Monday Fic Recs
Hei Xiazi/Wu Xie (DMBJ)
Remind Me to Kiss You When You Wake Up by angelofmusic46
Keeping Wu Xie alive was second nature at this point.
I am so weak for Sha Hai era fics and this is so wonderful.
Liu San/Iron Triangle (DMBJ)
Broken (Won't Someone Take Me Home) by asmadasa_hatter
In hindsight, Liu Sang really should have known he’d die alone.
I love Pangzi and the Pangsang undertones and how much the Triangle loves Liu Sang. This is soft and perfect and lovely.
Wu Xie/Wang Pangzi (DMBJ)
Spirometer by forerussake
Loving Pangzi is as easy as breathing. That is the comparison Wu Xie used to make, before his lungs started rotting away, before Thunder City and his miraculous recovery. Wu Xie’s lungs may be cured now, but other things take more time. In the aftermath of his illness, in the aftermath of almost dying, with fear and guilt like a constant weight pressing down on Wu Xie’s chest, comparing his love for Pangzi to breathing of all things doesn’t quite seem to work anymore. Not like it used to.
Perhaps Wu Xie has it all wrong though. Perhaps the comparison was never about the ease, but about the effort. Recovery is much the same in that respect. Luckily neither of them have to do it alone.
This is so soft and lovely. I legit cried.
always be my guiding light by ravenditefairylights
Pangzi stops at the nearest space rest station that's far too busy for his liking, meets a young man with bright eyes and a beautiful smile and gets more than he bargained for.
This is such a wonderful first meeting AU.
Gen (DMBJ)
enter this place in peace by dinomight
Liu Sang finds something unexpected in the ruins of an elven temple.
I can't believe there was a Dragon Age/DMBJ fusion and I somehow missed it. This is perfect.
All Your Blood and Your Curses by anonymous
In which the Iron Triangle makes their way out of Tamutuo and finds getting out nearly as difficult as getting in.
Some lovely hurt/comfort
Hei Xiazi/Xie Yuchen (DMBJ)
blur out my periphery by lunarriviera
“You should order for me,” said Xiao Hua, so quietly no one else could have heard him.
Hei Xiazi felt his eyebrows climb. “You don’t drink when you work.”
Without looking away, Xiao Hua gestured to the room around them: dark-paneled, close, its few entrances and exits already marked out by both of them. “We’re not working, and this is safe. You,” he said, leaning in a little, enough that Hei Xiazi could see his eyelashes, “make me feel safe.”
This gave me so many feelings. Absolutely beautiful piece of writing.
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (Guardian)
In which the Iron Triangle makes their way out of Tamutuo and finds getting out nearly as difficult as getting in.Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
No Sweeter Innocence by missingnowrites
Shen Wei was raised in the temple as a devoted disciple to Kunlun. He is elated to be chosen as the sacrifice Kunlun's bride...
...if only he wasn't in love with Zhao Yunlan, the merchant boy from the next town over.
This is such a lovely AU
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DAILY SELECTIONS FROM LAO-TZU’S TAO TE CHING — DECEMBER 5, 2023
“When the Great Way disappears
we meet kindness and justice
when reason appears
we meet great deceit
when the six relations fail
we meet obedience and love
when the country is in chaos
we meet upright officials”
-Lao-tzu-
(Taoteching, verse 18, translation by Red Pine)
Connecting this with the previous verse, WEI YUAN says, “What people love and praise are kindness and justice. What people fear is reason. And what people despise is deceit.”
SUNG CH’ANG-HSING says, “It isn’t the Great Way that leaves Humankind and goes into hiding. it’s Humankind that leaves the Great Way and replaces it with kindness and justice.”
SU CH’E says, “When the Great Way flourishes, kindness and justice are at work. But people don’t realize it. Only after the Great Way disappears, do kindness and justice become visible.”
WANG AN-SHIH says, “The Way hides in formlessness. Names arise from discontent. When the Way hides in formlessness, there isn’t any difference between great or small. When names arise from discontent, we get distinctions such as kindness, justice, reason, and so forth.”
HO-SHANG KUNG says, “When the kingdom enjoys peace, no one thinks about kindness, and the people are free of desire. When the Great Way prevails, kindness and justice vanish, just as the stars fade when the sun appears.”
MENCIUS says, “Kindness means dwelling in peace. Justice means taking the right road” (Mencius: 4A.10).
TE CH’ING says, “Reason is what the sage uses to order the kingdom. It includes the arts, measurements, and laws. In the High Ages, people were innocent, and these were unknown. In the Middle Ages, people began to indulge their feelings, and rulers responded with reason. And once reason appeared, the people responded with deceit.”
WANG PI says, “The six relations are between father and son, elder and younger brothers, husband and wife. When these six relations are harmonious, the country governs itself, and there is no need for obedience, love, or honesty.”
WANG P’ANG says, “During a virtuous age, obedience and love are considered normal. Hence, no one is called obedient or loving. Nowadays, when someone is obedient or loving, we praise them. This is because the six relations are no longer harmonious. Moreover, when peace prevails, everyone is honest. How can there be honest officials?
CH’ENG HSUAN-YING says, “When the realm is at peace, loyalty and honesty are nowhere to be seen. Innocence and virtue appear when the realm is in chaos.”
LI JUNG says, “During the time of the sage emperors Fu Hsi and Shen Nung, there was no mention of officials. It was only during the time of the despots Chieh and Chou that we begin to hear of ministers such as Kuan Lung-feng and Pi Kan.”
WU CH’ENG says, “Shao Juo-yu assigns these four divisions to emperors, kings, the wise, and the talented.”
CHUANG-TZU says, “When springs dry up, fish find themselves in puddles, spraying water on each other to keep each other alive. Better to be in a river or lake and oblivious of one another” (Chuangtzu: 6.5).
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12/10-12/24 NR, E, & M Reading
The usual
Finished
Not Rated:
In the Morning Hush, by mondengel (locked to ao3 users)
Wei WuXian wakes before Lan Wangji.
To This You Must Be Reconciled, by thetrickisnotminding (10 chapters)
Blood will out. And Jin Zixuan will attempt to Do the Proper Thing.
a nest where a mountain would be, by twigofwillow (reread)
Lan Qiren finds a boy on the streets of Yiling and the world changes.
A story in three parts
These Grey Wisps Now Pave A New Path, by Preludian_Staves (2nd in a series, 7 chapters, locked to ao3 accounts only)
A Making Different Choices AU drabble collection.
Explicit:
just guy stuff, by luckymarrow
Wei Ying starts T. He'd like to show his best friend his gains—below the belt. You know, just typical guy stuff.
To Love Intemperately, by Toshokanin
Something in Lan Wangji snaps. He lunges forward, pushing Wei Ying back into the grass, sending them both tumbling. He lands atop him, feeling the satisfying huff of Wei Ying’s breath against his cheek as it is driven from his lungs by the weight of Lan Wangji’s body pinning him to the ground.
He does not wait for Wei Ying to react, pressing their lips together in a hungry collision that jars his teeth. Their noses knock together and he turns his head to the side, seeking a better angle to press his attack. This. This is what he has been wanting, what he has been dreaming of, ever since Wei Ying arrived in Cloud Recesses. From that first thrilling sword fight across the rooftops under the light of the moon to every aggravating encounter in his uncle’s classroom or around Cloud Recesses, when Wei Ying suddenly seemed to be everywhere, taunting him. Everything has been leading up to this moment.
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Lan Qiren catches Wangxian making out in the bunny meadow. A marriage negotiation ensues.
White Jade and Golden Lotus, by lemonlush
“I will not kick you out of your bed in your room,” Lan Wangji replied stubbornly. “You are doing me a service. Let me take the floor.”
“Absolutely not - look at you!” Wei Wuxian exclaimed, gesturing at Lan Wangji. “All that fine silk? No - I don’t think so. You will ruin it!”
Really? Was that Wei Ying’s concern?
Fine then. That could easily be remedied.
With the jut of his chin, Lan Wang reached for the ties of his robes. He heard Wei Ying’s breath hitch in his throat as he began to undo them, and suddenly he felt very aware of Wei Ying’s eyes on him.
“What are you…What are you doing, Lan Zhan…Lan Wangji…”
Once upon a moonlit night, in Gusu, by naqaashi
Ah, well. Lan Qiren dismisses his nephew’s troublesome husband from his mind. He has no attention to spare for frivolous demonic cultivators who made off with the most precious cabbage in Gusu. It’s his nephew he’s come to meet, his poor deluded-in-love nephew of otherwise upstanding – upstanding -
Well, a distant, not-shrieking-in-horror part of his mind supplies, something's definitely standing up.
~*~
Or, how Gusu Lan got Rule #4278.
Mature:
Interstitial, by WithBroomBefore (4th in a series)
The bedroom is dim, for he neglected to turn on the light; he can see well enough between the overflow from the kitchen and the streetlight outside the window. With nothing he need do for the moment, Lan Wangji’s mind drops into quiet. The bed is unmade, because Wei Wuxian did not have work and was still asleep when Lan Wangji left that morning, so it is easy enough to slip under the covers. The Catfish shifts to accommodate him, delighted with the prospect of a stomach to press herself against. He curls around her little warm body and draws the duvet closer over his own shoulders. It is that odd interstitial time of day between work and a dinner that is not his responsibility to prepare, and the quiet clinking and muttering of Wei Wuxian’s cooking endeavors mean that he is safe here. Lan Wangji drifts.
Unfinished
Not Rated:
You took my face in both your hands, and looked me in the eye, by enbysaurus_rex (2nd in a series)
The follow up to "But to be loved like a song you remember, Even when you've changed" in which we watch them fumble their way around the logistics of building a new domesticity while they solve this case
Falling Lotus Petals, by Hauntcats
Tricked by a demonic cultivator, Jiang Cheng gets thrown back to the day Lotus Pier fell. Things change from there.
Not Jiang friendly, especially Jiang Cheng. Don't like, please, don't read. It won't be fun for you.🙂
No Loss, by eb4life
After being forced to remain stuck in his wolf form by Madam Yu, Wei Wuxian conforms to her wishes of making it appear that he's runaway from home by doing just that. When he's God knows how far from home and manages to get captured by the knights of a king he's only heard rumors of, Wei Wuxian expects to be killed or imprisoned as the king's personal attack dog. He doesn't expect to move from "exotic pet" to "closest friend" within only weeks of his stay at the king's side. This story is inspired by Bisclavret.
Explicit:
The Communication Effect, by draechaeli
If only there was more communication, or the right kind then everything would be all right. Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi might be bad when it comes to talking to each other about the important things, but they are still leagues better then the older generation that use communication like swords: concealing, revealing, and striking as they please for their own gain. From apologies, to misunderstandings, to sieges, to rumours and gossip, to cold wars, to lies, to civil wars, Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi navigate the world together once their brothers make sure they’re engaged before the classes at Cloud Recesses are finished.
This fic is finished at 186k in 37 chapters + 3 extras
Heart of the Beast, by WaitForTheSnitch
“Wei Ying?” Nie Mingjue prompted him gently. “Where are your parents?”
“They went on a night hunt,” Wei Ying said, a bit evasively.
“Your parents are cultivators?” Da-ge asked in surprise. “Did they leave you here while they hunted? When did they go on their night hunt?”
“Four summers ago,” Wei Ying said a bit uncomfortable.
“Four summers ago,” Nie Mingjue repeated. “What are your parents’ names?”
“My mama is Cangse Sanren and my baba is Wei Changze,” Wei Ying told him, and recognition registered in Nie Mingjue’s eyes.
“Wei Ying,” Nie Mingjue said, sounding a bit regretful, “Your parents aren’t coming back.”
Or, Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang run into Wei Ying while in Yiling and decide to bring him home. And it changes everything.
Because of Wen Qing, by QteCuttlfish
What if Jiang Cheng had chosen to support Wen Qing, the Wen clan remnants, and most importantly, Wei Wuxian? Follows CQL/Untamed canon. Canon Divergence from Episode 20.
Setting fire to our insides, by StarsAlignNomore
Lan Wangji dies after the thirty-third strike. Lan Xichen does not handle it well.
*fleabag voice* This is a fix it.
May I offer you a little excerpt:
Tracing back his steps, all his life, every decision he’s ever made, every bruise and every cut – it leads back to his father. Jin Guangyao has regret nestled where silent calculation used to sit. He’s not surprised to still feel the cold prickle of acrimony right next to it.
A kick to the chest and Jin Guangyao had promised to ascend those stairs in bright Jin Gold and rise to meet his father on equal footing. Now he’s dressed in Lan Blue and no chance to fulfill that promise.
He makes a new one then, staring into the flames. He swears it on the memory of Nie Mingjue’s lips against his skin and Lan Xichen’s cold silver eyes. He’s made of regret instead of Jin Gold now and he will not cower down in fear. He will make his father pay for it.
Safely hidden in Gusu, by Aleaneah (locked to ao3 accounts only)
Lan Wangji had just finished his three years of seclusion.
However, that doesn't mean he had finished his mourning and grieving.
How could it be otherwise, when his heart is dead ?
Then...
One day, a friend(?) come to him, scheming behind his fan.
And his world regain a little of its colors.
The Path Up Mountain is Full of Loquats, by Sunnmeimei
"Hanguang-jun, can I trust my little brother with you?"
After leaving the battlefield in the Nightless City, Lan Wangji manages to run away with Wei Wuxian to a farm far away from the cultivation world.
Now they have do adapt to a new life in hiding, while sorting out their own feelings for each other
Prequel: Fragments of a memory, by Cycliph
After the siege of Burial Mounds, Lan Wangji's life is being wasted away. His days are always same. Stuck in an insidious cycle of passivity, detached from the world.
One day, on a gusty night, a helpless young man takes shelter in Jingshi.
Mature:
Second Summer, by Anonymous
“So, this is awkward,” says Wei Ying, with a little laugh. It sounds fake. “But I think you have mistaken me for someone else.”
A year after the mysterious death of the Jin heir, Lan Wangji runs across the secret, long-lost, amnesiac love of his life while on a night-hunt.
Into the Oubliette, by Ruixx
Wei Wuxian never thought being a spouse could be a valid career path. Now married to to the mysterious, quiet Second Jade of Lan he has to learn to navigate through the notoriously strict Gusu Lan clan and make himself home. Unfortunately war looms on the horizon and his enigma of a husband doesn’t seem to have much of a plan other than screwing him senseless. He’s not complaining, really.
Bloodsport, by SkullFeather3063
Before Jiang Fengmian could find him an orphaned Wei Wuxian was rescued by Baoshan Sanren. He was raised up in the celestial mountains by people who loved and adored him, looking forward to the day he got to descend and follow in his mother's footsteps.
Confident in his abilities but lost in his knowledge of this new world, Wei Wuxian decided to attend the educational event at Cloud Recesses to integrate himself into the Cultivation World.
Here was where his story began, where love first blossomed, and a new world was forged for the two youths.
This is a story about love and what people will do to get a taste of it...
travelers through the empty gate, by stiltonbasket
Ten years after eliminating the Jiang and Nie clans, Emperor Wen Ruohan is dethroned by a young demonic cultivator from the outlands of Yiling, who surpasses him in both talent and cruelty. Where Wen Ruohan burned his enemies, Emperor Yiling raises his from the dead, and sends them through the imperial city to hunt down every last remnant of the Wen clan that tries to evade his clutches.
The last thing Lan Wangji wants to do with the Yiling huangdi is marry him.
Unfortunately, his family's fall from grace leaves him with no other choice.
hindsight, by wenkexing
Sizhui and Jingyi want to clear Wei-qianbei's reputation.
Zizhen wants to witness the famous love story between Hanguang-Jun and the Yiling Patriarch.
Jin Ling just wants his uncles to get the fuck along.
Nie Huaisang wants to atone.. and maybe to be called Huaisang-ge.
Keep Holding On, by abCEE
As they reached an inn and Wei Wuxian got them a room with three beds, the world seemed to have frozen for Jiang Yanli when her brother suddenly fainted and Jiang Wanyin was just fast enough to catch him before his body could hit the floor.
"A-Xian!"
"Wei Wuxian!"
In which after the Lotus Pier Massacre: Wei Wuxian was greatly injured by Zidian, Jiang Yanli left the inn to buy the medicines and food, and Jiang Wanyin distracted the Wens.
(With a bonus of Wei Wuxian knowing the title of the song and more things ensued inside the Xuanwu Cave that may or may have not involved Lan Wangji's forehead ribbon)
Canon diverged from there.
【银 劍 探 心】| Silver Jian Seeking Hearts, by stiltonbasket
“A ghost bridegroom?” Wei Wuxian asks, when he receives his latest night-hunting assignment from Uncle Jiang. “Have women been going missing?”
If brides have been going missing, this is the first that Wei Wuxian is hearing about it; which is strange, because the systematic kidnapping of brides should have quickly been recognized as spirits’ work and reported as such to the nearest cultivation sect as soon as possible.
“Three women and ten men have gone missing so far,” his uncle tells him. “Jinshan town is out of our jurisdiction, and the records say there hasn’t been a hunt in the area since before my grandfather’s time. But no one from Jinshan thought to report the disappearances until today, so the victims must be long dead by now.”
Four hundred years after the Sunshot Campaign, a reincarnated Wei Wuxian dresses himself in wedding red to defeat the ghost of a bridegroom.
Deep within the forests of Jinshan Mountain, the mourning calamity Yin Jian Tan Xin waits to marry his beloved.
Hound's Tongue Tied Up, by Stepdavii
“I’ve figured out a way to keep us safe. Forever,” Wei Wuxian replies, still writing out all that he can think of that would possibly help.
“Oh? And whats that?” Wen Qing asks blankly.
“I’m going to make the world forget we exist.”
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In which Wei Wuxian figures the best way to keep everyone safe and make everyones life better, he should make it so that his and Wen Remnants existence become forgotten. He just doesn't realize how much an impact doing so would be.
Creating Change, by Forever_Marie
During Nightless City, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji disappears. Lan Xichen searches for his brother over a period of 5 years and eventually finds both of them in a small town far away from Jianghu. They arent the same people he saw all those years ago. For starters, he learns of A-Yuan and their marriage. Can Xichen repair his relationship with his brother while trying not to hate his brother in law?
Alternate, by Hanashi_o_suru
No one is actually sure what happened, or why it happened. No one died. No one made any whacked up array that backfired --to their knowledge--and no one wasn't necessarily in discontent for where they were in life...
So, why is it they're suddenly in the past to the day they had just got to the Cloud Recesses?
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