wuxian death. He learned from his mistakes, and acted with more conviction to do the right thing.
Also another question, what made Lan Wangji hesitate to help Wei Wuxian all that much in the past (Wen remnants case)? Was it because of his family and clan? Or was it some other factor? Was he hindered in some way?
What do you think about this?
Hi anon, I’m not really recovered enough to do meta, but you caught me in a good mood, so I’ll give you some answers anyway.
First off I think that take that literally only Wangxian are morally upright is a liiiiittle reductionist, because that erases for example Mianmian and the juniors and Wen Qing and Wen Ning and a-Qing and Xiao Xingchen, all of whom are people who we know to have strong morals and the fortitude to do the right thing in the face of loud opposition and societal disapproval. But also I think that while Lan Wangji’s morality is much more apparent in the present, it is consistently strong throughout the entire novel. He just doesn’t shout about it.
First off, given the Wen Remnants claim, Wei Wuxian leaves right from the banquet to go chase them down, which is something he can do without incurring greater societal rancor because he was not a guest at the banquet. Lan Wangji is a guest and both host and guests do have rules and expectations to follow that would make it much more difficult for him to chase after Wei Wuxian without bringing down ire upon the Lan too. Remember, at this time in the book, the Lan Clan is still rebuilding their home that was burnt down with the help of the Jin, they are not quite as free to do as they please as the Jiang are. By the time he would have been able to get there, Wei Wuxian would have already spirited away the Wen from Qiongqi Path, meaning there’d be nothing for him to see. In addition it’s not as if he’s doing nothing at the banquet, he speaks in defense of Wei Wuxian both against the Jin and his own family, which is not doing nothing by any means. He’s fighting on different battlegrounds because he and Wei Wuxian are in different positions.
As for your latter questions, I wonder if you’ve ever heard of the concept attacking on two fronts? Yes, Wei Wuxian sacrificed everything to protect the Wen and give them time, but for all of that sacrifice, it’s doing nothing to stop the roar of the mob. He is an imposing figure to be sure, but he is one man and they are many. In addition, he is mostly staying in one place and working on keeping them alive, meaning that while the Wen are safe, everyone else who is not a cultivator is still having to deal with the hypocrisy of the cultivation world alone, which is where Lan Wangji, who appears wherever chaos is and helps people with their problems however small they seem. In addition to that, he is also continually speaking out at meetings on Wei Wuxian and the Wens’ behalf, we see him do this at the same meeting as Mianmian leaving her clan and we know he spoke up other times from when he and Wen Ning chat on the boat. Just because he wasn’t there in the burial mounds doesn’t mean he wasn’t doing anything and his morality was more questionable, it means that he was fighting those battles on other fronts - fronts where Wei Wuxian could not go, where Lan Wangji does have more power because he is a clan heir, because he is Hanguang-jun, because he is someone noble and strong willed enough to stand up to the bloodthirsty mob again and again and keep shouting back.
Also anon, the reason why Lan Wangji hesitated to “help” Wei Wuxian that much in the past (which he doesn’t, he gets rebuffed by Wei Wuxian half the times when he tries to help and successfully gets to help the other times) comes mostly down to Phoenix Mountain, where he made a significant, grievous error and crossed lines he should not have crossed with Wei Wuxian and that is what shakes up his confidence in helping Wei Wuxian for a while. He’s ashamed of himself for acting the way he did and wronging Wei Wuxian in his actions and it is that dissonance between his wants to be moral and his wants with Wei Wuxian that rattle and force him to spend time rectifying things. He keeps his distance and is cautious and careful with Wei Wuxian because the last time he did what he wanted heedless of what Wei Wuxian wanted, he ended up pinning him to a tree while blindfolded and forcing a kiss on him. That isn’t something that he is taking lightly, and it is clear that it has shaken him to the core.
Really, what I would argue that the biggest difference in Lan Wangji pre and post thirteen years is where he’s just done with trying to win by the rules the cultivation world sets. He’s seen what happens when you follow those rules, how even when you stand up to them in the ways they claim to respect that their words mean nothing, and he won’t give them the benefit of the doubt any longer. Which is something that can only come with maturity and is also something that Wei Wuxian learned in that same time span, Wei Wuxian never turned the defenses he’d made for the Burial Mounds so that they would respond to Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng brought a siege on him.
The answer I have for you anon, is that they both have been equally moral in their youths and more so as adults because they are both learning and growing and developing that core within them as they grow. Be careful not to conflate sacrifice with morality, while it can indeed be a sign of great morals, it is not the only way such morals can be shown, and to suggest that Lan Wangji’s actions - helping others who still need his aid when the Wen are being taken care of by Wei Wuxian, speaking out on their defense, rescuing Wei Wuxian and taking him back to the burial mounds after the events of nightless city, and then surviving and living to save Wen Yuan and to raise him and other children so that they will not make the mistakes their elders did - are less moral because he gave up less than his life to do so is something that I find distasteful indeed.
Vulcan!lwj meets betazoid!wwx for the first time only to feel the waves of chaotic aura this guy has.
Meanwhile.
Wwx: wow! What an emotional vulcan!
"He killed 3000 ppl!" That's literally confirmed as false. 2nd of all everyone in nightless city literally grouped up there to watch an innocent women burn to death than spit on her ashes than team up to go kill her (knowingly) innocent family, everyone there was on there way to attack wwx but god forbid wwx fights back (and even than him fighting back was a last resort)
Fans who believe or try to frame what happened at nightless city as Wei Ying being the one in the wrong or even say his actions were unjustified boggles my mind because he didn't even start it!
He showed up and quietly listened to Jin Guangyao openly break his promise to Wen Qing and Wen Ning. Watches as he riles up the crowd into lusting for his and the Remnant's death, calls him out on it, tries to argue against their accusations with very legitimate points.
AND GETS SHOT.
If he wanted them all dead, he could have so very easily hidden himself in the shadows and played his flute. Condemning them to die before they could even lift a finger. But no, he showed up to TALK.
The clans were happy about him getting shot too until they realized they'd just made him angry.
Wei Ying didn't show up with the intention to fight. He didn't show up to seek revenge. He didn't show up with any desire to even cause harm. But that arrow and the way the clans reacted to it made it more than clear that talking wasn't going to persuade them to leave him and the Remnants alone. So he fought. Not for himself. But for the Remnants. His family.
And that was his fault? The people there that night KNEW what they were doing. They reaped what they sowed. They showed up with the intent to kill an innocent group of people who had done them no harm.
He had every right to lethally attack and defend himself against the people who were also lethally attacking him.
Framing the whole incident as Wei Ying being the one at fault is the PROPAGANDA that the clans created. Why are so many readers falling for it????
It's been a while since I've asked for fic recs. So here: please share you mdzs fics with me (Any kind of fic as long as its wangxian friendly :))
I finally read Autumn flower by @scarlettohairdye so I had to draw wlw t4t wangxian for Lan Wangji’s birthday. I'm not crying, you're crying!! 😭
So I've been binge reading the tyrants beloved fish (and my god it is so good please read it) And I was thinking of how a mdzs X TBf au would go. I think it would be ironic if wwx transmigrated into a dog.. man just jumps whenever he sees his reflection lol!
I actually saw a tbf X mdzs au on ao3 a while back but I can't find it anymore. If anyone of you find it please send a link/name <3 thank youuu
MDZS AND DANNY PHANTOM??! okay okay dhshdjdjdj let's go. I'm normal about this
For the wonderful @silvermp / @silvermoonphantom your crossover fics are always so different I'm currently a massive fan of this piticuler one I just had to doodle it. I tryed getting into mdz stuff a while ago and I love wei wuxian but I couldn't get into it
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25313317/chapters/61371622
The way you draw wwx is scrumptious.
Especially the hair ensjdjdh op you Don't know what your drawing is doing to me
first post on here :p
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28486983
I don't think this is the one you're looking for, But it is a qin su summoning jyl au, both her wnd wwx team up to take down jgy it has Wangxian and Jiang yanli/Wen qing.
Help? There's two fics where Qin Su does the soul sacrifice ritual that I've been thinking about lately but can't remember the titles of.
In one of them Qin Su brings back Jiang Yanli, but because she didn't have any particular target for revenge Qin Su is just like hanging in the back of what is now Jiang Yanli's head. Together they trick Xue Yang into performing the ritual to bring Wei Wuxian back in his body, and because Xue Yang is full of grudges it works properly and he goes and it's just Wei Wuxian in his body. I don't remember many other details apart from Xue Yang having to be talked out of putting Sect Leader Yao on his hitlist and Qin Su eventually getting a puppet body made by Wei Wuxian so she can have her own life.
In the other Qin Su ritual fic, Qin Su brings back Wei Wuxian herself (leaving a letter for him?) and he runs off to... Have adventures? Mo Xuanyu summoned Jin Zixuan back rather than Wei Wuxian and Jin Zixuan is travelling with Lan Wangji. Upon meeting Qin Su!Wei Wuxian and realising there's something between her/him and Lan Wangji, Jin Zixuan tries to be a chaperoning brother person to no one's impressment.
If anyone can help me find these fics, it would be greatly appreciated!
Modern mdzs au that's pretty chill except:
Everyone thinks wwx listens to goth/metal music while lwj listens to traditional/jazz music except in reality its the complete opposite.
Remind me if anyone writes anything like this
an mdzs transmigration fic where the characters transmigrating into canon are just. the same characters from a different au. like, lan wangji transmigrates from a modern au where everyone's just normal*? or nie mingjue transmigrates from a chef au where he was a world famous chef and ran his own restaurant**. or wei wuxian transmigrates from a spy au where he had a torrid romance with a dangerous assassin***.
or jin zixuan, qin su, meng yao and mo xuanyu transmigrate from a dystopian au and honestly don't know how to feel about the fact that canon is worse. or lan xichen and jiang cheng transmigrate from a pacific rim au and are equally incredibly confused and elated by the flying on swords thing, and also cultivation in general.
bonus points for the transmigrator knowing literally nothing about the plot. extra bonus points if there's multiple transmigrators from different aus and all of them are desperately trying to act normal, which is fruitless because everyone who knows them is also a transmigrator and trying to act normal.
*lan wangji somehow becomes the most well adjusted person in the jianghu. literally no one was expecting that.
**he also finds out that being a sect leader is kind of like managing employees except for the horror movie elements of night hunts and people get scandalised when he wants to cook his own meals. nie huaisang figured him out within five minutes of conversation, which is slightly embarrassing but whatever. he also gets into a fierce competition with jiang yanli that he carried with him from his previous life.
***the assassin being lan wangji, obviously. wei wuxian is kind of confused about this new lan wangji being so morally upright but it's kinda endearing, in a way.
*wwx freshly new to the academy has only ever met other betazoids and humans*
Wwx: I thought you vulcans were supposed to be emotionless or something!
Lwj: Untrue... *rants about vulcan history*
Wwx: oh yeah. I want him.
(I feel like despite wwx constantly promising he wouldn't read lwjs thoughts without his permission lwj is still REALLY paranoid about it)
Wwx: hmm I wonder what dark secret he must be hiding....
Lwj: Biggest crush in history would put his ancestors to shame
Ik that human wwx X vulcan lwj is the expectation in all star trek X mdzs crossovers but. But! Hear me out, Betazoid wwx X vulcan lwj .
Telepathic besties to Telepathic lovers.
Ik that human wwx X vulcan lwj is the expectation in all star trek X mdzs crossovers but. But! Hear me out, Betazoid wwx X vulcan lwj .
Telepathic besties to Telepathic lovers.
Everytime you draw beastars mdzs au an angel gains its wings
Beastars AU MDZS…the gang’s all here 💖 might do one for SVSSS and TGCF…
Og post here
Haha so remember this from yesterday? Yeah it was just supposed to be a silly little one-time thing but now I've been face smacked with ideas for this au so now I must rant. (Also note I've never actually watched hannah montana sooo) ANYWAY.
Wwx is adopted by the jiangs who are ex-superstars , and they're like not the best caretakers... both yzy and jfm want their children to be the next "big hit" but jyl isn't really good at music, and Jiang Cheng is not doing too hot in the industry, also Wwx being a music progidy never even crosses yzy and jfms minds!
This leds to wwx starting a music account anonymously, which.. blows up! Anywho, so now the "Yilling laozou" is born.
Both jyl and jc don't know abt wwxs double life, jc because wwx thinks his secret identity being a bigger hit than his own career would break their already strained relationship.
Wn and wq are the only ones who know of his secret identity (and are also the only reason it stays a SECRET identity) Wn found out om accident which means wq was immediately informed.
In this au Wwx has a major crush on lwj (and is self-aware of it) buy when he finds out that lwj is a huge yllz fan, he's immediately like "Oh no my crush is in love with my alter ego!" And so that's the story or why yllz is constantly hitting on a unsuspecting lwj, Lwj has yet to return any feelings to yllz in fact he seems to avoid his advances... I wonder why, totally not cause he's in love with wwx not at all.
Also Jin Zixuan is a huge music rival to the yllz so when jin zixuan walks into wwxs home one day as jyls bf he almost descends (Jin zixuan has no idea to why this guy who looks oddly familiar hates him with such passionate fire) (and for anyone wondering the music rivalry is mutual)
Additionally, NHS is a HUGE Yllz Stan and is the closest person to have come to figuring out his identity
different face- the same goddamn smirk
(these were fully freehanded, but really fun to draw!)
OH GODDDD why would you hurt me like this😭😭😭 keep epic away from mdzs fans!
Yilling laozu the biggest star in town!
OMG?! I need more I desperately need to see wangxian in ur arcane au ahhhhhhhh
Old mdzs arcane sketch 2
I was literally just thinking of curly haired wwx! I was looking at a bunch of binghe art and went "Wwx Needs those type of curls"
wwx with lovely curly hair but accidently straightened it with a talisman that was supposed to make managing his curls easier bc yunmeng humidity was the worst but it just made it pin straight
Steven universe AND wangxian?? Okay I'm sold!! Would Lwj and wwx start the rebellion in this au? I need to know more!
So I finally started Steven Universe and yeah…
Lan covers their gem with their forehead ribbon. Lan Zhan doesn’t need boots but how I love to see him with them.
I just love Wei Ying on tip toes, it’s an amethyst trait, you’ll see what I mean later. Yes he is shameless. Those hips don’t lie.
Wei Wuxian is such a funny character cause like: yes he's a progidy he's a master in Swordsmanship and archery, he can create artistic master pieces, he can create any tailsmen he literally created ghost cultivation!! But- OH DEAR GOD WHO LET HIM IN THE KITCHEN AGAIN?