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fiercewiings · 1 year

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♡ Introduction and Rules ♡

Hi there! My name is Topaz, I’m 22 years old, and I go by she/they pronouns! I’m an illustration student who also enjoys writing, hence why this writing blog was born haha (▰˘◡˘▰)

I enjoy writing just about anything, but especially hurt/comfort, fluff, and angst ! I also love to write headcanons, ships, platonic stuffs, and even some nsfw on occasion ;) all of my work is going to be gender neutral unless stated otherwise !

♡ Requests are officially open! ♡

To start off, here are some of the main fandoms I am in and who I will write for in said fandoms, everyone listed can be written for NSFW requests unless otherwise stated:

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed/TGMoDC) *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Seniors:

Lan Zhan

Wei Wuxian

Lan Xichen

Jiang Cheng

Jiang Yanli

Jin Guangyao

Nie Huaisang

Wen Ning

Wen Qing

Juniors (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Jin Ling

Lan Sizhui

Lan Jingyi

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official’s Blessing) *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Hua Cheng

Xie Lian

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Faraway Wanderers (TYK/Word of Honor) *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Seniors:

Zhou Zishu

Wen Kexing

Ye Baiyi

Juniors (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Gu Xiang

Cao Weining

Zhang Chengling

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Chainsaw Man *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Devil Hunters:

Aki Hayakawa

Kobeni Higashiyama

Kishibe

Quanxi

Angel

Devils/Fiends (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Beam

Denji

Power

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Spy x Family *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Loid Forger (Twilight)

Yor Forger (Thorn Princess)

Franky Franklin

Sylvia Sherwood

Fiona Frost (Nightfall)

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* My Hero Academia *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Students (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Izuku Midoriya (Deku)

Katsuki Bakugou

Ochako Uraraka

Shouto Todoroki

Tenya Iida

Eijirou Kirishima

Hanta Sero

Mashirao Ojirou

Denki Kaminari

Mina Ashido

Momo Yaoyorozu

Fumikage Tokoyami

Tsuyu Asui

Kyouka Jiro

Hitoshi Shinsou

Villains:

Kai Chisaki (Overhaul)

Himiko Toga (NO NSFW)

Tomura Shigaraki

Mr. Compress

Twice

Dabi

Pro Heroes:

Keigo Takami (Hawks)

Rumi Usagiyama (Mirko)

Shinji Nishiya (Kamui Woods)

Shouta Aizawa (Eraserhead)

Hizashi Yamada (Present Mic)

Taishiro Toyomitsu (Fatgum)

Toshinori Yagi (All Might)

Nemuri Kayama (Midnight)

Emi Fukukado (Ms. Joke)

Mirio Togata

Tamaki Amajiki

Nejire Hado

Nana Shimura

Sir Nighteye

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Jujutsu Kaisen *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Students (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Yuuji Itadori

Megumi Fushiguro

Nobara Kugisaki

Maki Zenin

Toge Inumaki

Kasumi Miwa

Professional Sorcerers:

Gojou Satoru

Nanami Kento

Ieri Shoko

Special Grades/Vengeful Spirits:

Sukuna

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Demon Slayer *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Demon Slayers (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Tanjiro Kamado

Inosuke Hashibira

Zenitsu Agatsuma

Nezuko Kamado

Kanao Tsuyuri

Hashira (NSFW OK):

Giyuu Tomioka (Water)

Kyojuro Rengoku (Fire)

Mitsuri Kanroji (Love)

Obanai Iguro (Serpent)

Shinobu Kocho (Insect)

Demons:

Tamayo

Yushiro

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

General Characters (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Josuke Higashikata

Okuyasu Nijimura

Koichi Hirose

Reimi Sugimoto

Mikitaka Hazekura

Yukako Yamagishi

Giorno Giovanna (Haruno Shiobana)

Narancia Ghirga

Pannacotta Fugo

Trish Una

General Characters (NSFW OK):

Jonathan Joestar

Erina Pendleton

Joseph Joestar

Caesar A. Zeppeli

Lisa Lisa

Suzi Q

Jotaro Kujo (after Part 3 ONLY)

Muhammad Avdol

Noriaki Kakyoin (after Part 3 ONLY/AUs)

Jean Pierre Polnareff

Holy Kujo

Rohan Kishibe

Tomoko Higashikata

Shinobu Kawajiri

Bruno Bucciarati

Leone Abbachio

Guido Mista

Jolyne Cujoh

Ermes Costello

Foo Fighters

Narciso Anasui

Antagonists:

DIO (all parts)

Hol Horse

Yoshikage Kira

Diavolo

Risotto Nero

Melone

Ghiaccio

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

General Characters (ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW):

Hanako-kun

Nene Yashiro

Minamoto Kou

Mitsuba Sousuke

Akane Aoi

Nanamine Sakura

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* The Arcana: Visual Novel *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

The Main Six:

Asra Alnazar

Julian (Ilya) Devorak

Nadia Satrinava

Portia (Pasha) Devorak

Count Lucio

Muriel

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* THE RULES ! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

What I will write:

Headcanons

Scenarios

Imagines

Reactions

Alphabets

Song fics

Plus size readers/characters

Body insecurities

Mental health (anxiety/panic disorders mostly but I will put warnings!!)

LGBTQ+ readers/characters (including poly and ace!! I am queer myself ^-^)

TW// What I will NOT write:

Any kind of p*dophilia (aka romantic relationships between adults/minors/teachers/students)

Illegal drug use (weed/marijuana is ok)

R*pe or inc*st

Don’t be shy to pop in my inbox and request something or just to talk ! :> Anyways, I hope you will enjoy your stay and remember, you’re loved!!

♡ Requests are officially open! ♡

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wandering-bitch · 2 years

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Fic Annotation: ghost of a memory

ghost of a memory is my shl fic about reconnecting with the world against your will

here are notes about the writing and "world building"

my brand is apparently "father figures who do not admit they are fathers"

i want it very clear that i love my father, he is a good father, and he is delighted to tell people he is my father. this isn't some weird therapy thing for me

backstory: zzs inherited the four seasons manor when qin huaizhang died. He left it alone + didn't do anything with it, bc he was still busy with Mysterious Intelligence Work

i do not clarify anything about his mysterious intelligence work bc while i can kinda intuit what goes on in mysterious american intelligence, i have no idea what that looks like in china, and this is set in modern china

i did not do wkx justice. im sorry, my beloved bitch, but i don't know enough poetry and i just don't have a good handle on u yet

i do have a great handle on zhou "tired martial artist who just wants to die" zishu

zzs and wkx fighting over zzs' reactions to getting walked through. i don't think i described it well, but. it's such a fucking mood for them, esp their tyk versions. wkx is always desperate to get a reaction and bother zzs, and zzs believes there's strength in not getting riled up.

how big is four seasons manor? two big practice rooms, small office, kitchenette, two locker rooms, a storage room for mats and weapons, one large bedroom for the leader of the school, a small shrine off that bedroom, 2-3 smaller rooms for live-in disciples. Two bathrooms, i guess. idk man. the smaller rooms for disciples. a courtyard which is currently overgrown. zzs will make zcl clean it up as "training"

god i love writing bad martial arts.

this is def not my best writing. It's rushed and very tell-don't-show, and assumes you already know the concept of the fic. But I'm still proud of 1. zzs eating the slice of orange wkx gave him 2. tiny kitten 3. ("thank you, shifu!" and shit, zhou zishu couldn't correct him) i think that's such a funny sentence

i did not make a "four seasons total landscaping" joke, because this takes place in china and zhou zishu wouldn't make that joke in his head, but i want you to know that i am thinking about it when i read gu xiang's phonecall

post-canon, wen kexing refuses to call the kitten by its name. she, of course, loves him most and gets her fur all over his weird gucci shit

wen kexing is a large crime boss man. turned househusband.

what is this fic about? like i said, it's about being dragged back into humanity and connection after you've decided to live alone as a hermit

it's about zhou zishu

#behind the scenes #shan he ling #word of honor #zhou zishu #wen kexing #zhan chengling

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mejomonster · 3 years

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was the untamed an idol drama or just a drama that happened to cast a lot of young people primarily?

#rant #the untamed #like idk if romance of tiger and rose was but that also obviously cast young leads #compared to even something like goodbye my princess with a mid 20s actress and some older side mains #or the Shaw eleven lang or guardian with a lot of 30s leads #I have been seeing just a lil comments that word of honors ‘leads are ugly’#and I think part of it might just stem from the same place as ppl who though Reboots leads were ugly #they just aren’t the crowd drawn to older leads I would guess? which is fine #it’s just like. well obviously more characters in the untamed will look gorgeous - even nie mingjue the tough guy etc #because the show had a very young cast who all could model afterward #(except Xiao Zhan and a few others)#people were cast in part To look good #whereas in word of honor Clearly the kids: not cast to be hot!#gu Xiang looks like a proper teen girl not a teen girl in a romantic drama!#Zhang chengling is played by what looks like someone closer to an actual correct age #versus the untamed where 20s played teens to 30s+ characters #and the sect members are all picked i think based on acting cause none are particularly oogleable #because IF a sect member is gif that’s a NOTICEABLE point in word of honor. not the norm #see that one sect member introduced whos pretty who I think has died?#and another lead who knows zzs is gonna be lovely #meanwhile the govt leader? wasn’t.#and the leads are beautiful. they’re just #closer to 30 than to 20 and so they look more like settled in adults #which is fine #it just does mean Yeah if u come for sexy young guys like idols #this isn’t catering to that

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jungwookjins · 3 years

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LOVE — AGAINST ALL ELSE

[id: ten gifs arranged into two columns. the left shows a scene from episode 42 of the untamed/chen qing ling where lan wangji and wei wuxian confront the cultivators at the koi palace. jin guangyao says to wuxian, "Yiling Laozu, you truly live up to your title. Not only Jin Ling, but even Hanguang-jun fell victim to your tricks." wuxian smiles wryly and replies, "Correct." wangji looks up at guangyao determinedly and counters, "Incorrect. I have long since known that he was Wei Ying." to which wuxian replies, "Lan Zhan!" in shock. wangji then draws his sword as the jin sect disciples step back defensively. the right shows a scene from episode 32 of word of honor/shan he ling where zhou zishu and wen kexing confront the five lakes alliance on a cliff near qingya mountain. zhang chengling looks down angrily at kexing and says, "You're lying! Everything you say is lies. Wen Kexing, you tricked my master so cruelly. I—" zishu arrives and says, "He didn't lie to me." kexing puts up a front and counters, "Zhou Zishu! I admit that I tricked you all. Good and evil cannot coexist. As the master of Ghost Valley, I swear to bring chaos to the martial arts world." zishu approaches kexing and smiles fondly, telling him to "Save it." zishu draws his sword against the five lakes alliance. the colored caption reads: LOVE — AGAINST ALL ELSE /end id]

#new laptop today finals over tomorrow prepare for a lot more shl ep 32-36 gifs in the coming week <3 #the untamed #word of honor #mo dao zu shi #tian ya ke #chen qing ling #shan he ling #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #wen kexing #zhou zishu #wenzhou #jin guangyao #zhang chengling #ennuigif #my translation #im so sorry chengling u shouldnt have to the parallel to jin guangyao that should be zhao jing but the scene just lends itself to this more #*have to be #ive been wanting to gif this since 32 dropped it's lived in my mind rent free #the fact that the cql 42 scene takes up enough of my brain real estate that it was the reason why i learned to gif in the first place <3 #anyways #yeah the theme of love #love against all else #love in defiance of the world #the devotion #the willingness to sacrifice your reputation your honor in the eyes of others your life for ur loved one #chomping and biting #mine

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drwcn · 3 years

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Having actors who are way older than their characters always makes me so mad? I love the Untamed cast and I think they did an absolutely amazing job, but I am a stick in the mud who wishes they would’ve stayed more true to the original ages - I feel like it would’ve had a real impact to see actual teenagers going through all of the traumatic events of the story and then have the huge shock of seeing the cast being grown adults, just like Wei Ying did. Plus I feel like it would’ve helped with the timeline confusion, BUT I totally see why they’d want to use the og cast the whole time, they’re absolutely beautiful

yeah totally. ie: WoH casted 16 yro Sun Xilun as Zhang Chengling and nailed the "idiot child going through trauma" trope. But I think the reason CQL couldn't cast someone younger is because their faces are all too beautiful LMAO, and like... half the show existed in the past timeline and that wouldn't have given the more famous casts (ie: wang yibo and xiao zhan) enough screen time.

Though... I suppose that does beg the question: if they were to cast younger casts for The Untamed, when in the plot (ie which scene and episode) they would switch them to their adult counterparts. In particular, the most important 3 glow-ups would be wwx, lwj and jc.

LWJ: Personally, I think a good turning point to introduce Wang Yibo as Lan Wangji would be when he walks up those stairs at Nevernight. It's just...such an iconic scene and he looked so badass. Because he's no longer just Lan-er-gongzi. He's Hanguang-jun, a warrior of the sunshot campaign.

WWX:

Hm, a good transition point for wwx would be when Wen Chao throws him into the burial mount and you see him battling with the dark energy there. Classic, boy goes in, man comes out situation. In the Burial Mount, he's so disheveled. You can easily play with the camera and cuts to shift him from his younger cast to his older one, particularly when he crawls to the Yin Sword and grabs a hold of it. When he looks up through his bangs, the pure dark determination to seek vengence, that would be a good time to introduce Xiao Zhan.

JC:

For Jiang Cheng, it would be after his core surgery. He has that strange dream sequence where he is back at Lotus Pier with his family but then everything is on fire. It would be interesting to see him enter that dream as a teenager and wake up on the hills of Yiling as a Wang Zhuocheng. That moment, whether he realized it or not, changed his life. It dictated everything that happened thereafter.

Others:

I really thought it was important for Wen Ning to be casted as a younger teenager early on and to switch to Yu Bin later. It was just so awkward to see Yu Bin trying to be a little kid when he's like... tall as shit. Lol.

Wen Qing (let's not forget the ladies). Even though we don't get to see Wen Qing at the core transfer surgery until the reveal at the end, I think it's important that they show her as a younger girl at this stage. Remember that they were all just kids making dumbass mistakes but doing the best they could. Wen Ning especially, needs to be portrayed as a kid. The two of them were just stumbling through this political nightmare trying to keep their morals intact but also their necks attached to their shoulders. Once Wen Qing and Wen Ning are imprisoned I think it's okay to switch to the adult actors.

Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan. These two can be switched at the same time. Jang Yanli arriving by carriage and Jin Zixuan awkwardly trying to help her down but then changing his mind. LOL It's the first time that we see him as actively trying to be nice to her, which is a shift from his previous characterization. For Jiang Yanli, who just lost nearly everything, that moment when she lifts the curtain of the carriage and steps out has the potential to be used as a new introduction of this post-lotus pier massacre Jiang Yanli.

Some of the other actors don't need switching. Like Nie Mingjue can just grow a mustache later LOL. Lan Xichen can switch up his hairstyle.

#cql #the untamed #cql meta

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ancienticecream · 3 years

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It seems that there is at least one animatic for the song DaLaBengBa for every one of MXTX’s books!

SVSSS

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-pQiIkMrM&feature=youtu.be

TGCF

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6CAGZjtAlk&feature=youtu.be

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And there’s at least two for MDZS

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=03wzeoY4BCE&feature=youtu.be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kVawk-KMK-w&feature=youtu.be

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I’m actually surprised I haven’t found one for Word of Honor. (The casting for that is easy: Hero, Wen Kexing; Princess, Zhou Zishu; Dragon, Zhan Jing; King, Jing Beiyuan; Child, Chengling. Alternative is Prince Jin as the dragon.)

EDIT: Turns out there’s a version for The Untamed, too, which uses a different recording of the song from the other versions. I also love that every version has a different Dragon - Wen Chao, Jiang Cheng and Jin Guangyao. I imagine a Xue Yang dragon is in our future.

https://youtu.be/2Twfkik-wrM

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#svsss #scumbag system #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #MXTX #Youtube

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mxtx-twitter-au · 3 years

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Their Roles and some extra information in the AU

Xie Lian

Actor, Model

Born in Guangdong Province (sadly I do not know where SPECIFICALLY he should be born)

Can speak Yue dialect and Mandarin-Chinese

Doesn’t have a child, but he and Hua Cheng usually babysit Ban Yue and Gu Zi

Met Hua Cheng when he was travelling as a fellow actor

Has a neutral relationship with his mother, but not speaking with his father

Hua Cheng

Actor, Model

Born in Kunming, hence the name 花 Huā(flower) 城 Chéng (city)

- Kunming is known as ‘the City of Eternal Spring’ for its pleasant climate and flowers that bloom all year long

Speaks Bai dialect and Mandarin-Chinese

Loyal to Xie Lian and Xie Lian only :)

Rich asf, doesn’t let Xie Lian spend his own money and wants to spoil him

No parents

HuaLian

Married couple. Everyone in their fandom ADORE them, and they’re the most parental couple (ahem - Xie Lian) and they’re what everyone wants in a relationship. They own a cat named Ruoye and <legally> raised a fox named E-Ming.

The fandom wants them to adopt a child but once in an interview they jokingly stated that they already a have a whole fandom of children and everyone cried.

Wen Kexing

Actor, Part-Time Chef, Full-Time Malewife

Usually plays as a side-character but there was once he got the role of the main character in a danmei drama, but only accepted when Zishu got the role of the love interest

Speaks a few dialects

Took care of Gu Xiang because she was an abandoned child and he was in a bad state of mind, so he needed her to help ground him

Collects fans, like - a lot of them

Zhou Zishu

Actor, Model, Mentor

Cat person

Learnt Japanese just to fuck with Jing Beiyuan and talk trash to ‘Prince Jin’ without him knowing

Chengling was his distant relative’s son, and he offered to take him in and adopt him

Would sometimes randomly go to places he knows there would be students to help them with homework

He actually is distantly (not really ‘distant’, but he doesn’t like to think about it) related to past royals

WenZhou

Married couple as well, but add children. They’re known as the grandparents and they’re fucking strict, but not to the point where it’s toxic. The whole family just surrounds Zhou Xu, because he has an illness which he is currently getting treatment, so he’s taking a break from acting.

Their fandom just worships the ground they walk on since they’re known as the more experienced actors in the community.

Wei Ying

Actor, Singer

Born somewhere in QIngshan district but moved to Shekou when his parents passed

He speaks using Wuhan dialect with his family but uses Mandarin-Chinese with everyone else

He has made original songs and original music using his dizi, and occasionally he plays the guzheng (not the same as guqin)

He and Jiang Cheng joined their local tanggu team and usually play during the festivals when they were younger

Lan Zhan

Actor, Model, Singer

Born in Suzhou, lived in Hongkong for a while to honor his mother from there, and went back to Suzhou

Speaks Hokkien, Suzhounese and Mandarin-Chinese

Plays the guqin

His father is still alive, SURPRISE! They have a pretty good relationship too!

Although he was born in Suzhou, he doesn’t favour the overly sweet taste of their food

Wangxian

They’re not married, but they sure as hell should be. They have Sizhui and a few rabbits and two tortoises. They were voted as the most shameless couple on Weibo (I wanted the whole thing to be on Weibo but sadly they didn’t have generators for that, and I’m too lazy to edit) and their whole fandom dies every time they see the couple.

They play duets to fundraise for orphanages and shelters but they don’t usually talk with the public since there were a few incidents where they were accused of being in scandals.

Shen Qingqiu

Actor, Painter

He also has a small (not really small) business where he paints fans and sells them

His English is fantastic but he purposely speaks awfully to annoy people (read: Shang Qinghua)

Amazing relationship with his siblings and neutral with his parents

Amazing erhu playing, as well as the violin

Is usually the beta for any webnovels Qinghua writes

Luo Binghe

Actor, Model

He can’t swim well

He LOVES playing Visual Novels or game that have lore

Can speak French which baffles everyone (he wanted to learn the language of love for his shizun)

Speaking of which, he calls Shen Qingqiu ‘shizun’ because of roleplay, BUT NOT THE KIND YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT! The nickname kind of stuck

Bingqiu

They’re engaged and everyone is just excited for the wedding. They travel a ton but don’t really converse with the public, not because of scandals but they prefer to not accidentally get accused of being in any (they loathe cancel culture).

They do hangout at orphanages though, and usually they leave donations. They’re not planning on adopting any time soon...

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satan-chillin · 3 years

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Hereafter (2/7)

Wei Wuxian is sent off of Cloud Recesses, bade by his fathers to "have fun and make friends" which, now that he thinks about it, sounds like a gross oversimplification of what the next six months away from home will entail.

If he happens to form unlikely connections, start a matchmaking, and gets unwittingly involved in the presently strained political state of the cultivation world, those are just par for the course.

Chasing after one of the famed Twin Jades of Lan, however, is an added bonus.

(Or, WWX was sent to Gusu by his fathers Wen Kexing & Zhou Zishu)

Part 2 of Spirited Away Series. Part 1 here.

Also available in Ao3. Hereafter Chapter 1 here.

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Putting aside the Wen debacle in the orientation day and his shixiong’s leave—which Chengling had done after waiting for Wei Wuxian’s first classes to end so he could bid his junior a proper farewell—his first week was rather promising.

For one thing, he finally had the name of that Lan Disciple: Lan Zhan, courtesy name Lan Wangji. Wei Wuxian shouldn’t be surprised at the name given his display of dedication; he, of course, elected not to call him that. Lan Zhan rolled off the tongue more than Lan Wangji.

“You’re quite bold, aren’t you?” was Nie Huaisang response to that. He was a fast acquaintance and a faster friend who found Wei Wuxian a quick study and who in turn Wei Wuxian also found interesting. They got along like house on fire especially during the times Nie Huaisang proved to be a trove of gossips within the cultivation world. “I’ve known him longer, but I won’t dare address one of the Twin Jades of Lan informally."

Twin Jades sounded fitting. Notwithstanding Lan Xichen’s warm disposition and Lan Zhan’s standoffish character, Wei Wuxian could somehow understand how the brothers were said to be similar in appearance—at a glance, that was. He was quite proud to admit that he could spot numerous differences between them aside from the eyes.

Wei Wuxian hummed, absently remembering the forehead ribbon he had snatched and safely kept in a pouch at the bottom of his chest. For safekeeping. Not that it was terribly missed, he thought, not after he last noticed Lan Zhan wearing a new one.

“And you?” he asked. “What do they call you?”

“I might have earned the title of the Most Useless Young Master,” Nie Huaisang replied blithely. “I haven’t heard it directly from anyone, mind, but Wanyin might have mentioned it in passing.”

At the careless shrug Wei Wuxian got in response to his incredulous blink, he scoffed. Alright, so Nie Huaisang might not have the making of a standard cultivator—belonging from a prominent sect famous for their prowess with the saber and as a younger brother of a known cultivator might have demanded more than the average from him—but he was far from useless. While he was aware of his complete lack of martial talent combined with a weak golden core, Nie Huaisang excelled in the other aspects like the finer arts and literature.

The first time they interacted, Wei Wuxian had mistakenly thought that he cultivated with a fan and wielded it in place of a sword, but instead, they had ended up discussing the finer details of the intricate painting on his fan. Wei Wuxian lacked the aptitude for painting despite liking to watch a-die paint, and Nie Huaisang, with his own creation depicting the mountains of his homeland, was outstanding in his own right for their age.

From what Wei Wuxian knew of the Qinghe Nie Sect, Nie Huaisang must be the polar opposite of their values, with his slight build, meek personality, and overall soft nature. You’d look at him and see someone to protect instead of a protector—the impression which Wei Wuxian might have instinctually adopted as the truth. Not to mention that he was already piling up plenty of owed favor after Nie Huaisang handled the previously unruly raven Chengling left for him as a messenger bird between Four Seasons Sect and Cloud Recesses. Nie Huaisang had not only adeptly tamed the raven; he was also going into the trouble of keeping it from stern eyes together with the variety of his kept birds caught in interest.

Up to this day, Wei Wuxian still didn’t know how the raven remained silent.

“You’re not useless,” he argued, though Nie Huaisang’s pout said that he was more offended by that. “What I’m asking is what they call you if the Lan has the Twin Jades. Surely the Nie Sect aren’t blind and can see that they have an attractive young master.”

Nie Huaisang blinked at him in disbelief before an endearing tint of red broke across his cheeks that he hastily hid behind his fan. “Wei-xiong! D-Don’t say embarrassing things like that!”

Oh ho, Wei Wuxian thought gleefully. Who would have thought that a young master was unused to compliments? And he thought that was only Lan Zhan. Smirking, he touched the top of the fan with a finger and brought it down to uncover Nie Huaisang’s face teasingly.

“Huaisang!”

A scowling young master came approaching with thundering steps. Wei Wuxian racked his mind for a name; Jiang Wanyin, if he recalled correctly, who Nie Huaisang was quite close to.

He went to make a gesture of a formal greeting when Jiang Wanyin outright ignored him in favor of Nie Huaisang, glaring down at him as he barked, “Where have you been? You promised A-jie you’ll join us for lunch.”

“Ah, sorry, Wanyin. I kinda forgot,” came the nervous reply. “I’ll make it up to Yanli-jie. Promise!” Nie Huaisang glanced between Wei Wuxian and Jiang Wanyin. “Speaking of which, you two haven’t been introduced yet, have you?”

“We haven’t,” Wei Wuxian said. Standing straighter, he bowed and introduced himself. Oddly enough, the mention of his name merely deepened Jiang Wanyin’s scowl, though he was not remiss in his courtesy, a little curt it might be. “Nie-xiong and I lost track of time when he showed me how to track that rosefinch by the stream.”

“Wanyin, you should come with us next time,” Nie Huaisang eagerly said. “You can teach us how to fish.” At Wei Wuxian, he shared, “Yunmeng Jiang is based in Lotus Pier so they’re near a big lake. Their disciples are very good swimmers, and Wanyin here is one of the best.”

Interestingly, Jiang Wanyin’s face colored—truly, what was with the young masters here being unused to a little bit of compliment?—though he hid it with a clearing of his throat. He didn’t seem keen to engage with Wei Wuxian in a conversation, electing to mutter, “I’ve taught you before.”

“That was years ago! You can’t expect me to remember how when I can’t even remember the lesson earlier.”

“Says the person who can memorize an anthology,” inputted Wei Wuxian. “Which reminds me—drop by later tonight. I’m going to show you something.” Nie Huaisang would definitely like his baba’s written poems.

“There’s a curfew at nine,” Jiang Wanyin retorted, crossing his arms in disapproval. “Your brother won’t like it if he heard you’ve been fooling around,” he admonished Nie Huaisang.

“Da-ge knows I’m fooling around though. Besides, what makes you think we’ll be caught?”

Wei Wuxian nodded sagely. “Nie-xiong will provide the silencing talisman, and I have an extra measure of security in my room. You’re invited too, Young Master Jiang. I’ll supply the alcohol, of course, but you have to bring in something too. Peanuts, maybe?”

“Wanyin, Yanli-jie still has lotus seeds, right?” Nie Huaisang asked. He nudged Wei Wuxian. “You have to try them.”

“Alcohol is forbidden here.” With Jiang Wanyin’s impassioned reminder, one would think he was doing very well mimicking an uptight Lan Disciple. “Just because you like breaking rules from day one means you can drag others into doing the same.”

And, oh, that was for Wei Wuxian.

Nie Huaisang smacked his folded fan on Jiang Wanyin’s arm with a resounding hit which would have been amusing, seeing as he was also adorably glaring like an angry puppy, if Wei Wuxian wasn’t befuddled at the sudden hostility from basically a stranger. It was enough, however, to send Jiang Wanyin into confused indignation that Nie Huaisang took advantage of, bodily turning him by the shoulders and dragging-ly pushed him with merely a yell of a “Later, Wei-xiong!” before hurrying away.

Wei Wuxian watched their backs, distantly hearing the unintelligible noise of bickering, and wondered what to make of Jiang Wanyin’s peculiar attitude towards him.

❆❆❆

He heard the coded knock at the exact time, and Nie Huaisang slipped in noiselessly alone.

“I went to Wanyin first. He’s already sleeping,” he said sheepishly. “Sorry about earlier. Wanyin has a temper, but he’s not normally that rude.”

Wei Wuxian waved a hand dismissively. He expected this already. “It’s done, Nie-xiong. Don’t sweat it.” Though he would rather not have Nie Huaisang apologizing when he wasn’t the impolite one in the first place.

He smiled, easing the tension on Nie Huaisang’s shoulders. With Wei Wuxian’s permission, he set on placing the silencing talismans. He observed him work, whistling lowly; he had to learn how to recreate those.

Once Nie Huaisang was done, Wei Wuxian did his own magic, gesturing at Nie Huaisang to crouch next to him. He watched with curiosity at the wooden cube half the size of a palm inlaid with a square of metal that Wei Wuxian placed where the edges of the doors meet. Pressing the metal that served as a button, tiny, curved, iron barbs embedded themselves on the wooden frame.

“There! No one will barge in on us.” At Nie Huaisang’s rapt stare, he explained, “It’s a mechanism from Longyuan Valley. They have all sorts of toys there, from locks to specialized boxes, but the most fascinating are their traps and the structure of the Longyuan Cabinet itself.”

He went into a narration of the brief history of Longyuan and how his shixiong came to be its sole disciple. Nie Huaisang was a great listener, especially when Wei Wuxian launched into tales about his known home in the middle of sharing a jar of wine.

“You know, some of our scrolls said that our clan founder originated from jianghu,” he said. “He was a butcher, but that’s as much as we know of him.”

It wouldn’t be surprising if it was true. The people of the Nie Sect were martially inclined, famous for the typical aggression that characterized the pugilists in general. Wei Wuxian would also bet that way before there had been no clear distinction between cultivators and those who did not cultivate in the same manner.

“Maybe our ancestor was like one of those martial artists who managed to achieve immortality. It’s not like they’re different from cultivators who cultivated longevity,” Nie Huaisang speculated, hiccuping slightly. “We have this regular guest in the Unclean Realm who’s not a cultivator but is a semi-immortal, I think.”

“Semi-immortal?”

“I remember seeing him around since I was a kid, and he still looks young except he has more white in his hair. It suits him since he wears all white, and if anything, he looks handsome. Da-ge thinks so too, even if he's shy to say it aloud. I know him! Not that he needs more reason to like him because he’s really strong and likes to spar as much as da-ge. He gets really happy for weeks when he’s around.”

Wei Wuxian chuckled. Oddly enough, the white attire and wisps of white hair reminded him abruptly of a certain sour grandpa who he hadn’t seen for quite some time now. Grandpa Ye’s last visit at the Four Seasons Sect was three months ago.

Eventually, he remembered why he invited Nie Huaisang in his quarters past curfew, though he might be a little late in remembering seeing as they were already slurring by the time they perused baba’s original poems. At one point, Wei Wuxian whipped out his dizi, belting out random notes while Nie Huaisang whacked the table as an accompaniment, all the while singing praise to the great poet that was Wei Wuxian’s father and loudly claiming that he was ashamed of himself for not knowing him.

Thank the gods for the silencing talismans.

❆❆❆

If Wei Wuxian was asked, he’d say that it was a coincidence to stumble upon the clearing near the back hills of Cloud Recesses. If he happened to have heard that a certain young master could be found around this area, well.

A glare greeted Wei Wuxian. “What are you doing here?”

“Oh, don’t mind me. I’m strolling the grounds and simply came across a young master diligently practicing his drills,” Wei Wuxian said airily. “Go on, Young Master Jiang.”

Jiang Wanyin clicked his tongue. “And enjoy a free commentary? No, thank you.”

“Fine. You’ll hear nothing from me. I’d love to watch and study forms from different cultivation sects. Lan Zhan made an exhibition of his, though I’m curious to see more of Lan Sect.” Jiang Wanyin looked as if he was torn between asking how in the hell he fought the Second Young Master Lan and responding with silence to discourage Wei Wuxian’s presence. The joke was on him if he thought he could send Wei Wuxian away that easy. “It was quite an evening,” he said wistfully. “In the blue night, he stands in the dark svelte and urgent. ”

Jiang Wanyin rolled his eyes and turned his back, completely missing the mischievous grin. Wei Wuxian reclined languidly once Jiang Wanyin continued with his training.

He moved like someone who began training at a young age, likely as young or younger than Wei Wuxian when a-die started instructing him. While his movements were not the fluid motion of Lan Zhan, Jiang Wanyin’s were just as solid with a different center for his foundation. He had a long torso and upper limbs—a swimmer’s build that might have influenced his prioritizing of strength over stealth.

“Your form is crooked,” Wei Wuxian called. While not as adept as Lan Zhan, it wasn’t necessarily a poor balance; call him petty, but this was his payback for their previous encounter. “Your right is your dominant side, isn’t it? Placing your left foot behind your right will abort your turn halfway.”

Jiang Wanyin threw a scowl past his shoulders but minutely corrected his posture. “I’m ambidextrous,” he argued.

“Yes, that’s very amazing of you, Young Master Jiang,” came the instant reply that further irked him. “I heard that Yunmeng Jiang practices archery. Your skills must be superb.”

“It’s a rudimentary skill any Jiang Disciple should learn.” Jiang Wanyin turned to him without sheathing his sword. “And you? What does your sect specialize in?” Coming from him, the question was akin to a demand.

“Plenty,” Wei Wuxian said. “My fathers are masters of different martial arts, but they use different weapons. A-die taught me the sword, and baba the fan. There’s also a skill in disguises passed down from generation to generation by Four Seasons Lords so a-die does the same but only to those interested. Baba originally came from a family of healers so he also teaches what he learned from his father. Four Seasons Sect is connected to two more sects because of its First Disciple, my shixiong, Zhang Chengling, and through that link, Four Seasons adopted other forms of teaching to disperse among its inner and guests disciples. If you’re looking for a single specialization our sect is known for, I can’t give you a definite one since we’re more of a sum of many parts.”

Jiang Wanyin looked at him peculiarly, and Wei Wuxian could see several questions running through his head yet voiced none. Then Jiang Wanyin’s scowl morphed into a perpetual frown instead. “Is that how they met your parents?”

Wei Wuxian was perplexed. “What?”

“Your masters… fathers. They sound like worldly people. Did they meet your birth parents on the road or did they come across your sect first?” Jiang Wanyin hesitated before adding, “I know you—or at least, I’ve heard of you before from my father. He said he was close friends with your birth father, Wei Changze. He used to be a Yunmeng Jiang Disciple who became a rogue cultivator when he married your mother, Cangse Sanren, a student of the immortal Baoshan Sanren.” At Wei Wuxian’s wide eyes at every word that spilled out of his mouth, Jiang Wanyin paused. “Wait. You don’t know this?”

“I—I don’t. I’ve never—I don’t know anything about my birth parents aside from their names and occupation before they passed away.”

And Wei Wuxian used to believe that he already made peace with the knowledge, or the lack thereof. He had a father and mother who birthed him to this world, and he also had two fathers he grew up loving as his true parents, the family that he recognized. But to think that someone actually knew about his birth parents that he could remember merely vague faces of.

It was… it was…

“Oi. Don’t cry!” Jiang Wanyin said urgently. His panic, Wei Wuxian found subconsciously, was kind of funny. “I’ll tell you more—just don’t cry!”

“Okay.” Wei Wuxian wiped his face hastily. “You said you heard my name before?”

Jiang Wanyin swallowed but nodded awkwardly once he was sure that Wei Wuxian wouldn’t go crying on him again. “My father looked for you,” he said, stooping down next to him. “The news of your parents' death reached him a year late. He searched everywhere, even the streets, but he couldn't find you. If he had, then he would’ve brought you home to Lotus Pier to raise you.” He shuffled on his feet. “He kept looking for you for years, and I think he gave up when he thought you died. He mourned for you and your family. He had no idea that you were somewhere far away.”

“I was in the streets,” Wei Wuxian whispered. “I remembered that much. I think your father would have found me if baba hadn’t done so first. He… came across me in the middle of a snowstorm and brought me to his home and to a-die.” He smiled. “My home.”

He would have a different life raised next to Jiang Wanyin, calling Jiang Wanyin’s father as his too, but Wei Wuxian couldn’t imagine a life where it wasn’t his a-die who spoonfed and carried him around the Four Seasons Manor that first night he woke up with them, where it wasn’t baba who took him away from the cold and brought him to the warmth and called him ‘little one’.

It warmed Wei Wuxian’s heart to discover that his birth parents had people who had cared for them, and, by extension, him. Perhaps it was a tad selfish of him to be glad that Jiang Wanyin’s father had not found him, that Wei Wuxian would willingly endure the snow and hunger if it meant having the years he would have with his fathers.

“Thank you for telling me, Jiang-xiong.”

❆❆❆

They wouldn’t call each other friends just yet, but with Jiang Wanyin’s increasingly constant presence, Wei Wuxian could probably call him an acquaintance.

Well, he had looked after far more difficult children before.

Jiang Wanyin took it as a personal offense that Wei Wuxian lacked the basic knowledge of creating simple talismans and decided to take up the mantle of a tutor; a tutor with an incredibly short fuse for patience that his student couldn’t resist goading. As recompense, he would invite himself to Jiang Wanyin’s daily drills, offering a regular training opponent that was reluctantly accepted at first until Wei Wuxian wiped the ground with him.

They never spoke again of his birth parents, though he doubted that Jiang Wanyin had more to say beyond what his father had told him. If Wei Wuxian wished to learn more, he would have to reach out to Sect Leader Jiang.

He sighed, unable to concentrate. He escaped the confines of his room to get some air. He couldn’t sleep, and he’d rather not seek the assistance of alcohol tonight. A-die had told him once that there was no comfort of reprieve in drunkenness, only an added headache in the next morning.

It was baba’s xiao that had done wonders on the random evenings he was plagued with insomnia. Baba wasn’t here now so Wei Wuxian would have to resolve this himself. Bringing the flute to his lips, out flew the notes of his favorite ballad that baba used to play for him about a ghost king who met a wanderer with three years of his life left.

Then, as if beckoned by the lulling of the music, a Jade in white descended in front of Wei Wuxian, enrapturing as always.

He smiled. “Hello, Lan Zhan.”

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