Wangxian Prompts Generator

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Prompt 102: Marry in.

In which Omega!Wei Wuxian in an attempt to put an end to any matchmaking, brings a handsome commoner home and announces they eloped and that "Lan Zhan" agreed to marry in (since he doesn't care about status, he already has enough of it for the both of them :DDDD)

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His adopted brother and head of the Viscounty, Beta!Jiang Wanyin, fully supports his decision since he'd rather keep him by his side as his right hand (rather than marry him off to secure a dubious alliance with another noble house. YES HE'S STILL SALTY ABOUT HIS SISTER'S MARRIAGE, WHAT OF IT???!?!?). And really, it saves him from the hassle of finding a match of his own, he can just name Wei Yuan as his heir.

(What if his parents make a fuss? It's not as if they never had something to complain about, they'll just get over it in time.)

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And in which the crown prince Alpha!Lan Wangji felt utterly charmed by the Omega that proposed to him so daringly. Not for his status, not for his money. But for his FACE. So he goes along and lets himself get attic-wifed (much enthusiastically. Everyday means everyday.)

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Meanwhile King Lan Xichen searches for his brother the second Jade of Gusu, the finest blade of his generation and most sought after bachelor, that went missing for more than a year.

Then he gets invited to Wei Yuan's 100 day celebration in the Jiang Viscounty.

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Prompt 101 : Deadline.

In which WWX jokingly tells LWJ they should marry one another, if neither of them are with anyone by the time they reach 30.

And LWJ not so jokingly takes that as a permission to chase out both of their prospects. Through blackmail, coercion or murder.

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Headcanon:

The Cultivation World to WWX: FUCK YOU!

LWJ: No, he's taken.

The Cultivation World: What?

LWJ: What?

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Prompt 100: Insecurities.

It is usual for Concubines and Consorts to get defanged, regardless of their second gender as to not tie the Emperor in return. As to not make their bond exclusive.

It makes Emperor LWJ extremely anxious. Noble Consort Wei was just. Handsome. Too handsome. Too bright. Too charming, and of course, too popular among the Harem and foreign dignitaries.

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He was always surrounded. Always. No matter the hour, no matter the place, there was a crowd—hovering, laughing, sighing—an ever-present swarm of admirers orbiting him like flies. They clung to his every word, hung on his every glance, fluttering eyelashes and feigned laughter trailing in his wake. It never ended. Never. It made him INSANE.

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Or in which, a sure way to approach the Emperor was not through tribute or petition. But by curating favours toward Consort Wei, since he'd always lurk around closely.

And in which LWJ is this close. From craving a bond back into his own neck with a knife and a sample of WWX's venom. While the subject of his affections remains unaware, since they have yet to exchange more than a couple of sentences.

(Meanwhile WWX is living his best life drinking and reading yellow books with his Nie Huaisang and his brother that are part of the Nie & Jiang delegation. Just like in Cloud Recesses! Oh the memories!)

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Prompt 99: Yet another Time Travel AU

(Because I absolutely love them) How about, a Wangxian time travel back in time to the Cloud Recess Arc. Except that the WWX that got back is the one from the Sun shot Campaign. And the LWJ that came back grieved for 10 years.

And LWJ upon seeing WWX, bursts into tears. Then later on explains privately to his confused brother & uncle that they handfasted/were married in an other life, and that WWX died, and that the only thing he had left of him was "their" son.

And they (all) come up to their own conclusion.

(WWX was surprised to learn that 1) he was in a cutsleeves marriage 2) he GAVE BIRTH to a son 3) WTF HOW COME HE SCORED LWJ????!?? HE WAS A FUCKING DEMONIC CULTIVATOR)

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If PIWD/SVSSS characters reincarnated in MDZS

Shen Jiu would reincarnate into Mme Yu. Yue Qingyuan into Jiang Fengmian. Ming Fan into Su She. The System into the Gusu Wall of Rules. Xin Mo into the Stygian Amulet. Shan Qinghua into Hie Huaisang, Mobei-Jun into NMJ (sorry Moshang shippers). Qiu Jianluo into Jin Zixun, Qiu haitang into Qin Su. The old Palace Master into Jin Guangshan. Zhuzhi-lang into Wen Ning. Tianlang jun into WWX. Su Xiyan into LWJ. Wouldn't it be fun if they all tried to resolve their past life grievances on top of the MDZS series of events?

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all right guys, let’s have a conversation about soulmates

because I’m a nerd who majored in ancient China and still can’t let it go

okay so we all know that wangxian invented romance, but let’s talk a bit more about the iconic dialogue in episode 25:

Lan Wangji: 你把我當成什麼人? / What kind of person do you take me for?

Wei Wuxian: 我曾經把你當做我畢生知己 / I had once thought that, in my lifetime, you would be the one who knew me.

Lan Wangji: 現在仍是 / I still am.

I’ve seen various translations of the phrase “畢生知己” as “lifelong confidante” or “soulmate,” and I’m always so torn because these are both fine translations but like, not quite there

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above post in mobile-friendly/accessibility view

so i just recorded ^this article as an accessibility aid for the pronunciation and meta contained about “zhiji” usage in the untamed. i hope you enjoy it and lmk what you think!!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uOpwAOjVSCdJdxUtZ_R6wAmnK0ksULJb/view?usp=sharing (about 27 mins of audio)

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Prompt 98: Courting habits of handsome young men.

In which LWJ & WWX are both side characters in a c-drama. For reasons, people are INVESTED. Because they are handsome, act very cute, and have incredible chemistry. (The crew is aware, so they try to make them appear more and more in the background.) A scene in the park? Wangxian are seated against a tree, and WWX is sleeping on LWJ's lap. A scene in the restaurant? LWJ spots red ears, and WWX is teasing him softly. The MC and ML are kissing in the rain? WWX slipped and LWJ managed to catch him in time. Now they are standing very close, and neither of them are letting the other go. (And the fans really want to know WHO THEY ARE, for research.) (LXC is the cameraman. He is not sorry, and he's shipping them.)

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all right guys, let’s have a conversation about linguistic register, Lan Wangji, and I guess Wei Wuxian can come too

(and I do genuinely mean conversation, I’d love to hear other people’s input on this, because I did just write a long-ass post about the subjectivity of interpretation in translations)

So when I started interacting with the fandom and reading people’s fics, I got really confused by the way some folks were writing dialogue for Lan Wangji; he often sounded super awkward, spoke in fragments, and sometimes exclusively in third person. To be fair, all of those are elements of his speech at various times, but like, seeing it in English-language material felt like a really heavy-handed way of rendering it in translation?

I guess when you use third person within the first three episodes of the show, it makes a pretty big impression on the audience

This is not at all intended to be a criticism of people who are 1000% writing and creating wonderful work, which is more than I can say for myself, but I want to poke and prod and tease at some linguistic nuance here.

Take a deep breath, grab a pot of tea (this’ll take more than a cup), because we’re going to take the scenic route on this one–

Afficher davantage

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Alright, here's my headcanon. In the English translation, LWJ should speak like this: "Thou art not y-allowed inne til the clock striketh seven of the morwe. Go thee out, and comen ayein." (And really 😂😂😂 I understand why WWX liked to make fun of him in the Gusu Arc.)

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Headcanon about LWJ's character Arc.

Alright, this will be controversial. Feel free to share your thoughts. Do you think Wangxian would have married in a no War AU? Let me rephrase it. Would LWJ, pre-Sun Shot Campaign LWJ, that didn't experience neither War nor desperation. That was taught about his parent's history, and how love destroyed them both. That LWJ, that followed all 3000 rules and obeyed his elders.

If he was pressured to take a wife. Do you think he'd have agreed?

His one first true act of rebellion, I believe, is when he opposed his 33 elders and brought WWX to the Demon Slaughtering Cave. And afterwards, even then, he submitted to punishment. How did his sect drag him back to Gusu to get whipped, if he was able to both fight them off and protect WWX? How so? Well, they didn't manage to drag him back. The only explanation is that he went voluntarily.

Oh, he did what a good disciple did. He obeyed the rules, and if he didn't, he submitted to punishment afterwards, like he did his whole life. WWX's life mattered, but so did his duty. He tried to have it both ways, and as result he wasn't there when WWX died.

It's only afterwards that LWJ really took a stand, by choosing to raise an orphan despite his clan's protests. For the first time, finally. Or at last, that's how I understood his character arc.

So no, without this character arc, in a no War AU, there would have been no Wangxian, because, well LWJ wouldn't have fought for him. At all. Or perhaps he'd also try to have it both ways, by both marrying the woman his elders chose, and keeping WWX as his lover/concubine.

This is why JYL will always be special in my heart. For she always stood by WWX. My point is, while the potential was there, goody two shoes LWJ needed a serious reality check before raising the middle fingers to nonsensical rules. He needed to see, with is own two eyes, what is the justice of the sects and decide that it's not HIS justice, he'll take no part in it. I think WWX's death is the last straw, before learning to stop backtracking halfway. Let's not forget he tried to help WWX on the Burial Mounds without condemning firmly what happened. He let his clan save face, while visiting and buying a-Yuan toys in the market. It's like visiting a Nike workshop and giving candies to children, LWJ has good intentions but ultimately he does nothing to really help. The LWJ that grieved 13 years? HE would have told both his sect & the world to go fuck themselves and stayed by WWX's side.

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*Jiang Cheng visits Cloud Recesses*

Wei Wuxian: Good to have you here! Lan Zhan will show you around.

Lan Wangji: The exit is right this way.

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Prompt 97: Make him Proud

It's Jin Lan Rusong centric, for a change.

Warning: Major Character Death

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Upon learning that he married his sister, Jin Guangyao covers his tracks and Lan Wangji is found in a compromising position with QS, and is forced to take responsibility for her unborn child.

And Rusong spends a life time trying to earn his father's approval, unsuccessfully.

(He's unaware that following their farce of a marriage, both LWJ and Qin Su agreed to live separately and raise their own child without the involvement of the other.)

Then WWX get resurrected.

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He knows about him of course. He's a demonic cultivator, the murderer of 3000 men. The enemy of his father, Hanguang-jun, the Light Bearer.

Perhaps he would finally be proud of him if he manages to kill him, or die trying.

Perhaps he would be the one to shine for once, instead of his brother Shizui.

Perhaps he'd have recognition.

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His father catches him in the act.

His heart hammers with fragile hope as he lets the body fall from his blade.

He smiles upon seeing him, expectanly.

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Angsty makes it tasty ❤️

Additional notes:

LWJ totally rushed toward WWX and went catatonic when he realised he was already dead.

Eventually Rusong gets the full story from his mother.

Sizhui forgives him since WWX was but a fading memory while Rusong is his brother. However, it is not his forgiveness that he craves, but the one of his father.

He never gets it. He didn't even get his anger, his rage or even his resentment for killing his lover.

For that he would need to be acknowledged first.

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Prompt 96: Perverts in your Area

It all started when they spied on WWX copying lines, and NHS joked about how LWJ was completely obsessed with his brother and maybe he should look out for him. JWY scoffed at that at the time and shrugged. Sure, LWJ was a little creepy. But probably because he was unused to interact with people. Especially people as obnoxious as WWX. Then his brother went and got expulsed from Gusu Lan and, that was it. Things happened, and soon he had other things in mind. Yet, for reasons, JWY never forgot about NHS's comment. And kept an eye on WWX since he couldn't look after himself. Or tries to. Most of the time. Really he shouldn't have left him to his own devices in Mount Baifeng. __ Or, in which JWY won't leave his brother alone and wangxian never gets some alone time. The one time he does, he catches LWJ restraining and shoving his tongue down his brother's throat. And breaks his nose.

__ Additional notes: I really wanted a role reversal AU where JWY break noses in WWX's defense. Wangxian in the library? JWY sits in front of LWJ and glares at him continuously. The Waterborn Abyss? JWY is the one that saves his brother, he didn't let LWJ approach. Wangxian in the Xuanwu cave? JWY keeps himself between wangxian and hisses like an angry cat when they get too close. Another Jiang disciple has to guide the others in the underground passage. Wangxian during the SSC? JWY keeps dragging his brother away, so LWJ doesn't even have the time to berate his brother about his cultivation. Mount Baifeng? No flowers for LWJ, JWY caught them all. When he catches wangxian kissing he punches LWJ in the face and spirits his brother away to Lotus Pier.

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What kind of a servant is Wèi Wúxiàn?

In MDZS 家仆 Jiā pū is the word used for servant in WWX's WCZ's cases - the same word is used for A-Tong (servant at Mo manor).

家仆之子 Jiā pū zhīzǐ - son of a servant.

I got these from a friend as I'm non Chinese reader/speaker.

Google translates these characters as: servant, myrmidon; and supplies the Chinese 跟班 Gēnbān as a synonym (attendant, servitor, myrmidon, pensioner).

跟 Gēn follower, heel, go-with; v: to follow, to go with

班 Bān class, shift, squad, duty, team, rank, body.

Servitor (archaic English) is interesting: someone who serves or attends a social superior. A retainer. So is Myrmidon - brother of arms.

I get the feeling these terms must relate to the whole clan vs sect/school issue.

Wonder if the same term is used for Wen Zhuliu (obviously a bodyguard):

Jiang Cheng: His name is Wen ZhuLiu, also known as the ‘Core-melting Hand’. He’s servant kept by Wen Chao’s side, specially to protect him. Don’t provoke him.”

Update from my Chinese source 😅: the term for Wen ZhuLiu is Sui Shi (随侍); I quote: "not a servant but a follower. Like Feng Xin and Mu Qing."

Google confirms. So apparently the EXR translation is off

It seems to me the usage of the term is typically derogatory when applied to Wei Wuxian, but that it anyways carries a different weight from a menial labourer (even a domestic one).

Madame Yu: “What, something I said? Servant? You don’t want to hear the word? Jiang FengMian, let me ask you—this time, do you intend to let him go?”.

Jin GuangShan: “Sect Leader Jiang, Wei Ying is your right-hand man. You value him a lot. Al of us know this. However, on the other hand, it’s hard to tell whether or not he actual y respects you. In any case, I’ve been a sect leader for so many years and I’ve never seen the servant of any sect dare be so arrogant, so proud. Have you heard what they say outside?

Unnamed sect leader: Excuse my bluntness, but he’s the son of a servant. How could the son of a servant be so arrogant?”

Both Yanli and Cheng openly deny this.

Yanli has it out with the Jin:

Jin ZiXun final y regained his composure, he yelled, “Wei WuXian! You’re only the son of a servant—how dare you be so bold!!!” (omissis)

Yanli: "A-Xian is a disciple of the Yunmeng Jiang Sect. He grew up with my brother and I, and so he’s as close as a brother is to me. Calling him the ‘son of a servant’—I’m sorry, but I won’t accept this.

While Jiang Cheng has this discussion with WWX:

Jiang Cheng frowned, “You’re at it again. You don’t really like her, do you? The girl does look fine, but it’s obvious that she doesn’t have much background. Maybe she isn’t even a disciple. She seems like the daughter of a servant.”

(The words here are actually 家奴 Jiā = domestic slave)

Wei WuXian, “What’s wrong with servants? I’m also the son of a servant, aren’t I?”

Jiang Cheng, “How can you compare to her? Whose servant is like you, having your master peel lotus seeds for you and boil you soup. I didn’t even get to have some!”

Meaning: stop being an idiot! You damn well you're no (common) servant.

It would be interesting to figure out if other words for servant are employed in the book.

@tamingwangxian your takes would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks @Natsuki Luna Yue

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Prompt 95: Our Lord and Saviour the Yiling Laozu

WWX opens the door to this: "Hello" :) :) :) :) :) :) "Do you know our Lord and Saviour the YLLZ???" :) :) :) :) :) :)

And promptly slams it to their face.

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Or, in which WWX never got resurrected by MXY, and reincarnated thousands of years later, in Modern Times, with (most) of his memories.

It's just that somehow, an immortal LWJ built a cult in his name. He hoped prayers would be able to reach him (since inquiry didn't).

Oh, he's been reached alright??!?

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The second time he hears a knock at his door, some guy shoves porn in his face. Wait, that's not...Porn? or Almost.

It a risqué painting. Or the picture of a risqué painting? Kind of, but what disturbs him the most is that it's definitely his face on it.

With a salacious gaze and teasing smile. His lips are painted red, like his eyes, and his? it's? hand is slipping dangerously low on his cleavage, if that still could be called a cleavage. The red sun above his heart is unmistakable.

"Oh wow, I just noticed, but you really look like him"

Stunned, WWX raises his eyes to a Gusu Lan disciple, in full Regalia, layered blue hanfu and forehead ribbon included. He definitely looks out of place at the step of his shabby apartment, handing out porn like candies.

"Do you know our Lord and Saviour the YLL-"

He slams the door to their face. For the second time.

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There's a third, a fourth and several other times as well, except that they bring reinforcement, and more "art", in which he's wearing less and less clothes.

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Once it's LQR that greets him at the door. Or a LQR look alike, beard and all, with a pinched expression.

LQR looks at him, from head to toes, and lets out a defeated sigh. Then he reaches inside his sleeve to take out a stack of papers.

WWX hysterically hopes that it's not. porn.

He accepts it tentatively. Shuts the door slowly. And looks down on what is in his hands.

God. Damnit.

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Additional notes:

Or LWJ created a cult to reach WWX through prayers, and NHS painted the first pieces for the YLLZ Temples.

It Snowballed.

And the new religion gained popularity for reasons, and Gusu Lan became the new religious hot spot. Lan disciple soon became synonymous with YLLZ worshipper.

Eventually WWX, in an effort to stop inappropriate visits at his doorstep, visits "his" (weird to call it "his") main temple to speak with the manager.

There's even more paintings with his face, plastered on all surfaces. And statues, and murals. He chickens out several times.

Oh, and actually LQR just wanted to give WWX some of the letters his nephew wrote while he was dead. Then he noped out, and just gave some regular YLLZ scriptures. Those just happen to be illustrated.

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Blood of the Virgin

Headcanon : Upon hearing how WWX stole virgins to ravish them in the night, LWJ had, at least once, or twice, or perhaps more than that, tried to dress the part and loiter at questionable hours and places.

To see if it would work.

You know just in case.

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Or Basically

YLLZ : exists*

LWJ : wears laces and transparent robes*

WWX:

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Hi o///

I heard/read somewhere that "sworn brothers" is the term used for gay married couples in Ancient China.

Does anybody have sources or references about this practice?

The only one I was able to find is this one. (Nothing about marriage sadly)

Chinese sworn brotherhood oaths and folk law

Thank you.

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If it's really the case, then I guess that 3zun are canonically married. If JFM was sworn brother with WCZ, that that would make WWX the son of his concubine??!? Wasn't YZY actually sworn sisters with Madame Jin, so that would make JGS - Mme Jin - YZY - JFM - WCZ - CSSR a giant polycule???

(Are LWJ and WWX actually sworn brothers then?)

Food for thoughts.