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potteresque-ire

Happy 花田初遇 (”first meeting at the flower field”) Anniversary, Anons! I saved these asks just for the occasion…

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The difference when he's with his ge and without his gege 🤣

rainbowsky

Hey not really an ask...

Just watched an interview with GG where he said that during CQL, he thought his jokes were pretty funny and that he was funny. But then when filming modern drama OOL, his co stars didnt get his joke. Since I dont speak chinese, I am relying on the translation. Lol me clowning was like... I bet DD would get it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, I think someone did a post about that a while back. I wish I could remember. Comparing their sense of humor and showing how each of them separately has said that no one else gets their jokes, meanwhile when they're together they're always laughing their asses off at things no one else understands.

I think shared sense of humor is such a huge sign of compatibility. Especially with these two, who seem to live in a world of their own, which we only occasionally get a glimpse of.

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Memories 19.07.06

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rainbowsky

Did a candid conversation accidentally give away GGDD’s relationship?

This has come up multiple times and I’ve been trying to find good audio for it. The clip claims that GG and DD are in conversation with the Untamed producer when she asks, “You two have been together for a year now?” and GG says “Yes” before DD points out the camera.

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rainbowsky

Is the CP real?

Came across this post on Twitter (I recommend reading the post because it's very interesting), where a c-ent CP fan who has followed multiple couples - many that turned out to be fake and some that later turned out to be real - compiled a list of signs that they've come to believe are good evidence that a CP is real.

Let's break it all down, shall we?

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These days, I’m into the keyword “Retro Space”, right? It was built into me even before Retro became a megatrend. I longed for that culture and wanted to realize it in my own way someday. I’m practicing it on the album “BAD LOVE” that will be released at the end of September. Key’s own kitsch and fresh retro space! The teaser image is also a space monster that looks like flour dough melted. The album cover is a mixture of elements from the series “Planet of the Apes”, “2001 Space Odyssey”, and “007” in the 1990s. When I was young, I wanted to create the SF foreign currency that we liked. Space suits made of ridiculous fabric, monsters who were somewhat sloppy in the movie, destroying the Earth… How did you collect the data? I’m going to make the real album case look like a figure wrapped in a stationery. So I looked up old toys and the typography of the album cover was inspired by the hand drawing of the legendary rock band. For the layout, I referred to the classic foreign currency poster. <I Wanna Be>, <Hologram>, and <FACE> all have impressive album graphics. Is there a standard to stick to when designing covers and brochures? For the previous album, I referred to the votes of experts and employees a lot. However, “BAD LOVE” came from me from the keyword “retro space,” so I definitely wanted to add my color than before. Anyway, the standard for choosing a design is that the CD should be a kind of souvenir. I want an album that feels better when I collect and receive it, and has a strong sensual feeling rather than being able to buy it at any time. It’s not a fan merchandise. How should I say it? An album like an artwork? Yes. People who buy art books like it, but they are happy to own it. I hope my album is like that, too. There is something in common if you listen from the first full-length album “FACE” to the single in 2018. Should I say that “Young and Rich” feels like a drive? What’s the big frame that you want to take from Key’s album? Actually, it’s the easiest to choose a song from the album. I can put in my favorite song. I really like rock and American pop. It’s hard to find words to explain in appropriate terms. It’s probably my own taste, right? “BAD LOVE” had some twists and turns. Employees’ votes and my opinions were divided. But I decided to trust myself more. When looking at the interview, “It is also important to understand the public.” Even if it’s not my cup of tea, there’s a reason if it’s at the top of the chart, he said. How do you walk a tightrope between yourself and the public? SHINee’s activities alone can’t be 100% my taste. The same goes for solo albums. I think about many things. But this time, I thought I would regret it if I didn’t do what I wanted. Recently, we’ve been on a lot of entertainment programs and haven’t shown you much musically. I want to let you know that I’m strong in height and conceptual. Should I say “essential key”? What was the most impressive moment when you worked on the album? It’s really my first time. I cried after the “BAD LOVE” music video shoot. It wasn’t like that during our debut music video. I guess this album was fierce. There are problems with time and budget, the music video synopsis is overturned, and there are differences in opinions with people. There were quite a few dramas. After the music video shoot, it was complicated and subtle as that moment passed by. Don’t you usually cry? I cry a lot at other times, but that’s never happened when I was working on an album. Do you change your mind a lot before the comeback? I’m nervous. There’s no time when I don’t work, but I can’t afford it before our comeback. Do you usually not rest? I always come up with something. It’s not a business plan, but I’m constantly thinking about what to wear on “Music Bank” and what to do on TV. It’s my personality. If you’re busy, you can lean on or compromise with your surroundings, but I want to do it independently. Is it more so because I’ve lived a life that’s not independent? I know more now (the age when I debuted as SHINee) than 18 years old, so I can make better decisions and have the courage to say, “No.” The flow has changed, so it’s a good era of self-marketing to reveal yourself more. There are a lot of things I don’t know yet. A few months ago, while promoting “Don’t Call Me,” I was shocked to hear that “Key likes to dance and sing.” It’s been more than 13 years since we debuted. Perhaps because I did a lot of entertainment programs and went to the military in the middle, I guess I was unfamiliar with the height of singing to the public. Because of that, I learned about my present once again. I said, “I get inspiration everywhere. Among them, I’m very interested in art. As soon as you get interested in art, you should visit it without prejudice. Ballet, musical, gallery, anything. I go there myself. Wine BANA restaurants are like that, too. While feeling food, color, and music, I realize that people look for these things a lot and get ideas.

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Nezumi Character Analysis

UH OH SISTERS! Here I am to write an essay on Nezumi and his relationship and actions towards Shion that no one asked for, but I’m doing it anyway.

SPOILERS FOR THE NO.6 NOVEL

Let me start by saying that Nezumi is a really well fleshed out character, and that a lot of his actions and dialogue have more depth than initially comes across. Nezumi starts off as a character who is very closed off, both emotionally and physically. Gradually over the course of the novel, he becomes more and more open, until we reach the climax of his character while in the Correctional Facility. During Shion and his first meeting, he tells Shion that he doesn’t neccessarily care about Shion’s fate, but that he doesn’t want to feel responsible if something bad were to happen to Shion.

“Do you really? I mean, it’s not my problem what happens to you, but if you end up being wiped out because of me, I wouldn’t like that. I’d feel like I did something horrible...”

I find this dialogue to be very telling and foreshadowing, as comparing Nezumi’s mindset from the beginning of the novel and end of the novel shows just how much Shion is able to change him. Though Nezumi might not say it directly, he is just as drawn to Shion as Shion is to him. We come to learn that he keeps secretive watch over Shion for the four years they are apart, in a silent way of protecting him. We could shrug this off as Nezumi simply “repaying a debt”, as he says again and again, but it is far more than that. Shion offers kindness and compassion to Nezumi during their first meeting, which we come to learn is the first real act of kindness he has received in years. Shion shows love toward Nezumi when he arguably needs it most, and though Nezumi might not want to admit it, he is showing love right back by silently watching over Shion, and rescuing him. From the moment they met, Nezumi has become captured by Shion, much like how Shion says he has become captured by Nezumi.

Throughout the novel, Nezumi goes from showing acts of kindness toward Shion, to then showing hostility. Shion is never afraid of Nezumi’s random spouts of violence, in his what I can only assume to be futile attempts to reject vulnerability. Nezumi projects all of his hatred for No.6 and it’s violence against him onto Shion, which he later comes to realize is wrong, and abusive of him.

“This casual act of kindness, or those cold, dispassionate words from a few minutes ago - which one was he to believe? Shion couldn’t grasp him.”

Nezumi tells Shion to throw away his memories, his feelings, and ties to everyone and everything he knows. He continuously acts cold and hostile toward Shion without provocation, which we learn is the result of the way Gran, an old woman who raised him, warped his mind into being. Nezumi has a very unstable and warped mindset on love, and what it would do to him. He has been raised since the age of 4 to fear it like nothing else, which I find so heartbreaking. It is no wonder Nezumi constantly reacts the way he does both to being touched by Shion, as well as kissed, or just generally loved. Gran tells Nezumi from the age of 4 to view any person who loves him as a literal demon who will kill him, thus creating the mental struggle within himself as he tries and fails to keep from reciprocating those feelings.

“Never sigh in earnest. Never cry. You’ll be taken advantage of by demons. Sighing creates an opening, a vulnerability. If you want to stay alive, keep your mouth shut. Never let anyone see your weak spot. Let your heart warm to no one. Never trust anyone but yourself.”

We are told that Nezumi went against Gran’s instruction simply by rescuing Shion. I suspect that a small part of Nezumi wanted to do this (go against Gran’s orders), though he reprimands himself multiple times for his actions. It isn’t that Nezumi is completely helpless from falling in love with Shion, it’s that he actually wants to be loved by the boy, even if only deep down. More and more, he begins to simply sit around and watch Shion, thinking about how beautiful Shion is, how nice it would be to touch him and how much he wants to have physical contact with him, playing with his hair. He begins to lose his sense of control over himself, leaving the door to his home unlocked without even realizing it, sighing over Shion, and risking his own safety to send messages to Shion’s mother unprompted. When he learns of Safu’s abduction, instead of telling Shion, he begins to think of how if Shion found out, it would result in his death. He compares the loss to the loss of his own family, and of the suffering he would feel if that were to occur. Nezumi has already begun to grow attached. He was attached from the very moment Shion and he met.

“He would be experiencing the same suffering again, of being broiled alive in Hellfire.” “I don’t want to lose him. I would suffer.”

This admission is paralleled to Safu’s in a prior scene, where she admits to Karan, Shion’s mother, that she is in love with Shion. She says: “I don’t want to regret anything. If - if by some chance, he ends up never coming back... I’m going to be the one to suffer for my whole life. I don’t want that. I don’t want to lose him.” Nezumi is falling in love with Shion, whether he realizes it at this moment or not is besides the point. He does not want to lose Shion. He does not want to return to a life of seclusion and loneliness, a life without love. He would and will do anything to keep from losing it. Both Safu and Nezumi are in love with Shion, but I would argue that the difference between them, other than obvious ones, as that Nezumi comes to see Shion exactly for who he is, the love he feels for Shion not blinding himself, but illuminating the entire world, whereas Safu does not. Safu continuously compares herself to the person Shion is yearning for, asking why she cannot be them, why she cannot be the one to get to know everything about Shion.

Despite Nezumi’s efforts to hide the truth of Safu’s capture from Shion, this falls through, and he is warned by Inukashi: “If he’s so precious to you that you don’t want to loose him, protect him to the very end. And do whatever it takes to protect him, you idiot, no matter how humiliating it is.” Nezumi wants to protect Shion, and would and later does do anything to keep him by his side, this dialogue from Inukashi foreshadowing Nezumi’s vulnerability and the swallowing of his own pride as he lays everything he is bare before Shion’ feet.

Later, Shion, after finding out that Safu is in danger, confesses all of his feelings to Nezumi, in what he assumes will be the last time they see one another. He kisses Nezumi goodbye, and sneaks out. Nezumi follows after him, and lashes out in a very violent way, and after, saying: “Listen, you’re not allowed to give me a goodbye kiss ever again! Never, ever again!” He tells Shion that this beating is punishment for lying to him, and trying to sneak away, aka trying to die without him. Soon, Shion will turn Nezumi’s warped way of thinking against him in the Correctional Facility, where he will use Nezumi’s reasoning and justification for violence by claiming the two men he attempts to kill are deserving of it, because they have tried to harm Nezumi.

Gradually, more and more, we see Nezumi not only reciprocating moments of intimacy, but initiating them with Shion: “A hand suddenly reached over to him. It was Nezumi’s. It gently pried Shion’s fist open, finger by finger, gently, as if toying with it.” Nezumi still has moments of random bursts of aggression, both in an attempt to continue to keep Shion at bay, to keep from falling more in love, and to prevent Shion from aiding the city or its people in any manner. While Shion admits a love confession, saying: “I’m probably more afraid to lose you than anything - anybody else.” This sparks a fear in Nezumi, at the reality that not only is Shion attached to him, but that he is just as attached to Shion. He’s completely aware at this point of his own feelings. He thinks: “Am I the one who hasn’t known anything all along?” while questioning his past actions, and whether or not he has been seeing Shion in a positive light or not. Nezumi has started to become more self aware through his relationship with Shion, and more in touch with his own emotions.

Once entering the Correctional Facility, Nezumi warns Shion not to lose himself. He promises Shion that they will come back from this together. He isn’t saying this only to Shion, but more so to himself. Nezumi has been captured by the light that he sees in Shion, and though Shion is the one to think that Nezumi keeps him human, it’s quite the other way around. Shion attempts to kill two men, both times Nezumi reprimands him, telling him: “Never put your hands around someone’s throat again!” and “Shion! Shion! Stop - stop, please - Shion, I’m begging you.” and “I want you to stay as you are, Shion.” Shion keeps Nezumi human. Shion is a beacon of light shining down on Nezumi, exposing his own humanity. Time and time again, it is clear that Shion’s humanity and compassion save Nezumi from doom. While Nezumi develops to see the light of humanity and within his own soul through loving Shion, Shion develops to see the darkness in humanity and within his own soul by loving Nezumi. They quite make the perfect narrative foil to one another, developing in an almost polar opposite way. Nezumi ultimately becomes more like Shion, Shion becomes more like Nezumi.

We learn of Nezumi’s past, and of his suffering, in a scene where he allows himself complete vulnerability to Shion, showing him the burn on his back and revealing to us and to Shion how his family and culture were ruthlessly burned to the ground right before his eyes. Shion begins to cry at learning the truth, begins to blame himself for his own ignorance and for Nezumi’s suffering. Nezumi confesses: “I didn’t mean to make you feel guilty. I didn’t mean to accuse you of any crime. I - can’t even imagine wanting to hurt you. I’m sorry.” “Don’t you cry. You were just a tiny kid. You’re not to blame for anything.” He’s starting to drastically change his mindset and perspective which will ultimately lead to him choosing to believe in Shion, to have faith in Shion, trusting that the both of them truly see one another at this point for who they are. Trusting Shion to remain human, and build a better world.

As they begin their infiltration, Shion begins to grow more and more cold and uncaring of human life. As Nezumi kills guards, Shion says that it simply can’t be helped - it’s kill or be killed. This moment is clear in highlighting not only how Nezumi has changed Shion, but how Shion has changed Nezumi. Nezumi is displeased to hear this reasoning from Shion, which is not something he would have thought at the beginning of the novel. Shion is uncaring, which is not something he would feel were this the beginning of the novel. They have both a positive and negative impact on one another, and alwyas seem to take it to the extreme, though it isn’t neccessarily strange given the circumstances and situation at hand. Nezumi begins to see the direct affect his own actions have had on Shion, and how they have begun to warp his mind, much like Gran warped Nezumi’s own perspective on love. He thinks sadly: “Forgive me, Gran. I’ve gone against what you’ve told me. I’ve sighed many times for another. I believed him, and opened my heart to him. I placed the shackles around my own feet. But I couldn’t have done otherwise. I couldn’t cut him away.” Nezumi loves Shion. No matter what he tries, he cannot escape the love he feels for him. He couldn’t do otherwise, because he doesn’t truly WANT to. He wants to love Shion, admitting this to himself now. The seeds have already been planted at this point for Nezumi to begin feeling his own guilt and remorse at trying to change Shion’s personality, and coming to the horrifying realization that it worked. Nezumi didn’t want to harm Shion, or hurt him. He truly and foolishly believed he was doing what was right, what was taught to him. He feels so much remorse at the point that when he is almost killed by Rashi, he entirely gives up the fight. He allows himself a moment of genuine intimacy with Shion, let’s Shion hold him, as he prepares to die with him. Does this sound like something Nezumi would do? A character who preaches survival, is now willing to die with the person he has fallen in love with. He is not afraid, nor angry, nor sad - he simply accepts it. I find this moment to be very telling of Nezumi’s character.

When Shion shoots Rashi, Nezumi, who is already terribly wounded, tries repeatedly to stand up and stop him from finishing Rashi off. It is shocking not just to us, but to him, to see how Shion has changed. He screams for Shion to stop in vain as Shion commits murder on his behalf.

“He didn’t want to open his eyes. If he did, he would have to face reality.”

Despite trying to repress this, he tries to keep Shion grounded, as Shion has already been shown time and time again to be unstable and suicidal. Shion attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, asking Nezumi over and over if Nezumi and perhaps even God can forgive him for the murder he has committed. Nezumi thinks that it would have been better had they never infiltrated it at all, had he known it would destroy Shion’s mental state so completely. Nezumi, a character hellbent on destroying the government, is now thinking that Shion’s mental health is worth more to him than destroying the city. He thinks, as he starts to have his own mental breakdown, that he is the one who needs to be forgiven, not Shion. He begins to cry uncontrollably, as he mentally begs for Shion’s forgiveness.

“Shion, I’m sorry. I made you bear the burden, one so big it’s making your spine creak. Would I be forgiven one day? Would you forgive me for what I did to you?”

Nezumi is unable to bear the thought that he is the direct cause of Shion’s attempt at suicide. He is forced to confront at this moment his own abusive actions, and all of the brutality he has thrust upon Shion up to this point. He is begging, literally on his knees, to be forgiven. To be forgiven for all of his mistakes, all of his anger, all of his pain and hurt that he has projected onto Shion. Begging for forgiveness at meeting Shion - at coming unexpectedly into his life and, in Nezumi’s eyes, ruining everything Shion is. Nezumi believes he is to blame for everything, and the weight of the guilt he feels is indescribable.

By the time they get to Safu, Nezumi outright refuses to let Shion do anything, going so far as to drag him by force to the elevator, knowing it is too late to rescue Safu. Shion, through his grief, blames Nezumi for what happens to Safu, claiming he used her and used him to destroy No.6. Nezumi plays his part well, and pretends that this is the truth, saying he never believed Safu was alive, which is a lie. He says he deceived Shion, and used him and sacrificed his mind for the destruction of the government, which is also not the whole truth. Nezumi thinks: “Really? Can you really not understand? You’re a liar, Shion. You do get it. You understand every single word. And you’ll never forgive me. You’ll lose faith in me and loathe me. Or would you-“

Nezumi WANTS Shion to love him, and also hate him at the same time. He wants Shion to take his anger out on him. He wants to self sabotage their relationship, and MAKE Shion hate him, by playing a false role, by pretending to be someone he is not. Even when Nezumi tries to shoulder blame that is not his, his true self shines through under the facaude. Nezumi, a character who used to preach that he would only ever fight for himself, now takes a bullet for Shion, trying to sacrifice himself for him. Going directly against everything he has ever believed in.

By the end of the novel, Nezumi, having come back from the brink of Death, and having gone against all of his previous rules, confesses to Shion that Shion scares him. He is terrified of Shion, or more specifically, of Shion’s love, because it is mutual. Nezumi is in love with him. Nezumi’s love for Shion is in fact so strong, that Nezumi was willing and ready to die with and for Shion multiple times during the Correctional Facility, and many times prior, as well. He’s scared of the way loving someone makes him feel. He’s scared of how it almost got him killed many times, and it would have, had Shion not saved him. He leaves not because of Shion, but because of himself. Nezumi does not understand how to express his love in a proper and healthy way - it’s completely foreign to him. The boy is so traumatized that he’s spent the entire novel both half afraid of and half crazing and actively seeking love. I find it strange when people ask or think that there’s a possibility Nezumi doesn’t love Shion, when his actions so clearly say otherwise. I suspect Nezumi feels unworthy of Shion loving him as well, considering his tendency to self sabotage. I think that Nezumi is very self aware, and by the end of the novel, very in touch with his own emotions. He understands that he must change, and only then can he come back to Shion properly. He understands that who he is currently is not suited for a relationship, and so he makes the maturest call he has in the entire story, by leaving. He kisses Shion, promising to come back once he is ready, reassuring not only us but Shion that he really truly does love him.

Shion had thought that Nezumi was the one who illuminated him completely. That everything became much clearer with him by his side. That “by his hands, I was melted, wrought anew, and instilled with new life.” I find this line to be most applicable to Nezumi, as Shion has instilled him with new life, a new perspective, leaving him forever changed by the love shared and experienced. A line from Safu comes to mind as well, “You feel the same way I do, don’t you? You’re glad you were able to know. You wouldn’t be able to live anymore without knowing what yearning and love is like.”

wangxianficrecs

I’m in the mood for a fic where…

Y'all have been so patient with the delay, most of these asks are still from May! I’m getting a late start this morning, but it’s the weekend, so I’m sure you’re out there, raring to go!

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1. HI AGAIN!! I really enjoyed the fics that you recommended, I felt well fed with all this luxury of fics, so, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK!! ❤️ ❤️ I’ll bother you again tho…. I wanted to ask if you or your other followers know fics where Lan Zhan goes crazy of grief or/and never got past WWX’s death. I’m not too picky, if it has a bad end or good, all its good. I need angst ~ @nia-rarita

This one is angst-filled but more is a result of grief along with crippling injuries from the discipline whip: ❤️no new age by everythingispoetry (M, 146k, wangxian, my post)

softly through pine trees, the moon arrives by theLoyalRoyalGuard (G, 3k, wangxian, my post)

❤️Volition by Aerlalaith (T, 33k, wangxian, my post)

set your old heart free by words-writ-in-starlight (Gunmetal_Crown) (E, 42k, wangxian, my post)

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2. Hey!! Mojo, do you or your followers knows any wangxian fic with emperor!!lwj and empress!!wwx? Like true gold fears no fire by defractum (nyargles) . I really liked the Au in which Lan wangji is the emperor. So Do u know anymore fic with emperor lwj? ( love the blog btw )

To Tread Upon Solid Ground by stiltonbasket (G, 7k, wangxian)

para bellum by roselaide (T, 2k, wangxian

The Emperor’s Portrait by catbrainedschemes (E, 33k, wangxian)

Gotta die to come alive by Less_Ginger (M, 80k, wangxian, WIP)

The Jade And The Lotus by leenalee_witch1 (E, 104k, wangxian)

Lost in Diplomacy by Subtleladybird (M, 91k, wangxian)

Bound Only by the Sea by levament (E, 271k, wangxian, WIP)

Kingfisher Feathers by Anonymous (E, 83k, wangxian, WIP)

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3. Do you or any of your followers have any fic recs of Nie Mingjue finding out how Jin guangyao is being treated at jinlintai, something similar to All men are the same by mostlikelytofangirl .

Moxiang Tongxiu Crack and Drabbles by JustAWanderingBabbit (M, 140k, various one-shots; chapters 14 & 34 among others.)

Honesty by nirejseki (G, 1k, 3zun, truth serum), [PODFIC] by sisi_rambles

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4. Hellooo! Do you know of any fics where everyone thinks that wy is attractive? Cause I know of a bunch where it’s constantly mentioned how handsome lwj is but idk of any with wwx 😁

❤️ Resolutions by incendir (E, 204k, wangxian, 14 works, Part 5, warning for attempted sexual assault, my post)

Transcend by covalentbonds (not rated, 8k, wangxian, WIP)

That Time Everyone Assumed the Yiling Patriarch was Ugly by tinitin (M, 5k, wangxian)

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5. Hello! May I just say that you are probably the best at finding fics that fit every mood. I’m looking for fics where the Golden Core transfer doesn’t happen (but JC still loses his core). Maybe this is because WWX doesn’t learn abt WQ’s theory or maybe WWX isn’t so fanatically loyal to the Jiangs. I feel this would be really interesting to see how the plot would change. ~ @dreams-lovereality

Ties by WithBroomBefore (M, 16k, wangxian, my bookmark)

The Song and Dance of Shadows by wangxiansmelody (masterofghosts) (M, 49k, wangixan)

dancing ashes under the sun (will cast their shadow when the winds rise) by paranoid_fridge (T, 23k, sangcheng, …diverges earlier when JC was never rescued after distracting the Wens, but no transfer + interesting plot)

Author snowberryrose has a handful of fix-it au’s with either a prevention of the transfer or an alt version of it.

from the other side of sorrow by Sour_Idealist (E, 128k, jiang siblings, chengqing, wangxian)

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6. Hello! Do you know fics where wangxian switched personalities? I’m kinda feeling the mood. Thank you [Cool concept! I have #bodyswap and #sharing a body and the one with speech swap… but no personality swap.]

Nonny says: Not so much a rec as a fanart tip: Wang Yibo as Xie Yun in “Legend of Fei” and Xiao Zhan as Yan Bingyun in “Joy of Life” could provide useful illos for Wangxian bodyswap fics.

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7. Hi Momjo!! I was wondering if you knew any fics where LWJ Has Friends. And they are friends that he made on his own, not through a connection with WWX (though I don’t care if they do have a connection with WWX, I just want LWJ to have made them without WWX). I always read fics where LWJ has no friends other than his brother and it makes me really sad.

picking up the pieces by KouriArashi (M, 111k, wangxian, jiang yanli & lan wangji, my bookmark)

kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (T, 75k, wangxian, jiang siblings & lan wangji friendship)

❤️Where the nightingales are singing, and a white moon beams. by Moominmammashandbag (M, 52k, wangixan, jin zixuan & lan wangji, my post)

something like by silversshadow (T, 69k, wangxian, lan wangji & nie huaisang, my post)

❤️save a sword, ride a socialist by sysrae (E, 33k, wangxian, jin zixuan & lan wangji, my post)

The Light That Fails to Dim by glowingreverie (T, 311k, wangxian)

Darling, one of us should go by Leahelisabeth (fortheloveofcamelot) (T, 16k, wangxian, jiang yanli & lan wangji)

The Cloudweavers《云织之者》by Joythea (T, 38k, wangxian, lan wangji & OCs)

you’ve got to find a way, say what you want to say by Quixiote (T, 12k, wangxian, lan wangji & OC letter carrier)

first friendships by silversshadow (G, 1k, lan xichen, child lan wangji & child nie huaisang)

mianmian the disaster lesbian saves the cultivation world by i_kinda_like_writing (T, 28k, wangxian, lan wangji & mianmian)

level 50! by artsy_alice (G, 9k, wangxian, lan wangji & nie huaisang, 4th in series)

in the shadow of moonlit flowers by cl410 (T, 10k, wangxian, lan wangji & nie huaisang, WIP)

This Path We’ll Walk Together by bread_and_tea (T, 132k, xiyao, lan wangji & meng yao, lan wangji & nie huaisang)

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8. so i read not unspectacular things recently and now i really really want parent trap fusions,,, please and thank you! <3

kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (T, 75k, wangxian, my bookmark)

how to make your dad fall in love with your high school teacher in five steps; the complete and bulletproof guide by ravenditefairylights (T, 91k, wangxian, zhuiyi)

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9. hello!!!! i was wondering if you know fics where wwx’s golden core gets restored….. through dual cultivation or lwj’s help? hehe ALSO I AGREE TO THAT PERSON WHO SAID U THAT U ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS FANDOM [Oh, you’re so precious, thank you!]

nothing gold can stay by rikke (M, 10k, wangxian, my post)

I Walk Not Alone by Sporadic_Writer (M, 17k, wangxian)

when you’re doing all the leaving (then it’s never your love lost) by tardigradeschool (T, 26k, wangxian)

the breaking of your soul (upon my lips) by sunsandships (M, 41k, wangxian, my bookmark)

End of the Bridge by Shinocchi (E, 335k, wangxian, WIP)

24 Hours by tailor31415 (E, 6k, wangxian, featuring responsible Dom lwj and dual cultivation)

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10. Hello! This is a bit of an odd request, but I was wondering if you know of any modern au fics where wangxian are happily raising A-Yuan together, and the fic focuses on parenting stuff, A-Yuan at school, low-stakes drama relating to those kind of things, etc? Thanks! (and thanks so much for this blog, I’ve read so much fic in the last few weeks since discovering it!!) [You’re welcome! The two fics I’ve recced below DO have some relationship angst, but are otherwise domestic parenting fluff.]

Let’s Play Pretend and Live Our Lives by Tassos (E, 51k, wangxian, my post)

❤️The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane (E, 71k, wangxian, my post)

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11. Hey, Mojo! I was wondering if you knew of any fics where lwj’s mom is alive and wwx interacts with her, or even just lwj bonding with her. Thanks for the amazing work you do🖤

Magical Marriage Ribbons by starandrea (M, 476k, wangxian, series in progress) Madam Lan is a badass dragon in this series.

Molten Gold by jesso (M, 17k, wangxian, WIP, my post)

For Both Of Us (And Time Is But A Paper Moon) by sami (E, 65k, wangxian)

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12. Can I request any kind of fic with Lan Qiren being a responsible adult who sees WWX is in a bad place and helps out? Either with regards to him being abused (espc by Yu Ziyuan) or the demonic cultivation. I just need WWX to have one competent, caring, and ACTIVE adult looking out for him as a teenager. 😭

Rediscovery, Reconstruction by ExtraPenguin (M, 27k, lan qiren & wei wuxian, MIND THE TAGS, my post)

Righteous at a Cost by thunderwear (G, 21k, wangxian, my post)

Swordless by WithBroomBefore (G, 32k, wangxian, part 2 of Minding)

rain falls and soaks into the earth by RoseThorne (T, 28k, wangxian, series in progress)

Company by WithBroomBefore (T, 30k, wangxian, my bookmark)

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13. First off, your blog is a lifesaver. Im pretty sure it’s become a habit for me to check this blog at least once a week for excellent content. [Yay!] Second off, do you have any fic of Yunmeng Trio Roleswap? For some reason I’ve been looking for it but can’t seem to find any

Ties by WithBroomBefore (M, 16k, wangxian, my bookmark)

Keep Holding On by abCEE (M, 69k, wangxian, jiang siblings, WIP)

Mercy by jupiter_james (E, 64k, wangxian, xicheng, xuanli, WIP)

*Check #5 above, there will be some crossover in these fics*

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14. Heeey. First of all, thank you for this blog. All ur recommendations are GOLD. Thank you so much!! uwu [You’re welcome!] also, do you/your followers know any fics where (a.) wangxian doesn’t end up together? ; and (b.) where a-yuan is wangxian’s (birth) child and lwj only finds out later? I’m kinda in the mood for TEARS. Thank you!! Stay safe!

Born to Blossom, Bloom to Perish by LadyMithiel (E, 99k, wangxian, WIP)

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15. Hi! Do you have any recommendation where wwx suffer from hunger and/or poverty??? Thanks for your hardwork (✿❛◡❛)

bloom into the ground by tattletold (M, 58k, wangxian, my post)

❤️no new age by everythingispoetry (M, 146k, wangxian, 4th story, my post)

the red dark shifting by typefortydeductions (E, 16k, wangxian, my post)

❤️grow by cafecliche (T, 14k, wangxian, my post)

cherry lingers on the stone by ThreePlums (M, 27k, wangxian)

May I Breathe by GammaRays (E, 75k, wangixan, WIP)

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16. hi mojo! i’ve been scratching my head for a while and i hope you can help. i read a fic where the character overhears their love interest say they’re not interested (but they haven’t heard the full conversation) and angst starts yadda yadda and i wanted to find more fics with this trope, but idk what tag to look for. “misunderstandings” seems a bit vague, i’ve been looking for a while and haven’t seen anything similar. it wasn’t the focus of the fic, just what happened in a recent update, so there’s no specific tag. please help!

Wholesome Life Usurp Immediately by Comfect (T, 103k, wangxian, qingli, yunmeng sibs)

a life in your shape by occultings (microcomets) (T, 9k, wangxian)

Tempo Rubato by Spodumene (E, 108, wangxian, my post)

baby let’s take the long way home by plonk (not rated, 11k, wangxian)

I will be chasing a starlight by feyburner, sundiscus (E, 18k, wangxian, WIP)

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17. First, I’d like to say your blog is one of the best things that have ever happened to me!! thank you so much for all you do! [Thank you, darling!] for the in the mood posts, do you know any fics where it’s the anniversary of wwx’s death and lwj is sad? and then wwx (or someone else) would comfort him? I’m really craving that kind of fic right now… Thank you in advance! Ɛ>

acoustic by hanguang-jacked (nasaplates) (M, 3k, wangxian)

藕断丝连 by RoseThorne (G, <1k, wangxian, lan sizhui & lan wangji)

Spring Blooms in the Cloud Recesses by tiniestawoo (G, 2k, lan sizhui & lan wangji)

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18. hello! thank you so much for you fic recommendations <3 I was wondering if there’s any fics where wwx becomes distant and lwj becomes desperate to reconnect with wwx? maybe something similar to Echo, Murmur, Dream, Here by bluerainmist ? thank you! ~ @lwjsupremaxy

Lie Open To One Another by levament (M, 41k, wangxian, WIP)

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19. hi! do you know of a fic similar to Like A Light Gone Out by OnlyMeAndMyBones; or one where lan wangji dies, please?

bloom into the ground by tattletold (M, 58k, wangxian, my post)

Consideration by BurningTea (G, 41k, wangxian, my post, WIP)

Side By Side Suicide by scifigeek14 (t, 3k, wangxian, my post, both of them die)

I can hardly wait to be with you again by kiralyne (T, 13k, wangxian, WIP)

emptiness in harmony (homeward bound) by estel_willow( (T, 9k, wangxian)

the thing with feathers by RoseThorne (G, 39k, wangxian, WIP)

Setting fire to our insides by StarsAlignNomore (E, 106k, 3zun, minor wangxian)

Over the Rotted Bridge by vailkagami (T, 247k, wangxian, WIP)

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20. Hi mojo!!! I love your blog. If you could recommend some immortal wwx I would really appreciate it.😊😊 ~ @the-roses-are-dead-again

Running Our Hands Through Embers by MarvelousMar (E, 136k, xicheng, wangxian, my post – this one is jiang cheng-centric)

the recluse at the end of the moonlit path by b_ofdale (T, 29k, wangxian, my post)

If One for you, then One for us by KusakabeNAyako (T, 85k, wangxian, WIP)

Night of Sixth Magnitude Stars by Leffy (M, 23k, wangxian)

the path to heaven / immortal wangxian by lightningalwaysreturns (E, 51k, wangxian, series in progress)

love, in fire and blood by cicer (E, 360k, wangxian, my bookmark)

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21. Hi mojo, I was just reading : TRAPPED IN AN OTOME GAME?! (GONE GAY) (NOT CLICKBAIT) by CursedBlessing and I absolutely love it so I was wondering if you have any isekai-ed wwx stories like that? [Wow, I just learned about a whole new category called otome isekai, which is very cool!] ~ @welliwannadie-alice

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22. Hi mojo, another ask, do you have anything where wwx is the one that’s betrothed to jzs instead of jyl? Kind of something like Neatly Arranged by thunderwear or Between Fire and Ice by CaseNumber825?

watch what we’ll become by glitteringmoonlight (T, 60k, wangxian, jin zixuan & wei wuxian, my bookmark)

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23. Ahaha, hello me again, just wondering you have any fics where wwx is friends and/or the one who saves or the one who is protected by Xue Yang? Something like thou child of my right hand by xxshigurexx (Shunou)? I highly doubt there’s anything else to suit what I want but its worth a try. Thank you anyways!

sever a finger, find a home by deadbeatrefrain (M,6k, xuexian - wwx/xy, darkfic, mind the tags)

wei wuxian & xue yang tag on AO3

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24. Hi Momjo, you know that fic where LWJ is cursed to lose all of his senses one at a time? (He loses his hearing, then his sight, then his sense of touch, then his sense of pressure…I’ve been looking for it forever but I can’t find the name of it). Are there any fics where something similar happens to WWX? Where he’s cursed to lose one/many/all of his senses? Bonus points for LWJ taking care of him, of course. (Sort of a finder + mood request!)

❤️shadows in the sun rise by Yuu_chi (E, 25k, wangxian, my post) this is the one you’re looking for.

Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground (T, 39k, wangxian, my post) has both of them unable to sense the other, with the juniors acting as go-betweens.

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25. do you have any fic recs that are jane austen inspired? i just read Tempo Rubato and now i have a massive craving!!

only the deepest love by occultings (microcomets) (T, 41k, wangxian)

Second Impressions: To See with Clearer Eyes by nockingarrows (not rated, 33k, wangxian)

An Uncle’s Request by suzvoy (G, 2k, wangxian)

A certain step towards falling in love by allollipoppins (M, 30k, wangxian)

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26. Hi! Welcome back! Do you have any fics where Lan Wangji was sexually abused as a child? and thats why he doesnt want to be touched. Thank u!

I wished it was a dream by LFMH021 (M, 5k, wangxian)

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[My ko-fi.]

wangji-illness

into the double digits of how many times i’ve rewatched the untamed. not gonna stop until i develop yet another mental illness

ashawol-deactivated20240605

Taemin living up to his reputation

ot5forevershinee

Taemin dirty talking us

peekbackstage

Insider perspective: BJYX

As someone who has worked over 10+ years in the Asian music industry, I figure it would probably helpful to explain my perspective on BJYX a little more in depth. (I talked a bit about it here.)

As a general rule of thumb, industry pros treat RPS as a marketing tool and 99% of the time, it’s never real. We know that fans really like and are into RPS, which is why fan service is so huge. We also know that ships can make fans even more invested in artists, which can be a huge boon for whichever pair of artists are being shipped. The artists themselves are also very much aware, and enjoy the reactions fans give them when they actually engage in overt fan service.

But the idea that fan service has any root in reality is ultimately a “white dream” (or wishful thinking). I hate to be the one to break it to everyone, but the majority of Asian male pop stars are very, very, very straight. As I stated previously, I’ve seen these guys in private settings partying it up with pretty women, models, and even escorts. I’ve personally witnessed them request pretty girls be brought in to party with them when they’re at after show events or out on the town in private VIP rooms. It’s actually pretty well documented that “wholesome” idols are not really as wholesome as you might think.

Knowing all of this, having seen as much as I have, I pretty much never put any stock in RPS, and initially had the same extremely skeptical, eye-rolling reaction to Yizhan that I do to virtually all other ships. (Especially if I actually happen to personally know the people in that pairing, lol.)

So the fact that even someone like me, someone who largely scoffs at all things RPS can believe that BJYX might potentially be real is the last thing I ever expected. Here’s my perspective on all the things that more or less convinced me.

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