#This is how LWJ assumes that WWX knows what the band means in this AU. This will be relevant later.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 5: Flip Slip.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #mdzs au #Yungmang Jiang Training Arc AU #lan wangji #wei wuxian #digital art #Trying out some digital techniques to see if I can get closer to feel/style of my traditional comics. #So far the biggest difference is *colouring* Digital colouring feels...not good. I have complained about this before and I'll complain agai #Before we get into the sad stuff with Yungmeng Jiang in the PD-MDZS comics lets have some lighthearted fun! #Remember that if anything bad happens to these Jiang disciples in the canon comic - they are happy in this AU B'*) #I think one of the funniest things about the teenxian dynamic is how WWX accidently finds things that get LWJ to feel flustered. #My guy wwx goes 'I'm going to lightly bully/tease this nerd 'cause his reactions are funny.' and LWJ goes “My god. He's everything to me.” #Part two of the fun part of this dynamic is that LWJ is ever so lightly self aware enough to LOATHE THIS CRUSH. #Hence why I have been marinating on this 'Accidental Lan headband miscommunication' concept. #This is how LWJ assumes that WWX knows what the band means in this AU. This will be relevant later. #And YES! I am still going to be making comics for this AU. I have so many ideas I simply can't hold onto forever.

[spearpointtranslations]

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

I have too many to count, but I have been chewing on a mdzs Western Vampires AU for a long time. It’s capable of being very long and complicated if I actually gave everyone factions. and I didn’t read Heaven’s Blessing yet so I don’t really know Xie Lian even though he’s important in this. 

I love vampires but I also find their consent issues irritating, hence the following. 

the basic setup is taken from the concept of “black ribboners” from Terry Prachett’s Discworld novels, which basically means a vampire who has forsaken the drinking of blood by transferring their craving onto something else, like drinking coffee, or having power over people.  

anyway in this mdzs AU there are vampires called “white ribboners” and they all wear white ribbons/clothes as a sign of their commitment to drink plant juices instead of human blood. They are basically like Bunnicula (a white rabbit from a series of children’s books who is a vampire whose prey is vegetables/fruits) and are relatively weak compared to other vampires. Xie Lian is the founder of this clan of vampires, and a regular vampire taking on this commitment is a big deal because the white ribbons can sense intent and if a white ribboner tries to drink a human’s blood or sleep with them without true consent (the human feels scared, fearful, or resentful, etc), the enchantment on the ribbons will take away all their vampires powers and leave them as weak as a newborn kitten, which makes it really easy for even a human child to stake their heart and cut their head off. normally drinking blood will make a vampire stronger, but this is not the case for white ribboners unless the blood is sincerely and freely given, a true, uncoerced offering, then that means the power amplification effect from drinking human blood is even stronger.

regular vampires desire to become “white ribboners” because of the perks associated with being one. humans will not fear and distrust them due to the stellar reputation of white ribboners. it’s regular vampires they have the stakes, axes, crossbows, torches and pitchforks out for.  

the following people are white ribboners: Xie Lian (visible bandages), all Lan Sect people (forehead ribbons), Xiao Xingchen (blindfold), Luo Binghe (hair ribbon, a reformed regular vampire and super infamous. every time he asks Shen Qingqiu for blood, SQQ says sure, he really isn’t scared this time, but the moment LBH has a sip, he loses his powers and SQQ can pick him up as easily as a pebble. one day they will get it right but it’s going to take awhile. Once depowered, LBH mostly begs SQQ to do whatever he wants with him, but SQQ can’t bear to, because it’s like bullying a kitten…), Liu Mingyan (face veil). Su She joined to take advantage, so humans would lower their guard around him, and he didn’t take the oath seriously even though it was all clearly explained to him before the ribbon was put on, so he gets killed when he tried to forcefully drink a human’s blood.     

WWX doesn’t know white ribboners become super vulnerable upon drinking coerced blood, he just assumed they become super strong from any human blood because he witnessed Xie Lian become powered up from drinking Hua Cheng’s blood (but that’s because it was a true, genuine offering). without fear or hatred, WWX sincerely pressed his blood into LWJ’s mouth during a critical battle and LWJ was actually scared until he realized he was getting stronger instead of weaker.  

WWX gets told the info later and then gets yelled at because poor LWJ, he probably feared for his life, how dare you… 

WWX says the depowering enchantment is unfair because what if a white ribboner is forced to drink the blood of a human that is also being forced? they will be completely at the mercy of humans. but this is the system, just think about the past when there were no white ribboners at all and regular vampires were a very gruesome and cruel group, and it was always humans at the mercy of vampires. isn’t that what’s unfair?  

WWX also thinks white ribboners are the most hilarious group ever because vampires are supposed to be decadent, drinking blood and having orgies, and wearing black, but white ribboners are banned from drinking and fucking. (which is not exactly true, they actually can, if they find a human who is truly willing, but they are rare due to the evil reputations vampires as a whole have, and humans are afraid of dying of course, so it’s practically a ban).  LWJ starts indulging in blood and sex with WWX but he also feels guilty about it because he’s been abstinent from both for so long and his entire identity is being challenged, and he’s scared of becoming like his ancestors, those vampires who loved to hunt and toy with humans as if their lives were nothing. but WWX calms him down, it’s okay, what they are doing is OK because WWX is not being controlled by vampire powers or being pressured from fear. also, sometimes WWX and LWJ trip off the enchantment on purpose (discussing things beforehand!) so WWX can play with a completely powerless LWJ. and WWX takes any chance he can to offer his blood to LWJ, like he says he will trade his blood for LWJ’s portion of the lotus root soup Jiang Yanli made. and he’s so fascinated by LWJ’s white ribboner diet, he will collect a completely pale, bone white apple that LWJ just drained and keep it like some kind of pretty treasure when it’s the vampire equivalent of having your empty candy wrapper being picked up. it’s super embarrassing…       

so this vampire story is complicated enough with white ribboners but how about other ribbon types???

White Ribboners/Lan sect: see detail above, basically the vegetarian vampires sect, generally relatively weak due to living by drinking plant juice. They drink a lot of tea! They become even weaker if they try to steal human blood. However, if they receive human blood consensually, then they become super strong. 

Purple Ribboners/Jiang Sect: WWX is a human but he has to pretend to be a vampire since he was adopted into the Jiang Sect. They are vampires who survive off fish blood. WWX has to pretend to like raw fish blood lol. his secret is important because the social circles he runs in is basically all vampires, while he’s a snack. his exposes himself to LWJ when he fed him his blood.   

Black Ribboners/Nie Sect: They are vampires who survive off animal blood. Mostly livestock such as pigs and chickens but they can also go after wild animals like boars, wolves and tigers. Due to this richer blood they are generally stronger than white ribboners and purple ribboners.

Yellow Ribboners/Jin Sect: consent issues warning. These guys are the sex vampires sect. And more like succubus and incubus really. They survive off uh, bodily fluids, like sweat, and spit, basically they have sex with humans as sustenance instead of blood. Some yellow ribboners get by on just shaking hands, or kisses, but obviously sex gives more power. They insist they don’t harm their human prey but some people do give them the side eye. 

(Lan Xichen is a white ribboner who drinks plant juice and white ribboners are basically banned from drinking blood and having sex but he manages to be friends with Nie Mingjue and Jin Guangyao who respectively do said banned things.)   

Red Ribboners(yeah oops)/Wen Sect: concept taken from Darren Shan. They are the most powerful type of vampires and the most hated by the humans because they kill every human they feed from as a point of honor, completely draining their blood and seeing it as a way to honor the person by having them live on through the vampire. 

The rest of the sects band together, allying with humans in order to obliterate the Wen Sect due to the fear and hatred the Wen Sect inspires in human hunters, who won’t distinguish and will slay any vampire due to the actions of the Wen Sect. Some Wen Sect people refuse to kill their prey and as a result are shamed and attacked by their own sect members.  

Unaffiliated vampires sometimes do join the Wen Sect due to becoming addicted to the power that comes from killing a human by completely by draining them dry. Other vampires wish to become white ribboners due to wanting to avoid conflict even if it means they are weaker and gain a severe weak point.  

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