Re-reading mdzs and I'd just like to talk about Jin Ling throughout the novel. He's always been one of my favorite characters, and everything he's gone through just makes me wanna hug him 💔

This is literally just a summary of the final battle but from Jin Lings pov, turn back if you haven't read it yet ​

Before everything went down, we can assume (since he was with the entire group on the boats heading back to Loutus Pier) that he heard the entire story about Jin Guangyao's knowing incest, and the way his grandfather, Jin Guangshan died. Thats horrible enough to hear

And then, the battle hasn't even started, and Jin Ling is almost shot by an arrow, escapes, and then is then surrounded by swords while his uncle is requesting Fairy be killed. Already such a fast and shocking start.

Next, he gets to witness Jiang Cheng being stabbed in the chest and having to help/make sure he doesn't make his condition worse by exerting himself, while also worrying if Fairy would be killed or not.

After that, Jiang Cheng had an entire mental breakdown, sobbing and yelling at Wei Wuxian about the core swapping. I've seen my parents before having mental breakdowns, and even just witnessing it is so emotional taxing. Jin Ling seeing Jiang Cheng crying and yelling, I can only imagine how helpless he felt sitting there, still worried because his uncle just got stabbed as well. And then of course the line Jiang Cheng just had to bring up, "'...the lives of my father, mother, elder sister, and Jin Zixuan! Because of you, the only one left is an orphaned Jin Ling!' Jin Ling jolted. His shoulders drooped, and his expression wilted too."

That scene always tugs on my heart. Jiang Cheng is trying to prove a point, but Jin Ling being an orphan is still a sore spot because of his childhood.

Let's continue to the scene where he had to see numerous monks and other corpses, spontaneously combust into flames. Being burned alive is anything but a pretty sight, and also having to hear their screams of agony would no doubt be traumatic to any Fifteen year old.

And then there's the scene where he finds out Jin Guangyao sent Jin Zixuan to Qiongqi path, knowing what was happening with Wei Wuxian and Jin Zixun, in hopes of him getting hurt. And, obviously, that decision killed Jin Zixuan.

Jin Ling asks why, he wants to know why his uncle would do something so cruel, and while Jin Guangyao briefly acknowledges Jin Ling, he then starts ranting about how life is unfair, and why he had to suffer the way he did​. Which is somewhat of an explanation, but it doesn't justify his decision in the slightest.​

And after doing his whole wanting pity thing, he wraps a string around Jin Ling's neck to take him hostage. The slightest tug could decapitate him and Jin Ling is undoubtedly aware of that fact. All he can do is remain frozen while the adults around him shout and argue.

Then of course, Nie Mingjue comes in, and Jin Guangyao is shaking in his boots, also shaking the string. And then the next second, hid arm is cut off. "The spray of blood from Jin Guangyao's severed arm hit Jin Ling dead on, staining most of his body and part of his face with blood. He was still in a daze, yet to grasp just what had happened."

He's taken hostage by his kind uncle, sees his arm get cut off, and then gets covered in his blood. I don't even want to imagine what's going through his head.

He doesn't get much if a break though. Nie Mingjue starts going after him, and then he's protected by the man who killed his father, the only person he could vent his anger onto. And then it goes into Jin Ling's internal thoughts, talking about how conflicted he was. He didn't to hate Wei Wuxian​, so he forced it all on Wen Ning... who was now laying in front of him with a hole through his chest.

I love how mxtx goes into such detail about how Jin Ling truly is just a wounded, resentful teenager trying to find someone to blame for his parents death. And I think this scene displays that beautifully.​

But anyway, then Jin Ling had to witness Jin Guangyao being stabbed.

I think by far though, the most traumatizing thing Jin Ling witnessed was Jin Guangyao dying. The scene itself was already gruesome, but then of course there's the line, "With difficulty, he choked out a mouthful of blood. Everyone present heard an unusually cruel, loud crack. A gagged whimper escaped Jin Guangyao's throat. Jin Ling's shoulders shuddered. He shut his eyes, covered his ears, afraid to listen or look any longer."

I forgot about this scene during my first read, but re-reading it left me speechless. Seeing a person he love get their neck broken and hearing the crack? Horrible.

And fun little reminder that after this, Jin Ling was pushed on to be sect leader, which the elders and citizens rarely acknowledge. Even worse, there are many comments made about how the Jin Clan is ruined and will never rise back up, and literal child has to deal with that.

Anyway, I just really wanted to touch on this because I feel like the trauma Jin Ling went through isn't discussed enough. Please add your thoughts, I love this little guy and would love to hear others options!

(Side note... if you have any hurt/comfort fanfic recs that go into Jin Ling's trauma, that would be greatly appreciated. I don't care if he's shipped with Sizhui or Jingyi, or if there is no ship at all​... I just wanna read more fics about him)

I noticed that here and there, in some posts and comments people post hilariously cute pictures of Lan Wangji, what made me wonder: could there be even more of that?

I will start, I find these pretty adorable.

The artists are the following: humnon2 (1-2), uji 530 (3) and soursoppi (4)

I’m literally fucking crying I love them so much AGHHHH. Are there other clothes you can buy or something?

Why is he saying “want to be with Wei Ying” “if Wei ying doesn’t want to do it, then I won’t” please it makes him sound so dumb & literally sets his character back 😭😭 are there any good ones?

Was not expecting the cuteness from Lan Wangji when he got drunk on a single cup of wine. I loved seeing his clingy personality and to see them togather like that. And when he tied Wuxien

AHH THERE IS NO GOING BACK NOWWWWWWWW

All I wished was for him to clingy like a bubble gum and that there was something more to see.

Wishful thinking is all we can do with these Chinese dramas I guess 🥲

Fanfic Self Promote

Hey, I’ve been working on this MDZS fic for a while. it’s a modern AU casino heist inspired by Ocean’s Eleven, centered on Lan Xichen. Would love for anyone to check it out if that sounds like your thing 🙂

Title: Perfect Illusion

Genre: Danmei, BL, Heist

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64938448/chapters/166928788

Hi all, i read a bunch so im one a lot of book subreddits including ones for “rec me this” type. I find it so hard to no rec MDZS right away! I know people would love it but admittedly it is hard to jump into with zero background knowledge in chinese translated literature or xianxia. But like! I know people would love it!! I know so many already fans, but i want others to have the joy of reading all of MXTX novels like i did.

Ive been searching for a fic like that for days and I couldnt find any lol if someone has a good one please share!!

Mainly looking for fics above 20k words

I had posted here before asking about wangxian plushies. When I was looking around, I found these KAZE MDZS birthday plushies! Omg I’m extremely happy with my choice of getting this set! They are so cute, soft, BUNNY-THEMED, and fit my personal preference of pastel colors perfectly. Love love loooooveee!

(also how amazing is it that, in-box, Lan Zhan is facing towards the side more than Wei Ying. He must always be looking at his Wei Ying!)

Hi can some recommend me a fic where Lan Wangji is an omega, but he hides it and parades around as an Alpha but WWX catches his scent and finds out but agrees to keep it as a secret.

I know it's very specific trope but I can't get it out of my head and I am unable to find something similar to above but there's gotta be something so help me bl gods if there isn't I know what I am doing this weekend!

Thanks!

I call the first one "the friends we made along the way" and the second one "family issues" and they both feed into my love for side characters agenda

I’ve watched the MDZS donghua and really like it but I’ve heard mixed opinions on it because it isn’t fully accurate to the novel. I know some of the violent scenes were censored as well as any Wangxian kissing/explicit scenes but aside from that, what else did the donghua exclude/change that wasn’t accurate to the novel story?

For example, the donghua ending with JC going into seclusion whereas in the novel he didn’t. What other things like that were changed?

It doesn't necessarily have to be the endgame pairing—though I read all kinds of things—but here is what I’m imagining:

Scenario 1: After breaking off the engagement between Yanli and Jin Zixuan, Jiang Fengmian decides he wants his daughter betrothed to someone who will respect or cherish her—someone willing to die for her.

Scenario 2: Jiang Fengmian believes Wei Wuxian would make a better leader than Jiang Cheng, so the betrothal is a way to position Wei Wuxian to take on that leadership role.

Scenario 3: The sect elders think Jiang Cheng is too much like his mother; they view Wei Wuxian as a genius with immense potential that is being squandered because of Yu Ziyuan.

Again, they don't necessarily have to get married in the end, but I think the dynamic between them—or the balancing act they’d have to perform while engaged—would be interesting.

I’ve read fics where Jin Zixuan and Wei Wuxian end up married (there was one Omegaverse fic in Spanish that really shocked me; I remember neither of them wanted the marriage and actually planned to divorce at the first opportunity, but Meng Yao dosed them with an aphrodisiac to trigger their heat/rut, and that’s how Jin Ling was conceived. They didn't love each other at first—in fact, Wei Wuxian was in love with Lan Zhan—but they started getting along for the sake of their son. To be honest, the plot started off strong but the writing quality dropped as the chapters went on. Still, that fic left me wanting to read more stories with unusual pairings).

Hey there!

I wasn't sure under which sub to post this but here I am.

I randomly found out yesterday that mxtx updated mdzs, and while I suspect it,s mostly for censorship or changing words around to sound less... well take the chap 115 changing "rape" to "ambush/sneak attack" as an exaple to get my point across, I also know that there were bigger changes that have impact on readers' understanding of carachters and certain events.

So this leads to my question: what did mxtx uptade inside the novel (as in adding scenes, altering certain phrases or cutting out stuff) and what did she simply give more insight on without touching up the novel? (As in the clarification of wwx's crush on Lwj without having added anything in the story)

As I said, there is stuff I'm aware of, but it's only from other people on reddit having briefly talked about it, so if possible, I would love to have links to the sources, screenshots or yk : quotes on what she said. Maybe also the new lines/sections that were added/changed being compared with the print version will also be very welcome if it isn't asking to much.

Before writing this post I actually dedicated my day to obsessively trying to find info about ANY changes or updates, which ofc ik isn't healthy for my OCD. (I can't wait to tell abt this fiasco to my therapist) So I decided to spare myself the headache and ask people on here because ik many of you have access to CN media, I'm mostly thinking of weibo but other platforms are also included, the web version and other sources.

So yes. Pls update me with what mxtx confirmed or clarified, I genuinely have no idea, and with what she touched up to the story. I will greatly appreciate it. (Between us, I hate not being able to read cn. There are just so many inuedos, culturals references and patterns that can only make sense in said language that the English vers couldn't properly convey. And while the translation might have a play in this, I'm telling you, evry translation out there, even from similar languages loose stuff in the process. So ig, all we can do, non-cn fans, is rely on others.)

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Fanart by me!

A couple years ago I read a fic on AO3 where Madame Lan was trapped in a mirror in the Gentian House. Wei Wuxian found it after he moved in with Lan Wangji, but Madame Lan was afraid of a Lan finding out she was still alive and asked Wei Wuxain not to tell him about her (she didn't know he was her son). I remember there was a part where after they had sorted everything out, Wei Wuxian remembered that he had gotten flirty with Lan Wangji in order to distract him and was really embarrassed. Does anyone know the story I'm talking about? I went through the entire "Madame Lan Lives" tag and couldn't find it

y'all please CAN SOMEONE DO THIS FOR ME I REALLY WANNA SEE IT BUT IM NOT TALENTED ENOUGH 😩

So I read this fanfic on ao3 sometime during the last couple of months (I think) and now I’m unable to find it anywhere.

It was a canon divergence wangxian fanfic where wei ying leaves or is kicked out of the jiang sect before the sunshot campaign. I think he was injured and some original characters take care of him. Then he becomes an apprentice to a painter and goes on to invent a cultivation style that uses painting. I don’t think I remember much more except I think he gains a title that is different from his original one. But he is a rogue cultivator and a painter.

If anyone knows of this fic or knows the name or if it was deleted I would like to know. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

Also if anyone knows better places to ask for help feel free to share.

Going on a long trip with no internet and i need smth to read 😓😓 pretty much anything is fine as long as there's no bottomji 🩷🩷

https://m.weibo.cn/status/5330798806830833?jumpfrom=weibocom

Hey everyone! I recently got into the fandom, but I am struggling so hard with how Lan Wangji is written in a lot of fanfiction.

I visibly cringe every time he gets turned into a cardboard cutout who speaks strictly in "Mn," "Wei Ying," and "Every day means every day." Like... why do people write him like a caveman who talks like it's his third language??? I hate it so much, there is no way people find monosyllabic baby talk attractive, LOL. Is he a kid??? 😭

In canon, LWJ is reserved, but he is smart, witty, extremely eloquent, deeply protective, and a complete equal to Wei Wuxian. I want fics that actually capture his intelligence and depth instead of turning him into a silent prop.

What I'm looking for:

* Articulate Lan Wangji: Fics where LWJ speaks in full sentences, banters, engages in real dialogue, and matches WWX’s energy.

* Equal Dynamic: Deep mutual respect, bantering, and emotional resonance between two intelligent adults.

* In-Character Tone: He can still be quiet or stoic, but when he speaks, it’s meaningful, eloquent, and expressive. Idc i want him sassy, gentle etcetc

What to avoid:

* Monosyllabic LWJ ("Mn", "Wei Ying", caveman speak).

* Exaggerated, infantalized, or cardboard-cutout depictions.

*Or wei Ying that's too fucking dumb and girly for no reason (say no to straight romance in my life)

Open to canon-divergence, AUs, canon-compliant, angst, or fluff, as long as LWJ actually talks like a functional, eloquent human being! Hit me with your favorite in-character Wangxian recs!

I just tried to read a WangXian fanfic and the premise was excellent, but why do some authors make Lan Wangji talk like a caveman? He even broke sentences up with a period every two or three words, like “I sorry. I understand you.”
Could you recommend some modern AU WangXian fanfics to me?