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least-carpet · 9 months

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I am curious: how do you think would work realistically a jc and wwx's reconciliation? Have you any meta on them and their relationship?

I'm sorry this took a minute, anon! Work has been frankly chaotic. But I saw an anti-reconciliation post¹ and I have been roused from my post-work stupor.

Unfortunately, you asked me for something I'm incompetent at, which is plotting. (Otherwise I would have already unleashed my ningcheng fic upon the world.) What I can talk about is what I find compelling about potential reconciliation and potential scenarios.

Why do I love a post-canon reconciliation?

Apart from really liking their relationship and finding it compelling—IMO it's the heart of the narrative of the first life—what I actually enjoy about it is what it offers in terms of development for Wei Wuxian.

I read Wei Wuxian as having displaced and projected a lot of his unresolved trauma onto Jiang Cheng. I've talked a little before about my reading of Jiang Cheng as the "bad feelings" sin eater of the Yunmeng Trio—neither Jiang Yanli nor Wei Wuxian feel like they can express deep unhappiness, but Jiang Cheng is bad at hiding his, so in some way it's his job to embody the collective unhappiness of the children of that family system.

But although this makes Wei Wuxian merry and likeable, it's not actually good for anyone, or even sustainable—when he loses control, he really loses control. And his coping skills are extremely self-destructive, as we can see from the post-war downward spiral of drinking and avoidance. I also think his experiences in his childhood (losing his parents and being homeless) plus his wartime experiences gave him some kind of trauma disorder that contributes to his terrible memory, which he's turned into his primary coping mechanism (apart from alcohol). If I Simply Close My Eyes And Run Away, My Bad Feelings Can't Get Me!

But, like, repressing your feelings doesn't work forever. He's compartmentalized his whole first life to function in the second one, but that means giving up on everything and everyone he loved, including the Jiang siblings and Lotus Pier. That's incredibly tragic to me.

Sometimes I think antis are so happy to demonize Jiang Cheng in order to minimize the depth of the loss Wei Wuxian has suffered. If he never loved Jiang Cheng, if they were never close and devoted to one another, if their childhood was an unending misery, then wouldn't Wei Wuxian be much freer in the present?

But what I think has happened is that the loss is so huge that it's completely terrifying and threatening. So are the feelings around killing Jin Zixuan, Jiang Yanli's death, and the death of Wen Qing and the Wen remnants. It's too much, so he blocks it out or, in some cases, projects it onto Jiang Cheng.

Of course, Jiang Cheng will never forgive him, because he irreparably ruined Jiang Yanli's life and then she died trying to save him and Jin Ling became an orphan. It's all his fault; it can't be forgiven; he might as well give up on it...

Jiang Cheng is obviously very angry and upset with him, it's true. But you can see how projecting his guilt and shame over his actions onto Jiang Cheng and then running away from Jiang Cheng is also a way for him to escape his guilt and shame over what happened to Jiang Yanli. (And to escape all the repressed resentment he has for Jiang Cheng because of the core transfer.²)

But there are two tragic elements of this approach. One, that by doing this he yields up any possible relationship with Jiang Cheng, and with the Jiang Sect, because by all means Wei Wuxian must escape him in order to outrun his terrible feelings. Two, that it's another coping mechanism that distorts the reality of the situation, which is that they were all swept up in power games beyond their capacity to manage, and they did their best—the Jiang siblings, the Wen siblings, Jin Zixuan, and Wei Wuxian—and it still went badly for everyone except the Jin Sect.

I don't think he can confront that yet. But I do think that Wei Wuxian feels very safe with Lan Wangji, and sometimes a safe and supportive relationship can provide the resources to do things you didn't think you could do before.

Can you imagine a different conversation, that begins with the bald acknowledgement of failure and wrongdoing³? "I never meant for all of that to happen. I did what I thought was right, but I never thought Jiang Yanli would be harmed, and I didn't intend to kill Jin Zixuan. I am so sorry. I miss her."

GIVE THE CATHARSIS TO ME. GIVE IT HERE.

A Wei Wuxian who has reached a point where he's capable of that accountability and vulnerability is delicious to me. A Wei Wuxian who can get there can return to Lotus Pier and rebuild a relationship with the living sect and his living sect brother.

How could it happen?

The trick is how to get there, 'cause it's like trying to herd cats where one cat is mortally afraid of facing the second and the other one has betrayal trauma and abandonment issues. But the cats love each other! They do!

I don't see Jiang Cheng initiating. I see him as being more open to a reconciliation, now that he knows why Wei Wuxian did what he did, but I see him as being profoundly afraid of trapping people in relationship with him or inflicting himself on people who don't want him around. (Not, like, for politics. In that arena I assume he's unpleasant when necessary to great effect.)

Fortunately, Wei Wuxian can be led if you're cunning enough to do it and you bait the trap with something good (see the plot of MDZS for Nie Huaisang's very successful demonstration of this principle). He also will increase pursuit if you dangle and withdraw the bait.

The question, of course, is what makes good bait for catching Wei Wuxian. Some options:

Option 1: murder mystery. Someone dies in an exciting way that involves Jiang Cheng. (Wei Wuxian will involve himself, dude loves a murder mystery.) It could be in the Jiang Sect or the Jin Sect; if it involves Jin Ling, Jiang Cheng will jump in with a swiftness.

Option 2: Jiang Cheng marriage rumours. Doesn't even have to involve unsavoury rumous about the potential wife; Jiang Cheng getting married without him (like Jiang Yanli) would dredge up some feelings, I think.

Option 3: Jiang Cheng tragic illness or curse rumours. You better be sure it was in a past life, cause it looks like this one might be over soon!

Option 4: Forced together time (due to a night hunt or a kidnapping, etc.). It's time for the getting along shirt!

To borrow from SVSSS, you might need a scenario-pusher for it to happen. But the world of MDZS is rife with these opportunities, and cultivators can live a very long time. So there's hope yet!

Footnotes:

1. This is a perfectly reasonable viewpoint to come to by the end of the novel. It's simply one I don't share.

2. See this passage from the confrontation in the Guanyin Temple:

"It wasn’t something he liked to reminisce about. He didn’t want to be reminded again and again of what it felt like when his core was cut out or what price he had to pay. If this were exposed in the past, he’d most likely laugh and comfort Jiang Cheng … But now, he indeed didn’t have the strength left to put up such a confident, nonchalant pretense.

From the bottom of his heart, he knew he wasn’t so indifferent about it after all.

Was it really that easy to move on from such a thing?

Of course not." (Chapter 103, "Hatred," ExR translation)

3. I saw a different post complaining about Wei Wuxian apologizing to Jiang Cheng in reconciliation scenarios, and I just, like, he kicked off a political firestorm that ended in the death of Jiang Yanli and her husband. This is completely separate from the non-consensual surgery and all the lying he was doing about that. He owes him multiple different apologies! And Jiang Cheng should also apologize to him! That's why they apologize to each other in the Temple, because they know they hurt each other! The point of an apology in an intimate relationship is to connect with the person you are apologizing to in order to repair the relationship, and the Temple was not the time, which is why they need a private do-over! It's not humiliation, it's intimacy, connection, and repair. How do y'all live your lives.

3.5 Also, imagine it to be more in-character than that.

#anon asks #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #yunmeng shuangjie #chengxian #yunmeng shuangjie reconciliation #mdzs +#meta #least-carpet thoughts

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wutheringskies · 8 months

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Post-Canon Fics in MDZS...

You know, what would make post-canon fics great? If they adhered to canon! This post is honestly just a list of character tropes, and plot tropes I find incessantly OOC, replaced by plot tropes I wish we hyped up more.

1. Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation

There are plenty of reasons this will never happen. Firstly, Jiang Wanyin will not apologize to Wei Wuxian further beyond the apology that he has made in Guanyin Temple, because to apologize, you need to see "wrong" in your actions and regret them. Jiang Cheng doesn't have a similar morality index as Wei Wuxian and their beliefs have always been different. Not to mention Jiang Cheng is inherently bitter since he was young; following down the path of his mother. His first instinct when someone is being praised is so squash them down.

Secondly, Wei Wuxian will not apologize to Jiang Cheng beyond the apology of breaking that promise that only Jiang Cheng was left holding onto - a culmination of their broken dreams and desires, a marking of them being a generation of war.

The only thing both of them have in common is their love for Jin Ling and a shared, painful past - a past that Wei Wuxian wants to move on from, a past that Jiang Cheng is simultaneously rooted in, and moved away from.

Note: that this, I am speaking for is MDZS canon. Not CQL, as well, Jiang Cheng didn't directly kill those Wens which is the tipping point.

Replaced by: Loving Jin Ling

In the MDZS Novel, we go from seeing Jiang Cheng become increasingly abusive and violent towards Jin Ling as the stakes worsen and Jin Ling becoming annoyed and having arguments with him, not agreeing with his thinking.

We also see, Wei Wuxian, being the one to push Jin Ling to talk to Jiang Cheng in the Iron Hook Extra. We see Wei Wuxian being disgustingly affectionate towards Jin Ling, and Jin Ling being a tsundere about it and promising to himself that from the next time, he'll stick around Wei Wuxian in night hunts, implying these two will be consistently in each other's lives.

We also learn that Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji take Sizhui out on night-hunts (a family). And that Sizhui and Jin Ling go on night-hunts together. Also, that Wen Ning often joins their night-hunts.

So, hear me out, post-canon fics revolving around this strange, muddly, messy support system and family that Jin Ling has amassed.

Yunmeng bros reconciliation is never going to happen; too much interaction might worsen their tentative mutual ignorance of each other. Wei Wuxian, who's always pushed himself into other's personal spaces, is fine with just ensuring Jiang Cheng is okay. Distance is better than proximity.

But what plausibly might happen is Jin Ling forming deeper connections with his scattered, support system. Jin Ling might open up to Jiang Cheng for help with this or that, as Wei Wuxian has advised. Jiang Cheng might learn how to not be emotionally abusive or harsh and show the love he has for Jin Ling in better ways. Jin Ling will probably end up getting closer to Wei Wuxian and Sizhui and understanding just so many things about, everything. He might be supported by Hanguang-jun.

He might grow up to be the best Jin sect leader there ever was.

2. Wei Wuxian navigating through a world where everyone hates him, withering away.

This is, not only one of the saddest post-canon takes, but also very OOC. It might not make sense what I'm talking about so I'll list out common tropes I put under this categorization:

a) Wei Wuxian has terrible self esteem

b) He feels undeserving of Lan Wangji's love and keeps him at a distance emotionally by seducing him for sex instead

c) He has a childlike innocence, he goes out and hears everyone talking shit about him and stays indoor most of the time

d) He is mistreated by Lan clan and Lan Wangji is oblivious to it all

And such. I definitely understand why these tropes are so popular. It feeds into a particular sort of misery but there is a lot that it ignores:

a) Wei Wuxian firstly doesn't have terrible self esteem. If he did, he wouldn't have made it this far (coughs, the big age of 21 or 22). People ignore the fact that Wei Wuxian is a strong protagonist. He is proud, and aware of his worth. He never plays down his talents. He understands quickly the perspective of other people, and already knows that the people who talk more, do less.

In his first life, he went through being coreless and powerless, hated by all, but still standing up for stuff he believed in and lounging and drinking. He's not afraid to make others uncomfortable with his presence. That is a part of his charm. He cares for the opinions of only few people - and those few love him.

b) The one where he's emotionally distant towards Lan Wangji is the one I possibly hate the most. Especially because these sorts of fics often have him distracting Lan Wangji from his bouts of worthlessness and insecurity by his body, and Lan Wangji jumps straight into action.

Lan Wangji knows Wei Wuxian well enough that he offers comfort to Wei Ying even when he doesn't realize he needs it; like hugging him in Intrustion extra when they are on the topic of servants. Wei Wuxian can read Lan Wangji well, and so can Lan Wangji. Both of them have a relationship built on mutual trust and understanding. Wei Wuxian isn't sticking around with the Lan Clan and the jingshi because it's what Lan Wangji wants, but it's also what Wei Wuxian wants.

Also, Wei Wuxian doesn't feel undeserving of Lan Wangji. He knows he has caused Lan Wangji a lot of pain, intentionally or not, and is dedicated to making him happy, and being in love. It was all in his Guanyin Temple confession - their relationship is not out of gratefulness or anything like that.

c) Wei Wuxian is innocent at his soul, but he's not a child. He knows what the world thinks and he doesn't care. He doesn't expect the world to talk nicely about him; he probably doesn't even hear half the chatter, and even if be acknowledges it, it doesn't need to emotionally hurt him. Unrelatable? Yes. But that's how his character is like.

And if he ever is hurt or surprised, he's going to seek comfort. Act childish, ask to be pampered, etc.

d) THIS one is so... We see Wei Wuxian stepping into the Lan Clan. One day later, he's sitting next to Lan Wangji in a banquet, accepted as his cultivation partner. Lan Qiren is definitely against his presence. But like, sincerely, how long will that go on when we know that Wei Wuxian is the one who takes Lan juniors to night hunts everyday? We also see Wei Wuxian acting independently with juniors onto missions where assistance from the Lan Clan was requested (Iron Hook extra) without any Lan Wangji or anyone else. He even has a jade pendant, just four days after settling in. Lan Qiren has to hear his moans like... every night. A few hours in and he's talking to a Lan female cultivator?

Lan Wangji himself has injured thirty three Lan elders and been punished by the worst punishment, probably, ever assigned. Beyond Lan Qiren's glares and admonishments, I sincerely doubt anyone can do or say much. What I don't doubt is that Wei Wuxian is loveable and makes friends easily, and that despite everything, he's Lan Wangji's cultivation partner. A teacher. Accesses all Lan cottages and buildings. And now an addition to the Lan family.

And as for what the general people speak, perhaps the Yiling Laozu will always be a figure that haunts children bed time stories. But Senior Wei, and Hanguang-jun's husband, and Wei Wuxian - is shown to be a figure that is loved, respected by many.

The whole of cultivation world TRIED to kill him (Second Seige). They were embarrassed. Only like 20 people were actually there to kill him.

These 20 people will probably never be able to touch a hair on his head.

The WHOLE of cultivation world was saved by Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and the Wens' remains. Stories always travel fast, don't they? The cultivation world has found their newest figure to hate - and it's not Wei Wuxian. Not just that, even the one with the most hostility towards him (Jiang Cheng) didn't DISALLOW him from coming to Lotus Pier where in front of him, they transferred crimes previously "done" by him to Jin Guangyao (like the death of Jin Zixuan - let's not fool ourselves and think anyone other than Jin Ling cares about the truth). Not just that, the cultivation world asked "Master Wei" for help.

Wei Wuxian didn't come back to life only to live a terrible, hated, agonizing life. Most people don't care. He doesn't care. Those who care are not strong enough. Those he cares about love him.

Replaced by: Wei Wuxian navigating through life without heavy burdens on his shoulder

Much of the fics focus on the "burden" of the trauma he's been through his life in the fics. Very few focus on the lack of burdens. Like... the guy is now well fed. His feelings are returned. There's nobody in danger. He has a body that can grow a core again. He can slowly pick up Suibian. He can learn new tunes on Chenqing. He can hang out with Wen Ning. He can think back to fond memories. He can paint, read, travel, teach, have great ideas and tap 100% into his actual personality.

He can process stuff he's been through in a healthier way. Like, I don't know, that intrusion scene where LWJ immediately hugs him when the topic of servants come is so important to me, because, it makes me wonder what sorts of conversations they have had. He now gets pampered and indulged - and we all know he loves it, but often the portrayals of his thoughts about being loved is very self critical which isn't canon. And it would be really cool for Wei Wuxian to have just, time, on his hand.

He was barely free for a year and changed the ways of the cultivation society forever. Without much resources or money. Now, the possibilities are endless. He can not only travel, but buy expensive stuff and have a bunch of Lan texts and a very educated and smart husband to help him invent more.

3. CQL Shade but Post-Canon Fics where Wangxian is too busy with responsibilities for each other ???

Why are you guys hurting yourselves? Like, there's only a certain amount of these sorts of fic that's acceptable until it becomes a sort of widely accepted canon.

I think it definitely has to with Chief Cultivator Lan Wangji. My poor baby, his romantic heart, extremely concise replies, and disdain for worldly matters (HIS LITERAL NAME IS WANGJI. HIS SWORD IS BICHEN) was ignored in the favour of making him a cold, busy husband who's sorting minor clan disputes, surrounded by length drabbles and politics by those that once killed his husband.

This is just so awful for me. In the intrustion extra, even after dressing up early, with a guest waiting outside (Master Qin), he lets the guest WAIT than wake Wei Ying up (who sleeps until noon).

If he became chief cultivator the world would collapse. If Wei Ying held onto his robes a little too tightly, he wouldn't even step out of the Jingshi.

Like he told Wei Ying, "I've been damned since long ago." Lan Wangji is a pure romantic. He's never going to be too busy for Wei Wuxian, or too distant, or too cold.

Like, guys just no. Let's write post-canon Wangxian. Not Madam Yu-Jiang Fengmian inspired Wangxian.

#yunmeng nos #canon jiang cheng #wei wuxian #no jiang bros reconciliation #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #wei wuxian does not have a low self esteem #on the topic of post canon fics #jin ling #lan wangji #lan zhan #wei ying #post canon #wangxian #mdzs meta #meta #mdzs essay

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viterbofangirllovestheuntamed · 1 year

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why just say the jiang have an unnatural tolerance for spice? why not all flavor? Poisonously bitter, super sour, ultra sweet, the burn of the strongest alcohol, the jiang adore the extremes of flavor and still have very discerning palates and people with iron stomachs are WIMPS compared to the stomach resilience of the jiang, it wasn't on purpose but a true jiang is next to impossible to poison (which definitely helped Jin Ling when he's in Koi Tower)

Despite knowing that they were in the deepest, most isolated safe room in Koi tower, Jin Guangtong couldn't help keeping his voice low. "Thank you for meeting us here. Your... services are greatly appreciated, we assure you."

His fellow conspirators ducked and bowed their heads in agreeing acknowledgements, which went ignored by their guest who sprawled on his cushion like a drunken commoner. "Glad to be here," he grinned, vaguely sarcastic. "What services did you have in mind, exactly?"

"The new Jin-zongzhu." Jin Guangtong didn't think beating around the bush would get them anywhere.

Their guest---blast the man for refusing to give his real name---blinked. "Wow, I didn't think you Jin were capable of being that direct. You want the brat snuffed, eh? Not gonna just use him as your figurehead? Seems like that'd be more your type of thing. What, did his spirit dog shit in your shoes or something?"

The handful of other nobles around the table started blurting out their complaints, heedless of order or dignity. "He's punishing bribery!" "Had my nephew executed for a harmless bit of fun with a servant girl!" "He's auditing the tax collection!"

Jin Guangtong cleared his throat. "The brat is, unfortunately, intractable. Comes from being raised by that asshole of an uncle in Yunmeng. I'm afraid the boy is... idealistic and unwilling to adapt to the realities of ruling such a large and complex network such as Lanling Jin."

Their guest nodded pensively, scratching at his jaw. "I can see your problem. I've got one more question, though. Not to be ungrateful for your admittedly generous payment offer, but why not do it yourself?"

"His lineage is extremely strong," Jin Guangtong sniffed. "The highest pedigree, which means that his golden core is exceptionally strong."

"Plus he's been trained by that paranoid maniac since he was toddling around that backwater swamp," someone to his left muttered.

Jin Guangshan threw a quelling glare over his shoulder, though of course, they had a point. Jiang Wanyin's training had been rigorous to the extreme due to both his and his nephew's insistence that the latter be able to wield the formidable Jin Zixuan's sword when he came of age. And since Rulan would be unlikely to match the sword's strength at first, those Yunmeng bastards had taught him to be deadly with a bow. Because apparently there was no kill like overkill at Lotus Pier.

And speaking of overkill. "We in Lanling Jin are certainly not... unfamiliar with poisons. However, between the strength of the boy's core and the inevitable wrath of Sandu Shengshou, it is imperative that the poison be untraceable as well as effective. Preferably something innocuous that can be chalked up as a tragic accident. A food he is allergic to, perhaps."

Their guest barked out in laughter. "Wait! Wait a minute... you said the kid was raised in Yunmeng, right? And you think he has a food allergy?!"

Jin Guangtong drew himself up in irritation, unnoticed by the cackling man in front of him. "I don't see why not! In fact, noble though our lineage is, our blood has always had a weakness to-"

"Look, look, I understand where you're coming from, I do!" the mysterious man wheezed. "It's just... well, I've spent some time in Yunmeng. In fact, I've even known some Jiang disciples. Frankly, I'm not sure anyone from Lotus Pier can be poisoned!"

"Ridiculous!" another voice scoffed.

"Look," their guest continued, still trying to contain giggles. "The only region that can even compare to Yunmeng for spice is Meishan, and the ruling family of Lotus Pier is half Yu. The whole sect is used to a flavor profile that could kill a Lan at fifty paces, and that's not even taking into account the dares."

Jin Guangtong blinked. "Dares?"

"Oh yeah," their guest drawled, somehow managing to lounge even more. "Those Rangers are insane. The butcher sect might run their people through a crazy level of training, but nothing and no one can survive crazy like a Jiang. They don't even train for it- it's just how they live. Those bastards challenge each other to lick poisoned toads for fun! They will eat anything that comes from the river, no matter how disgusting! And don't even get me started on the so-called 'twelve-day rule'..."

Jin Guangtong decided he didn't want to know. "But surely, as the Jin heir, Sandu Shengshou wouldn't have allowed-"

"Sandu Shengshou?" their guest scoffed. "The man who cobbled together then had to feed an army of massacre survivors and rogue cultivators? The man who spent the first decade of his rule rebuilding his home from a few burnt sticks poking out of---how'd you describe it?---a backwater swamp? The man with the bottomless stomach? Seriously-" he added, abandoning his slouch to stab an emphatic finger into the table. "That man can pack it away like nobody's business. I think his fucking legs are hollow or something...

"Anyway," he continued, lounging once more. "The point is that Sandu Shengshou's perception of what is and isn't edible is... flexible. Especially knowing his shixiong's penchant for supposedly intolerable amounts of chilies."

"Then how do you plan on killing Jin Rulan?" Jin Guangtong spat, throwing his hands up in exasperation.

"Oh, I'm not planning on killing Jin Rulan," their guest grinned, still scratching at his jaw. "I'm planning on killing you!"

Then his scratching fingers began pulling his own face off.

Jin Guangtong and his conspirators all recoiled in horror, a horror that increased one hundred-fold when their guest's discarded face revealed the damnable visage of Yiling Laozu himself!

The reborn master of demonic cultivation twirled the grotesque false face around on his finger. "Neat trick, isn't it? Picked it up from Xue Yang, of all people. Ah well; genius comes in all forms. Now!" He leveled a sinister smile at the gathered men as he raised a black flute to his lips. "Raise your hand if you wanted my beloved nephew dead!"

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Eventually, the screams faded away into gurgling, then silence. Jiang Cheng nursed a bottle of wine as he leaned against the secret meeting room's door, still glowing purple from his sealing spell. Some of those fuckers had really made a go at it, but none of these lazy Jin were a match for his own spiritual power.

After the silence reigned for a few moments, the wood against his back rattled with a brief knock as his brother's cheerful voice echoed out. "It's done, Jiang Cheng! You can let me out now!"

Jiang Cheng took another lazy swig. "What's the password?"

"Jiang-zongzhu is a little crybaby bitch who can't put his shoes on correctly," Wei Wuxian's voice snarked back, sounding decidedly annoyed.

"Nope, that's not it," Jiang Cheng answered, wiggling the bottle so that the sloshing liquid was audible. "Damn, this really is good wine."

"Jiang Cheeeeennnnnnggggg," Wei Wuxian whined from the other side. "You're so meeeeeaaaaaan! Making me do all the hard work-"

"You wouldn't let me kill them, you bastard! Said I had to keep my own hands clean even though they where plotting against my-"

"-while you lounge around drinking Lotus Pier's finest wine like a mean meanie who's mean!"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes so hard he was pretty sure he got a good look at his own brain. "Gods, you really are three years old, aren't you..."

"Let me out, you asshole! You know my core isn't strong enough just yet!"

He considered the wine bottle in his hand. "Say that Yunmeng wine is better than Emperor's Smile."

A scandalized gasp sounded from behind the door. "You wouldn't!"

"What's the problem? It's true," Jiang Cheng shrugged.

"But Emperor's Smile is so delicate!" Wei Wuxian protested. "It's the perfect balance of-"

"Well I guess I'll just go and find someone who does appreciate Yunmeng wine..."

"Okay, fine! Bastard. Fine, Yunmeng wine is better than Emperor's Smile!"

Smirking, Jiang Cheng released the seal on the door. Wei Wuxian stumbled out of the room that now stank of blood and excrement. Jiang Cheng amiably held out an untouched bottle, which his brother grabbed eagerly.

The deviant spilled half the fucking bottle down his chin as the other half went down his gullet, but smacked his lips like a satisfied toddler. "Hits the spot," he crooned. Mischievous eyes locked with his. "Emperor's Smile is still better, though."

Jiang Cheng snorted. "Traitor."

"Barbarian," Wei Wuxian retorted loftily.

The two bothers clinked their bottles together and took simultaneous sips.

#lanling jin #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #jin ling #MOD'S STUFF #asks #prompts #ASK THE MOD #reconciliation fic #post canon #I'M BAAAAAAAACK! Real life has been nuts and a half but things are finally settling down so I'm trying to get back to my beloved hellsite!#UNHINGED YUNMENG DISASTER BOIS

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add1ctedt0you · 7 months

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What's your version of Jiang Cheng Gives Up? *chinhands*

Hiii! My version of jc gives up is very boring: he gives up on wwx and their shared past and moves on.

An overexposure to yunmeng bros reconciliations has brought me to one conclusion: I don't necessarily need them to reconcile. (Not because: 'jc/wwx is so toxic!' or 'jc/wwx deserves better than that selfish asshole!'. Like, I always roll my eyes. They are two horrible human - fictional- beings who deserve each other!).

But imo, post-canon jc has two priorities:

Jin ling

Himself

First point: he needs to be there for jl. Not only politically! But emotionally too. jl is going through a rough time jc too experienced: a loved ones betrayal. jc knows what it does to you. And listen, one of the things I love about jc is how he is trying his best. Always. In particular when it comes to people he loves. ('but he did a lot of things wrong', thank fuck! He is a traumatized character who behaves like a traumatized character. This scene explains so much about jc imo: jc knows that not having an adult in your life who believes in you is shit. So he tries to give space - in his way- to jl, while fighting his urge to protect him, because the last time every one of his family member was on a battlefield, they died.) So yeah, he is going to try being there for jl, in his imperfect way. And that brings me to point two.

jc has to recalibrate himself, to be there for jl: what he thought were truths, are revealed to be lies. All his life was a lie.

That's my favorite jc's speech. It's visceral, it's painfully honest. He is literally saying to us his state of mind: he is feeling guilty, wronged and confused.

'who am I?' hits hard, because who you are when you have built your life on lies?! Should he feel guilty?! wwx has made this huge sacrifice for him, but he has hurt him too: what should he feel?!

So, because I interpret jc as someone who overthinks, I want him to lose his mind over his doubts and start a journey of healing (or, what realistically someone without therapy can manage).

I want him to look at Lotus Pier, his home, and think: 'dang, what I have managed is incredible'. I what him to realize: 'what wwx made for me was an huge sacrifice, but my feelings are valid too'. I want him to be, not happy, but satisfied, when thinking about his life. And I don't need him and wwx to reconcile, because I like the bittersweet taste their broken relationship leaves in his mouth.

So, my jc gives up is: he learns to live with himself and jl, peacefully.

#Spriteofmushrooms #I also think jc will be sect leader until his last day.#It's fundamental to his character imo #I am a sucker for characters bonded by duties #Also probably I find yunmeng reconciliations so unsatisfying because I disagree with their interpretations of both characters #wwx is always described as this healthy person who accepts his past and moves on.. Denial isn't acceptance.#wwx is still 23. The world against him.#jc is almost 40. Years of leadership and endurance have shaped him.#Character shaped by their trauma and on a self-discovery/healing journey is my favorite trope to write. I like to leave things open-ended #Because healing it's awful. it's made of up and down. And it requires a lot of time #Tbc I still read fics about them. Now only sugar_shoal fics. They are my favorite! Their wwx is my favorite wwx!#Uh I got off track. sorry. :-/

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lansplaining · 11 months

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i just need to talk about this

But just as the Wei Wuxian of the past who’d extracted his golden core for Jiang Cheng had been unable to tell him the truth, the Jiang Cheng of the present could no longer bring himself to speak up (7 Seas trans., p.138)

what does it mean to compare these two situations? i believe we’re meant to feel wei wuxian did not necessarily do the right thing in regards to keeping the secret of the golden core (or to giving it in the first place). the reveal that precedes this paragraph is proof that wei wuxian has been mistaken all along about jiang cheng’s motivations, about his willingness to sacrifice, and about his feelings about wei wuxian himself, as has everyone else who has offered their opinion about how jiang cheng must feel about the golden core sacrifice. just as jiang cheng never had time to demonstrate how he would have lived without a golden core, we’re never told what he actually feels about the reveal. all that we know is that in the aftermath, he comes to find wei wuxian with chengqing in hand, and when everything is finished, he tries to speak to wei wuxian, and wei wuxian is the one who turns away.

so if jiang cheng’s reaction in this moment is “just as” wei wuxian’s, that suggests that he, too, is acting out of a mistaken understanding of the other’s motivations, or mistaken assumptions about how the other would react. so like... perhaps a hint that maybe wei wuxian could handle learning this? that he might actually desire and value the knowledge that his shidi loved/s him, and never saw their relationship as one about debt?

i think that must be what the “could no longer bring himself to speak up” must mean-- that there was a time he wouldn’t have minded if wei wuxian understood what he was saying as another mark in the ledgers of debt, but he can’t bring himself to let their relationship operate that way anymore-- he’d rather say nothing, and have no relationship, than have it be that.

#HERE'S HOW YUNMENG RECONCILIATION CAN STILL WIN #i want to be all cool and melancholy about it but the more i read the more i feel it's strongly supported by the text #that they both want to find a way to have a relationship #if they could just realize the other feels the same way #book reference

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waitineedaname · 1 month

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I'm a firm believer that if wei wuxian and jiang cheng reconcile, it has to be messy. they need to scream and sob and hit each other and get it all out of their system, and only after it's all aired out can they actually start rebuilding their relationship

#mdzs #yunmeng bros reconciliation can't be peaceful and pretty #they need to ugly cry and at least one of them needs to end up with a black eye or something #honestly this is more for jc's benefit than wwx's #but that's because wwx's confrontation style is to simply. avoid it.#if left to his own devices he will not talk about that shit #he will just avoid jiang cheng forever and never talk about it and be miserable #but they NEED to talk about it #and jiang cheng's confrontation style involves getting angry and crying #basically i think they need to be locked in a room for a few hours so they can scream at each other #and then theyll be okay #they get let out of the locked room and wwx's nose is broken and jc has burst blood vessels from crying so hard #but theyre back to joking around and shoving each other playfully so things are better now

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ghostysword · 11 months

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These passages from the extras shed so much light on WWX’s thoughts about Jiang Cheng, and his regrets about the past!

WWX isn’t mad at Jin Ling for not calling on JC to help. Protecting loved ones at your own expense runs in the family, after all! But he is furious at Jin Ling for *lying about why he’s doing it.* WWX knows how quickly JC takes this kind of protection as rejection, and how much a dismissive comment can hurt him. I suspect WWX didn’t realize *exactly* how deeply JC felt this kind of hurt until his second life, when he saw the way the thorns from WWX’s perceived rejection had dug themselves into JC over 13 years of separation.

WWX never regretted giving JC his core. This passage suggests that now, after he has had time to reflect on the things they said in Guanyin Temple, he has a different regret: that he could have replaced his flippant remarks with sincerity. That he could have explained to his brother that the choices that so baffled JC either came from his love for JC or his commitment to justice. That he never wanted to leave, or to hurt him.

That lack of explanation left such a rift between them, one that might never be healed. (Ty fanfic writers for exploring so many ways they might manage it!) But WWX is going to make damn sure that Jin Ling doesn’t make the same mistake.

And hey: maybe WWX is learning how to say what he means, too.

#mdzs #mdzs meta #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #yunmeng brothers #Jin Ling #yunmeng brothers reconciliation

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wangxianficfinder · 2 years

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Jiang Cheng Friendly / Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation

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Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 103k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Time Travel, Fix-It, Lynchpin [PODFIC] by Opalsong, [PODFIC] Lynchpin by Gwogobo)

❤️ By Any Other Name by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 31k, Wangxian, Canon Divergence, Crossdressing, Misunderstandings, Identity Porn, Identity reveal, Polski Translation Pod każdym innym imieniem by tehanu, [PODFIC] By Any Other Name by sakizar)

Rotten Work by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 63k, WangXian, WWX & JL, Post-Canon, Protective WWX, Protective JL, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Reluctant Matchmaker JL, [PODFIC] Rotten Work by sakizar)

Ghosts Shouldn't by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 15k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Grief/Mourning, Angst with a happy ending, Polski Translation Duchy nie powinny by tehanu, Ghosts Shouldn't by ShanaStoryteller [Podfic] by Rhea314 (Rhea), Duchy nie powinny (podfik) by tehanu)

❤️ Attempting the Impossible by Ariaste for williedustice (T, 36k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Adoption, Family Fluff, Kid fic, Family drama, Fluff, Español Translation Attempting the Impossible by Hummingbird_52, [PODFIC] Attempting the Impossible by Ariaste by lunatique)

江山如有待 | It Seems the Hills and Rivers Have Been Waiting by ScarlettStorm (E, 295k, OFC/JC, Slow Burn, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, WQ Lives, FemDom, Fighting as foreplay, Eventual Smut, [PODFIC] 江山如有待 | It Seems the Hills and Rivers Have Been Waiting by Gwogobo)

With Absolute Splendor by Lise (T, 43k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Wedding planning, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Complicated Relationships, Angst with a happy ending, [Podfic] With Absolute Splendor by kisahawklin, [PODFIC] With Absolute Splendor by Gwogobo)

in this place where we don't have a prayer by Cerusee, Mikkeneko (T, 42k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, JZX Lives, WWX Dies, Temporary Character Death, Golden Core Reveal)

🧡 Battle Chefs by sami (T, 25k, WangXian, QingLiSu, Modern AU, Reality Show AU, Cooking show AU, Recap format, QS POV, Humor, [Podfic] Cold read of Battle Chefs by kisahawklin)

🧡 Song by WithBroomBefore (T, 41k, Platonic Soulbond, Hurt/comfort, Canon Divergence, No golden core transfer, JC&JZX stay in Xuanwu cave, Fix-it, Temporary character death, [PODFIC] Song by Gwogobo)

Time Kept Flowing by notoneforreality (T, 201k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Grief/Mourning, major character death is wwx, who comes back, Family, Autistic LWJ, Kid Fic, JC and LWJ raise the kids, Co-parenting is hard, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)

The long way back home by misila (E, 210k, WIP, ChengQing, WangXian, XuanLi, Modern AU, Heavy Angst, Romance, Dysfunctional Family, JC Centric, Suicide themes, Recovery)

As long as stars are above you by sandstone112 (M, 176k, XiCheng, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Family Feels, Fluff, Angst, Mpreg, Light smut, Miscarriage, Español Translation Siempre y cuando las estrellas estén sobre ti by LyhanZheoth, MayNanquim)

All your sums and your pieces by sundiscus (G, 4k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Modern AU, Established Relationship, Reunions, Family feelings, teeny tiny pangs)

Healing by amynchan (G, 2k, JC & WWX & JL, Modern AU, Hurt/Comfort, Family Dynamics, Therapy, families, Brothers, Father-Son Relationship, Uncle-Nephew Relationship, JC Centric, Good Parent JFM)

We wrote down another version of us by cerusee (G, 7k, ChengQing, Canon Divergence, WQ Lives, Established Relationship, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Pregnancy)

I'll be looking for you in the flashes by spoer (T, 8k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Angst with a happy ending)

The Return Series by LTLJ (G, 59k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Yunmeng Brothers Reconciliation, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon-Typical Violence, BAMF WWX, BAMF JC)

Yunmeng Shuangjie Reconciliation Speedrun, Any %, No Yanlis, 8.5k by Mikkeneko (T, 8k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Poisoning, Rumors and Slander, Night hunts, Fluff)

Utterly inevitable by sami (M, 20k, XiCheng, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Angst with a happy ending, Established Relationship, Getting together, Recovery, Depression, Family)

🧡 climbing up that coastal shelf by Sour_Idealist (T, 15k, JC & WWX & JL, Post-Canon, Mutually Unrequited Forgiveness, Yunmeng Brothers Reconciliation, Family History, Generational Trauma, Discussion of Canonical Abuse, Awkward Attempts at Communication, Magyar Translation climbing up that coastal shelf by andreacsenge, Hungarian Translation by andrea-csenge)

some good mistakes by Lise (T, 18k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Road trips, rescue Missions, Hurt/Comfort, Awkward Conversations, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, [Podfic] some good mistakes by kisahawklin )

Your slightest look easily will unclose me by RedWritingHood (Not Rated, 9k, JC & WWX & JL, Post-Canon, Angst, Physical pain, Platonic Hanahaki, Kind of, Brotherly Love, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a happy ending)

Wei Wuxian’s Kidnapping Back and Forth Farce (Starring Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji) by misscam (M, 5k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Humor, CQL!verse, some novel inspiration, Switching, Русский Translation Фарс о том, как похищали Вэй Усяня by green_pastry (Weis), [PODFIC] Wei Wuxian’s Kidnapping Back and Forth Farce (Starring Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji) by misscam by mulberry_graceful)

Five Times Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng Had a Civil Conversation, and One Time They Didn't by tabulaxrasa (T, 7k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, 5+1 things, Angst, Feels, Post-Canon Fix-It, Russian translation by Yellopechen)

Teach me how to live again by Stelra_Etnae (T, 12k, JC & JYL & WWX, Canon Divergence, No Golden Core Transfer, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sibling Love, JC-centric, Family Feels, Hurt/Comfort, Sect Leader JYL, Yúnmèng Siblings Dynamics, Healing)

when the water stills by soultana (T, 27k, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Light angst, Twin Prides of Yunmeng feels)

Hating Separation by thelamespaceace (T, 60k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Case fic, Miscommunication, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst)

other side of paradise by blueseam (T, 12k, JC & WWX & JL, Post-Canon, Platonic hair-washing, excessive amounts of communication, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)

and autumn comes when you're not yet done by tired (M, 36k, WangXian, JC & WWX, JC & LSZ, Post-Canon, Family issues, Angst with a happy ending, Death wishes, Regrets, Feelings, References to depression, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation)

承诺 | promises made, promises broken by doubletan (G, 7k, JC & WWX & JL, Background WangXian, Post-Canon Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Blood and Injury, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation)

thank you's & i'm sorry's by momochai (T, 8k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Post-Canon, Sibling bonding, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Angst and Humor, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Platonic soulmates)

It began in the noodle store by Jotem27 (G, 4k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Canon Divergence, Golden Core Reveal, Arranged marriage, Everyone Lives/Nobody dies)

🧡 rain falls and soaks into the earth series by RoseThorne (T, 48k, WangXian, WIP, Near Death Experience, Attempt Drowning, Madam Yu Bashing, Recovery, No war AU, [Podfic] a candle blown out by chaoswithpods (chaoswithcake) )

the thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break by RoseThorne (E, 83k, WIP, WangXian, Soulmates, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Golden Core Reveal, Getting Together, Switching, Good sibling JC)

A Gentle Poison by FlorQuinnUwU (T, 11k, WangXian, JC & WWX & JYL, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Somebody Lives/Not everyone dies, Fluff, Angst, Misunderstandings, WQ Lives)

Mud on Your Feet by AvoOwO (Not Rated, 59k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Sleepwalking, Sleeptalking, Angst, Insomnia, Delusions, Hurt WWX, Soft JC, Protective JC, Fluff, Angst with a happy ending, PTSD)

A Nest Full of Broken Things by geethr75 (T, 50k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Good uncle LQR, Good Sibling JC, Fluff, Grief, Mourning, Angst with a happy ending, JC Centric)

family by antebunny (G, 8k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Angst, Fluff, Found Family actual family, Everybody Lives)

Perennial by ang3lba3, Birthdaytoasts (E, 10k, WangXian, JC & WWX & LSZ, Post-Canon, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Secret Marriage, NB WWX, Established Relationship, Fluff and Smut)

The Twin Blades of Yunmeng by GhostySword & ofmindelans (T, 89k, JC & WWX, wangxian, JC/NHS, canon divergence, JC & WWX, reconciliation, BAMF JC, protective LWJ, golden core reveal, angst w/ happy ending, slow burn, sect leader QS)

Blooming Bruises on my Soul and Body by xxxMiaHikarixxx (T, 13k, Wangxian, JC & WWX, Living on Streets, psychological abuse, WWX being a protective brother, JC being a protective brother, Good brother JC, Good brother LXC, Happy Ending, Angst With Some Comfort, Physical Abuse, Neglect, Hate Crimes, multiple POVs)

Diplomacy for Dummies: Jiang Edition by ushauz (T, 5k, JC & WWX, daemons au, JC & WWX reconciliation, background wangxian, background WWX/WN)

Kintsugi by LanaSerra (E, 145k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Canon Divergence, frankencanon, canon-typical violence (donghua), Golden Core Reveal, Golden Core Transfer, wwx's self worth issues, Memory Loss, Trauma, canon typical magic (donghua), yunmeng bros reconciliation, JC Needs a Hug, Explicit Sexual Content, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Canon Typical Bondage, Minor ZhuiYi, Minor XiCheng, Family Feels, headless corpse cockblocking)

JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater series by newamsterdam (T, 29k, JC & WWX, bg wangxian, post-canon, trapped in a closet, cultivation as a plot device, JC & WWX reconciliation, miscommunication, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, emotional tension, ghosts, action/adventure, brotherly love, complicated relationships)

To Prune the Grapevine by NeverHornyOnMain (T, 2k, JC & WWX, Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, no details given tho, Secrets, Honesty, Golden Core Reveal, Sort of?, Canon Divergence, Twin Prides of Yúnmèng Feels, Yunmeng Shuangjie Reconcilliation) what JC was actually doing with all those captured demonic cultivators, and what he deduced thereby

#wangxianficfinder #wangxian fic recs #the untamed #mdzs #Jiang Cheng Friendly #Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation #JC Friendly post #JC Friendly compilation post #wangxianficfinder compilation post #long post

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wangxianficrecs · 1 year

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let me sing to you by greybird_crookedbranch

let me sing to you

by greybird_crookedbranch

T, 61k, wangxian

Summary: A close call drives Wei Wuxian to protect the people he loves at any cost. But the real battle is within himself, and retreat is impossible. There may be casualties. Or: Dealing with ordinary threats of the more average variety causes Wei Wuxian to struggle with the resentful energy that lingers in him. Lan Wangji wants to help. Decidedly less-ordinary threats follow.

Mojo's comments: Okay, this story is going to kick you in the feels. But first, Author spends time treating you to teacher wwx and an adorable crop of Lan babies (lwj, lsz and ljy help to ride herd on them) out in the big Gusu world learning about people and… stuff. It's so fucking cute. And then. And then, now that Author has you where they want you. Bam! Something happens. A situation that doesn't seem as momentous as it should extends looong fingers of repercussions. POV is lwj, which author uses to craft the reader's second-hand feelings of confusion, helplessness and desperation as wwx mysteriously declines, has resentful episodes, and just. Starts to act in disturbingly uncontrolled Yiling Patriarch ways. The writing is vividly descriptive, and while I wouldn't categorize it as 'whump' - because wwx's hurt is all either emotional/mental or self-inflicted - there is a LOT of hurt, comfort, trust and self-worth issues and lwj having feels about it.

post-canon, canon compliant, hurt/comfort, fluff and angst, adorable juniors, hurt wei wuxian, pov lan wangji, resentful energy, trauma, guilt, bamf wei wuxian, mental instability, case fic, angst with a happy ending, yunmeng brothers reconciliation, the untamed canon, nightmares, sharing a bed, ptsd, established relationship, caretaking, @theuntamedruinedmylife

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

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lhaewiel · 4 months

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GUYS GIRLS AND ALL PEOPLE IN THE GENDER SPECTRUM PLS, I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THIS CHAPTER PLS READ!

I REALLY WANNA HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK SO PLS PLS HEAD HERE!

#the untamed #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #yunmeng bros #yunmeng shuangjie #yunmeng bros reconciliation #a valiant attempt at xianxia #mo dao zu shi #chen qing ling #mdzs #cql

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nutcasewithaknife · 1 year

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Hello yes ive written yet another yunmeng bros reconciliation oneshot, as one does when overcome by The Feels

Summary: There was a reason Jiang Cheng had decided to leave Guanyin Temple without saying anything. There was a reason he hadn’t and never planned to invite Wei Wuxian to Lotus Pier. Why would he want to tie him down with more debts, drag him back to a place which he’d left behind with the past long ago?

So when Wei Wuxian acted like he wanted to stay, it turned everything upside-down.

Wei Wuxian ends up mildly wounded at Lotus Pier, and it makes Jiang Cheng wonder if leaving each other alone was really for the best. They scream at each other and then cry about it.

#twin prides of yunmeng #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #fanfiction #cql #wwx #jc #the untamed #yunmeng siblings #reconciliation fic #mdzs #my writing

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mxtxfanatic · 2 years

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You write an mdzs fic in which you tag every major character that appears BUT Jiang Cheng? Yeah I’m blocking you.

#human gripes at fandom #always the yunmeng reconciliation crowd #yet too chicken shit to tag the character #why is that? afraid you won’t get the views you want?#cause nobody wants your fanon jc anymore?#anyways 🙄

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admirableadmiranda · 2 years

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Do you think reconciliation will ever happen in MDZS concerning JC? I imagine it'll take time, effort and development but I'm curious about your thoughts

Reconciliation with who? Because I think there's one character that he does have a chance of genuinely improving his relationship with post canon and them having a perhaps terse, but decent relationship for the rest of his life.

That person is Jin Ling. His nephew who does care for him a lot, but will not follow directly in his footsteps and is fostering a close relationship with Wei Wuxian as well. I could definitely see Jiang Cheng managing to repair and maintain his relationship with Jin Ling even as he grows up and continues to hone himself into the man he wants to be.

If you meant Wei Wuxian though, well there's a quote I believe from some of the audio drama art for the extras that I think sums it up pretty well.

"If perhaps someday we should meet again, it is better that we have nothing at all to say than too much."

To reconcile with Wei Wuxian is the sort of thing where I think it could only happen at the very end of Jiang Cheng's life, and even then it would never rekindle what they had before. As the book ends, Wei Wuxian is content to leave their relationship and Jiang Cheng in the past. Too much has passed between them and it has simply been too much to make it easy, and Jiang Cheng's responsibility for Wei Wuxian's first death and the death of those he swore to protect will always be there. The most they can do now is be not enemies, but strangers. There are simply too many burned bridges between them to ever truly reconcile in the way that people want.

I really like that about Modaozushi actually. Some things can't be fixed. Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian really take the best option when they just decide to not try anymore. Their friendship died long before Wei Wuxian did, it just took them thirteen years to let go of those last lingering feelings.

#mdzs #jiang cheng #canon jiang cheng #wei wuxian #no reconciliation #no yunmeng bros #jin ling #asks #anon #anon asks

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add1ctedt0you · 3 months

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With a roar, Nie MingJue grabbed at Jin Ling. Both Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling had backed away to the corner of the wall, unable to retreat further. Jiang Cheng could only stuff Jin Ling behind him and unsheathe Sandu, which at the moment was unable to use spiritual energy, forcing himself to fend off the attack. Although both the guqin and the xiao had sounded, they were going to be too late!

Nie MingJue’s heavy fist punched through a body.

But the body was neither Jiang Cheng’s nor Jin Ling’s.

Wen Ning blocked himself before the wall, in front of the two of them. With both his hands, he grabbed Nie MingJue’s iron arm and slowly pulled it out of his chest, leaving behind a large, hollow hole. There was no bleeding. Only a couple of black organ crumbs fell out.

Wei WuXian, “Wen Ning!!!”

While Jiang Cheng looked as though he could lose his mind right there. He stammered, “You? You?!”

The punch was too strong. Not only did it pierce through Wen Ning’s chest, it also shattered a part of his larynx. Unable to say a single thing, he collapsed. With where he stood, he fell right onto Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling’s bodies. He was momentarily unable to move, but his eyes were still open, staring at them unblinkingly.

Jin Ling originally loathed the murderer, the weapon that pierced his father’s heart. Ever since he was young, he’d sworn countless times that if he had the opportunity, he’d definitely cut off the flesh from Wei Ying’s and Wen Ning’s bodies, piece by piece. Later, as he didn’t want to hate Wei WuXian, he hated Wen Ning with double the energy. But right now, as he watched the murderer, the weapon had his heart be pierced in the same way, he couldn’t even push Wen Ning rudely away so that he didn’t lean on them.

He knew he was dead. Much less having a hole in his body, even if he were to be snapped into two from his waist, he might not even end up with any serious consequences. But for some reason, he couldn’t stop his tears from spilling over his eyes.

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Whistling, Wei WuXian sauntered around. The whistles were light and relaxed, yet within this Guanyin Temple amid a heavy storm, overflowing with corpses, the clarity of the sound appeared to be abnormally eery. As Wen Ning heard it, still lying at the corner on top of Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling, he seemed to have a strangely strong urge to stand up. Whether he held it back or he hadn’t regained the strength to move yet, he struggled for a while and collapsed again. Without thought, Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling went to catch him in unison, but after they caught him, they displayed the same hesitating expression of wanting to throw him down right then.

Chapter 110- Concealment - Part 1

#THIS IS SO MUCH #I feel bad for every one but jin ling's arc is heartbreaking #I can't #HE'S A BABY. WE NEED TO PROTECT HIM #Idk if it's my jc's inner voice or something but I can't take jin ling's grief #Arghh #Anyway. That's why I kinda feel that in novel canon #is more possible a wn-jc friendship/reconciliation post-canon than a yunmeng bros one lol #obviously jl post-canon is friend with wn. While wn was the weapon used to kill his father. he still was the only adult who wasn't his #parental figure who didn't treat jl like shit yk. Which imo matters #mar!reading mdzs #jin ling and his jiujiu

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