Midnight Thoughts

[my-otp-list]

So, I heard you’ve been wondering what are the 3000 rules of Gusu Lan Sect?

See that wall? It’s the Lan Sect’s Wall of Discipline that appeared for 2 seconds in MDZS Episode 2. Some very diligent soul on Weibo actually went to read the texts carved on that Wall. Probably with a magnifying glass. No joke. Like, seriously, no joke.

Here goes all the rules that she managed to read out - translated hopefully not horrendously by Tumblr user my-otp-list. 

“Do not kill within Cloud Recesses

Do not fight without permission

Do not commit acts of promiscuity

Do not go out at night

Do not make noise

Do not walk too fast

Do not laugh for no reason

Do not sit with a disgraceful pose

Do not eat more than 3 bowls (Translator’s note: LOL)

Be a filial child

Organise work properly

Diligence is the root

Morality is the priority

Harmony is the value

Learning comes first

Do not take your own words lightly

Do not act impulsively

Do not give up on learning

Make sure to act virtuously

Do not forget the grace of the forefathers

Be careful with your words

Be respectful and humble

Be loyal and filial

Be amicable and united

Be of one mind

Train your body and your mind

Stop the bad habits

Be strict with yourself

Be easy on others

Do not hold grudges

Love and respect yourself

Maintain your own discipline

If others win over you, do not envy

If other lose to you, do not look down

Do not be wasteful

Do not create damages

Love all beings

Honour good people

Steer away from bad men

Respect the filial ones

Destroy the five poisons*

Nurture aspirations

Uphold the value of justice

Shoulder the weight of morality

Embrace the entirety of the world

Perform acts of chivalry

Have courage and knowledge

Have courtesy and integrity

Have affection and gratefulness

Have wins and losses

Be fair, and they will follow you

Be trustworthy, and they will believe you

Be mighty, and they will die for you

Take the straight path

Reject the crooked road

Earn trust

Believe sincerely

Have a strong will and anything can be achieved

Win friendships with kindness

See friends as neighbours

Be just

Be generous

Be ethical

Be grateful

Be loyal

Appreciate the good people  

Wake up at 8am

Do not be picky about food

Have a proper posture

Do not be overly happy

Do not be overly sad

Do not be over-the-top

Do not use bad words to hurt others

Do not spread empty lines

Do not break promises

Do not form cliques

Do not speak ill of others

Do not live extravagantly

Do not build wealth by using others, for this wealth won’t last

Help the underprivileged

Do not argue with your family, for it doesn’t matter who wins

Speak meagerly, for too many words only bring harm”

So, does anyone here think they qualify to be a Gusu Lan Sect disciple? (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

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Bonus - An actual rule that was added by Lan Qiren after WWX and LWJ got together:

“Do not get near Wei Ying”

No, I’m not kidding.

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All ‘squinting and staring’ credit goes to Weibo user 啧昵称什么好烦_yooooo. 

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*The Five Poisons in ancient Chinese belief: Referring to the five poisonous animals that commonly appear in early summer, namely snake - scorpion - centipede - toad - spider.

[goldencorecrunches]

I love ouyang zizhen for a lot of reasons and one of them is his introduction. like he’s…not from, or even affiliated with, a major sect, like all the rest of our characters. he doesn’t have a huge dramatic opening encounter. he just shows up in yi city and starts talking and ride-or-dying and doesn’t stop. it’s literally wei wuxian: do you even go to this school? oyzz:

[mdzsincorrectquotes]

Nie Huaisang: What if I press the brake and gas at the same time?

Wei Wuxian: The car takes a screenshot.

Jiang Cheng: For the last time, get the fuck out of my car.

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new culture chat episode is out and GUYS

[sarah-yyy]

wilful blindness masterpost

y’all asked, and i listened. 

here’s wilful blindness in a nutshell, if y’all want a crash course before you start, but otherwise, here you go! 

for all y’all asking if it has to be read in order, this is how you should do it, officially, but hey, feel free to read it in whatever order y’all want! i mean, i’m writing it out of order anyway!

this will be updated every week, together with the wb roundup posts.

current as at: 31 october 2020

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The Untamed + text post memes | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 9 | Part 10

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[ahivemindoftwelvecati]

I feel like we always see parents who are 100% super supportive allies, or parents who are horrible and cruel.  At least in media or in the most popular stories.  But I feel like that ignores just how many people have parents where you just have no idea?  And even if you think they’ll accept you on a surface level, you don’t know if they have a breaking point.  Especially if you need to go on hrt, or request they change the way they think about and refer to you.  Sure they’re liberal and all, or centrists, or “tolerant”, but how far does that stretch?

I think most closeted LGBT+ kids live like this, wading around in the grey area.  I’d like it of more of us knew that was normal, I’d like if we talked about it more.

[fangirlshrewt97]

Joe: Nicky is so cute.

Nile: He just killed 5 bad guys that tried to shoot you.

Joe: I said "cute", not "harmless".

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at the hotel - sketch 

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 misspaperlilies said: What is this Sentinel/Guide business I keep hearing about?

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Man, I wrote an entire short essay on The Sentinel’s place in fandom history, and then I went, “Hmm. She probably just wants to know what the trope refers to.”  *g*  So I’ll do the short (Edit: Not so short, I got carried away. LOL), tropey explanation, and then I’ll put the fandom history essay behind the cut for those who are interested.

The Sentinel was TV show that ran from 1996-1999. In it, Jim Ellison, an Army Ranger, gets stranded in the jungles of Peru, and his team is all killed. The isolation etc. causes genetic-but-previously-latent hyperactive senses to wake up. So he has super-hearing, super-sight, etc.  He gets rescued and unconsciously suppressed the senses again and becomes a cop in Cascade, Washington. One day he’s on a long, isolated stake out, and the senses come roaring back and fuck him up because of the sensory overload.

Blair Sandburg is an anthropology student studying the concept of Sentinels, who he describes as “protectors of the tribe” and who have these hyperactive senses. He’s found people with one enhanced sense, but never all five. He hears about Jim, arranges to meet him, and convinces Jim to let Blair ride along on his police work so that Blair can study a real live Sentinel and Jim can get help controlling his senses from Blair.

The series is full of little details about the senses and how they work and the mythology around them. Here are the ones that usually come up in fic:

The zone out:  This is when the Sentinel gets hyper focused on one sense and blocks out all other input, becoming almost catatonic. They have to be coaxed out of it with quiet talking and contrasting sensory input.

Spirit guides:  In the show, Jim has several visions in the spirit world. While there, he has a spirit guide, a panther. When Blair ends up in the spirit world with Jim, his guide is a wolf. They also occasionally see their guides in the real world, usually trying to warn them of something or tell them something or lead them somewhere.

Territoriality:  The Sentinel is described as having a primal instinct to protect his/her tribe. Jim’s interaction with another Sentinel that appeared on the show is…complicated, but fic usually just runs with the idea that Sentinels have a territory (the boundaries of which they determine) and that they’re extremely protective of it. They usually don’t like other Sentinels in their space, either.

Guides:  Guides are fanon. People sometimes forget this, but literally the only place that guiding comes up in the show is when a guy in the spirit world tells Jim that “he guides you”, referring to Blair. However, it’s fanon that is 100% accepted by everyone in Sentinel fandom and the resulting trope. So. The Guide is assumed to also be genetically determined. They’re usually presented as someone who is good at calming the Sentinel, who has a strong connection to the spirit world, and who are generally a stabilizing influence on the Sentinel. Guides are also presented as the people who are most capable of getting Sentinels out of deep zone outs.

Bonding:  This comes from a scene in the series where Blair is dead. Like, the medics call it. No heartbeat. Dead. Jim flips out, and goes over to Blair, and we cut to the spirit world, and stuff happens, and then the panther and the wolf run toward each other, jump up and merge in a giant flash of light. And Blair comes back to life. Fandom takes that merging of spirit guides and runs with it, usually giving them an awareness of each other’s location and empathy. Other effects of the bond vary depending on the author.

I think those are the major elements of the trope! Damn, that got longer than I meant it to. *g*

And if that wasn’t enough, and you’d like some fandom history, check out the additional info behind the cut:

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[goodreadss]

“It’s amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart.”

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[adhd-wifi]

Random headcanon + scenario. Alcohol warning.

Since the Lan family's lousy alcohol tolerance is apparently genetic, please consider Lan SiZhui being the only one in the entire sect capable of drinking more than a cup. He doesn't like drinking but either way I find the idea of him having what's considered an ungodly level of alcohol tolerance, almost rivaling that of his gremlin father, really really funny. (I like to assume that the Wens were more suited to stronger liquor considering Wei WuXian of all people got drunk on Uncle Four's fruit wine.)

So imagine one day the Lan juniors (maybe a few years post-canon so they aren't juniors anymore) are out on a night hunt with some people from other sects, such as Jin Ling and OuYang ZiZhen, then then during dinner at the inn they're invited to drink in celebration of coming of age + a good night hunt. For whatever reason they decide to break the rules "this one time" because of courtesy, and also "ZeWu-Jun could drink during ceremony sometimes too it's OKAY!!!".

It's at least 76% Lan JingYi's idea.

10 minutes later all Lans are down except SiZhui, who only somewhat expected this. Jin Ling, ZiZhen and any others begin to freak out when rhe Lans all begin acting weird and wild. JingYi is crying. One of them is confessing his love to a chair. Another is picking a fight with another of the inn's patrons but saying please and thank you as she does. One more is singing (in a very pretty voice) about bamboo and clouds.

SiZhui is exasperated as he struggles to get all his martial siblings into their rooms and into their beds. At the end of it all Jin Ling and ZiZhen are like "???????????" and asked why SiZhui was fine if everyone else was like THAT.

In a completely monotone voice like that of Lan WangJi's, but with the underlying tired sarcasm more reminiscent of Wei WuXian, SiZhui just says, "I'm adopted."

Then he just goes the fuck to sleep.

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Sherlock’s face appreciation in The Great Game

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