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Make a Fool Out of Death

Collab fic for @mxtxbb about vampire ZhuiLing!

Read here❤️

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The Eternal Stranger Illustrations

Summary: Two illustrations to go along with a genderbent TGCF Revolutionary Girl Utena AU fic of the same. The art is part of the 2021 MXTX Big Bang.

This post links to the full, high quality version of my artworks for the @mxtxbb which have now been officially revealed as part of the collection on AO3! Check them out. I put a lot of work into these and was delighted to participate in this event.

@coldwind-shiningstars / litbynosun and I will be jointly posting the first installment of the fic soon so watch for updates!

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Built as We Aren’t

I was paired with Starrs_00 for the @mxtxbb! Starrs wrote an amazing Liushen ABO fic with pre-Bingliushen, and I took the opportunity to practice a lineless style. I referenced the Vietnamese designs for Bingqiu and a mix of designs for Liu Qingge, who doesn’t have a Vietnamese design.

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the art i did for EvaM's fabulous sort-of-Sweet-Home-Alabama-AU fic Make Me A List of What You Lost for the MXTX Big Bang @mxtxbb! It was so fun to work on, and truly we picked some IconiqueTM scenes for me to illustrate. Thanks to the mods for a great event, and of course, to EvaM for being lovely to work with and writing an awesome story! Go forth and enjoy the antics, the romance, and the ANGST.

Also here is bonus angsty wangxian :)

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Catch a Falling Star by Tossawary

For the 2021 MXTX Big Bang @mxtxbb, with embedded illustrations by doughnutdealer and sinayaa (@sinayasinaya on Twitter).

Fandom: The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Relationship(s): Liǔ Qīnggē/Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū, Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū, Liǔ Qīnggē/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū, Minor or Background Relationship(s) 

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Stardust Fusion, The Princess Bride References, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Canon-Typical Violence, Long Shot, Pre-Slash, Friendship/Love, Getting to Know Each Other, Developing Relationship, Road Trips, Fluff and Humor, Light Angst, Action/Adventure, Embedded Images

Summary:

Shen Yuan transmigrates into the world of Proud Immortal Demon Way as a fallen star. He may have read every word of the original novel, but it’s not just this strange new role he doesn’t remember from the story, as this version of the world apparently began to diverge from the plot years before his arrival.

When all the world seems to want to get their hands on the latest fallen star, Shen Yuan must choose to trust the protagonist, who has apparently become a wandering warrior with no sect and no empire, and a war god who was supposed to die off-screen years ago, in order to get out of the Demon Realm to safety. It doesn’t help that Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge seem to hate each other on sight. It’s a long way back to Cang Qiong Mountain Sect and anything could happen next.

A Canon Divergence and Stardust Fusion AU.

Wordcount: 122,000

Link to AO3

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🧚‍♂️ My fic “Brightest Beneath Our Feet” (脚下的光芒) for the @mxtxbb is finally revealed!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35412898

🌟 #WangXian Fairy/Astronomer AU

Artwork by the wonderful @wrecklwj https://archiveofourown.org/users/auberjing https://twitter.com/wrecklwj

Beta’d by https://twitter.com/zuwujun?s=21

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I’m so excited to share my art for @sonderstarlight ’s beautiful @mxtxbb fic, Brightest Beneath Our Feet! 💫

🌧 WWX is a fairy, and LWJ is a professor

🌧 They meet in a storm

🌧 Featuring loss, longing, and a reunion across stars and time!

Please go read it! https://archiveofourown.org/works/35412898

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Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian, Mu Qing/Feng Xin, Jun Wu/Mei Nianqing

Rating: E 🔞

Tags: Wu Ming/Xie Lian, Book4!Xie Lian/Hua Cheng, Post-Canon, Canon Divergence, Major Book 4 Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Bodyswap, Time Travel, Angst with a Happy Ending, Trauma Reveal, Mental Health Issues

Word Count: 67.4k, complete

Summary: When Book4!Xie Lian and his post-canon counterpart mysteriously swap bodies, the two of them must figure out a way to switch back while dealing with the shock of their sudden displacement. With the help of their respective versions of Hua Cheng, and a couple of unlikely allies, will they manage to get home safely? Or will their past be a detriment to their future?

Featuring such hits as: Book 4!Xie Lian falling in love with his future husband, Wu Ming love hours, and Jun Wu third wheeling! Also pain. This one hurts, folks.

Written for the @mxtxbb and featuring 18 wonderful pieces of art by dumbkatsu!!

Snippet:

“Where would you like to go, Your Highness?”

“The Palace of Yong’an,” Xie Lian stated with fierce destructive purpose.

 

Xie Lian came to with a gasp, eyes flying open to the view of an unfamiliar ceiling. There was a pressure building within his skull, clouding his mind and making it difficult to grasp any singular thought long enough to pull it from the thick fog. 

The default state of Xie Lian’s mind had been murky at best since his banishment and it had only gotten worse – now mired in constant pain and held hostage by grief – so amidst that, the new surroundings were the most apparent oddity. 

Along with the fact that his lower back ached peculiarly, as if he’d recently spent an extended period of time practicing intense sword forms. It wasn’t a bad feeling but he had no memory of doing anything to cause such soreness. His vision swam as he attempted to process what exactly was going on. 

All Xie Lian could recall was… 

A broken down temple. A persistent ghost. A rage too potent to dare describe.

Ah. His head hurt. 

But that was normal. It was fine. He had dealt with worse.

Xie Lian sucked in a shallow breath through his teeth as he sat up, pressing a shaky hand to his forehead. It was only after an uneasy moment that he realized what was amiss. No mask covered his face.

Who the hell dared to take his–

“Oh, so this is our fault?! Bullshit!” 

Xie Lian’s blood ran cold. That aggressive tone was unmistakable. Why was Feng Xin back? He had left days ago. Xie Lian would know… he’d been the one to drive him away. 

Feng Xin’s voice was hardly muffled by the walls. He was close, just outside. 

Ah, fuck. Xie Lian couldn’t stand the idea of his friend – no, of his old bodyguard seeing him in such a pathetic state.

He wanted to scream but his throat was doing that stupid thing where it didn’t work right, a gift that carried over from that harrowing night in the temple.

He could hear footsteps getting louder and he did the only thing he could think of – lie back down and pretend to sleep. His breathing seemed too loud and too fast but it took every ounce of self control he had to simply lie still, let alone to try and slow his rapid air intake. 

The door slid open. Xie Lian could hear multiple sets of footsteps. It wasn’t only Feng Xin. 

“We didn’t do shit,” Feng Xin exclaimed. The mere sound of his voice made Xie Lian’s throat feel thick. “Would we have fucking contacted you if we’d done something to him?”

Xie Lian peeked one eye open and saw Feng Xin standing nearby with two men. He looked… different. Beside him was an unknown man draped in bright crimson and another person who Xie Lian would know anywhere. 

Mu Qing. 

His breath quickened.

Read the rest here!!

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Main Objective : Destroy Yiling Laozu

It's here! My fic for the MXTX Big Bang has been revealed and is now available to be read on AO3!

A huge thanks to the @mxtxbb mods for the event, it’s been so much fun!

The seed for this fic was planted in my head by the lovely Hyrule Cultivators series of comics by @supertaliart. I saw the first few - specifically the Nie brothers as the Gerudo! - and that concept just parked itself in the back of my mind to marinate for a while. Then when I was having to come up with something to write for the Big Bang it smacked me right between the eyes and here it is! I was partnered with the lovely and incredible @yuyu-finale, who has created some jaw-droppingly gorgeous pieces for this project. She's been such a joy to work with and y'all should definitely give her some love on Twitter (@yuyu_finale).

Without further ado, the good stuff :

Main Objective : Destroy Yiling Laozu

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: M/M

Fandoms:

陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Relationship: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn

Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Niè Míngjué, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Junior Quartet (Módào Zǔshī)

Additional Tags: Blending of Sheikah technology and cultivation methods, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fierce Corpse Wēn Qíng, Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo Redemption, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Fusion, Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Gore

Summary:

100 years after being sealed away in the heart of the Burial Mounds to piece together the fragments of his soul through a deep, restorative sleep, Wei Ying wakes with no memories, only a voice in the back of his mind, low and soft, urging him to wake. He’s alone but for an old man in white who informs him that it’s his destiny to fight and destroy the lingering resentment of the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, the Yiling Laozu, who has been sealed at the top of a mountain in Gusu by the famed Hanguang-Jun - but whose power seems to be growing too much for even Hanguang-Jun to continue to keep in check.

However, as he frees the four Champions to aid him in his quest, and as his memories begin to return with each passing day, Wei Ying begins to uncover the truth about this feared Yiling Laozu - and the possibility that his own identity as nothing more than a humble swordsman is actually far from accurate. But no matter what his own truth may be, the fact remains that Hanguang-Jun - Lan Wangji, his Lan Zhan - needs his help, and Wei Ying will stop at absolutely nothing to protect those he loves.

This time, he won’t fail.

A Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild AU

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This is the project that's been taking up so much of my time lately, and I'm SO glad to finally be able to share it with y'all! It's my first time not publishing as I write and it was a lot harder than I expected to not work with the lovely feedback y'all give me to keep me going but I did it! And don't forget to check out Yuyu's art if you haven't seen her stuff yet (she has so much respect for Hanguang-Jun. So much.) and also the Hyrule Cultivators series by supertaliart 😊 I hope my fic does the concept of a Breath of the Wild AU justice ♥

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A Wish I Can't Stop Making

WWX/LWJ, JYL/JZX, JYL & JGY

Rated T / 50k words / Complete!

Warnings: canon-typical violence, implied/referenced sexual assault

There's a shop that comes and goes, granting the wishes of those desperate enough to see it. Lan Wangji can't seem to stop thinking about the man who runs it, with his bright smile and red ribbon, and he doesn't know why it feels like he should already know him.

Meanwhile, in Koi Tower, Jiang Yanli is faced with a comatose husband and dead ends instead of answers. She's determined to find a way to heal her family, but there's schemes afoot in the home of the Jin clan.

What do you wish for? What would you pay for it? And what do you do if you can't remember what you've lost?

This has been out for a whole week actually but I haven't gotten around to posting it on here! This was originally supposed to be a wangxian pining fic but now at least as much, if not more, of a Jiang Yanli family fic. Thank you to the wonderful people at @mxtxbb for organizing and being the reason I managed to write two whole (finished!!!!) stories this year!

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My contribution to the MXTX Big Bang @mxtxbb​! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

I got teamed up with the wonderful Opalsong who busted out this glorious fic “Private Studies”. It’s a Zixuan/Yanli/Guangyao fic, so please mind the tags!

I had a lot of fun working on this project, getting to go all out on patterns, playing around with perspective and getting to draw a very angry Xichen-ge and a dishevelled A-Yao. Makes me want to try to draw faces more expressive to get more emotion across. (*˙︶˙*)☆*°

Commission Info | kofi | redbubble

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Happy Monday!

Day 4 of Sandstone's Holiday schedule is dedicated to making corrections to fics of mine that I've long want to make - no content changes, but plenty of grammar, cultural corrections, and formatting!

But don't worry! You don't have to wait until Friday to read more - December 12th was one of our bonus days!

After many months of hard work in collaboration with @mxtxbb, my first fic for TGCF, From the Warm Sun, is posted in its entirety! Special thanks to the very talented @sketch-a-doodle for creating two beautiful works of art to accompany this piece.

Until Friday!

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Farfalle di Carta - MXTX Big Bang 2021 HuaLian Fic - NOW AVAILABLE ON AO3!!!

Guys. It's finally happening!!! 😭

After months of writing in pretty much secret, I am thrilled to present my HuaLian fic for the @mxtxbb, Farfalle di Carta!

This labor of love has fantastic artwork embedded within by sofinch_wxx on Twitter, which I will post separately in a few minutes. I was so honored to work with them and they even blessed me with an extra full colored piece as well as two sketches, all of which are embedded in the fic with the appropriate chapters.

As always, this baby would not have seen the light of day without the great beta skills and sound boarding with the lovely @subtlybrilliant , who is my muse and greatest inspiration in writing again. She helped me overcome many roadblocks and kept my pesky commas in order and for that I am eternally grateful. <3 I love you!

And now, without further ado...the summary and link to AO3. I hope you all enjoy!!! 🤗

Read on AO3

Summary

Xie Lian never judged a book’s contents by its cover. He had read plenty of good books over the years that had plain or uninteresting covers. Usually the title or summary compensated for the plain exterior and would be the reason Xie Lian pulled the book off of the shelf. Sometimes he’d take a book out of sheer curiosity, even if nothing drew his attention. Those were often the books where he would be pleasantly surprised. Underneath plain dust jackets could be hidden intricate gold leaf designs. Some may have folded maps in the back cover. Or, on rare occasions, Xie Lian would find the pages edged in gold, a feature that could not be seen until the book was pulled off the shelf to shimmer under the light.

One day while perusing the stacks at the library, he finds a book shelved apart from the others, as though peerless. The plain dust jacket was in taters, revealing the faded red cloth of the hardcover underneath.

And it was filled with paper butterflies.

OR a 90s nostalgia modern AU where Xie Lian randomly meets Hua Cheng over a poetry anthology and they fall in love (slowly) and get up to shenanigans with their friends.

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Here are my artworks for the incredible fic written by @akadougal and betaed by @ftchocoholic​

I am honoured to have worked with yall <3 <3

Thank you to @mxtxbb​ for this opportunity! I had such great time working with so many talented artists, writers and betas!!

Here’s the link to the fic!! Go check it out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35412151

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So You Accidentally Kidnapped A Qilin!  - Twelve Kingdoms Fusion - Pairing: WangXian - Fandom: The Untamed - Rating: T - Chapters: 12 - Word Count: 83130

(Link in first reblog)

Welcome to the project that has devoured my fandom time and attention for the last six months, hah! This story was written for the MXTX Big Bang, in partnership with the lovely and inestimable Sixlayerhouse as the artist!

Things you can expect this fic to contain:

Wei Wuxian’s kind heart and devotion to noble ideals

plenty of Yunmeng Sibs feels

Lan Wangji being an enormous sap about Wei Ying

…and vice versa

lots of qilin-specific worldbuilding

the Qishan Wen being jerks to everybody else

This fic will NOT really contain:

most of Wei Wuxian’s darker side

the Wen Remnants

the juniors, including a-yuan – you won’t see Wangxian Dads here

much of the Nie siblings

the Jins, even as bad guys. I have plenty of the Jins and JGS being shitheads in other stories, I don’t feel the need to surface that here as well.

much in the way of side pairings. There’s some BSSR/Lan Yi in the prologue, Wei Wuxian’s parents, and a bit of hinted-at Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen later on. But the fic really isn’t going to focus on romance besides WangXian.

Since this work is a bit of a monster all being dropped at once: if you decide to read this fic, please occasionally take breaks to get water and maybe even sleep between some of these chapters! (And of course, if you feel like leaving your thoughts on each chapter along the way, that would be greatly appreciated! No need at all to wait till the end… ;)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/35395561

My work for the @mxtxbb is officially available to read from any local retailer, if by retailer, you mean AO3. Which, I’m assuming you do.

It’s an au where Bing-ge transmigrates back into being a 14-year-old. You could say hijinks ensue.

Please read it, I have spent literal months on it and I think it’s very impressive of me to have focused on something for this long, not to mention finishing it. I’m very proud, I hope everyone enjoys!

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Deep in the heart of the city of ghosts, a chisel breaks stone. Alone in the candlelit studio, Hua Cheng bows over the remaining boot and chips away slivers of veined marble. The sculpture is nearly finished, has been for weeks. The details he cuts into the lower foot now are so fine as to be invisible if viewed from any further away than a single step.

Above it, ornate robes are swept back on a frozen wind and a sword halfway from its sheath cuts across the sculpture’s waist. With its weight perched on the front foot as if a breath away from leaping and the candelight rosy across its cheeks and brow, the sculpture looks as if it is only a heartbeat from life. Except—

Hua Cheng takes a step back, tilting his head to survey his creation from toe to brow.

A blank face stares down.​

••• Hua Cheng emerges from Mt. Tong’lu looking for someone he cannot name, cannot place, cannot picture. For centuries, he chases fragments of memory—until he stumbles upon a cultivator in white who might be the answer to the questions he has carried for eight hundred years.

a @mxtxbb fic | on ao3 | illustrations (CH5) (CH8) by @lumiink​ | beta by @anakins-rattail