#ft. wei

[erabu-san]

Gusu quator summer hang out !!

In this AU, lwj and nhs are childhood friend (absolutely love their dynamic)

[tringstarruuu]

School crush 💘

[zelkams-art]

beyond the veil

[nozohimeko]

Pesado es el suspiro que exhala, sintiendo cómo la parte más divertida del día queda completamente fuera de su alcance. Su mirada refleja la derrota que siente en su corazón, aunque la expresión afable de siempre no se ve del todo alterada; a fin de cuentas, estaba consciente de que esto pasaría más temprano que tarde. "De acuerdo. Nunca desestimaría las palabras de los profesionales". Concede, una sonrisita delicada esbozándose mientras, lentamente, da media vuelta, sin perderse hasta el último vistazo de los gatitos. "Me gusta esa idea. Permíteme invitarte un aperitivo también. Como agradecimiento por no dejarme morir aquí".

Como había advertido, comenzó a preocuparse. ¿Podían culparlo? Temía que en cualquier momento la princesa comenzara a ponerse roja, o morada, o, lo peor, inflada. Aunque tenía práctica en medicina convencional, si a la princesa le pasara algo en ese minuto, no había mucho que pudiera hacer.

Rió. Se estaba poniendo en el peor de los escenarios, pero se rió.

"Sí, princesa. Creo que llegó la hora de decirle adiós a los gatitos." Se puso de pie, acercándose a la figura femenina con la actitud de alguien que atiende a una ancianita particularmente difícil. "¿Qué tal te parece ir por algún refresco?"

A ver si esos síntomas se iban solos o si había que llevarla a otro lugar.

[boarloved-art]

Lan Xichen being able to breakdance but only when drunk send ask

four ur mind enamors me and u've literally never been wrong even once

[chiixcat]

Wei Wuxian really said "Is somebody gonna match my freak" and Lan Wangji went and exceeded WWX's freak

[doublxpresso]

A peaceful afternoon

[ianthedebonair]

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(Chen just wanted to lift Spoon up but he got ambushed at the worst possible time.)

[newscarsting]

doodle/art/drawing/whateerevrerbyehu RU dump

[gh0st-0f-luke]

six excerpts from my wangxian hostile-neighbors-to-lovers social media au 💖 read on ao3 here!!

[itsredpaint]

braided wei wuxians :)

[hunxi-after-hours]

冷风又吹的时候想说 / When a cold wind blows again, I want to say 这生活会不会有点难 / Isn't life a little too hard?

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 一公 FIRST STAGE

《呓语》 Maddened Murmurs

[loosingmoreletters]

Summary:

“No need to worry though, Mo-gongzi!” the girl exclaimed. “We of Yunmeng Jiang have a reputation for coming up with solutions on the fly and a-Die will most certainly fix it!”

A new voice interrupted the conversation, amusement carrying through the night like the loveliest of tunes.

“A-Die will fix what?”

Wei Ying.

Thirteen years after his death, Lan Wangji is resurrected by Mo Xuanyu and meets a group of Jiang disciples.

[lryghe]

MDZS thoughts; jiang cheng

I have been meaning to talk about Jiang Cheng for a while considering he is a very special character and someone that I love thinking about. Because he’s just so interesting to think about, and his closeness to the main character of the story is probably why he’s so highlighted despite the fact he doesn't contribute to the plot the same way all other characters are that have been explored in depth (e.g. Lan Wangji, Nie Huaisang, Jin Guangyao). Yes, this post will contain spoilers, but not just from the novel this time, I would like to incorporate elements from the live action (despite my dislike of it). This may end up being not nearly as thought out as I usually am with my posts, to which I apologise for in advance (also for those who may eventually expect the second half of my MXTX themes and conventions post, you will never get it. I lost inspiration and my thought process deleted itself so I have nothing for you).

I saw a post the other day and it was exploring the idea of characters that are driven by grief and rage, characters who devolve over the length of the story, characters who change, but never for the better. And my first thoughts were like Azula, or maybe Sasuke, but then I remembered that my favourite fictional character of all time, Jiang Cheng is Right Here and he’s so interesting to analyse. Because he is that character that is driven by grief and rage. He has been fighting since he was like 17 and became Jiang Sect Leader at the cost of everyone around him. He is the character that devolves over the length of the story, because he’s so strong for the majority of it, but 13 years of mourning and a revived brother who turns his whole world upside down again is so so damaging to him. And he is that character who changes for the worse, because young Jiang Cheng was always so willing to go along with his older brothers schemes, always so desperate for the approval of those around him, but decades of grief have worn him down to his very foundations, and he is a husk of grief disguised as rage. He no longer needs the approval of the Sect Leaders around him because he is the fearsome Sandu Shengshou, the three poisons. 

I refuse to assume a pitying role with Jiang Cheng though. I see a lot of people saying he did nothing wrong, that he was the victim in the entire situation but I seriously despise when people say this about him. Because he has very clearly done bad things, and sometimes he has no excuse. Sometimes he was just a bad guy, and that’s okay. The live action went on this whole narrative about how Wei Wuxian was a total victim in everything that happened and people have started applying this type of narrative to every other characters, which is so silly in places because MXTX creates these characters to be criticised. They are well rounded and whole characters, and there is a whole spectrum of grey in regards to their actions and motivations. You are definitely allowed to feel bad for characters though, who am I to tell you what to do, but remember to be objective in analysis. Jiang Cheng ‘tortured’ demonic cultivators because he hated his brother so much (allegedly), he abandoned his brother when he was the Yiling Patriarch, he is harsh and cruel and he’s always able to find the one thing to hurt those around him (even to Wei Wuxian, who is notoriously good at not being hurt by what others say to him). 

And to ignore this would be a disservice. Jiang Cheng is forever a part of Wei Wuxian’s backstory, forever the character in MDZS that does not get their redemption, forever Sandu Shengshou, a poison to those surrounding him. And it’s so interesting to think about this concept of poison in relation to Jiang Cheng because objectively, it's like. Kind of true. Literally every other Jiang is dead, even the unofficial Jiang, Wei Wuxian. No one likes Jiang Cheng very much, and he’s purposefully left out of the big 3 ‘zuns’ of the cultivation world, a very informal alliance between the Lans, Nies, and Jins. Even geographically so (in reference MXTX’s presentation of where the sects would be on a real map of China) Yunmeng is isolated from all other notable sects, the only notable place nearby being the Qishan Wen and the Burial Mounds, both not being very happy places to be. His nephew Jin Ling embodies all the outward traits that people don't like about him, brash and arrogant and refusal to admit one's faults. In all senses of the world, Jiang Cheng really is a poison to everyone around him. And this idea of poison is so cool because Jiang Cheng is a background character objectively. His screen time is mostly just to further the emotional plights of Wei Wuxian but he’s such an important antagonist (of sorts!).

The time skip is both a wonderful and fearsome thing in reference to this thought, because we can only guess what happens during those 13 years where he doesn't have screen time, and although there are parts mentioned of what happens (e.g. Jin Guangyao becomes sect leader, Nie Mingjue dies, Lan Wangji goes wherever the chaos is) we don't know the details, specifically in regards to Jiang Cheng. Those 13 years is where he is pushed out of the narrative spotlight, and he’s not relevant until the whole golden core fiasco near the end, which is good because it keeps him as a background character (being otherwise would be detrimental to the themes of the novel), but scary because it takes away so much power from the other characters. 

I just want to end this by saying that I actually love Jiang Cheng and that manifests in writing long posts about how horrible and complicated he is because it's completely fine to be a bad person, that's what makes some of these characters so interesting. He is my favourite out of all of MXTX’s works, right up there alongside Luo Binghe and Xie Lian. So if you ever see me ‘dissing’ these characters, it is born from a love that compels me to analyse them.

Also I wrote this instead of revising for an assessment worth 30% of my overall grade literally an hour before said assessment worth 30% of my overall grade.

Words: 1091

Reading time: 4 mins

[iamnotmereally]

Wei wuxian but I don't have any artstyle so you just gotta believe me when I say it's him

[boarloved-art]

who wants a very lwj centric sketch dump.......