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theuntamedproject · 3 years

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No testing, we die like men [weeks 5+6]

So, I'm not sure if you guys actually know where we are situated, but Hannah and I live in good ol' England. Currently, Covid cases here are rising. Because of these developments, Hannah and I decided it was for the best that we postpone our gingerbread material testing days which were going to take place this weekend. Which is such a rip, but what can you do.

So I'm afraid much like Hannah's last post, there's not going to be too much exciting news. Doesn't mean we have no news though!!

Also if ya'll are here for the spicy Untamed content as opposed to the specific science of things then go ahead and scroll down to the end. After seeing Hannah going on a tangent about her fav (still don't like Jin Guanyao Hannah, soz), I wanna get in on some of that fandom action to.

So let's get into it!

Planning our paper

The goal has always been to write a research paper based on our findings from materials testing / research when creating this MDZS gingerbread universe (I feel like we need to start coming up with a nickname for this...).

And while before we've kinda been a bit *hand wavy* about what exactly this paper will be about, in these past two weeks we've decided that our goal with this is to try and get the paper published in a scientific journal (ik, ik, probably a fruitless endeavor, but hey, we have zero common sense between us and a heck of a lot of reckless optimism).

Now in order for this research paper to happen we need to be concrete about what we're gonna do research on and write about. So here's what we've got so far:

We're going to attempt to maximise the material properties of gingerbread desired for structural purposes by looking into the chemistry of how a gingerbread recipe works.

Of course there will be limitations, but we plan to look into the structural properties of materials used in real buildings; as well as how ingredients, baking time, etc. affect gingerbread.

Possible applications to this paper could be having a method of maximising structural properties that can be applied to other foods (e.g. other biscuits). And the theory we use could possibly be applied to predict material properties of other foods by looking at the recipe.

Reaching out

A few weeks ago, Hannah emailed the lovely Kristine from The Gingerbread Journal asking about what she thinks the best recipe would be for building structural gingerbread. And omg, the excitement we had when she replied. Kristine, if you're reading this, you are an actual angel and Hannah and I appreciate your advice!

This is a quick summary of what we learnt from her:

In general, sugar, eggs, leavening of any type, and fats can make a more hygroscopic cookie that will absorb moisture.

Humid environments wreak havoc on cookies, gingerbread included. (Luckily we're in the UK and its winter)

Most of the large gingerbread house structures you see displayed in hotels, resorts, Disney, etc. are constructed with plywood that they then cover with pieces of gingerbread. (Which is a good reality check for us, lol)

The strongest royal icing she uses is made by dissolving powdered egg whites into fresh egg whites (no water) and adding the smallest amount of tylose powder. This tylose makes the icing more elastic and less stiff when wet. If you get too much it becomes hard to pipe. You could make a knife with this icing it's so strong. If you need everything to be edible you can create items with gelatin based pastillage that dry rock hard.

There's also gingerbread clay that is gingerbread cookie pulsed to a powder in a food processor and mixed with water/gum arabic to make a form of pastillage.

The eastern europeans use honey instead of molasses, golden syrup, or corn syrup and it bakes much harder.

I told you she was an absolute angel. Anyways, we plan to reach out to more people in the duration of this project, more specifically food scientists and materials scientists to ask about how we can gain quantitative data in our materials testing experiments.

Why Jiang Cheng is my spirit animal

Ok, a brief break from this project for my mini ted talk on my fav.

So in this household, we stan angry grape Jiang Cheng. The eye rolls, the 'take names and kick ass' attitude, and ZIDIAN?! I have no choice BUT to stan. Because bruh he is such a complex character when you get into it.

Unlike most western cultures, where the idea of individuality and finding your own way in life is considered the ideal, in ancient China (and even sometimes now) putting your family first was paramount. When you frame Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxains relationship in that light, it explains so much. Jiang Cheng cares about his sect and his family more than anything else, and seeing Wei Wuxain choose Lan Wangji and the Wen sect over him is a massive betrayl to the familial bond both brothers have. Now I'm not saying what Wei Wuxain did was wrong (because it really wasn't) but it makes you understand why Jiang Cheng feels so wronged by Wei Wuxain choosing to help the Wens.

Because as much as the show tries to make it seem like Jiang Cheng is mainly jealous of Wei Wuxain because of his cultivation skill - I don't think that's the case. Jiang Cheng respects the hell out of Wei Wuxain, and looks so proud whenever he does well.

The main reason Jiang Cheng is so serious compared to Wei Wuxain and compares himself is not because of jealousy, but because he's grown up with the added pressure of being a future sect leader. That pressure was never on Wei Wuxain, he could do whatever he wanted. But Jiang Cheng had to be *perfect* and whenever he failed to be absolutely perfect, he feels like he's failed his sole purpose. Which is bloody terrible for one's mental health (yay for the terrible parenting in this show).

Ok I've realised that this has gone TOO FAR, and I am nowhere near done talking about this man. So this might have to continue in a later post...

Next Steps...

Okkkkk fandom tangent aside, as covid cases are rising here in the UK, it's difficult to say when we will be able to start doing practical testing together. But reaching out to scientists and maybe doing a bit of gingerbread baking individually is definitely on the agenda.

But these next two weeks might be a bit slow, as Hannah and I both have our respective admissions tests for uni ;-; and I have to write up my dreaded physics coursework (which is currently 32 pages and counting).

So again, thank you for reading, and see you in two weeks!

Zara

#the untamed #mdzs #modaozushi #foodscience #materialsscience #gingerbread #baking #project #wangyibo #jiangcheng #weiwuxain

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ficaentrenosok · 4 years

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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Hii! First of all, this blog is absolutely amazing. Since I've found it, I've spent half of my time here and the other half reading fics recommended here. Secondly, I was hoping you'd be able to share any fic with WWX being adopted by NMJ and being a brother to him and NHS. I've already a couple of them mentioned here but I'm looking for more. Thank you and again, well done on running such an amazing blog. <33

@flexible-racoon

We have a AdobtionsofWWX but here is one of my favorites

Title: Shades Of Grey

Author: cl410

Universe: Canon Divergence

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Lenght: epic (58K)

Summery:

This was why he didn’t like to leave the Unclean Realm, Nie Mingjue thought with dismay. Guileless dark eyes blinked up at him, tiny hands clutching at his robes.

Or: Nie Mingjue comes across Wei Wuxian before Jiang Fengmian, and decides Nie Huaisang could use a friend.

#ask #theuntamed #mdzs #martue #canondivergence #adoptionsofwwx #weiwuxain #hurtcomfort #fluff #canonviolence #everybodylives #angstwithahappyending #sunshotcampaign #foundfamily #niehuaisang #niemingjue

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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Angsty (can be happy ending idc) of wwx as starving child or of his time in the burial mounds

Hey Nonny! I have few offering for you.

the mouse was the only proof the field existed By xfrinz

A-Ying first saw Uncle about six months after Mama and Papa had disappeared.

Wei Ying meets Uncle after his parents are already dead, and he's half-dead, too. There's something so sad about Uncle, some indescribable, all-consuming depression that almost scares a-Ying.

Almost.

(teen, complete, 9k, Canon Divergence, homeless!WY, angst, time travel, major character death)

no grave can hold my body down By bonsaiblossoms

Wei Wuxian shatters. Somehow this isn't enough to kill him. Nothing seems to be, he thinks bitterly.

wei wuxian survives the burial mounds once. he thinks twice may be pushing it but he tries anyway.

(Mature, On Going, 6k, cannon divergence, angst, hurt!WY, Survival horror, it gets worse before it gets better, ptsd, depressed!WY)

ghosts do not speak of lies and truth by LunaChi_KuroShihone

Wei Wuxian was no man any more.

He had stopped being a man the moment he'd fallen to his death at Wen Chao's hand, down, down, down into the Burial Mounds where the screams of the dead echoed through the river of corpses.

(Teen, 6k, complete, Conon AU, character death, angst with a happy ending, hurt!WY, Burial mounds, mild gore)

#ask #angst #canondivergence #hurt!wwx #burialmounds #weiwuxain #timetravel #whump #bodyhorror

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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hello! do you know of fics where wwx leaves the jiangs, realising how toxic the parents are? canon setting or modern au, i'm not picky

Hey Nonny Check out roguecultivator!wwx

Also I offer you....

Title: Light Source

Author: abCEE

Universe: Canon Divergence

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Length: Epic (30K)

Summary:

For a moment, he felt it, resentment coiling in his gut. He feels so done. At eighteen, Wei Wuxian realized, he's done.

"What does Yu-furen want me to do?" "I want you gone from our lives! Away! Somewhere I cannot see you!"

"From this day forth, I, Wei Wuxian is renouncing my title as the Head Disciple of Yunmeng-Jiang."

In which after they were saved from the Xuanwu Cave, Wei Wuxian was punished by Yu Ziyuan and he has decided that he had enough. Wei Wuxian defected from Yunmeng-Jiang Sect. He left and he did not look back.

AND

“Ah, the rabbits.” “You saw them? I wanted to bring some but I figured that Lan Zhan could use some friends.”

“You said the rabbits have ribbons?” “Yes they do, but they didn’t have it when I returned. I think it vanished with Ancestor Lan Yi’s spirit.” Lan Xichen’s brows furrowed. Why does he feel like he missed something?

And in which Lan Xichen realized that something more happened in the Cold Pond Cave.

Or a story where Wei Wuxian defected from Yunmeng-Jiang Sect before the attack and what happened to him and everyone else after that.

#ask #mdzs #mature #epic #canondivergence #notjiangfriendly #foundfamily #accidentalbabyacquisition #weiwuxain #angstwithahappyending #marriedlife #nocoretransfer #sunshotcampaign

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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Hello I'm new to the blog and your fic recs and collections are so good that i have way too many tabs open. Thank you for your hardwork!!! Just a question could you rec a few fics where LWJ and WWX get together before the siege of burial mounds time but WWX still dies? Or anything of that sort Thanks a lot!

@mybestfriendisacinnamonroll check out getting together tag or gususchooldays, or mourning!lwj how about this fic..

Title: Until The End

Author: abCEE

Universe: Canon Divergence

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Length: Epic (36+K)

Summary: In which wangxian are married since the Cold Pond Cave incident, knows how proper communication works, and had confessed in the middle of the Sunshot Campaign. Things went up and down from there.

#ask #canondivergence #mature #epic #angst #fixit #mdzs #theuntamed #weiwuxain #establishedrelationship #characterdeath #amnesia

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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Hi! I want to ask to find fics that WangXian met or know each other online (through texts). I used to read a fic called “u got kik?” and it was so fun now I want to find more fics like that! Thank you so much and I love your blog as always! ❤️

Hey Nonny, I have a few to look over and also added another online dating story earlier today. Check out our Onlinedating tag but I will also add a few here.

we'll get him falling for a stranger (or a catfish) by sweetlolixo

Wei Ying is hired by a client to catfish Lan Wangji online, as a hot girl, for revenge. Except, Lan Wangji is not the playboy jock he expected...

(Teen, 38k, AU:Modren, AU:College, Catfish, angst with a happy ending, crossdressing, fluff, humor, identity porn, complete)

Something Real by Latios

Lan Wangji texts a photo of his rabbits to the wrong number. Surprisingly, he keeps texting them.

(General, 5k, AU:Modern, fluff, humor, complete)

In the Blossom Season (in the pouring rain) by varnes

A mysterious garden blooms on Lan Zhan's rooftop. His internet forum pen pal gives great gardening advice but never seems to sleep. The man who works at the florist, who keeps reviving the plants that Lan Zhan can't seem to keep alive, has a beautiful smile.

These things are related.

(Modern w/ magic, mature, 13k, complete)

#ask #theuntamed #mdzs #au:modern #au:modernmagic #onlinedating #weiwuxain #crossdressing #catfishing #rec #angstwithahappyending #fluff #general #mature #complete #teen

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wangxianfics · 2 years

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Hi there! Do you know if there's a fic in which WWX finds out that he has to get used to Mo Xuanyu's body? Not in the usual way where he is like "MXY's golden core is weaker than mine was" (or that he even has one again). I'm talking more about the fun discoveries, like how maybe he can't drink like he used to (because MXY doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance), or maybe how his new body can't stand spicy food. Keep up with the good work!

Hey Nonny, check out post resurrection

Also here is a fic ...

Title: a stranger beneath my skin

Author: soultana

Universe: Post Canon

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Lenght: Long (27K)

Summary:

There’s a face in the water. Reflected on the smooth, tranquil surface. Wei Wuxian startles. This face is not one he recognises. He’s filled with an odd emotion; a yearning for something that’s not there anymore, a fear that he no longer knows his own face. Because it’s really not his own face, is it?

Wei Wuxian finally brings his hands into the bowl and splashes his face with the cool water. When he’s done, he pats himself dry with a cloth and dares to peek back down at the water. It hasn't settled yet. Ripples glide along the surface, distorting his face as he stares and stares.

It’s the only way he can stand to look at himself.

Or: Wei Wuxian has a new body. He tries to get used to it.

#ask #martue #long #postcanon #postresurrection #mdzs #angst #hurtcomfort #weiwuxain #ptsd #misunderstandings #panicattacks

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