I got an AU!!!
Ancient Sage! Wei Wuxian
Basic idea
Wei Wuxian somehow ends up time traveling all the way back to the founding of Hyrule via the self destruction of the Seal and gets found by Sonia and Rauru, whether it’s at the same time as Zelda is honestly up in the air. But Jianghu (country where MDZS takes place) and Hyrule exist in the same world and the events of the siege and the upheaval would take place around the same time time, but whether WWX gets flung back further than Zelda is the question.
Anyway, apparently WWX has a special affinity with the Earth and it’s amplified by his secret stone (which is given to him druring the sage ceremony, he gets the Bunny/rabbit/hare mask for his outfit).
But he also has his lesser secondary affinity with spirits which he often goes to Mineru for advice with, by proxy he’s great friends with her. Mineru can literally astral project and possess things, WWX’s never done that, therefore she’s more skilled than him but he’s no joke either. (WWX’s main ability is still earth but If Zelda can dual wield abilities, so can WWX.)
(Honestly I wanted to make his special power purely death related, but then that’s too close to Mineru for my liking, so the idea for earth came from him being able to grow plants and vegetables in the burial mounds. Plus the ground is where dead things are put to rest right? The cycle of life as Mufasa said where we become grass when we die and animals eat the grass.)
And Wei Wuxian is a human that’s very spiritually inclined, (unlike most) which is why he can use these special powers and abilities in the first place. His mother or father might have had “genes” for them, but they couldn’t use them.
So what happens is that eventually he wants to help zelda fight Ganondorf in her own time and he already knows that her time is essentially around his own, so the whole ancient story plays out and the fun question is whether WWX tries to find some way to get to the future by becoming a dragon, doing like mineru and possessing an object, cultivating to immortality, or something else.
I might write this into a fic, i’ve got a basic story line already and timeline.
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"Yuanjun?"
The name echoed throughout the empty yard, where a figure hidden in mist stood. Its weight was lost on Qi Yan, who only wished to be regarded by Nangong Jingnu in any form. Qi Yan, Agula... it was all the same to her when they fell out her tongue. Qi Yan glanced over her shoulder and deeply smiled at the woman hurrying towards her. Spring showers promised verdant ground and bright blossoms along the thin branches stretching over Nangong Jingnu's residence. But for Qi Yan the cool showers promised the threat of illness and afternoons spent under heavy covers.
"You'll fall ill if you keep standing here," Nangong Jingnu chastises albeit tenderly with nothing more than a soft dip of her brows. The wet dirt stains the hem of her robes as she lets it drag behind her. She reaches out and clasps her hand around Qi Yan's wrist.
Qi Yan steps to the side to fully face her wife, dark stands of hair sticking to the side of her face from the rain. "I won't be out much longer," she reassures, "you need not worry." She barely catches Nangong Jingnu puffing out her cheeks before she looks back out to the ocean outside of their property. The fluffy, white foam crashed against the shore and darkened the grains of sand dividing an unmovable object. Where there should be a pang of remorse and sorrow from the sight of relentless water there is nothing.
Qi Yan no longer remembered the moment when the river almost claimed her life as it did Flowing Fire. At least, not the water in her lungs or the Wei Kingdom cornering her on the edge of the cliff. Instead, she feels nothing. Her amber gaze digs through the ocean while Nangong Jingnu clings to her arm.
She purses her lips and follows Qi Yan's gaze, taking a beat before pressing her body hers. "What are you looking for?" Her cheek presses against the damp fabric of Qi Yan's garments. Nangong Jingnu tightens her grip around her wrist; the rain could wash mountains into mud and sandcastles into dirt until nothing was left. Qi Yan wouldn't be swept away with rain, not as long as she could hold her.
Qi Yan tears her gaze away from the rushing current, focusing on the heat encompassing her fine wrist. Whatever she was searching for, a memory of a memory, a hunger to fill, she could not care to find it.
She shakes her head, wrapping her hand around Nangong Jingnu's own wrist and bringing it up to her lips. "Nothing." She smiles, pressing a kiss on her wrist.
"Let's go inside before the rain becomes heavy."
April 16 - Rain/Modern AU
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Waiting for the 2nd Century Warlord Comic? Want to learn more about ancient china? Check out these fun sources!
Three Kingdoms oversimplified. Exactly what it says on the tin.
Farce of the Three Kingdoms. A hilarious parody of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms that is only slightly more bonkers than the real thing (3/10 historical accuracy). For a more factual account, try reading Records of the Three Kingdoms...or just wikipedia-ing everyone.
War of the Three Kingdoms (2010). A fun TV show that deviates a lot from the novel but is more character-driven. has a lot of costume inaccuracies tho which drives me crazy >:((((
Romance of the Three Kingdoms(1994)TV show, considered a definitive classic. Editing's a bit choppy but at least none of the men have their hair down.
Total War: Three kingdoms. History told in the form of a stratagy-based video game.
Tang dynasty football. Not the same dynasty, but it's a nice showcase of costumes and instruments, also a surprisingly concise summary about ancient Chinese politics. (Bribes)
What did Early Middle Chinese sound like? How does one recreate a non-phonetic language?
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