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Welcome to PriestNet's Word of Honor First Anniversary Event!

⇢ You might be wondering, what is this event?

Our Word of Honor First Anniversary event is a week-long event held by Priest Network to celebrate the anniversary of a beloved Priest adaptation, and to showcase our fellow content-creators within the fandom community.

⇢ Nice! What are the prompts?

The prompts of this event are as follows:

1. Day One: Favorite Character

2. Day Two: Favorite Scene

3. Day Three: Favorite Set/Location

4. Day Four: Favorite Villain

5. Day Five: Favorite Ship

6. Day Six: Favorite Object/Prop

7. Day Seven: Anything goes!

⇢ Okay, cool. How does it work?

We welcome all Priest-related content created with these prompts, as long as they don’t break any of the network rules for reblogging. You may do as many or as few works for these prompts as you please.

⇢ Sounds fun! How do I sign up?

No sign-up required! We will reblogging all eligible content for the event that uses #priestnet in the first five tags, mentions the net, and has Word of Honor Anniversary Event listed in the post description above any read mores. The mention is so that we don’t miss any material that isn’t showing up in the tags. The event will take place starting February 16th and will run until February 22nd, but anyone is free to do any of the prompts they choose at a later date.

Have fun, and thanks for participating in our event! We can’t wait to see what creativity everyone brings!

[mdzsnet]

「31.10」 ✧  WEI WUXIAN BIRTHDAY EVENT

On the 31st of October the MDZS Network celebrates not only Wei Wuxian’s birthday but also the six year anniversary of the publishing of Mo Dao Zu Shi! Please join us in celebrating both milestones by participating in our Wei Wuxian birthday event!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member of the network to participate in this event.

Post your content on Wei Wuxian’s birthday – October 31st.

Mention @mdzsnet​ and tag #mdzsnet in the first five tags.

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

THE CHALLENGES

1. Color palettes

2. Quotes

“Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you’re up to.” (Sean Keogh)

“To be great is to be misunderstood.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.” (Malcolm Gets)

3. Words

Bold

Forthright

Outcast

[thekimlinenet]

We’ll be accepting new applications on November 10th so if you haven’t gotten your application in now is the time to do so!

[mdzs-queue]

This is the MDZS Network’s official queue blog, which means it’s used only to follow members from the net and to help organizing the net queue.

Please follow this blog so the admins can send you a private message when needed.

This blog doesn’t offer content.

+ About MDZS Network

MDZS Network is a net dedicated to MXTX’s novel Mo Dao Zu Shi and all of its adaptations. We post about all the adaptations and everything related to the live action cast. The blog is completely safe for fans and we try to create a healthy and fun environment to everyone that decides to join us.

MDZS Network is a blog made by fans for other fans. We don’t have any contact with or relation to MXTX and/or the live action cast.

If you want to join us, or access our main blog to know more about it, please visit us here.

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New theme! :)

[mdzsnet]

To celebrate the one year anniversary of MDZS Network, we are hosting two events. You can find more information on both events below;

🐇 MDZS NETWORK’S GIVEAWAY CLOSED

The first major event we’ll hold is a giveaway of small MDZS merch! As a thank you we’ve decided we want to give back to our followers and members, to everyone who keeps this network active and running, and so we came to the conclusion that we’ll be hosting a giveaway. The giveaway will be open for 10 days, running from today, April 13th, to next week friday, April 23rd. There will be two winners total.

WHAT WE’RE GIVING AWAY

The two winners will choose one of the following five products as their prize;

Wangxian standee (10 different designs to choose from)

Rotatable keychain (6 different designs to choose from)

Lotus tassle

Chengqing tassle

Heart-shaped badge (8 different designs) + acrylic keychain (6 different designs to choose from)

Both winners can choose the same product if they so wish.

PARTICIPING IN THE GIVEAWAY

Simply reblog this post and fill in this Google form.

Reblogging this post more than once does not increase your chance of winning.

Make sure you are either 18+ or that you have permission from your parents / guardians to give out your full address and name for shipping.

The giveaway is open worldwide, but please keep in mind that shipping is most likely going to take a little longer because of the pandemic.

🐇 MDZS NETWORK REQUESTS! CLOSED

For the second event we have decided to open requests. The admins, as well as some of our members, will be making the requests and posting them from the network directly. Here is a list of members who will be participating in the event, and the type of content they can create for requests.

To make requests, please do not send us asks, but make them through our Google form.

REQUEST RULES

You can request gifsets, graphics, fanfiction, edits, video edits, or fanart. Nothing else.

No NSFW requests are allowed to be made. If you do send in an NSFW request, it will be deleted immediately.

We won’t accept shipping requests, unless it’s a canon ship such as Wangxian or Xuanli. Requests of other relationships, such as familial or platonic ones, are of course welcome.

Your requests can span over all the MDZS adaptations but we will not accept crossover requests with other fandoms.

We will start accepting requests from tomorrow, April 14th. Depending on the amount of requests we’ll receive, we will cap off the requests when we see fit.

Thank you, and we hope everyone is in good health!

– The MDZS Network Admin Team 🐇❤️

[mdzsnet]

The MDZS Network is looking for new admins!

With the news of two admins stepping down and relinquishing their admin duties, we are now looking for two to three new admins that would like to join the MDZS Network admin team! As an admin you’ll have to be ready to answer questions, queue up to three times a day from the network tag, manage application periods, and host events.

If you’re interested in becoming an admin for the network, please send a DM to @mdzs-queue and we’ll reply as soon as we can. Please note that you have to be a member of the network to apply as admin.

[mdzsnet]

Admin Notice

Rather unfortunately we have noticed an increase of reposted content within the fandom and, despite the fact that we have already addressed this issue last year, we have decided to touch down on it once again. Please read this post for more information and tips on what to do when you spot a repost of someone else’s original content, and how you can support content creators.

Part one: what is a repost?

Reposting vs reblogging

When you reblog someone’s content, you are simply boosting the original creator’s works on your own blog. Reblogging is just that, sharing content of  thing you like on your blog and acknowledging the time someone has put into creating that content. In no way is reblogging harmful to content creators, in fact it allows their works to be more widely spread around Tumblr. You can also like content creators’ posts, but the like function here does not work in the same way as it does on Twitter or Instagram in the way that it will show the posts you like on other people’s dashboards. Reblogging is actively encouraged by content creators.

When you repost someone’s content without their permission, you give the impression that you are the original poster, which isn’t true. Reposting is right clicking on any content to save it to your device and then to post it, in its original format, onto your own blog. Sometimes reposters will also crop an artwork or a gifset or even a video edit in such a way the watermark on it disappears, so that any and all traces to the original creator are erased. Both cases, but especially the latter, are incredibly disrespectful towards content creators and are a main cause for why so many content creators are quitting Tumblr. Reposting is actively discouraged by content creators.

Over here at the network you will notice that we only ever reblog our members’ original content, this for the very reason that every post we reblog onto the network can be traced back to the original creator’s blog should anyone want to check out more of their content.

Please refer to this post for a more detailed explanation.

Part two: why is reposting bad?

To put it short, if you repost something without asking the original creator for their permission you are profiting off of their hard work. Content posted to Tumblr doesn’t appear out of thin air, in almost all cases a lot of time and creativity goes into content creating. Artists do not spend hours drawing to see their art reposted, gifmakers do not spend hours trying to get their coloring right to see their gifsets reposted, fanfic writers do not spend hours perfecting their plot to see their fanfics reposted. Reposting someone’s original content is incredibly disrespectful and insulting. There have been many content creators who have given up content creating because of this reposting issue.

Of course we do not expect you to know all this if you’re rather new to Tumblr, which is why we’re making this post. You can make a mistake, we all do at some point, but when someone reaches out to you to ask to take their original content down, don’t argue back to them and just do what they asked. Content creators distributing their content online does not give you a free pass to repost that content.

You wouldn’t run off with Vincent Van Gogh’s artworks and claim them to be yours so it’s not difficult to show the same respect to online content creators.

Check out this post for a F.A.Q on why reposting hurts content creators.

Part three: what can I do to help?

Inform the original content creator

The original content creator has intellectual property (IP) rights over the content they create and distribute online. Their artwork, their gifsets, their fanfiction, their video edits, every single piece of content that is put online has immediate protection under copyright laws. If you take that content and repost it somewhere else you may suffer serious consequences of your actions. This happens very rarely, but creators have every right to sue you for IP infringement if you repost any of their original content.

Here on Tumblr you can redirect content creators to file for a misattribution report, or a DMCA notice which they can submit on most social media websites. If you would like to help a content creator submit a DMCA notice, check out the links below:

Twitter: here

Tumblr: here

Instagram: here

If you want to help a content creator file a DMCA notice on another social media website, then please check out this post for more resources.

Inform the network

Not only did we discuss the issue of reposting last year, we also decided to make a list of known reposters within the fandom. If you know of a reposter on Tumblr, Twitter, or Instagram, please do not hesitate to send us an ask with their URL plus the type of content they repost and we will add them to our list. Any and all Tumblr reposters are immediately blocked by the network.

Part four: more tips and interesting links!

Tips

If you encounter content online that you really like (an artwork, a gifset, a video edit, etc.) but don’t know where it’s originally from, leave it be. It has most likely (however this is not always the case) already been reposted by the person on whose blog / page you found it on.

Captioning content that isn’t yours with “credit to the artist” or “found on [website]” is not equal to giving credit to a content creator who gave you their permission to repost their content. Do not repost without permission and proper credit.

Content creators aren’t forcing you to reblog every single thing in sight by saying ‘reblog don’t repost’. Content creators come to Tumblr to share original content on the things they love, so they won’t appreciate it when you reblog their posts only to rant about how terrible it is. If you see something you like, reblog it. If you see something you don’t like, scroll past it.

Do not use Pinterest, We Heart It or Instagram as a source for your edits, these websites are built upon reposts that more often than not go uncredited.

If you reach out to a content creator to ask for their permission to repost their content and they don’t answer you, do not take their silence as permission to repost. Always reach out to content creators if you want to repost their work, there are no excuses not to. Content creators reserve the right to deny your request at all times.

Do not make up excuses along the lines of “[content creating] can’t be that hard”, it’s denigrating and offensive to content creators. If content creating weren’t that hard there wouldn’t be so much reposters on here.

Support content creators! Boost their works by reblogging them onto your own blogs, like their posts and interact with them, tell them you think their content is rad. It gives a lot of creators the extra motivation to make their next piece, and a compliment in general is always appreciated.

Links

How to spot art reposts by our affiliate @mdzsartreblogs​

Reblogs vs reposts by @/qbanalras

Support content creators with reblogs by @/mochadean

Is this gifset a Repost™? by @/fen-ha-fuck-you

Disable right click by @/tumblrblogette

Disabling drag & drop + highlighting text by @/html-tutorials

But why is reposting bad? by @/fawnivy (deactivated)

A Guide To Essential Tumblr Etiquette by Leanne Tan

Reblogs vs reposts by @/studypetals

When People Steal Your Content on Tumblr by Anne

Everybody hurts (when people repost) by @/otonymous

Resources for free images by @/leave-her-a-tome

#Don’tRepost by @/zestydoesthings

“What’s so bad about reposting?” by @/daintylouis (deactivated)

Please feel free to share this as a resource. – The Admin Team 🐇❤️

[mdzsnet]

MDZS Network’s Two Years with CQL Anniversary

Coming June 27th we celebrate the two years anniversary of the release of The Untamed, the live-action adaptation of MXTX’s xianxia novel Mo Dao Zu Shi. We have put together a small event to celebrate this anniversary together with all of you.

We assume most of you know the Sorting Hat from the Harry Potter books that sorted the students into one of four houses, and we’re excited to introduce our very own CQL Sect Sorting Quiz! Click on the link and answer the questions to see what sect you would get sorted into, and then center your content for the anniversary around your result or something related to it that you can connect to. You’re free to choose any character, scene, color palette, quote, etc. related to your result that you want for your content. We hope it inspires you!

🐇 Rules

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member to participate in the event!

The event will be open on the anniversary of CQL’s release - June 27th!

🐇 Extra Information

Create any content (fic, gif, art, etc.) for the anniversary.

Center your content around The Untamed and your sorting quiz result.

You can decide to keep your results private until the day of the event for an extra surprise, but this is not a requirement.

Mention @mdzsnet in the caption & tag #mdzsnet in the first 5 tags

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

[priestnet]

Welcome to PriestNet’s Counting Nines Event!

⇢ You might be wondering, what is this event?

Our Counting Nines Event is a 81-day-long event held by Priest Network to celebrate the season, and showcase our fellow content-creators within the fandom community.

⇢ What is Counting Nines?

Counting Nines is a Chinese custom counting down the days from the Winter Solstice to Spring. This counting is broken down into nine series of nine days each. Each section of counting is broken down by this well-known folk song:

一九二九不出手

First nines, second nines, hands into sleeves withdrew,

三九四九冰上走

By the third and fourth nines, on ice we go.

五九六九沿河看柳

Fifth nines, sixth nines, willows by the river we view,

七九河开八九雁来

On the seventh nines, once more do the rivers flow.

Then come eighth nines, when the wild geese return anew,

九九加一九，耕牛遍地走

Ninth nines and one more nine, across the lands the oxen plough.

⇢ Nice! What are the prompts?

The prompts of this event start with the Solstice and align with each set of nines from the folk song.

1. Winter Solstice (12/21-12/29): Dumplings

2. First and Second Nines (12/30-1/7): Cold, Keeping Warm

3. Third and Fourth Nines (1/8-1/25): Ice, Frost

4. Fifth and Sixth Nines(1/26-2/12): Willow Trees, River

5. Seventh Nine (2/13-2/21): Thawing

6. Eighth Nine (2/22-3/2): Geese (and other migratory birds), Return

7. Ninth Nine (3/3-3/11): Spring (Farming, Domesticity, etc.)

⇢ Okay, cool. How does it work?

We welcome all Priest-related content created with these prompts, as long as they don’t break any of the network rules for reblogging. You may do as many or as few works for these prompts as you please.

⇢ Sounds fun! How do I sign up?

No sign-up required! We will reblogging all eligible content for the event that uses #priestnet in the first five tags, mentions the net, and has Counting Nines Event listed in the post description above any read mores. The mention is so that we don’t miss any material that isn’t showing up in the tags. The event will take place starting December 21st and will run until March 11th, but anyone is free to do any of the prompts they choose at a later date.

Have fun, and thanks for participating in our event! We can’t wait to see what creativity everyone brings!

[mdzsnet]

「24.08」 ✧  LAN JINGYI BIRTHDAY EVENT

On the 24th of August the MDZS Network celebrates Lan Jingyi’s birthday, one of Mo Dao Zu Shi’s cheekiest characters. Please join us in celebrating his birthday by participating in our Lan Jingyi birthday event!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member of the network to participate in this event.

Post your content on Lan Jingyi’s birthday – August 24th.

Mention @mdzsnet​ and tag #mdzsnet in the first five tags.

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

THE CHALLENGES

1. Color palettes

2. Quotes

“I’m sorry, I don’t take orders. I barely even take suggestions.” (Unknown)

“My words will either attract a strong mind or offend a weak one.” (Unknown)

“ Learn all the rules... then break them.” (Lea DeLaria)

3. Words

Brazen

Genuine

Spirited

[priestnet]

NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: LIE HUO JIAO CHOU DONGHUA

⇢ Get a comfy seat and get the wifi ready to stream: there’s a new adaptation of a Priest novel coming to a site near you!

⇢ You might be wondering: what is Lie Huo Jiao Chou?

Lie Huo Jiao Chou is a story in which urban fantasy and ancient mythology collide. Set in a world of normal humans and those secretly hiding hidden abilities, there are two timelines set 3000 years apart. Of course, actions of the past echo in the present, and lead to some very heavy consequences.

Summary:

Sheng Lingyuan has long been dead since he jumped into the fiery abyss of Chiyuan, that is, until he's "woken up" by some unknown force three thousand years later.

Xuan Ji is the newly appointed director of the Reparations Department of the Deviant Control Office, designated to offer aftercare services and clean up the mess whenever supernatural occurrences happen.

The two are brought together by a freak event, and thousand years worth of conspiracy and careful planning begin to unfold before them.

Summary Translation by: Vermillion Bird Group.

You can find links to read the novel as well as get more information here.

⇢ Sounds cool! Where can I watch?

Lie Huo Jiao Chou is airing on Bilibili starting on 10/7, but a groupwatch will be hosted by PriestNet on Saturdays at 6:30pm BST.

⇢ I really want to join the groupwatch, but I’m not a member. Can I still join?

Absolutely! The admin team has created a secondary server just for groupwatches, so that both members and nonmembers can watch together. You may join here.

⇢ If you have any further questions or concerns about this release, the related groupwatch, or the network in general, feel free to send in an ask and the admin team will gladly assist you.

Happy New Release Everyone!

[mdzsnet]

「12.08」 ✧  WEN QING BIRTHDAY EVENT

On the 12th of August the MDZS Network celebrates Wen Qing’s birthday, one of Mo Dao Zu Shi’s sharpest characters. Please join us in celebrating her birthday by participating in our Wen Qing birthday event!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member of the network to participate in this event.

Post your content on Wen Qing’s birthday – August 12th.

Mention @mdzsnet​ and tag #mdzsnet in the first five tags.

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

THE CHALLENGES

1. Color palettes

2. Quotes

“She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow.” (R.G. Moon)

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” (C.G. Jung)

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” (R. Kipling)

3. Words

Honorable

Tenacious

Resilient

[mdzsnet]

「20.05」 ✧  Nie Huaisang Birthday Event

On the 20th of May the MDZS Network celebrates Nie Huaisang’s birthday, one of Mo Dao Zu Shi’s most devious characters. Please join us in celebrating his birthday by participating in our Nie Huaisang birthday event!

How to participate

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member of the network to participate in this event.

Post your content (gifset, gfx, fanfic, etc.) on Nie Huaisang’s birthday – May 20th.

Mention @mdzsnet and tag #mdzsnet in the first five tags.

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

The Challenges

1. Color palettes

2. Quotes

“The truly intelligent person is one who can pretend to be a fool in front of fools who pretend to be intelligent.” (Unknown)

“Beware the fury of a patient man.” (John Dryden)

“I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.” (Charlotte Brönte)

3. Words

Devious

Independence

Brother

[mdzsnet]

「21.11」 ✧  JIN LING BIRTHDAY EVENT

On the 21st of November the MDZS Network celebrates Jin Ling’s birthday, one of Mo Dao Zu Shi’s most prideful characters. Please join us in celebrating his birthday by participating in our Jin Ling birthday event!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Reblog this post to spread the word.

You do not have to be a member of the network to participate in this event.

Post your content on Jin Ling’s birthday – November 21st.

Mention @mdzsnet​ and tag #mdzsnet in the first five tags.

If something is not clear, don’t be afraid to send us an ask!

THE CHALLENGES

1. Color palettes

2. Quotes

“Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow.” (John Ford)

“He didn’t want love, he wanted to be loved — and that was entirely different.” (Atticus)

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” (Mitch Albom)

3. Words

Forlorn

Fiery

Snoot

[mdzsnet]

Admin Notice

Hello everyone!

We’re making this announcement to let you know that Admin R (@fengqing) and Admin H (@gongjunz) have both decided to step down as admins of the MDZS Network. We’ve made the joint decision to step down because both of us have more or less moved on from MDZS and danmei fandom in general, and therefore have not been very active on this blog. We both feel the MDZS Network deserves admins who are still active within the MDZS fandom.

Admin H has decided to leave the network completely, whilst Admin R will step down and take on the role of queueing assistant. Admin HY (@wuyus) will remain as an active admin for MDZS Network!

Because of this news we are obviously looking for new admins so if any of you are interested, please check out this post to apply as admin!

Thank you for these past (almost) two years! It has been an absolute joy being part of this community, and we’d both like to wish everyone the very best! <3

Admin Hope & Admin Ru