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wwxyoudumbass Ā· 1 year
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Love it
don't you just love the idea of recluse wei wuxian chopping wood deep in the forest living his cottagecore life, while out in the city, the country's top engineers are losing their minds trynna contact him to work on some ancient complex system he designed when he was bored & 16
young engineer genius wwx coming into the scene all cocky cuz he rlly is the sht, except he hated politics and that ended up biting him in the ass (no thanks to good ol' money and nepotism) until he was burned out, spat out and forgotten by the industry
young lwj, who sucks at politics so badly not even his pedigree can completely save him, is the capable team lead sent to find the legendary wei, expecting to find some old rickety man he'll have to speak slowly to, to get him to decode this ancient script
and getting the boner shock of his life when he turns up to the address in the middle of nowhere, and sees this ruggedly handsome man not THAT old, hair long and in a messy ponytail, half naked with an old ratty shirt tied around is waist, chest gleaming with sweat šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ„µšŸ„µ
wwx: *chops wood, all sweaty, chest heaving, abs gleaming, muscles flexing with every swing* lwj: šŸ§ā€ā™‚ļø wwx: you lost kid? lwj, inwardly:
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Imagine hiring an assassin but they talk to you in RuPaul voice
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HAHAHHAHAH
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things that totally happened on The Untamed - Mean Girls Cultivators
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šŸ„ŗ
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So this happened *weeps in clown*
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Too many ideas not enough brains to make them happen
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here,, have this āœØ c h i c k e n āœØ
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People really be crazy talented, eh?
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The Untamed FANART
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;_;
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au where everything is the same but lan wangji turns into a bunny when he's sad šŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗ
(based on iliacquerā€™s sad bunji thread on twitter, link to thread in the comments)
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What are your opinions on JFM & YZYā€™s parenting? Iā€™ve never been totally sure, given that YZY is definitely abusive emotionally & physically, to what extent it goes beyond the fact that like, itā€™s culturally (in Untamed-land) normalized to hit your kids (&...servants?) as punishment and parental authority is HUGE. I know sheā€™s off-base (though also that so is WWX by kid standards - not that that means he *deserves* it), but how off-base is she when it comes to playing her kids against each other & constantly tearing them down (it seems like)? Is JFMā€™s favoritism vs ignoring his heir also weird?
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okay so Iā€™ve been sitting on this for a while because I just didnā€™t have the mental capacity to talk about this.Ā 
Disclaimer: What I say regarding YZY and JFM will probably be coloured by my own experiences growing up with Asian parents. I had a good life, with strict but loving parents. I never questioned my parentsā€™ concern and love for me, though when I say they were strict, I do meanĀ they were strict. Despite fights, I continue to have a good relationship with my parents, and as I grew up, maturity and experience gave me some perspectives I didnā€™t have a child.Ā Ā 
The fandom, at least the English speaking one, in my opinion, interprets YZY and JFM in a way that is often removed from the cultural and context under which these two characters are written. It is no oneā€™s fault, but it does speak to the fact that there is a lack of understanding of familial dynamics that naturally exist in an Asian family. Sometimes, I feel like people also project whatever displeasure they have with their own folks onto YZY and JFM.Ā 
^ This statement will invariably piss off some people, and I am recognizing this in advance. Rather than arguing, you can just block me. It will save both of us a lot of grief.Ā 
1) Jiang Fengmian absolutely care about Jiang Cheng. No matter how much JFM favours WWX, Jiang Cheng is sect heir and that has never been a question.Ā 
Sometimes I would read a fanfic and ppl would have wildly outrageous plot points ie: JFM not inviting JC to an important sect event. I canā€™t even finish the sentence in those cases. I just ā€˜nopeā€™ the heck out of there.Ā 
Iā€™m sure if JFM had a choice, he wouldā€™ve chosen to have children with a woman he loved from the beginning. But just because his children arenā€™t born by the love of his life doesnā€™t mean he doesnā€™t love and care about them. Jiang Cheng is his son and heir, and that means something not just in Asian culture, but across cultures. To say that JFM doesnā€™t care about JC is...baseless. I certainly never saw any evidence of that in the show. The relationship a sire has with his heir is more than just that of father and son; it will never be a simple familial relationship and thatā€™s not just in The Untamed. I would even say that a sire canā€™t love his heir the way a regular father loves a son. There is not just familial love between them but a delicate power dynamic, and a greater expectation and demand for excellence and respect. It would be more obvious when there are multiple sons, because then Power will play a much bigger role within the sibling and father-son relationships.Ā 
Jiang Fengmian favours Wei Wuxian. I think that much is obvious and without question, but he would never make Wei Wuxian his heir. Jiang Yanli would inherit before Wei Wuxian. WWX has no chance in hell in replacing JFMā€™s legitimate children even if he was JFMā€™s bastard child, because thatā€™s just how inheritance works. Now, parents have favorites. Every parent does, unless youā€™re an only children. Parents are people, and theyā€™re imperfect. If I have learned anything in life is that... weā€™re all the winging it as we go. Every single one of us. We only go through each stage of life once. There are no do-overs. Parents are no exception. Each child will have a different personality, and to think their parents will like all of them equally is... unreasonable. There is a difference between like and love. Parents can love their kids equally, but they will like some more than others. Thatā€™s just fact.Ā Ā 
Now, did JFM make JC feel like WWX embodied their sectā€™s motto more than him? Not overtly, but thatā€™s certainly the effect I think his favoritism caused. And also, JFM probably just vibed with WWX more as a parent. The entire fandom is like up in arms about that, saying how he neglected JC, but hereā€™s the thing: making your child feel inadequate is like the bedrock of Asian parenting. If I could have a dollar for every time my parents useĀ ā€œother peopleā€™s childrenā€ to tell me how I should do better, Iā€™d make a significant dent into my student debt. (To give you some context: I graduated high school in the top 1% of my province and I scored in the 97th percentile on the MCAT). Now you can tell me thatā€™s so toxic and abusive or whatever, but a lot of Asian kids will just shrug it off. It is such a shared experience we can laugh about it in hindsight and turn it into a memeĀ  ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆ. (TwoSet Violin fans: no matter how good we are, we can never be as good as Ling Ling.) Now Iā€™m not saying that itā€™s a very...effective parenting method or one that should be condoned, but I certainly didnā€™t bat an eye at it when I saw it on The Untamed.Ā 
2) Physical discipline is a frequent trope in cdrama and not considered abuse. You will not see this in modern dramas, because it is no longer acceptable in many asian families. But when itā€™s a historical drama, people donā€™t usually care bc....itā€™s....historical...and fictional.Ā 
That being said, Yu Ziyuan is certainly not the worldā€™s kindest stepmother. But to say that WWX grew up constantly abused is... conjecture. Your Honour, objection, insufficient proof. If WWX did something wrong, if he misbehaved or broke the rule or caused trouble, Iā€™m sure YZY wouldnā€™t hesitate to deal with it as was the custom of that time, but Wei Wuxian wasnā€™t scrubbing no floors like Cinderella okay. Heā€™s clearly a well-fed and respected young master of Lotus Pier. I remember so distinctively when JC and WWX came home, and one of the maids ran through the halls, calling out ā€œThe gongzis have returned!ā€ If you wanna be really granular, technically speaking Lotus Pier only has one gongzi, and thatā€™s JC, but as we can see Wei Wuxian was treated like a second son, and thatā€™s 100% above his station. He ate at the same table as the main family. No other disciple was allowed to do that.Ā Ā 
Yu Ziyuan will be eternally salty about this, but no she wasnā€™t verbally and physically abusing her kids 24/7. She was mad because Wen Ruohan was asking the sects to send their heirs and Jiang Fengmian was once again being avoidant and quiet, and she was up in arms. In her opinion, JFM should stop being a bitch and do something. And honestly, being yelled at while eating is also one of those fundamentally Asian experiences. IDK what to tell you. That part of the script was so good - I literally both loled and cringed - because thatā€™s exactly what an average asian family looks like when shit hits the fan.Ā 
3) And finally: Love. Asian families just arenā€™t verbally affectionate, but damn do we show up and pull through when we need to.Ā 
If thereā€™s anything we gleamed from the Jiangs is that, fuck I may not really like you, but I will die with you if thatā€™s what it comes down to, because I am your husband/wife/son/daughter/brother/sister, and I wonā€™t leave you behind. Itā€™s hard thing to explain: I love you even when I hate you. Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan died holding each otherā€™s hand. I think that says plenty.Ā 
Iā€™ve never told my family I love them, because I donā€™t have to. Love has nothing to do with it. My folks always said that western culture focused too much on love, that there are more important things. I donā€™t necessarily agree with that, but I do see what theyā€™re saying in. Like: you visit your old and dying grandpa in the hospital even if he was an asshole to you his entire life, not because you love him, but because heā€™s your grandfather and you have to. Under this point of view, youā€™ll never be free of your family. Thereā€™s a saying: even if you break the bones youā€™ll be connected by tendon. I donā€™t know if thatā€™s healthy, but whoā€™s to say? Itā€™s just the way it is.Ā 
Like I said, thatā€™s just my two cents. Iā€™m not an expert by any stretch of the imagination. I can only speak from experience, which is of course not generalizable to everyone. Take from it what you will.Ā 
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wwxyoudumbass Ā· 3 years
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Part 2 of the
Badass!YanLi Headcanons
also known as
Shijie Saves A-Ying
(and a thousand other lives)
Scene begins on Wen Qing looking up from her work as she hears the demon twunk shout her name.
"WHAT IS IT??" She turns to the cave as he rushes out.
What gets from his nervous ramblings is "something happened" and "I swear I didn't do anything this time" and "someone's fucking screwing with the wards!!!"
Her eyes widen in terror. "But you saidā€“" she forces her breaths to calm down because this isn't the time for anger, "Nevermind, what's happened? I didn't hear any explosions."
"I know, right! It was that weird mushroom you'd found yesterday - the one that reacts to qi - and ugh I'm sorry I didn't include you but I'd just had this crazy idea and I got excited, and the next moment I knowā€“" He breaks off, looking like he's seen a ghost.
She turns around to find Jiang Yanli walking through the undergrowth, Sect Leader Jiang in the undertow. She steels herself, hand on the hilt, gesturing her people to make themselves scarce. Just in case. Then she takes to eyeing the Jiangs with hostility. At least they left their disciples at the wards, so that's something.
But how the fuck did they get through the wards.
She turns to wwx to see if he's thinking along the same lines but the crazy genius is too feels-struck to think. Ugh, this is going to be tough.
The lotus lady and the emo flautist stare at each other for a moment before wwx is running to his shijie, her arms open to catch him in what must be a bone-crushing embrace. Then wwx begins to shake and Wen Qing has to turn her eyes away, the moment is too private.
Wwx can't think straight. He can't think at all - shijie is here, shijie is here and everything will be alright - he'd promised himself that he'll act all tough when jc comes and the little shit won't even suspect - but he wasn't prepared for this! Any thoughts of control and secrets and the need for pretense flees his head the moment she throws open her arms, her eyes saying, "There you are, A-Ying. You mischievous little brat."
And he's running, he's flying and he's in her arms and before he knows it he's crying but she's also crying so it's ok, why the fuck is it that easy for him to just howl into her shoulder and why the fuck does she hold him like she wants to break his ribs so she can soothe him inside out, beginning from his core? That's funny, he thinks, because if she crushed his ribs her hands would close upon empty air, hahaā€“ oh.
He hates this. He hates the whole entire world.
Gingerly, he separates from her, wiping her cheeks with his sleeve(palms dirty from his little experiment), huffing out a soft happy laugh like one does in such moments while she wipes his tears with her thumbs, smiling up at him like she's determined to set his world straight with kind smiles and warm hugs and gentle caresses alone. And she just might, lol.
"Alright then, time to whoop his stupid ass. Shijie, are you doing it or should I?" Jc looks like he's very much dying to be included in the hug but is also 100% mad at wwx. The Zidian cracks on his finger. "It's funny," he says, and wwx can tell he's going to say some mean shit, "they said you're harbouring war criminals and raising an army of fierce corpses to wipe out the gentry clans! Looks like your corpses are nothing but straw dummies building old age homes for the last couple years of these lowlives, heh."
Wwx doesn't give him the satisfaction by rolling his eyes and says instead, blatantly smiling, "Oh, you're here too. Guess it can't be helped." He bows over-the-top, "What brings you here, Sandu Shengshou?"
That's all it takes for the purple menace to rush at him. He ducks behind shijie, his favourite shield in the world. That's when jc decides that sect leaders are too cool for shit like this and straightens up, showily dusting his immaculate sleeves, rolling his eyes in I'm above you, you peasant, saying, "Ugh, you're still so childish, it's pathetic."
Wwx shrugs. He gestures for them to follow him, saying "I guess I should invite you both inside the Demon Subdue Palace."
Jc scoffs and shijie blinks at him as if checking whether all his marbles are still in place. He laughs. "Come on, it's funny! I'm the demon, and I sleep there!! Demon, Palace, Subdue." He points first at himself, then at the cave and then mimes what looks like a three-year-old sleeping.
Before jc can retort, they hear Wen Qing draw her sword. The trio turn to look and wwx's brain goes wtf, is that Lan Zhan?! And wtf is the Peacock doing here, for fucks sake!
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wwxyoudumbass Ā· 3 years
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Legit thought that yaoyang was meng yao + xue yang but nah this is infinitely betteršŸ˜‚
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Somebody stop me
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Putting it here just so that some of you with the fashion knowledge for it can write this into being;_;
MDZS: Drag Race au
Like imagine
Wei Wuxian as a freaky queen who does comedy and maybe camp, occasionally. Has tried sewing but somehow always fucks it up
Lan Wangji as a look(!) queen. Her fashion game is on point, she can sing(!!) and dance and act. Sewing skills through the roof
Nie Huaisang does fashion + camp + acting, and they paint for the gods. Won't be caught dead sewing lols, they bougie af
Haven't figured out the rest yet, but this is a mutant version of drag race where there's no Ru Paul, because eh *shrugs*
We can even have Lan Qiren and Madam Yu as the judges, oofšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
And this is definitely drag for all the genders, so shijie and Wen Qing and Mianmian are also there!!
Just. Can someone already write this please šŸ˜­ I wish I had the knowledge of fashion and looks and coutoure and whatnot to flesh this world out, ugh
Where's my drag race watching mdzs stans, your girl needs you!!!
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Fuck it, here goes:
I was supposed to make a fic of this but that'll happen when it does(probably never, buhu what to do when one has internships and studies too).
Badass!YanLi Headcanons
also known as:
Shijie saves A-Ying
(and a thousand other lives)
Ok so Yanli is trained in life cultivation. Her core is one of the rarer kinds, giving her the ability to connect to plants and animals, nurturing and protecting life.
But Jiang Fengmian, the best dad ever, raised her to be quiet and inoffensive, unlike a certain someone he knows *eyeroll*
Madam Yu: lol boo, ya rly thought???
So Madam Yu and jyl's grandmother train her in secret and make sure she's as strong as her brothers (if not stronger)
It has to be kept a secret from jfm, and that's how the rest of the cultivation world doesn't much know of how powerful she really is.
Fast forward to the fall of Yunmeng and the deaths of jfm-yzy. Ynl is at her grandmother's, not allowed to rush to help her mother in the fight. In any case, she was always better at giving life than taking it.
but but but. Every other unfairness in her life aside, she draws the line at going to visit A-Xian with A-Cheng because she's literally his shijie? ?? like ? ?? ???
Jin Zixuan tries stopping her and she's like boy get your shit straight. If you think I'm gonna forgive you just like that, you've got a whole other waterborne abyss coming
In any case, she's got a whole-ass idiot stupid peabrain brother to save so like. "See ya later, I guess *plucks pretty peony from the Koi Tower gardens* here you go, keep this. Call it a courtship present if you want. bitch."
And jzx is disappointed but as he walks away peony-in-hand she swears she sees a spring in his step, poor lover boy
And then later jc is like
"But shijie, life cultivators are very very vulnerable to resentful energy! It was one thing when A-Xia- that asshole, had a cap on it but the burial mounds??? That's a full-on hot water spring of dead rotting souls hungering for life cores to devour, what're you even thinking..."
"...and didn't the peacock just say he's into you?! Haven't you liked him in like, forever??? Whā€• ow!"
*angelic smile* that's for eavesdropping. And for forgetting that I'm older than you by like so many years??? I literally attended classes with fucking Lan Xichen and Nie Mingjue, yknow. Now sit your ass down and eat your soup like a good didi, or I swear to the four great clansā€“"
So he sits his ass down like a good didi and scowls. Until he can't, when he's got a mouthful of the best soup to have ever souped in the entire whole world.
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might spot a bottom!lwj if you squint( Ķ”Ā° ĶœŹ– Ķ”Ā°)
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Mo Dao Zu Shi
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