#granny wen

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

What was in the blood.

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[sun-ashes]

College teacher Lan Qiren who is always complaining about this loud, annoying and disruptive student in his class who is always half asleep on his desk and submits his assignments four seconds before the deadline.

His nephew Lan Wanji, who is in the same class, who can't believe how attracted he is to this hot mess of a man that seems to be physically incapable of not questioning every single subject they learn and makes such good points about them every time. How is it possible for a person seemingly can't dress, feed OR control himself in public be so smart? It would be less annoying if this dude at least took notes or had books, but no, he seems to be doodling on actual craft paper every time he peeks at him. Lan Wanji wants him carnally. And maybe romantically as well. He looks like a good cuddler, you know? Not that LWJ knows much about hugs and all that.

Meanwhile, there is college student, part time worker and full time single parent Wei Wuxian that is constantly running on two hours of sleep, who is working himself to the bone on his engineering degree along with Wen Qing (med student) to provide for Wen Yuan, chronically ill Wen Ning, ancient Granny and half a dozen old aunties and uncles that would (and should) have retired decades ago if they could afford it.

Now imagine the Lans' car breaking down in some speedy neighborhood after dining out, and who comes to the rescue? Just-got-out-of-work WWX, who would try his hand at the engine if they weren't shaking like crazy but assures them that his uncle four will get it going in a sec, want to follow him home so they are not in the street alone?

And so the Lans get to see this twenty years old exhausted young man get home, get immediately jumped by his toddler, and going to help with dinner while simultaneously checking over A-Yuan's homework, answering Grannie's questions about his day and helping WN with mobility exercises.

Lan Qiren becomes more forgiving. Lan Wanji falls in love and has to reconsider his own prejudices before approaching Wwx and asking him out on a study date that quickly becomes an engagement. Lan Xichen becomes besties with Granny and is there every Sunday. He and Wen Qing may fall in love. A-Yuan gets a whole new set of family members.

The car? It was actually fine. It just ran out of battery.

[violet-petals-in-the-rain]

Can yall imagine yourself being wen ning marching towards your death (this time willingly) with your sister's hand in your own, all to protect the people you love?

Watching them burn her to death and hearing that its meaningless and that they still plan to continue and kill everyone, you attempt to break out and rush back, but its not possible, and you're confined before long.

It isnt until time passes and in your confinement you hear of how the people you loved and would give everything to protect have all been killed and its through the guards holding you captive jeering and laughing and that the world is celebrating their deaths.

And you can't even weep because your eyes can't cry

They're all dead. What was it for? What was her death for?! What had his A-Jie been burned to death for?

Little A-Yuan,

Granny Wen,

Uncle Four... everyone is dead.

Young Master Wei....Wei Wuxian, the last sight you remember is him lying there helplessly calling for you to not go and you wish you had listened.

You can only greive now. The only thing you can do is scream, and its not enough.

Then they begin experimenting on you, and no one knows you're kept down here, locked away, all alone with people who don't consider you human.

Then you lose your free will, your thoughts and consciousness, until 13 years later.

13 Years Later, you hear a familiar melody calling for you and a seed of hope grows in your chest

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The Untamed - conventional and unconventional mothers

[lgbtlunaverse]

the wangxian + a-yuan "dads with an adopted son" thing is fine and enjoyable in fanfics honestly but I think we as a fandom are really not utilizing the idea of all of them in unconventional familial structures enough. Like, canonically it wasn't so much that wwx was a-yuan's guardian as that a-yuan was being raised collectively by the wens and wwx was adopted INTO the larger wen family. And lwj got attached to him through that. A-yuan just has these very attached weird uncles/older cousin figures that aren't related to him by blood at all but keep sticking around.

Just think of a modern AU with a lot less death where lwj does as he does in canon and keeps showering a-yuan in gifts as much as he can and when wwx is like "aiyah lan zhan you're gonna spoil him. Not everyone is as rich as you! What's his family supposed to say if they can't buy him all the stuff you do?" lwj just goes "Hm". And from then on out every year once a-yuan's birthday is near the extended Wen family members (well. the ones that are invited that is. No one wants wen chao at a birthday party) wakes up to a wechat payment from lwj.

Random wen cousin number 6 texts granny like

cousin 6: i just got 400 yuan????

granny: oh that's just wangji

cousin 6: i've never met this guy in my life???

granny: he wants you to buy a-yuan a nice birthday present!

cousin 6: how does he know my bank account???

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Based on this

[sillygoofyqueer]

More deity jester Wei Wuxian AU because my birthday's on Wednesday and I want to yap about my most special favourite AU in the run up. Maybe I'll write a mad scientist Wei Wuxian AU on my birthday but who knows? Enjoy!! Wen Qing doesn't know what to expect when her cousin slips away while she's foraging for the best plants in the forest. It's certainly not to find the toddler holding hands with what appears to be some sort of forest creature corpse thing that wears a cracked porcelain smiling mask, moss growing from the cracks and different plants sprouting from tears and dark blood oozing from rips in what appears to be a black and red jester outfit? She's obviously silently freaking out as A-Yuan drags it towards her like a cat proudly displaying a dead rat it caught, but the creature seems rather docile as it tries to keep up with her cousin, free hand pressed against the forest floor and knees holding it up as it follows behind. Upon closer inspection, there does appear to be skin though, which raises the worrying question of is this really a human? Because like...this human is in bad shape if so. Her instincts as a doctor do take over when she comes to this conclusion and she darts over to see what immediate medical attention she can give.

A-Yuan doesn't let go of the...human...'s hand, and she doesn't try and make him because this...human...appears to be content, and she doesn't want to risk their safety if she tries to part them. Surprisingly, the human actually does appear to be a human, and now all Wen Qing can do is wince at the extent of the damage done to his body because holy shit, this is bad. So, she hauls the human up to his feet, scooping A-Yuan up with her spare arm so that she can lug them both home - the dull, quiet jingling of the rusted bells of his outfit echoing with every step. The only reason this is possible with her build is because the...male of sorts is very light against her side. Seriously, how is this guy alive? There are plants growing out of different injuries! The infection must be excruciating. The only way she can rationalise this as she drags him back home is that this human has been taken in by spirits of the forest and that's why he's in this shape and isn't dead. Which raises the question of should she be removing a human chosen by the spirits of the forest from the forest?

Despite how she portrays herself to those within the palace and the village, Baba had raised her and A-Ning with the same tales and warnings that popo had recited to him when he was young, and so she is naturally superstitious and wary of pissing off any spirits or monsters that may roam around in the forest when nobody is looking. However, she keeps looking at this poor boy and seeing A-Ning, who was taken by spirits lingering around a battlefield for a sickeningly long time before he was given back with a haunted look in his eyes and a terrified, nervous disposition that hadn't been there before. So similar to this boy now. She can't abandon him, it goes against everything she stands for, so she eventually takes him out of the forest while A-Yuan babbles to her about how "gege helped my owchie!!" and shows off a greenish-blackish paste slapped liberally onto his knee. She eyes it suspiciously, but it does appear to utilise medicinal plants, so she'll leave it for now.

A-Ning is working in the fields when she finally makes it back to the small farm the family owns, always making use of the...'gifts' that the spirits of the battlefield forced upon gave him to assist the family the best he can. He raises his hand to wave at her happily, before he obviously notices the boy she's carting along with her and quickly buries whatever seed he was planting before running over to help her. His eyes trail over the male's body, and that sort of numb, haunted look appears on his face again, the one that tells her that he's thinking of the time he refuses to talk about, where he was away with the spirits. He reaches out, staring for a moment at the connected hands of the boy and A-Yuan, then makes the executive decision to just take them both from her, hoisting the male over his shoulder while A-Yuan cheers at being carried around so much. He starts recounting his story again, and this time the male seems to react to it, shifting his head slightly where it's resting against A-Ning's back to be able to see A-Yuan better. At least they can be certain that he's not actually dead.

They make it into the house and Popo doesn't even question what she's seeing, murmuring softly about how the spirits can be so unpredictable as she holds out her arms for A-Yuan. Wen Qing finds herself holding her breath as she waits for the male's reaction, but he lets go of the toddler's hand easily, crooked, broken fingers twitching as though trying to wave to him as he's carried into their bedroom and placed down onto A-Ning's bed. She doesn't even know where to start when it comes to treating him, but she lets herself fall into the routine she has always followed when treating patients. "Where does it hurt?" No answer. "Can you understand me?" A slow nod. "But you can't speak." Another slow nod. Sometimes A-Ning goes non-verbal, so she has become adept at picking up subtle reactions. She asks him to point to where it hurts the most, and a vague movement of those fucked hands in the direction of his chest - mangled holes with what looks like wet bark flakes stuck in the meat of his body - sends her cleaning what she can.

A-Ning gets to work on straightening and splinting the male's fingers while she works, and the male is so unreactive. If only if they could see his face, then they could see his reactions and be more gentle; as she thinks it, her hand reaches out to take off the porcelain mask. The hand that A-Ning isn't working on immediately shoots out, the grip on her wrist tight but not painful as those black crescent lines stare back at her, a clear warning. His bones press against the fragile skin of his fingers. A-Ning's own hand is gentle as it comes to rest on the male's forearm, and the male's head flicks over to stare at A-Ning instead, cocking to the side at what he finds there. "It's broken. We can fix it." Another beat with a lack of movement, before the boy's hand lets go of her wrist and she goes back to finishing the cleaning off, watching as it instead travels to trail over the moss-ridden crack that almost it into three uneven pieces. He hesitates for a moment, then reaches out with his now fully-splinted hand to cover A-Ning's eyes. It's clear what he's signifying.

"We can do it after we've done everything else." She promises, and he nods, offering his untreated, now even more injured, hand to A-Ning (his blood is so dark that it's almost black. She's suddenly scrutinising the black parts of his outfit a lot more closely). She herself moves on to beginning to remove the plants that are growing out of his skin. This gets a reaction from the boy. One second he's laying completely still, the next she's pulling out first little clump and he has a full-body jolt of sorts, fingers twitching as though trying not to clench in pain. She winces sympathetically, letting A-Ning assure him that they're sorry it hurts and that it won't take her long to get through it, trying to distract him while she starts picking out the plants as fast and efficiently as she can. She's had so many patients cry and sob at the smallest of pain, but there's something so visceral about seeing a boy who should be dead, who hasn't reacted to anything else they've done, unable to let out any sound of pain as she puts him through agony to help him.

After it's over and the male is now almost limp rather than the stiff but unmoving he had been before, A-Ning tries to cut the jester outfit off so they can see what damage lies beneath and bandage the injuries. This gains a similar sort of reaction to the mask, except it's quickly sated by A-Ning's quiet but sincere "we can make one just like it. This one's ripped and dirty." The boy insists on cutting it off himself though, fumbling with the knife in his unwieldy hands as he very carefully glides it down the very middle of his chest, as though - oh, he's trying to preserve as much of it as possible. Probably so they can accurately replicate it. Oh that's. She should not be getting so emotional over a patient, but he's just like how A-Ning was when he came back from the spirits of the battlefield, clinging desperately to the only things he had been allowed to keep - the clothes on his back. The boy's chest is covered in blood and there are thinner holes, tears in his skin like he had ripped something out.

His hair is shockingly long, falling around him and slipping to the floor as the outfit comes loose. That's going to have to be dealt with, it's a mess. However, it's easy to fall into the motions of cleaning and bandaging, letting A-Ning deal with the boy's legs while she sews up the larger gashes and lathers them with salves before tightly wrapping each bandage around his whole chest because there's just injuries everywhere, back and front. A-Ning gives him some of his clothes, and they're rather baggy but short at the same time but he doesn't seem to care too much, as though he knows they're waiting for him to take off his mask. He finally gestures for them to turn away, and they do so without any complaints. There are no sounds from anyone moving aside the light clunk of what is presumably the porcelain mask being placed upon the table beside them, and then two thumps to signal that he's done. Wen Qing turns around as A-Ning grabs the mask and finds that the boy has hidden his face in his hands, a singular gap between two of his fingers revealing a single (glowing? No, it's likely just the light) silver eye hidden in the shadows of his hair.

[kettledemon]

Y’all ever think granny wen just pull a:

“Oh a-Han was such a cute child ☺️☺️☺️, he used to play with my son all the time! A bit cruel at times, such a shame he never grew out if it-“

And it takes a moment for Wei Wuxian to realize she’s talking about Wen Ruohan-

[symphonyofsilence]

MXTX writing MDZS female characters who were not Mianmian:

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

For moment, you are home.

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[lyngracetalksnwritesnstuff]

Yet Another MDZS AU (Lunar Chronicles AU)

Ok, ok, ok, first: I promise I'm almost done with Chapter Three of my Yilling Wei Sect AU, it'll come either today or tomorrow before three, okay?

Anyways, I was relistening to Cinder by Marissa Meyer, the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, and I had an idea, so this is for all the other Lunar Chronicles/MDZS fans out there!

For those who have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about, the Lunar Chronicles is a fururistic retelling of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White, with hints of Sleeping Beauty littered throughout the story. All of these stories are intertwined by an Evil Queen, a Lunar (a person who lives on the moon who has adapted to manipulate bioelectricity to make people hallucinate what they want them to, basically), who has usurped the throne from her sister and niece, whom she supposedly had killed. This probably wasn't the best explanation. Look it up and read the book before going on with this, because it contains MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE LUNAR CHRONICLE. I REPEAT, DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU HAVE PLANS OF READING THIS SERIES SPOILER-FREE.

Ok, now, there are two ways I could do this. Also, disclaimer, I'm not going to write this for a while if I ever do at all. Please feel free to use this idea, or any of the ones I've posted, even if I do end up writing them. Inspiration is inspiration, and I never want to stifle creativity.

So, the first way, is I could make this Wangxian centric, with Wei Wuxian as Cinder and Lan Wangji as Prince Kai, but there are some holes there, the first being, who tf is going to be Thorne? Wei Wuxian is perfect for that, but LWJ, is not a good fit for Cress, though I guess I could make it work if I go with route two.

Route two, Wen Qing as Cinder and either Luo Qingyang or Qin Su as Prince Kai, because Wen Qing is our Lesbian Queen on this blog (this is my personal headcannon, you can have your own opinions, idc). That way, Wei Wuxian could be Thorne, and Lan Wangji could be Cress. Now that I'm thinking about it, I feel like I could make it work. Sometimes when I do these AUs, I try too hard to fit a character into the mold of another character and don't realize that I HAVE CREATIVE FREEDOM AND CAN DO WHAT I WANT.

So, back to route one, the casting would be:

Wei Wuxian as Linh Cinder

Jiang Cheng as Linh Pearl (he won't be as mean as her, they're still brothers, I'll just make it ✨complicated✨

Jiang Yanli as Linh Peony (I know, I hate having to kill her off, but I promise I'll give her her husband and son before she does, okay?)

Madam Yu as Linh Adri

Jiang Fengmian as Linh Garan (sorry if I misspelled that)

Lan Wangji as Prince/Emperor Kai

Lan Xichen as the supportive older brother who wasn't in the books, whom I made up for this specific purpose, who didn't inherit the crown for a reason I will have at some point.

Lan Qiren as Konn Torin

Qingheng Jun as the dead Emperor

Wen Qing as Scarlet

Luo Qingyang as Wolf (????? subject to change)

Xue Yang as Carswell Throne (sorry, not sorry)

Mo Xuanyu as Crescent Moon Erland (no XueMo (Xuanyang? What is their ship name???) sorry, they're just besties here)

Qin Su as Winter Hayle

Xiao Xingchen as Jacin Clay (again, no ship, sorry, I'm not following the confines of this story very well 😅. But I also thought they could work really well as sibling figures.)

Oh, also Wen Ning is here too. He gets kidnapped with Granny Wen during the Scarlet timeline.

Wen Rouhan as Queen Levana (okay, hear me out here. Cangse Sanren was the original queen, rightful heir of the throne and adored ruler, and then Wen Rouhan, her half-brother, kills her and her husband and attempts to kill Wei Wuxian, who is spirited away by Granny Wen and a doctor guy, and given to Jiang Fengmian. Wen Chao and Wen Xu don't exist here, obviously)

The Wens are going to be the Lunars here, okay?

That's all the characters I'm going to cast right now, cause I'm tired and need to write Chapter Three lol. If I end up doing this, I'll do a more detailed casting.

Route Two:

Wen Qing as Linh Cinder (Makes more sense cause she's a Wen)

Luo Qingyang as Prince/Emperor Kai (I still want Qin Su to be Winter, so...)

Uhhhh, suddenly realized I have literaly no other ideas for the casting in this route, though I do really like Wen Qing as Cinder.... Maybe I can still work her in as the protagonist....

I mean, I guess I could switch LWJ and WWX around so it's them as Thorne and Cress and MXY and XY as Scarlet (XY) and Wolf (MXY) (Still platonic), that could work, cause I do want Wen Qing to be Cinder kinda...

Idk, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to tell me, that's all for now, I'm tired hehe.

[violet-petals-in-the-rain]

LISTEN, all im saying is yknow how Wei Wuxian lay under the night sky constantly telling himself to just consider it a debt repayment and failing to convince himself about the core transfer at all. Living onwards, maybe even outright ignoring it after until Wen Qing showed up straight at his door, a reminder of the core and cultivation he's lost, but that's not whats important. Do you guys think he was living day to day life in burial mounds and starting to think 'its not so bad living without a core' do you guys think he looked up at the night sky after drinking the wine uncle four made specially for him and thought 'its not so bad on the ground?'

and then it all came crashing to hell and i just think i made that one fucking line worse for myself when wwx was running after wen siblings after 3 days lying helplessly "where should he go, it felt like the world had no place for him in it at all"

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The Untamed + ao3 tags

[arianaderalte]

In which Granny Wen is increasingly weirded out by the gentry, cuddles with Wen Ning solve everything and a blacksmith is annoyed.

[oldhagtournament]

ROUND 1 - GROUP A

Propaganda under the cut

Pinako Rockwell

She fits the criteria (she's a granny, old, gets called a hag by at least one character) and also she's a legend.

Granny Wen

she's old! she's often also kind of ignored, for her significance in the life of her living relative in the main cast, often replaced in her role in the story by the protagonists for the sake of saying wwx of all people is a good, involved dad, among other things, which... hot take: is silly, especially when it requires you to forget this quality old hag!! she matters!! <- incoherent but she's old hagging it up in the story just absolutely doing nothing else and no one seems to appreciate this until they can use it in a moral argument for or against something! victim or nothing. trite