#The Fall 2: Unbound

[lostplay]

Game 65: The Fall 2: Unbound Aug2023 I think what gets me most about the first part of The Fall was how well it set itself as an emotional dilemma and the idea of AI being in control of human life. The Fall 2 however is more about AI itself overcoming it's own ambitions through use of trickier set up like puzzle games usually do. Unbound mostly sets itself apart from the first game by being episodic in it's story and puzzle solving. While three new AIs are center stage for the puzzles, thankfully the plot uses ARID as a connection between the three that doesn't feel forced in a blunt way. Thus each new main character we met gives newer perspective and aesthetic that simply wasn't in the first game.

Due to these changes, the puzzles in Part 2: Unbound are far more interesting in the sense that they have personality behind each of them. It's not simply ARIDs problem to go to the next part of the game, but to work through the new AI behaviors and patterns that helps make each part interesting and memorable. From navigating individualism, servitude, and empathy as all different rule sets placed through each new AI the puzzles become rather transformative in a way that most puzzle games wish they can be, a form of storytelling. So not only does each new area have their own set of rules they also have different ways to solve their particular problems, especially when act 2 gets started.

I can't say that everything in Unbound works particularly well though as the network area, and ARID's main parts aren't really interesting through out the game. Like there is certainly a need to continue the on going plot of the first game, but it's in a way that sorta falls on the wayside like the devs didn't want to touch on it too much. I understand why everything is placed the way it is, but it says something when the areas between each new AI are the weakest parts. Honestly, I was the most confused and bored whenever I hit the network ARID parts, and kinda wish I could've simply moved on to the next segment. There was some nice action points, but mostly due to how the game controls, they just didn't bring me the same joy as the puzzles would.

Still I must say The Fall Part 2: Unbound did live up to my expectations, even if I didn't know that's what I wanted from it. It's very different from the first game, has a lot more emotional beats and character development, and honestly probably swung too hard in the other direction for some people. Despite all this, the ARID sections feel proof to me that focusing on the new AI was the key to making this game as great as it is, and it's ultimately what I like most about it. For fans of the first game, there is absolutely something here for you, but it is absolutely something you didn't know you wanted. For those newer to the series, you could honestly start here, but mostly I just want to express this game, like it's first, is quite a surprise.

I am a surprise.

[bangpuddingmuffin]

The Fall Part 2: Unbound

Honestly, this game didn't work for me at all. The puzzles were often obtuse and spread across too many screens. The plot was bland and the characters weren't compelling.

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[unboundprompts]

Hey unbound!! I was wondering, have you written anything for "how to write Enemies to Lovers"? I LOVE the trope but have a hard time ever making it feel realistic to me

How to Write Enemies to Lovers

1. Establish a Real, Believable Conflict

The characters shouldn’t hate each other just because. Make sure their "enemy" status is rooted in something meaningful:

Clashing goals or values

A betrayal or misunderstanding

Socioeconomic, cultural, or professional rivalry

One perceives the other as a threat

Avoid making one character just "mean" for no reason, that risks turning the story into bullying-turned-romance.

2. Make Them Equals

Both characters should challenge each other, not dominate or belittle. Whether in intellect, skill, or influence, their push-and-pull dynamic should feel balanced. This keeps the conflict engaging and the chemistry sharp.

If one character starts with more power (social, political, magical, etc.), show the balance shift or even out over time. Maybe the more powerful one learns humility. Maybe the underdog gains confidence or leverage. This keeps the romance from feeling one-sided or unbalanced.

3. Gradually Shift the Tone

Let the hatred evolve in stages: Irritation → Respect → Curiosity → Affection → Love

Sprinkle moments of:

Vulnerability (they see a new side of the other)

Unexpected teamwork (they’re forced to rely on each other)

Banter that turns from biting to flirtatious

4. Use Intimacy in Small Doses

Tension thrives in proximity. Make them interact often, maybe unwillingly at first. Body language, awkward silences, or a brush of the hand can say a lot when feelings are complicated. Don’t rush the romance. The longer it simmers, the more satisfying the payoff.

5. Force Them to Re-Evaluate

Something should cause a shift in perspective, maybe the "enemy" does something selfless or shows surprising depth. They realize their initial judgment was wrong or incomplete. Internal conflict is key here. Let them resist falling in love before they accept it.

6. Let Them See Each Other at Their Worst... and Best

It’s easy to love someone when they’re charming. But realistic enemies-to-lovers arcs involve characters witnessing each other’s low points (failures, flaws, vulnerability, etc.) This builds empathy, and that’s what turns conflict into connection.

7. Acknowledge the Past

Don’t sweep their antagonistic history under the rug. Have them talk about it. A good resolution includes:

An apology or mutual understanding

Growth from both sides

Acknowledgement that love doesn’t erase the past, but it builds on top of it

8. Give Them a Bond That Justifies the Shift

Love isn’t just "we stopped fighting." It’s "we learned from our differences." Let them find something shared:

A common goal

A mutual vulnerability

A deep belief or value

Even just a sense of humor that breaks the tension

9. Keep Their Voice Consistent Through the Shift

As they fall for each other, don’t make them suddenly sappy or soft-spoken unless it’s in character or they’re resisting it. Keep their sarcasm, bluntness, or bite, but redirect it. Now, it’s flirtier. More protective. Slightly gentler.

10. Make Their Love Transform Them, But Not Fix Them

They shouldn’t change their core beliefs for the other, but because of the experience the other provides. They challenge each other’s worldviews, make each other question things. The love should feel like a consequence of character growth, not the cause of it.

11. Your Readers Should Ship It Before the Characters Do

Plant the emotional groundwork early, even if the characters are being stubborn. Your readers should start rooting for them mid-argument, mid-banter, mid-moment-of-tension.

[radiance1]

"Are you sure you need no guards? I can lend you a quarter -no half- of my army."

"By the Zone no! I don't need it! You're acting like I'm going to war!"

"Well, love is a battle-"

"Stop! Stopit!" Danny hurriedly said, head falling into his hands. "It's just a date, dad! A date! With a human! Nothing more, nothing less! I don't need to show up like I'm going to war, that send the wrong message!"

"It is a show of strength!" Pariah Dark argued, embers burning at the tips of his hair with a -literal- fire in his eyes. He clenched his fist. "You will be able to show your future spouse that you have more than enough to protect them, and more than enough to win a war!"

"You tried to invade their world a while ago!" Danny pointed out, briefly taking the king aback. "I don't want them to think we're back for round 2!"

"Fear is-" The Ghost King was cut off, words choking down into his throat as a hand caressed his shoulder.

"My dear king, I know you are truly enthusiastic about our ling's spouse to be, and making a good impression." The Master of Time chuckled, bringing his head down level with Pariah's own. "But, perhaps, it would be best for the boy to take a more 'human' approach to things, unbound by the concept of war."

"Yes! Finally!" Danny threw his hands up as pariah Dark deflated. "Thank you! Now if that's all, I have to go!" He turned, willing a portal through the fabric of space before pausing, then turned back. "Does my hair look okay? My outfit isn't to gaudy right?"

"Yes, and yes." Clockwork said evenly and Danny nodded, before hurrying through the portal. "Ah, young love." He sighed out, before chuckling. "Now now, be not sad my dear king, don't you remember just how... Enthusiastic you were to claim my affection."

Pariah Dark's hair burst into a raging inferno.

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"Sorry I'm late!" Danny said as he flew through the portal, coming to a quick stop mid-air before he flew past his date and took his seat. He let out a sigh. "Had to stop my dad from trying to lend me half of his army and stop a possible war from breaking out again, you know the works."

"Oh, uhhhhh." Billy Batson blinked slowly, a light blush on his face before he shook his head. "Yea! Totally!" He said, rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish grin.

Danny chuckled, placing an elbow on the table and resting his head in his hand with a grin. "Well, ain't you just a sight for the eyes. Got all dressed up for me, huh?"

"Yea!" Billy agreed, a beaming smile on his face. "I've never been on a date before, so I had to ask around for help, y'know? And you look good too!"

This time, it was Danny's turn to blush as he shifted his gaze away from the incarnation of the sun in front of him.

[wangxianficfinder]

In the mood for...

June 27th

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1. Bit tired of the "oblivious WWX" thing, so I'd love:

A) some fics that acknowledge how he had no way of knowing how LWJ felt, especially in light of how combative a lot of their interactions were; bonus if he either figured out his own feelings early or it's pointed out that he had no processing space for romance

B) fics where LWJ is the oblivious one, or in denial (and I argue that he probably was the latter for a long time even in canon)

C) fics where they get their confessions out early but it doesn't prevent tragedy

Any setting except A/B/O is cool! If it contains smut, please no cnc; Thank you! 🪻@linderel

1B)

🔒 Worthy of Dreaming by Ashura (T, 9k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Getting Together, First Kiss, Accidental Marriage, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Supportive Jiangs, Good Parent JFM, Oblivious LWJ, WWX is the grownup this time, courting, Marriage Negotiations, Misunderstandings, Communication, Fluff, POV LWJ, Lan Clan Headband Weddings)

1C)

🧡 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 947k, WangXian, WIP, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Getting Together, Supportive LQR, Hurt/Comfort, Fix-It of Sorts, Supportive LXC, Canon Divergence, Inventor WWX, Possessive LWJ, Cultivation Sect Politics, Pre-Sunshot Campaign, Fluff and Smut, Burning of the Cloud Recesses, Fall of Lotus Pier, Angst, Sunshot Campaign Not JFM Friendly, split into parts, Part 1 complete, Part 2 complete, Original Character(s)) they get early together but there is so much drama and tragedy that I stopped reading till the fic is complete

Unbounded by vermilliondust (T, 246k, WIP, WangXian, WWX & LQR, Time Travel Fix-It, Good Uncle LQR, LQR Tries, Lan Family Feels, Jealous LWJ, Domestic Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Kid Fic, Growing Up Together, WWX grows up at cloud recesses, guardian angel LWJ, Canon Divergence, Period-Typical Homophobia, Good Person MY, LWJ and Mianmian are besties, Cultivator JYL, Protective WN, Squint to read the Background ships, Slow Build, Slow Burn, Top/Bottom Versatile | Switch WangXian, But mostly bottom wwx, Exploration)

If You Were Made For Me by etymologyplayground (M, 8k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Omake, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling & Snuggling, Heavy Petting, Kissing, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Sad Ending, Intimacy, Sharing a Bed)

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2. For ITMF: I looove case fics, are there any longer fics with maybe a mystery element that take place post-canon? Preferably established/married wangxian being a badass battle couple. And/or some youngling shenanigans where they think their seniors are just so cool?💚 Ty! @jorolle

爱不释手; never let me go by yiqie (E, 68k, WangXian, All the clan leaders, Literally so many OCs, Case Fic, Blood and Injury, Demons, Body Horror, Mystery, The intrinsic horniness of wound tending, 爱不释手; never let me go [podfic] by esbielle, [Podfic] 爱不释手; never let me go by argentumlupine) not established relationship but everything else

build me no shrines by occultings (microcomets) (M, 54k, WangXian, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, First Time, Getting Together, Confessions, Sharing a Bed, Hair Washing, Sentient Burial Mounds, Case Fic, Post-Canon, CQL Compliant, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Light Angst, Flashbacks, mild body horror, foot washing, Happy Ending, Non-Sexual Intimacy, …then sexual intimacy, playing fast and loose with mdzs lore, WWX learning to accept intimacy without deflection, occasional LWJ humor agenda, 🔒[Podfic] build me no shrines by flamingwell, multiple translations available) this also doesn't have established relationship but has everything else

🧡 moonlight caught in mutton fat by Raitelzen (T, 45k, WangXian, Case Fic, Curses, Curse Breaking, Transformation, mild body horror, Hurt LWJ, Ghosts)

The Teacher Opens the Door byAdmiranda, Rynne (T, 30k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Night Hunts, Case Fic, Married WangXian, Gusu Lan Juniors Dynamics, Teacher WWX, Teacher LWJ)

Wei Wuxian's Delightful Demon Baby! by CheekyBrunette (T, 22k, WangXian, Case Fic, Accidental Baby Acquisition, POV LSZ, LSZ-centric, LSZ Needs a HugJealousy, Family Feels, Family Bonding, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Canon Universe)

Where the Lonely Ones Go by CSHfic, VSfic (T, 23k, WangXian, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Case Fic, Night Hunts, Fluff, Established Relationship, Mystery, Married Life, Domestic Fluff, Haunting, Kid Fic, Post-Canon)

your words upon my lips by uchiuchi (T, 17k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Fluff, Curses, no sad times only good times, Canon Compliant, Romance, Case Fic) all feature married/established Wangxian.

These next ones feature Wei Ying and Lan Zhan getting together during the story but prominently feature the Juniors:

And I Will Call You Home by Spodumene (E, 42k, WangXian, Case Fic, Post-Canon, Getting Together, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Love Confessions, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood, Ghosts, Suicide, Explicit Sexual Content, Attempted Sexual Assault, LWJ whump, Original Character Death(s),🔒[Podfic of] And I Will Call You Home by Spodumene by AuntieIroh))

Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground (T, 39k, WangXian, Case Fic, Intimacy, Curses, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Cuddling & Snuggling, Getting Together, Romance, Sexual Tension, Scent Kink, wwx Loves To Teach, Fluff, Scars, Sharing a Bed, Nonverbal Communication, [Podfic of] Linger in the Sun by knight_tracer, [Podfic of] Linger in the Sun by isweedan)

The envy of the world by vulnerable_bead (E, 48k, WangXian, Case Fic, Fluff and Smut, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Canon Compliant, WangXian as teacher(s), WangXian as musicians, Spell-weaving) Married WangXian & Lan juniors. It has good mystery and famous windowsill scene.

🧡 moonlight caught in mutton fat by Raitelzen (T, 45k, WangXian, Case Fic, Curses, Curse Breaking, Transformation, mild body horror, Hurt LWJ, Ghosts) I just finished rereading "moonlight caught in mutton fat", which is a post-canon (CQL), married wangxian case-fic, but LWJ is incapacitated for most of it, it's WWX & LQR for most of it :b

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3. Hi! I'm itmf fics where Wen Ruohan is Wei Ying's biological father.

All Things Belong by kuroi_atropos (M, 93k, WRH & WWX, WangXian, WWX is a Wēn, Abuse, Whipping, Manipulations, Warning: WRH, Smart WWX, Possessive Behavior, Warning: JGS, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Past Rape/Non-con, Society Level Victim Blaming, Victim Blaming) WRH is grandfather rather than father but I think the requester will still enjoy

🔒 In Which They Are (Not So) Secretly Married by panda_desu (T, 99k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Gender Changes, Genderswap, Female WWX, Secret Relationship, Secret Marriage, Implied Sexual Content, Implied dubcon, dual cultivation to fend off qi deviation, qi deviate or papapa, Family Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Supportive brother LXC, sunshot campaign doesn't happen, Everybody Lives, inaccurate wedding tradition, supportive brother JC, Intimacy, mention of menstruation, Girls talk, Historical Inaccuracy, Childbirth, Non-Explicit, Mention of Lactation) (link in #15) so many charas are ooc but maybe you like it

Heliocentric by Coolio101 (T, 8k, WangXian, in which WWX is born as part of the Wen Sect, Mutual Pining, LWJ & JC are friends….kind of, Wen Sect WWX, Fix-It, LWJ has zero chill and is always 2 sec away from throwing hands, but that’s basically canon, also WRH is still an asshole, so if you were expecting redemption!fic this might not be for you, Canon Divergence)

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4. itmf asexual wwx please 🙏🙏 @whatifijustnifeyou

Picture Perfect by manaika (M, 22k, WangXian, WWX/Other(s), Past Relationship(s), Widower WWX, Grief/Mourning, Getting Together, Families of Choice, Family Feels, Stepfather WWX, LSZ is a Wei, Single Parent WWX, Asexual Character, Aromantic Relationship, Platonic Life Partners, it's all in the past and only mentioned/discussed when relevant, Sex-Favorable Asexual WWX, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Modern AU, Past Character Death, Food Intake Related Medical Issue (not what you think))

🔒your touch in the dark (your voice in the silence) by beesinspades (M, 13k, WangXian, Modern AU, Friends With Benefits, Busker! WWX, Musician! LWJ, Mutual Pining, Pining while fucking, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Strangers to Friends With Benefits to Lovers, Happy Ending, Sexual Content, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Asexual Character, when it gets sad it is in no way related to the character's asexuality Top/Bottom Versatile | Switch WangXian, Asexual WWX, Demisexual LWJ)

🔒Found by WithBroomBefore (M, 22k, WangXianCheng, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Sunshot Campaign, Golden Core Reveal, Happy Ending, Asexual WWX, Aromantic JC, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, WWX Lives, JYL Lives, WQ Lives, WN Lives, POV JC, Hurt/Comfort, Healing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Literal Sleeping Together, communication au, Established Relationship, Getting Together, the established relationship (sexual and non-romantic) is between JC and LWJ, both relationships exist concurrently, Trans LWJ, Marriage Proposal, aromantic marriage, Minor XiYao, Minor XuanLi, the getting together (romantic and non-sexual) is between LWJ and WWX, Minor ChengQing, Trans WQ, Aromantic WQ, Queerplatonic Relationships, Polyamory, JZX Lives, extremely minor NieNing)

🔒my joy, my fate, my destiny by threerings (T, 8k, WangXian, Ace Wangxian Asexual WWX, Asexual LWJ, Asexual Relationship, At least ace spectrum left open to interpretation, Asexual Romance, CQL Verse, Post-Canon, Confusion about sexual orientation/asexual identity, Cultivation Partners, Love Confessions, non-sexual physical intimacy)

Come Out and Level Up by figmentera (T, 3k, WangXian, Modern AU, Asexual Character, Asexual Spectrum LWJ, Asexual WWX, sex favorable asexual characters, t for language, Getting Together, Queer Themes, Heteronormativity)

🔒one heart, one body by stiltonbasket (Not Rated, 1k, WangXian, Married WangXian, Fluff, Sleepy Cuddles, Asexual WWX, Demisexual LWJ, Asexual Character)

🔒Unexpected by WithBroomBefore (T, 2k, WangXian, Queerplatonic Relationships, Aromantic, aroace character, Asexual Character, Aromantic Character, Modern AU, No Plot/Plotless, conversations about sexual and romantic orientation, queerplatonic WangXian, Coming Out, Sort Of, Asexual WWX, Aromantic LWJ, aroace WWX, Research, Happy Ending, soft friends who love each other, Cuddling & Snuggling, Mutually Unrequited)

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5. Hii im intmf any lan wei wuxian fics, like he was adopted by the land instead of the jiangs? Or he was taken from the jiangs? ( ・∇・)

🔒🧡 rain falls and soaks into the earth series by RoseThorne (T, 63k, WangXian, Near Death, Depression, Psychological Trauma, Justice, Fear, Angst, No War AU, Attempted Murder, Bad Parent YZY, POV Third Person, POV LXC, Hurt/Comfort, Crying, Romantic Gestures, Recovery, Near Death Experiences, POV LWJ, Trauma, Dissociation, Courtship, Courting Rituals, Eventual Happy Ending, Panic Attacks, Vomiting, Siblings, Protective Siblings, Soup, Triggers, Protective LWJ, Protective LQR, Yúnmèng Siblings Dynamic,s reference to poisoning, reference to assassination, Reference to chronic illness, reference to infanticide, Minor Injuries, Painting, Gift Giving, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs, Good Sibling JC, Good Sibling JYL, BAMF WWX, Jealous SS, WWX Protection Squad, Wedding Planning, Weddings, Mental Health Issues, Hair Brushing, POV WWX)

🧡 All will be well when the day is done by abCEE (T, 76k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fix It, Not Jiang Family Friendly, JFM & YZY Bashing, Fix it for our main characters, Time Travel, Butterfly Effect, Madam Lan Lives, No Sunshot Campaign, Artistic License, Unreliable Narrator, JC Bashing, non-yunmeng WWX, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Good Uncle LQR, OOC, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, WWX gets the love and care that he deserves from the very beginning, WWX Isn't Adopted by the Jiangs, verbal and physical (c/o Zidian) abuse from YZY)

Consequences by Remma3760 (Not Rated, 58k, WangXian, XiSu, XuanLi, Canonical Child Abuse, Abusive YZY, Good Uncle LQR, WWX is a Lan, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Bad Parents JFM and YZY)

🔒💖 Do you want to hear by allollipoppins, dameauxgentianes (T, 12k, WangXian, time travel fix-it, canon divergence, not everyone dies au, epistolary, Madam Lan lives, minor character death, dark LWJ, Lan WWX, bad parents JFM & YZY, good uncle LQR, no sunshot campaign)

🔒how a smiling homeless child melted jade hearts and got a home by anxiouswreck0_0 (T, 41k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, LXC & WWX, WWX was adopted by the lans, lan WWX, pining WWX, Canon Divergence, LQR making questionable parenting choices, madam lan is a good parent, Fluff and Angst, Fix-It of Sorts, Childhood Friends, childhood fiances? Yes, Character Death, insecure WWX, slightly possessive WWX, Possessive LWJ, Not Everyone Dies, Dark LXC, OOC, Mild Gore, Explicit Language, Supportive LXC, Morally Ambiguous Character, Sassy WWX, WWX does not like the jins and it shows, clingy LWJ, mother hen LXC, Good LQR, Good Parent LQR, Good Parent QHJ)

藍色的花，紅色的蘭 {Lan se de hua, hongse de lan} by Admiranda, AshayaTReldai (M, 45k, WIP, WangXian, Orphan WWX, Friends to Lovers, Childhood Friends, wwx raised in the lan clan, softer lqr, Good Uncle LQR, Good lan clan, Good Older Sibling LXC)

🔒 Life is Like a Stranger by through_shadows_falling (T, 69k, wangxian, Kid Fic, Child LWJ, Child WWX, First Meetings, Canon Divergence, Cute Kids, Orphan WWX, Autism Spectrum, Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Canon, POV LWJ, Growing Up Together, WWX raised at Cloud Recesses, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Puberty, Growing Up, Coming Out, teenage angst, Wet Dream, Pining, This fic gets a little raunchier as the kids become teens, But it won’t get too explicit, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Spanish Translation, Brief mentions/moments of WWX kissing others in chapter 22 but only on the cheek, also characters kiss WWX on the cheek in chapter 23, but his real first kiss is with LWJ)

safe here with me by xcourtney_chaoticx (G, 3k, WangXian, Family Feels, Good Uncle LQR, WWX Goes to Gusu, Fluff, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Food Issues, Endgame WangXian)

so i cut the shackles and changed my name by MichelleFeather (T, 44k, WangXian, CSSR/WCZ, WWX Leaves the Yunmeng Jiang Sect, WWX is a Lan, Good Uncle LQR, Supportive LQR, Protective LQR, Non-Graphic Rape/Non-Con, JFM and YZY Bashing, Jiang Family Bashing, Abusive Jiang Family, Running Away, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Hurt WWX, Genius WWX, No Sunshot Campaign, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Cultivation Sect Politics, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Canon Divergence, Protective Gusu Lan Sect, WRH isn't a power hungry tyrant, mostly, BSSR is WWX's Grandparent, JGS Being JGS)

soft-hearted by sarahyyy (G, 6k, wangxian, alternate universe, childhood friends, hurt/comfort, getting together, first kiss, wedding fluff)

🧡 To have and to hold by Moominmammashandbag (M, 78k, WangXian, JFM & YZY, MingLi, saved by the forehead ribbon, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Happy Ending, Major Character Injury, POV Alternating, BAMF teenage WWX, Based on the drama, Eventual Smut, Food as a Metaphor for Love, NMJ deserves love, Weddings, Strangulation, XY appears only to die almost immediately, Temporary Character Disability, Minor Character Death, Attempted Seduction, Attempted Sexual Assault, Kidnapping, Stabbing, BAMF LWJ, JZX becomes a better person, Semi-Public Sex, BAMF WWX, Internalised ableism)

A Quiet Life of Leisure by nirejseki (G, 7k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, WWX raised in another sect, WWX among the Lan, Alchemy, Explosions, different Jiang sect dynamics)

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6. hi, i love the headcanon that everyone at cloud recesses (especially from the juniors) has a crush on WWX !! any fics with that hc?

Transcend by covalentbonds (Not Rated, 7k, WIP, WangXian, Post-Canon, Fluff and Humor, Smut)

Help, My Dad Is Fucking Someone My Age!! by sweetlolixo (T, 3k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Humor, Crack, Fluff, Romance)

🔒 A Lure and Catches not Intended by mondengel (T, 3k, WangXian, WIP, Humor)

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7. For In the mood for- I want to read something like wei ying is always hyperactive and rarely calm but when lan zhan tells him to calm down he listens . Something like Due Diligence by YunmengLotus. It will be alright if it does not contain smut . I would like to read something with this kind of vibe .

Thank you so much . You and Your blog is the best <3

A Matter of Devotion by mrcformoso (E, 11k, WangXian, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Sex, Dark LWJ, Dark WWX, Grooming, Manipulation, Consensual Underage Sex, But problematic, Mentally older LWJ, Anal Fingering, WWX Self-Lubricates, Riding, Belly Bulge, Kinky uses of resentment, WWX topping from the bottom, Oblivious WWX, At least in the start of the new timeline, Genius WWX, Genius LWJ, Homicidal LWJ, Flashbacks, Communication, LWJ tries to use words, Happy Ending, Light Angst, LWJ in Seclusion, Casual references to LWJ murdering people, POV LWJ) Features a scene like this but dead dove, part 3 of an AU

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8. Hi, could you rec me your fav possessive Wangxian in the canon setting? Thank you! / Hi, I look for canon wangxian fics in which one of them or both are possessive. Thank u!

And He Knew Those Silver Eyes Were Trouble by PieceofLove (M, 311k, WangXian, Action & Romance, Action/Adventure, Pining, Canon Compliant, Major Character Death but like he's already back so it's ok, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Jealousy, Possessive Behavior, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Introspection, CQL-Verse, Childhood Memories, Love At First Fight, Falling In Love, Soulmates, Dreams and Nightmares, Angst and Humor, Trauma, PTSD, Heavy Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Love Confessions, Emotional Roller Coaster, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Revenge, Dubious Consent, Forced Kiss, Triggers, Panic Attacks, LQR's A+ Parenting, Chronic Pain, Reincarnation, Slow Burn, Lwj Golden Core Reveal, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, First Dates, First Time, First Kiss, but technically not first kiss, Eventual Smut, Please heed chapter warnings, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, POV LWJ)

💙 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 947k, WangXian, WIP, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Getting Together, Supportive LQR, Hurt/Comfort, Fix-It of Sorts, Supportive LXC, Canon Divergence, Inventor WWX, Possessive LWJ, Cultivation Sect Politics, Pre-Sunshot Campaign, Fluff and Smut, Burning of the Cloud Recesses, Fall of Lotus Pier, Angst, Sunshot Campaign Not JFM Friendly, split into parts, Part 1 complete, Part 2 complete, Original Character(s))

🔒 Heart of hearts series by apathyinreverie (M, 40k, WangXian, Dark LWJ(Ish), Amnesia, WWX gets to be Not Okay after the BM, Hurt WWX, Recovery, Caring, Protective LWJ, Possessive LWJ, some definite manipulation but not everything is as it seems, not nearly as dark as the tags make it sound, Canon Divergence, Golden Core Reveal, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, Domestic WangXian, Fluff, WWX Goes to Gusu, Possessive WWX, WWX happily atticwifing away, Sunshot Campaign, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, Not Cultivation World Friendly)

i carry your heart with me by lulu_kitty (G, 12k, WangXian, Age Regression/De-Aging, Established Relationship, Post-Canon, Fluff and Angst, some knives but honestly this is mostly fluff, possessive littol a-zhan, wei ying may ONLY give attention to a-zhan, no one else it's the rule)

🔒 As good as by apathyinreverie (T, 6k, WangXian, Fix-It, Canon Divergence, not a good uncle LQR story, but also not not?, Golden Core Reveal, Kind Of, Golden Core Fix-It, Also kind of, Addiction, Manipulation, not between wangxian, just...War politics, Sunshot Campaign, Not As Dark As The Tags Make It Sound, Possessive LWJ, Protective LWJ, Tired WWX, Genius WWX, Dual Cultivation, LQR is too old for teenage drama, Developing Relationship)

Do not take that which does not belong to you by Selene210 (E, 7k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Protective LWJ, Possessive LWJ, Jealous LWJ, Possessive Sex, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood and Violence, wangxian married and have a son, Explicit Sexual Content, Biting, Marathon Sex, Multiple Orgasms, Bath Sex, Rimming, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Top LWJ/Bottom WWX, WWX has an angry LWJ kink, Wangxian canon breeding kink, LWJ canon massive dick)

🔒Something is wrong with A-Zhan! by HeloSoph (M, 15k, WangXian, NieLan, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Sort Of, Dark LWJ Morally Gray WWX, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, WWX Isn't Adopted by the Jiangs, WWX is a Lan, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, JC Bashing, Smitten LWJ, Possessive LWJ, Engaged WangXian, Blood and Violence, Shameless LWJ, Good Uncle LQR, Semi-Public Sex, or at least wangxian's version of it Scheming NHS, POV NHS)

🔒Tangible by apathyinreverie (T, 2k, WangXian, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Canon Divergence, Fluff, Humor, Possessive LWJ, First Kiss, Getting Together, the library scene)

💖🔒Advisable Lan rules and other shenanigans by apathyinreverie (G, 4k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, JC & WWX, Canon Divergence, fix-it, humor, drunk LWJ, smitten LWJ, soft WWX, possessive LWJ, gusu lan rules, drunk shenanigans, fluff)  

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9. Hello! I'm in the mood for something dark. Actually Wei Ying dark. I want something on the premise that Wei Ying gets fed up, or snaps, and destroys the cultivation sects. I think there is one where he destroys the Lan sect because Lan Zhan died from the whipping. I want that kind of story. No modern settings, Wangxian wanted, but not necessary. Just a BAMF Wei Ying throwin down. @marietsy40-blog

Fresh blood through tired skin by todesesser (M, 2k, WangXian, Major Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Fierce Corpse LWJ, Dark LWJ, Dark WWX, ghost jiejies, Blood and Injury, Demonic Cultivation is very sexy, A-Yuan is just vibing, Fratricide)

🔒you soothe me just to torture me again by PrismaticAvocado (M, 4k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Dark WWX, Dark LWJ, Dark LSZ, Dark LXC, Dark LQR, jc is honestly not that much darker than in canon if at all, Murder Husbands, Torture, Homophobia, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, almost everyone is bashed somewhat except for wangxian and a-yuan be warned, JC Bashing, WWX Lives, BAMF WWX)

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10. A) Itmf: hey, I look for canon fics in which A-yuan is Wangxian biological child. Thank you!

B) Hey, I would be super happy if you could rec me your favourite fics in which WY/LZ get together during the Gusu Arc. 🥰 Thank you! @dream-about-dancing

10A)

🔒 Blooming in white by verte_orchidee (T, 38k, WangXian, JYL/JZX, MM/WQ, LXC/NMJ, JC/NHS, Canon Divergence, Mpreg, Getting Together, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, starts from chapter 71, hidden pregnancy, Mutual Pining, Drama, Misunderstandings, Everyone Lives, Miscommunication, WWX and NHS are BFF, matchmaker NHS, Fix-It)

🔒 Come Lay Your Head Down Beside Me by Preludian_Staves (Not Rated, 9k, WangXian, No Sunshot Campaign, Fluff and Angst, protective Lans, Not Jiang Clan Friendly, Mpreg, Established Relationship, Getting Together, Past Abuse, Child Abuse, Getting to Know Each Other, Inventor WWX, Genius WWX)

Lan Sizhui's forehead ribbon by I_have_a_fleet_of_ships (T, 1k, WangXian, LSZ & WWX, Married WangXian, Established WangXIan, LWJ & WWX Are LSZ's Parents, Oblivious LWJ, Gusu Lan Forehead Ribbon, Good Uncle LQR, Fluff, Light Angst, Post Mpreg, Post-Canon)

🔒 Not my lips you kissed (but my soul) by verte_orchidee (M, 20k, WangXian, LXC/NMJ, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Sunshot Campaign, Fall of Lotus Pier, Happy Ending, Starts from chapter 55, Romance, fast burn, WWX and NHS are BFF, Horny Teenagers, Loss of Virginity, Smut, Angst, getting together early, no loss of golden core, pregnant WWX, Mpreg, soup drama, Matchmaker WN, Smugji strikes again, Everyone Is Gay)

Seek and Ye Shall Find by orphan_account (E, 21k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Humor, Crack Treated Seriously, JC Bashing, Jiang Family Bashing, JYL is Not Angelic, Gusu Lan Sect Bashing, LQR critical, LXC Bashing, NMJ Critical, NMJ Tries, Only for NHS, Not bc he feels guilty, JGS Being JGS, Secret Relationship, Secret Children, Explicit Birth, WWX's Baby Unboxing - Live, Married WangXian, WangXian Get Married in the Cold Springs Cave, Married WangXian Have Children, LWJ & WWX Are LSZ's Parents, Sexy YLLZ WWX, WWX is the Most Handsome Man, LWJ Being a Perfect Husband, the singles ranking exists for a reason, and interested people are here to remind you of it, wedding receptions are the perfect place to find a friend, Cultivation World Critical, WWX Has a New Golden Core, No Yīn Iron, Cultivation Sect Politics, Cultivation Discussion Conferences, Mpreg, Gusu Lan Elders Bashing, WQ Lives, Wen Remnants Live, No Smut)

Take My Pieces, Make Me Whole by InTheGreySpaces (M, 297k, WangXian, LXC/NMJ, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, LXC & JGY, NHS & NMJ, Canon Divergence, Angst, Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt WWX, JC & WWX Reconciliation, JC is a good brother, LXC Is A Good Brother, Golden Core Reveal, Mpreg, Yuan really IS WWX's son, and LWJ is his other father, LQR is a good uncle, after he's an ass for a bit, nobody we like dies in this one, cleansing the Burial Mounds, Eventual Happy Ending, WWX Has Memory Issues, resentful energy is almost a character of its own in this one, Nei Clan's resentful saber secret, NMJ is a good brother, Hurt LWJ, Hurt NMJ, Baxia is a misbehaving bitch, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, tiny bit of non-con, chapters will be tagged individually with necessary warnings, sentient Yin Iron)

🔒 you can have the best of me, baby by stiltonbasket (Not rated, 17k, WangXian, JYL & WWX & JC, LXC/NMJ, Canon Divergence, Pre-Relationship, or that one where wangxian are trapped in the xuanwu’s cave and use dual cultivation to get out, Dual Cultivation, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Sunshot Campaign, Getting Together, a-yuan is wangxian’s baby, Happy Ending)

10B)

Three changes. by orange_crushed (M, 18k, WangXian, Fluff, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, Friends to Lovers, Romantic Comedy, Kissing, Fade to Black, Mild Sexual Content, Canon Divergence, No Sunshot, No War AU, Everything's Beautiful and Nothing Hurts When There's No Sunshot Campaign, Falling In Love, Non-Graphic Violence, Everyone Lives, Sparring, Harm to Animals, Don't Worry The Animal is Fine Wangji Makes Sure of That, Developing Friendships, Wangji Makes Friends At Summer School, None Of This Makes Sense Until You Remember They Are All Teenage Boys, teenagers in love, They're A Mess Your Honor (And I Love Every One Of Them), Hurt/Comfort, Mild Blood, First Time)

An accidental kiss by deliciousblizzardshark (M, 4k, WangXian, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Fluff and Humor, Marriage, Non-Explicit Sex, No Angst)

❤️ Bet Your Heart by Vamillepudding (G, 14k, wangxian, Canon Divergence, Romantic Comedy, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together)

Just Say Yes Series by edenwolfie (T/M, 338k, WangXian, Matchmaking, Pining, Getting Together, Canon Divergence, POV Alternating, Fluff, First Kiss, Declarations Of Love, Humor, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Good Uncle LQR, Engagement, Hurt/Comfort, Fix-It)

soften you by Solarlwj (M, 14k, WangXian, WIP, Canon Divergence, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Aged-Up Character(s), Friends to Lovers, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Touch starved LWJ, Developing Relationship, tinie mama lan knives, lwj and his quest to become comfortable with touch again, quest aided by the love of his life, this definitely won't result in any problems, slight mention of wwxs upbringing and food insecurity, playful wangxian, the only war here is the one between lwj and the romantic thoughts hes having against his will)

❤️ You Are My Euphoria by Orphan Account (M, 18k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Fluff, Making Out, 5+1 Things, Mutual Pining)

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11. are there any fics with single parent wei wuxian but with teenage a-yuan?

Through laughter and pain we keep on moving series by Starfell123 (T, 52k, WangXian, Modern Cultivation, mentions of abuse, Mentions of Disownment, Swearing, Friendship, Attempted Arranged Marriage, WWX has gone through therapy, Catharsis, supportive friends, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Genius WWX, Rich WWX, Bad Parent YZY, Bad Parent JFM, BAMF WWX, difficult conversations, Good Sibling JC, Talk of disownment, JC-centric, Brotherly Love, Reunions, Communication, Healing, Fluff, The Yungmeng brothers act like embarrassing parents, Family, POV LWJ, LWJ Is So Whipped, Supportive LXC, Protective LWJ, Family Dinners, Caring WWX, First Meetings, POV JL, JC is stressed, Brotherly Affection, Emotionally intelligent JL, POV JC, Road Rage, POV LSZ, POV WWX, First Dates, Caring LWJ, Classical Music, Second dates, Mishaps, Rabbits, Minor Injuries, First Kiss, Teasing, Yunmeng-disciples love WWX, JC acting as Wangxian's wingman, Festivals, All of Lotus Pier love WWX, Sensory Overload, Slight Melancholy Nostalgia, Father-Son Relationship, dumb WWX, teenage moodiness, Attempt at Humor, Identity Reveal, Misunderstandings, Euphemisms, embarrassing conversations, Inventor WWX, Protective WQ, Brother-Sister Relationships, WWX in Love, Meeting the Family, Yiling Tech members, POV WQ, information gathering, NHS knows a lot, Slight Paranoia, POV NHS, Secret Identity, YLLZ WWX, Protective NHS, Vague cultivation references, Vacation, family trips, Airports, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fear of Flying, Awkwardness, WWX being the mom of the group)

🔒 how to make your dad fall in love with your high school teacher in five steps; the complete and bulletproof guide by ravenditefairylights (T, 90k, WangXian, Modern, Coffee Shops & Cafés, Nonbinary LSZ, Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Past Abuse, Past Domestic Violence, Healing, Hurt WWX, Found Family, Hospitalization, Therapy, Family Dinners, Single Parent WWX, Mutual Pining, Teacher LWJ, Studio Ghibli References, Sleepovers, Unreliable Narrator, Teenager LSZ, Yúnmèng Siblings Dynamics, Chronic Pain, Queerplatonic Relationships, Fluff and Angst, Wei Yuan rights, Genderfluid WWX, Autistic LWJ)

Howling by MimiSpearmint (E, 40k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Mortal Instruments Fusion, Horror, Eldritch, Domestic Fluff, Single Parent WWX,   Witchcraft, Getting Together, shifter!lwj, yllz!wwx, Intercrural Sex, Hand Jobs, Angst with a Happy Ending, Switch WangXian, a bit of a degradation kink, anti-STI sex talismans, Anal Sex, Oral Sex)

Picture Perfect by manaika (M, 22k, WangXian, WWX/Other(s), Past Relationship(s), Widower WWX, Grief/Mourning, Getting Together, Families of Choice, Family Feels, Stepfather WWX, WWX is the father who stepped up, LSZ is a Wei, Single Parent WWX, Asexual Character, Aromantic Relationship, Platonic Life Partners, it’s all in the past and only mentioned/discussed when relevant, Sex-Favorable Asexual WWX, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Modern, Past Character Death, Food Intake Related Medical Issue (not what you think))

🔒 Song of Divination by LittleSummary (M, 28k, WIP, WangXian, Single Parent WWX, Modern with Magic, Demonic Cultivation, Amnesiac WWX, Curses, Past Abuse, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Bad Parent YZY, Bad Parent JFM, Canon JC, No JC & WWX Reconciliation, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, LSZ is a Wei, MXY is a Wei)

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12. for the next itmf can i get some fics with xxc and wwx interaction please

(no omegaverse, breaking wangxian and please no xuexiao.)

Frost moon’s sun by RenaFair (T, 116k, WangXian, XXC/SL, Slow Build, Childhood Sweethearts, Angst and Feels, Fluff, Family Feels, Canon Divergence, Mentions of Smut, Attempt at Humor)

I Will Call You By Name by DisasterMages (T, 73k, WangXian, WWX raised by XXC, Canon Divergence, Family Feels)

🧡 Ghosts Shouldn’t by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 15k, WangXian, Grief/Mourning, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Ghosts Shouldn’t by ShanaStoryteller [Podfic] by Rhea314 (Rhea))

Become Tomorrow by ShanaStoryteller (Not rated, 39k, WangXian, BSSR/LY, Alternate Universe, a story full of tragic pining gays, and one chaotic gremlin, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, WWX is BSSR’s disciple)

forces of attraction by bleuett (M, 20k, WangXian, SongXiao, Romantic Comedy, of sorts, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, au where wwx was raised by BSSR, Idiots in Love, Developing Relationship, Accidental Marriage, Sharing a Bed, everyone’s gay uncles sl and xxc, secret matchmaker lxc, Fluff, No War AU, Hand Jobs, lwj’s fight flight or fuck instincts, the inherent horniness of sword fighting, Happy Ending)

My heart knows (you’re the missing piece) by makexianxianhappytoday (T, 84k, WangXian, WWX & Jiang family, BSSR & WWX, Jiang Family Bashing, Canon Divergence, Rogue cultivator WW, JYL Bashing, WWX leaves Jiang sect, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, JC Bashing, Protective LWJ, Butterfly Effect, WWX deserves better, No Golden Core Transfer, Everyone Lives, unless they deserved it, if WWX plays around w BSSR does that make him her disciple???, WWX knows what self worth is, NHS is friends with WWX, Mastermind NHS, JZX is WWX's friend, Good brother LXC, LY is ALIVE, BAMF WWX, JYL redemption, Happy Ending)

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13. Hello! 💕 Do you know any canon-compliant or canon-adjacent fanfics where WWX and LWJ are mostly aware of each other’s feelings and sexualities, but still struggle to talk about it or take things further physically (because of societal pressure and/or personal fears) ?

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14. Hiya! I'm really curious if there are any fics which follow WWX finding out about LWJ finding out about the Golden Core. Ideally Hurt/Comfort, a real discussion about the burden of the transfer and WWX finally actually breaking down about it - if there's a JC WWX reconciliation that'd also be great.

Alternatively, when they're trapped with JGY in the temple, that reveal & its own discussion similarly! Thanks :) @lefttigerobservation

A Crying Shame by thunderwear (G, 16k, wangxian, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, A-yuan to the rescue, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Sharing a Bed, Domestic Fluff, Love Confessions, First Kissa, LWJ joins WWX at burial mounds, LWJ is soft pass it on, literally all fluff, Marriage Proposal, Oblivious WWX)

🧡 a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke ( M, 180k, WangXian, Arranged marriage, Canon Divergence, Hurt/comfort, Light angst, Canon typical violence)

every breath that comes before by tardigradeschool (T, 10k, WangXian, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Poison, Golden Core Reveal, Sharing a Bed, Hair Brushing, Angst with a Happy Ending, PTSD, WWX’s terrible self-esteem)

🔒 the thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break by RoseThorne (E, 110k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, Self-Esteem Issues, Fix-It, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, PTSD, Handfasting, Panic Attacks, Getting Together, First Time, Aftercare, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, /Referenced Torture, Scars, Chronic Pain, Golden Core Reveal, First Time, Switching, sex-related injury, LWJ Stays at the Burial Mounds, LSZ is a Wèi, Good Sibling JC, Dissociation, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Disability, Scheming NHS, Disabled Character)

they who refuse to be blessed by sysrae (E, 7k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Whump, Golden Core Reveal, Developing Relationship, wwx can have a little scurvy, as a treat, Bathing/Washing, Confessions, Sharing a Bed)

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15. Itmf fics where Qingheng-jun isn't a complete pos; stories where he comes out of seclusion early and is actually present in his sons' lives and tries to do right by them.

A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 41k, wangxian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Top LWJ/Bottom WWX, LWJ goes crazy, Manipulation, Grooming, Except LWJ and WWX are physically the same age, but LWJ kept his 30 year old mind, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Conditioning, Come Eating, Come Swallowing, Anal Fingering, WWX is a Lan, Minor Character Death, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiangs, Abusive Jiang Family, Jiang Family Bashing, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Horny WangXian, Qingheng-jun Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Lanling Jin Sect Bashing, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX, BAMF NHS, Burial Mounds Lore, Sentient Burial Mounds, Married WangXian, Adopted LSZ, Breathplay, Dark WWX, Yandere LWJ, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat)

🔒 In Which They Are (Not So) Secretly Married by panda_desu (T, 99k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Gender Changes, Genderswap, Female WWX, Secret Relationship, Secret Marriage, Implied Sexual Content, Implied dubcon, dual cultivation to fend off qi deviation, qi deviate or papapa, Family Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Supportive brother LXC, sunshot campaign doesn't happen, Everybody Lives, inaccurate wedding tradition, supportive brother JC, Intimacy, mention of menstruation, Girls talk, Historical Inaccuracy, Childbirth, Non-Explicit, Mention of Lactation) he comes out seclusion and tries to be better but he isn't perfect

An Unexpected Visitor by Hauntcats (G, 8k, Madam Lán/Qīnghéng-jūn, WangXian, not Jiang friendly, Not Jin Friendly, Fix-It of Sorts, Happy Ending, Child LWJ, Child WWX, Child LXC)

🧡 Resplendence by FrozenMarVel ( E, 194k, WIP, WangXian, JYL/JZX, JC/LXC, Different First Meeting, Love at First Sight, Fluff, Crossdressing, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Flirting, LXC is a Good Bro, Fix-It of Sorts, CSSR is a Badass Woman, courting, LXC Ships It, Because Wangxian is Horny for Each Other, Jealous LWJ, UST, Gusu Lan Disciples Ship It, Lan Dad comes out of seclusion, and tries to be a better father, Explicit Sexual Content, No angst allowed, LWJ is soft as rice to waifu, Warning for JGS and JZN, Additional pairings to be revealed as they fall in love with each other, BAMF everyone, descriptions of violence blood and mentions of graphic injuries, Warning for C, WWX’s canon ghost harem, Ghost Harem Ships It)

This time, together! by danny16doc (G; 157k, WangXian, JYL/JZX, Time Travel, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, WWX Isn't Adopted by the Jiangs, No Golden Core Transfer, No Sunshot Campaign, Genius WWX, JFM and YZY Bashing)

how a smiling homeless child melted jade hearts and got a home by anxiouswreck0_0 (T, 41k, WangXian, LXC & LWJ, LXC & WWX, WWX was adopted by the lans, lan WWX, pining WWX, Canon Divergence, LQR making questionable parenting choices, madam lan is a good parent, Fluff and Angst, Fix-It of Sorts, Childhood Friends, childhood fiances? Yes, Character Death, insecure WWX, slightly possessive WWX, Possessive LWJ, Not Everyone Dies, Dark LXC, OOC, Mild Gore, Explicit Language, Supportive LXC, Morally Ambiguous Character, Sassy WWX, WWX does not like the jins and it shows, clingy LWJ, mother hen LXC, Good LQR, Good Parent LQR, Good Parent QHJ)

My Immortal by Jaywalker_Holmes (M, 44k, WangXian, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage Sex) Qhj comes out of seclusion and is a pretty decent guy.

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16. Hi! For ITMF please! Based off a rec in a recent ff I read "Flame and Rust" which featured dragon!Wei Wuxian and I would love more fics like that please! Thank you! @gloriousclotpole

🔒 River's Child by NonsensicalRambling (T, 80k, WangXian, JC & WWX & JYL, JYL/JZX, WQ/MM, Canon Divergence, Dragon WWX, Yunmeng Bros, Yunmeng Jiang Sect, No Golden Core Transfer, Good Sibling JC, Aromantic Asexual JC, Mpreg)

❤️ fell by you by Vrishchika (E, 44k, WangXian, Dragons, Dragon LWJ, Fantasy, Explicit Smut in Last Chapter, Pining, POV LWJ, Canon Divergence, Immortals, Deities, Canon-Typical Violence, Dragon WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending)

let me keep you close by jaws_3 (G, 5k, WangXian, 5 +1, Dragon WWX, Rabbit LWJ)

if you want, i'll become a tree by silver_aspen (G, 4k, WangXian, WQ & WWX, Golden Core Transfer, Dragon WWX, Sunshot Campaign)

Of Skin and Scales by firesonic152 (E, 21k, WangXian, Dragon WWX, Pining, Slow Burn, Miscommunication, Explicit Sexual Content, Bottom LWJ, Interspecies Romance, Interspecies Sex, Size Difference)

a mouth so sharp and cruel by bavariansugarcookie (E, 7k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Cupid & Psyche Fusion, Arranged Marriage, YLLZ WWX, War Prize LWJ, Identity Porn, Sharing a Bed, Friends to Lovers, Identity Reveal, First Kiss, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Love Confessions, Dragon WWX, Everybody Lives)

Bound By These Familial Chains by Multifacetedinterests (E, 31k, WangXian, Dubcon adjacent, Hurt/Comfort, Dragon WWX, YLLZ WWX, Sacrifice LWJ, Dark Gusu Lan Sect, Collars, Curses, Curse of Obedience, Forced Servitude, Major Illness, Kidnapping, Secret Identity, Miscommunication, Bondage, Blindfolds, Anal Sex, Subtle Monsterfucking, Ambiguous/Open Ending)

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17. ITMF: are there canon fics that show that LX is still young? Yes, he is the (future) sect leader but he has fears or wants to make fun of his younger brother or flirt. Fics that show stuff like this.

lan xichen by antebunny (G, 6k, LXC & LWJ, WangXian, LXC & WWX, Canon Divergence, Fluff, lxc needs friends, lxc is Tired, lxc is wangxian's #1 fan, drunk lxc, Getting Together, Cloud Recesses Study Arc)

Dispersing Clouds by dreamingofcake (E, 283k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Genius WWX, Inventor WWX, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Abusive YZY, Canonical Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Eventual Sex, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm (Background Character), Background Character Deaths, child deaths, Canon JC, Good Uncle LQR, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Cultivation Sect Politics, Homophobia, Heteronormativity, Feelings Realization, WWX is Not Oblivious) which does an amazing job of showing Lan Xichen struggling with the responsibilities of becoming a sect leader so young. This one also does an amazing job of Lan Xichen’s transformation from a naive, too-trusting person into a person who can better evaluate situations involving manipulative individuals.

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Warning: mdni, overstimulation, dumbification, creampie, dirty talk...

"Awww my little cumdump, are u having fun?" Sunghoon faux cooed at ur shaking state as you were bonded to the bed frame both ur hands and legs spread open with a wand vibrator pressed securely on ur clit, it has been more than 2 hours of torture, with you cuming and cuming again u weren't sure if ur body could take it any more, drool and tears dropping messily on ur face you wanted to beg him to stop, wanted to tell him to free you, but you weren't even able to say that, so fucked up from all the orgasms he forced out of u with his toy.

"Hmmmm? Baby did I leave you dumb? Can't even answer me? What a useless fuckdoll." You wanted to cry, the humiliation making your skin heat up even more. "It's okay my little slut, don't worry about it. You don't have to do anything, I am going to take care of you. Your just gonna be a good girl and let me do as I please, yeah?" Sunghoon smirked as he turned off the toy making you sigh in relief, you weren't sure if you could take another one of his games, not after this one. He unbound u, letting u fall flat on the bed as he got up from the chair where he was sitting comfortably the entire time."Hoonie... no more." you croaked out, voice raspy from all the screaming, the only thing on your mind was sleep."You want me to stop? Okay then. I won't do anything." Sunghoon shrugged, you sighed in relief thinking he finally got bored of teasing u.But oh how wrong you were.Sunghoon grabbed your hips, lifting them up so your ass was up in the air. You were too tired to even lift your head up and see what he was doing, just sighing happily as his hands caressed ur lower back, kneading ur flesh.

Then the sound of a cap opening was heard and you realized what was about to happen, making you jerk and try to wiggle away.

"Shhhh, don't move, my princess. Be a good girl and let me fill that pretty little cunt up." You were too tired, too sensitive, you couldn't take him inside u. "Sunghoon, wait no-" you cried out, trying to get away from his hold.

"What was that? Did you just tell me no?" Sunghoon's tone suddenly turned ice cold and you whimpered at that, realizing your mistake."No, no. I- I'm sorry. I was just- no. I'm a good girl, I'm a good girl for hoonie." you mumbled, words almost unintelligible. "Mmmmm, that's right, you're my good girl. Always so sweet and obedient for me. My perfect doll." You sighed happily, glad that you could please him.

Then the next second you were crying out as you felt him plunging deep inside you."Hoonie! It-it hurts!" you tried to get away, but his hands were like iron on your hips.

"Aw baby, does it hurt? But you were begging me to fill u up earlier." You gasped at that. You did? When did you say that? You weren't even aware of that "H-how..." you whispered, confusion evident on ur face. "That's when I knew you were ready. Your body knows what it needs, and you're just too dumb to realize it. So I helped you out." Sunghoon smirked as he thrust deep inside you, making you whimper in pain and pleasure "Ah-h! S-sunghoon. It's-it's too much!"

"You're taking it so well baby. My pretty little slut." The soft kisses he gave you were contradicting so much from how hard he was pounfing you, sending you over the edge once again. "Hoonie- I, ah! Ah! Hoonie!" You couldn't even form proper sentences as he hit your g-spot with every thrust. "Come on, cum for me again, my little princess. You know how much I love your tight pussy clenching around my cock."His filthy words and his rough thrusts were all it took for you to cum, vision turning white as your body spasmed.

Sunghoon followed shortly after, pumping you full of his warm seed, filling you up so nicely, and you moaned at the feeling "So perfect. My perfect baby." He cooed, peppering your face with kisses and you smiled lazily at that.

[lady-of-tearshed]

My rugged Illyrian male

Cassian x Reader

Cassian week 2024

@cassianappreciationweek

Day 2: Hair

Summary: Cassian is about to meet your parents for the first time, and he is skeptical that they'll appreciate his rugged Illyrian's features as much as you do...

Warnings: Mention of a razor blade.

Word count: 627 words

“Cass! Are you ready to leave?”

You shout out from downstairs, looking all over your shared house for your favorite red sparkly heels. You were to attend an important ball thrown by your parents, some important Lords from the Spring Court, with Cassian. Your parents hadn't met Cassian yet, well, not as your boyfriend. And you could sense how nervous the male was in making a great first impression.

“Yeah! Uh… One moment, my love.” He stutters from the bathroom on the second floor.

You halt at his suspicious tone, immediately giving up your frantic heel research, instead sneaking upstairs.

You peek your head through the half opened bathroom door, and your eyes widen in horror at the sight of the razor blade in Cassian’s hand.

And at his beautiful beard now half removed from his face, scattered all over the counter.

“Cassie! What-”

He instantly drops the blade, putting his fists on his hips. “What part of “one moment” do you not understand?” He scowls.

You were now standing right in front of him, your hand tracing the newly shaved part of Cassian’s right cheek. “Why would you do that?” You whisper, already knowing you'll miss his beautiful, sexy beard.

Cassian’s arms fall from his hips, and his shoulders slump. “I… I wanted to not look like a…” He paused, “I didn't want to look too rugged.”

He didn't want to look like a rugged Illyrian bastard, was what he didn't say. Your eyes narrowed. “Cass, Illyrians are rugged. And hairy,” You hold his hand, your eyes dead serious. “That's part of the things I like about you.”

“But what if they don't like that about me? What if they think I'm not good enough for you?” He hisses through clenched teeth, running his free hand through his long, unbound hair.

Your eyes soften, and you take a step back with how distressed Cassian sounded about meeting your parents, your hand still firmly holding onto his. “They don't have a say about who I decide to love. I chose you, Cassian. And I'd do it a thousand times again, despite everything anyone has to say.”

Cassian stays silent, but nods. You sigh, and pull him towards the edge of the bathtub. “Sit here,” You mumble, ordering him around. Cassian does what you ask of him, but raises a questioning brow. “Well, we can't just let you have a half-shaved beard. I'll finish the job. It'll help me… grief.”

It might sound quite dramatic, but you would truly be missing your Illyrian’s beautiful thick beard.

Once you're done, you rinse the shaving blade clean, and wet a towel to wipe away any mousse or facial hair remaining on Cassian's defined jaw. He stands up to stare at his reflection into the mirror, all while tying up his hair, the only step left before being completely ready to meet your parents.

“I'm banning any kind of blade from approaching your face.”

Your dramatic complaints make Cassian snorts. “I'm going to let it grow back in peace… Don't worry, love.”

You playfully slap his butt cheek before cowering away, fleeing to the front door before he smacks yours back.

You both slip into your shoes, and before you leave the house you both share, you kiss his cheek, and lean your lips to his ear. “I love you just as you are, my rugged, sexy Illyrian,” You yelp as a brightly smiling Cassian scoops you into his arms, wings spread, ready for take-off. “I love you with a beard the most, though.”

He rolls his eyes and laughs, before taking off to the sky, ready to fight any battles, even if it was just meeting your parents, if you were by his side, loving him for who he is.

Taglist: @mybestfriendmademe @lilah-asteria

[forestclan-clangen]

Clan Culture: ForestClan's Warrior Code

ForestClan’s Warrior code is a set of laws that has been written, rewritten, and reinterpreted over and over throughout ForestClan’s existence. Once set as a code of honor shared by all five Clans around Moonlight Acres, it was modified and added on to with every change in leadership and shift in cultural values. ForestClan's Warrior Code has become both a set of guidelines to survival, and a symbol of honor and tradition - a vital remnant of what makes ForestClan a Clan in the first place. As the last Clan around their territory, they find a need to preserve its existence - even if it needs to be changed with the times.

This cultural breakdown will go over ForestClan's present-day warrior code, and a brief section of how the code was significantly changed and altered throughout history.

THE WARRIOR CODE

LEX NATURAE: The Law of the Woods

The natural law, not of ForestClan's code, but of the world around them, unbound by StarClan or honor: the woods must be fed. It is a living creature that will hunt, and seek prey, like any animal. One must do everything they can to prevent predation by the woods - but momento mori: Remember that you will die.

CODE OF THE CLAN 1. Law of Asylum ForestClan has a duty to assist the weak and vulnerable passing through the woods, regardless of resources available to the Clan. If they are deemed capable of taking care of themselves, or actively reject aid, ForestClan has no obligation to house them. Unconscious cats, or cats too young, sick or injured to communicate their needs, consent to assistance in remaining alive, until they are able to communicate otherwise.

2. Law of Informed Risk Every cat - Clanborn or trespasser - has the right to know about the dangers within the woods. Trespassers are to be advised off ForestClan territory. Kits are to be taught about the dangers and camp lockdown procedures by 3 moons of age, and members joining ForestClan are to be taught these dangers and procedures as soon as possible. Leaving ForestClan is not forbidden - but you will be treated like any other trespasser henceforth.

3. Law of the Parentage/Queen’s Rights No parent is required to disclose the parentage of their kits, even under suspicion of infidelity or conspiring with a Clan enemy. Kits are not to be judged for the circumstances or origins of their birth. Cats born within ForestClan are Clanborn by birthright, regardless of the status of the parent.

4. Law of Leadership A leader is to appoint a new deputy by no later than moonhigh of the day of death, retirement, or leadership ascent of the prior deputy. In the event that both leader and deputy are killed, leadership falls to the medicine cats, elders and mediators to elect a new leader in accordance with StarClan’s will and for the good of the Clan. Should no such leadership be present, authority falls to the warrior with the most seniority.

5. Law of Education/Right to Participate By 3 moons old, a cat must be willing and able to learn about ForestClan's history, roles and the dangers of the Woods, as per the Law of Informed Risk. By 6 moons old, a cat will be assigned to a Clan role, either through their own decision, or as a warrior until graduation, or until a different role is chosen. Clan cats have the right to learn how to hunt, fight, and learn about Clan Culture, to the best of their ability.

6. Law of the Clans/Border Laws Borders must be defended and protected from outsiders, in accordance to the borders of the Lost Clans. Outsiders caught on the territory must be advised to leave immediately, in accordance with the Law of Informed Risk. Outsiders caught trespassing after the fact are to be escorted off the territory, or fought off if non-compliant.

7. Law of Prey All prey killed is to have its parts used to its fullest possible means. No meat shall be wasted away uncooked, and no pelt shall be ripped apart for entertainment. Queens, kits and elders are to be fed before all other members of the Clan. Leaders are always to eat last, and will risk their lives to keep their clanmates alive, as blessed with StarClan's lives.

8. Law of Honor A warrior does not resort to killing in cold blood. Murder of another clanmate in cold blood is a crime. Any cat found murdering a clanmate will be trialed by leadership and given punishment as seen fit. 

9. Law of Burning All dead bodies capable of being retrieved must be burned, regardless of their status as a member of the Clan, or an outsider. To deprive the woods of easy prey is vital.

10. Law of Maintenance No cat shall allow, or through inaction be permitted to allow, the architecture that protects the Clan to fall into disrepair or pose a security risk to cats within its walls. Walls are to be maintained, ropes to be re-twined, and nests to be cleaned and stabilized. The camp is your home, and your sanctuary from the woods.

CHANGES THROUGHOUT HISTORY

While ForestClan's current warrior code appears noble and sensible, this was not always the case. While ForestClan cannot remember the details anymore, the warrior code originally contained rules regarding trading, hunting prey only on one's territory, and holding praise to StarClan every full moon - laws that were no doubt built around the existence of four other Clans around the lake. These rules must've been discarded after the Lost Clans were eliminated - there is no point to restricting hunting grounds in times of famine, or establish trading rules, when there were no other groups to contend or trade with.

ForestClan post-Wretch were incredibly paranoid and superstitious, and their fear of Woodcrawlers as supernatural entities meant that there used to be laws enforcing bloody practices as well. It is during this timeframe that the Law of the Woods was created, and brought to the very top of the code list. Originally, the law was used to enforce much more bloody practices. Apprentice Trials used to be enforced in the code as a part of "The Law of the Woods", or the natural order of things - apprentices must seek approval from the woods before becoming eligible for training. Kits being stolen by tendrils also used to be included within the Law of the Woods - as a way to prevent cats from fighting off the tendrils should they come. Unfortunately, as with everything in ForestClan's history, the inclusion of Apprentice Trials and the theft of newborns have cycled on and off as being included within the Law of the Woods repeatedly throughout history - often after great famine or mass deaths.

The Queen's Law is another example of a law that was often removed and reinstated, depending on societal leanings. When numbers were large, this law was removed as a way to prevent infidelity and sympathizing with enemy outsiders. When they weren't, they were reinstated and outsider parentage was disregarded. Ancient ForestClan often had conflict in regards to outsiders - remnants of cultural xenophobia from when there used to be five Clans surrounding Moonlight Acres. It didn't help that ForestClan engaged in cult-like behaviors to appease the woods that frightened outsiders.

Lakestar's reign was notorious for blatantly ignoring significant aspects of the code when deemed inconvenient to her. It got to the point where she instated two new rules - first, that StarClan's blessing is what made a leader worth following, and that second, the word of the leader is law, above the warrior code. This was to prevent cats from objecting to her decisions and actions under the guise of upholding the Warrior Code.

Redstar's leadership resulted in the largest revision to the Warrior Code in recorded memory. Namely, Lakestar's new code laws about StarClan's blessing and the leader's word being law were removed. With Redstar and her Clan seeking to build a new home based on hope, she reinstated a lot of popular laws, like the Queen's Rights, and the Law of Asylum - both banned under Lakestar. The Law of Maintenance and the Right to Participate were also re-cemented and clarified under ForestClan's new leadership. Meanwhile, after a lot of debate, the Law of the Woods was preserved, not as a part of their code, but as a warning. They separated it into its own category, as a Natural Law - a part of their reality that they will constantly be at odds with.

IMPACT ON THE NARRATIVE

ForestClan's Warrior code is constantly being challenged. The Warrior Code has evolved from a code of honor to a rule of law, one that ForestClan attempts to abide by. The Code has been brought up a few times in ForestClan's narrative, albeit only by name. When Cloudthunder was pregnant and had no sire to reveal, Redstar officially reinstated and reminded her clanmates of Queen's Rights, and her right to not disclose the parentage of her kits. When Morningspot and Cloudthunder found Riftpaw unconscious by the road, Morningspot stressed that they NEEDED to rescue him - as per the Law of Asylum. The Law of Asylum is also what Redstar justified in her mind to rescue Olive from the thunderpath.

While the Code will not be a central focus of the narrative, it will be utilized by ForestClan to emphasize their beliefs, traditions, and their honor. Meanwhile, conflict will arise from the vagueness of some rules - for example, the Law of Honor makes murder a crime. However, that didn't seem to stop generations of leaders from throwing apprentices at the woods regardless - is dooming a cat to certain death the same as direct murder? The law specifies that murder of a clanmate is a crime - do those same protections extend to outsiders? Does allowing an outsider to be killed in order to save a clanmate, mean that outsider lives are inherently less valuable? Why are there no laws established to prevent the rise of cats like Lakestar from happening ever again? What are the punishments for breaking any of these rules in the first place? Exile would be revoking all protections and sending cats to the woods.

The Warrior Code is far from perfect, and improvements still need to be made. But it's a strong start. After all, there certainly would've been predecessors who would've questioned why it needed to be changed at all, given that the woods care little for concepts like "justice" and "empathy".

[ihaznoclue]

Edge of the fight ♡♡♡♡

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Part 1 || Part 2

Warnings -> Near death experiences, trauma, PTSD, Nightmares, hurt/comfort, Emotional talks, Experiments, being called a 'failure', Kidnapping, Reader is going through it, Panic attacks, Over protective, Trauma/Past dumping (Woah that's alot)

Authors Note -> Mind you that this story came to my mind late at one night, it came to my mind and I mixed up some stuff in it even though it might not make sense to everyone

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On top of the crumbling building, Shredder stands like a devil in metal armor, every move that he takes sparks off the roof as the rain hits his blades that were drenched in your blood

You watched him confront the turtle as you could hardly breath, Leo is already slightly wounder as Raph was making a angered face like a beast

Donnie was attempting to remain sane as Mikey is jumping in with unbounded bravery but you knew he was scared to death

But it wasn't enough.. Not against him

You decided to make a spilt-second decision before he was about to turn Leo into turtle soup, you ran straight into Shredder's clear line of sight as you breathed heavily

"Hey scrap head!" You yelled out, your voice slightly echoing as Shredder was sure to hear the anger in your voice "You need a new outfit because that is so 2007!"

That caused Shredder to turn, it worked but at what cost

While distracted by you the turtle gathered together, even if just for a second because that second was all they needed

Shredder's gauntlet slashes out as it was too fast to dodge in time, pain tears through your side as one of them slashed through your shirt and you stumbled backwards as you clutched your side, it felt too hard to breath

You try to stay on your feet, you really did but the edge is just a step too close and your balance wasn't going to be any easier with your lack of strength

You saw the city lights upside down, you then came to realise

You were falling...

A blur of green and pieces of the building dives after you, it was one of the turtle or maybe two.. the ground looks like it was coming fast

Then—

Darkness

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"— got them, I got them—!"

"Are they breathing?"

"Let Donnie—"

You were drifting back to consciousness like being dragged through some type of syrup, pain floods your body as you tried to breath in. You're body felt like it was hit by a train, you tried to move but the motion earns a 'hiss' and a gasp from one of the turtles

"Don't.. Don't move, you're okay now" A voice says gently, you blinked through the blur and see Leo kneeling over you, his face streaked with grime, blood a slight rain

His swords were placed near by but his hand were terribly trembling. He caught you or maybe you hit something that slowed you down and then he caught you.. either way, you're not dead.. that's a first

You tried to crack a smile as you looked at every single one of them "Told you.. I could be distracting"

Leo's jaw tightened as his eyes flickered with not amusement but with guilt as he huffed "You almost died.."

The pain in his voice cuts deeper than Shredders claws, looking away as you felt guilty now

You then saw Raph pacing back and forth, his fists clenched so tight you swear he could draw blood from it, Mikey crouches nearby as his usual cheery self drowned by a frown and scared eyes. Donnie's was already scanning you with a portable med scanner as his fingers flying across it

"Ribs are slightly cracked, they definitely have a concussion and that gash.. we need to get them back to the lair now"

You wince a little "Is that.. worse than I think?" Leo swallows hard "You shouldn't of done that"

"But you would've lost.."

"I rather lose the fight than lose you" His voice breaks on the last words and something in your chest aches worse than the injuries. Raph lets out a frustrated growls and then punches the wall near him, making it crack a bit form his force, Mikey flinches

You started to close your eyes for a second "Did we win?"

There was silence until Mikey says softly "Yeah, we won.. all because of you"

You smiled faintly as tears started to burn on the corner of your eyes "Good" Your head move slightly as the exhaustion pulls at you but Leo catches your head a shis arm gently held you like you were made out of glass, he lowers his forehead to your as his breathing was steady and close

"You're not doing that again" He whispers but you didn't answer

You were already slipping back unconscious

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The lair is uncharacteristically quiet when you came back to your senses again, Gone are the usual echos of Mikey's video games, the sounds of Donnie tinkering in his little lab area or Raph and Leo arguing about literally anything but instead there was a low hum

Donnie's machines maybe and that the soft shuffle of someone pacing

Your eyes started to open as your whole body ached in pain, your side was bandages but you were warm, clean and surprisingly surrounded. Leo was sitting beside your makeshift bed, his arms crossed but his gaze was glued to you

The moment that you stir he completely straightens up

"Hey, you're awake" His voice was quiet as relief rushes into him like a tide, you were okay and alive

the next thing you know, Mikey is practically launching himself across the lair as soon as he sees you awake, he skids to a halt beside your head as his eyes were glassy, like he was about to cry

"Dude! You're alive! I told them you were too stubborn to die!" He was then interrupted by Raph pushing him back as he grunts at his little brothers voice

"They shouldn't have been in the fight to begin with" Leo looked at him "Raph" Leo says sharply but you cit in with a wince as you started to get up

"No, he's.. he's not wrong" You mumble "I just couldn't let him kill you guys"

Raph rushes over to you as he pushes you back gently down on the bed

"You scared the fuck out of us" Raph glares at you as you turned away with a slight pout

"Sorry" You mutter then let out a soft chuckle but turns into a groan as you held your side "Ow, nevermind, laughing hurts"

Donnie then appears out of the blue "Well maybe you'll think twice before jumping off building next time" He stated but you raised an eyebrow at him "I'm pretty sure he pushed me"

"Technicalities" Donnie deadpans but there's no missing the shake of his hands as he adjusts your blanket and checks your vitals, he slightly sniff very softly "You're lucky I'm a genius or you'd be a corpse right about now"

"Raph and I caught them in time" Leo added "Well barely"

You looked around at them as your heart full and aching with pain, Mikey is now curled to your side, clearly trying so hard not to cry seeing you like this, Raph was still tense as his face furrowed like he's trying to hold back a hundred things that he want to say

Donnie's eyes are laser-focused on his scanner but the crease of his forehead hasn't left and Leo.. he looks like he hasn't slept, maybe hasn't even moved from that one particular spot, you also wondered how long you're been out for

"I didn't mean to make it worse for you guys" You whispered slighty, Leo shakes his head "You didn't, you made it possible but next time.. let us do the protecting"

"We're used to it" Mikey says, giving you a wobbly smile "It's kind of our thing, you couldn't help it as the tears sting your eyes "You guys are ridiculous.. I love you guys"

All four freeze

Donnie then clears his throat very loudly "Well.. uh.. emotionally compromised, clearly" then was interrupted

"Shut up, don" Raph mutter as he ruffles your hair softly "We love you too, idiot" Leo doesn't say anything but just brushes his fingers against yours slightly, although his eyes says more

The rest of the night passes in peace, you started to drift off to the sound of Mikey snoring down at your side, Donnie typing away on the desk near by, Raph sitting against the wall not to far who was still awake and Leo keeping vigil beside, like he will every night until you're whole again

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It has been a few days, you were still healing, the pain was dulled enough, finally. You sat up without feeling like your side was screaming at you and that you could breath without sound like a dying animal. There was progress

But sleep?

That's becoming the worst part of your day all because every time you close your eyes, you're back on that same crumbling rooftop, back to the sound of metal slicing the air as the wind blows pass your ear

Back to Shredder's demonic armor and that fall — that infinite, weightless terror you've been holding onto. You feel the air rushing past your ears once again and your stomach in your throat, the sickening feeling

This is it

Every time you hit the ground in your dreams and every time you wake up gasping, drench in cold sweat as your fists clenched the blankets ever so tightly

Tonight no different

You jolt upwards with a sudden gasp as you felt your heart pounding so hard it hurts.. the lair is dark and quiet, except for the soft hum of Donnie's machines in the distance and the drip-drip of the water tunnels echoing

You press your hand to your face as you tried to calm your breathing down, trying to remind yourself that you're not falling.. you're not dying and that you are now safe

"Another one?"

The voice comes from a distance, quiet, low and familiar

Raph

You blinks into the dark and see him slightly, leaning against the wall nearby. His arms were crossed but his eyes are softer than usual, watching you like a guard dag that doesn't want to admit it's worried

You nod, barely making Raph walk over to you as he slightly crouches down due to his height near the bed "Wanna talk about it?"

You instantly shake your head "It's stupid", "No it ain't" He says without a missing beat "You almost died, kinda messed with your head"

The honesty in his voice cracks something open in you "Every time I close my eyes, it feels like I'm falling" You whispered "I feel it, the wind, the drop.. I.. I hit the ground every time but I never seem to wake up"

Raph slightly swears under his breath, then without asking he gently scoops you up a bit the places you back down while sitting on his lap

"I used to have dreams, similar to that.. The attacks, the crimes, the krang all comes back to me, never told the others but yeah.. it's like your brain keeps makin' you relive that situation, like it wants you to remember"

You sniffed as you glanced at him "How did you make it stop?" You asked "I didn't.. not really" He shrugs "But It got better later on, cause I wasn't alone"

The reassurance from Raph felt comforting, the next time you fall asleep, you're surrounded, Leo was still sitting close by, Donnie sleeping on the desk, Mikey snoring still near your side and Raph sleeping with you near him

You still dream but this time when you fall.. you don't hit the ground

You were caught

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It has been week ever since you fully recovered, the boys suggested that you could use some relax time while watching a movie with them

Mikey declares it before you even finish your post-training smoothie that Raph secretly made for you

"It's movie night, Baby!"

You blink, hallways through a sip as you wiped your mouth "Is that a formal thing?" Leo then sighs from across the room "it is now, he's made a theme song and everything"

Mikey breaks into a quick beatbox routine that includes dramatic Kung Fu nosies and the words of 'popcorn justice' for reasons that no one fully understand

Donnie was already at the TV as he turned the TV on, Raph was in the kitchen area as he was grabbing some chips

The couch now sinks under the weight of some of you on it as Mikey was sitting in front of you as Raph was on your left side, Donnie on your right and Leo sitting on the couch's armrest

Mikeys then throws a blanket over you as he says that you might be cold, which you were. It was like he read your mind

"Okay, What are we watching?" You asked, "Kung pow!" Mikey suggests but Leo turns that down "Okay, Shrek 2 then" Leo sighs "Fine"

The movie begins, Popcorn in a bowl placed right on your lap, someone (Mikey) quotes every line which Raphs taps him hard on the back of the head

You? You're smiling so much that your cheeks hurt, for once.. there was nothing to worry about.. nightmares, no flashback and no tensions in your shoulders

Just warmth, laughter and the sound of friends around you

At one point, Mikey turns his head to him as he happily smiles up at you, mentioning to come close then he whispers "You're a special person to all of us y'know?"

You looked at him "Yeah?" You question "Yeah, but you're more special to me" That made you grin until Raph flips Mikeys forehead as he yelped in pain

"Watch the movie moron and stop distracting them" Raph grunts

This was everything and never was going to ever change that

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It was quiet at night, you're alone or so you thought, the memory of what happened weeks ago hits you hit and too fast

it starts with something small, a clang that just a piece of metal fell off of one of Donnie workbenches

But in your mind, it's not just that, it was the sound of Shredders armor, the hiss of metal against the concentrate, the whirl of those blades that were coming for you

The rooftop

The wind

The fall..

Suddenly you were back there, your body doesn't know it's safe but your brain doesn't care that it's over, you couldn't breath, you can't move, your vision shrinks and all you could hear is rushing air and your own heartbeat pounding in your ears

You hit the ground as you could feel it, even though you're still standing in the middle of the lair, shaking

Your knees buckle and then you hit the ground, making a thud sound

"Name?" Your name was called out, making you freeze

The voice sounded confused, worried and gentle

You barely register Donnie's silhouette until he's kneeling in front of you, his bo staff long gone in his lab that was on the floor

"Hey, hey, You're okay, you're safe now" He says, his voice low and warm "It's just me, Donnie, you're in the lair and your safe"

You can't answer and you couldn't form words, it felt like you were trapped, in that moment of fear

"Will you give me consent to touch you?" He asked, you could hear him as you nodded

You were soon wrapped in a warm and shielded embrace by the turtle, muttering to you that you're safe and that you are not there anymore

"Your system overloaded" He murmurs "But it happens, but you're not broken"

You nod slighting into his plastron as you thanked him

His hand rubs your back in a comforting matter

"Always"

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I'm gonna make this into a series of parts

-A<3

[lastofthemadones]

Long Live Evil has me by the throat and I made a Key playlist

(I don't have a spotify account so it's on Youtube Music don't hate me) find it here

Take Me to Church - Hozier

Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies, I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife

2. I Love You Like an Alcoholic - The Taxpayers

One last kiss, I love you like an alcoholic, One last kiss, I love you like a statuette, One last kiss, I need you like I need a broken leg

3. Oceanographer's Choice - The Mountain Goats

Look at that, Would you look at that, We're throwing off sparks, What will I do when I don't have you, To hold onto in the dark?

4. Howl - Florence + The Machine

The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound, I hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground, And howl, Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers, Starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters

5. From Eden - Hozier

Honey, you're familiar like my mirror years ago, Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword, Innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know, I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door

6. Bad Things - Jace Everett

I don't know what you've done to me, But I know this much is true, I wanna do bad things with you

7. It Will Come Back - Hozier

Don't let me in with no intention to keep me, Jesus Christ, don't be kind to me, Honey, don't feed me, I will come back, It can't be unlearned, I've known the warmth of your doorways, Through the cold, I'll find my way back to you

8. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, You better run, better run outrun my gun

9. Hurt - Johnny Cash

Everyone I know goes away, In the end, And you could have it all, My empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt

10. We Will Commit Wolf Murder - of Montreal

Something's terrorized my psyche to get even, Lately, you're the only human I believe in

11. Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows) - Fall Out Boy

I used to obsess over living, Now I only obsess over you

12. Fever - Magpie Cinema Club

Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same, but when she put her arms around him, He said, "Julie baby you're to blame, Thou giveth fever"

13. Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine

See, I was dead when I woke up this morning, I'll be dead before the day is done, Before the day is done, And now all your love will be exorcised, And we will find you saying it's to be better now

14. Dust Bowl Dance - Mumford & Sons

There will come a time I will look in your eye, You will pray to the God that you always denied, Then I'll go out back, and I'll get my gun, I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"

15. Monster - Ron Pope

Make me a monster, Make me a beast, Prey on my weakness, Become my disease, I've been lovesick and empty, Cold and I'm trembling

16. Dirty Little Animals - Bones UK

It makes your blood run hot, It makes your spit taste sweet, It makes you feel more alive, Than you have ever been

[candyswirls]

The Unbound Flame Pt 2

Previous - Next - Master Post

I got to see my nephew and newborn niece last week, so I got more ammo for this story! I get to see them again today!

Cute infant and an entire legion of Salamanders doting over him. Sometimes, in the grimdarkness of 40k, you need pure fluff.

Within just three days of his birth, a nursery had fully been set up. A crib and rocking chair had been forged rather quickly. The best scaled hides had been given to the infant primarch. He was swaddled in one and rested peacefully within his new crib. The flames underneath kept him substantially warm and cozy.

Tu'Shan leaned on the edge of the crib, watching the sleeping baby. Pouting lips occasionaly sucking the pacifier in his mouth.

Some of the nursing serfs offered to be wet mothers and help anyway they could. Many had great uncles or brothers who were astartes. Some were their mothers, taken care of in their old age.

One had even made a hat for the little primarch to keep his head warm. Woven together in traditional fashion. Each Salamander had a hat like that when they were infants. Made by a family member.

The old woman who had presented it did so with the utmost care and pride. He'Stan had taken it, knelt on one knee, and kissed her upon her forehead with gratitude.

Tu'shan dared to reach down and stroke Pyre's cheek with a finger. The babe intook a quick breath but didn't wake. He had to resist the urge to hold him. Others were waiting for when naptime was over.

There was no shortage of eager arms to hold and take care of the babe when he was awake. Especially as other companies and successor chapters flocked to the ship and learned that the relic was an infant. Others already waited on Nocturne for their arrival. He was eager to see their shock and rejoicing.

Many brothers would rush to finish their tasks, dress in casual clothes, and come racing down.

Guards had to be posted at the door and access limited. So many battle-brothers just wanted to see and gush over him. Pyre would sense their combined excitement and get upset.

The door slowly slid open and barefeet tiptoed in. No matter how sneaky and careful a marine was, armor was too noisy.

Vulkan He'Stan moved next to Tu'Shan, beaming as soon as he saw Pyre.

Still sleeping soundly? He'Stan asked in sign.

Tu'Shan answered, Yes. For an hour now.

He'Stan nodded.

Napping is needed for a baby, but I also want him awake and seeing everything.

I am in agreement, Tu'Shan nodded. I don't think he'd share the same sentiment, though.

The forgemaster nodded. Pyre was more than willing to fall asleep. Waking him, however, was like unleashing a flame thrower. He was incredibly grumpy and would cry if his slumber was disturbed.

A ferocious yet cute salamander.

It was best to wake him when it was time for feeding. It helped calm him down, but that would not be for a bit.

No other legions have been notified yet, He'Stan informed him. Once on Nocturne, I want only the Primarch Roboute Guilliman notified of his nephew. We must protect The Unbound Flame at all - look at his expression!

Tu'Shan looked down to see Pyre scrunching his brows. It was very cute, but he wondered why he'd make such a face. The answer came as the babe grunted, and a sound near his bottom happened. The little primarch then relaxed, having accomplished his mission.

He'Stan stifled a laugh.

Tu'Shan sighed, I fear we will run out of diapers before reaching our destination.

He'Stan was about to answer back when Pyre grunted again, followed by another fart.

The forgemaster sunk to the floor as he covered his mouth.

Pyre whimpered and began to squirm. Pink eyes fluttered open, and he began to cry.

"Why, hello there!" Tu'Shan greeted.

He picked him up and held him close to his chest. He'Stan chuckled lowly.

"Let's get you changed and head out. I am pleased you woke up on your own." Tu'Shan said.

Pyre just cried. Unhappy at his creation just now and the fact that he was awake. He practically demanded a clean diaper.

Once changed, Pyre was brought out of the room. His angry crying alerted everyone of his coming.

Rows of eager astartes lit up upon seeing the infant. Each vying for the chance to hold him. The deck was dead silent so as not to scare him.

Suddenly, they parted, allowing a serf to bring forth a large bottle of milk wrapped in scale leather.

He bowed, "The head matron bid this be brought to the infant."

"Thank you," Tu'Shan smiled as he took it. It was boiling hot, just how Pyre liked it

He handed Pyre over to the first unarmored brother before him, who had been waiting patiently. The baby whimpered but subsided.

Pyre caught the smell of the steaming milk and began crying again, pursing his lips to ask for it.

Tu'Shan removed the pacifier and replaced it with the bottle. Pyre calmed down and kicked a leg.

"Someone certainly was hungry," he chuckled. "Not too fast, little flame. You'll spit it all up."

Pyre let out little hums as he ate. His pale eyes opened and looked up at the astartes holding him.

"Hello, little flame," he cooed. "I'm one of your big brothers. How cute you are."

Others crowded around the two.

"He's going to be big like our Father," one commented.

"I always loved how newborns' eyes are pale and not fully red yet," another added.

One reached a finger down to the little Primarch's hand. Pyre grabbed it tightly.

"A strong grip," he chuckled. "He will do well in the forge."

Pyre finished just before the bottle was empty. He smacked his lips and began blowing white bubbles.

The brother holding him laughed and adjusted Pyre across his chest and shoulder.

"Easy as you get him to burp," one said.

The brother with Pyre assured, "Worry not. I will be gentle. My prosthetic is covered, so he won't feel the cold."

Pyre blinked, taking in his surroundings and the view over the shoulder. Tu'Shan moved in closer so that he could see him.

"Hello, little flame," he grinned. "All better now?"

Pyre burped, and spit up came out.

"Hope that doesn't corrode your prosthetic, Sa'Kan," a brother teased.

Sa'Kan smiled as he continued patting Pyre's back, "Forged this arm myself. I'd be more worried about the finish of the floor."

Brother Chaplain Kaj'Un came forward with a rattle.

"And how is our little Unbound Flame?" He cooed. "Oh, is he so much better now that he's eaten?"

He shook the rattle slowly, and Pyre's eyes grew wider.

"Gah," he said. "Ah gah."

Kaj'Un nodded. "Oh, really? Is that so?"

He tried scooting forward but still lacked the motor skills to do such. Kaj'Un chuckled and pressed a kiss to his soft chubby cheek.

Pyre hummed, then made another sound, "Oooh."

Several other Salamanders copied him, chuckling at his surprised expression. His head wobbled, Sa'Kan helping to brace his neck.

He made another test sound, and the battlebrothers copied once more.

His little face scrunched up; lips pouting, eyes squinting, brows furrowing. Soft cries escaped him, and a chorus of "awww" followed.

Kaj'Un shook the rattle again, causing Pyre to forget being upset momentarily.

Tu'Shan eyed the ever growing group of astartes.

"I assume you've completed all your duties for the day?" He asked aloud.

Some astartes froze, and others began stammering about taking a short break. A few nearly slumped as they retreated. But his favorite reaction was Pyre's. He lifted his head a bit, recognizing the chaptermaster's voice.

A pang of sorrow went through his hearts. They needed to find the other relics and fast. He didn't know if he could bear the thought of their Primarch missing out on anymore of his child's life. Especially at this stage.

A serf caught his attention. He sat to the side and had paper and charcoal in hand. He was creating a likeness of Pyre. Yes. They would document as much of this as they could. He was so very cute after all.

[agirlnamedzoya]

Hello everyone, this is Naomi here, and my first post on this blog! imagining Nanami Kento on Eid day! Desi fans here?

I hope I did this justice! I didn't realize it could be so difficult writing him lol. Do lmk what you think about it!

For those who don't know what Eid is: it's a festival celebrated on the first day of the tenth month of the Lunar calendar.

On this day, some features are: 1. Wearing new clothes and in women's case, applying henna designs on hands 2. Dinners and lots and lots of sweet dishes 3. Eidi: more common in the Asian region, where the elders give the younger kids some cash. Enjoy!

It was finally Eid, the day you had prepared so long for.

Eid meant late night shopping sprees, and of course you had always had some sort of last minute shopping to do, and it wouldn't have been possible if Kento Nanami, the gentleman he is, had not readily gone with you.

And with your kids, who, whenever some kid in the street got something new, wanted to compete? First stop: Papa.

The sighting of the moon was a race between you and your children, and as the three of you wildly kept glancing at the sky, not being able to find it, Kento very calmly came behind you all and with his head on your shoulder, he pointed to the moon that was barely visible had it not been for his sharp eyesight.

And then it was absolute mayhem. Your phone was flooded with the incoming texts of Eid wishes, and you were now in the kitchen, getting everything ready beforehand to serve the guests the next day.

And yes, the henna designs. At night, you sat down with your daughter to color her hands with henna flowers, while your son complained over not being able to do the same. When your kids fell asleep, you applied it to your other hand, and you decided not to put on your dominant hand but Kento knew how much you loved doing it, and hence offered to make a design on your hands, you falling in love more and more with him, his expression ever concentrated as he did his work skillfully.

In the morning, it was a storm of colors, and perfumes. Getting ready was always worth it, because it's not every day when a housewife gets to be ready and all dressed up. And even more so, when you wear the suit he chose for you.

You decided to wear the suit he chose for you, and coincidentally, he wore the sherwani in your favorite color. You'd always find him giving you subtle glances while you got ready, immediately getting up at any opportunity to help you, be it fastening your earrings, or even pushing a stray strand of hair.

And you returned the favor by combing his hair or buttoning his collar or fastening his watch or removing a speck of dust - actually an excuse to kiss him on the cheek - even though he was more than capable of doing it.

Your children were running round the house, showing Papa just how 'cool' they looked in their new dresses, and Papa - who was the coolest in your eyes - would agree with a rarely seen smile on his face.

And then the day would start with your family going out in Kento's car to meet your relatives, joy unbound in every household. People generally mistook him as an introverted person, but on Eid, he'd turn out to be the social guy who everybody enjoyed being in the company of.

The afternoon was spent at your home, with the guests filling your little abode, the sounds of children squealing and playing complemented with laughter and chatter from the older people's section as they talked. Kento alternated between handling the guests and coming over to help you, fixing his suit or his watch and finding something to help you with, as a means of spending time with his favorite person.

And he's the favorite of the children. That uncle who's always nice to you? Tells you you look nice today? Has a whole stash of sweets? AND gives you a good little present? Yes, that's him. And while you fake grumbled about him being more popular than you in your own family, you didn't mind really. In fact, you felt a surge of pride when everyone told you how amazing 'your man' is.

The evening would go with you at home, exhausted, as Kento took his kids to the festivals and fiestas happening in honor of the occasion.

Unlike many men whom you'd seen ramble on and on about how their day was wasted socializing when they could've slept in, Nanami Kento was an exemplary exception.

And finally the day would end with hari raya* - an open house ceremony where everyone - and literally, everyone - was invited to have dinner at your house, to come, eat and celebrate, socialize, and exchange greetings and gifts, underneath the stars and glowing lamplights, the hall adorned with garlands of flowers, all the ladies coming to help you out.

Before going to sleep, you'd always call your children to the room, and wink at them, while Kento looked at the three of you with curiosity as to why you're all standing in a line in his room.

"Kids, why do we celebrate Eid?"

"To thank for blessings!"

"Let's name all the blessings to thank for." You'd hold out your palms to count on your fingers.

"Good food."

"Good clothes."

"Good life."

Kento would only watch with a smile as you continued, until finally when the kids are done, you asked them.

"There's one more left, isn't it?"

Your daughter happily nodded. "An amazing Papa!"

And you'd giggle as in a fit of cuteness, your kids would launch into Papa's outstretched arms, who'd land a kiss on their foreheads. And then he'd run a look on all three of you.

"And only today will never be sufficient for me to be grateful for all of you."

*It's a Malaysian tradition, and I found it nice since we know how much our favourite blond sorcerer loves Malaysia!

@queenshu hope this met your expectations! :D

[saycheeeese]

Zombie Apocalypse x JJK (Part 2)

ft. Megumi, Yuuji and Nobara x y/n.

୨୧ Part 1 ୨୧

୨୧ Part 3 ୨୧

By some strange miracle, the four have you haven't encountered any zombies since you met - which makes it two days. They warmed up to you fine enough, but still, you can't help but envy the special bond they have in times like these. Good for them, you think. At least they have something to fight for. Or someone.

They led you to a dilapidated restaurant, soundlessly weaving their way through the haphazard tables and seats, and took you into the pantry. Though it was dusty cold, it certainly had ample space - and the racks were lined with canned foods and non-perishables: dried beans, oatmeal, uncooked porridge boxes, white rice, boxed pasta, powdered milk, vats of honey, bottles of spirit, hard cheeses, and a stack of dried fruit. It was difficult for you to suppress the rumble in your stomach while they quickly fixed a tiny meal that would do.

Yuuji and Nobara had fought like animals to snag the big container on the top rack, and without them even noticing, Megumi had silently retrieved it, leaving them to fight. The plastic container had oats soaked in milk, and it was a lot of them.

"Help yourselves," Megumi said, sitting cross-legged on the floor where you and the two joined him. They took heaping spoonsful straight from the dish, and you'd hesitated before digging in.

"Is this ... porridge?" You'd inquired - the food was not so bad. At least it wasn't rotten.

"Yup," Yuuji nodded, swallowing his bite hastily and choking. Megumi punched his back hard, a loud thump sounding in the pantry, and his face turned red. Nobara shifted closer to you, disgust written on her face.

"We soak them overnight in milk," she explained, "Or we keep them soaking as long as we're gone from ... home." She said the last word a bit quietly, and you nodded, taking another bite. What had happened of your home? You shook the thought from your head. In this world, love was a weakness that could be used against you.

Despite the yawning cavity in your stomach, you'd filled up pretty quickly and excused yourself. They'd covered the porridge and put it back, Nobara turning to you.

"What next? Want to sleep, or ...?" She tilted her head.

"Kick some butt?" Yuuji raised a brow, his smile less brighter.

"Neither. We have to go and get some new tools to sharpen our weapons," Megumi announced, arms folded. "We can't kill them with a blunt stick and a can of beans."

You dipped your chin once. It was probably good for you to acquire a new weapon. You unbound your hair and tied it into a braid, the bun falling apart. The laces in your shoes long since gone, you catch up to them.

"Where are we going?" You ask as the four of you exit the safety of the restaurant.

"There's a house some streets away," Yuuji debriefs you, one hand on his crooked, rusted dagger, and focus on his surroundings, "that belonged to a either a mayor or a weaponsmith. You should see the basement - it's full of knives and swords and daggers and arrows."

"We stock up from there about every month," Nobara says from behind you. She and Megumi bring up the rear while you and Yuuji lead the team. Team. A small smile blooms on your lips, and you immediately smother it, scared to let yourself be happy nowadays - because your happiness is always snatched from you.

Yuuji doesn't miss it. "She smiles!" He whisper-shouts, grinning, flipping the dagger in his hand. "You know, you look good when you smile. Alive."

"I ... don't deserve to smile, you know," you confess. "I've killed too many people, and everything I've ever loved has - you know, died. Or zombie-fied."

Yuuji doesn't flinch, like you expected him to. Murderer. He gives you a sideways glance, and his eyes are full of sorrow and understanding. He looks at you for a moment, then softly says, "You know, I also thought that. That ... I don't deserve this all. I don't deserve them. Because I killed a lot of people." He swallows. "But that’s exactly why you - we - deserve to smile. Because the world’s taken everything it could from you, and you're still here - still human. Still you. That smile? It’s not a betrayal. It’s rebellion. You're showing them that they can destroy your world all they like, but they can never destroy you. Let them rot and die at your hands - you're alive; so you deserve to feel alive."

You worry your lip, not letting the tears burning your eyes fall.

“Wow. That’s dramatic," Nobara nudges you with her elbow playfully as she sidles up to your side. "You should write a memoir. ‘How I Killed Everyone and Still Managed to Look Hot While Crying in the Dark’ Bestseller, easy.”

You roll your eyes. "You should write 'How I'm Living In a Zombie Apocalypse and Still Manage to Look Gorgeous and Have Shiny Hair.' Honestly, are you aiming for a shampoo commercial?"

"Pfft, I've dyed it," she dismisses your compliment like a mere fly. "It w-"

The rattle of tin and scuffling shoes makes you instantly tense, back straight and legs apart, dagger poised in hand. Well, what's left of it.

Nobara flanks your right and Yuuji your left, Megumi as silent as a cat behind you, obviously alert.

"Did you - did you hear it?" You breathe, your breath clouding in the musty, cold air. Your ears pick up obscene groaning noises before you spot them.

Five zombies, limping towards you all with unusual speed, blood smeared on their clothes and splattered on their faces. You cringe, and clench your dagger tightly. "Company," you say under your breath.

"I hope you weren't lying when you said you could kill them," Megumi whispers in your ear, "because we'll need all hands we can get."

"I thought you could fight?" You slightly turn, his face too close and eyes wide, assessing.

"We can," his breath tickles the shell of your ear, "but we need to be fast if we don't want more to come - and you might prove a distraction if you scream for help."

You nod sharply, pivoting ahead, a plan in your mind.

"We got seven incoming!" Nobara hissed. You start. Seven? Two more must've been hiding.

"I told you this path was cursed," Yuuji groans, his fists poised.

You take a deep breath and roll up your sleeves. "Weapons can wait," you mutter. You scan the area once more before sprinting. A garbage can, scaffoldings, something that resembles an oil can, some fractured glass shards and heaps of stone; gravel, flint, rock, granite and other unidentified materials. You'll make it work.

Your feet are a blur as you overtake the nearest zombie without it noticing. By the time it realized its target vanished, you kick its back hard and bury your dagger in its skull. The zombie is flung ahead - straight onto Nobara's ready dagger. She recoils. "I didn't even aim."

"You're welcome," you breathe, focusing as two more round on you. The other four zombies aim for your team - very well. They can fight, you think.

You rip a bent metal bar from the scaffolding and duck low. One stumbles into the bar, and you lift. Momentum does the rest. It somersaults over you and cracks against the pavement, its innards oozing out.

You barely pause to breathe. An oil can glints beside a trash bin. You snatch it and hurl it at the last one, your shoulder burning. It bursts and black slick spreads under the zombie. You pivot, wrench open the dumpster, and catch it mid-stumble. You drag it halfway in, then slam the metal lid on its neck. Over. And over. And over.

It stops moving after the third. You flip your dagger in your hands and slice it through its head. The blunt edge does little to harm. You swear colorfully and instead pick up a shard of mirror - just a sliver - and jab it into its eye.

You whirl back, chest heaving, hands covered in rotting blood, the oil creating a path from the can to the middle of the street. Movement at the corner of your eye makes you look up - shit. Zombie backup.

Four more zombies drop down from a ramshackle building, the crooked stairs giving them purchase. In a matter of seconds, they descend and approach your friends. Shit. Eight zombies.

They make quick, neat work of the zombies, but you know that more will come if you don't leave quick. Your eyes dart across the area - and you're moving before you know it.

You retrieve a piece of flint from the corner, pivot on your feet and bolt back, kneel beside the oil spill and whip out your dagger. You mutter some prayers to whoever's listening, and strike the dagger against the flint - once, twice, thrice.

Nothing, nothing, n-

A spark. You rub it again, your breath caught in your throat.

"Is she-" Nobara's voice floats over to you. She grunts and impales a zombie.

"Please tell me she's not doing what I think she's doing," Yuuji grits his teeth as he punches a zombie, its head twisting a full 180 degrees.

"Why would she light a fire?" Megumi adds, beating the hell out of two zombies.

You look up. "GUYS! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THEM!"

You only give them one warning before lighting the oil, sparks igniting from your dagger. You uncoil to your feet and run. Faster than you've ever run, your feet barely touch the ground as the four of you scurry to the end of the alley and beyond. You're running, out of breath, when you feel the heat at your back, the smell of charred flesh and burning ash singeing your nostrils. You deem it safe to stop, and the four of you halt your frantic dashing.

Megumi wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you back against him, closer to the group and away from the fire. His chest heaves behind your back, and it takes a while before you all are composed. You slip out of his grip, your face inexplicably warm.

"What the hell-" Yuuji chokes.

"Coast is clear," you mutter.

The three of them glance at each other - and then grin. Fiendishly.

"I knew I liked you for a reason," Nobara claps you on the back.

"You're terrifying," Yuuji grins. "Terrifyingly amazing! Next time, warn us before you go full apocalypse MacGyver."

"I'll admit, I'm impressed," Megumi stuffs his hands in his pockets, a ghost of a smile on his face. "You should be proud of those skills, not horrified by them. Saving our asses back there - thank you."

You shrug, a warm feeling in your gut. And you smile, your face lighting up. Smoke puffs from behind you, the ruby and amber flames doused out - thankfully. You turn to them.

"Let's retrieve our weapons, shall we?"

★ Who do you want reader to end up with? Yuuji or Megumi? Part 3 soon ★

[truth-01001001-liar]

Wip Wednesday :)))

tagged by @labskeever like two weeks ago and by @sulphuricgrin and @moriche! Thank y'all so much for thinkin' of me!!

Tagging (with no pressure ofc): @moriche, @labskeever, @changelingsandothernonsense, @sulphuricgrin, @wispstalk, @skyrim-forever, @heavy-metal-dick, @saltymaplesyrup and anyone else who wants to participate. I wish I had a list of everyone who was okay being tagged, but alas I do not so this is just my best guess.

No art wips at this particular moment, because i've been working on the first part of my skyrim fic. Which I've barely scratched the surface of, but regardless I've been having a blast writing it. I did my best to match the format in this post to the way I have it actually written, but I have no idea what tumblr will do across the board with that formatting-- here's hoping it doesn't get botched too much, though. :D (edit: nope formatting did not work oops)

As a note: it is a fanfic shaped like a poem.. it will be that way for the entire fic because I think it's fun. This is, in part, a warning.. because I know that's probably not everyone's cup of tea :)

There are 2 pieces to the writing here- it starts as a dream just btw.

(alsooo content warning for blood?- not much but there's a mention of it.)

CHAPTER 1: UNBOUND

I.

I said I.

I breathe. I dream.

My eyes crusty in the foggy cold My dreaming death

muddled and marred

by the truth

of my silence.

Only breathless birdsong and the weighty nothingness of the morning to greet me.

I am surrounded by Skyrim’s towering mountainscapes; the pensive brows of Kyne.

They threw me into their prison cart- deemed me unworthy with merely a glance.

Unworthy of breath. My breath; My fearful weapon; My muse; My voice I use to exhale yet they only hear Her

as chaos.

My hum-drumming heart-hope falls silent in their wake,

because they lie and lie and say

The breath from their lips must continue.

yet

Mine? unworthy.

And so mouth-bound hands-tied I lay on the lap of our province’s short and fuming warlord… and wonder: Where do they deem to take that which they outlaw, and call nothing?

That is me.

I…

I am the nothing they fear. Yet…

I…

I am just me. And they will never unmake me. So:

I.

I said I. And I breathe. And I will never be nothing. And I Make. Me.

THE ENDING OF THESE WORDS is the ending of a dream, and this woman’s slumber is broken by the lurch of a– cart. The cart: quake-making on the cobbled road catches

C R A C K and a tumble-thunk as her teeth hit the wooden bench.

AWAKE

“Hey you,” says the man next to her. The concern in his voice– apparent. And yet. Her fall, silly-seeming, had dug into his guts and brought with it hissing laughter.

She rights herself. Brows knitted breath heavy blood now beading on her broken lips.

She wipes the crusted drool and wetness of an open wound off on her shoulder. Struggling

in vain

to appear dignified.

Her blood red eyes come up to meet his.

“-You’re finally awake,” He chuckles.

She pretends to unhear him.

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 2

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan (illustrated by Fiona Staples)

The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive drama for adults.

Graphic novel, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, series, adult

The Last Binding trilogy (A Marvellous Light, A Restless Truth, A Power Unbound) by Freya Marske

Endorsement from submitter #1: "A trilogy of books set in a magical Edwardian England, the Last Binding series focuses on three queer couples who come together in order to solve a conspiracy threatening all magic. It’s a masterful blending of fantasy, historical fiction, and romance, with a splash of mystery and Wodehousian romp. Expect magical manor house parties with beautiful wallpaper, as well as explorations of power, trust, and what we owe the land. The prose is absolutely gorgeous and evocative. The characters and their emotional arcs form the beating heart of the story, intertwined with beautifully crafted romance. The worldbuilding feels organic and deeply rooted within this hidden magical society. These books are thoughtful, tender, scorching, and fun all at once."

Endorsement from submitter #2: "Utterly fantastic historical fantasy. Each book focuses on a subset of a larger character set. There is an overarching high stake magical plot, as well as different queer romances explored in each individual book."

Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known.

Now Robin must contend with the beauty and danger of magic, an excruciating deadly curse, and the alarming visions of the future that come with it—not to mention Edwin Courcey, his cold and prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, who clearly wishes Robin were anyone and anywhere else.

Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles—and a secret that more than one person has already died to keep.

Fantasy, historical fiction, romance, magic, Edwardian, series, adult

[paladinbaby]

can’t call you a stranger, but can’t call you up

14 lines from love letters or suicide notes, doc luben / the power unbound, freya marske; photo my own / biotherm (for bill berkson), frank o’hara / georgia, phoebe bridgers / joy is not promised to you, hanif abdurraqib interviewed by ruth awad / wolf or-7, natalie diaz / i’m not speaking first, hala alyan / owl and pussycat some years later, margaret atwood / the dogs i have kissed, trista mateer / i had a dream about you, richard siken

[Image Description: Ten images of text.

1: “The ivy grew too fast. I searched in so many spots. It seemed impossible that I had missed one. But I never found it. How can something be there, and then not there? How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become?”

2: A square photo of the sky at sunset. There are dark trees along the bottom edge. The sky is blue but is mostly covered in clouds. Text in the top left corner reads “The past had a heavy fist around his heart. What he was wait-ing for was for it to physically hurt.” The text is a split up photo of a printed line.

3: “the moon is rising / I am always thinking of the moon rising / I am always thinking of you”

4: Black text on a blue background. “Will you have me / Or watch me fall? / If I fix you / Will you hate me?”

5: “I think what I value most are people who love me enough to be angry at me then come back and still love me. People who are patient with me when they have no right to be. People who know me well enough to know that I am a collage of failures with some really good intentions.”

6: “I confuse instinct for desire - isn’t bite also touch?” Bite and touch are written in italics. The whole line is highlighted in red.

7: “I want to love something. / I want to love something without having to apologise for it. Please don’t tell.”

8: “Anything can become a saint if you pray to it enough -”

9: A photo of a poem written out in a lined notebook, the spiral binding is visible on the right edge of the image. The first line is in block capitals. “I Swear Somewhere This Works

In a parallel universe or another world / or a different life

we sit across from each other

at the kitchen table

and go over / the grocery / list.”

10: “In the dream I don’t tell anyone, you put your head in my lap.” End ID.]