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korpikorppi · 6 months

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Guys, I just now noticed one more interesting little detail in the Untamed!

You know the names of the buildings in the Cloud Recesses: the lecture room/hall Lanshi (兰室, Lánshì, "Orchid Room"); Yashi (雅室, Yǎshì, "Elegant Room") – the reception room/hall; the spirit-summoning room/hall Mingshi (冥室, Míngshì, "Underworld Room" or "Room of Darkness"); Hanshi (寒室, Hánshì, "Frost Room") - Lan Xichen's residence; and Lan Wangji's Jingshi (静室, Jìngshì, "Quiet Room"), right?

The character used to write the "shì", room, in the names is 室, here seen in the Lanshi and the Yashi (the names are read from right to left):

As a side note, the Lan seem to use the traditional rather than the simplified characters, so the "lán" in the Lanshi is written with 蘭 rather than 兰.

BUT. Not so in the Jingshi! Instead of the 室, a slightly different character is used for the "room":

My trusty dictionary did not know the character in question, so I started to look at what was different:

As such, the character 凶 (xiōng) means act of violence, murder, evil. An evildoer. A murderer. And as Lan Xichen told Wei Wuxian, we know who lived in the Jingshi before it became Lan Wangji's residence: "It is the place where our mother lived in the Cloud Recesses".

So, it seems that when the house became Madam Lan's prison, the character was changed to reflect her crime, denoting the place as the quiet room of a murderer. Accentuated by the reversed colours of the sign:

This has probably been quite self-evident to anyone who actually speaks and reads Chinese, but was quite an oooff! to me as I realised. One more killer detail in CQL 😟.

And while I was at it, I just had to check what it says above the gate (seen here when LWJ returns home with the Emperor's Smile):

As far as I can read it, the characters are 影竹堂 (yǐng zhú táng), which I freely translate as "Bamboo Shadow Court". An apt name for the place.

Hopefully it offered some solace to Madam Lan.

And oh, I just have to add! As Hanshi is the Sect Leader's residence, Lan Xichen is living in their father's house, while Lan Wangji is living in their mother's. And the two houses are more or less identical, down to the furnishings (just check the scene where Lan Xichen confronts Wen Chao and his muddy boots in ep8 vs. The Wangxian Scene in ep43). So did Qingheng-jun have the house built for his wife, identical to the house she was not allowed to live in? That is quite plausible, in universe. Out universe, they probably had only so many buildings to shoot in :).

#jingshi #madam lan #lan wangji #cloud recesses #theuntameddaily #all the details they put in #the untamed #cql #cql meta #translations and explanations #my translations #so they might be questionable #random late night thoughts #korpikorppi #mine

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elogval · 1 month

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Morning in Cloud Recesses ☀️💜

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cloudy-leafy · 1 year

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"found you Lan-er-gege!"

#drawing #digital art #illustration #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei ying #wei wuxain #lan zhan #lan wangji #wangxian #cloud recesses

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foxyyaoguai · 1 year

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#mdzs meme #mdzs #the untamed #wangxian #cloud recesses #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan wangji #lan zhan #mo dao zu shi

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twistedappletree · 9 months

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#canon #lmfaoooooansakAJDJAKDB #mdzs #the untamed #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #wei ying #lan zhan #mo dao zu shi #mdzs meme #mdzs crack #cloud recesses #gremlin mode #apple memes 🍎#gif

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5-pounds-of-carrots · 6 days

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i like to imagine wei wuxian rolling up to the cloud recesses going something like this

#mdzs #incorrect mdzs #wei wuxian #mxtx #personal #cloud recesses #and then he went in there w all the forbidden items anyways lol

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worldsokayestmagicalgirl · 6 months

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Day 10: Childhood

(Unauthorized) Nap time in the Cloud Recesseses

Prompt List by Jamiedraws__ on Instagram

#mxtxtober #mxtxtober23 #zhuiyi #cql #the untamed #mdzs #mo dao su zhi #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #lan shizui #wen yuan #lan jingyi #lan juniors #childhood #rabbit meadow #cloud recesses #they are so cute #I’m cradling them in my hands so gently #& with this I am caught back up!!!

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modao18 · 10 months

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evakant · 1 year

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jiang cheng and wei wuxian asking lan xichen to biling lake — requested by anonymous

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mdzsartreblogs · 2 years

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#retiredpeach #lan wangji #a yuan #child a yuan #lan sizhui #wangji #lan wangji has golden eyes #memories #wei wuxian #wangxian #yiling laozu #mcd #the moon #flowers #spring #cloud recesses #bunnies #digital art #portrait

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haifoct · 5 months

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Somewhere at the back of the mountain, where Lan er Gongzi feels especially safe and free, he rests on his wicked rabbit's lap.

dear tiny chengzhan during jiang wanyin’s study at cloud recesses commissioned from extremely talented tehwi3 on twitter

#chengzhan #zhancheng #twin lotus of yunmeng #zhancheng museum #mdzs #cql #the untamed #jiang cheng #lan wangji #cloud recesses #cloud recesses study arc #indulged in matching gusu lan robes #there’s no turning back now #look at the bunnies

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elogval · 10 days

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Kids 🐇🐇🐇

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momzawa-5 · 7 months

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A little Lan Wangji smile, for your health 🩵

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lanwangjihouse · 1 year

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#the untamed #theuntameddaily #cql #gusu #cloud recesses #lan wangji #lan xichen #twin jades #wei wuxian #wang yibo #liu haikuan #xiao zhan #and bunnies #mdzs

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ninjakk · 1 year

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I'm always surprised when I see people outright condemn WWX for "being an asshole" when he is actually being so incredibly sweet and thoughtful. WWX is never an "asshole" anyway, he's one of the kindest, most empathetic characters in the novel! But I find it so odd how people could read his actions so negatively and come to such a conclusion when there is so much evidence to the contrary.

According to some, WWX bringing the rabbits to LWJ was just him trying to annoy the other. Now people can argue with me all they want, but I will never be discouraged that WWX gifted LWJ the two rabbits because he thought he was a little lonely.

On this day, he was once again swarmed by seven or eight youths to go out. As they passed by the Lan Library Pavilion, he took a glance up. Through the light-concealing yulan magnolia branches, he could see Lan Wangji sitting there alone by the window.

Chapter 7S translation

WWX looks for LWJ, hoping to spot him. It's obvious because he instinctively looks up at the very window of the room he sat with him in during his punishment. He was hoping to spot him! And luckily for him, LWJ was actually sat there looking back at him.

One thing I think is very apparent in the above scene, is the comparison between WWX being surrounded by others and LWJ sat alone. I don't think this goes unnoticed by WWX either, who is always very emotionally aware and certainly likes to make a fuss over LWJ - even in his first life!

So I think it's extra sweet when he brings him the bunnies a few hours later 🐇💕🐇

“This place of yours is weird too. No pheasants, but lots of wild bunnies, and they’re not afraid of people. What do you think? They’re chubby, right? Want them?”

It's just so cute how excited WWX is to present these two bunnies to him. He's so eager for LWJ to want them! Yes, he mentions cooking them, but I'm pretty sure this is a joke and a way to provoke LWJ into accepting the bunnies. After all it's totally within his character to "trick" people into doing something or accepting something they need or want. *Disclaimer! I'm not going to lie though, I think WWX would have barbecued the fluff balls if he truly thought LWJ didn't want them! That boy is hungry 😂

Wei Wuxian started snickering, sitting on the windowsill. “Now you want them? Look at you, always acting like this.”

Contrary to what WWX sometimes believes, he can read LWJ extremely well at times. He can tell, just like LXC did when he said he didn't want the loquat WWX was trying to give him, that he is saying 'no', but he really wants to say yes!

To me, the whole bunny scene is just adorable and shows how kind WWX is. How much he thinks about LWJ and just how desperately wants his attention! How anyone can think he's being horrible, is beyond me!

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #cloud recesses #mdzs novel #cloud recesses bunnies

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humble-worm · 2 years

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any second now lan zhan in going to take a chomp out of that arm

#魔道祖师 #mdzs #the untamed #cql #lan wangji #hugs for lan wangji #lan xichen #Cloud Recesses #pre-canon #doodle

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