The sound of low, raspy humming of a familiar tune took his attention away, lifting his head to gaze into the nearby forest of Yiling. “Wei Ying?”
Following his siren song, Lan Wangji shook as he brought himself to his feet. He grimaced in pain, taking a few shallow breaths but never able to breathe too deeply. The ache in his back forced him to stop routinely, but he couldn’t give up now… The melody was so close.
He pushed forward, stumbling into dense foliage and pushing it aside painfully. “Wei Ying…?” His body froze, pupils shrinking in shock.
Sitting upright against a tree in the distance was a corpse holding a young child, and not just any corpse and child. It was Wei Wuxian with Wen Yuan. Calmly drifting around the corpse was a thick resentment, moving like a living thing protecting its young. The moment the two were stumbled upon though, the humming came to an abrupt halt and the resentment curled around the two protectively.
Despite Wei Wuxian not turning his head nearly as quickly as he usually would to figure out who had stumbled upon them, the resentment reared itself almost like a feral animal in defense, giving the two a wide berth from the Lan.
“...Wei Ying…A-Yuan?” Lan Wangji managed, his heart falling to his feet.
He was too late.
this first art for TDKW! What do you guys think? v//w//v i rly like this one im proud of it
See More for TDKW below the line!
“The Dead Keep Walking” / TDKW - General rating*
*maybe Teen if gross things are described, tbh more likely to be teen but not sure.
TDKW is a short project I have planned centered around LWJ finding the dead body of WWX and A-Yuan is with him- but WWX is undead and walking. WWX may be a corpse, but he is conscious- a bit more like TGCF in that sense for plot reasons, but I may provide a sort of "as canon as possible" answer to fit more into mdzs properly. maybe something like a tag he attached to his skin or something before death combined with resentment from his living body.
WWX is not completely right in the head; he repeats things a lot, has lost the ability partially to actually debate with people (he will just repeat himself when he knows he's correct or wants something) has an uncharacteristically flat expression because of his state and his movements aren't always too fluid. he is however still good at protecting, as his resentment still resides with him in death. he has become more unapologetically feral as a result.
There's not a lot of information I can share yet for this fic, but I wanted to share it since I have been thinking about it for quite some time!
Part 1 Part 2 (you are here) Part 3 (in progress...) ...
For warnings/etc, refer to part 1 (there are no new warnings for this part)
Art/more info for this fic can be found in my masterpost.
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Part 2
· ✦ Right Here ✦ ·
The journey to the location the corpse wanted was slow, due to Lan Wangji’s injuries and Wei Wuxian’s rigid body. The ever silent Wen Yuan peered over Wei Wuxian’s shoulders as he held onto them, eyes big and round as he looked at who he onced called rich-gege.
Lan Wangji couldn’t focus enough to even notice.
Upon arrival, Lan Wangji swayed, knees shaking as he collapsed. If not for Wei Wuxian who had been in front of him, he would definitely be on the floor, but his resentment did the job of keeping his legs locked so he didn’t fall with all three of them.
“Lan Zhan…” Wei Wuxian used his resentment to support his arms, supporting Lan Wangji with one while setting Wen Yuan down with the other. “A..Yuan…” He gestured to the dilapidated bed in the abandoned home loosely. “Dust…”
Wen Yuan scampered over quietly to the wooden bed to remove rubble and dust, wiping as much off as he could with his little hands. While he did that, Wei Wuxian very slowly stepped forward, one foot after another until he stood next to it. “Yuan…”
The little boy moved out of the way, starting to look around for anything for the hurt gege to rest his head on. “Ah!” He tugged on the shredded curtains, and with a few big heaves, he fell back in a heap. He popped out of the gray cloth, the sight making the corpse’s eyes squint slightly in what Wen Yuan thinks is his way of laughing now. “Xian-gege...” He speaks very quietly in a hoarse tone, much more quietly than he usually does, as he toddles clumsily back over with the armful of cloth.
“Thank…you…” Wei Wuxian carefully lowered Lan Wangji to the bed first so he was sitting, supporting him with one arm while Wen Yuan helped him fold the curtain into a make-shift headrest with the other.
Once Lan Wangji was comfortably settled on his stomach and his head resting, the corpse exhaled quietly as if whatever he had just done with the little boy was quite the task. Well, it was, but not when he was alive it wasn’t. “A-Yuan…” He holds out his hand slowly for the boy to take, then helps him get on the bed to sit beside the man. “Stay…”
Wen Yuan whimpered and held onto Wei Wuxian’s robes, a little tremor in his shoulders. “S-scared, baba…”
The corpse froze momentarily, but then allowed himself to fall to his knees once more and lean into the arms that came to hug his face. This was no surprise to Wei Wuxian. He’d not seen it all, but the little boy had seen too much. “Baba…will be…outside…pick…herbs.”
“Baba…”
He nuzzled the boy to comfort him, but for a time, all Wen Yuan did was cling harder. “Watch…Lan Zhan…Baba…will be…right…here.”
Lan Wangji stared at the two with half-lidded eyes, feeling a deep aching throb move over his back in waves. “I won’t let anything happen to him…” His voice came quiet as if trying to match their volumes without thinking, but really it was just the exhaustion.
Wei Wuxian lifted his head slowly, his hand once more naturally returning to the little one’s back in slow, silent strokes. His gaze was calculating, but then he spoke once more. “You’re hurt.” He repeated, leaning down to hold his mouth against Wen Yuan’s forehead in what seemed to be a mock-kiss before gently scooting him back onto the bed. “Don’t…touch…Lan Zhan..’s….back.” The corpse leaned in and whispered something into the child’s ear, before finally letting him go to get up.
Lan Wangji’s eyelashes lowered in slow, drowsy movements. Ah…his back must be a mess if the other could tell where he was injured. He couldn’t find it in himself to regret it though, not as he watched the slow retreat of black robes through the broken doorway with blurry eyes.
His eyes felt heavy, but much more so as a small warmth leaned into his side carefully and held his hand. He wanted to turn his head, but it hurt too much, he was too tired…too…
i've been thinking about drawing them more i just don't have a lot of ideas since i'm not currently working on their story right now. but i was streaming and the opportunity presented itself, so i gave it a shot. i know how much you guys like my corpse wwx, so i couldn't just not draw a follow-up at some point!! i really need to work on their story more when i get time lol
anyway wwx has retained a lot of his wits despite being slow, which means even though his face is a bit lacking, he is still his old self as much as he can be in such a situation.
Plus here's a bonus cuz i was trying to draw more but couldn't think of anything haha
Read more about TDKW here on my masterpost, or see the original drawing there with these two as well!
I've changed the way that this is set up by using google drive to outsource each section bc my post was breaking, this new setup makes it easier to edit and of course the post i'm using can continue to be used without breaking.
The hyperlinks attached to the titles are generally the "first chapter" or "part" for the AU or the source for the information about the AU. some of them don't have a lot of info so they're just linked to their original posts, but the big ones have larger sources on google drive!
BEFORE YOU START READING, make sure you're looking at my original post so you can see the most up to date version.
See the full post without all the fuss here on google drive.
See the full section and art list here.
(you can also read about RHFF & TWPT there).
GOM SPINOFFS:
"Rose Hips and Flushed Fingertips" / RHFF [working on in bg]
"The Wild Plum Tree" / TWPT [working on in bg]
.✦“Son of the Yiling Laozu” / SOTYL - Rated Mature* [Inactive]
*(Rating may adjust to Explicit if i deem it bad enough, but i'm just not sure all of what is gonna be in it despite having a good chunk of outline done).
See/Read more about SOTYL here.
.✦“Clash of Immortals” / COI - Rated Explicit [casual updates]
See/Read more about COI here.
.✦“In My Blood, Stardust Blooms” / IMBSB
- Rated Mature* [casual updates]
*(Rating may change depending on if i don't add anything explicit).
See/Read more about IMBSB here.
.✦“The Dead Keep Walking” / TDKW
- Rated General* [casual updates]
*maybe Teen if gross things are described, tbh more likely to be teen but not sure.
See/Read more about TDKW here.
.✦"Possession of the Burial Mounds"
- Rated Explicit [casual updates]
*Rating may change (rn its explicit for dark themes/"spice".)
PBM is a short project revolving around wwx becoming "wrong" during his 3 months missing in burial mounds.
Music playlist!
.✦Salt & Vinegar - Rated ??? [inactive]
Prompt
.✦He's Definitely Sober - Rated ??? [inactive]
Prompt
.✦Breaking Dawn - Rated Mature [Casual Updates]
Shattered Reflections (Origin story)
Breaking Dawn isn't quite modern, but it is later than mdzs time setting. No summary written yet, but all you need to know is that werewolves exist in this universe.
.✦The Night We Met - Rated ??? [Paused]
(Merxian/Traveler!Lwj AU)
+ Merxian/Merji AU (unnamed) - might tie this to Merxian/Traveler!Lwj au.
MerJi/TravelerJi WIP / Wangxian Prompt 1 WIP
MerXian sketch / MerXian 1 (nudity & wips)
MerXian 2 (sfw) / MerXian 3 (B&W)
Wangxian Prompt 1 cont. sketch
Stay with me (prompt 6 + art)
Deleted Scene for prompt 7
Allure of decency MerXian sketch (referred to in prompt 6 and 7)
Deep Sea MerXian Edit (along with the Ao3 link for the ficlet collection).
I created these two mermay au's for mermay prompts i wrote.
You can read the prompts on Ao3 as well.
Music Playlist here.
.✦Suns Out, Buns Out! - Mature
BunXian Design (link to ficlet)
BunHuan Design (and ficlet)
Random Wangxian/mdzs things:
Emoji writing prompts
He's a biter ficlet for @/Jiaoji (canon-themed mdzs with divergance)
Ao3 "fluffles" collection, where you can find all my ficlets together
(minus The Night We Met and other au's that are to be posted individually).
Part 1 (you are here). Part 2 Part 3 (in progress) ...
Rated Teen
Characters: Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian, Wen Yuan/Lan Yuan
Overall Warnings (will be updated if i notice one that i didn't list along the way):
-WWX is a corpse which means corpse-like things will probably be described at times. I'm not sure if i will, but i'm putting this here for a warning.
-Less of a warning more of a statement:
There will not be any corpse "spice." (aka🔞) so don't expect any.
Corpses/Fierce corpses canonically cause corpse poisoning and
he's not in the condition for it. mainly tho, i personally don't want to add it here.
-Graphic depictions of injury (and maybe scars in the future, not sure yet).
Art/more info for this fic can be found in my masterpost.
(including the art in the tdkw banner but the full thing)
Alright let's call it there and get into part 1!
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Part 1
· ✦ Too Late ✦ ·
Lan Wangji stumbled through the streets of Yiling, leaning heavily on his sword as he did. Wei Wuxian couldn’t be dead. There was just no way. He was strong, he was the Yiling Laozu, Wei Ying…!
He collapsed unexpectedly to his knees on the empty streets and grimaced, and only then did he take a moment to endure a moment’s rest. He was so, so tired…thankful at least that he wouldn’t be bothered as long as his brother didn’t find out he’d slipped away from Gusu or someone didn’t leave their home at the wrong time. Leaving at night was a bane and a boon all at the same time.
The cold, sticky feeling of blood rubbed against his back as he breathed, the bandages now itchy and uncomfortable from the repeated motions and tearing of his wounds.
The sound of low, raspy humming in a familiar tune took his attention away, lifting his head to gaze into the nearby forest. “Wei Ying?”
Following his siren song, Lan Wangji shook as he brought himself to his feet. He grimaced in pain, taking a few shallow breaths but never able to breathe too deeply lest a fresh wave of pain wrack up his spine. The ache in his back forced him to stop routinely, but he couldn’t give up now… The melody was so close.
He pushed forward, stumbling into dense foliage and pushing it aside with more effort than was usually necessary. “Wei Ying…?” His body froze, pupils shrinking in shock.
Sitting upright against a tree in the distance was a corpse holding a young child, and not just any corpse and child. It was Wei Wuxian with Wen Yuan. Calmly drifting around the corpse was a thick resentment, moving like a living thing protecting its young, twirling and drifting languidly to the melody. The moment the two were stumbled upon though, the humming came to an abrupt halt and the resentment curled around the two protectively.
Despite Wei Wuxian not turning his head nearly as quickly as he usually would to figure out who had stumbled upon them, the resentment reared itself almost like a feral animal in defense, giving the two a wide berth from the Lan as he stumbled back a couple steps and grimaced painfully.
“...Wei Ying…A-Yuan?” Lan Wangji managed, his heart throbbing painfully at the sight.
He was too late.
A calm seemed to come to the resentment, but Lan Wangji didn’t notice. He fell to his knees and held a hand to his face, body shaking as he no longer felt the determination to support his weight.
The quiet sound of shuffling robes and uneven footsteps passed the jade’s ears unheard, that is until he heard the thud of a body falling in front of him. He lifted his head, blurry vision meeting the dark figure before him. Wei Wuxian had approached and fell to his knees before him, his face uncharacteristically expressionless and eyes a ghostly white, but…something soft was there. Worried. It was like…
“Lan…Zhan…”
Lan Wangji stiffened, eyes wide as the corpse of his friend lifted his hand to wipe away the tears on his face in very slow movements. Despite having little to no motor control, Wei Wuxian was conscious.
“Wei Ying??” Lan Wangji brought his hands up to the other’s face, eyebrows furrowed by the lack of change. Wei Wuxian’s lip twitched and his eyes might have squinted slightly, but it was nothing like the bright face he’d once known. Something told Lan Wangji though that despite his condition, the other was still able to feel and see the things he used to at some level- just with a stiff, painless body.
“Mnh…it’s…Wei Ying.” His voice was crackly, deep, and slow. Kind of like he had to think about what he needed to say before it exited his mouth. He pulled away though when Wen Yuan shifted in his arms, leaning his head down to nuzzle against the nervous toddler. “Little…radish. protect…”
Lan Wangji nodded. “You…you did so well, Wei Ying. Really…” He strained not to cry again, but let out a shuddering breath instead. “We should take you somewhere safe…if someone sees either of you, you’ll be in danger…”
“I won’t…go to Gusu…” Wei Wuxian pulled the boy closer, his eyes managing to narrow some while his resentment swirled around him in agitation.
“I won’t make you…let’s go somewhere else, just anywhere out of sight…” Lan Wangji pursed his lips and furrowed his brow as he struggled to get up, trying to renew his vigor to move, however Wei Wuxian reached up slowly to hold onto the others clothes with a hand. The motion wasn’t forceful at all, not that Wei Wuxian could be forceful. It seemed most of his power laid in the resentment circling his body now.
“Rest first…” Wei Wuxian slowly let go of the other’s clothes as the man settled back down, face pale in his strain. “What…happened?”
“...” Lan Wangji frowned, averting his eyes slightly. “It’s not important. Your safety…we should prioritize.”
“I’m fine…” The corpse sat back on the ground with a thump, eyelashes lowering to the boy playing with his ribbon. He seemed to be processing something, but eventually dropped the thought, lifting his glazed eyes back up to the injured man. “Lan…Zhan. Should…go home.”
Lan Wangji shook his head. “I won’t go. Not until you’re somewhere safe.”
“Nowhere safe.” Wei Wuxian spoke in low tones, slowly adjusting his arms to hold Wen Yuan against his shoulder. “I'll… protect.”
Lan Wangji’s heart broke further if possible, pursing his lips in an attempt to stifle any more tears. “Let me help you. Please, Wei Ying…”
“You’re hurt.”
“…”
“I might…be dead,” Lan Wangji flinched subtly at the words the corpse utters. “But…not stupid.” The face Lan Wangji makes has Wei Wuxian amend his words slightly after some quiet thought. “...after we hide…you go…recover.”
Lan Wangji nodded slightly, though his head felt like lead.
Heads up i am currently struggling to code and clean up the MDZS masterpost which is usually pinned to my account profiles, so im sorry they're not in date (i've been kind of updating it recently as i try to fix things, but i'm spending a good bit of time now trying to completely finish the fix) so patience ! :'D
after that, i wanna start working on stuff again but i'm giving you guys a more narrow set of choices this time heh
What should i write tonight?
PBM (Possession of the Burial Mounds)
TDKW (The Dead Keep Walking)
Voting ended onApr 29, 2023
Consider this to have a countdown of 1-3 hours so just vote and spread it as much as you can until then.
No matter which one wins this time i'll work on the one that wins tonight cuz i want to work on both. (but i will set aside some time later to work on GOM too cuz i realize time keeps sneaking up on me and i need to work on it more ahead of time)
if you're new and dunno what PBM/TDKW is, check out their posts here and here.
Rules: post the first sentence of your last ten fics. If you haven’t written ten fics, share as many first-sentences as you have.
got this from @wifiwuxians (I started typing this yesterday i just was so sleepy haha)
i don't know if anyone i know writes fanfics except one person, and i also don't have a lot of fics to give an example for...however, i'll give what i can cuz this sounded fun to do. Plus, maybe you'll see a few things you haven't seen yet!!
so i guess i tag any authors who follow me or see this. @foxyyaoguai is the only one i know personally, don't feel pressured tho!
man this list gives me a bad reputation for finishing things, i just haven't done many fanfictions in my life (i usually write original stuff)
“Oi, brat.” Eren sighed quite verbally from where he was laying, looking up at the tree above him shortly after his eyes cracked open. - Hey Brat (AOT/Attack on Titan fanfic, coincidentally the first fic i ever started to attempt writing. Ereri i believe. incomplete/not finishing)
Tight breaths were ragged in Tommy’s chest, his own screams covering the sound of bruised knuckles slamming against the two fighters’ bodies. - AHTFF/A Height to Fall From (Minecraft, Tommyinnit centric / SBI, sorta a fantasty/timeline hop AU...never posted it and its unfinished...should i post it anyway sometime? i wrote a lot for this one and it has a full outline for 3 fics & 2 epilogues. i also drew a bunch of designs for them...seems like it'd be a shame to let it rot.)
The usual trip home was late at night today. - His Forever Home (Minecraft, Tommyinnit / SBI / Awesamfam childhood AU, unfinished, unposted)
In hindsight, it was a childish mistake. - BB/Boar Brothers (Minecraft, Tommyinnit / SBI childhood AU, unfinished. I believe this was a companionfic to HFH.) unfinished
Screams were ringing in the teen’s ears. - His Lullaby (Minecraft, Tommyinnit centric / SBI this one is complete and posted, a simple one-shot with a lot of feels)
“A-Yuan.” - Ghost of Mine (MDZS/Mo Dao Zu Shi - Wangxian, half a fix it ? Ghost wwx AU - In progress and being posted as we speak)
Someone’s memories crashed into him like a storm. - GOM-MXY (Companion fic to Ghost of Mine, the MXY one. in progress, will be posted at gom's halfway point).
“Wei…Ying…are you alright?” - COI / Clash of Immortals (Demon/Angel Wangxian AU but with my own universe version of Hell. you guys know what this is, no Ao3 yet- in progress.)
Lan Wangji couldn’t stop crying. - IMBSB/In My Blood, Stardust Blooms (MDZS one/two shot abt angel lwj and angel wwx, in progress)
Greetings sect leader Jiang, I hope this letter finds you well. - The Wild Plum Tree / TWPT (MDZS Xicheng Companionfic for GOM) in progress.
BONUS (11.) : Lan Wangji stumbled through the streets of Yiling, leaning heavily on his sword as he did. - TDKW/The Dead Keep Walking (MDZS one/two shot abt corpse wwx. in progress.)
fuck it i added the rest here because i honestly haven't started that many fics lmao i didn't know i had actually made 11 fics, even if half aren't going to get done (aka anything that isn't the mdzs fandom stuff) so like, 1-4 are dead fics, bc im not interested anymore or fell out of the fandom for personal reasons. The rest though are things im currently working on and am striving to complete! see the project list here with summaries.
