Thanks for listening to my sad backstory. Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

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And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you…

A first meeting 🩵💛

Thinking about Lan Xichen in seclusion. Isolating himself because he feels guilty and lost and broken, because he no longer trusts himself or his judgement. Because the world would be so much better with Wangji at the helm, so what do they need him for?

And in turn, that makes me think about Lan Wangji, standing outside a closed door once again, knowing better than to beg to be let in. It didn’t work with his mother. There was no use even trying with his father. Through his whole life, whenever he was lost, when he was alone, he still had his brother.

And now his brother is the one closing the door in his face.

Lan Wangji stands outside of the secluded hut, watching, waiting, and words abandon him.

So he does what he’d always don’t when faced with a closed door in his face, a door he’s desperate to break through, since he was very very small.

He digs his heels in the ground

And kneels before the door.

Honestly, I can't stress enough how important the theme of family is in mdzs. IMO it is the main theme of the book. Of course romance and devotion is important, but there's something so special about the way families are portrayed in mdzs and how important they are. (I watched donghua and read some of manhua btw)

Let's start with sibling relationships:

The whole plot started because of love for a brother and rage for how unjust his death was. The whole Cloud Recesses arc is an amazing set up for Wangxian etc, but it also shows the complicated yet sweet relationship between WWX and JC. How they both care so much about each other, how they tease each other. IMO JC did see WWX as a brother and loved him as such. Every time he scolds Wei Ying, it's always about Wei Ying's safety. Usually it's not "How dare you use demonic cultivation, you're gonna get our clan in danger", it's " If you keep it up, I won't be able to protect you". Even during the Wen invasion, the they're still together, they sacrifice themselves to save another. And don't get me started about Jiang Yanli, she loves her brothers very much. Despite Madam Yu creating a competition between the boys or Jiang Fengmian's lack of action and even enablement of WWX' dangerous and irresponsible behavior, they still love each other. I can ramble about yunmeng trio so much, but in short despite everything they went through, they cared for each other deeply. After Jiang Yanli's death everything changes, because imo the boys fully internalized Madam Yu's last words. WWX bring pain and destruction to Yunmeng. I think I need to stop, or we'll be here all day.

Or, another example: Nie bros. Nie Mingjue had to basically raise A-sang. They do deeply care about each other, and despite everything they'll be here for each other. Yet the desire to protect NHS from sad reality of golden core and qi deviation, their relationship soured a little. But it's obvious even for an outsider like WWX, that NMJ loves his brother. He pressures NHS, because he feels that he's starting to lose it. He wants to prepare his little bro to be a decent leader and to live without him. And NHS literally makes it his life mission to avenge his Dage even if it means having a blood on his hands.

Lan brothers show a good brother relationship. Lan Xichen supports LWJ in everything he does. Even his love for WWX. He gets protective, when he thinks WWX is laughing at LWJ's feelings. Lan Zhan is deeply saddened when his brother is missing and helps him discover the truth about his best friend's death. They're almost perfect siblings. (Plus they're super funny when drunk).

MXTX deserves an award for writing so many different sibling dynamics. And that's not all, she also portrays this different parental relationship so interesting.

Like, the nephews you didn't want, but care so much about, that you don't want them to suffer like their father did (Lan Qiren and this family drama); the kid of your husband's unrequited love, whom he seemingly loves more than your own children (Yunmeng Jiang happy house), JGS and the myriad of the kids he has ect. I love this variety so much.

I just love so much how MDZS has so much themes. Every time I think about MDZS, I find more and more interesting points and moments that change my perception of the characters. Every character is so humain and has their own motivation, that I can't truly hate some of them (apart from Wen Chao, his mistress and JGS, they suck).

TLDR: MXTX is a queen of writing complex human characters.

Ship Captain Lan Xichen

I think Lan Xichen is just about ready to bang his head against a wall from trying to get WangXian together. 😂

Lan Xichen’s internal thoughts: Damn it Wei Ying! just ask my brother how he feels about you is it so hard?

Sh0p updated with many new danmei, Genshin, and original prints, bookmarks and stickers!

Fic idea: Jiang Cheng was cursed to say and do what he really feels for a day.

He caresses Wei Wuxian's cheeks and says how proud he is of him. He hugs Jin Ling and confesses that he's the center of his world. He praises his disciples and expresses how happy he is for staying with him. He swam around the lotus pond on only his inner robes as he always dreams of doing. He sweet-talked Lan Xichen out of seclusion. He glared at Lan Wangji and told him to get lost.

cql au where Meng Yao is told to stay in Cloud Recesses by Nie Mingjue to be Nie Huaisang's chaperone during the lectures

Nmj decides that nhs clearly needs close supervision and while nhs is sad he's going to have a babysitter, he likes my enough that he won't put up too much of a fuss

My is determined to keep a close eye on nhs. He'll make sure he studies, makes sure he attends lectures, makes sure he stays out of trouble. After all, my is allowed to sit in on the lectures, too. The least he can do to thank nmj for the opportunity is to make sure nhs doesn't fail classes.

Only issue is that lxc ends up befriending my and once my has that distraction--he starts slipping on his chaperone duties. Lxc is just so delightful! He invites my to tea. Gives him mini cultivation lessons. He's so nice! Oops nhs hasn't been studying for the past hour but napping.

To make matters worse nhs promises he'll behave since my is having a good time (it is a lie my learns very quickly)

Nmj visits once to check in on them and he's like "lxc, stop being a ray of sunshine. You're keeping my from his job."

And lxc is like .･:*:･✿( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ.･:*:･✿･:*:･ I have a plan!

The plan is for lxc and my to chaperone nhs together, but lxc turns out to be a massive pushover for nhs and also distracted by his own little brother's plot

Nhs does awful and has to repeat classes and lxc is like ヾ(*´ ∇ `)ﾉ sorry, gege! Next year will be better!

Some more modao hot men hehe

I'm trying to draw some different characters, so guess who's next? 🤔

I'm OBSESSED!!!!

The full comic is finally over!!! Thank you for following it ~

MDZS redesign portraits I expanded on for merch purposes (charm backdrops)

❤️ A Very Shameless Love Confession ❤️

It's finally done! After one year of creating the original sketches, I finished this comic project!

I remember having a strong cinematic visual of this scene in my mind, where it's raining and Wei Wuxian is with his hair undone. And this is the outcome hehehe

I had so much fun with this! It was such a great experience to play with the expressions, the gestures, the movement, the angles. It was a learning experience for me.

I hope you enjoy the final piece as much as I enjoyed creating it!

HAPPY UPCOMING VALENTINES DAY!

MDZS Drinking Tropes 🍶🍺

remember to drink responsibly! :^)

been getting really into jin guangyao lately ...........