#sangyao

[restingdomface]

Sect Leader Yao: *loudly ranting about WWX being evil and how he shouldn’t have ‘been invited’ as if the man hadn’t been forcefully summoned like a demon of some sort*

Nie Mingjue: …Sect Leader Yao?

SLYao: -what?

Nie Mingjue: *pointing down* Your robes are on fire.

SLYao: *runs out of the hall screaming when he can’t get it put out*

Other leaders: *trying to figure out if WWX was the one that set him on fire*

Wei Wuxian: *sitting behind a shielding array, both stuck and not wanting to tempt someone to attack him, actively hiding a confused A-Yaun behind his skirts* :)

A-Yaun: ??:)??

Jiang Yanli: *eagerly showing him Jin Ling and probably thinks WWX and JC managed this so WWX could be at his 100 day celebration, isn’t gonna ask where they can get in trouble*

Jiang Cheng: *thinking exactly the same thing but about Yanli and WWX, showing off his nice new hair pin Yanli got him*

Jin Zixuan: *just happy this is less horrible than he expected*

Lan Wangji: *giving WWX blinks of affection and love*

Wei Wuxian: :)

Nie Mingjue: …but who set Sect Leader Yao on fire?

Lan Xichen: I don’t know, but it’s so much more peaceful now :)

Meng Yao: *appears at NMJ’s elbow, holding hands with NHS and looking pleased* I found that array in Jin Guangshan’s office :) it’ll wear off in about five hours. They’ll be so excited when they realize they can pass him random objects through the shield :)

Nie Huaisang: I set Sect Leader Yao’s robes on fire :)

Nie Mingjue: Ohhh you two are just so cute, I am giving you both presents when we get home.

NHS & MY: :D

#the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the untamed #mdzs #incorrect mdzs #incorrect untamed quotes #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #nie huaisang #Meng Yao #nie mingjue #if NMJ had kept my #sangyao #this is both them as a ship #or just as NMJ’s tiny babey gremlin goblins #tbh he thinks of them that way in both cases #those are his precious didis and he’s gonna spoil them #NMJ is okay with nhs setting people on fire lol but as long as my is being less murdery he’s good with him

[sadfishkid]

someone i loved once gave me a box full of darkness

#mdzs #the untamed #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #sangyao #art tag #huaisang: when i told you to do something about him i didn't mean murder him

[thatswhatsushesaid]

maybe he looks so fucking forsaken rn because you FORSOOK him zewu-jun. did you think about that

#mdzs shitposting #cql #the untamed #jin guangyao #nie huaisang #sangyao #nie mingjue #lan xichen #xiyao #we did it team we made it to friday afternoon #time to celebrate with textpost memes #my only talent

[poiverine]

just so you don’t forget I’m (still) obsessed over mdzs as well (and that I didn’t die)

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #jin guangyao #meng yao #nie huaisang #sangyao #my beloveds #murder twinks #fanart #my art #i really be doing whatever with the background hoping for the best

[szaszkeh]

Meng Yao x Nie Huaisang for a patron request

#魔道祖师 #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #meng yao #nie huaisang #sangyao

[wifiwuxians]

collection of jin guangyao birthday art from 2020 to 2023! (and jin zixuan got one last year too LOL) these are all reposts because i'm on an art hiatus, but i still adore these boys.

2020's little xuanli bonus

#jin guangyao #jin zixuan #jin ling #mdzs #3zun #sangyao #zhuyao #you can tell where my shipping preferences started going post-2020 LMAO fuck #my art #for 2021 i posted a commission i was hired for! i didnt wanna repost that w/o permission so maybe i'll rb it again sometime

[kikki-art]

Random sangyao (?) for @poiverine

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #nie huaisang #cql #cql fanart #the untamed #nhs #sangyao #if you squint #jin guangyao #jgy #meng shi #my art #shitpost

[wishthefish]

AU where Nie Huaisang gets his revenge by adding a centimeter to Jin Guangyao's hat each day until it's half his height.

#he wants to look tall? I'LL SHOW HIM TALL #LXC has to stage an intervention #because it's getting in the way of their “late night talks” #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #mdzs #the untamed #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the grandmaster of diabolism #wish the fish #sangyao

[celestialzet]

Nie Mingjue does not allow Meng Yao and Nie Huaisang to be in a car together by themselves because they have the worst road rage he has ever encountered

#nie mingjue #meng yao #jin guangyao #nie huaisang #mdzs #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #nieyao #sangyao

[xinhua-jun]

we’d always go into it blindly

I needed to lose you to find me

this dancing was killing me softly

@i-will-cry-you-a-river thank you for these past 8 months my love!! I am the luckiest fox alive ♡

#i love you so much!!! #so much that i offer you some angst xD ♡ #nie huaisang #meng yao #sangyao #nie brothers #mdzs #the untamed #myedits #nevi

[thatswhatsushesaid]

just a grab-bag of assorted nhs, jgy, and sangyao-adjacent nonsense

bonus minshan because he's right:

#mdzs #mdzs shitposting #cql #the untamed #jin guangyao #nie huaisang #sangyao #su minshan #su she #moling queue

[i-will-cry-you-a-river]

Like all things in Nie Huaisang's life, it started with Da-ge.

When killing Jin Guangyao and causing the heartbreak of Lan Xichen didn't help, didn't bring back his Da-ge nor gave him happiness or peace, at least - he tried something else.

The thing about sacrificing one, and alienating the other source of his to demonic cultivation was that it made everything way harder than it should have been - but he was always a resourceful little demon. Just as easily as he defeated the mastermind behind the murder of his Da-ge, he found himself back in time, when Jin Guangyao was still called Meng Yao and Da-ge was still a living, lovely little ball of rage and fierceness.

It was a strange experience, to be older than his brave and strong and talented Da-ge, but... he would always be his spoiled little didi. It wouldn't take long to get back to being the pampered little Second Master of Qinghe. Except...

He couldn't allow himself to be that lazy and shallow as he was. His Da-ge would. Not. Die. Not under his watch.

He was ready to kill Jin Guangyao, before the man could lay even a finger (or a faulty note) on his brother, but-

The man he met at the first time he opened his eyes in his past - in his new present -, was Meng Yao. His favorite non-Da-ge person, his friend, his first (second, if he wanted to be honest) crush. Da-ge's deputy, whose presence was essential in the daily lives of Qinghe. Nie Huaisang's plans changed in the minute he heard his A-Yao's soft words of concern.

"Is Second Master okay? Should I call for the healer?"

It was real.

Ever since he realized who killed his beloved brother, he questioned everything he knew about Meng Yao. He questioned his care, his love, his friendliness. But it was all real. His A-Yao really cared about him.

Maybe not Jin Guangyao. But Meng Yao did. And that care was what saved him.

"No, it's okay! It was just a quick dizziness, but everything is good now. And how many times more should I tell you that it's A-Sang?! A-Sang! A-Yao is so cruel to his A-Sang," he pouted, and the helpless adoration in the other man's eyes was so clear to him now that he didn't understand how past him had failed to notice it.

"Once more, probably," Meng Yao sassed, his tiny smile and cute little dimples hidden behind his sleeves.

"So cruel..." Nie Huaisang muttered, hiding his own smile behind a fan.

"Sect Leader sent me to tell you to get ready for the arrival of Young Master Lan," A-Yao said, taking Nie Huaisang's hairbrush in his hand to tame the unruly hair, and the younger boy allowed it, deep in his thoughts.

Meng Yao had to stay. Qinghe couldn't afford losing him right now, Jin Guangshan didn't deserve him, Nie Mingjue needed him at least until after the war, and Nie Huaisang... well, he wanted him. But in the past, as soon as Meng Yao had a better option, he took it, be it the adoration of Lan Xichen, the acceptance of Jin Guangshan or the opportunity to become Sect Leader. Meng Yao would do everything to be as close to power as he could, to be acknowledged and respected.

Nie Huaisang couldn't give that to him. He was just the heir, and saving Nie Mingjue was the whole reason for doing the whole time travel thing. He was not powerful enough. On the other hand, he would never allow Nie Mingjue to fall for Meng Yao, as his brother would never survive that relationship. Allowing Jin Guangshan to accept Meng Yao into the Jin Sect was absolutely out of the question. But-

But.

Hm.

That might work.

Lan Xichen had fallen for Meng Yao before. It was inevitable, but it was not enough. They would never do anything with their feelings; Xichen-ge was too Lan for anything, and Meng Yao would always feel inferior. And just the two of them... that would not guarantee Nie Mingjue's survival. (Hah! On the contrary, it would make the whole murder easier.) But!

But...

Lan Xichen always had a soft spot for Nie Huaisang. With some carefully timed helpless tears, some grateful hugs that last longer than appropriate, some flattering words and carefully cultivated image of being soft and sweet and just spicy enough to not be seen as a younger brother, it would be so easy to seduce the First Jade.

A-Yao already adored him, and if he had the means, the opportunity and the incentive to have Nie Huaisang as his, he would take it. Before, he never started anything with Huaisang because being the husband of the Second Young Master was not attractive enough. But being the spouse of the heir of Qinghe AND the heir - soon-to-be Sect Leader - of Lan was a completely different thing. Having connections to not one but two of the Big Sects, being Consort Lan, the husband of a man who would be indulgent to all of his manipulations and power games would be a temptation not even Meng Yao could resist.

Jing Guangshan had to die soon, though. It would be a shame to kill his not-yet-husband because he thought it was a good idea to suck up to his walking sexually transmitted disease of a father.

#better than revenge #nie huaisang #meng yao #lan xichen #xisangweek2023 #xisangyao #xisang #sangyao #xiyao

[sangyaoweek]

It's time to announce the prompts for SangYao Week 2024! This event will last nine days, from 12-20 May, and there are 4 prompts to choose from each day.

We look forward to the amazing SangYao works to come! 💛💚

We are also on twitter if you want to check this out there!

#sangyao #mdzs #cql #the untamed #sangyaoweek2024 #mo dao zu shi #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #fandom event

[acequinz]

Mind still stuck on jgy and nhs putting aside their animosity to make WangXian happen

It's modern au and nmj is not dead but jgy and nhs hold the last life's memories and ahaksksks yeah they hate each other.

But there's more important stuff waiting to happen. Like WangXian. It's the OTP. We need to make it happen.

NHS: they are so fucking stupid yao-ge. How was it easier to make it happen when wwx was dead???

JGY: let me show you how it's done. *Continues to fail for the next 5 attempts* what the fuck is wrong with them??? A-sang how do you deal with this???

LXC: oh they are getting along very well.

NMJ: *pretty sure he just saw them try to stab each other at least once today but has no proof cause they smiled at him sweetly* .... yeah.

#mdzs #au modern setting #wangxian #sangyao #in the sense other people think they are flirting but they are not #meng yao #nie huiasang

[magnaflourious-nerdity]

This time, it's about sangyao. Bc I love paaaaiiiiin (with bonus xue yang! Bc it applies to him, too)

#sangyao #jin guangyao #nie huaisang #Meng Yao #xue yang #the untamed #cql #but like i just think theu should make out in a pool of eachothers blood #is that so wrong #the enemy of the state bit applies to both of them!

[allthelittlecreepycrawlies]

Tonight in "Things I Will Probably Never Write!" it's a yokai AU based on the new official merch art (that finally gave us Nies).

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Huaisang grows up very much not wanting to be an ox yokai. Everybody knows he's never gonna be as strong and intimidating as his father and brother, so they have no qualms making fun of the "slow, stupid cow" to his face.

His brother's not much help because Mingjue is solidly in the "ignore it or beat the mockery out of them" camp, and gets mad about Huaisang disrespecting their family if he ever voices his hopes that he's mortal like his mother (supposedly was).

When his horns and tail start growing in, fully cementing him as an ox, Huaisang is inconsolable (and in a lot of pain, tbh). Mingjue is caught between mad that he's taking it so hard and worried because his health has never been great and the transformation might genuinely be fucking him up. He spends most of the transformation period in the worried stage, but when it ends and Huaisang's still alive, he slides over into the mad stage because Huaisang is still distraught and attempts to hide his new demonic appendages.

So they're already constantly at each other's throats over their heritage when Meng Yao enters the picture.

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Meng Shi was a mirror who ascended into a yokai, and Meng Yao winds up taking after her rather than his father.

He's very precocious, too, developing his first soul mirror, a tiny compact, at a very young age, and Meng Shi is both impressed (her clever boy!) and relieved (a compact is very easy to hide and protect).

As he gets older, he refines his mirror into more elaborate shapes, but he hits a bottleneck when he's fourteen, because he's already reached the point where he'll have to start binding other souls if he's going to improve.

Meng Shi worries, because while she had tethered some of her long-term clients to her own mirror, the general atmosphere of the brothel meant she couldn't have many or tether them too tightly, and most of them were mortal besides.

If her son is going to survive the weakness that is slowly killing her, he needs to get out in the world and start finding other yokai to snare.

So, knowing that it will be the last time she'll see him because her power will run out and her "human" form will fade before the time limit's up, she directs him to spend five years finding yokai souls to tether.

He suspects what she's up to and doesn't want to leave her, but he is a dutiful boy, so he goes.

Naturally, his first instinct is to look into his father's clan, though, on his mother's orders, he's careful to hide what kind of yokai he is.

It goes badly. Very badly.

He winds up being picked up (literally) from the stairs by the visiting Nies after Huaisang saw him fall (and almost shatter!). As they help him to a local healer, he secretly checks his mirror, both to make sure it's still holding up and to see if it will let him glean any more useful information about his rescuers.

He is very surprised when Huaisang's reflection doesn't show an ox, like his brother.

It shows a bird.

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After he's been handed over to a healer, he winds up eavesdropping on what sounds like a very old argument between the brothers, because just before the stairs incident, Mingjue had caught Huaisang trying to hide his horns and tail again.

And Meng Yao, being very well-read and very good at putting pieces together, realizes he's stumbled on an exceptionally rare opportunity.

Yokai whose types became misaligned across incarnations, like… say… a bird soul being born to an ox body, are a particularly potent power source for mirror yokai, both because the clash between soul and body constantly leaks power, and because their dysphoria and misery make them easy to snare.

More than that, Meng Yao could even take the risk to seal Huaisang away within the mirror itself, rather than having to rely on the tenuous tethers his mother used, because if even half of what Mingjue snaps at his younger brother is true, Huaisang going missing won't be an actual problem.

It would be a win for everyone, really. Inside the mirror's little pocket dimension, Huaisang can live as the species he should have been, Mingjue will no longer have to deal with such an inadequate heir, and Meng Yao will have a permanent companion and an almost endless power supply to further his growth.

He just has to arrange the right moment to make his move.

#mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #sangyao #ideas