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spriteofmushrooms · 5 months

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The first time Jin Guangyao held Jin Ling did not go as he'd expected. Jiang Wanyin, half-mad and barely functional, for some reason had been allowed into the nursery by Jin-furen. The moment whispers of this reached Jin Guangyao, of course he went to intercede; and it was fortunate he had. He could hear wailing halfway down the corridor.

"Why is he crying?" Jiang Wanyin demanded of the wetnurse as he held the baby incorrectly.

"This one is sure Sandu Shengshou knows better than her," she replied, eyes wide. Jin Guangyao made note of this, but he had few hopes of improvement. Jin servants knew to be meek.

"Obviously, I don't," Jiang Wanyin snapped, brows furrowed as he stared down at Jin Ling. Jin Guangyao purposefully brushed the silk of his robe, and like a dog Jiang Wanyin raised his head at the sound. "Lianfang-zun, what am I doing wrong?"

With a smile, Jin Guangyao moved between the shaking wetnurse and the mad dog of Lotus Pier. "Jiang-zongzhu, babies require support. Adjust your hand--yes, ah, slightly to the side--"

"Please just show me," Jiang Wanyin said, sounding tired as he held out Jin Ling.

The moment stilled. If his cultivation were better, Jin Guangyao believed he would hear the wetnurse's breath stop. She was, after all, expressly forbidden from allowing his whoreson hands to touch his nephew; yet neither of them could deny a sect leader.

A-Ling was warm and soft, sweetly heavy as all babies should be. His embroidered, daffodil-colored swaddling still burned with the heat of Jiang-zongzhu's high cultivation. Automatically, Jin Guangyao checked the boy for a fever; but of course no illness was allowed to fester in this child.

His chubby cheeks were red from crying, but as Jin Guangyao settled him in his arms, Jin Ling slowly quieted.

"As expected of Lianfang-zun," Jiang Wanyin said, slightly mocking.

When Jin Guangyao gauged his expression from under his eyelashes, however, Jiang Wanyin seemed wistful. He looked as young as he was.

(For a moment, Wen Ruohan's laughter filled his mind. "Xiao-zongzhu" had been a common target of derision, in the beginning. Wen Chao's account of the rape of Lotus Pier had been unusually thorough, and its contents were well-known amongst Wen Ruohan's inner circle. Jin Guangyao had not included the details in his reports to either his father or Lan Xichen. He doubted that this discretion would matter at all to Jiang Wanyin, who had tortured Wen Chao at the side of Wei Wuxian. What would he do to Jin Guangyao for being the last to know?)

Choosing to ignore the self-deprecation and memories both, Jin Guangyao instructed Zidian's master on the handling of human children. Jiang Wanyin made an attentive student, but he did not reach to take Jin Ling even once Jin Guangyao finished. "Would you like to hold him?"

Frowning with concentration, Jiang Wanyin nodded and sidled closer. He held his arms as Jin Guangyao had shown him, and then he checked Jin Guangyao's face, seeking approval.

"Good," Jin Guangyao said. Jiang Wanyin didn't smile, but some tension eased. Careful not to touch hands, Jin Guangyao returned Jin Ling to his jiujiu.

The wetnurse's gentle "oh" described the scene well.

Against the black and violet, Jin Ling looked like a ray of sunshine piercing clouds. Jiang Wanyin's face cleared until he looked as delicately beautiful as gossip painted him to be; while Jin Guangyao generally considered him fragile, it was more in the sense of an arrow point designed to break once it pierced flesh. Now, though, he could understand why Jiang Wanyin was so often painted as a mourning lover spurned by the Yiling Laozu.

Then Jin Ling fell asleep, and Jiang Wanyin's eyes watered. He slowly settled onto the couch, careful not to jostle their nephew.

"How long can I stay?"

Ideally, half an incense stick. Jin Guangyao turned to the wetnurse. "Could you please ask Jin-furen to advise us?"

She bowed her head and left.

After a few moments, Jiang Wanyin said, "She needs guards in the room with her. If she can't even tell me I've fucked up, how will she fare against assassins?"

"Gold Scale Tower has many guards," Jin Guangyao began, but Jiang Wanyin snorted.

"Where do you think we are? If some pompous Jin cousin demands Jin Ling, would she say no? Much less someone with weapons drawn."

"As a servant--"

"Jiang servants can and would."

Jin Guangyao smiled. "Is it not true that Jiang servants are entirely comprised of disciples, disciple candidates, and those who failed to cultivate but chose to stay?"

"It's a sect," Jiang Wanyin answered. "Typically, they are operated like sects, yes."

"Gold Scale Tower must run in accordance with its scale," Jin Guangyao said. "The servants are often merely servants."

Jiang Wanyin, whose face displayed his opinion of that, said nothing for a moment, allowing Jin Guangyao to notice his headache. "She needs guards for herself, not just outside of the room," he repeated.

"Perhaps this is something you can address with Jin-furen?"

Looking up from Jin Ling, Jiang Wanyin studied him. "Alright. Is there anything else you want me to say?"

Jin Guangyao's fingers twitched with the desire to straighten his gold robes. "Between Jin-furen and Jiang-zongzhu, I am sure that all concerns have been considered."

"Please, you notice everything and didn't accept one single item I suggested for a-jie's wedding," Jiang Wanyin said. "Do you expect me to believe you don't have opinions on Jin Ling?"

Jin Guangyao inclined his head, and then he tentatively offered an observation and a suggestion. When Jiang Wanyin merely looked thoughtful, Jin Guangyao continued; while Jiang Wanyin occasionally asked clarifying questions, he never reacted emotionally.

It was... strange, to be in a room with this man, discussing the care of a child he wasn't allowed to do anything for. He wondered what he must look like to Jiang Wanyin to be accepted so easily as an expert on Jin Ling, on anything. Unsettling.

Yet unlike Nie Mingjue, being seen didn't seem dangerous; unlike Wen Ruohan, being noticed didn't accompany invitations to violence.

No, Jiang Wanyin observed him, and his conclusion was that Jin Guangyao could teach him how to hold his one treasure.

For the first time, it seemed like sharing a nephew with this man might be interesting, not simply alarming. Jin Guangyao looked forward to observing him further.

#pallas.rtf #mdzs #chengyao #my writing #i've never written from jgy's pov before 🙈 hopefully it's not too wrong #i wanted to show that jgy is the kind of person who is always thinking; always remembering; always connecting threads #you know. the kind of person who won't get dementia because his neural links are too vast and sexy #and also that he's afraid All The Time #anyway.#chengyao real #also that he plays with jiang cheng like a very stupid but cute puppy #this is deeply important to me and my chengyao feelings

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cephalopodish · 3 months

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it takes some uncles

#the untamed #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #jin ling #chengyao #jgy gets as many ex husbands as his little heart desires

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least-carpet · 10 months

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jiang cheng ships by whether they're about wei wuxian or not

our boy wwx's protagonist halo is more like a gravitational field in his effect on jc's emotional development. he probably didn't, like, invent jiang cheng's abandonment issues, but he certainly made them worse! so here are jiang cheng ships grouped by whether or not they're actually about wei wuxian. the ones in the middle could go either way.

definitely about wei wuxian:

chengxian: obvious. wei wuxian is literally there.

zhancheng: obvious. they're both obsessed with wei wuxian.

ningcheng: obvious. they're both wei wuxian's horrible/beloved science experiments/little brothers and neither of them are normal about it. to be fair, wei wuxian is also not normal about it, thus the science experiments.

definitely not about wei wuxian:

mingcheng: I think this is more about theoretical temperamental compatibility and letting jiang cheng date a hot male authority figure who at least kind of approves of him.

sangcheng: I think this is in some ways often about giving jiang cheng a human who is *not* obsessed with wei wuxian. like, give jiang cheng his own bf who can be into him on his own merits.

chengyao: they're coworkers! they're inadvertent coparents! they're both wildly competent and also incredibly bitchy if the situation calls for it! if anything this is about jin ling instead.

chengyi: I don't know what this is about other than getting jiang cheng a boytoy. I don't rightly know that he would want one of those but why not! get down with your bad selves!

could go either way, Schrödinger's wei wuxian:

chengqing: this one I wasn't sure about because actually a lot of writers are pretty careful to make chengqing actually about them but wei wuxian got up in there with great determination and made that threesome happen (wen qing's hands, wei wuxian and jiang cheng's holes... surgical holes... I regret this already). hard to totally extract him from the dynamic after that. the wei wuxian must be contended with. depends on when in the timeline it happens and what canon you're working from, since cql made it canon pre-surgery.

xicheng: this is less likely to explicitly be about wei wuxian and more likely to be structurally about wei wuxian. not only does it make them match (twin prides dating the twin jades) but the brothers-dating-brothers situation ties them tightly to wangxian from multiple directions. in other words, if it's about wei wuxian it's because it sort of re-joins them as family through a different method. if he's not your "real" brother, becoming an in-law is fine?

disclaimer: I acknowledge it is possible to, for example, write a zhancheng fic which is not about wei wuxian, I'm not saying you can't! through the power of AU all things are possible, etc. but you have to actively remove him from the dynamic, because canon embeds him there very deeply, vs. something like chengyao, where they have a totally separate relationship (via jin ling- and their working relationship).

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yexie · 11 months

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Congrats to the Divorce Poll Winners: Nieyao!!

tfw you get divorced so hard it kickstarts the whole plot

In second place we have: Chengyao!

nothing like amicably co-parenting a child and then having a messy divorce right in front of said child

And in third place: Xiyao!

a divorce so harrowing you need to go into seclusion about it

That‘s a wrap, folks!

at this point special shoutout to xuexiao though, incredible effort there, xiyao beat y‘all by only 1%!! y‘all love pain huh

i‘m considering making a „who should‘ve gotten divorced“ poll based on the incredible suggestions by @sweetpollyolliver 👀 but we shall see

For now, congrats to Jin Guangyao for being The Most Divorced Character Ever, Probably!! oh boy.

#the untamed #mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #nieyao #jiang cheng #chengyao #lan xichen #xiyao #polls #max.txt #s: the untamed #b: mdzs #cql #s: cql

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mangshadow · 5 months

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its funny how i thought fairy was given by jc bcz he is a dog person but no, its a preseny from jgy😂

#chengyao #jiang cheng #jin guangyao #jin ling #mdzs

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nixster627 · 6 months

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Tournament of Jiang Cheng's Lovers

Semifinal, Bracket 2

Link to bracket

#tournament of jiang cheng's lovers #tournament poll #sangcheng #chengyao #nie huaisang/jiang cheng #jin guangyao/jiang cheng #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #cql #mxtx #jian cheng #nie huaisang #jin guangyao #there are no screencaps I could find of chengyao side by side #so you get a bts photo

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ginsays · 1 year

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a smattering of modern au coparenting chengyao doodles from last year. could be good. could be fun

#chengyao #i haven't drawn them in a minute #but unfortunately i will die on any hill for this lil fambly #fellas is it gay for circumstances to force you into coparenting for your nephew's sake whereby you slowly fall in love with your partner #jiang cheng may be blacklisted from the dating scene but he's made to be an overprotective family man #a-yao would love the safety of a real home and also jc is like easy mode after nmj

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danmeiconfession · 7 months

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Chengyao is the real OTP. All of Jiang Wanyin's partner requirements are filled by Jin Guangyao and you know JC would stand by his canceled wife, unlike those other cowards.

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#chengyao #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation

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magnes-io · 6 months

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Quick sketch of A-Ling’s first Halloween and the beginning of his career sabotaging the jiujiu stealers ❤️

#jiang cheng #jiang wanyin #mdzs #jin ling and his jiujiu #jiujiuween #chengxian #xicheng #chengyao #zhancheng

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pleasegivejinlingabreak · 6 months

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#jiang cheng #mdzs #jin guangyao #chengyao #mo dao zu shi #jiang wanyin #mdzs audio drama

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mostlikelytofangirl · 9 months

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When you have to raise a nephew alongside your girlbossing

#mdzs #jiang cheng #jin guangyao #jin ling #chengyao #mo dao zu shi #you can pry coparenting uncles from my cold dead hands #especially when they have to join forces and neurosis to manage the surprise child they now share #they'd be scarily efficient #even if their own personal lives are an actual hot mess #me calls this art

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lilapplesheadcannons · 5 months

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Cheng-Cheng: Hate to say this, but I need help.

Wei Ying is the best: He he, call me big brother.

Cheng-Cheng: FUCK YOU!

(Jiang Cheng set the nickname for Wei Wuxian to The Big Dumb Dummy)

(Wei Wuxian set his own nickname to The Yiling Laozu)

Cheng-Cheng: Seriously!

The Yiling Laozu: Okay, what?

Cheng-Cheng: I have to meet your brother-in-law, Jie's brother-in-law, and HuaiSang's brother tomorrow morning with the proposal I was talking about. I need an edge, something extra that would ensure me getting through to them. I'll buy you dinner.

The Yiling Laozu: And dessert?

Cheng-Cheng: Obviously!

The Yiling Laozu: Undo the first button of your shirt. Show some skin!

Cheng-Cheng: FUCK YOU!

(Jiang Cheng has unfriended and blocked Wei Wuxian)

Jiang-xiong: Hey, HuaiSang. Can I ask for a favour?

HuaiSang: Sure. What's up?

Jiang-xiong: I am meeting your brother and Xichen-ge and Meng Yao tomorrow with a proposal. Any idea what might make things easier?

HuaiSang:..........You won't try to kill me if I say what would help? You prommy?

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mdzs crack #mdzs headcanons #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #nie mingjue #lan xichen #nie huaisang #meng yao #xicheng #mingcheng #chengyao

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aftersector · 4 months