#teamsarawatshusband

[peupeugunn]

you know what? i like that cql is so different from the book! they made some weird decisions but who can deny that they made some shit better. the lan forehead ribbon with the little cloud charm. making zidian somehow a thousand times sexier. the fun little road trip adventure that wei wuxian, lan wangji, jiang cheng and nie huaisang go on. the designs of all their swords. i dunno, i just think it's neat.

[dephoraowo]

Lan Wangji and a List of his Fanon Tropes

For some reason, Lan Wangji is also misunderstood by the fandom. Luckily, he isn't that badly misunderstood as Wei Wuxian is 😅. Here is a list to help you understand Lan Wangji, one of the best characters in mdzs, better.

List of Fanon Tropes:

Lan Wangji only loves once. Side note: This can apply to all the Lans.

Lan Wangji is repressed / struggles to express himself.

Lan Wangji has a speech impediment.

Lan Wangji adopted A-Yuan as his son.

Lan Wangji mourned for Wei Wuxian / played Inquiry for 13 years. (+ this, this.)

Lan Wangji saved Wei Wuxian in Nightless City because he loved him.

Lan Wangji learned how to be righteous from Wei Wuxian. (+ this, this, this, this, this.)

Lan Wangji wore mourning robes after Wei Wuxian died.

Lan Wangji is Chief Cultivator.

Lan Wangji loves Wei Wuxian, even more than his own morals.

Lan Wangji confessed to Wei Wuxian after saving him at Nightless City.

Lan Wangji cares about his own reputation. (+ this.)

Lan Wangji expects Wei Wuxian to return his feelings.

Lan Wangji is a stickler for all the rules.

Lan Wangji fought his clan elders in a cave in the Burial Mounds. (+ this.)

Lan Wangji isn't that smart.

Lan Wangji’s family approved of Wei Wuxian.

None of these posts belong to me. Please support those who have written the posts. As usual, if there are any more fanon tropes about Lan Wangji, please do tell 😁.

[undercover-stories]

One of the things I love most about Lan Zhan is that he didn't make Wei Yings death about himself. About his anger or his loneliness or his regret. It was all about keeping Wei Ying alive in any way he could. In the way he worked to change his sect. In how he went out of his way to help people who needed it most. In making sure Sizhui grew up healthy and surrounded by people who cared for him. I think the only 'selfish' thing he did do was allow himself to be freely angry and annoyed with Jiang Cheng. To be the little menace he always holds himself back from truly being.

Lan Zhan had every right to bring down his fury onto the cultivation world for what they did to Wei Ying and the Wen Remnants but he didn't because that was never what Wei Ying truly wanted. I think there's more nuance to that kind of love then the kind that demands one side to burn the world for the other.

[randomness-is-my-order]

while reading the books, i remember wei wuxian’s relationship with jin ling hitting me especially hard. i was crying when the whole stabbing thing happened. but i truly adore what becomes of them and do you know why? because jin ling does something the others could never, something miraculous really––he actually unlearns the prejudice he’s been taught to hold against wei wuxian. he meets wwx, full of disdain, slowly learning about who wwx really is and it has nothing to do with wwx’s outward appearance. and when the truth is revealed, the internal warring for jin ling is plainly portrayed and even if he does give in to a hate intermingled with grief that he has internalised towards this one entity (wei wuxian was never a person in his mind, just the ‘killer’ of his parents, a phantom, before the events of the book happened), you can tell his heart has already turned, that it will keep turning and that’s what happens. you have jin ling, an orphaned child, who hated someone whom his mother loved dearly, because that man caused his parents’ death but it is such a commendable thing that wei wuxian was able to create a space in jin ling’s heart and jin ling was able to accept it. it’s the way both jin ling & jiang cheng blame the death of their parents on wwx but only the former was able to see wei wuxian clearly and actually forge a bond of love with him.

it’s the fact that if ANYONE in this story can actually rightfully hold a grudge against wei wuxian, it’s jin ling, but instead this teenager decides that wei wuxian is much too good and that having him as an uncle is lovely, after all.

[binghesdefenseattorney]

i think it’s interesting how people often characterize lan wangji’s perspective of wei wuxian during and after the yiling laozi arc like “free my man, he did nothing wrong.” but to me, i feel like this is just selling short his character and his devotion to wwx. the way i see it, when wei wuxian is at his worst and in the years after when wwx comes back, lan wangji isn’t condoning his actions of that era. it’s more like, “i know you were trying to do the right thing, and things spiraled out of control, and i failed to help you back then, and i won’t fail you again.” it’s not wei wuxian’s actions that lan wangji is so defensive of but his intentions. even if lwj didn’t know at the time (and even when he comes back, at first) why wwx chose the ghostly path and gave up righteous cultivation, he has an unshakeable faith in wwx’s moral code, that wwx will do what he feels is right. or at least, doing what he thinks he needs to do to survive. this doesn’t necessarily mean that lan zhan thinks what wwx did as his mental state eroded WAS right. we see this so many times when lan zhan tries to help him, hoping that wwx will return to gusu with him. it’s not until it’s too late, when wwx is truly breaking down, that he understands that that wasn’t the right way to help wwx. the right way is to just be there for him, which is what he does when wwx returns. letting wwx make his own decisions while showing him that there is still someone who believes in him. imo this is much more meaningful than the other interpretation that i see a lot that i mentioned above. it’s about being there for wei wuxian even if he does make the wrong decisions because at the end of the day he knows that wwx, at his core, has good intentions.

[sabigawa]

mourning clothes

[accio-victuuri]

[accio-victuuri]

xiao zhan - yuguyao behind the scenes

Shocked and hesitant under the curled up body, the pain is hard to pull out in the condensed eyebrows and tears. The roar of thunder that hurt the ultimate traction did not reach the time shadow @X九少年团肖战DAYTOY 's pain of losing his mother...

[bug-catcher-in-viridian-forest]

wei wuxian: every feeling i have towards lan zhan is objective because he is objectively awesome and objectively beautiful. everybody feels the same way, even this random waiter. it has nothing to do with my preference, at all. if he liked me i would marry him, but that's just because everybody would.

[yibo-wang]

Been meaning to talk about it since it started trending and I finally have the time now.

"Netizens thank Wang Yibo for scholarship funding"

Yibo's always been the silent introvert type but his heart is as big as the ocean. He never brags about anything he does, he just silently keeps on helping people and being the good boy he is 🥺.

Recently netizens came forward with the list of stuff yibo's been doing in private for the community and his people and it's so heartwarming because you wouldn't have even known he's been doing all of this if people didn't talk about it.

while haters and antis try everyday to smear his name and throw mud at him it's the voice of the general public now more than ever who know what a kind soul he is. More and more people are getting to know him as a person, his dedication to his work, how he's literally the most clean person in the industry and how he just helps people in silence. He doesn't talk about the haters, he acknowledges his fans but never hypes them up or uses fan service to bait anyone. This boy is just out there doing what he loves and just spreading joy to everyone. He deserves every blessing and happiness that comes his way and more 🥺❤️

(translation credit)

"The sun sets at night but there will still be lights. You see, the world is not that bad"

(getting very sentimental about these lyrics from wugan)

[modao18]

Sketching to pass the time, really.

[righteousinadversity]

I don't think any protagonist can ever top Wei 'Yiling Laozu' Wuxian. No one is doing it like him. He is an icon. He can shoot arrows blindfolded. He is a prankster. He falls for a boy and decides immediately that he must have said boy's attention on him at all time. He is necromancer exacting his vengeance. He is just three years old. He is a flirt. He has his first kiss in his twenties. He does not remember your name. He does remember that one song his crush sang to him in a cave when he was injured and feverish. He is a sunshine boy. He survived the hell of hells. He died and was unhappily brought back to life. He's the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. He walks the single plank bridge alone. He is the awesome gay uncle who knows everything. He is a pretty boy. He is the most moral, steadfast person you know. He is just a man throwing flowers to his love. He rips his hard won talent out to repay a debt that never was. He is a sister's boy. He is an abuse survivor. He is an urban legend. He is one of the most handsome men of his time. He has so much trauma. He plants children like radishes. He threw the arrow he was shot with from a rooftop and killed someone. He is a talented musician. He is a scheming fox. He can drink you under the table. He is so fucking tired of this bullshit. He has probably long since burned his tastebuds with the spice he puts in his food. He is broke. He kisses skeletons on their hands in gratitude. He confesses his deep, abiding love in the middle of being held hostage. He attempts the impossible and succeeding. He is an untamed hero, standing against a world condemning innocent. He is everything.

[ninjakk]

This 🥰

[zsww-moved-to-pillowfort-deacti]

© -冬杪-

※re-posted with permission ※please don’t remove the source

[teamsarawatshusband]

Okay, this is probably a stupid question... but who else to ask than you guys?

I know there’s the edited published version of the Mo Dao Zu Shi novel and the original uncensored version of it that used to be online. And i’ve read somewhere on tumblr that the original was a lot more graphic and that the published printed version is very much not graphic. So i figured that the fan translations online must be including the original uncensored version’s scenes, as they do have some quite steamy chapters. Such as for example, the bathtub scene.

I always assumed that the English (translated) published novel series is the same as the edited published Chinese version, and I thought it would not contain any deeply graphic parts. However... In book 4 towards the end... there’s the scene with the bathtub, and... it’s seems pretty complete to me (in comparison to the fan translations that i had read beforehand).

So, can anybody tell me if i was mistaken? Do the published versions contain all the graphic parts? Or are there maybe differences between the Chinese version and other translated published print versions? Or was what i read on tumblr wrong and the difference between original version and edited/printed version is not in how graphic the love scenes are but rather in other details?

In any case, i now feel like I have only ever read the edited/censored version (although it doesn’t feel censored at all to me), and am wondering what i missed. Is the original version anywhere to be found still?

I hope somebody can shed some light on this. Thank you so much in advance 💕

[scenograph]

Concept art for The Untamed (2019)

[teamsarawatshusband]

"He'd climb into Lan Wangji's bed come hell or high water, hoping that Lan Wangji would quickly strike him away with his sword in disgust. But no matter the fits he threw, Lan Wangji was still and unmoved. Every time Wei Wuxian burrowed into his blankets, he'd give Wei Wuxian a gentle tap, petrifying him." (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Book 1, Chapter 5)

So, what I'm gathering is: Wei Wuxian, when trying to get Lan Wangji to kick him out, puts on a flirt and scandalously crawls into his bed. And then, when that idea fails and makes him end up sleeping cuddled up to Lan Wangji all night, to come up with a better solution... Wei Wuxian, one of the smartest men and the single most creative and inventive cultivator in the entire world, comes up with the brilliant plan to try the same failed idea again and again and again.

[bug-catcher-in-viridian-forest]

one thing i really like about the dynamic in the untamed is how there is no imbalance of skills between the absolute nightmare and the sweaterboy, when in many pieces of fiction the sweaterboy usually looks up to the absolute nightmare because they have a textually stronger combination of skills, but in the untamed they are equally clever, equally good fighters, equally good people… they are on the same pedestal and their differences amount to differences in extroversion, differences in specialization, differences in upbringing and differences in presentation