#tyk asks

[boarloved-art]

hello hello!! <3 since i discovered you via your wenzhou fanart i have been waiting with bated breath for more of that (shameless sketch request nudge nudge). i love your style & while i adore your other art as well, there is something to how you draw wenzhou that just ,, hits me straight in the heart. they're my fav of all favourites of all time and your design and interpretation of them make them come alive. (also i know u specifically meant danmei requests, but i'm reinterpreting that as dangai :3) obvs not a demand! ignore this if you're not feeling like it idk, i just also took this as an opportunity to finally tell you i guess <3

hii!! omg thank you so much this is so sweet TT !!!! im glad u enjoy my wenzhous, im sorry they disappeared off the face of the earth!!!! ive missed them dearly!!

[pandebunuelo]

bro what was i COOKING

[geneticcatalyst]

climbing out of our shared insanity in the replies to present this wkx take to @sirenofthegreenbanks as if i am kneeling with a sword:

wenzhou to me is like. neither one of them can come out and ask for what they want that's way too risky. zzs is like downplaying everything trying to ignore his own desires out of habit he convinces himself that there are logical and sensible reasons for things it's like. ugh well I guess it is really cold tonight and it's too late to get a room with two beds and if wkx sleeps on the floor he'll be so fucking annoying about it that neither of us will sleep I GUESS it's ok if we share the bed. because he can't ask for that.

but meanwhile wkx is on the other side and all he knows how to do is performance. he's so fucking dramatic because it allows him to camouflage himself like one of those very brightly colored poisonous creatures. like he very much IS deadly but it's easier for him to get what he wants if just being loud and over the top is enough to remind everyone. so he starts in with the theatrics first. a-xu is so mean i am a scorned wife let me (redacted)(redacted)(redacted) if i can't share your bed i will die of a broken heart let me consume you whole etc etc etc. when all he wants. is to share the bed that night. but he can't ask for that.

so you can see where they meet really neatly in the middle and each get to pretend it's a compromise when they're actually just getting exactly what they both wanted without actually having to ask for it.

[yeliuxi]

qi ye discord, i hear? 🙏🙏🙏

👀 I was thinking about making one and leaving an invite up permanently on Tumblr and maybe in the author’s notes of my fics?

[nebulations]

[ID: An ask from @insertgoodurlhere that says, "hey! how're you liking qiye so far? :3 you planning to read tyk after? jby is my favourite character in the novel <3 i love lying liars who lie". End ID]

Omg hii!! The answer is I really enjoyed it, and I'm actually about two-fifths through tyk now! Jby is only narrowly my second favorite, omg, I'm so obsessed with how he's the type of catcoded character who quietly kills for you and then bleeds out to the side without a word... shaking him. Why are you like this jby!!!! (Wu xi claims first place because I am truly just so endeared by how direct he is, and jby deserves someone like that!!!)

I'll admit that I was actually lukewarm on qi ye for a good portion of its run in part because I was expecting more to come from the entire fact that jby is a reincarnator-- I thought we'd get to learn more about his past life and how it shaped him to be the person he is as we know him, and I feel that the expected foreknowledge played less of a role than I expected it would in a reincarnation story... but in the end, the characters really pulled it all together for me, I was just so strongly charmed by them all!!! And I LOVED the ending, I thought it was the perfect cap to jby's story!!! Lying liars who lie fr 🥰🥰🥰 Xiyuan is soo this post to me :)

[web-novel-polls]

for the trans characters tornament it seems that wu xi from lord seventh got mistyped as wu xie (different more popular character from dmbj)

Whoopsie. I'll go fix that tonight! Thanks for noticing :)

[heckmate]

For the song number thingy, 13? 👀

Mushroomer - Memory :3

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

eat your young still makes me go bananas. come and get some. seven new ways you can eat your young. hello?? there are more good quotes but i cant type as fast as hozier is singing

[allesbian]

Shakes Priest by the collar. WHY IS TIAN YA KE LOCKED ON JJWXC. WHY IS LIU YAO ONLY GETTING AN ENGLISH RELEASE IN SINGAPORE. WHY MUST YOU HURT ME

[boarloved-art]

your replies are turned off for that post so i‘m dropping in your ask box to thank you again for that beautiful painting, i feel so blessed TvT every single one of your wenzhous is unique to me, and this one just really captures the tenderness, the love, and affection they have between them. yknow what they mean to each other and etc. i lovved itttttt!!!!! gnawgnawgngaw. anyway, i wanted to say smth (unprompted sorry) to your insecurity regarding drawing wenzhou. in another post you mention that you kinda fell into overthinking because you wanted for your drawings to look like the actors. first of all, gosh that is so human and i can totally relate. second of all, just speaking from my perspective, i really love how you‘ve drawn them, especially wkx. (you mentioned you failed at getting him right.) personally idc if a fanart doesn‘t look like the actors whose visual live action the characters are based on. quite the opposite, i love love love when an artist brings in their own unique interpretation. moreover, i think your art really made them come alive. idk but you just captured their essence to me. does that make sense?? anyways, hope i didn‘t overstep! i know that sometimes it can help to hear a different perspective, but obvs u didn‘t ask for it so ,, ignore this if you didn‘t wanna heh <3

im gonna WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP THIS IS SO SWEET THANK YOUUUUUUUU????????? i LOOVE taking official designs and adding my own twist to em, but i also havent really done fanart for a live action series before word of honour! so getting familiar w how i draw them was a getting out of my comfort zone thing to be sure :D! anyway! bonus wenzhou as a gift!! tysm!!!!! ily!!

[talk-danmei-to-me]

♡ Welcome to the #Danmei Fanfic Nightclub! ♡

A place where rather than going to the club, we bring the club to us and write fanfic. Every Friday.

At the Danmei Fanfic Nightclub, writers are treated like DJs, you can go into their ask box, request a fic based upon their menu and get a drabble in return. In the spirit of a Friday free for all, you can drop an ask at any time.

Please be aware some writers may take longer to respond than others and that timezones may affect how quickly your prompt is filled. Some of us love a walk of shame fanfic 😉

Writer's menus below the cut. Happy reading!

@talk-danmei-to-me

Ships: Ranwan, Ximang, Chengxian

Fic Requests: Smut, AUs, Angst

Will not write: I'll write pretty much anything apart from female versions of characters and any kind of being domestic with babies within omegaverse. Omegaverse itself is fine though. I like the world building.

Ask me about: Kingmaker, Body in the Abyss, Heart in Paradise, The Space Between

@petitechocopie

Pairings: WangXian, RanWan, HuaLian, TianWang, YanShen, XuanXian

Fic Requests: School Day AUs, General AUs, Smut, Slice of Life, Angst, Fluff

Will Not Write: BingQiu (I never read SVSS)

@sunbunnyyy

Ships: wangxian, nieyao, nielan, 3zun, zhuiling

fic requests: anything really!

will not write: character bashing (?) classical mpreg. i don’t really have hard limits at this point that might change later.

@sleepyssnail

Ships: Any Svsss, Mdzs or Guardian pairing

Fic Requests: AUs, hurt/comfort, fluff, humor, canon divergence, inquire for more!

Will not write: - smut (may change in the future, but not right now), kinks, non con, or dehumanization

@isolapyrena

Ships: I'll have a go at any 2ha, Yuwu, SVSSS or TGCF but my favourite characters for having their own new stories are Mei Hanxue, Liu Qingge and Feng Xin and I have no problem in solving romantic lost causes with threesomes.

Fic Requests: anything within reason. I like fix its best.

Will not write: - Anything tasteless. Not intentionally anyway.

@yiling-laozu-is-loml

Ships: I'll happily write: Wangxian, Mingxian, Xixian, Hanxian (wrh/wwx), Sangxian, Songxiao, Xisang (lxc/nhs), Huaxian (hc/wwx), Hexian (hx/wwx), Junlian

Can write: platonic dynamics like junior trio/quartet, Wen siblings + Wei Wuxian, Nie Huaisang and Wei Wuxian, Jin Guangyao and Wei Wuxian, etc, feel free to ask and maybe I CAN write them. Other than that, any bottomxian m/m ships are those I am more inclined to write compared to others (romantic) including Chengxian

Won't write: f/m ships like romantic Wen Qing/Wei Wuxian, Mianmian/Wei Wuxian, etc, polyamorous couples, Wei Wuxian/cql original character

Fic Requests: Humour, banter, AUs, Angst, Major Character Death/last moments/mourning, fluff, parent-child relationship (not necessarily parent...like wwx and juniors type), idiots in love, canon compliant (no cql sorry, only novel/donghua canon)

Will not write: smut (unless i feel confident enough and in that case, switchxian or topxian), infidelity, animal death, miscarriage/child death, polyamory, F/M...i think thats it. Oh and anything with cql elements or jiang clan/jiang cheng positive (unless its chengxian)

@etherealiity

Ships: Ranwan, Bingqiu, Bingjiu, Jiuyuan, Tianjiu, Moshang, Wangxian, xiyao, 3zun, xuexiao, xueyao, sangcheng, cezhou, TYK, wenzhou

Fic Requests: Canonverse, AUs, smut, angst, hurt/comfort, comedy, horror

Will not write: - anything like bathroom kinks (watersports, scat play, etc.) or mpreg

Ask me about: trembling before the machinery of other skeletons

@scholomancefan

Pairings: Any Svsss pairing

Fic Requests: comedy, angst, smut

Will not write: fluff unless it's kidfic

@fiftysevenacademics

Ships: Wangxian

Tropes: Fluff, Angst, Crack

Will not write: Smut, High School AUs

@marloviandevil

Ships: HuaXuan, HeHuaLian, PeiFengQing, and any variation of the aforementioned ships involving either all of them or just two of them. No seriously.

Fic Requests: Smut, overall silliness, crack, fluff, fix-it, idiots in love, uncanny ghost kings, ABO. kinks (bondage, praise, worship, waxplay)

Will not write: Horror, whump, hurt without comfort, character death.

Ask me about: Feel free to ask me about the pool noodle ships, if you're brave enough.

@fixation-central

Ships: i'm writing for everything mxtx

Fic requests: i'm peddling angst, hurt no comfort, fluff, and hurt/comfort!!

Will not write: no smut currently

[mtkay13]

Two illustrations of the "are you sincere?" scene, TYK, chapter 65.

More words below! VERY VERY LONG POST AHEAD

It's probably one of the most famous scenes of the book, considering it's the closest to an actual, outspoken declaration of feelings. Funnily enough, my first reaction to the scene was that of frustration, since WenZhou get once again interrupted, and the running gag + horniness distracted me from everything else that was going on in that scene which I now consider to be truly incredible, imo.

Those two illustrations, but mainly the second one, mainly take from one small paragraph in particular, but I will elaborate a little bit on other parts as well. First, though, a translation of the scene:

[...] Wen Kexing raised his head, looked at him. The lamp's light softening Zhou Zishu's chiselled features shone through his eyes, and Wen Kexing was lost in thoughts— He felt like he and this man had known each other for such a long time. From the moment he'd noticed his shoulderblades, felt this rush of excitement, to when he'd started liking who Zhou Zishu was, when he'd thought——so this is the Commander of Tian Chuang. Suddenly, he'd felt as if he'd met his other self. Both of them, lone wolves caught in a hunter's trap, struggling for freedom to no avail, until they had resolved to coldly gnawing off their own legs in the end. He'd felt compelled to follow him around, watched him, until he suddenly realised—if Zhou Zishu could live like this, then surely, so could he? He thought, and thought, until he fell, fell deep until he couldn't climb out anymore. Wen Kexing absent-mindedly reached out to gently caress Zhou Zishu's face, only brushing him with his fingertips. He felt a slight chill from contact of Zhou Zishu's rough skin against his own palm littered with scars and callouses. All of a sudden, he blurted: "Don't die. Should you die and leave me behind, I would be so lonely..." Zhou Zishu grasped his wrist, but didn't shake him off. He smiled: "As long as there is the slightest chance for me to live, I won't die. My life is mine, my gong-fu is mine. The Heavens granted me this fate, and taking it back from me won't be that easy." Zhou Zishu's breath brushed against Wen Kexing's fingers. He squinted, then said, seemingly deep in thoughts: "Once upon a time, an owl knocked over the bowl of red water carried by a villager..." Zhou Zishu looked at him and, his expression unchanged, he gently asked the question he'd already asked before: "Why was the villager carrying a bowl of red water?" Wen Kexing's lips slowly stretched into a smile, and he answered: "Water is colourless, but should blood trickle into it, wouldn't it turn red?" Zhou Zishu still looked at him but remained quiet. As if Wen Kexing's spirits had suddenly returned to him, his faraway gaze coming back into focus.

"Ah-Xu, you should sleep with me once," Wen Kexing said, his eyes smiling up into crescent moons. "This way, we'll have each other in our hearts; so you won't die so easily, and neither will I. How does that sound?" His tone was playful, but Zhou Zishu didn't banter back; he merely watched Wen Kexing with an odd glint in his eyes, and after a moment, he asked: "Are you sincere?" Wen Kexing chuckled, leaned forward so that his breath was brushing against Zhou Zishu's lips: "Can't you tell, if I'm sincere or not?" Zhou Zishu faintly startled, before he replied in a low voice: "I... I really can't. I haven't seen much sincerity in my life, and can hardly discern it. So, are you?" Wen Kexing's fingers climbed up along the curve of Zhou Zishu's shoulder, and he tugged his bun loose. His black, silky hair cascaded down, at once making the hardened man appear a few shades more fragile. Wen Kexing's playful smile faded, and in a soft, yet deeply grounded voice, he said: "I am." He closed his eyes, and pressed his lips to Zhou Zishu's, finally lifting the heavy turmoil from his heart. Zhou Zishu slowly reached up, a long moment passing before he rested his hand upon Wen Kexing's shoulder, gripping his robes with his fingers. [...]

Phew that was a bit long but it felt necessary! TL by me.

Obviously, the second illustration is based on this passage:

"Wen Kexing's fingers climbed up along the curve of Zhou Zishu's shoulder, and he tugged his bun loose. His black, silky hair cascaded down, at once making the hardened man appear a few shades more fragile," which I have lost my mind about too many times to count. I feel like the contrast between this and the mention of Zhou Zishu's rough skin, and his assured words above, is very cool.

About the scene itself, while I guess it's mostly self-explanatory, I feel like mentioning what particularly touches me here:

I think that Wen Kexing's impression of Zhou Zishu, his freedom, "the way he lives", is really the core of what moved Wen Kexing in the first place. It is also echoing that scene, back in Dongting, when Wen Kexing watches Zhou Zishu lazily sitting in a restaurant, feeling what could be interpreted as resentment or envy when he sees how free he looks.

Wen Kexing unconsciously halted his steps. He stared at Zhou Zishu’s relaxed silhouette for a while, with no trace of an expression in his face or eyes. His heart swelled with some strange feeling—strange, in that it was no feeling at all. He felt as though this man was mocking him with this wordless posture; he who rushed around for one thing or another, who was burdened with so many cares, yet obstinately put on a devil-may-care persona. Zhou Xu—as carefree as duckweed, he thought, with a body like willow catkins. In all the world, with its boundless perspectives, where could you find someone who walked their path alone and never allowed anything to trouble them?

(TL by Lianzi)

Wen Kexing longs for him, to be like him, to be free like him; they both came to having to hurt themselves to be free of their shackles, but Zhou Zishu kept living freely afterwards.

By evoking the red water, the past he could never tell straightforwardly, I think that Wen Kexing is expressing how this past of him has been his shackles and how now, he wishes to follow along, to follow Zhou Zishu in his freedom.

And then, Zhou Zishu's words—they almost feel like his own confession, to me. Later, by the tree as well, his words refer to life, the will to live, and not being really direct, it sounds like his way of telling Wen Kexing, "I am serious about you." Wen Kexing was the first one to hold onto his life, to want for Zishu to live, and now Zishu follows along.

His words feel so powerful, and said so straightforwardly, baring himself to Wen Kexing like that, it makes so much sense for me to expect, finally, a proper confession from him as well, considering how each and every one of Wen Kexing's declarations have so far been over the top, jokey or deflected one way or another. Of course, I also think that Zishu does feel some form of insecurity, does need reassurance, and is gambling a lot here, but I guess... he's essentially worked to bare himself and expects the same in return.

ANYWAY. I think this is a gorgeous scene. I DO think, for balance, that the ending is a bit abrupt and that they would have deserved for Priest not to undermine the emotions right away—for that does take away from it a bit and distracts (calling back, once again, to the tired running gag of "oops they're interrupted). Not that the joke shouldn't have come up, but it could have waited a bit more.

But yeah! Thanks for reading!

[verycharismaticdragon]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "verycharismaticdragon "?

I'm not the best at remembering things past the hyperfix, so half of this will be SV, but I'll start at prev fandoms for variety.

Artificial Nocturne (Motorcity) - I've read this ages ago but I remember it rearranging my brain chemistry. And making me realize I had a scar kink.

An Abomination, Grand Cleric Elthina's Murderer and the Herald of Andraste walk into a Bar (Dragon Age) - it's probably abandoned but it's so good. Anders and Varric in this are so *incoherent gesturing*

intra-personal negotiation (Venom) - I don't understand why I didn't bookmark a single Venom fic even though I distinctly remember like 5 straight bangers, but thankfully I'm following this author at least ✊

deathbed (Qi Ye) - that time I was whining there were no first life JBY/ZZS fics and then! Anyway it's understandably melancholy it's also very pretty and exactly right as it should be.

the good rain knows when to fall (TYK) - you should be reading Bichen's entire discography fic collection I just remembered this one first. This one is lighthearted old foxes clowning! The author's angst and cannibalism are also top-notch 👌

Ok now to SVSSS.

Joyed to be Forlorn - THE binghe fic for me. inspired me to start digging into Luo Binghe's character in a way that resulted in Transmigrator Time Traveler, hopefully thats recommendation enough

continued - possibly THE best fic in scum villain fandom. the format alone... oh just read it, you'll see what I mean.

A Child Once - again, i could rec Tossawary's entire discography, but this one is my personal favorite. (if your fav character is SQH though, the one you want is pride is not the word I'm looking for. aka THE sqh fic.)

sweet tongues, sharp teeth - unfinished but raw enough to lodge itself in my brain despite that.

Tale Within A Tale - cute as fuck. made me kick my legs and giggle many times. ...and because once I started pulling up SV fics it was difficult to stop...

side effects (rated E) - part 2 in particular didnt have to go so hard for a fic where the premise is 'bingqiu with tentacles'

don't underestimate me (rated E) - "all for the sake of preserving biodiversity!" god shen yuan SO would be in this situation.

The Best Luo Binghe (rated E) - binggeyuan. shen yuan SO would be in this situation, take 2.

put me in, coach (rated M) - bingqiushang. so fucking funny okay i love it so much

from your knees (rated E) - bingjiu. they're so rancid in this one its perfect 🖤

...Damn, this really puts the difference between my non-hyperfix and hyperfix memory into perspective, huh 😅 i actually had to trim the sv list a bit 😅😅😅

Anyway, yeah, my username actually just references an rp session we had with friends quite a few years back. Where at a certain point my character was referenced as "a VERY charismatic dragon" after managing to turn the antagonist by impressing them (thanks to some VERY lucky dice rolls). And I was dissatisfied with my old username at the time, and thought it sounded funny and snappy enough, so - stars aligned and all that. I'm happy with it still! Probably because dragons are always cool ✌️

[acequinz]

i didn't know tyk was so damn funny! if i knew it was i'd have read it long ago. i'm particularly in love with the fact that zhou zishu is the protagonist or at least the pov, since he's one of my favourite characters ever. the drama feels more choral-y compared to the novel imo

Yessss me too, I love them all though so I also liked the additions to the characters in the drama.

The novel goes crazy hard. It's a priest novel and they always do the balance between plot and romance so well and their character dynamics are just so damn tasty.

The drama did make too many changes. If you asked me i would just treat it as completely different stories.

It's also what I do with spirealm and kaleidoscope of death.

Word of honor and tian ye ke are very different stories with a common base.

[web-novel-polls]

Web Novel Women Tournament 

[Please be kind and respectful in the notes. Anti-Propaganda is NOT allowed.]

Consort Jing from Langya Bang / Langya List / Nirvana in Fire

Submission: 

Consort Jing was born a commoner and trained as a doctor. By nature she is calm and thoughtful. Every single word she says and motion she makes is intentional. She is good at noticing details and predicting people. Her unassuming and quiet nature makes many underestimate her.  Throughout the story she sets up circumstances where people will willingly do what she needs them to do. She nudges people into asking things of her she was going to do anyway, sets up dominoes she can flick down when it most benefits her. Nevertheless her kindness and gentleness is no mask. She can be a loving mother and friend, an attentive concubine, and a skilled manipulator all at once. 

Gu Xiang from Faraway Wanderers / TYK

Submission: She's purple and she's dumb as rocks and i love her 

[heckmate]

What are your opinions on Wilson (from Don’t Starve)? 👀

👀

First impression:

I actually really liked Wilson off the bat, even though I didn’t know who he was! When I was like 13 I ran a roleplay account (for a character completely unrelated to ds[t]) and I was so intrigued by him.

I loved scientist characters at the time so much, but being 13, I couldn’t exactly buy whichever video games I wanted (plus I wasn’t much of a gamer at the time, and plus plus my parents were pretty strict about how many video games I COULD play) so I admired him from a distance!

When I finally did play DS a few years later I just loved Wilson soo much… his silly nature truly did captivate me. The final nail in the coffin was when I made a plush of him LOL that just seals the deal for the character once I do that

Impression now:

I still love him so much years later 😭 not to mention he makes me so nostalgic. Even if I don’t actively post or fixate on him, I don’t see a world where he doesn’t have a special place in my heart

Favorite moment:

honestly the best Wilson moment for me is in the Cyclum puzzles, when he sees Maxwell and immediately starts a fist fight 😭 it’s just so funny

Idea for a story:

I will be so honest I’ve been running so dry on story ideas for any media, so for this one I got nothing 😭

Unpopular opinion:

Dunno how “unpopular” this is but I really don’t think he’s a bad scientist, or that he’s unintelligent. I know he is portrayed as failing a lot but I think Wilson’s just like. Experiencing the scientific method. Like it’s normal for science to be frustrating and also for things you try to fail, I think. Not everything you try will explode into your face like with Wilson buuuut

Favorite relationship:

platonic obviously but the way Wilson is portrayed with Chester in the shorts is so ❤️ that’s his ouppy <3

Favorite headcanon:

my most pervasive Wilson headcanon that was borne from aside canon stuff is that his family was wealthy, but they have completely cut him out of the family and left him with almost nothing, thus the state of his home (tbf I made this before I knew he canonically got scammed) and as an explanation for why he doesn’t ever mention his family in game or anywhere else

Thank you!! <3