"Let me know the way
Before there is hell to pay
Make the room to lay the law
and let me go
I've got to make a play
To make my lover stay
So, what would an angel say?
The devil wants to know
The devil wants to know
The devil wants to know
What I need is a good defense
'Cause I'm feelin' like a bad, bad boy*
And I need to be redeemed
To the one I've sinned against
'Cause he's all I ever knew of love
All I ever knew of love"
"Criminal", by Fiona
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Older - Mafia AU, long-haired Tian.
I put some extra love on their tattoos this time.
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*Today is 5.20 May the 20th. The Love day in China. When you write May 20th in numbers, it’s written 5.20. When you pronounce the numbers 5. 2. 0 in Chinese, 五二零 wǔ èr líng, they sound very close to the words 我爱你 wǒ ài nǐ.
i adored that elf x fairy tianshan drabble you did and was wondering if there would ever be a second part- i love the fluff and relationship between tianshan that you made and how sweet they were with each other, one of my fav fics ever
oh thank you! i dont have a second part in mind but thank you!
okay yes fine i do have a slight obsession with mo guanshan’s red hair and shapeshifting demons/spirits... because yes, i am here to tell you that i have
yet another xianxia/wuxia/jianghu au for tianshan
now hear me out... i may be obsessed with guanshan’s red hair, and i may be over-ambitious for even dreaming about writing a full-length wuxia story (man, i’m the first one to tell you it isnt happening; theres no way im writing this idea into a full-length fic, this one will end up in the drafts forever and ever, like everything else i dreamt of writing) but here we go again...
(loosely inspired by the story of hou yi and the ten suns)
there once lived a cowardly lion spirit (hetian) who would swallow the flames from lanterns and candle-light to steal for himself, because he was afraid of the dark and would bright the light that he stole back to light up his whole den. but of course, the townsfolk did not know this; they thought the lion spirit was evil. the pitch blackness of the night emboldened thieves and deviants to raid homes and attack innocents. these misfortunes were attributed to the lion spirit.
the townsfolk only found reprieve when the sun came up. the sun god was their protector. if a thief was caught redhanded by the sun's watchful eye in dawn's light, the sun would burn them to ashes. the common people worshipped the sun. they showed their appreciation by gifting him the most beautiful woman of their town.
together, the sun god and his new wife gave birth to a child with flaming red hair.
the sun god's child (mo guanshan) was destined to slay the beast. he began training in martial arts the moment he could walk. he was taught to be sharp and stone-hearted so he would not be tricked by the lion's wit or wiles.
when he was ready, he set off to the lion's den, emitting confidence and pride. his mother, a powerful seer, had seen it - he would tame the lion spirit. he kissed his mother's cheek and promised his father he would be back with the lion's head.
a week later, the lion failed to appear in the night to steal the townsfolk's flames. the people rejoiced. the sun god is truly powerful! the sun god's son with the hair as bright as the sun's own flames is truly heroic!
a month later, the sun god was still waiting for his son to return. he sent his men to look for his missing son. they returned with word that the lion spirit was seen in a town far away with a red-haired man.
the lion spirit had abducted his son! the sun god and his wife were convinced of this. he ordered his first son and first daughter, to bring his favourite child back.
all of the sun god's children had red in their hair, but none had a full head of bright-red hair that danced in the wind like hot flames. guanshan's mother was the most beautiful, the kindest and the most skilled in the kitchen. that was why she was the god's favourite wife, and that was why their only child together was his favourite offspring.
his first son and daughter were deathly jealous. guanshan was the sun god's tenth child, but he was first in line for the throne. they had all been sent to bring down the lion spirit but all returned with heads hung in shame. they were eagerly waiting for the tenth son to return with the stench of failure as well, but the outcome was even greater than they expected - he hadn't returned at all!
but now their father wanted to send them to collect him? how ridiculous! if they brought him back, it would only be his corpse...
so that was what they came back with. a month after they left, a heart-shattering roar had shook the entire earth, even the heavens felt the trembles. a week later, the sun god's children came back with guanshan's lifeless body.
the sun god despaired but his wife had a solution. the First Tree was planted on ground that could not be broken, guarded against thieves that wanted to steal its essence. but the earth-shattering roar of the fearsome lion spirit not only collapsed houses and drew up tsunamis, it caused a crack in the soil of the First Tree. the sun god's sharp wife told him they could bury their son under the tree, so he could revive.
and so mo guanshan awakened, hair aflame again but memory of his first life gone.
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[[and then some stuff happens...
and jianyi, zhengxi and guanshan become friends. and jianyi disguises himself as a redhead so he can meet the lion. and he gives the lion spirit the talisman that guanshan had given him, but then jianyi goes missing. then zhengxi and guanshan go looking for him, and meet hetian. and then the three of them go look for jianyi together. (im just too tired to write the rest of this. i'm naming this fic 'the sun rises and sets with you', a quote from the movie 17 again.]]
had this sitting in google notes, don't remember if i posted it here before?
Yet another fantasy / folklore beast au
Guanshan lives in a village haunted by a lion that can't see things that are red. On nights of the full moon, people cover themselves in red in order to hide from the lion.
Guanshan is an errand boy who rides his bike and delivers things to people. He's secretly in love with the fortune teller Hetian who lives and takes care of the local temple.
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