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wangxianficfinder · 2 months

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In the mood for...

Apr 9th

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1. ITMF fics with (a) good and well-developed original characters! i really enjoyed "I told you when I came I was a stranger" and would really love to read more like these. also looking for (b) fics where wwx is brought back in an OC's body, where their identity matters to the plot (eg politically), like "The Housewife’s Guide to Causing Chaos" (wwx brought back as a yu) & "Everyanything" (wwx brought back as qin su).

would still like wangxian to be tgt, & complete/actively ongoing fics only please. thank you!!!!! @potatokunst

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There's the wwx resurected in other people's bodies comp, but more specifically,

❤️ Beauty and the Boot by PTchan (T, 44k, wangxian, summoned by f!oc, Canon Divergence, Romantic Comedy, Genderbending, Denial, Fem!WWX, WangXian kids, Crack-ish, WIP) would probably fit

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2. Hey there! For the next itmf:

I want fics where wwx is in love with lwj, and he knows it too. So I don’t care if its time travel or anything like that, I just wanna see wwx treating lwj good/like a spouse while being aware that he’s doing it.

And even greater would be, if lwj was very much confused/ in gay panic mode/ horny for it .

Thank you :3 @desperation-is-my-middle-name

two guys r in love thats literally it by victortor (M, 11k, wangxian, Time Travel, the fluffiest thing ive ever written)

When the Words Stop Coming by mrcformoso (T, 7k, WangXian, Canon Compliant, POV WWX, POV LWJ, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Pre-Sunshot Campaign, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Canonical Character Death, Love Confessions, Rejection, LWJ is a Panicked Gay, Temporarily Unrequited Love, Trauma, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sad with a Happy Ending) more of an angst take honestly but it fits the prompt?

And Time Is But a Paper Moon by sami (M, 139k, WangXian, XiChengQing, Time Travel, Fix-It, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Healing, Mental Health Issues, PTSD, Hurt/Comfort, Depression, BAMF WWX, BAMF JC, BAMF LWJ, BAMF JYL, Getting Together)

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3. Hi! For ITMF, can you suggest fics where it picks up soon after the novel ends and explores wangxian’s relationship and how it develops?

Or just fics where wwx learns to take up space/ adjust to gusu and in lwj’s heart?

Thank you for your help, always!

And Yet Here You Are by cosmicmilktea (T, 10k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Domestic Fluff, Cloud Recesses, settling down, Separation Anxiety, Teacher WWX, very light angst, Chief Cultivator LWJ)

call me home and I'll build you a throne by anaphoricae (E, 51k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Cloud Recesses, Getting Together, Developing Relationship, Self-Indulgent, Gusu Lan Juniors Dynamics, Touch-Starved, Non-Sexual Intimacy... and then Sexual Intimacy, Lán Juniors Gossiping about Wangxian, as a treat, Nightmares, Hurt/Comfort, little hurt lots of comfort, Domestic Fluff, Fluff, WWX Has a New Golden Core, Farmer WWX, Chief Cultivator LWJ, iMutual Pining, Communication, Quietly Falling Into a Married Life, Light Angst, Wholesome, POV LWJ, POV WWX, LWJ in braids agenda, Sharing a Bed, WWX's Birthday, Semi-Public Sex, Cold Springs, Inventor WWX, Jealous WWX, turkish translation)

I hope that you will come and meet me by feyburner (M, 28k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Getting Together, Love Letters, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling & Snuggling, Literal Sleeping Together, Intimacy, CQL Compliant, No Plot Just Feelings, First Time, Two soulmates figuring their shit out, Let Hanguang-jun talk about his feelings agenda, Podfic Available)

my age has never made me wise by idrilka (E, 63k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Part-epistolary, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Marriage Proposal, Homecoming, One Brain Cell WWX Strikes Again)

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4. hello! for itmf any fics with wei wuxian and mo xuanyu? smth like i'll take a secondhand monster by stratisphyre

tysm<3 @r3n-vy

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5. Hi! Hope u r having a great day!

Do you know any good wangxian fics where LWJ leaving cloud recesses along with A-yuan and raise him on his own? You know, before WWX's return? I remember reading one where LWJ competely fell off the radar once. Sadly, i can't recall the name. Pretty please @grrumpywoof

❤️ And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Glitterbombshell (T, 23k, WIP, WangXian, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, LXC is not really a good brother in this sorry, Canon Divergence, rogue cultivator!lwj) It's a WIP that hasn't updated since 2020, but there's this

Home isn't Where the Heart is. by Hauntcats (Not rated, 7k, wangxian) Jingyi comes along too here

The Best I Can by Zephyr (ZephyrAndTheSilverfish) (T, 26k, LJY & WWX, wangxian, WWX talking to his donkey, Canon Divergence, Light Angst, Drama, Recovery, Coming of Age, Secret Identity Fail, Friendship, Rogue Cultivator LWJ, Road Trips, POV Multiple, Happy Ending)

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6. Hi!!! Thank you, you are all amazing and this place is magnificent!! Well, In the mood for... A) Fics were Wei Wuxian raised or helped raised the Juniors, all of them, modern if possible, I just finished The Edge of Night by Hobbsy3 and the relationship with the kids is so amazing, even if is not the central theme also B) Zombie themes fics, similar to the previous one, modern to if posible with happy ending!! Thank you so much for everything!! Be well :) @monicaop21

6A)

🔒 and having a marvelous time by varnes (E, 108k, WangXian, Yúnmèng Siblings, Sound of Music AU, (i know!!! i know. stay with me on this.), Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Family Feels, spies to lovers???, Protective Siblings, Sometimes You Just Want Your Dads To Admit They're Your Dads, Angst with a Happy Ending, podfic of and having a marvellous time by varnes by Spinifex) not modern but WWX raises all the kids

6B)

Darkness Before the Dawn by Selenay (E, 64k, wangxian, Zombie Apocalypse, Modern With Magic, Necromancer WWX, Reunions, toddler A-Yuan, There Was Only One Bed, There are zombies but not graphically horrific zombies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Find a home in the middle of an apocalpyse)

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7. Academic rivals wangxian? :<

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8. For the next itmf! I wonder if there are any fics where the lan and nie bros are really close and then wwx gets added into the mix, and there are shenanigans! Things like the lan/nie bros having a problem that only wwx can solve, or the bros discover how wwx's been treated by other people and get super protective. I just read With This Shadowed Blade and discovered that I very badly want to read more of this dynamic! Thank you all!

Come Around and Stay by trippednfell (M, 160k, wangxian, modern, slow burn, kid fic, found family, it gets worse before it gets better, PTSD, blood and injury, dissociation, trauma, angst w happy ending, musicals, alternating pov, JC & WWX reconciliation, hurt/comfort, panic attacks)

Debts of a Child Part 2 by Hauntcats (M, 111k, WangXian, YZY Bashing, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Angst and Feels, lots of anger, JC Bashing, not Jiang friendly, Angst with a Happy Ending, Content warning for icky spiders in later chapters.)

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9. Pls pls next itmf secret relationship wangxian? Bonus points if it’s CRA but modern au or post canon or whatever is great too I just need it (I have read a few where their families don’t believe they’re dating but I want them hiding it)

Silenced With A Kiss by NinjaKK (E, 132k, WIP, WangXian, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Flirting, Teen Romance, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Soft WangXian, WWX in WWX’s Body, Secret Relationship, Falling In Love, First Kiss, First Dates, Inventor WWX, Genius WWX, Canon Divergence, Protective LWJ, Protective WWX, Ripple Effect, First Time, Fluff and Smut, Optional Smut, Supportive LWJ, BAMF WWX, Inappropriate Use of Gūsū Lán Forehead Ribbon, Has an Angry LWJ Kink, Drunk LWJ, Gusu Lan Alcohol Tolerance, No Golden Core Transfer, WWX Leaves the Yunmeng Jiang Sect)

A Guide on How to (not) Have a Secret Relationship by Grapesey (YumGrapeJuice) (T, 6k, wangxian, Established Relationship, Secret Relationship, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Boys Kissing, they are horribly in love, WWX is a Little Shit, LWJ is So Whipped, WWX is obsessed with LWJ's hair, JC is So Done)

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10. For the next itmf could I see if we could find any fics where mo xuanyu is adopted by wangxian. I’ll take both modern au and canon type fics

a thousand fragile and unprovable things by theLoyalRoyalGuard (G, 5k, WangXian, Modern AU, Trans Male Character, Trans MXY, MXY Deserves Happiness, Best Dads Wangxian, Handwaving The Legal System With The Power of LWJ, A little bit of angst, mostly soft, Happy Ending, Gender Happiness, Let LWJ Wear Skirts Agenda, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note)

silk linked together by theLoyalRoyalGuard (G, 6k, LWJ & MXY, Wangxian, Modern, Autistic LWJ, Cellist LWJ, LWJ, Runs A Rabbit Rescue, MXY Deserves Happiness, Fluff) which ends w/ both wangxian relationship and Mo Xuanyu adoption in process.

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11. Hello! ITMF current wips? For the last few months Truth Will Out has been super fun to keep up with, but now it is complete I would love to find other wips to follow! Any genre (canon, au, or modern) and any topic/plot! Preferably something that updates with relative frequency, like weekly or every other week. Thank you so much!

No Matter What You Are by LilyFaraday (M, 209k, wangxian, WIP, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Female WWX, MXY is a girl in this one and WWX has to deal with it, Genderbending, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, A lot of comedy coming from WWX dealing with being a girl, and also using it to his advantage, Marriage of Convenience, Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, no miscarriage)

A Matter of Time series by mrcformoso (E, 84k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, graphic depictions of violence, underage, LWJ pov, JC pov, dark LWJ, manipulation, grooming, teen body adult mind for LWJ, happy ending for wangxian, problematic consensual underage sex, blood & violence, insane LWJ, manic LWJ) My current MDZS WIP is the A Matter of Time Series, it's currently on worlbuilding extras before the actual sequel. It's update about monthly but considering the amount of thought and worldbuilding and the size of this series I think that's pretty fast hahaha make sure to read the warnings first!

once upon a time, 很久很久以前 by gentil-minou (Flyingsuits) (M, 69k, wangxian, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, WIP, Modern, Canon Divergence, Transmigration, of the townwide variety, Amnesia, of the nearly everyone variety, Mystery, of the shenanigans variety, Not Everyone Dies AU, WWX Has Self-Esteem Issues, WWX is sad and down bad, Single Parent LWJ, except a-yuan runs away to find his other dad, Fluff and Angst, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Minor Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, Once Upon a Time Fusion, Curses, part of the fun is figuring out how to make these characters as miserable as possible :) ) may i offer up my wip? Updates arent thay frequent cause each chap is over 15k but im hoping to post the next chap this month!

🔒 The Second Hand Unwinds by trulywicked (E, 51k, wangxian, JYL/JZX, WIP, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Time Travel Fix-It, Not JC Friendly, Not Yunmeng Jiang Sect Friendly, Not Jiāng Family Friendly, Not YZY Friendly, Time Travelling LWJ, Protective LWJ, Fluff, Minor Angst, Minor Character Death, JGS is his own warning, Wooing, LWJ is romantic af, Inventor WWX, Genius WWX, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Protective Gusu Lan Sect, Supportive LXC, Good Uncle LQR, WWX Protection Squad)

A-Yuan's Big Adventure by KatanaHatake (G, 13k, wangxian, WIP, Time Travel, transmigrator LSZ, Found Family, Canon Divergence, Parents LWJ & WWX, People believing WWX birthed A-Yuan, Eventual Happy Ending, Accidental Baby Acquisition)

We Meet at the Thousandth Step by Admiranda, Rynne (T, 273k, wangxian, CSSR/WCZ, WIP, Canon Divergence, No Sunshot Campaign, CSSR & WCZ Live, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Different First Meeting, Night Hunts, Genius WWX, Inventor WWX, Romance, Drama, Fluff, Strangers to married, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Everyone Lives AU, Developing Relationship, Minor Violence, Case Fic, Mystery, Flirting, WWX's Canon-Typical Flower Flirting, Arson, There Was Only One Bed, Getting Together, First Kiss, Meeting the Parents, Resolved Sexual Tension, Resolved Romantic Tension, WWX Is a Good Big Brother, New Relationship Bliss, Chinese Mythology & Folklore, Blood and Injury, Yiling siblings)

🧡 The Shade of Old Trees by Kryal (T, 266k, WIP, WangXian, Ridiculously Long Notes, History, Canon Divergence, Modern AU, Slow Burn, Worldbuilding, Slow Life, Action/Adventure, Magic Returns, BAMF WWX)

At heart by apathyinreverie (M, 28k, wangxian, WIP, 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, kind of, Domestic WangXian, Fluff, WWX Goes to Gusu, Possessive WWX, WWX happily atticwifing away, Sunshot Campaign, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ)

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12. Itmf for qiongqi path divergence 🖤

The Fire Lapping Up the Creek by notevenyou (E, 66k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Canon-Typical Violence, Injury, Injury Recovery, Blood, Respiratory Illness, Major Illness, Fever, Grief/Mourning, Burial Mounds, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Hunger and food scarcity, Surgery, Fix-It of Sorts)

when you're doing all the leaving (then it's never your love lost) by tardigradeschool (T, 23k, wangxian, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Sharing a Bed, Sharing Clothes, Fix-It, the inherent eroticism of under robes, Golden Core Transfer, LWJ finds out about wwx's missing core and says i have plenty to go around)

the cycle of regret by KouriArashi (T, 14k, WangXian, Groundhog Day, Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending)

in this place where we don’t have a prayer by Cerusee, Mikkeneko (T, 42k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, WWX dies at Qiongqi path, Demonic Cultivation)

Home and the Heartland by Witch_Nova221 (T, 210k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, LWJ Stays at the Burial Mounds, Slow Romance, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Self-Discovery, Golden Core Reveal)

isn't there a Qiongqi Path canon divergence comp?

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13. itmf fics with Lan Wangji laughing/smiling/giggling etc. The bts of The Untamed with Wang Yibo laughing his ass off are killing me and i need LWG just being happy and laughing now

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14. An ITMF ask: I am looking for fic where WangXian's marriage is being arranged but one or both of them simply don't know about it until late in the game -not just "everyone knows but them" but literally they are being measured for wedding outfits and are clueless. Pining a plus! HEA pls! <3 @kimboo-york

Searching for a Heart by vesna (mrsronweasley) (E, 21k, WangXian, Modern AU, married at first sight au, this is basically modern arranged marriage, Getting Together, Reality TV AU)

Lead Me On Through by vesna (mrsronweasley) (E, 54k, wangxian, Alternate Universe, Arranged Marriage, Practice Kissing, practice other things, horny boys in love, questionable logic, Questionable Choices, they're dumb but cute, but dumb, but really cute, slight knives, Happy Ending)

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15. itmf modern au inventor wwx, similar to kizukatana's Truth Will Out? thank you for all that u do 💗

💖 One Can Keep A Secret (If He Does Not Know It’s There)by H_Belle (T, 5k, wangxian, NHS & WWX, modern w/ cultivation, inventor WWX, secret identity, identity reveal, YLLZ WWX, rogue cultivator WWX, pining LWJ, WWX pov)

There's An App For Everything by Sweetlittlevampire (G, 4k, wangxian, Modern Cultivation, Rivals to Lovers, Friends To Lovers, Competition, Demon fighting, Getting Together, Love Confessions, First Kiss, Night Hunts, Wangxian x Caves is the real ship here, Happy Ending, Humour)

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16. hi hi! could you recomend any fics where Lan Yuan grows up in Lotus Pier? thank you <3 @nyxiblue

What Remains After the War by Swan_Song (T, 41k, JC & LSZ, JC & JL, JL & LSZ, JL & LJY & OYZZ & LSZ, JC & WWX, WIP, Canon Divergence, LSZ is a Jiang, Good Uncle JC, Cousins JL & LSZ, JC Needs a Hug, JC Needs Therapy, The juniors solve a mystery, Junior Ensemble Shenanigans, Good Uncle LQR, he tries his best, LSZ Needs a Hug)

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17. ITMF any fics where other characters preferably Jin zixuan has an unrequited/one sided crush on Wei Ying. Could be any setting preferably Canon/Canon divergence or with some sort of cultivation and wangxian end game. Gimme all you have please @linossock

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robininthelabyrinth · 1 year

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Could you do Accidental sworn brothers NHS, JC, WWX?

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“So,” Jiang Cheng said.

It was a very ominous sort of ‘so’.

“Hi, Jiang-xiong,” Nie Huaisang said. “Have you eaten? I trust you been well. I’ve been all right, myself. Things are pretty quiet. The weather’s been pretty nice, though I don’t think it’s ever as nice in Qinghe as it is in Yunmeng. Has it been raining much?”

Jiang Cheng was giving him a death glare.

“…lots of rain, huh?”

“I don’t care about the vast majority of what you did to get revenge on Jin Guangyao,” Jiang Cheng said flatly. “But you put Jin Ling in danger.”

“Not…much danger.” At Jiang Cheng’s incredulous look, Nie Huaisang shrugged. “He kept him alive this long, didn’t he? I figured Jin Ling was pretty safe, as these things went. It was only at the very last moment that he actually threatened him directly – and Jin Ling wasn’t even supposed to be there.”

Judging from Jiang Cheng’s expression, he wasn’t buying Nie Huaisang’s argument.

“All right, fine,” Nie Huaisang said. “Still, you came to visit me, which means that you’re not just here to yell and tell me that our friendship is over, you could do that by letter. You want something from me?”

Jiang Cheng struggled for a moment, then grimaced. “Yeah, I want something.”

He was so predictable sometimes.

“Tell me what you need me to do to get your friendship back, and I’ll do it.” Nie Huaisang thought about it for a moment. “Within reason.”

“I want you to help me fix my relationship with Wei Wuxian.”

“…I said within reason, Jiang-xiong,” Nie Huaisang said, horrified. “Do you want me to bring the moon down and give it to you while I’m at it?”

“It’s not that bad!” Jiang Cheng protested, except, no, really, it was exactly that bad. Years and years of deception and betrayal and bad feelings on both sides, an incredibly knotty tangle of emotions with no one completely right and no one completely wrong and debts and anger and – it was bad, okay? “Anyway, you managed to fix Jin Guangyao, didn’t you, even though he was Chief Cultivator and you had basically no evidence? Fix this, too.”

“It’s in no way comparable!”

“Listen, you said you wanted to know what you needed to do to get us to be all right with each other again, right? This is it. Do it.”

Nie Huaisang opened his mouth in protest.

“I won’t accept anything else,” Jiang Cheng said, and crossed his arms in a way that suggested finality. “You’re the mastermind, aren’t you? So mastermind!”

Nie Huaisang really didn’t want to lose Jiang Cheng’s friendship, now that he knew there was a possibility of keeping it, but he also had no idea how to even start going about fixing the unfixable. He flattered himself to think that he knew Jiang Cheng pretty well after all these years, but based on everything that had happened, he didn’t understand Wei Wuxian well enough to know where to start.

Clearly, he needed help. No, more than help – he needed expertise.

Currently, Nie Huaisang was sitting in one of the rooms in the Cloud Recesses the Lan sect used to host guests waiting to see the sect leader on business. Of course, with Lan Xichen in seclusion at the moment, the actual person taking petitions was the person Nie Huaisang come to see: Lan Wangji.

He didn’t expect to be seen to quickly, the way he might have when he’d been on familiar terms with Lan Xichen – he was a Great Sect leader, yes, and an allied one, and so ought to be accorded first priority, but Lan Wangji was also a petty little brat sometimes. Lan Qiren had come by in an unofficial capacity, looking long-suffering, and they’d had an unexpectedly enjoyable conversation on the subject of the rules relating to filial piety and revenge, which Nie Huaisang interpreted as possibly the first time Lan Qiren had ever voluntarily given him a good grade on anything.

(He was weirdly moved by it, but mostly still traumatized. He’d hated school.)

After the old teacher left, Nie Huaisang sat around waiting and drinking tea, amusing himself by thinking of all the ways this forthcoming conversation could go wrong, and just when he’d gotten to the end of the fourth scenario, Wei Wuxian himself came strolling in.

“Oh, hi, Wei-xiong!” Nie Huaisang said brightly, not allowing considerations like shame to apply. “How’ve you been?”

“I’m good, I’m good,” Wei Wuxian said. “And you?”

“Well, I’m –”

“It works out quite well that you’re here, actually,” Wei Wuxian said, barreling onwards without waiting for the answer. “There was something I was hoping you might help me with.”

Nie Huaisang hid his face behind a fan. “Who, me…? I mean, I’m always glad to help, if it’s within my power – and, I mean, I’m glad you asked! And here I was worried that Wei-xiong didn’t like me anymore.”

Wei Wuxian waved a dismissive hand and sat down.

“I’m sure it’s something you can help with,” he said, smiling in a way Nie Huaisang didn’t like. “After all, you led the entire cultivation world around by the nose to catch Jin Guangyao, didn’t you?”

“I wouldn’t say that…”

“Well, I would. This should be no problem in comparison!”

Which meant, of course, that it was going to be a problem, because anything was easy in comparison.

“Oh, Wei-xiong, I really don’t know…”

“Don’t give me that! At least listen to it, okay?”

Nie Huaisang was always willing to listen. He nodded.

“I need you to use your mastermind skills to help me fix my relationship with Jiang Cheng.”

Nie Huaisang blinked once, long and slow. “With…Jiang Cheng?”

“That’s right!”

“But…why me…”

“Everything is just a complete mess between us,” Wei Wuxian said plainly. “It’s probably mostly my fault, and I’ve probably wronged him in ways I don’t even remember, but – I’d like to fix it. I’ve tried to fix it. I even tried leaving it alone to see if that would help, and it definitely didn’t. Everything I’ve done only makes it worse! So I need someone else to manage it.”

“And you picked…me?”

“Don’t put yourself down, Nie-xiong. You’ll manage!”

“I haven’t even agreed yet!”

“You need something from Lan Zhan, don’t you?” Wei Wuxian said, grinning at him. “You’ll agree.”

“Of course I’ll agree,” Nie Huaisang said with a huff, tossing his head. “You’re a dear friend, Wei-xiong! Why wouldn’t I agree?”

Anyway, he had to do the work for Jiang Cheng anyway. Might as well score some points flattering Wei Wuxian while he was at it.

“You’re so kind,” Wei Wuxian said, rolling his eyes at him. “Thanks, Nie-xiong. I look forward to hearing what our next move is. Have fun having tea with Lan Zhan!”

“You did this to yourself,” Lan Wangji said solemnly.

“I know,” Nie Huaisang said. He was lying on the floor, arms and legs splayed to the sides as he stared up at the roof in an effort to express the depths of his desolation. “I’m well aware.”

“Mm.”

“I’m having a crisis over it, even.”

“Mm. Could you have the crisis elsewhere?”

“Don’t be mean, Lan Zhan. Of course not. I need your help!”

“Denied,” Lan Wangji said, as if Nie Huaisang really were just one of the random petitioners he had to deal with these days.

“If you don’t help me, I’ll fix up their relationship so good that you’ll have to deal with Jiang Cheng all the time,” Nie Huaisang said threateningly, and noted with amusement the way Lan Wangji’s brow twitched at the thought of having to share either space, time, or Wei Wuxian with Jiang Cheng. “Listen, no matter what the others think, I’m not really a schemer or a mastermind! I just ran with the course of events and tried to change them when they looked like they weren’t going my way, that’s all.”

“I wish you luck,” Lan Wangji said, immoveable as an iceberg.

“If I try to solve this, I’m only going to make it worse,” Nie Huaisang said. “That’s not even a threat. It’s just a fact.”

“I look forward to seeing the end results,” Lan Wangji said.

Cruel, indifferent man.

“I don’t even have a good model on how to solve this,” Nie Huaisang complained. “I mean, I don’t think I know of any relationships that splintered and then were actually repaired? The only thing that comes even close is what er-ge was up to with da-ge and san-ge all that time ago, when he was trying to get them to like each other again – of course, san-ge ruined that by committing murder, but I think we can probably avoid that here! I mean, I think we can. And it’s not workable, anyway, because…”

He frowned. Nothing was coming to mind.

Nothing at all.

Well then.

“Actually…”

Lan Wangji actually put down his brush. He looked mildly alarmed. “Nie Huaisang,” he said. “What are you thinking of doing?”

“Nothing, nothing…nothing at all…”

“How did this happen?” Jiang Cheng wondered.

“No idea,” Wei Wuxian said. “But at least we’re friends again, right?”

“Not just friends,” Jiang Cheng said. “Isn’t that right, da-ge?”

Wei Wuxian puffed himself up like a peacock. “You bet, er-di!”

“The sacrifices I make for my friends amaze even me,” Nie Huaisang said to a stunned-looking Lan Wangji. “I’m really all heart, aren’t I?”

“Nie Huaisang,” Lan Wangji said solemnly. “I am going to kill you.”

Nie Huaisang cackled. “No, you’re not,” he said cheerfully. “Or else my da-ge and er-ge might have something to say about how you’re treating their san-di…and I, at least, promise not to kill either of them!”

#mdzs #jiang cheng #nie huaisang #wei wuxian #lan wangji #my fic #my fics #I'm finally going to start posting again #even though I'm mortally terrified I'm going to repost an old one #which is at least 65% of why I have been so quiet #but I will do it anyway #anyway showing up WAY late with your prompt fill sorry #my nhs&lwj childhood friends agenda strikes again #also my 'what is the funniest way this could happen' agenda

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limitbreaker23 · 5 months

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A WIP game, I can do that, @fistfuloflightning <3 Let me annoy you with my Jiang Cheng/Lan Wangji post-canon wip. cql verse, because it gives me the great opportunity to have older Jiang Zongzhu deal with Xiandu Lan Wangji. To give Jin Ling an opportunity to attend the studies in the Cloud Recesses, Jiang Cheng takes on some clan leading duties for Lanling-Jin, supervised by the Chief Cultivator, most annoying esteemed Hanguang-Jun. Have an excerpt of Jiang Cheng trying to rail rile Lan Wangji up from the second chapter:

“This position requires a particular way of thinking.” “This position requires you,” Jiang Cheng said, looked steadily at Lan Wangji, not letting that glance slip away, leaning closer to feel those eyes on him, the tingle down his spine. Lan Wangji’s ears seemed red from this close. “Someone perfect, proper and particular. Someone setting an example.” In annoying others. “No one’s afraid you’ll ever go mad with power like some of your predecessors.” “Hmph.” “I keep a close eye on you, just in case,” Jiang Cheng said, voice quiet, distance between them too small to dare for more volume. Almost a whisper. Lan Wangji blinked and cocked his head to the side, watching him as if Jiang Cheng was about to slam his balled fist into his face. His ears red, his throat exposed like this, a vein pulsing invitingly. Perhaps he kept too close of an eye. “Don’t think I’m praising you. Gusu-Lan needs to hold some more competitions and conferences for you to keep up with your predecessors. I assume with Zewu-Jun in seclusion it’s too time consuming to organise anything and continue splitting his duties between you and your uncle.” Jiang Cheng grabbed the folded paper and pulled it out of Lan Wangji’s unexpectantly loose grip, stashed it within his sleeve. Nothing to waste time on here anymore now. He should bow and leave. “Competitions?” And Lan Wangji didn’t let him, pinned him straight to the spot with his stare. “Like?” Jiang Cheng leant back in towards those eyes. Fear was something for juniors after all. “Why ask for my opinion, Hanguang-Jun? Yunmeng-Jiang is not known for its hospitality, if I need to remind you.” Lan Wangji didn’t flinch away from his breath, didn’t blink for once. “I would not decline your opinion.” No one should suffer from goosebumps at such indifferent, cold words, and here Jiang Cheng was, being a fool. “We’d be here all night if the two of us discuss socialising.” A flutter of lashes. There it was, as hateable as always. “If only there were more hours in one day,” Jiang Cheng said. “If only.” Jiang Cheng smirked right at Lan Wangji, instead of bowing and leaving. “Clan Leader Jiang.” Lan Wangji turned further towards him, seemed almost hesitant for a moment. “Cultivation should not be neglected. Has your training suffered since you’ve taken on Clan Leader Jin’s duties?” Jiang Cheng closed his tired eyes for a moment, probably too long, and Lan Wangji looked at him with that softly furrowed brow again. Fucking strange question out of the blue. “Would you like a duel to test me?” “Meditate with me,” Lan Wangji said. “I was preparing to. Join me.” Jiang Cheng’s heart almost drowned that quiet, deep voice. He breathed out something akin to a laugh. Watched his breath leaving goosebumps on Lan Wangji’s pale throat. “I didn’t know Gusu-Lan practiced Dual –” He bit his tongue, Lan Wangji’s eyes growing wide, ears flaring crimson. Jiang Cheng almost jumped back, forced his body into a simple step, craving more and more distance, wishing those eyes to close. Rarely had he seen Lan Wangji’s eyes this large and open, never a better opportunity to judge their colour, and he really had no need to do that. “My cultivation is not yours to worry about. Xiandu.” He bowed deeper than necessary and couldn’t escape that wide-eyed look. Carved into his mind even with his eyes open. He forced his spine straight again and stared through Lan Wangji, who lowered his head into a bow in return. And Jiang Cheng turned before Lan Wangji could look at him again. Judge him. Blush at him. Fuck this. He dashed outside, hurried through the garden as fast as Gusu-Lan allowed and dodged those beds of blue flowers in his way. Felt like some stupid rabbit hopping through them. The cool evening breeze burning in his lungs, heart slamming into them, not allowing him to breath. Like some dumb fucking teenager. Embarrassing himself to his core that wasn’t even his and beyond. Jiang Cheng kicked the first pebble in his way down this mountain.

Who knows if this makes sense, it's a beloved moment to me. I love middle-aged cultivators being dorks. I have no writer friends in fandom, feel yourself tagged if you want to share beloved wips. *hides*

#my writing #chengzhan #zhancheng #cql #the untamed #lan wangji #jiang cheng #a plot bunny from my meadow of wips #xiandu shengshou #the wip document is called xiandu shengshou yes because I think I'm hilarious #lan wangji's kitty blink #jiang cheng's blue balls

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wangxianficrecs · 1 year

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💙 Story-Shaped by lingering_song

💙 Story-Shaped

by lingering_song

T, 13k, Wangxian

Summary:Nie Huaisang knows that things in this world are rarely story-shaped. That they're more akin to ink spilled on parchment - Messy and unpredictable and rather tragic. But out of all the threads he's woven throughout damn near a decade, he had not expected the most straightforward of his ploys to go this awry. He had not expected Wei-Xiong to end up here in Qinghe, half-drunk and too thin with no Lan Wangji in sight. Because it turns out that on his way to becoming the Chief Cultivator, the great Hanguang-Jun had left Wei-Xiong on the side of the road to walk alone in a world that most probably still wants him dead. What else could Huaisang have done other than bring Wei-Xiong home with him?

Kay's comments: OK. So. I don't really buy this narrative that at the end of CQL, Wei Wuxian left to find him himself, or because he needed to travel and heal. Instead, I'm definitely team: Lan Wangji, what are you doing? You're giving the most mixed-signals! Pick up your soulmate and bring him home now, before he drinks himself into his second early grave! And on that note: this story is everything I ever wanted and I absolutely love it. It features Nie Huaisang finding Wei Wuxian, being sad and drunk after Lan Wangji left him by the side of the road, and deciding: fuck it, I'm taking him home! And of course, Wei Wuxian thrives in the Nie Sect, where he's given tasks and appreciated and allowed to teach and the cultivation sects hate to see it, but I love it. I live for it. All hail genius Wei Wuxian, my beloved. Eventually, Lan Wangji gets a stern talking-to too and all works out in the end, but of course, until then, we get to enjoy some delicious pining.

Excerpt: "So, where have your travels taken you so far, Wei-Xiong?" "Well, here and there," Wei-Xiong blinks slowly at the change of subject, accepting his newly-filled cup without question, "There's a lot of things to take care of once you're far enough from where the Sects give a fuck. Do you know there's a stretch of old Qishan Wen land that just goes unclaimed and the people without any Sect help at all? Right there, smack-dead between Lanling and Yunmeng. How many years has it been? It's crazy, really." And then it hits him. Why Wei-Xiong is here, in this dingy inn at the very borders of Qinghe Nie territory. Why it took his birds so long to catch any wind that the Yiling Laozu is wandering the land. Wei-Xiong, who wouldn't have felt welcome to go to Yunmeng after what his birds reported happened in the Yunmeng Jiang ancestral halls, who had been stabbed in the guts the last time he was in his nephew's Sect, and who had been the most hated figure in the Cultivation world when he died and when he was revived again. Nie Huaisang realizes, with the kind of swooshing emptiness he feels at particularly heartrending poetry, that Wei-Xiong is a man displaced in time with nowhere to go. That Lan Wangji had probably been the only safe place for him, up until Lan Wangji let him go to walk a world that most probably still wants him dead.

the untamed canon, post-the untamed, pov nie huaisang, chief cultivator lan wangji, inventor wei wuxian, genius wei wuxian, found family, qinghe nie sect, qinghe nie disciples, teacher wei wuxian, good friend nie huaisang, implied/referenced alcoholism, wangxian get a happy ending, wingman nie huaisang, not cultivation world friendly, cultivation sect politics, not jiang cheng friendly, mentioned character death

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staunchen · 6 months

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so i was thinking about lan wangji and how he has this reputation of being righteous while also in my opinion acting like an asshole? like he acts very petty and is ready to pull his sword on people a lot and isn't really involved in politics even in a way that makes sense as a high ranking member of a sect? like the silencing spell on jin ling is uh. bad.

it's like lan wangji has scary dog privilege by virtue of his reputation and his brother and uncle who will wreck you if you do or say anything to/about him. except thats not right because theyre not scary dogs at all, they just protect him. it's like lan wangji is a scary dog and lan xichen and lan qiren smooth things over and stop him from doing something too awful and calm others down after lan wangji does something not too great. and i guess with the reputation for being righteous (second jade of lan) is enough to deter people from saying/doing things like "hey he's a dick" because dude that's hanguang-jun, what are you talking about???".

and the people he saves on night hunts or whatever are random civilians who don't interact with him enough to see him behave badly, and a cool and aloof powerful cultivator saving them gets a lot of leeway on account of being a famous powerful cultivator and also being someone who saved them from fierce corpses or spirits or healed their kid or grandparent or whatever. who cares if theyre quiet and kinda rude they saved their sister!!!!!

so when lan wangji is a dick to jin ling or fucks off from political stuff or is ready to pull his sword on jiang cheng in the jiang ancestral hall or whatever he's doing so with the reputation of hanguang-jun who saves people and also is supported by lan xichen (lan sect leader and brother) and lan qiren (former acting sect leader, uncle, teacher) and they are protective and dare i say overindulgent of lan wangji???? like bro you are a political figure whether you like it or not, your actions have effects on things besides your own direct personal circle. like the heir of gusu lan pulling a sword on sect leader jiang is fucking political incident whether or not theyre both being assholes or not. the adult heir of gusu lan using the lan silencing spell on the teenage heir of lanling jin is a political incident. not engaging with other sects politically, ever, says important things about your priorities and your influence both within the sect and without.

also like. what if something happened to gusu lan? like say lan xichen is injured, and lan qiren is also out of commission for some reason? that means lan wangji is acting sect leader. can you IMAGINE lan wangji as sect leader. imagine it. really visualize it. there's a lot of jokes about lan wangji being a petty bitch and people love it but imagine a petty bitch as a sect leader. the situation would blow up faster than lans get drunk on a glass of wine. like dude. so much stuff would be totally fucked.

anyway lan wangji as he is in mdzs would be a shit sect leader/chief cultivator/etc. he doesn't behave like he's intimately involved in the politics of his world (which he is) and may or may not have training in doing so - maybe he has training and just doesn't do it? which is also really bad, then he would know better and still not do it or help in any way.

#mdzs #meta #mdzs meta #yeah #it's rough #lan wangji #i mean dude is not diplomatic #could do a whole other thing on how lan qiren and lan xichen and nie mingjue are not great on not preparing lan wangji and nie huaisang #for political stuff #i deeply understand why #wanting to protect your younger loved on from shitty realities and keeping them safe and happy #but also they have responsibilities and they may/will fall on them eventually!#like nie huaisang will likely be sect leader someday! esp as nie mingjue's qi deviations get worse and worse post sunshot #i mean nie mingjue is aware and part of the whole thing is protecting him from their sect's damaging cultivation #and taking care of him #but it still isn't good for nie huaisang and nie sect as a whole #and in lan sect its like. lan wangji may not ever be sect leader but we've seen so much bullshit happen before and during sunshot especiall #and wanting to protect him esp after the shit in their childhood with their mom dying #but like. dude. you are doing your younger sibling/nephew/whatever no favors by not preparing them or teaching them what's up #they are in for a rude awakening because as we see with nie mingjue and nie huaisang you can't protect them forever #and people will make judgments and behave accordingly #sucks all around honestly

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hulijingemperor2 · 3 months

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Meng shi: *walks in with a few maids*

A-Su.

Qin Su: *sitting comfortably on a cushioned seat* taihou.

Meng Shi: don't get up.

I brought some ginkgo tea for you.

*sits next to her*

Qin Su: aw. Thank you!

Meng shi: no problem.

Qin Su: *takes a sip*

Meng Shi: you're very beautiful. You and baby Meng. *smile* I got you a gift.

Qin Su: you didn't need to get me anything.

Meng shi: oh come on. I gave you gifts for your first pregnancy.

So it's a tradition.

Qin Su: omg. *blushing* I feel so pampered.

Meng Shi: as you must.

You make A-Yao happy, produced beautiful children and you're a very graceful Huanghou.

You'll be A-qing's role model.

Qin Su: I'm delighted that you're proud of me, taihou.

It's an honour to recieve your love.

Meng Shi: *kisses her forehead*

Qin Su: where's Huangdi?

Meng shi: A-Yao is in Moling. He has started a junior sect leader program. So all young sect heirs will he announced.

Qin Su: oh right. He's so brilliant. And he does everything for the betterment of the empire.

Meng Shi: every time he gets a child, he strengthens the empire even more.

Yao'er is really selfless.

Qin Su: i agree.

Huangdi focuses on thr future.

And our Song'er is going to be appointed as Qin Sect leader too.

Meng shi: yes! As he must. I'm so happy for him.

A-qing: *stops by the door.* Huanghou. Nainai taihou.

I'm a little shy.

Qin Su: why are you shy? You can come in.

A-qing: I came to check up on you. How are you going, Huanghou?

Qin Su: I'm good, dear.

Meng shi: aww so sweet. Checking up on your future mother-in-law.

That's good.

A-qing: *blushing* Nainai.

Qin Su: hmm I agree.

A-qing: do you need any help with anything?

Qin Su: not at all.

Meng Shi: A-Su, do you love the gifts?

Qin Su: oh yes, yuemu hou. I love them.

You're the best. *hugs*

Meng Shi: no prob, darling.

A-qing: you gave her gifts! That's so sweet.

Meng shi: yea, that's my little tradition to give A-Su gifts to congratulate her on her pregnancy.

A-qing: awww. Adorable.

I love that tradition.

Meng Shi: I hope A-Su carry on the tradition.

A-qing: *covers her blushing face* Nainai! Stop. You're making me blush.

Qin Su: *laughing* I'll give A-qing a lot of gifts.

But I'm not ready to be a grandma yet.

Meng shi: oh my.

Qin Su: A-qing. What if you surprise Song'er.

A-qing: surprise him?

Do you have any ideas??

Qin Su: wait for him in his residence, Pine Pavilion. Make some food, like dumplings, osmanthous cakes, fried tofu and some tea.

You know, Song'er is at a conference whole day. He must be exhausted.

I think it would be adorable.

A-qing: awww amazing. I really want to pamper him when he's returns.

Qin Su: great.

And pine Pavilion's mansion already have their chefs. You can just ask them to prepare the food.

A-qing: no. I want to try to cook for him with my own hands!

Qin Su: that sounds better.

Meng Shi: this is your time to practice being a housewife.

A-qing: yay.

~~~

Moling 📍

The grand sect conference is in session. Su Minshan is on his sect leader seat as chief cultivator whereas A-Yao sat on the left on a fancy seat of his own.

And of course there were xue yang and mo xuanyu sitting together and judging everyone.

Su she: welcome to the conference, cultivators.

With the help of my dearest Huangdi, I'll present the new sect leaders.

The sect leaders are advised to do some training to get familiar with their new roles.

Like lead night hunts, have meetings and discussions with fellow clan members and make minor decisions.

Soon you'll have your minor ceremonies on your own. Of course everything will be sponsored by Huangdi.

Everything here is approved by Huangdi. Ànd soon he'll elaborate on the structure of the program.

Su she: *clears throat* the new sect leader of the Reformed Qishan Wen sect and GusuLan sect will be Wen Yuan, also known as Lan Sizhui.

Ouyang Zizhen will be the new clan leader of Baiing ouyang.

Ouyang Zizhen: YES!!!

sect leader ouyang: behave yourself.

And you better not act so carefree. Running around.

Ouyang Zizhen: A-Die! aren't you going to congratulate me?! I'm part of Huangdi's young sect leader program.

Sect leader ouyang: congrats.

Speaking of congrats.

Congratulations Huangdi on your little package on the way.

Yao: thank you so much, Ouyang Zongzhu.

Ouyang Zizhen: ew A-Die. Why did you say it like that?

Sect leader ouyang: it's a figure of speech, child!

Su she: Jinling Rulan will be the Jin sect leader, as well as inherit the Meishan Yu sect. Where his grandmother belonged.

Jinling: *smiling*

Rusong: *clapping*

Jiang cheng: that's a lot of responsibility, A-ling. But I'm with you.

And as a gift I'll give you half of the Jiang sect.

Jinling: that's cool, Jiujiu!!!

Jiang cheng: you guys have it easy, thanks to Yao huangdi.

We were pushed into our roles without recovering from what we experienced a couple of weeks ago.

Jinling: you and Xiao shushu are the best.

Zixuan: congrats baby.

Yanli: I'm so proud of you.

Su she: congrats.

Rusong Dianxia will be the Qin Sect leader and subordinate to the Jin sect leader.

Jinling: *clapping*

Rusong: I'm honoured to be your subordinate, Ling gege.

Zixuan: such a perfect pair.

Yao: yes. There will be no corruption.

Jin guangshan was a disaster.

Zixuan: oh yes he was.

Ling'er and Song'er are absolutely precious and really close.

Yao: they'll make a perfect team.

Zixuan: indeed.

Su she: Huangdi wishes that Lan Jingyi a.k.a Meng Ruyi Dianxia gets the Jun title like Zewu Jun for example.

He'll be another Jade of Gusu, where he continues to be in charge of Gusu and their districts as a lord, until Huangdi bestows something else.

Yao: Definitely. He's my beloved, and deserves the Jun title.

Lan qiren: but, but Huangdi. That boy is a troublemaker.

He breaks rules and misbehave all the time.

Yao: he's my son.

And his role models are the twin Jades of Gusu themselves.

Lan qiren: ah...well...as you wish.

I can't let xue yang torment me for disagreeing with you.

Yao: glad we can agree.

Lan qiren: yes. You never let the Jianghj down, actually. So.

Yao: mn.

Jingyi: thank you so much, A-Die.

Yao: it's your birthright, dear.

You know I don't mess with that. You'll get what's rightfully yours.

Jingyi: *smiling*

Su she: Huangdi. Please elaborate your plans. The stage is yours.

Yao: thank you.

Cultivators, I plan to get the Juniors into leadership, so that our empire will be forever strong and progressive.

As a chief cultivator showed everyone that the smallest individual can have an impact of the Jianghu. And now as Huangdi, I'm showing you the talent and potential in younger cultivators.

Xichen: that's so right! *claps*

Mo xuanyu: Lan lips. Huangdi is ours.

Yao: *laughs daintily* ah.

As I was saying. My dearest Rusong will be the representative of the junior cultivator party.

You all will report to him and he'll discuss with Minshan and I.

Su she: *blushing when hearing Minshan and I*

Yao: I also have to teach my son more about leadership, as he's the future emperor. A-Song is absolutely amazing.

Rusong: it would be a pleasure working with my fellow friends. *smiles*

Yao: elder cultivators, is everything OK?

Is Su xiandu doing a great job?

I know he is, but I want to hear from you.

Sect leader ouyang: yes! Definitely Huangdi!

Mingjue: yea.

Xichen: he learnt a lot from you.

Jiang cheng: the Jianghu is under great conditions. Thank you Yao Huangdi and Su xiandu.

Yao: delightful.

You're all strongholds in our Jianghu, so keep up the good work.

*smiling while showing his dimples. Then he took a sear*

Su she: well I think that's all. Huangdi, do you have anything else?

Yao: not at all. Everything was perfect.

Su she: mn. I'll dismiss the conference. Cultivators, feel free lounge around and relax. Grab some more snacks.

Rusong: hey. Su xiandu.

Do I have to do a thesis?

Su she: not at all, little Dianxia. You're my emperor's son. I know that you'll be great.

You and A-ling don't need to write a thesis.

Rusong: ok then. Thank you.

Su she: no prob, Song'er.

Jinling: congratulations A-Song.

Rusong: *smile* thank you, Ling gege. Same to you.

Jinling: *playfully grabs his arm* we'll rule the world.

Rusong: yup.

Let's go congratulate Ouyang Zizhen and the rest.

Jinling: mn.

Jingyi: congrats Rusong! *hugs*

Rusong: *hugs* and congrats to you, A-Yi. Gusu's new Jade and lord of Gusu.

Jingyi: yea bro. Thank you. I feel elite. Right mistress Jin?

Jinling: *rolls eyes*

Jingyi: mistress Jin, I get to lead night hunts.

I think I'll treat my sect members to dinner afterwards! Maybe we can go party somewhere.

Jinling: (amused and a little impressed) do you take yourself seriously.

Do the the hulijings take you seriously

Jingyi: obviously mistress Jin. The hulijings love me!

They also respect my Lan customs.

Jinling: oh really?

Jingyi: they maintain my Lan robes and headband. Only married attendants can handle my headband because they know the rules.

Jinling: how fancy.

Rusong: yea Ling gege. A-Yi is living the life.

Sizhui: that's really cute.

Jinling: i guess.

Rusong: ouyang Zizhen.

Ouyang Zizhen: *blush* R....Rusong Huangdi.....I mean...Rusong Dianxia. Hey.

Rusong: congrats, Ouyang Zongzhu

Ouyang Zizhen: thanks, Qin Zongzhu.

So I must report to you?

Rusong: yes. All junior sect leaders do.

Ouyang Zizhen: if I send a little poem in the documents, would you like it?

Rusong: of course. Why wouldn't I. You're a talented poet.

Ouyang Zizhen: omg.

Jinling: stop harassing my cousin.

Ouyang Zizhen: Jinling! I'm not harassing your cousin!

I just wanted to write a poem about his dimples!

Rusong: *laughing* I'm flattered that Zongzhu is going to write about my dimple.

Jingyi: Zizhen, you're not doing a good job in hiding your crush.

Sizhui: yea. We know you have a crush on Rusong.

Ouyang Zizhen: me???? Ahahaha...ha..ha..ha.

Jingyi: you got to fight with A-qing.

Jinling: A-Song is getting more and more like Xiao shushu.

Ouyang Zizhen: look, I have a beautiful face and she has a bamboo stick. So no thank you.

But I guess we can share Rusong. If Rusong is interested.

Rusong: I have no comment.

But you're very talented.

Jinling: Zizhen. Rusong is Rusong. You have to come better than that.

And he's the future emperor too.

Ouyang Zizhen: I'll do anything for him.

Sizhui: Rusong, other than this. What should we do as the Wen Sect?

Rusong: hmm. How about you have your first Wen watch tower here in Yunping.

I give you permission.

Sizhui: ohh, thank you very much.

Rusong: Ouyang Zongzhu.

Ouyang Zizhen: mn. Dianxia.

Rusong: continue using the river as a source of transportation and cultivation too.

Um. How are the fox spirits in your area?

Ouyang Zizhen: yes Dianxia. They're treated as immortals and equal to cultivators. As the clan leader I'll make sure they get high ranks!

Rusong: that's good to hear.

Some time I want to come to Bailing, just to meet the fox spirits..

Ouyang Zizhen: you?! In Bailing?! I live in Bailing!

Jinling: I think he knows that.

Ouyang Zizhen: I mean....Dianxia, I'll oganise transport for you.

Don't ask your staff!

Rusong: thanks dude.

Ouyang Zizhen: you can stay at my place if you wish. I...I think I need to clean the Bailing's Manor.

Rusong: relax. Everything is fine.

Thanks for the invite.

I'll tell you when I'm coming.

Ouyang Zizhen: I await that day.

Yao: *glaring*

Xue yang: looking at the new Ouyang Zongzhu and Songsong?

Yao: yea.

Zizhen is giving a body language akin to team dimple's.

Mo xuanyu: we have body language, Yao gege??

Yao: of course you simps do.

Su she: what you expect, Huangdi. When you are gorgeous.

Mo xuanyu: and now Song'er is.

Su she: Huangdi. I kind of see it.

But is this how I look?

Yao: 100%, Su Zongzhu.

You sent a whole parade for me when I visited Moling for the first time.

Su she: I must. You're a gift. And my rare treasure.

Yao: aww.

#the huli jing emperor #hulijing emperor 2 #meng yao #foxyao #dimpledlianfang #jin guangyao #jin zixuan #part 2 #su she #the untamed #meng shi #qin su

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rarepears · 2 years

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I just had a thought! Do you know Katekyo Hitman Reborn? Hibari Kyouya, rule enforcer, word minimalist, like a Lan. My first thought was LWJ as Hibari, deciding to let loose after his last life, but still clinging to his roots, with his DC as his sect and his enforcement of rules. Then as a counterpart WWX as Yamamoto Takeshi, maybe? Didn't really think beyond that.

In contrast, the idea of Hibari becoming a Lan is hilarious. He'd probably enjoy it a lot, actually. Isolated, night hunts, rules strictly enforced, quiet. If we put him in as one of the main family, maybe the 3rd son? He could run the Sect instead of his brothers. He has the ambition, if only to be sure that no one can give him orders. This way, LXC can do what he wants and won't be too cautious at key moments and LWJ can just be with WWX and A-Yuan.

Hibari and JC can be feral fight friends and help JC not be uncertain as a young Sect Leader. The Nie clan probably get along great with him. (Maybe some thoughts on how Lanbari and NHS should be swapped gets passes around before they get smacked) Probably approves of WWX since he's a strong fighter with the power and stamina to back it up. Maybe he can terrorize MY into staying loyal to LXC and get them and NMJ all together and avoid bunch of problems at once. Then since his brothers are occupied by their love lives, he gets the Sect and eventually rises to Chief Cultivator.

I LOVE THIS PROMPT SO MUCH.

Hibari is in heaven among the Gusu Lan who won't crowd, aren't noisy, and follow the rules. It's everyone else that's the problem...

-o-o-o-

Imagine hibari as lan xichen's twin brother though

random person: oh? are those the twin jade? points at lan xichen and lan wangji who are flawless, kind, and walking in peace cultivator: no, it's that person. cultivator points at hibari who's beating three female cultivators who were not only crowding but also harassing a shopkeeper, demanding that they get the some items for free because they were cultivators. But uh, from the outside, it doesn't look so hot. random person: oh... o.o

-o-o-o-

Hibari was technically the younger twin, but seeing how much more... confident, assertive, aggressive, and talented (although that last one is really unfair since 1. it's Hibari and 2. Hibari is an adult in a child's body), the Lan elders decided to make Hibari as the heir instead.

They might be regretting their decision now.

-o-o-o-

Hibari and Nie Mingjue are the bffs in this AU, not Lan Xichen and Nie Mingjue.

Meng Yao turns into Hibari's xianxia equivalent of Kusakabe. Hibari applauds Meng Yao's efforts to "discipline" people, but thinks Meng Yao needs more training so that he doesn't mess up and kill people instead.

Wei Wuxian's troublemaking skills vs. Hibari's tonfas.

Hibari enjoys the sparring but he still wins and thoroughly disciplines Wei Wuxian. Then he starts attacking Wei Wuxian, not for troublemaking, but because he wants a spar.

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So the Gusu Lan practice musical cultivation.

Hibari can whistle? He can... also beat people up in a musical manner like beating drums if human bodies were drums.

He trains little songbirds to sings the namimori middle school anthem as he beats up people. They are no Hibird, but it's as close as he's going to get.

Meanwhile the Lan elders think he's an absolute genius. At age 4, Hibari "invented" his first piece of music and turned it into a powerful piece of musical cultivation by sheer force of will. Now he can train birds in musical cultivation too.

#hibari reincarnates as Lang Xichen's twin au

#hibari reincarnates as Lang Xichen's twin au #hibari kyoya #khr hibari #mdzs ideas #mdzs #lan xichen #gusu lan #mao dao zu shi #katekyo hitman reborn ideas #katekyo hitman reborn

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Sect leader Nie, who in your opinion is the best and worst sect leader currently,

I don't know... I really don't know...

* hides behind fan *

Me! For both answers simultaneously!

No, seriously... I mean, there's not much competition for the best sect leader really, is there?

An angry man so consumed by jealousy and hatred he does not have the best reputation amongst the common folk and seems to neglect his duties. A teenage boy whose temperament isn't much better than his aggressive uncle's - though he might be a threat as he matures, now he's being influence by Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, so I should keep a close eye on him... And then there's Xichen-ge! Who is a mess! Yes, perhaps a little because of me, but still!

Now I've revealed my true, competent self during the coffin sealing ceremony and have my sights set on becoming the next Chief Cultivator, I'd say I'm the best!

As for worst... Hmmm 🤔 tough one! If you're talking about someone from the four great sects, perhaps sect leader Jiang - simply because he is too busy following his nephew around in the shadows and whipping a dead man instead of actually helping the people of Yunmeng, as his sect should be...

#ask the head shaker #mdzs #nie huaisang #mo dao zu shi #i don't know #mdzs meme #canon nhs #i am the best #of course

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hazardous-waste-containment · 7 months

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“In La Voix littéraire of Paris, the celebrated and genial professor of belles-lettres, Guillaume Semit, wrote with his accustomed sympathy

I do not pretend to any knowledge of politics, and probably what I saw on my fourth journey to the States United this summer of 1938 was mostly on the surface and cannot be considered a profound analysis of the effects of Corpoism, but I assure you that I have never before seen that nation so great, our young and gigantic cousin in the West, in such bounding health and good spirits. I leave it to my economic confrères to explain such dull phenomena as wage-scales, and tell only what I saw, which is that the innumerable parades and vast athletic conferences of the Minute Men and the lads and lassies of the Corpo Youth Movement exhibited such rosy, contented faces, such undeviating enthusiasm for their hero, the Chief, M. Windrip, that involuntarily I exclaimed, “Here is a whole nation dipped in the River of Youth.”

Everywhere in the country was such feverish rebuilding of public edifices and apartment houses for the poor as has never hitherto been known. In Washington, my old colleague, M. le Secretary Macgoblin, was so good as to cry, in that virile yet cultivated manner of his which is so well known, “Our enemies maintain that our labor camps are virtual slavery. Come, my old one! You shall see for yourself.” He conducted me by one of the marvelously speedy American automobiles to such a camp near Washington, and having the workers assembled, he put to them frankly: “Are you low in the heart?” As one man they chorused, “No,” with a spirit like our own brave soldiers on the ramparts of Verdun.

During the full hour we spent there, I was permitted to roam at will, asking such questions as I cared to, through the offices of the interpreter kindly furnished by His Excellency, M. le Dr. Macgoblin, and every worker whom I thus approached assured me that never has he been so well fed, so tenderly treated, and so assisted to find an almost poetic interest in his chosen work as in this labor camp—this scientific cooperation for the well-being of all.

With a certain temerity I ventured to demand of M. Macgoblin what truth was there in the reports so shamefully circulated (especially, alas, in our beloved France) that in the concentration camps the opponents of Corpoism are ill fed and harshly treated. M. Macgoblin explained to me that there are no such things as “concentration camps,” if that term is to carry any penological significance. They are, actually, schools, in which adults who have unfortunately been misled by the glib prophets of that milk-and-water religion, “Liberalism,” are reconditioned to comprehend the new day of authoritative economic control. In such camps, he assured me, there are actually no guards, but only patient teachers, and men who were once utterly uncomprehending of Corpoism, and therefore opposed to it, are now daily going forth as the most enthusiastic disciples of the Chief.

Alas that France and Great Britain should still be thrashing about in the slough of Parliamentarianism and so-called Democracy, daily sinking deeper into debt and paralysis of industry, because of the cowardice and traditionalism of our Liberal leaders, feeble and outmoded men who are afraid to plump for either Fascism or Communism; who dare not—or who are too power hungry—to cast off outmoded techniques, like the Germans, Americans, Italians, Turks, and other really courageous peoples, and place the sane and scientific control of the all-powerful Totalitarian State in the hands of Men of Resolution!

Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here (1935)

#reading #it can't happen here #the attempt to make it sound french is corny lol but it's an interesting moment of lewis really accurately capturing fascist ideology

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rantotur · 1 year

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ice cream scandal in'Shanghai

Ice cream is a big fart. It has been swiping the screen for a few days, and it has even extended from the Internet to offline. Some people began to attack the owners of the BMW mini next to them. In addition to insulting, they even threw ice cream on the car window.

The people who asked the ice cream were Chinese, and the staff who distributed the ice cream were also Chinese. This was a personal act, a small incident that happened by chance, but it caused a great uproar. If the incident happened because of sensitivity, then the later expansion was caused by someone Iafraid that the world will not be chaotic.

BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, whenever something happens, the chinese self-media opens its mouth and sucks it up like a leech sees blood, while the people on the domestic car side are burned to death, but everything is quiet, and the dead is still a judge .

It may be that the family within the system is well-cultivated, but the more important thing is that the self-media takes care of the overall situation. There is only one national leading enterprise, and there are 1.4 billion compatriots. It is self-evident that the death cannot be brought back to life, but the enterprise must develop and grow. Therefore, there are such people who understand the righteousness, and the new energy automobile industry will not be able to take off.

It is normal for a country to encounter some right and wrong on the way to take-off. To be honest, not for nothing these days, everything is bigger than ice cream.

On the side of the old friend Pakistani ，the Pakistani Police arrested the Chinese director of the Gezhouba Group’s assisted construction of the hydropower station on the charge of insulting the gods. Hundreds of Pakistanis who did not know the truth even attacked the Chinese camp with stones.

In South Korea, the President of South Korea made remarks related to Taiwan. We used the phrase "no one else can make a beak". This beak originally meant the beak of a bird or beast. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea couldn't stand it when they heard it, accusing china of not understanding diplomatic etiquette and damaging the national dignity.

On the other side of TW Island, 200 US troops boarded. In 2021, 24 U.S. troops sneaked onto the island. At that time, editor-in-chief Hu joked that there were too few of them, and said that it would be better to send 240 to let the PLA clear them out. Now 200 U.S. troops have really gone to openly challenge the air strike plan edited by Hu.

The United States is not idle at home. Recently, the FBI has arrested two Chinese-Americans in New York. They are the president and secretary-general of the Changle Association in New York, and they are also the leaders of Fujian Overseas Chinese Township. Prosecutors said they were suspected of running a Chinese "secret police station" in Chinatown. (Information comes from Editor-in-Chief Hu) Chinese now attach great importance to national security. On April 21, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress held a press conference. When talking about the revision of the Anti-espionage Law, the spokesperson said, “The current anti-espionage situation of the struggle is extremely serious." Also considered "extremely serious" is the U.S. The U.S Ministry of Homeland Security will launch a 90-day sprint operation, and one of the key points is to catch spies. The Changle Guild has been established for more than 20 years and has a good official relationship with New York City, but now it is being targeted by the US Department of Justice, precisely because

'PRC-US relations are undergoing tremendous changes.

It is said that the two leaders of the hometown of overseas Chinese were not afraid of danger and deleted the relevant communication records. They would rather risk being sentenced to 25 years in prison than implicate their comrades in the motherland. I hope they will persevere in the struggle and never turn against the tide. Where is the heart belong to? Under the circumstance that there is a risk of eating at both ends, there will only be more and more moments to test the overseas Chinese in the future, and those who can withstand the hardships are the true patriots who love (China).

On the other side of France, Macron changed his face again just after shouting Long live the PRC-French friendship, not being a vassal of the United States, and returning with a big order. French scientists put forward conspiracy theories on the origin of the new crown virus, and French journalists cunningly set our ambassador in France.

Facing the reporter's public criticism, the ambassador did not use diplomatic rhetoric to fight at all, but fought back bravely , fired directly at 14 countries, detonating the European diplomatic circle. Not only did Ukraine suffer a blow, but the countries in Eastern Europe were in a panic. China, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, now says that we are not a country in terms of international law. What will we do in the future?

Time to put down the ice cream and get up and do some serious business.

#china #icecream

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allihunts · 1 year

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Growing Autoflower Cannabis in a Small Grow Tent: Tips and Tricks

Autoflowers sure is a great choice for weed producers searching for quicker gathers. The plants are equipped to create solid harvests within two-three months. Furthermore, better, they don't have to rely upon light cycles for it. After a specific span, the plants are changed to bloom, offering them influence over the photoperiod weed plants. They likewise settle on an extraordinary decision for indoor producers with more modest development tents.

The main inquiry is, what number of autoflowers per tent might you at any point develop? This blog will give you the solution to this specific inquiry and the variables you really want to consider. Peruse on for additional subtleties.

What number of Autoflowers Per Tent Works Best?

The quantity of Autoflower in a tent is profoundly subject to the tent size. Thus, the initial segment of finding the right number of autoflowers per tent is to track down the region of your develop tent.

Beginning on your weed developing experience or hoping to consummate your specialty? Numerous cultivators hope to make the most out of their autoflowering yields. That is on the grounds that they are reduced, speedy developing and simple to develop inside.

What number of autoflowers fit in a tent?

The quantity of weed plants you can fill in any tent set-up relies upon various variables:

Hereditary qualities

Preparing

Pots/compartments

Hereditary qualities

Different autoflowers develop at various levels, with some sitting at only 50 cm and others routinely surpassing 100 cm. A chief element here is hereditary qualities. Sativa's develop tall and Indica's become thick, and autoflower crossovers can avoid these patterns. This will impact the kind of pot you need to fill in; its size and shape. The bigger the pot, the less plants per square metre.

Preparing

It likewise all relies upon developing and preparing techniques. For sheer scale, the Ocean of Green (SOG) strategy permits you to establish more pots per square metre. By correlation, Screen of Green (ScrOG) utilises only a solitary plant by empowering mass bud creation across various branches kept in a lattice screen.

By and large, autoflower seeds will more often than not be so quickly developing that you haven't a lot of opportunity to apply convoluted development techniques - making SOG developing ideal. This is a low-stress strategy that makes the most out of space and is not difficult to make due. Without jumping too profoundly into the mechanics of development and strategies, here we look at the number of autoflowers you can normally fill in a tent arrangement.

Pots/compartments

One of the greatest amazement advantages of going with autoflowers is that they can be little. This is a genuine aid for those with restricted indoor space.

Thus, it's not unexpected to pick a little to medium pot size while filling in more modest tents to utilise space. In the event that you generally approve of space, by all means go for a 12+ litre pot to allow your strain to arrive at its most extreme level potential.

Autoflowers are among the favoured picks to fill in tents since they are hereditarily conservative, but on the other hand they're generally straightforward; basically give the right circumstances, and they'll wrap up. Likewise, as the insides of developing tents are intended to mirror light, they're great for any among us in less good environments. A tent can deliver those fine circumstances to assist your strain with flourishing.

10*10 Square Feet Develop Tent

The 10*10 square feet tents are among the biggest of the normally accessible weed developing tents on the lookout. The 10*10 tents are liked by cultivators who have fair developing space and need a tent for an additional layer of insurance or control. You can develop around 12-18 autoflowers in a 10*10 tents.

5*5 Square Feet Develop Tent

The 5*5 tent is one of the most famous marijuana tent sizes, primarily on the grounds that it is neither too huge nor excessively little. The tent offers you an area of around 25 square feet which is enough for 4 to 10 autoflowers for every tent.

4*8 Square Feet Develop Tent

The 4*8 feet tents are marginally extraordinary, yet they make an incredible option for the standard 5*5 tents. They have a fairly rectangular shape and can offer you an area of around 32 square feet which is enough for almost 10 plants.

4*4 Square Feet Develop Tent

In the event that you are searching for a smaller estimated tent, the 4*4 tents are the most ideal decisions. These tents need restricted lighting and are particularly really great for novice cultivators with a restricted spending plan. It offers them 16 square feet of region, enough for 4-6 plants.

3*3 Square Feet Develop Tent

These are little short pot tents with an all out developing area of 9 square feet. You can use it to grow at least 2 and a limit of 4 plants. In the event that you are profoundly restricted on space and need to grow a negligible amount of autoflower, the 3*3 feet tents are an ideal decision.

2*4 Square Feet Develop Tent

The storeroom size 24 size weed tents are somewhat little and not that ideal for gathering pot. Despite the fact that, on the off chance that you pick the right strain, you can fit 2-4 autoflowers in a 24 tent. The tent is generally liked for developing seedlings that you can later exchange to a greater developing region. The tent likewise makes a fair developing region for a mother plant.

General Work out of Autoflowers Per Tent

The tent sizes you just read about are the most ordinarily accessible ones. In any case, the marijuana tents are not restricted to these sizes. You could track down them in a few additional aspects and have a custom size choice. The quantity of plants per tent will change, and you would need to physically work out.

For this part, the most pivotal variable is defining limits and computing your tent's general region. Simply light up the tent and imprint the region that gets no light. Then measure the excess space utilising an estimating tape.

To get a more exact thought, suppose you have a tent of size 2*2 feet, and around 5 creeps of the boundary region doesn't get sufficient light. Then, at that point, the general element of the tent will be 2 feet short 5 inches. Thusly you will be left with around 1.6*1.6 feet of the development region.

The following piece of the cycle is, obviously, choosing the quantity of plants. This part will exceptionally rely upon your development techniques, plant type, compartment sizes, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. For the most part, you can grow one plant for each square foot utilising the Ocean of Green (SOG) procedure and around one plant each 4-6 feet utilising a Screen of Green (ScrOG).

We have a completely separate blog for working out the quantity of autoflowers per square foot that you can use to get definite data on this subject. A couple of others in the blog segment will examine the various parts of this estimation exhaustively.

Factors Influencing Autoflowers Per Tent

The tent aspect and its region, as clear, are straightforwardly connected with the number of plants you can develop. Notwithstanding, that is only one element; numerous different things can influence the number of autoflowers per tent. A portion of the critical elements you should consider while working out the number of plants incorporates the accompanying.

#Grow Tent #Autoflower Cannabis #grow light #420weed

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animeraider · 1 year

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Radio Free California - 2022 on Random Play and a few final thoughts for this FRUSTRATING year.

I thought about making a "best of" list, but I realized that I'd come up with something different every time I tried. So here is a highlight reel, cultivated from all of the 2022 RFC's. Feel free to put together your own list. I recommend putting this on random play for the best possible experience - I just went through all 51 episodes for 2022 and picked the ones that tickled my fancy at that moment. If I tried again tomorrow I would probably pick 246 different songs than are on this list.

You should subscribe to my weekly playlists to get the full experience.

So what was your 2022 like? I usually do a recap of the previous year as my last blog post but I'm really not feeling it this time around. Face it folks, 2022 SUCKED. I had a decent career year with a couple of hit singles and videos plus my improvised piano album, and I got to see both Roger Waters and Bjork live (not on the same night), but overall...?

I mean, social media imploded and fragmented, led by the Chief Twit. The Previous Motherfucker is STILL hanging on all our necks instead of in prison where he fucking belongs. Far too many Americans embrace Fascism, Racism, and a large portion of the country is now a Hee-Haw version of The Handmaid's Tale.

I can't even imagine how weird it must be to be young in this country. My children grew up in one country and as of this year it no longer exists. They're not like those of us who are old enough to remember how it used to be.

And just what the ever-lovin' FUCK is it with wanting to destroy power stations? This is supposed to start a race war? How fucking STUPID is that? It's like saying 1+2=Licorice. The sum is less than the parts.

Strangely enough, the Pandemic has put me in a position to leave, and I just might. I'm incredibly fortunate to live in one of the remaining pockets of sanity in this country and I don't want to leave, but I don't want to live in an isolated exception to the rule either. I'd rather the whole country be sane than just my little corner of it with with fascist fucks encroaching from all sides.

I have family in Canada, New Zealand and Spain - so I have options (although I don't speak Spanish). I also have possibly misplaced hope, so I have to admit that the decision isn't an easy one. I haven't made it yet, and there are other's I'd need to convince to come with.

The craziest part about all of this is that on a whole lot of specifics America had a great year. It's just that the terrible parts are so bad that they overwhelm the good parts.

I don't think there is a "best of" 2022 to be had. I think that this has been example after example of wasted talent, potential, and ability. I think of 2022 as a squandered year. There ain't no best to be had.

Now, there's two ways to look at that: To be depressed about it or to be determined to do better. I am choosing the second option.

Taking a step back from Social Media has given me something I hadn't even noticed I had lost: TIME. I reclaim my fucking time.

I have a new single coming out the first week of January and I'm going to focus on it for a bit, but then I'm going to hunker down and fucking FINISH this album that's been percolating for the past decade. Those of you who follow my music career have heard snippets of it, but only small snippets of it. I expect that promoting and performing that album is going to take up a lot of my time in 2023. I have tickets to see Arcade Fire on my birthday, so I'll take that day off.

And then I'm going to gear up for 2024, which I want to be my busiest and most productive year musically ever. There's a couple of reasons for that - a big birthday is coming up in 2024; one my own father didn't reach. Now I don't have his issues and expect to go on for decades yet, but I'm going to fucking CELEBRATE. I hope that the country will still be here for it. Another reason is that I have set a challenge for myself and it's a difficult one, but I damned well want to TRY.

I am absolutely awful at predicting the future, but I still want to try.

So let's shake off this past year, bury it, and roll up them sleeves and get to it. I fucking HATE Hee-Haw.

See you next year.

And because I love you, I leave you with my new single.

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#spotify playlist #2022 #best of 2022 #music #Spotify #Youtube

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Religious instruction in morals

It is nearly impossible for an American, accustomed to see education lift up a people, to realize how much of this result of education is due to moral and religious environment. In our public schools pupils receive no religious instruction in morals. But the very atmosphere is so permeated with the essence of the moral teachings of Jesus as to be poisonous to the ease of any who openly repudiate truthfulness, honesty, purity, and self-sacrifice for the sake of duty. It is not left to the Church to denounce unmitigated selfishness or lack of consideration for others. Moreover, if any young man would set at defiance the teachings of church, Sunday school, and home in elementary morals, he is speedily brought to his senses and made to go into his own class. For merchants, bankers, railroad managers, manufacturers, builders will give no place of trust to the dishonest, the false, the unclean, and the self- indulgent.

In Asia the highest ideal of moral attainment is that some men may perhaps “ pay great attention to ” some elementary points of moral conduct. A triumph of principle once for all, which permits advance in character, is not even dreamed of. Under such circumstances the utmost accomplished by the school at Constantinople, to use the Turkish phrase, is, to make men “ have holes in their ears bulgaria tours.”

Divine revelation

It is an achievement to train ears to hear. But when those steeped in self-coddling are turned loose after being trained to hear, what they hear is that the religious forms and ceremonies of their fathers rest on no Divine revelation, that self-restraint is ascetic folly, and that probably there is no God. Talk with one of the professors of the public schools of Turkey about those of the schools of the Ulema, and if he knows you well enough to dare express his real opinion he will say, “ Do not pay attention to them. They are a lot of big-headed asses! ” Ask one of these Ulema about the public school system and its teachers, and he will reply, “ These are not schools, but places where our good young people are sent, for the purpose of having their minds corrupted by a lot of infidels! ” The head of one of the great branches of the Eastern Church said to the President ol Robert College at Constantinople not long ago that among all his people the only young men who really believe in God and Christianity are those who have been educated in Robert College.

The graduates of schools which have no faith in the possibility of changing and developing character might shine in the train of Robespierre. They might be towers of strength to municipal rings for the private exploitation of the revenues of a city. On occasion they might serve as apostles of social reform through anarchist methods. Too many of them receive atheism and libertinism as the chief of the gains of study. The fact that schools of this class also endow students with “ holes in their ears ” is not going to regenerate the people of Asia. Education in obedience to the Power that makes for righteous-ness is what is needed to produce leaders in a steady moral progress on the part of the people.

This is the common sense ground for the establishment by missionaries of schools at Constantinople. The question of the wisdom or the need of educational work by missionaries is not one of sectarian prejudice or doctrinal divergence of opinion. Covetousness is idolatry, and selfishness, paganism, whatever the creed or the crass unbelief with which they would fain be cloaked. The question is that of cultivating in the young such elementary moral sense as the pagan cannot have but which the ordinary business man of England or America will insist on having in the man whom he is to trust. The missionary teacher uses for such culture of the moral sense the instrument which served in his own case—the teachings of Jesus Christ. He uses these teachings, also, as Jesus Christ used them—in the form of plain statements of duty which every conscience must and does approve, whatever its religious citizenship.

#Religious instruction in morals

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Religious instruction in morals

Divine revelation

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