#魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭

[yonallaart]

Another Wangxian Commission~ [...ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴅᴏᴍᴇsᴛɪᴄ ᴡᴀɴɢxɪᴀɴ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴀʏ...]

——— the High-res art is on p/atreon [www.patreon.com/yonallaart]

[peridot-tears]

Hey MDZS fandom. I want you guys to be careful interacting with this person.

If you don't already know, Chinese people have had a long history with cultural erasure when it comes to taking on English-language names. It started with imperialism, and continues as a way to "assimilate" and avoid mockery of our language in western countries.

For Chinese diaspora like myself, it's another form of racism we face, to the point where some of us are reclaiming our names in everyday life. Here's an article about this movement happening across Asian diasporas in the United States -- just to name one instance out of many.

The responses to this post reflect that:

You can see that my comment assumed "good faith." However, OP deleted these comments and blocked me. (That didn't stop other people from calling it out as well, though I have to assume that if OP was so offended by my comment, the next few people will receive the same treatment.)

I honestly didn't like whipping up the diaspora statement -- that I wrote with multiple Chinese diaspora fans of MDZS, all of us hailing from multiple different countries and backgrounds, our ancestry coming from completely different regions of China -- because it meant that we were encountering another microaggression.

If you ever wonder why MDZS and danmei fandoms in general seem to be so bereft of Chinese diaspora voices, that's absolutely because of these microaggressions: Someone makes a joke, writes a story, writes some meta, that is culturally ignorant at best, offensive and harmful at worst, and when we gently correct them, explaining why it's racist, the person in question shuts us down, dismisses us, gets defensive, or worse.

Regardless of where you are -- fandom, social media, on the street, at work, at school -- as long as you are interacting with other people, your words matter and affect other people. That includes being racially offensive, even if you didn't intend to be. It's how you respond to the people you've insulted that reveals your character, how willing you are to be complicit in their mistreatment.

My rule of thumb has always been this -- if multiple people, including those of the culture you've just made a microaggressive joke about, find it unfunny, racist, or harmful, then you listen. Dismiss or ignore them, then yes -- you absolutely are racist.

[qiulangjun]

MXTX’s tentative novel: Death Gods Don’t Get Rest Days

It’s a suspense novel set in modern times!

The first chapter hasn’t been uploaded yet, but there is a novel description

Translation of novel desc:

What do to if your boyfriend’s too bad

★ This name is tentative, the official novel name will be changed, sorry to trouble everyone m(_ _)m

• International Practice, 1V1, Shou POV, HE.

• Heads-up: Completely Fictitious

• Anthology series, master plot. In addition, it will definitely be revealed, everything will change before it is revealed.

Everything is possible!!!

Concept (of the novel): Concept to be supplemented

Tags: Supernatural, Match Made in Heaven, Modern (place unspecified), Suspense, Drama

Main Characters: Yan Yue, Qiu Chi

Supporting Characters: Murderer, Victim, Melon-Eater (aka the person who views on the sidelines and doesn’t do anything)

Others: Qiu Chi x Yan Yue

POV: Shou POV

[verycharismaticdragon]

Wangxian are currently fighting in the semifinals of the @ao3topshipsbracket and need help! (at the time of posting, they are losing by ~10%)

Vote Wangxian!!!

EDIT: They are currently battling for the third place; link above updated accordingly!

[mxtxdiaspora-may]

MXTX Diaspora May is back for 2024!

MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.

Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.

Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from Chinese creators.

Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.

Please note one major change from last year: all works must be complete at the time of posting. We will not accept works-in-progress into our collection.

Event Rules & FAQ

Our prompts this year are based on 四象, the Four Symbols, also known as the Four Guardians, Four Gods, or Four Auspicious Beasts. You can find an overview of the Four Symbols on wiki.

Sub-prompts for the event will be posted soon.

Are you a creator of Chinese heritage who's ready to sign up for this event? Please fill out the sign-up form below!

You will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates.

Sign-ups will run from March 17, 2024 to April 9, 2024.

Sign-Up Form

Signal Boost!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky and twitter as well.

Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!

2021 (MDZS only)

2022

2023

We look forward to sharing and celebrating everyone's works from the 2024 event!

[weishenmewwx]

魔道祖师 Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Book Annotations

I am reading MDZS trying to pretend that I do not speak Chinese and have little to no knowledge of Chinese culture, while at the same time matching what I feel when reading MDZS in English to what I felt when reading MDZS in Chinese. Any time I see something that doesn’t flow well or that doesn’t match my original feelings, I make a note.  Any time I encounter something that I think will trip up my non-Chinese friends (师叔 shishu?), I make a note.

I love this story, and I don't expect my non-Chinese friends to remember the 5+ different things that Lan Xichen is called, so I have made a lot of notes. Here they are:

Book 1

Notes 1, pgs 1-65

Notes 2, pgs 87-147

Notes 3, pgs 148-209

Notes 4, pgs 210-263

Notes "7," pg 239

Notes 5, pgs 264-341

Notes 6: on the Appendix

Book 2

Notes 1, pages 1 - 86

Notes 2, pages 87 - 160

Notes 3, pages 163 - 198

Notes 4, pages 199 - 279

Notes 5, pages 280 - 318

Notes 6, pages 321 - 351

Book 3

Notes 1, pages 1 - 90

Notes 2, pages 92 - 217

Notes 3, pages 219 - 312

Book 4

Notes 1, pages 1 - 49

Notes 2, pages 51 - 88

Notes 3, pages 89 - 151

Notes 4, pages 152 - 174

Notes 5, pages 175 - 208

Notes 6, pages 210 - 234

Notes 7, pages 236 - 266

Notes 8, pages 267 - 288

Notes 9, pages 293 - 309

Notes 10, pages 310 - end

Book 5

Notes 1, pages 1 - 45

Notes 2, pages 53 - 131

Notes 3, pages 133 - 190

Notes 4, pages 193 - 267

Notes 5, pages 343 - 375

Notes 6, pages 383 - end

[lydskisses]

🌟PO - Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation MDZS Wangji Birthday Merch🌟

ETA: June 2024

Payment Deadline: No specified date, while PO is available.

➡️ All prices are in Singapore dollar. Mailing to you will be calculated separately when the items arrive. PayPal and Wise are accepted for international buyers.

➡️ Wei Wuxian’s same series birthday merch also available.

✅ DM to Order:

・Quicksand glitter display (12 x 8 x 1 cm) SGD$18.90/ea

・Signed Borderless Shikishi (15 x 15 cm) SGD$11/ea

・Acrylic Stand (18.4 x 14.5 cm) SGD$19.90/ea

・Oval Can Badge SGD$8.50/ea

・Lenticular Card SGD$8/ea

・Acrylic Coaster Display SGD$11.90/ea

#mdzs #modaozushi #grandmasterofdemoniccultivation #weiwuxian #lanwangji #mxtx #moxiangtongxiu #墨香铜臭 #魏无羡 #蓝忘机 #魔道祖师 #动画 #donghua

[violetdisasterzone]

For those of you who don't have Twitter or haven't seen it yet, yesterday Seven Seas finally "adressed" their supply issues, specifically in regards to SVSSS vol 4, and I actually cannot believe this. Here are the tweets:

They've completely washed their hands of all responsibility and are instead placing blame entirely on retailers or worse yet, customers, when we KNOW this isn't true! I, like many other people, had pre-ordered the special edition months in advance. When the release day came and went with no word, I reached out to customer service and was told they couldn't get stock from the supplier. This has happened to so many people - even now, I've seen orders (PRE-orders) being canceled by retailers because they still don't have the stock that we were promised. I understand that this was a limited print run, but a majority of complaints are coming from people who have already paid for the product, spent months waiting, and now are left with nothing, because Seven Seas can't get their shit together. Even in the case that there was a massive mistake in calculating the copies needed, the LEAST they could do is print another run solely to fulfill the pre-orders that have been left hanging.

And I don't even know what to say about Amazon in Europe not buying from them - according to the comments, all the works are still listed and available for purchase despite this claim.

Seven Seas just keeps disappointing me, and while I'm grateful for these translations I will never be able to not view them as a cash grab. Almost every mistake on their part has been completely preventable, and that honestly makes it worse. This should never have happened.

[guyepeak]

guess who finally finished reading Mo Dao Zu Shi... obligatory fanart

[xianxian-flower]

[vaixation]

[MXTX / 墨香铜臭] "Draw the main MXTX couples in your style!!"

Template by @/cloudraws on Twitter, reformatted by me.

Featuring the following:

Shěn Qīngqiū (沈清秋) & Luò Bīnghé (洛冰河) from Rénzhā Fǎnpài Zìjiù Xìtǒng (人渣反派自救系统)

Wèi Wúxiàn (魏无羡) & Lán Wàngjī (蓝忘机) from Mó Dào Zǔ Shī (魔道祖师)

Xiè Lián (谢怜) & Huā Chéng (花城) from Tiān Guān Cì Fú (天官赐福)

Image finished on May 18, 2023.

DO NOT REPOST.

[yonallaart]

for Wei Ying's Birthday

⚠️CW: omega!wwx, intersex,boypussy⚠️ ———— 🔞the full version is on Patreon w/o censor !!

www.patreon.com/yonallaart

[skylerbluexd]

Chasing a Soul

Prompt: SongXiao time travel AU fix-it CW/TW: blood, body horror

Xiao Xingchen's fractured soul starts to weaken. Song Lan brings him to the Cloud Recesses to ask for help. Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian find an old mysterious mirror among all the artefacts stored in the Forbidden Library. The mirror operates with resentful energy and is said to have the power to bring a person's soul back into the world. Lan Qiren reluctantly grants Wei Wuxian the permission to try and activate the mirror, thus opening a portal into a dark unknown.

No longer having anything to loose, Song Lan takes a leap and enters the mirror. The first thing he encounters is a large iron beast charging towards him screeching and howling, eyes flashing purple with anger. He unsheathes Fuxue and faces it head-on.

---

Xiao Xingchen is heading home after a tiring shift at the hospital one night and witnesses a man dressed in dark ancient robes brutally getting run over by an ambulance with its emergency lights on. Shocked at first, he stands there watching as both the ambulance and the man violently drift to a stop a few meters away from the point of collision. He quickly calls his colleagues currently on shift and runs over to the site of the accident.

The strange man is bleeding dark blood, and the sharp ends of his bones are piercing through his pale skin at odd angles, but miraculously, he staggers onto his feet almost instantly. Xiao Xingchen is taken aback for a moment, but eventually he pulls himself together and approaches the man calmly. His first thought is that the man is running on pure adrenaline from the shock and doesn't register the pain yet. His second is that the man probably isn't in a very stable place of mind at the time and therefore requires extra care when approached.

People from nearby bars and restaurants all start to gather around them. Some pull out their mobile phones to film while others gasp with horrified expressions. Xiao Xingchen notices that the ambulance driver sits hunched over the steering wheel unmoving. He looks around while still keeping an eye on the injured man. Personel from the hospital are running towards them with all the needed emergency equipment. He turns his attention back to the man and is met with something cold pricking the thin skin at the hollow of his throat. The man is pointing a long sword at him. Thinking the object a mere costume prop, Xiao Xingchen reaches up to grab the blade with both his hands to prevent the man from accidentally swinging and hitting him or someone else if startled. The shining blade cuts into his palms and Xiao Xingchen's hands suddenly feel icy. He doesn't realise the pain in time and looks down to see red blood trickling down his wrists. The sensation raises the hair on his nape and his vision turns blurry, almost as if his body is experiencing a visceral reaction to the situation.

A short breath escapes the man dressed in black and Xiao Xingchen raises his gaze to meet his eyes. The expression he sees is one of despair and confused helplessness. Xiao Xingchen swallows soundlessly, the tip of the sword almost breaking skin. The sharp blade is retracted a few inches, but since his hands are still firmly gripping it, his blood only drips even more as his palms are thoroughly sliced open.

The sound of police sirens closes in on them, mixing with the blabering of the onlookers and the screaming of the emergency workers. Time almost seemed to have slowed down. As the pain finally catches up to him, Xiao Xingchen lets go of the sword. In a flash, the strange man flees. His robes and black long hair blending into the darkness.

(This is also one of those prompts that I would like to turn into a longer fic. It might take a long time, though. Like, a really long time.)

[holly-poly]

Outstanding Pinch Hit + Update

To update people on how things are going, we're still hoping to golive at 11:00am UTC on 20th January 2024 as planned, but we can't yet be 100% sure it will be live by then since we need to make sure that everyone has a gift. If everyone has a fanwork at that point we will golive - we will give a further update on the 19th for how likely that is looking. So far, we're waiting on 9 stories due by the 19th and we have 1 outstanding pinch hit that is below which we'd really appreciate any help finding a pinch hitter for. We're also still in the process of doing approvals, which have been delayed due to some real life events getting in the way, but we're working to do them as fast as we're able to.

Please see below for general fandom details on the pinch hit. More information can be found by clicking the link. The deadline for this pinch hit is 11:00am UTC on 19th January 2024, with a possible 24 hour extension if needed as long as you send an update before then to confirm you'll be finished by golive at 11:00am UTC on 20th January.

( #22: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù)

If you're interested in claiming this pinch hit, send an e-mail to holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com with your AO3 name.

Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2023 Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/17485 Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits

[cinfty]

pov. when you go to a con with a lot of mxtx fans

[mxtxdiaspora-may]

MXTX Diaspora May 2024: 1 week left to sign up!

There's one week left to sign up for MXTX Diaspora May 2024!

Sign-ups are open until April 9, 2024. Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate.

Event Rules & FAQ

Sign Up HERE!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky and twitter as well.

2024 prompts and links to past collections can be found below the cut. We look forward to celebrating and sharing the works for 2024!

MXTX Diaspora May 2024 Prompts, week-by-week

Week 1 (May 01 - May 05): free week

Week 2 (May 06 - May 12): azure dragon / 青龙 Sub-prompts: east, springtime, dawn, wood, blue-green

Week 3 (May 13 - May 19): vermillion bird / 朱雀 Sub-prompts: south, summer, midday, fire, red

Week 4 (May 20 - May 26): white tiger / 白虎 Sub-prompts: west, autumn, dusk, metal, white

Week 5 (May 27 - May 31): black tortoise / 玄武 Sub-prompts: north, winter, midnight, water, black

Past collections:

2021 (MDZS only)

2022

2023