#cat!baxia | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

wangxianficfinder · 1 year

Text

In the mood for a Fic...

~*~

1. Hi there! Hope you're all doing good! I had kind of an odd itmf request if thats okay. I'm looking for fics where wwx has a pet. It 100% doesn't have to be the focus of the story at all. And it can be any kind of pet, cat or dog or even exotic or mythical like a dragon or something. Modern or canon. Please and thank you so much!! @suibian800

What We Grew in this Forsaken Place by Admiranda (T, 27k, wangxian, modern cultivation, shapeshifter LWJ, WWX has a fear of dogs, bunny crimes, genius WWX, unexpected pet owner WWX) this is a long fic with Wei Wuxian adopting first a giant fox and then some rabbits and being a pet owner for the majority of the fic.

The Bunny Next Door by detailsinthefabric (E, 43k, wangxian, modern, neighbours, fluff, bottom LWJ, internally screaming LWJ)

how to fall in love with a catfish: a guide by wei wuxian (disaster rat) by bwyn, Yuisaki (T, 54k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, Actors, Multimedia, Online Friendship, Drunken Shenanigans, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Underage Drinking, Drinking Games, Families of Choice, Fluff and Angst, Slow Burn, Catfish AU)

🧡 A Study in Fluff by WeaverOfTheNight (T, 29k, WangXian, Modern AU, Ghost bunnies, Vet LWJ, Architect WWX, Kid LSZ, Domestic fluff, Modern with Magic) WWX keeps ghost bunnies, inspired by @simzart’s pictures of young witches with their ghost cat familiars.

see also #8 on post

Légèreté by perkynurples (T, 65k, WangXian, Modern au, Horse riding, Swords as horses, Crack treated seriously, Friends to Lovers) modern equestrian AU, so everybody’s got horses instead of spiritual weapons. Beautifully illustrated by @sweetlittlevampire (including WWX and Friesian! Chenqing) and @piyo13sdoodles (including NMJ and Mustang! Baxia

YilingWei series by Dragonesque (T, 200k, WangXian, XuanLi, Canon Divergence, Character Study, Kinda, For Want of a Nail, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Yunmeng Shuangjie, BAMF!WWX, Original Character(s), Adopted Sibling Relationship, Adopted Children, Emotional Manipulation, Pining WWX, Bisexual Disaster WWX, YLLZ WWX, Yílíng Wèi Sect, Asexual WQ) WWX has four fierce corpse familiars: three horses and a crow

Yunmeng Jiang Cats by Kakushigo (G/T, 6k, Yunmeng Siblings, WangXian) AU where the Yunmeng Jiang all have cat familiars as part of their sect culture and cultivation

Hubris by incendir (E, 5k, wangxian, WWX & OC, post-canon) WWX has “a lovely, deep brown mare that he’s come to love as dearly as Little Apple”, no name given; she plays a role in a small but crucial magic-working.

🧡 Company by WithBroomBefore (T, 29k, wangxian, canon divergence, not YZY friendly, pre-relationship, getting together, fix-it, hurt/comfort, light angst w/ happy ending)

carried by the wind by saichan (T, 7k, WangXian, Rouge cultivatior WWX, YL WWX, different first meeting, burial mounds crows, letters, Yi city) yllz and his crows

~*~

2. Hello!!! For the next IMTMF could you please recommend any fics set post-canon where LWJ accidentally screws up his relationship with WWX big time and has to fix it real quick? Can be any universe, if theres smut preferably no bottom lwj pls. Thank you so much!

The Roots Grow Riotous by hansbekhart (E, 104k, wangxian, modern, fashion au, garment company, casual sex, group sex, implied/referenced cheating, switching, recreational drug use, angst w/ happy ending, single dad WWX, panic attacks, implied/referenced self-harm, grief/mourning, catharsis, body horror, floral horror)

~*~

3. Hi Mods! I read “ The Price of Old Wishes “ and I wondered if you know of any more fics where either WWX or LWJ feels that post resurrection, WWX is mentally younger than LWJ? Thank you!

#4 of this post has couple

~*~

4. hi for itmf id like really, really messed up dark wangxian fics. not necessarily nsfw, but if so please bottom wwx only

Limp by orphan_account (E, <1k, wangxian, major character death, rape/non-con, mind all the tags!!, choking, humiliation, spit & blood as lube, blood, military au, LWJ fucks WWX to death) modern military AU. LWJ fucks WWX to death—is that dark and messed-up enough for you?

Kinktober 2021 by Anonymous (E, 18k, wangxian, CHECK ALL THE TAGS before reading!, dead dove do not eat, consensual non-con, sadist LWJ, dark LWJ, rough sex, bestiality, etc.)

the sweetest dream would never do by honeyandviscera (E, 2k, WangXian, Modern AU, Dark LWJ, Somnophilia, Non-Consensual Somnophilia, Body Worship, Breaking and Entering, Drugged Sex, Stalking, Come Eating, Unreliable Narrator, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat)

DarkLanZhanExchange there might be some in here that work for you

You & Me Baby, We'll Eclipse The Sun Series by 2501987 (M/E, 130k, WangXian, XiCheng, MIND THE TAGS, Modern AU, Mafia, Murder husbands, Torture, Possessive Behavior, Blood and Violence, Older JC, Younger WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Dark)

💖 The Way You Tremble by themunchking (E, 6k, wangxian, murder husbands, vampires, blood, violence, supernatural elements)

The waters and the wild by SecretStorm (T, 62k, WIP, WangXian, Fairy Tale Elements, Pied Piper WWX, Trans Character, Trans LWJ, Many juniors, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Kid Fic, Sexual Tension) Bc the person asked for "not necessarily nsfw" this one discusses child abuse etc in detail, and lwj has gone into it thinking the absolute worst of wwx (which he encourages). Ends as a wip before there is much character redemption. I really like it!!

~*~

5. itmf timeloop fics with wx

Wearing Down Every Bone by CSHfic & VSfic (E, 30k, wangxian, post-canon, groundhog day, time loop, temporary character death, hurt/comfort, case fic, curses, pining, getting together, night hunts, hurt WWX, mystery, angst w/ happy ending, depression, unhealthy coping mechanisms)

see you yesterday by glyphic (M, 138k, WIP, WangXian, Modern AU, Modern with Magic, Ghost Hunters, Time Loop, Case Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Memory Loss, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn)

Let’s try this again by ilip13 (G, 22k, wangxian, post-canon, getting together, time loop. introspection, humor, feels)

A Torn Red Ribbon by shiroakuma (M, 195k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, canon divergence, sunshot campaign, time loop, time travel, canonical temporary character death, fix-it of sorts, angst w/ happy ending, hurt/comfort, dreams, unreliable narrator, bitter WWX, injured LWJ, slow burn, pining, YLLZ WWX, grief/mourning, revenge, WIP)

Like a leaf lost in time by shiroakuma (E, 15k, wangxian, sunshot campaign, time loop, time travel, fix-it of sorts, temporary character death, unreliable narrator, YLLZ WWX, injured WWX, good sibling JC, angst, fluff, sentient burial mounds, first time, bathtub sex)

Rebirth of a Wretched Mayfly by marikazz (M, 15k, wangxian, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Time Loop, Time Travel, Groundhog Day, Suicidal Thoughts, Violence, Not Really Character Death, Panic Attacks, Self-Harm, Mental Health Issues, Trust Issues, Hurt WWX, Miscommunication, Heavy Angst, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Whump, Feelings Realization, Mutual Pining, WWX is Not Okay, Mental Breakdown, Canon-Typical Violence, Existential Angst, Dissociation, Suicide, Angst with a Happy Ending)

~*~

6. a bit of a specific request- but may i ask for fics where wwx's main romantic struggle is 'not being lwj's equal anymore'? bonus if they address and correct this assumption? 😄❤️

~*~

7. do u know of any fics that more resemble some wuxia dramas, like, where the head of a household (say lwj) has multiple spouses just living together day to day, wwx being one of them, maybe favored, or maybe friends with the other spouses (or both).. i think a slice of life type fic about that would be interesting to read 💜

SIMILAR! The one where WWX is not LWJ's concubine AU Series by Lookingkindofdumb (Varied, 89k, WIP, WangXian, Non-Cultivator AU, Emperor LXC, Concubine AU, Rumors, Humor, Politics, Extended family chaos) this is not an exact fit but it’s very very close

~*~

8. are there... fics with BAMF wen popo?? i would love to read a strong matriarchal grandma at any point in canon (or modern au!).. like pre/mid-sunshot smuggling her family away to loosen wrh's hold on wq, or post-sunshot treating her family at camp and arranging jailbreaks where she could, or maybe in bm era taking charge of the settlement and making sure it thrives? (or any other scenario/divergence/au obv). that sounds wonderful even if it's not the focus of a fic. thank you! ❤️❤️

~*~

9. i know it's logical for wwx to be touch-averse after his 3 months in the burial mounds (teen project (link in #10) gave me the most /visceral/ reaction to the corpses being all over him), but are there fics where he comes out touch-starved instead? he's a tactile person and i just want him hug. pour into lwj's lap. hair pat. i love wwx h/c thank you.

they who refuse to be blessed by sysrae (E, 7k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Whump, Golden Core Reveal, Developing Relationship, wwx can have a little scurvy, as a treat, Bathing/Washing, Confessions, Sharing a Bed)

~*~

10. Hi! I recently found this blog and it's incredible! I have read so many recs I feel my love of this fandom has been reinvigorated. Could I ask some recs for your next itmf? Are there any canon-esque fics where WWX is incredibly powerful? I love reveal moments when other characters go "oh shit, that guy is super strong." Perhaps he has difficulty controlling his golden core, or his teachers note he is extremely strong, his power bursts out of him sometime, etc. Thank you!

Not exactly the op vibe the anon was asking for , but there are definitely people awed by WWX powers:

pitfalls of greed by glitteringmoonlight (T, 3k, WangXian, POV Outsider, BAMF WWX, Kidnapping, Violence, YLLZ WWX, not exactly but the vibes are there, Post-Canon)

💖 Teen Project to Change the World by animeloverhomura (Not rated, 686k, wangxian, watching the series, fix-it of sorts, bamf!wwx, WIP)

Tired of the Sunset by julomaiboulomai (M, 55k, WangXian, Modern AU, Superheroes/Superpowers, Identity Porn, Secret Identity, Parent-Child Relationship, Grief/Mourning, Unreliable Narrator, superhero fights, Major Character Injury, Major Character Undeath, Slow Burn, But also somehow, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Injury Recovery, JC-LWJ Mutual Hate Society, Domestic Fluff, Co-Parenting, Fade to Black, Brief mentions of suicide, Angst with a Happy Ending, Art Embedded)

Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out? by Iggysassou (E, 13k, WangXian, Married Couple, Post-Canon, mdzs canon rather than cql, 5+1 Things, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Protective wwx, protective lwj)

Cotton Wool by incendir (M, 34k, WangXian, LJY/OMC, ZhuiLing, JC & WWX) It’s kind of a misleading fic, since it starts very sweet, and is part of a relatively wholesome series. There are other POV of the events in the other parts. (link in #15)

Hubris by incendir (E, 5k, wangxian, WWX & OC, post-canon) portrays the sequence of events in Cotton Wool from WWX’s POV; the witnesses’ reaction to what he ends up doing, and under what constraints, also qualify both stories for #10. (link in #1)

~*~

11. (for itmf) hii thank u so much for doing this!! I have two requests, A.) can u recommend wangxian fics with the same romantic comedy vibes as The Mistletoe Virgin by VamillePudding? I've read everything else by the author but am still looking for more to read!

and B.) some wangxian childhood friends to lovers with lots of pining, esp if it's the kind of pining where they feel guilty about their feelings and/or are content to hide their feelings and stay friends but do eventually end up together! preferably over 10k words but I'm not picky, thank you so much!!! @cryiling

11A)

play your love songs all night long by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (E, 17k, WangXian, Modern AU, Marriage of Convenience, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, One Big Happy Family, Sharing a Bed, (platonically for 13 years), Therapy, Pegging, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Romantic Comedy, Misunderstandings)

a one track mind by bunnxianluvsu (MooseFeels), MooseFeels (E, 11k, WIP, WangXian, XuanLi, Modern AU, screwball comedy, Romantic Comedy, Phoenixes, just the one phoenix actually, Body Image, Body Modification, but like more complicated than you might think, Swimming, Medical, Illnesses, Accidental Flirting, Breeding Kink, idiots to lovers)

r/relationships by vespertineflora (T, 8k, WangXian, Modern AU, Social Media, Viral Reddit Post, Pining, Crushes, Friends to Lovers, Awkward Flirting, Romantic Gestures, Romantic Comedy, Love Confessions, Kissing, Happy Ending, r/relationships [podfic] by someplacelikebolivia)

one out of three by everythingispoetry (T, 9k, wangxian, canon divergence, fluff, misunderstandings, triplets, idiots in love, matchmaking, romantic comedy, cloud recesses study arc)

I would also recommend the author kuro for that romcom vibe

11B)

Make The Fireflies Dance Silver Moon’s Sparkling by Sweetlittlevampire (T, 23k, wangxian, modern, highschool au, friends to lovers, teenagers, growing up, getting to know each other, getting together, slow burn, first kiss, first love)

drag my teeth across your chest by ana_cp (E, 60k, wangxian, modern, soulmates au, angst w/ happy ending, childhood friends, hurt/comfort, WWX pov, friends to lovers, porn with feelings, pining, first kiss, first time, growing up together, versatile wangxian, violinist LWJ)

Lan Wangji is now on Instagram by MohnDoe (T, told in pictures so 0 word count, instagram fic, modern, texting, pre-relationship, getting together, friends to lovers, childhood friends, oblivious WWX, dark LWJ, word of honor crossover, faraway wanderers crossover, fluff & angst, pining)

Lan zhan and his bestfriend(love of his life, soulmate, his one and only) Wei Ying by Wangxian101 (T, 3k, wangxian, modern, highschool au, not actually unrequited love, best friends to lovers, love confessions, jock WWX, LWJ pov, pining, obliviousness, implied sexual content, kisses, holding hands)

~*~

12. Hello! May I have some fic recs where little WY was adopted and raised by HuaLian? I would like to read some BAMF!WWX who was raised by literal gods! Thank you in advance! ☺️🫰@sareen-momos-stuff

echoes from across the void by Nilaic (G, 20k, wangxian, hualian, adoption, YLLZ WWX, deaging, oblivious WWX, protective LWJ, BAMF WWX & LWJ, pining, dimension travel, WWX has PTSD, demonic cultivation, hurt/comfort, fluff & angst, families of choice, WIP) not quite what you’re looking for but hopefully it tides you over while I search for couple others I know are somewhere in the depth of my bookmarks!

🧡 The Red Ribbon by Xiao_Hua (M, 21k, WangXian, HuaLian, Canon Divergence, Ghost City, a bit of beefleaf, Immortality, Cultivation Partners, Juniors, XL and HC find a child who happens to be WWX, Fluffy wangxian, WWX is a Supreme Ghost King, First Time)

let this soul be your whisper by merthurlin (T, 28k, hualian, wangxian, post TGCF canon, post first siege of burial mounds, canonical character death, canon divergence, found family)

Hua Xianle by Tiffany_Guinne (Not rated, 55k, hualian, wangxian, canon divergence, not Jiang friendly, madam lan lives, WWX adopted by hualian, WWX with different name, overprotective hualian, hurt WWX, WIP)

~*~

13. Hi hi 👋 So, I've been watching a lot of paranormal shows lately, and for an IITMF, does anyone have any like, paranormal investigator AUs??? It can be the cast being the investigators or the cast doing the haunting, and it can be serious or silly! I just want to see what's out there. Thanks for all of your effort!

Yunmeng Supernatural by Leffy (T, 16k, WIP, WangXian, Modern AU, Youtube AU, buzzfeed unsolved au, Social Media AU, exorcist!LWJ)

Live Thread: The Hauntedest Place by sami (T, 1k, ridiculous future bullshit, Social Media, Chaos Gremlin WWX, under a fake name) / (Pov outsider) It's not a modern au except that it's an au set in modern day? 😅 wwx and lwj are immortals currently in the modern day and wwx is running a YT channel where he is "investigating" a haunting. It's pretty hilarious!

Who You Gonna Call? by Beltenebra (E, 15k, WangXian, Ghost Hunters, Modern with Magic, Minor ChengSong, Anal Sex, Paranormal Investigators, Mild Blood, Mild Horror, Ghosts, Demons, Fluff and Humor, Case Fic)

~*~

14. Hey there! This is an IITMF request :)

a) Fic(s) where MXY does not summon WWX. He doesn't comeback. LWJ could only show his regret and all AFTER WWX fell in Nightless City, and he knew what it felt like to lose someone you love. But what if WWX didn't comeback? What happens to LWJ? (e.g. dormiveglia (in between sleeping and walking) by comforting_monachopsis)

b) where after WWX comes back, he rejects LWJ, and walks away - maybe to JC, or NHS(well cuz they're bffs) or maybe somewhere else.

- bonus if he falls for someone else entirely. @utxqia

14A)

Bitter Recompense by mondengel (M, 1k, LXC & LWJ, Angst)

Thirty-three Lashes by Winglesss (E, 56k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Modern AU, Modern with Magic, Canon Temporary Character Death, Immortality, Reincarnation, Case Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Blood and Injury, Major Character Injury, Mystery, minor polyamorous relationship, Happy Ending, Eventual Fluff, Eventual Smut, Explicit Sexual Content, Memory Loss)

When the Honor Comes too Late by ExtraPenguin (T, 1k, major character death, angst, canon divergence, bad ending)

Future Cultivation AU Series by Aki_no_hikari (G, 23k, WangXian, Modern AU, Canon Divergence, College/University, Modern with Magic, Reincarnation, Angst with a Happy Ending) this was the historical situation before the timeskip and reincarnation.

~*~

15. Hello, good day to all of you mods.

May I trouble you, for the next I'm In The Mood, do you have any mindbreak fics, preferably WWX. It can be as disturbing as you want. Thank u very much (⁠づ⁠￣⁠ ⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠づ

body and bone, hair and skin by Mikkeneko (T, 6k, wangxian, major character death, dark, horror, grief/mourning, unhealthy coping mechanisms, zombies, bittersweet ending) LWJ travels to Lotus Pier to confront a WWX who has pretty clearly snapped.

~*~

16. fave jingyi-centric fics? i adore the one-body problem and would love more of that dude (the rest of the quartet is always a bonus obv) <3

sing up to the stars by tangerinechar (T, 10k, ZhuiYi, background WangXian, Fluff and Crack, opera singer!LJY, rated t for jingyi's cursing and one (1) makeout)

Silent Rules by SherlocksHound (G, 726, WangXian, shortfic, Fluff and Humor) the editorial voice is LJY’s

Potatoes, chapter 29 of court the stars by chomrafy an endangered bunny poses little LJY a conflict of Rules and Righteousness

A good read by Aki_no_hikari (G, 1k, Modern with Magic, Canon Divergence, Metafiction, Reincarnation) modern cultivation AU; historical RPF fanwriter LJY receives feedback from his favorite author, LWJ

Why Not Me? by Eleanor_Fenyx (G, 7k, WIP, LJY & LQR, LJY & LWJ, Good Uncle LQR, POV LJY, War Orphan LJY, Character Study, LJY Has ADHD, Found Family, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria)

DID YILING LAOZU REALLY EXIST???: a Thread [1/?] by el_em_en_oh_pee (G, 5k, WangXian, Academia, Social Media, Research, Mixed Media, POV Outsider, this is kind of an AU - Modern and kind of not???, it's a modern academic/researchy exploration of canon lol)

Dad's Got a Date With a Vampire! By PaPaYa_Bites (T, 7k, NieLan, WangXian, Vampire, Half-Vampires, Supernatural Elements, Modern AU, Teacher!LWJ, Vampire!LWJ, Humor, Getting Together, Family Feels, Cute Kids, Meet-Cute)

~*~

17. Hi mod kay!!! For the next in the mood for, is there any fics about the thirteen/sixteen year gap where Wei Wuxian is there with LWZ? As either a ghost or having faked his death? Thank you!

Response by Aki_no_hikari (G, 12k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Love Confessions)

🧡 Ghosts Shouldn't by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 15k, WangXian, Grief/Mourning, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending) i know a few other wwx's-ghost-is-around-the-cloud-recesses fics but they're focused on sizhui instead

Dignity and Animality by quick_cat_tl (G, 31k, WangXian, Watership Down, u know the one with the political/philosophical bunnies, Reincarnation, Lapine language, Rabbit!WWX, Sunny Angst, Pining, Mojo's post) WWX, reincarnated as a rabbit, comes to live among LWJ’s bunny herd at the Cloud Recesses

promissory notes Series by kakikaeru (T, 57k, WIP, ZhuiYi, WangXian, Post-Canon)

His Merit All My Fear by violettressed (G, 16k, ZhuiYi, WangXian, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Pre-Relationship)

every time we touch I get this feeling by ritualist (M, 11k, ChengYi, Case Fic, Curses, Crushes, Masturbation, Confessions, Overstimulation, Humor)

~*~

If you didn’t get an answer to your ask here, don’t forget to make use of @mdzs-kinkmeme and MDZS KINK MEME on Dreamwidth. Authors actually do use them for ideas. You may get what you order!***Your prompt doesn’t have to be kink! Fluff, crack, whatever - it’s all good!***

#wangxian #mdzs #wangxian fic recs #i'm in the mood for a fic #the untamed #wangxian fic search #wangxianficfinder #long post

145 notes · View notes

thebiscuiteternal · 1 year

Note

You have so many good headcanons about the Nies! What are your fluffiest headcanons about them, would you say?

(this includes some I've written in other posts, so it's kinda like a master list of fluff.)

Little Nie Mingjue Did Not Want A Sibling. He was Six Years Old and everyone knows that babies are Boring and Dumb and Gross. And then the very moment he laid eyes on too-small-too-quiet Huaisang, the "If anything happens to him I will kill everyone and myself" switch flipped.

Bitty Huaisang had a tough time with Qinghe winters. Achy growing joints, fluid in the lungs, persistent cough and headaches. His brother would take it upon himself to bury him in blankets and furs and bring him tea and medicine and soup. Even for a couple of years right after Mingjue became sect leader, it was common to find Huaisang curled up and sleeping off the latest bout of sickness between him and the fire as he did paperwork.

There are 20+ half-feral cats roaming the Unclean Realms at any one moment as resident mousers, and when they're both bored enough that Mingjue isn't even arguing about Huaisang not training, the brothers have (never-resolved, because that would end the fun) debates on their names.

Growing up, even though he wasn't allowed at meetings, Huaisang always noticed whenever Mingjue was in a particularly frustrated mood after meeting with certain sect leaders and would try to cheer him up after. Even if it didn't always work, Mingjue would scruff his hair and thank him for the effort.

Nie Mingjue is a stress-eater and Nie Huaisang is a stress-cooker, but they are diametrically opposed as to what constitutes stress food. Huaisang usually ends up giving all his kitchen efforts away (which the disciples and servants don't mind at all :D) because Da-ge won't eat anything besides raw veggies and dried meat when he's upset. The nerve!

The very first fan Huaisang ever painted disappeared not long after. He never really noticed, having already thrown himself into working on more. (If you happen to see it hidden away on Mingjue's person for luck, no you didn't.)

As much as Mingjue wishes Huaisang would give a damn about actually important things, he doesn't get rid of the birds because catching/keeping them means that Huaisang is at least doing some physical work/honing his ingenuity. (If you've ever seen Mingjue sneaking birds a peanut or two, no you didn't.)

Up until Huaisang was about twelve, he loved it when Mingjue would use him as a strength-training weight, giggling his head off whenever he got tossed and caught. Once the new generation of cultivation trainees came in, it wasn't cute anymore (but they both still miss it sometimes).

They have their own unspoken signals and a specific style of writing that no one can read but each other, but no one ever notices this because they aren't as blatant about it as either the Lan pair or the Yunmeng pair.

Whenever Huaisang is being particularly unruly, Baxia sends Mingjue the mental image of an undersized kitten trying to be hissy and annoying.

Huaisang keeps his nails long because Mingjue gets terrible tension headaches and scalp skritches help.

#mdzs #cql #most of these can apply to either canon #nie brothers #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #fluff headcanons

134 notes · View notes

leatherbookmark · 1 year

Text

Thinking, and like. all previous nie sect leaders qi deviated to death, because that's how the saber cultivation worked: it gradually fucked up their qi and tempers on top of that. and jgy playing the song of turmoil didn't cause nmj's death, it just sped it up. so... what if that's what happened with wrh and nmj's father?

the facts we have (from chapter 49):

wrh called nmj's father, said his saber was quite cool indeed, patted it a couple of times and that was it.

after nmj's father went back, he Was Not Pleased, rather annoyed that wrh called him just for a second then sent him back.

however, nothing was "out of the ordinary".

during a night hunt, his saber suddenly shattered, and in result, he couldn't defend himself against the beast who then injured him heavily.

after nmj took him back to the unclean realm, he couldn't accept this/couldn't get over it/怎么也咽不下这口气/腹に据えかね、悔しさに満ちていた (he was full of anger and frustration)

and his wounds didn't heal.

half a year later, he passed away. "it wasn't clear whether the cause was rage or illness".

later, when wrh and nmj fight, there's this neat little sentence:

愤怒使他陡然之间力大无穷, or, 湧き上げる憤怒が一瞬にして彼に限りなき力を与えた (rage welled up in his chest and immediately gave him a surge of unlimited boundless power)

i don't know much about how powers work in xianxia novels, let alone xianxia-based webnovels, but this sounds to me a bit like the qinghe nie cultivation method kind of uh, fucking sucked.

saber cultivation requires resentful energy of beasts and monsters.

the blade requires more strength and an aggressive fighting style than a regular "honest" sword.

unfortunately, in the process, the sabers start demanding more sacrifice, more anger and more blood -- this is why after their owners' deaths, they still need to be contained.

the more one uses such a saber, the more their qi and temper gets out of control.

it's like an ouroboros. the saber needs 😡 to work. but using saber makes one 😡 as well. both the saber and the user get more powerful thanks to 😡, but by getting more 😡, they get more 😡 (<-- this is not good).

idk, again, i don't know shit, but this looks like demonic cultivation... with one's own self... while alive? 😬

another two things, from chapters 49 and 50: one, nmj doesn't seem to notice that anything is out of order with his behaviour; when lxc points out his mind is in turmoil, he says "no it's not, i know what i'm doing". two: nmj still "hasn't told nhs about the saber spirit". it could mean "about the fact that sabers fuck you up, yknow, that it's a thing", or "that baxia's saber spirit in particular is being rowdy", but if nhs knew about the saber spirits being a thing, he would've done the math, i think. so, i think it's safe to assume that nhs did not know about the saber illness.

i'm talking about this because... they just don't know, huh. nmj's father must have been at least thirtysomething when he died, which means that a, even without a war going on, he's practiced rageloop turbo 3000 for more than half of his life and that probably shows, and b, his sons haven't seen his calmer, non-saberbrained self, because he must have been like 20 when he had them. the nie are just fiery-tempered! the sabers like a fiery-tempered warrior. which, okay, but could nmj tell that his father was, over the years, steadily getting quicker to anger? he has more duties, and besides, having wrh for a neighbour is stressing... no, he couldn't.

and wrh is power-thirsty and unstable, but also clever. he did work it out that the nie cultivators are strictly bonded with their sabers, so like a cat pushing something off the table, he couldn't help himself. he literally patted the blade a couple of times -- i'm assuming it wasn't just that, and that he infused his touch with something -- but it was enough to send this bond spiralling, enough for the saber to shatter. was the beast nmj's father was fighting so strong that its horn stopped his body's regeneration abilities? or was it the damage done to the saber that fucked up his qi and his body's regeneration abilities? LOTS TO THINK ABOUT.

again, my problem is that i don't really know how it all works -- but iirc, while jc doesn't have his sword, he's able to use zidian just fine, meaning that a proper, righteous cultivator's qi isn't tied to their sword. the nie cultivation seems to me like one big clan of people with targets carefully painted on their backs, of time bombs about to explode. there's no way out of this one!

and also like. something something, jgy trying to rise from his place as a sex worker's son -- he can't do it like a normal, high-born cultivator, so he has to use means other deem undignified, cheating, unfair. something something the nie sect founder trying to rise from his place as a butcher... i'm not saying they're the same, jgy honorary nie etc, but -- if you have no resources, then even if you somehow get them... jgy is paranoid, he feels he can't fully trust even the man he considers his closest friend, he's trapped in the way he's perceived by the society. meanwhile, the nie clan is trapped in their own way of cultivation that they can't abandon because you don't just abandon the way of your ancestors, even if you're literally cultivating yourself to death.

cool!!!

anyway

nmj 🤝 nhs : losing yourself in rage and revenge on the person that murdered your family member, except that family member would have died either way, except you realized way way wayyyyy too late, and by the time the murderer is dead you don;t really have anything to be happy about

#shrimp thoughts #i sitted down and thinked with my brian but i don't know if it makes even a square decibel of sense. eh

44 notes · View notes

hedgehoginkalaziris · 1 year

Text

Thoughts about AU where Nie brothers live in our days

Mingjue would definitely have a Maine Coon named Baxia and Huaisang would have two pet rats with the most ridiculous names he could’ve imagined. They would always argue about if Baxia can be in the same room with the rats who are scared of her to death.

Mingjue would love his kitty cat more than his own life. Xichen wouldn’t approve it.

#nie mingjue #nie huaisang

13 notes · View notes

disastermages · 2 years

Text

[read it on ao3]

[the name of Jiang Yanli's sword in this fic comes from a meta post by @drwcn ]

Nie Mingjue can’t help but roll his eyes at the pageantry of it all, not when LanLing Jin has put so much pomp and circumstance into the ceremony. It wasn’t this gaudy when Gusu Lan held the ceremony last year. It had been tasteful under Lan Qiren and Lan Xichen’s careful watch.

Each betrothed pair was meant to see if they could call each other’s swords, to see if they were soulmates of course, though some of the couples in front of the crowd only take the barest wiggle in the breeze as a sign that they’re meant to be. Their relatives claim to have known it all along with a certain sense of pride that can only be bred and born in a place like this.

Nie Mingjue had been invited and expected to attend, regardless of his interest, but even he pays attention when Jiang Yanli’s and Jin Zixuan’s names are called. His eyes do not follow Jin Zixuan’s movements, but they move after Jiang Yanli as if she was something to worry over, something that needed to be snatched away and protected.

It isn’t his place, Nie Mingjue knows that, but when Jiang Yanli lays her sword across the table, sheathed and placed opposite from Jin Zixuan’s, her face looks green with worry. He’d been leaning against a tree, only half paying attention to the rest of the pairs, but he gives his full attention now, one hand wrapping round a tree branch as he steps forward. Nie Mingjue doesn’t know if he’s holding himself up or holding himself back.

Jin Guangshan strokes his mustache and grins like the cat who swallowed the canary as he tells them to begin, and they do, but nothing happens that is supposed to happen. They both hold their hands over each other’s swords, but Suihua does nothing. Jiang Yanli’s sword, rarely seen and named Wuyun, begins to rise, only to slam itself stubbornly back onto the table before it chooses to lay prone, a flat taunt to everyone watching.

A gasp rises up around Nie Mingjue and for the first time, he’s tempted to join them, but he doesn’t get the chance before the grin drops off of Jin Guangshan’s face and his eyes darken. When Nie Mingjue finds her face in the crowd, Yu Ziyuan’s face is unreadable, a frown pulling at stern features.

Jiang Yanli’s hand stays poised above Suihua, but her face has turned white and waxen with desperation as she silently begs for it to do something, her fingers flexing and unflexing.

Baxia begins to rattle and shake on Nie Mingjue’s back, her voice pressing in at the back of his mind, though Nie Mingjue can’t make out the words until she’s already worked herself out of her sheath, flinging herself towards where Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan stand.

“Not him.”

The words are finally clear when Jin Zixuan jumps out of the way and Jiang Yanli covers her eyes with her free hand. A blow never comes, Baxia never slices through her skin, because Jiang Yanli caught the saber perfectly in her hand, her grip on it tight as she turns to look at it. Baxia chooses to let her weight be known, forcing Jiang Yanli to wrap both hands around her hilt as her knees buckle.

Tree bark digs into Nie Mingjue’s hand as he watches Jiang Yanli stare at Baxia, the two of them looking as if they’re in some sort of conversation before Jiang Yanli remembers herself and steps down from the dias, resting Baxia on her shoulder, blade away from her, and begins the short trek of bringing Baxia back to him.

“Sect Leader Nie, I-” “Lady Jiang-”

They both start and stop at the same time, catching onto each other’s words and crowding in while their captive audience looks on. Jin Guangshan is staring daggers at the both of them, Nie Mingjue doesn’t have to look away from Jiang Yanli’s face to know that.

“Sect Leader Nie, as I’m sure you know, Lady Jiang’s sword is notoriously stubborn and difficult to call.” There is anger in Jin Guangshan’s voice when both he and Jiang Yanli remember to look at him, though Jiang Yanli looks down as if she’d been scolded, one hand wrapping around her other wrist, but Nie Mingjue knows better than to put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Not here. He won’t invite anymore gossip about Jiang Yanli than there’s already going to be after this.

Nie Mingjue refuses to look away from Jin Guangshan’s face, even as Jin Zixuan steps off the dias with a flap of his sleeves, his face turning pale and drawn. “Lady Jiang’s sword knows who its master is, what would Sect Leader Jin like me to do about that?”

Nie Mingjue knows what Jin Guangshan is implying, everyone around them knows what he’s implying, but Nie Mingjue is the only one who can drag the words from him as he steps in front of Jiang Yanli, putting his body between her and Jin Guangshan’s cold glare.

“Shall we see if Sect Leader Nie can call Lady Jiang’s sword to him?”

There’s no need for him to walk towards the dias, so Nie Mingjue doesn’t even try, he only holds his hand out and prompts Wuyun to come to him. There’s resistance, but it feels like stubbornness, rather than real, true refusal.

The feeling of cool water down his back on a hot day surrounds Nie Mingjue as Wuyun fits itself into his hand, his fingers curling around the hilt. There’s a buzzing in the back of his brain, but there’s nothing ordering him to let go, so he doesn’t, not until he turns around and holds the sword out to Jiang Yanli as gently as he can bear.

If their fingers brush and if Baxia rumbles at his back, Nie Mingjue will pay any of it no mind.

“Is Sect Leader Jin satisfied?”

Rather than answer him, Jin Guangshan walks away with a flick of his own sleeves as one of his advisors announces a brief intermission, a pleading smile on their face as they bow low. A moment later, dancers doused in orange and gold fabric fill the space where the betrothed couples had once stood, their movements hiding the dias from sight.

Nie Mingjue turns to tell Jiang Yanli she should go back to her own sect, but before he can, Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan are leading her away, one hand on either of her arms, but she still makes a point of turning back to look at him, a soft, worried smile gracing her face for a flicker of a moment.

It leaves Nie Mingjue staring helplessly after her.

The betrothal between Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan breaks down gradually over the next few weeks, and when two trade agreements between Qinghe Nie and Lanling Jin fall through, Nie Mingjue makes a point of looking as unbothered as he really is about it. Meng Yao quietly files the agreements away, but Nie Mingjue knows when he’s being watched carefully, just like he knows when Meng Yao and his brother are conspiring about him. Nie Mingjue is perfectly aware of the two of them whispering, nothing else could make Huaisang go slack jawed.

The two of them tiptoeing around him makes it easy for Nie Mingjue to slip out of Qinghe, unescorted and un-scolded about proper etiquette. Huaisang would throw a fit when he figures it out, but by then, Nie Mingjue would already be in Yunmeng. He and Meng Yao could catch up on Huaisang’s saber if they wanted to, for all Nie Mingjue cares. He knows they won’t, Meng Yao will look ruffled for a full few seconds but accept it eventually, and Huaisang would scold and smack his fan against Nie Mingjue’s shoulder, but they would both deal with it or they wouldn’t.

He touches down in Yunmeng early in the afternoon and walks the rest of the way to Lotus Pier, nerves growing in his stomach and slowing him down until the unfamiliar scent of lotus flowers almost chokes him, but Nie Mingjue presses onwards, fingers flexing and unflexing at his sides.

Nie Mingjue doesn’t play games, he tells the disciple guarding the gate that he’s here to speak to Lady Jiang and her parents and he’s admitted quickly and met in the Jiang sect’s sword hall, Jiang Fengmian rising from the lotus petal throne slowly, Yu Ziyuan and Jiang Yanli standing to one side of it while Jiang Wanyin and Wei Wuxian stand on the other.

Bows are exchanged very carefully and Jiang Fengmian sits back down, but Yu Ziyuan remains where she stands, her shoulders squared and her eyes sharp and cold. Nie Mingjue doesn’t blame her, he’d thrown a wild goose into all of hers and Madam Jin’s careful arranging. Nie Mingjue means to straighten his shoulders and stare back, but Jiang Yanli meets his eyes first, and Nie Mingjue can’t look away from her, not when she does her best to wave sneakily at him, her hand clinging near her waist to keep her mother from seeing. There’s nothing Nie Mingjue can do to tell her that she’s been seen, to let her know that he isn’t ignoring her.

Instead, he turns his focus towards Jiang Fengmian, “I apologize for not sending word before my arrival, Sect Leader Jiang, but I did not wish to impose if my presence was unwanted.” To Nie Mingjue’s surprise, Jiang Fengmian shakes his head with a smile, either heedless or uncaring of the warning glance his wife throws at him.

“Truthfully, Sect Leader Nie, it is no imposition, we merely expected your visit earlier than this.” As he speaks, Jiang Fengmian glances towards his daughter and something inside of him seems to settle, though not unhappily. “Long ago, when both yourself and A-Li were very young, your father suggested a potential match between the two of you. If I had known how clearly he could see, I might have played cards with him less.”

It feels as if the floor should be opening up to swallow him whole, but it doesn’t. His father had never mentioned the possibility of a match between himself and Jiang Yanli, but it was only natural, wasn’t it? She was the daughter of a sect leader. It would have been an advantageous match no matter the angle.

Swallowing, Nie Mingjue forces himself to nod his head, “Father never mentioned it to me, Sect Leader Jiang.”

For a long moment, none of them say a word while Nie Mingjue grasps for the right words, even if it feels as though his hands are clawing at nothing. “I have not come to ask for Lady Jiang’s hand directly, but I’ve come to ask for both yours and her permission to court her properly.” The unending humming in the back of his head turns warm and Nie Mingjue knows that Baxia is pleased even if she doesn’t dare rattle against his back here.

Yu Ziyuan’s shoulders rise and then straighten again in resignation, she doesn’t bother to hold back her sigh, but her eyes aren’t quite as hard the next time Nie Mingjue looks at her. Minutely, she nods her head before she and Jiang Fengmian both turn to look at Jiang Yanli, waiting for her answer.

Wordlessly, Jiang Yanli steps forward and keeps walking until she’s standing in front of Nie Mingjue, their height difference disappearing when she looks into his eyes with ferocity and stubbornness lurking beneath kindness. “Sect Leader Nie, it is Yunmeng tradition for soulmates to clean one another’s swords should they ever start courting.” Jiang Yanli’s voice is unwavering as she speaks, but she does not raise it higher than she needs to. She does not have to, Nie Mingjue is listening carefully to her every word. “If you’ll allow me to fetch Wuyun and one of my shimei for a chaperone, I know of a pavilion that’s very nice at this time of day.”

The invitation is brazen enough that Nie Mingjue almost can’t react to it, and then he almost laughs, but the determination on Jiang Yanli’s face stops him at a smile. “I would be honored to polish Lady Jiang’s sword.”

The euphemism isn’t lost on him, but Nie Mingjue knows well enough to pay it no mind, but he still hears Wei Wuxian begin to snort, only to nearly bring Jiang Wanyin down with him, the both of them covering themselves by clearing their throats. Whatever acceptance had been gathering on Yu Ziyuan’s face is pulled down by resignation, her eyes shifting into something bored, rather than endlessly cold and hard. “No need to bother your shimei, A-Li, Wei Ying and A-Cheng will accompany the two of you, every training sword we have needs cleaning.”

Yu Ziyuan walks away without another word, deep purple robes gliding around a corner while Jiang Wanyin and Wei Wuxian stare after her with wide eyes. Jiang Fengmian purposely avoids looking at them as he stands and nods his head at Nie Mingjue and then his daughter, smiling before he goes to follow his wife.

The pile of training swords sit at Wei Wuxian’s and Jiang Wanyin’s feet while they perch on the steps of the pavilion, mumbling to each other and glancing back at them every few minutes, their own swords leaned against the columns. Baxia lays across Jiang Yanli’s lap while Jiang Yanli runs a cloth up and down the blade, mindful of the edge while Baxia’s humming in the back of Nie Mingjue’s head slips into a lower rumble, less like the thunder he hears in a battle, and more like the content purring of an overly large cat.

He can’t stop himself from shaking his head at the saber before he turns his attention back to Wuyun. A cautious energy gathers at his fingertips while he cleans the sword’s sheath first, taking care to wipe dust away from the careful carvings in the wood, no matter how much his fingertips dislike the detailed work, Nie Mingjue works until there isn’t a speck left.

“Wuyun is in a very good mood today, usually he’s grumpy about cleaning days.” Jiang Yanli speaks quietly, too quiet for her brothers to hear her over the water behind them. Nie Mingjue feels as if they’re conspiring about something. “I know he’d prefer to be carried and used more often, but I carry him when I can.” When Nie Mingjue dares to look at her, Jiang Yanli is smiling at him while she puts her nails into cleaning the metal work at Baxia’s hilt.

She’s careful about getting into the grooves close to the blade, wiping away dirt and dust and dried blood as easily as she would clean vegetables. “I think he likes you more than he likes me.”

There’s laughter on her lips when she says it, but Nie Mingjue shakes his head, reaching for Wuyun’s energy with his own and finding the stubbornness from the ceremony all over again. “He likes you, but he’s protective, Lady Jiang. If anyone is playing favorites, it’s Baxia, she’s always liked you.” Nie Mingjue knows he’s said too much, and he glances back at where Jiang Yanli’s brothers sit, but they’re either ignoring them, or they hadn’t heard what he’d said to her.

“Is that what the noise she’s making means?” Jiang Yanli hums while she turns the corner of her cloth into the mouth of the beast at Baxia’s hilt, mindful of the sharp teeth that have bitten Nie Mingjue before and will bite him again. Baxia makes no such move towards Jiang Yanli’s smaller fingers, if anything, the purring in Nie Mingjue’s head grows louder.

“You can hear her too?” It’s tempting to go stock still as Jiang Yanli turns Baxia over to clean the other side of her, but Nie Mingjue forces himself to continue, finally unsheathing Wuyun to clean off his rarely used blade. At the top of the hilt, there’s a lotus flower, and curled underneath it, a snake, ready to strike, Nie Mingjue lets himself admire the craftsmanship of it, his thumb stroking over the individual scales.

“Only when I’m close to her like this,” Jiang Yanli admits, “at the sword ceremony it sounded like she was trying to speak, but I couldn’t make out her words.”

It’s then that Nie Mingjue stops, Wuyun’s blade is warm against his thigh, buzzing with an energy that Nie Mingjue can’t make himself pay attention to anymore in favor of staring at Jiang Yanli while the afternoon sun casts a glow around her hair.

Nie Mingjue doesn’t notice how close his thumb is to the edge of Wuyun’s blade until it slips and the warm metal bites into him.

“Sect Leader Nie, I’m so sorry!” Jiang Yanli sets Baxia off of her lap carefully and grabs for one of the unused cloths that sits between them before she takes Nie Mingjue’s wrist in both of her hands, only to press the cloth against his thumb as tightly as she can. “I asked Wuyun to behave himself before we came out, but he doesn’t like to listen.”

Jiang Yanli reaches for her sword with one hand, but Nie Mingjue stops her with his free hand. He hadn’t felt any malice from Wuyun before he’d been cut, and he doesn’t feel any malice from the sword now. He doesn’t realize that they’re still holding onto each other until Jiang Yanli turns to speak to her brothers.

“A-Cheng, A-Xian, could both of you go get disinfectant and bandages for Sect Leader Nie’s hand?” Jiang Yanli watches him out of the corner of her eye as she speaks, uncertainty crossing her eyes, even as her brothers gleefully take a break from their punishment, stretching their legs under the guise of hurrying off to do as they’d been told.

Carefully, Jiang Yanli pulls back the cloth and looks seriously at the cut before she sets the cloth back against it, though she still doesn’t let go of Nie Mingjue’s wrist. “Sect Leader Nie, if I may speak plainly,” Jiang Yanli starts and stops, her throat working carefully while Nie Mingjue watches her, “I knew that Young Master Jin didn’t care for me, and most likely wouldn’t ever care for me, even if I had been able to call his sword to me. My cultivation is not strong, and I don’t know what kind of wife I’ll make, but if you truly intend to court me and then ask for my hand, I’ll try as hard as I can to be someone worthy of the title of your wife.”

Nie Mingjue watches as pink turns to red on Jiang Yanli’s cheeks, his fingers curling around Jiang Yanli’s wrists while she speaks. It’s hard not to grip her tight and refuse to let go of her, but Nie Mingjue chokes the urge down, his lips pressing into a flat line.

“When Baxia responded to your call, Lady Jiang, I thought myself lucky, because I’ve long since thought highly of you.” The way Jiang Yanli looks up at him twists a knife into Nie Mingjue’s heart and stomach, but he forces himself to keep talking, “I can’t say when or where it started, but my affection for you is not based on what Young Master Jin thinks of you. My thoughts of you are my own, Jiang Yanli.” Nie Mingjue sets Wuyun off to the side as he gets down on one knee before Jiang Yanli and looks into her eyes, only to refuse to look away when the urge rises up inside of him. Jiang Yanli still holds onto his injured hand with both of hers, even when her lightly rouged lips part, trying to form words to interrupt him. “I do intend to court you, and I will ask for your hand, but you are already much more than worthy, Lady Jiang.”

He shouldn’t, Nie Mingjue knows that he shouldn’t, not when Wei Wuxian and Jiang Wanyin could be back at any moment, but he still pulls Jiang Yanli’s hands forward, just so he can press a kiss to the back of each of them.

Tears are rolling down Jiang Yanli’s cheeks, but when Nie Mingjue reaches up to wipe them away with his free hand, Jiang Yanli grabs ahold of it instead and presses her own kiss against his palm, and then his wrist, right against his pulse.

“I won’t deny now that I’ve always thought Sect Leader Nie handsome.” Jiang Yanli’s voice is a mere whisper now, but she still smiles, and Nie Mingjue lets himself get lost in it.

At least until Wei Wuxian and Jiang Wanyin come back, their voices loud enough from a distance to remind them to separate.

If he and Jiang Yanli glance at each other once they’re back, neither of her brothers seem to notice them.

#mdzs #cql #mingli #jyl/nmj #mdzs fic #cql fic #jiang yanli #nie mingjue #nmj #jyl #saying that im back on my mingli bullshit implies that i ever got off of it #but hey look soulmates #also this for sure was just my brain going 'sentient swords bro' and then i ran with it

48 notes · View notes