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Xun Baishen by jijiilong

Voicebanks: Japanese VCV and CV

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Wednesday & Thursday NR, E, & M reading

The usual

Finished

Not Rated:

A Boy and his Cat, by Kakushigo (3rd in a series)

Baishen chose her master when he was still a small, starving child. She has stood by him while he has grown into a teenager and she will stay beside him until his heart stops.

(Written for The Untamed Winter Fest 2019, Prompt: Promise)

When Broken Ties Renew, by ElissaOfVere

Jiang Yanli is unable to push Wei Wuxian out of the way in time and he gets stabbed. As he lays there dying he says all he needs to say to ensure the survival of the Wens, the safety of his son, and reveals the truths he kept hidden. We also see from multiple perspectives how everyone feels about the matter. The sorrow of siblings. The guilt of a partial perpetrator. The love of a soulmate.

But as you know, soulmates belong together in any lifetime. They don't stay separated for long, and neither does family.

Explicit:

worship in your touch, by Anonymous

“Hey, if we’re like this,” Wei Ying murmurs in his ear, breath fanning against Wangji’s skin, “why don’t we do a little more than hugging?”

Wangji’s eyes snap to meet Wei Ying’s.

“You—“ He can’t speak. Is his mouth dry or flooding? Did Wei Ying just— Was he… was he asking? Wangji had never… he’d-

Wei Ying’s eyes are locked with Wangji’s own.

“I know your family doesn’t approve of this before marriage, but I’m asking anyway.”

“I would break any rule for you,” Wangji dismisses. “And Wei Ying is the only one for me.”

He feels so young and old when he says that, but it’s true. Nobody has ever made Wangji feel this way, nobody ever could. But he sees the way a small smile forms on Wei Ying’s face. It’s not the bright one that glimmers with mischief that never fails to brighten a room. This one is Wangji’s favorite smile, the small, flower-like in its slow unfurling. His whole face softens with it, and Wangji knows that smile is only for the people Wei Ying loves.

“Make love to me,” Wei Ying whispers, “I need to feel you in me or I may go insane.”

Or: WangXian modern au first time. That’s literally it.

Unfinished

Explicit:

old loves die hard (old lies die harder), by yuer (vintageblueskies)

Three years ago, Lotus Pier burned and Wei Wuxian disappeared. Lan Wangji spent months searching desperately with Jiang Wanyin, only to be called back to the Sunshot Campaign without finding Wei Wuxian. Officially, Wei Wuxian is missing, not dead, but the unspoken truth is that only death would keep Wei Wuxian from the Jiang sect for so long.

The Sunshot Campaign creeps along arduously. They’re able to sabotage Wen Ruohan incrementally thanks to their spies in Nightless City, but it’s not enough. Wen Ruohan’s corpse puppets are tireless and endless—there are always more bodies to be found.

Then, Wei Wuxian walks out of the Burial Mounds with resentful energy trailing off his body like smoke.

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or, lwj marries the yiling patriarch in exchange for victory in the sunshot campaign.

Mature:

We Get It, You're In Love, by SimpleSoupsandAppleTarts

It is pointed out to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, that they are, in fact, in love with each other.

Naturally, they make up for lost time. This has a wide variety of reactions from those around them.

Time, by WithBroomBefore

Time travel fix-it AU, diverging from after Wei Wuxian's death and before Lan Wangji's punishment.

One: Perhaps the not-voice is a spirit, wailing its own grief. Two: Perhaps it is Wei Wuxian. There is no shortage of unhappy spirits in the world, now, so there is no certainty of that, but Lan Wangji must find out if there is any chance at all. Three: They have not taken his guqin, but the guards will hear it if he plays, and they may stop him. Four: He must then leave Cloud Recesses.

Addicted to a Certain Kind of Sadness, by CynicalMistrust

Wei Ying learns many difficult lessons before he is ten years old.

First - if a body stops moving and begins to grow cold, they will not get up again. Death is a permanent thing.

His parents are dead.

Second - hunger pains grow less severe after the third day.

Third - the line separating "human" from "animal" is fluid as a river.

These, among other lessons needed for survival - failure to take shelter from the rain can lead to weakness and illness, hungry dogs can be far more vicious than angry humans, and men will never offer anything for free - Wei Ying learns, because he refuses to die.

~on hiatus or discontinued, haven't decided yet~

[pabender]

yesterday I discovered these exquisite vases by Chinese artist Meng Baishen at the Broad Museum, Michigan State University/ @msubroad the photo does not do them justice... lush graphite over white porcelain... stopped me cold in my tracks with their subtle, simple aura + beauty! ==================== #msubroad #mengbaishen #gray #graphite #porcelain #grey #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/B6N10a3gpT2/?igshid=6380en6ewnbr

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incense or joss sticks. the word "joss" is derived from the latin deus (god) via the portuguese deos through the javanese dejos, through chinese pidgin english. #incense #josssticks #香 #jingxiang #敬香 #shangxiang #上香 #baishen #拜神 #YuMoGuiGwaiFaiDiZao #精靈惡魔鬼魂怪物快離開 #精灵恶魔鬼魂怪物快离开 #buddhisttemple #buddhist #temples #templerun #templerun1 #templerunmanila #templerunbinondo #yuchengco #nueva #pochuanamtemple #pochuanam #wanderingcat #wheninbinondo #binondogirl #mobilephotography (at Binondo, Manila)

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Easygoing

complacent, permissive

calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual.

going easily, as a horse.

"good-natured," 1640s, from easy + going.

Humorous

funny, comical

characterized by humor; funny; comical:a humorous anecdote.

having or showing the faculty of humor; droll; facetious.

"funny, exciting laughter" dates from 1705 in English

Weary

tired

physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired.

characterized by or causing fatigue

impatient or dissatisfied with something (often followed by “of”).

Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad,"

Loyal

faithful, dependable

faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state.

faithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations.

faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity.

Old French loial, leal "of good quality; faithful; honorable; law-abiding; legitimate, born in wedlock,"

Amiable

friendly, agreeable

having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable.

friendly; sociable.

agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.

Old French amiable "pleasant, kind; worthy to be loved"

Obstinate

stubborn, determined

firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude; inflexibly persisted in or carried out.

not easily controlled or overcome.

Latin obstinatus "resolute, resolved, determined, inflexible, stubborn,"

Bashful

shy

uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.

indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness.

1540s, "excessively modest, shy and sheepish," with -ful + baishen "to be filled with consternation or dismay" (mid-14c.), from Old French baissier "bring down, humiliate"

Dawdle

straggler

to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.

to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.

"to idle, waste time," perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, because the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly.

Indecisive

uncertain, indefinite

characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.

not decisive or conclusive:a severe but indecisive battle.

lacking definition; vague or indistinct.

1726, "inconclusive," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + decisive. Meaning "vacillating, characterized by indecision" is from 1775.

Anxious

worried, tense

full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.

earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or “for”).

attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness.

Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind"

[orangememory]

Nirvana in Fire 2 Episode 3: Thoughts

I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to have watched 10 raw episodes but to slooowly wait for subtitles. :) But we are getting subtitles and that is cool enough!

Episode 3 is where we get some more action, and the start of a plot and an investigation by the cute smol that is Pingjing aka Divine Little Dragon (don’t ask). We also have a lot of new characters and a few new mysteries. SPOILERS ABOUND SO PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Last Episode:

In Episode 2, we saw Pingjing setting off to the seat of DaTong Prefecture to investigate how the Changlin Army’s supplies were cut off. Lin Xi is also sent by her master to support him, although she moves separately.

The person in charge of these supplies is a Senior Secretary/Minister Song Fu, who wanted to punish the Changlin army by delaying their supplies which were arriving by 3 military transport ships, all of which sank. Minister Song was shocked because he just wanted to cause a few issues, not sink the ships. However, since things have gone to shit- he has sent his personal assistant Mr.Qin to Datong to sort things out. And now, we continue:

Episode 3:

- We are now introduced to a couple of new characters: sickly Crown Prince Xiao Yuanshi, his worried mom Empress Xun and a weirdly super snakey-looking man with pretty hair and magical silver yo-yos, the High Priest Pu Yangying. The young prince magically gets up after Pu Yangying does some ball-waving incense thing, and the Empress Xun trusts him.

- From a conversation, we learn Pu was appointed by the Empress a while ago, and the ministers think he is not worth anything. He is said to be a sorcerer of the Baishen sect- the same religion the superstitious Southern Chu believe in (we hear about this in NIF!)

- Next, we are introduced to Private Assistant Qin of Minister Song (lets call him PA Qin) and Magistrate Zhang of Datong, who is Minister Song’s student and complicit in his affairs. However, PA Qin is introduced with a different blurb on screen - his real name is Duan Tongzhou. We will later learn that Duan Tongzhou is a mysterious martial artist, 4th on Langya Hall’s list but no one knows his background or who he is. I suspect he is masquerading as an innocent official under this Minister Song.

- Magistrate Zhang is extremely tensed (also a familiar face- he is Section Chief Liang from the Disguiser!) because an imperial envoy is on their way to investigate the case of the lost supplies. We learn that the day the 3 ships sank, there was a small passenger boat following it - who saw the whole event. The boat has physicians from Jifeng Hall (yup the same one as Lin Xi’s) who tried to save people. Zhang however ensured all witnesses died, but could not find 3 physicians+ 1 military boat captain which has put him in a snit.

- PA Qin suggests that Zhang try and search Jifeng Hall, which has a pharmacy+hospital in Datong and find these men and destroy evidence. Zhang has a Police captain named Qian do his bidding and raid Jifeng Hall.

- This chain of events has been spotted by an unknown foe however: meet Xiao Yuanqi, Marquis of Laiyang, the son of the Emperor’s brother who died very young. Yuanqi mysteriously came across the escaped boat witnesses and helped him - hid them in his manor. Yuanshi has beautiful hair and beautiful coats, and seems to be very noble and a man of leisure in the capital, out on a tour of the provinces. However, he tells his advisor something strange - that does he believe that indeed he is just a man of leisure? Knowing that Yuanqi will later be an antagonist, I smell that he is biding his time.

- Pingjing and Lin Xi arrive in Datong and find that the Jifeng Hall is closed. Pingjing initially thinks Lin Xi is following him, but she makes it very clear that her hall has also been affe ted and her Shifu has sent her to help Pingjing. They make their way over to a secret manor- which houses people from Jifeng Hall. They tell them the story of the disappeared physicians. The smols infer that the Local Government of Datong has their hands dirty. (Special appearance by the former Princess Liyang Zhang yan Yan as a nurse named Yun-jie! Much deja vu, muuuuch deja vu)

- The investigation begins! Pingjing wears a Fei Liu-like Ninja Outfit and heads over to Zhang’s house (STILL MY QUESTION WHERE IS FEI LIU?). However PA Qin/Mysterious Man Duan is there and detects Pingjing. They have a thrilling fight and Pingjing is blade to blade with him! Lin Xi arrives to save the day with some darts (yaaaay for cool girls!). However, another person spots them - Xiao Yuanqi, also lurking in secret.

- When Pingjing is back, they realise that one attack of PA Qin was strong enough to burn his clothing - this kind of energy is characteristic of the mysterious Duan Tongzhou! But who has the power to hire such a man? This conspiracy is deep, they realise. And then suddenly, Yuanqi leaps in and they meet - Pingjing and hin seem to be close!

- The next day, Yuanqi brings over Pingjing and Lin Xi to his manor, and they meet the witnesses. In the meantime PA Qin/Duan gets suspicious and asks evil policeman Qian to search again, discovering that Yuanqi’s manor was not searched. When they do, they dont find anyone because Pingjing has anticipated this and hidden everyone in a secret passage.

- The True story is revealed. Evil Policeman Qian, on behalf of Zhang, paid off one Military boat captain to turn his ship and block the following ships, and run them aground. However, to his horror, the ships sank instead of running aground and people started being murdered. The old man was saved by these physicians and they have been in hiding because they want to present the case to the government. On meeting pingjing, he reveals all this.

- By now, Zhang has destroyed all paper trails. But one thing he was not able to do is destroy the sunken ships, which were raised up By Zhang’s boss for any further investigations. PA Qin/Duan is now not very worried about the witnesses, because he has ways to discredit them - but the ships have some irrefutable proof. He rushes over to burn them.

- The smol detective squad has reached the same conclusion- and by the time they reach, two ships are burnt. However there is a third ship which is still sunken, and the old captain draws the location for them. Here is where we learn Pingjing is known as the Divine Little Dragon at Langya Hall because he can dive so well - and he is confident he can uncover some proof from the sunken ship. Lin Xi smiles for the first time, and Yuanqi bursts out laughing. Pingjing pouts, the adorable bub.

- So next, the map is being smuggled out from Yuanqi’s manor by Yun-jie from before, presumably to take to her own home where Pingjing is staying - while people spy on her from a distance.

- Meanwhile, Pingzhang and Tingsheng sit around a fire and discuss Pingjing’s mission. However dad and son know Little Dragon cannot do it alone - in fact, they have something planned right from.the start to support Pingjing. Hmmm…

Thoughts:

Nice episode! Decent pacing, not breakneck but definitely a lot of suspense, and so many new characters.

One very good thing about NIF2 is that when they introduce characters, they are doing it slowly and steadily, and using exposition to explain things well instead of NIF1 where we were inundated with characters in the first 2 episodes. For example, we are introduced to High Priest Pu, but the fact that he is disliked plus his background is revealed in another conversations which gives us dimension and history quickly.

The pacing is quite normal- not heart-stopping but definitely good - very similar to NIF. The aesthetics are good. Pingjing’s martial arts fight was also done well, and I LOVE Lin Xi’s quiet, cold strength. Martial artist and a doctor, cool!

Yuanqi is the most interesting character. He and Pingjing have this natural friendship which shows, however sometjing lurks beneath that calm exterior and rankles at me. I think the actor is doing a good job. (Those who watched Ode to Joy 2 will recognise him as the asshole boyfriend who wanted YingYing to be a virgin). But here is another person who will break poor PJ’s heart.

Also the last bit, we see Tingsheng and Pingzhang and THEY ARE SO GOOD. I am sorry I cant stop raving about the cute little Changlin Fam and how sweetly bonded and in sync they are.

Lastly, I am liking NIF2. I am not a live-watcher but I have made an exception for this show, of course! I cannot wait to see more of the sweet bro moments, the competent ladies as well as the plots that will unfold. Something tells me this show will be paced a little sedately- but then, hopefully it will live somewhat up to NIF.

Also, if anyone is reading this :P, tell me what you hate about these summaries so I can improve them! :D Thanks a lot!

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“Hey, Ichigo. Not to be a downer, but I don’t care, you don’t care, the folks at home don’t care, nobody cares.”

~Soi Fan about Baishen

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Wednesday & Thursday T & G reading

The usual

Finished

Tumblr:

Untitled, by @themagicmistress

Teen:

finally found you, by wolframvonbielefeld (maknaeline) (3rd in a series)

Sizhui has been looking for his Xian-gege for a very long time.

or: children can forget lots of things, but not their parents' love.

Friend of Lotus Pier, by Kakushigo (4th in a series)

Nie Mingjue would have never imagined himself a cat person, then he fought alongside the Yunmeng Jiangs and realized, yes, he's kind of a cat person.

General:

If a man stands in silence for long enough, by TheRealFailWhale

If a man stands in silence for long enough / eventually only the silence remains

This is a short piece about LWJ's silence, and how regretting that silence might have changed his actions when he finds Mo Xuanyu/Wei Ying at Dafan Mountain.

Picnic in the backhills..., by Ladycroft4evr (16th in a series)

Lan WangJi's Shufu wakes up (finally lol I let him off the hook) and Wei WuXian playfully suggests hiding out: Cue WangXian picnic in the Back Hills of Cloud Recesses. Wei WuXian tries to have this long overdue conversation about Lan WangJi's guilt, Lan WangJi dodges...and there are sighs and chaste little kisses and sweet songs played on flutes and naps after. Enjoy this lazy afternoon with WangXian, everyone 🥰

Yunmeng Cat Sect, by Kakushigo

The Yunmeng Jiangs have always had a very close relationship with the cats of Lotus Pier. Other sects won't say it's strange to their face, but it is certainly strange. (Also known as the fic where everyone at Lotus Pier has a cat. But you don't chose the cat, the cat chooses you.)

(Written for The Untamed Winter Fest 2019, Prompt: Tradition)

With This Ribbon, I Wed Thee, by Kakushigo (2nd in a series)

When Huan and Baishen saunter into Xichen's study with ribbons clutched in their mouth, he knows to start preparing for his little brother to marry. (Also known as LWJ & WWX's cats exchange their human's ribbons & Lan Qiren nearly has a heart attack.)

(Written for The Untamed Winter Fest 2019. Prompt: Ribbon)

Fishing in the Back Hills..., by Ladycroft4evr (17th in a series)

Vacation is almost up for WangXian, Jinlintai looms closer, mild dusting of angst. WangXian decide to put a lid on their respective anxieties and make the most of their time together before pandemonium... Lan WangJi keeps his promise from the day before and takes Wei WuXian to the Back Hills again to spend the day there.

Mission: Prank the Juniors..., by Ladycroft4evr (18th in a series)

WangXian take the Lan Juniors on a night hunt, camping at a forest after..JingYi loses a bet to Wei Wuxian, Lan WangJi is jealous, Wei WuXian decodes it too lol..mostly just WangXian having a good time being around each other

Bet Your Heart, by Vamillepudding

Wei Wuxian grins. “I’m going to use this summer to seduce Zewu-jun, and I’m going to get his brother to help me do it.”

Or: To win his bet against Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian has to kiss Lan Xichen. Who better to ask advice from than Lan Zhan?

Unfinished

Teen:

Finding Answers, by Golden_Cores_and_Teleportation_Circles

Set two years after the story ends, Lan Sizhui joins forces with Nie Huaisang to get justice and call out the Cultivation World, he also maybe falls in love along the way.

Relentless, by nirejseki

“Why are we even here?” Wen Xu groused.

“Yeah! That’s right! Why are we here?” Wen Chao immediately chimed, very obviously taking his cues from his elder brother – much to the latter’s irritation, judging by his immediate scowl.

Lan Qiren knew that he needed to pick his next words very carefully. With recalcitrant students, a teacher only had a few opportunities to really connect with them. If he allowed them to dismiss him or categorize him as an enemy at this early stage, it would be an incredibly uphill battle to gain enough respect in order to teach them anything, and in this case, given the strength of their background and the fact that this little teaching session was both likely to be short and definitely completely unauthorized, it would quite possibly make it completely impossible to ever get through to them.

“You are here,” Lan Qiren said solemnly, each word slow and thoughtful, “because your father is an ass.”

(a story of kidnapping and falling in love, reluctantly)

Truths Laid Bare For All, by Preludian_Staves

The betrothal letter comes in the Springtime with a Lan escort, changing how events happen in Wei Wuxian's life.

AKA Wangxian meets early before the Cloud Recesses lectures and slowly starts moderately sooner, some things change and others stay moderately the same. Plus WWX flourishing under the tutelage of the Lans when there isn't prickly Heir or his equally prickly mother lurking around that needs near constant appeasement and a truth serum is involved somewhere in the course of things.

General:

Then not in vain for you I pine, by BlueAthena (2nd in a series)

In another world, Jiang Fengmian does not find true love and is accused of loving the ghost of a dead woman.

In this world, he finds true love but it is not with the ghost of said woman.

(Because long before he met the maiden that descended from celestial mountains, he grew up with a man who held the moon in his eyes and unbeknownst to them both, held Fengmian’s heart in his hands.)

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incense or joss sticks. the word "joss" is derived from the latin deus (god) via the portuguese deos through the javanese dejos, through chinese pidgin english. #香 #jingxiang #敬香 #shangxiang #上香 #baishen #拜神 #YuMoGuiGwaiFaiDiZao #精靈惡魔鬼魂怪物快離開 #精灵恶魔鬼魂怪物快离开 #寺庙坛 #寺廟壇 #寺 #taoisttemple #taoist #temples #templerun #templerun1 #templerunmanila #templerunbinondo #teyakong #teyakongtemple #wanderingcat #teyakongtemple #guanyu #關羽 #關公 #guangong #guangongtemple #binondogirl #mobilephotography

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read with accent. #incense #josssticks #香 #jingxiang #敬香 #shangxiang #上香 #baishen #拜神 #YuMoGuiGwaiFaiDiZao #精靈惡魔鬼魂怪物快離開 #精灵恶魔鬼魂怪物快离开 #寺庙坛 #寺廟壇 #寺 #si #寺院 #siyuan #buddhisttemple #buddhist #temples #templerun #templerun1 #templerunmanila #templeruntondo #narra #sengguan #sengguantemple #wanderingcat #wheninbinondo #tondena #mobilephotography (at Seng Guan Temple, Narra St.)