Phthalo

rat king | she/they | asexual and a certified mess. i have no idea what i'm doing ever, but come rant with me about everything from mxtx to megastar. you can also find me under ambs_ace on Ao3.

[hunxi-guilai]

okay okay wait guys, hear me out: Gideon the Ninth/CQL Crossover

y’all it writes itself

okay so for those of you who are unfamiliar with Tasmyn Muir’s novel, the general pitch is that it’s about lesbian necromancers in space, and if that doesn’t sell you on this book, I don’t know what you’re doing in the CQL/MDZS fandom either

but what you need to know about Gideon the Ninth worldbuilding is that the Necrolord Prime needs new Lyctors, and the necromantic scions of the Nine Houses are called to the same planet to compete for Lyctorhood, a process that begins with mystery and devolves into murder. All necromancers are accompanied by their cavaliers, who are their sword hands, their bodyguards, their confidants, their soulmates.

but please consider:

Lan Wangji, cavalier primary to Lan Xichen of the Sixth House, meeting Wei Wuxian, cavalier primary to Jiang Cheng of the Fourth House, sparks flying from their blades as their necromancers race to piece together the clues leading to the horrible truth of Lyctorhood on the surface of a dying planet, the fabric of their worlds silently crumbling around them

[hunxi-guilai]

y’all came for this post and that honestly makes me so happy

^ mmmmm 1000% yes, we’d just have to decide if this is a YilingLaozu!Wei Wuxian or a YunmengHero!Wei Wuxian

HECK YES. YOU. ANON. KEEP TALKING. 

I’m a dumdum and didn’t immediately link this ask to the Gideon the Ninth post so I got super confused for a hot sec like did I post a domestic wangxian headcanon???? that doesn’t sound like me???? what puzzles???

and then I put it together

I love the idea of cavalier!LWJ just being like “you should go home” and WWX being like “oh YEAH and let YOU become Lyctor? I’m sorry but you wouldn’t even have that KEY if we didn’t HELP YOU” and LWJ is like “…you are drastically misinterpreting the intent of my statement”

also @souridealist​ I would reblog your post but mega Gideon the Ninth spoilers so let me just say 1) yes, Wei Wuxian and Gideon would be the most terrifying platonic battle/power couple in the multiverse, holy shit, everyone should be scared out of their goddamn minds, and 2) are you TRYING to slap me in the face with songxiao with that description???? my GOD

anyway YOU’RE genius and fuck YOU I’m UPSET

[littlesmartart]

some goofy Venerated Triad referenced from this gif. it's what I imagine the situation would be like if all three of them were drunk at the same time: Xichen being loud and happy and excitable, JGY all sleepy and clingy, and Mingjue just 100% ready to indulge any Jock Nonsense Xichen wants to (literally) throw himself into

my favourite frame:

f e a r

more in the Happy AU

[nyoomtofu]

[carinavet]

I want to go into more detail on this, because I rewatched with this in mind and GOD do I love both details and costuming.

So the first time we see Wei Wuxian in this undershirt is when he wakes up in Cloud Recesses, right after everyone finds out who he is (and right after “I already knew it was Wei Ying.”)

This is also the first time you see Lan Wangji’s lack of a bottom layer.

Lan Xichen comes in and they discuss what Wei Wuxian had found out in the secret room, and Wei Wuxian quickly dresses so they can check out the forbidden room of the Library Pavillion. His bottom layer, normally either red or black until this point, is still white. Lan Wanji still has only two layers on.

And if you notice, Wei Wuxian’s layers aren’t quite sitting right on him. Both Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen have their robes tight against their chests, right up to their throats, but Wei Wuxian’s got that big white stripe almost screaming for you to look at it in comparison. In closeups you can also tell that it doesn’t sit smoothly against his chest like the costumes normally do in this show.

See that wrinkle? You NEVER see that in any other part of this show. Hell, the only time anyone has a single hair out of place is when Wei Wuxian’s trapped in the dungeon with that giant dog, and that was to show just how badly off he was in that moment. But that shirt don’t fit, bro.

And that’s what he continues to wear through the trip to the Burial Mounds. It’s less obvious later because he tucks it a bit tighter, but he still has that white bottom layer, and Lan Wangji is still missing a layer. Right up until Wei Wuxian uses himself as bait, as shown in the video. They finally change clothes when they’re on the docks on the way to Lotus Pier. Wei Wuxian gets a whole new outfit, and Lan Wangji suddenly has a bottom layer again – but instead of his usual white, it’s blue.

So why bother with this little detail? Why bother putting it in or spending a half hour of my life gathering screenshots to analyze it? Because of this passage (and others) from a bonus chapter of the novel, via Exiled Rebels Scanlations:

When the time came, Lan SiZhui had been waiting for quite a while, standing in the courtyard with Lil’ Apple reined, when Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi finally sauntered out of the house.

He wanted to tell him, Senior Wei, you accidentally wore HanGuang-Jun’s clothes again. But after some thought, he still swallowed the sentence.

After all, Wei WuXian wore the wrong clothes every couple of days. If he reminded Wei WuXian every single time, wouldn’t he die of fatigue?

And every time Senior Wei would wear it anyways because he thought it was too much trouble to change. Feeling that there was no point in reminding him anyways, Lan SiZhui decided he’d much rather pretend he saw nothing.

The novel makes a point of mentioning that Wei Wuxian constantly grabs the wrong underclothes, and that said underclothes are too big for him, but he doesn’t bother changing. And the showrunners paid attention and said, “Well, we may not be able to SAY that they get nekkid together, but we sure can show evidence for it!” And it’s that kind of attention to detail that makes this show so damn fantastic, and so true to the source material despite having to work around externally imposed rules of conduct.

Bonus Lan Wangji:

[basket-of-loquats]

modern au where single big bro lxc take cares of his kid brother lwj (lilo and nani style you feel)

[winds-somewhere-safe-to-sea]

to everyone asking if wwx is stitch in this scenario: i mean, i’m not saying yes, but i am saying that “maybe send me an angel, the nicest one you’ve got” *cuts immediately to wei ying laughing manically*

[phthalok]

delusional enough that i would still try to pet a yutyrannus huali knowing it would eat me

[crimson-22-a]

I love this picture so much, I keep going back to it over and over :')

[They're on a tea date in my head btw]

[bitcheshelp]

kisaita makes me feel unwell wdym two people with completely different values that have been rejected by their home and ran away from everyone they knew found each other and carved out a quiet intimacy in their years together. AND it's an age gap relationship where the older one wants to bark like a dog on orders from the younger one??? perfect 12/10 no notes

[legallyagraverobber]

You jnow those elderly couples who've been together for a long time and when one of them dies the other one passes shortly after? It's like they can't really live without each other

Well yeah....

I think about this a lot

[abilai]

Beefleaf comm I did for my dearest cathhh

[phthalok]

unsolicited opinion: rong xuan was a doomsday prepper

[phthalok]

i'm rewatching word of honor before they take it off netflix and holy fuck, wen kexing in those first few episodes??? absolute WHORE behavior

[phthalok]

life is an absolute dumpster fire right now, but at least bts is back

[osteoglosssidae]

‘I wish you would rest your eyes.’

[twodirt]

partners

[phthalok]

guys, i am in kisaita hell right now. i already have so many fics in progress, and all my brain can think about is what about a phantom of the opera au???

[jonkleringjerster]

The Other Woman :(

happy batjokes day ohhh im putting them in peril ohh please divorce and kill each other

[chronicwhorebatman]

gotham city dashboard simulator

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to be completely clear: they fixed arkham's breakout problem with fucking pizza day?

👀arkhambreakoutwatch

it's been three weeks since anyone broke out. not even the joker.

👀arkhambreakoutwatch

never mind we can't have good things. thanks for cancelling it and getting immediately thirty breakouts

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did any of you see what batman did to poison ivy. choking. with his thighs. did any of you guys see this. hey. hey did a

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can anyone actually stand bruce wayne. like. please tell me you're all joking. that man is a billionaire with a billion dollars of botox

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can anyone actually hate bruce wayne. like. please tell me you're all joking. that man is a billionaire trying to save our lives

💔brucewaynehater

oh and i've gained a mirror self. thanks tumblr

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⚠️JOKER BREAKOUT THIS IS NOT A DRILL⚠️

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good news guys! i know where the joker's base is!

bad news guys! it's next door to me.

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i have an idea more proactive than the gcpd

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already done that 👍

🙈gothamite-confessions

haha nice. nice fake account there dude. this is fake right

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idk why i bother venting on this site :/ all my posts flop except my gay yearning ones and batman isn't even ON this webbed site so it doesn't matter anyway

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🤡not-the-joker

HWTA

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HSJKJDHJDH is anyone watching the bruce wayne talk show thingy right now. i'm. i think bruce has just confessed to sleeping with harvey dent AFTER he became two face

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bestie WHAT

🌃gothamite7

beloved mutual i will of course attempt to sum this up for you in memes

i promise i'm not making this up. he booked the flight mid interview. he was making eye contact with kent

🖤gothamite12

WHAT

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@ not-the-joker ?

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guys im. im losing it a little bit. does anyone. does. does anyone

😍brucewayneswife

sorry i couldn't figure out how to say it. here's a meme

😔gothamsworstsoldier Follow

NO???? NO WE DO NOT FUCKING REMEMBER THAT??????

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so. in summary,

👀arkhambreakoutwatch Follow

the joker had been recaptured! however, clayface has escaped

👀arkhambreakoutwatch

that was quick. joker's out again though 👍and there's been a blackgate breakout

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please it's been on for three days and three nights it's short circuiting the electricity grid

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bestie how powerful is the batsignal

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compliation of my best batman themed memes to celebrate the joker's re-recapture

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EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU BRUCE WAYNE