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“Would you paint me?” “Yes. Why?” The immediacy of your answer isn’t a surprise to you. Mo Xuanyu’s suffering at the hands of his family is something that you’ve made no effort to spare him from, but there are some kindnesses you can afford to grant in the dwindling time before he gives up his life.

An angsty Nie Huaisang/Mo Xuanyu character study, set in the time before Mo Xuanyu's death, through the lens of a painting.

The definitive, color-coded flowchart guide to Jin Ling's many uncles.

they sure are

There is a convoluted tangle of "jealous of other people's younger sibling".

Wei Wuxian: Lan Zhan is so adorable! I wish I had a cute didi like him!

Jiang Cheng: Hey!

Lan Xichen: Oh, Wangji is perfect, but I wish we were a bit closer to each other like the Yunmeng brothers.

Nie MingJue: Look at Meng Yao, just look at him! He can draw up an emergency patrol roster in his sleep!

Jiang Yanli: I love them, I do. But I wish they were a bit less... them and a bit more sensitive and tactful like that HuaiSang.

Wen Qing: The day Wen Ning can stand up for himself, like young master Jiang, is the day I can die peacefully.

Jin ZiXuan:(looking at Meng Yao and Mo XuanYu) They are perfect!

obligatory mdzs meme dump

Some time ago, I made this post of a silly idea that came to me while reading a poorly written fanfiction where my flu-addled brain started imagining everyone as vegetables. The idea wouldn't leave me, I had to draw it.

Yes, their clothes are a mix of TU, the donghua and other media bc I did this from memory and for giggles so I went with the details I associated the most with each character. No, I don't know how two leafy vegetables produced a pepper.

💙 Hold on to the reason that you stayed by tawaen

💙 Hold on to the reason that you stayed

by tawaen

M, Series, WIP, 62k, Wangxian

Summary: Once, Wen Qing vowed to preserve the lives of others, to rescue all living beings from their sufferings. It's a pity the Jin sect killed her. Now, no vows restrain her. (Two years after her death, the ghost of Wen Qing flees Golden Carp Tower with her brother. They accidentally kidnap Mo Xuanyu on the way out. Then, they set about collecting the scraps of Wei Wuxian's shattered soul.) Kay's comments: This series absolutely gutted me. Like, the end of the main story actually left in tears and it's been a while since I cried over fanfiction. Absolutely loved it, 10/10, would recommend, very cathartic. I loved Wen Qing's POV in the main story, how her anger and her thirst for revenge transformed the story and the cultivation society at large. Everything about this felt very satisfying and I loved how certain minor characters got second chances (via kidnapping) as well. Resentful ghost Wen Qing and martial god Wei Wuxian is such an awesome combination as well and Wangxian in this story were very adorable as well. Excerpt: She uses memories of her family as a bulwark against influence from the tormented yin energy. She needs this energy to become hers... If she fails here, A-Ning will be destroyed. Her family will never be given a proper burial. They will suffer eternally, trapped in the blood pool at the Burial Mounds and left out of the cycle of reincarnation forever. The people responsible will escape their karma. The resentment tries to crush her, wants to influence her and consumer her power, but Wen Qing has an anchor – Wen Ning's eyes widen slightly, and he reaches out to her. Pupils have returned to his eyes. “A-jie...” Her brother is finally conscious. Wen Qing will not fail him, not ever again. She pulls, letting her own will clash against the sentient portions of the power. They have suffered longer, but her resentment is fresh and fully remembered. She is not a fragment. She will not lose herself to them. The spirits go dormant – Wen Qing absorbed all the resentment fueling them. Her hand closes around Wen Ning's. “A-Ning.” She reaches out and brushes his hair out of his face with her other hand. She can actually feel the strands under her fingers. She no longer lingers as an incorporeal apparition, full as she is with resentful energy. “I missed you so much... But we need to leave quickly.” He leans into her touch briefly before nodding and pulling away. As she turns to grab a bag from one of the shelves so she can stow away the shattered pieces of the Yin Tiger Tally, Wen Ning gasps. Which is nearly impossible, since he doesn't breathe. When she looks back, she also releases a gasping sound. Hovering over the broken shards of the Tally, a nearly transparent image of Wei Wuxian flickers. His eyes glow red, as his ghostly image lifts an image of the fully completed Yin Tiger Tally, but then he disappears back to a flicker of ghost flame, fading.

pov wen qing, pov nie huaisang, canon divergence, thirteen years of wei wuxian's death, ghost wen qing, ghost general wen ning, mo xuanyu lives, rebirth, yiling wei sect, eventual lan wangji/wei wuxian, pov outsider, families of choice, cultivation sect politics, wen remnants deserve better, martial god wei wuxian, jiang family dynamics, golden core reveal, revenge

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been sketching a lot of mdzs lately~ its so hard to keep likeness when you stylize characters but I really think I'm getting better at it!

I'm taking sketch commissions!

mzds if they had tumblr 2

this is specifically for @ink-poison-blood because of the wonderful encouragement you gave me

I know there are many (too many) tragic characters in MDSZ, but I just realized how tragic Lan Xichen is as a side character.

Imagine having a genuine bond with this random bullied guy who saved you during a war and you also have a childhood bestie who's well-principled but has chi issues, but your bestie died and his chi dissonance was caused by a poisoned tune rearranged by your new bestie from the tune you taught him. You thought yo besties getting along well, but they cat-fighting behind you. Then years later your childhood bestie's spirit is rampaging around, then your brother and his own new bestie (gay brother of your new bestie) investigates and eventually found out that YOUR NEW BESTIE is heinous and wretched but naauuurrr he's a good person I think he likes me really huhu I can change him so you about to heal him but then YOUR CHILDHOOD BESTIE 's brother, your younger brother's weak-ass former classmate, tricked you into killing your new bestie so now you have to live alone, probably with trust issues.

Also your brother's new bestie is just his old bestie/boyfriend who was framed for the crimes of your bestie. So there's that. At least one of the people you know got a good ending.

Illustration for fanfic What happened to Mo Xuanyu

The 9th Chapter in which Mo Xuanyu meets Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang

Photos that remind me of MDZS characters pt. 28

Lan Wangji -

Jin Guangyao -

Lan Jingyi -

Mo Xuanyu -

Nie Huaisang -

Wei Wuxian -

XuanLi -

Wen Qing -

Wen Ning and Wei Wuxian -

Wen Ruohan -

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Girls night 💅🏻🥂✨

Merry Christmas, and welcome everyone to a very MDZS Christmas dinner.

Newly weds with embarrassing amount of PDA: Wangxian ✅️

Old couples with mushy nicknames for each other: XuanLi ✅️

Couple who are at high risk of announcing their wedding date over turkey: XiCheng ✅️

Couple who you are pretty sure will break up before New Year's Eve ( Wrong! They will be the one to get married before next Christmas): NieYao ✅️

Adults with full-time jobs banished to children's table: Wen Ning, HuaiSang ✅️

Wine aunt who's gearing up to call someone, anyone a damn fool: Wen Qing ✅️

Child snoring away in his dinner plate, resting his weary head on a pillow of Brussels Sprouts: A-Yuan

Child who has thrown more food around himself than actually swallowed and is currently trying to spear a pea with a spork: Jin Ling ✅️

Edgy teen planning his escape to meet up with the boy he is absolutely not dating at all: Mo XuanYu ✅️

I was experimenting with a new art style, so the piece is a bit messy, but I feel that also helps the tone of the piece, if you get what I mean?

I don’t really find a lot of stuff about them, which kind of surprised me (but not really considering they don’t ever really interact), but I decided to draw them anyways!

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