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❤️Ribbons and Heartsongs by jeyhawk
❤️Ribbons and Heartsongs
by jeyhawk
E, 37k, wangxian
Summary: High Fantasy/Science Fiction AU.
The cot looked like a death trap. It was held together by a bunch of leather straps connected to a metal frame. Even with a mattress put on top it looked like a torture device.
“If I die in the night, I will come back to haunt you,” Wei Wuxian said, eyeing it.
“It is not for you,” Lan Wangji said.
“What? I’m a prisoner. Of course I’m taking the cot.”
“You are a guest and you are taking the bed.”
“I’m not taking the bed. Come on, I can’t let you sleep on that. If you die everyone will blame me.”
“I will not die.”
My comments: Beautiful story: kind of a mesh between space/fantasy/urban fantasy AUs. Wei Wuxian is an Army deserter (they’d non-consensually made him into a werewolf and then mind-controlled him for 2 years for a bit of additional fuckery) and has been on the run for 3 years when a vortex opens in front of him. Wei Wuxian jumps in, because he is the kind of man who takes leaps. He exits into a circle of mages, one of whom is quietly thrumming with a heartsong that is making his wolf go absolutely bananas.
So he settles into this new world, where magic is real and no one’s heard about the Federation. (Well, he settles in after they let him out of their dungeon.) He’s Lan Wangji’s charge, which is just fine by him. He keeps his wolf side secret, and just learns about this new place and the new people and gets to know his beautiful and intriguing roommate well enough to read micro-expressions.
There’s a mystery, and some danger, and Wei Wuxian gets to divest Lan Wangji of his virginity (which is absolutely gorgeous), after which the mystery situation comes to a head and somehow Wei Wuxian gets sent back across the… universe, alternate dimensions, he really doesn’t know… to the bleak reality he’d only just escaped.
Excerpt: “I like watching you [get ready in the morning],” Wei Wuxian said.
Lan Wangji cut him a look that seemed more surprised than angry. “Why?”
Wei Wuxian shrugged, making the covers slip down his chest. “You look more human in the morning.”
Lan Wangji blinked at that. “I’m always human.”
“I know.”
Lan Wangji’s eyebrows drew together slightly. Wei Wuxian struggled for a way to explain himself.
“You’re less perfect in the morning. Sometimes your hair is even tangled.”
Lan Wangji’s hands flew to his hair.
“Not now,” Wei Wuxian said impatiently. “Just sometimes.”
Lan Wangji stared at him, then it seemed to occur to him that Wei Wuxian was barely dressed because his gaze dropped to his chest for a moment before being wrenched away.
“You’re weird,” he said, seemingly with as much dignity as he could muster, which was more dignity than Wei Wuxian had mustered in his entire life.
“I know,” Wei Wuxian said, unconcerned.
Lan Wangji’s eyes narrowed into perfect crescents, the way they did when he was smiling internally, and Wei Wuxian congratulated himself on a morning well spent. It was worth every bit of discomfort waking at 5-hour brought him if he could make Lan Wangji almost-smile.
fantasy au, urban fantasy au, science fiction au, space au, werewolf au, dimension travel, case fic, loss of virginity, marriage proposal, pining, sharing a bed, anal sex, werewolf wei wuxian, favorite, werewolf mates, biting, (wwx is the one who bites), top wei wuxian, bottom lan wangji, cultivator lan wangji, ex-Army wei wuxian
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I’m in the mood for a fic where…
Y’all, I just accidentally deleted a post with 15 of these, and I can’t get it back, so this post contains the last asks in my (still closed) inbox. I’m so sorry to whomever just got deleted!
Meanwhile, in our last round of In the Mood fics before I take a little hiatus:
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1. Do you know any good WangXian fics that include yunmeng bros reconciliation?? 🙏🏻😍
the yunmeng accords by cafecliche (T, 23k, wangxian, my post)
❤️Attempting the Impossible by Ariaste (T, 36k, wangxian, my post)
The Duet of Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian by SilverStark (T, 19k, wangxian, my post)
Lost and Found by dea_liberty (M, 36k, wangxian, my post)
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2. Do you know of any fics where LWJ begins bringing some blue into his wardrobe rather than all white after WWX returns and the juniors (or anyone really, I just had the thought re:Sizhui and/or Jingyi) notice? Or anything having to do with people noticing how much happier/more content LWJ is? (I am a SUCKER for that moment in narration where someone realizes that something (in this case, mourning) is different, when they never really noticed its presence before it disappeared since they have nothing to compare it to) [Aaarrgh, this happens in SO MANY FICS and yet I’m completely blank. Help me out, fam.]
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3. Hello I love your blog!!! [Thank you!] Do you know any fics in which wwx is actually angry at JC or the cultivation world? Like maybe in his second life or some other canon divergence fic.
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4. hi! i was wondering if you could rec me any “duckling juniors protecting/loving/defending wwx” fics? love the blog, thank you for all the work you put into it <33
Four Parts Honey and One Part Vinegar by masked (T, 13k, wangxian, my post)
bespoke by cafecliche (G, 3k, wangxian)
the stone-filled sea by yukla (T, 9km, wangxian, my post)
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5. Hi! I’m kind of in a single parent lwj obsession rn, so was wondering if you knew of any good fics with wangxian parenting lsz when he’s a teenager—either one or both of them, preferably modern au, though really happy with whatever—along with any good single parent lwj fics for lsz at any age in general :) - @chartreuseorigami-fandoms
sudden nature by everbrighter (m, 97k, wangxian, my post)
To be of use by Erisette (not rated (G), 53k, wangxian, my post, teenage stuff in the last third)
Hear No Evil, See No Evil Anymore by quiversarrow (not rated (G), 6k, future wangxian)
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6. do you have any meng yao/jin guangyao centric sories where he is a good guy any au would be fine. @mystic-wolf-bait
Body Swap AU by floraidh (G, 24k, wangxian, my post)
mercyandmagic usually has stories where meng yao goes through a growth arc and becomes good
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7. Hi! I was wondering if you know any good fics where Wei Wuxian was raised by someone other than the Jiang Sect or he grew up on the streets? Or maybe a fic where Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji knew each other growing up?
Here is my Non-Yunmeng Wei Wuxian list.
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8. Hi, your Tumblr is a blessing! Thank you for running it 🙏 [You’re very welcome!] I feel like there’s not enough fics where wwx, in contrast to canon, is actually liked / adored / admired / courted by many. Which is strange, because he’s know for being a beautiful, talented and intelligent, I refuse to believe that only lwj would fall for his charms! Ofc that calls for a mandatory lwj boiling in vinegar and (probably) oblivious wwx. Any recs? Wwx needs more love and positive attention!
with you, I am home by tellthemstories (M, 47k, wangxian, my post)
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9. Hello, anyone knows a good completed fic with wangxian in an actual love drama/triangle? By actual I mean real, not WWX’s 1-braincel-you-like-mianmian idiocy. I read three fairly good ones - “A Heart Made of Jade” makkurokuro93, “While You Were Sleeping” queen_gee, “They Call Me Homewrecker” sweetlolixo - but overall this doesn’t seem to be a popular wangxian trope, there’s only few completed ones with “Love Triangles” tag. No polyamory group sex kink. P.S Any combo, wangxian+lxc is coincidental
The Proposal by LFMH021 (T, 93k, wangxian)
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10. Do you have any fic recs with smitten LWJ from his POV and some vinegar drinking? Gonna give my recs in this topic too, as I love those! My personal favourites are: Smile for Me by Kuro, Soft-hearted by Sarahyyy, The Emperor’s Portrait by catbrainedschemes, Marital Prospects by Vamillepudding, The Breaking of Your Soul by sunsandships. Other nice ones: Works of Art by aetherya, Impulse Control by Sarahyyy, Flower Crown by MiiMi, Of Bunnies, Sleeves and All Happy Things by Moonwaif! [Wow, you’re much better at this than I am… I’m going to need to put half of these on my List.]
vinegar jug by dandelion_san (G, 8k, wangxian, WIP, my post)
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11. ok this is a super random ask but do you have any fics where Lan Wangji is shorter than Wei Wuxian? idk but I just think its a really interesting hc. thanks mojo!
Everything by scifigeek14
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12. Hey! I’m looking for hurt fics where LWJ is very cold towards WWX, maybe because he’s in denial about his feelings or for some other reason; and WWX is very hurt. I’ve read Rebuttable Presumption by sarahyy (and all its AUs) and Broken Glass by Amona (both great, can highly recommend)! Bonus for sad themes like break up, separation, mental health issues… or LWJ’s POV. Something full of regret and heartbreak.
complementarity by besanii (G, 6k, wangxian, my post)
❤️to arrive late is better than not to arrive at all by Moominmammashandbag (M, 35k, wangxian, my post - this one passes the regret phase pretty quickly, though)
Honesty is the Best Policy (Except if You’re an Asshole) by piecrust (e, 22k, wangxian)
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13. Hi, I was hoping you could help me find some fics based around Madam Yu being a horrible parent/guardian to WWX and someone finds out? Could also just be a subplot, I just really want a fic where someone gets angry with Madam Yu. Don’t really mind if it’s Canon Verse or Modern AU
❤️To have and to hold by Moominmammashandbag (M, 79k, wangxian, my post)
Sanctuary by lindgrsl77 (not rated, 14k, wangxian, WIP, my post)
❤️Love made visible by Moominmammashandbag (M, 31k, wangxian, my bookmark)
Crash Landing Into You by Leahelisabeth (fortheloveofcamelot) (T, 5k, wangxian)
Found Family by fyredancer (T, 11k, wangxian)
I came across this and ... Wow!
They really look awesome!!
Wangxian Fic Recs
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Modern AU-s:
🐇 CALL ME, BEEP ME BY MYUNG
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Actor!Lan Wangji x Actor!Wei Wuxian) │ Actors / Social Media AU │ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 11
Author’s Summary:
Wen Qing ✓ @qingwenn Listen, kids. You might think you know everything there is to know about yourself but you really don’t. Be willing to grow and learn from your mistakes. Yes this is about the fact that I once dated a man and am now married to a woman.
wei ying ✓ @wei_wifi @qingwenn are u saying that dating jiang cheng was a mistake
Wen Qing ✓ @qingwenn @wei_wifi This is, in fact, exactly what I’m saying.
Jiang Wanyin ✓ @jiangchenglover @qingwenn What the fuck, dude
🐇 ALL YOUR WAVES AND BREAKERS BY ILIP13
💕 Pairing: Wangxian │ Pandemic / Quarantine Fic │ Status: Completed │ One shot
Author’s summary: Wei Ying huddles even further into himself and looks at Lan Zhan through long, enchanting eyelashes. “Is it really okay that I stayed for so long?”
I love you, the words refuse to spill from Lan Zhan’s mouth. I missed you so much. You could stay forever and that would more than okay.
“You are always welcome here,” Lan Zhan says instead. Maybe one day, on a better day, he will say the actual words that he wants, means to say.
—
Five times Wei Ying asks to stay, and one time Lan Zhan does the asking.
🐇 YEAR OF NIGHT CALL BY AILURIDAE (ABIGAILNICOLE)
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Doctor!Lan Wangji x Doctor!Wei Wuxian) │ Doctors AU - Hospital AU │ Status: Completed │ One shot │ Colleagues & Friends to Lovers │ the Lan Babies are surgery interns
Author’s Summary: Very few jobs give you the perfect storm of moral high ground, manic energy, and being a huge dick to people on the regular that Wei Wuxian finds so satisfying about trauma surgery. However, they don’t call it trauma for its psychological wellness. A year of q2 36 hour call would be unbearable if Lan Wangji weren’t the other fellow that he shares a call bed with.
A “What If All The Cultivators Were Surgeons?” AU.
🐇R/RELATIONSHIPS BY VESPERTINEFLORA
💕 Pairing: Wangxian │ Modern AU - Social Media AU - Viral Reddit post │ Status: Completed │ One Shot │ Friends to Lovers
Author’s Summary: Lan Zhan has been in love with his best friend for nearly a decade and despite his attempts, has never managed to confess.Now that Wei Ying’s lease is almost up, there’s a chance he’ll be moving in with him soon, and Lan Zhan isn’t sure that’s something he’ll survive…The impending stress leads to a drink, which in turn leads to a desperate Reddit post that goes viral and attracts attention and advice from… well, none other than Wei Ying, resulting in a series of failed attempts at getting Wei Ying to realize just how Lan Zhan feels about him.
🐇 SYNESTHESIA BY UCHIUCHI
💕Pairing: Wangxian (College Student!Lan Wangji x College Student!Wei Wuxian) │ College AU │ Status: Completed │ One shot │ Strangers to Lovers
Author’s summary: When the darkness fades away and a face pops up, Wei Ying almost falls out of his chair.
What the fuck, he thinks. What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck.
Wei Ying counts to three, takes a breath, then shoots upwards. “Sorry, I dropped my pen,” he says, not even trying to make his lie sound convincing, because what the fuck, Lan Zhan is gorgeous. He has the brightest eyes Wei Ying’s ever seen, the nicest, longest eyelashes, and black hair draping over his shoulder. This guy has clearly won the lottery of attractive genes, which means he must be lacking in something else, like maybe his voice—
“It’s fine.”
WHAT THE FUCK, Wei Ying thinks. WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK.
(In which Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, students from different universities, are assigned to complete a senior project together.)
🐇 SOME THINGS GO FORWARD BY EVERYTHINGISPOETRY
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Cancer Patient!Lan Wangji x Volunteer!Wei Wuxian) │ Hospital AU - Sick Fic (with Happy Ending)│ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 14 │ Strangers to Lovers
Summary: “Sooo pretty” doesn’t really do it justice: it’s the most beautiful human being he’s ever seen. The jade-like pale skin. The cheekbones. The lips. The eyes, oh heavens, those eyes, and the insane waist-long hair. Wei Ying has studied art for a while now, but really, it all pales in comparison. In which Lan Zhan is a patient, Wei Ying is a volunteer (and a previous patient of the same hospital) and there is some falling in love.
🐇 THESE THINGS STAY THE SAME BY NOTEVENYOU
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Lan Wangji x Journalist!Wei Wuxian) │Setting: Modern AU - Kid Fic │ Status: Completed │ One shot │ Friends to Lovers
Author’s Summary: After a career covering news across the world, journalist Wei Wuxian is unexpectedly on his way home with a child in tow. Unfortunately, the path home isn’t without obstacles.
🐇 ONE GOOD THING BY YUU_CHI
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Teacher!Lan Wangji x Ghost!Wei Wuxian) │ Setting: Modern AU - Ghost AU │ Status: Completed │One shot │
Author’s Summary: Wei Wuxian has been haunting his childhood home for three years. He’s perfected the fine art of scaring away all the tenants, and has grown used to living with the dying flowers in the garden as his only company. When Lan Wangji buys the house, Wei Wuxian fully intends to drive him off too. Except Lan Wangji is beautiful, and interesting, and captivating company - even if he supposedly doesn’t know Wei Wuxian exists.
🐇 PAINT SMEARS ON SUNNY DAYS BY SNOWSHADOWAO3
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Single Parent / Music Composer!Lan Wangji x Kindergarten Art Teacher!Wei Wuxian)│ Modern Setting: Kid Fic │ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 5
Author’s summary: To say that he runs to his car would be incorrect, as he is a Lan, and running is both undignified and unnecessary unless in immediate danger. Nor does he slam his key into the ignition, or aggressively swerve around the cars on the freeway, or have a mild panic attack at the fact he is picking A-Yuan up late from school for the first time ever.
He comes close, though.
By the time he arrives, it’s 4:35PM, and he has imagined about fifty different worse-case scenarios. The door is partly open when he gets to it, a messy label of 104B—Art Room scrawled with chalk on a placard next to the faded wood. As he opens it fully, he expects to see a wailing, terrified child, or perhaps a scene of utter misery and betrayal.
What he finds is his son, hands covered in paint, being sung to by a beautiful, dark-haired stranger.
“Ducks live in the pond, yellow ducks, happy ducks!”
Lan Wangji stops in his tracks. (Or: Falling in love with your son’s art teacher, in five parts)
🐇 WE WILL GET HIM FALLING FOR A STRANGER (OR A CATFISH) BY SWEETLOLIXO
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (College Studnt!Lan Wangji x College Student!Wei Wuxian) │ Status: Work in Progress but almost completed │ Secret Identity │ LWJ learns how to text with kaomojis │ Gossipy aunties NHS and WWX
Lan Wangji: Yingying?
Lan Wangji: Are you busy with class?
Lan Wangji: Won’t disturb you if that’s the case.
Lan Wangji: (´• ω •`)
Wei Ying wants to cry.
What jock uses kaomojis? Ever?
Or, 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…
🐇 CHILD’S PLAY BY FLOWERCITY (FAORIE)
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Lan Wangji x Single dad!Wei Wuxian) │ Setting: Modern AU - Kid Fic │ Status: Completed │ One shot
Author’s Summary: In which Lan Zhan falls hard for the single father he met at the park, A-yuan decides his small family is in need of a new member and Wei Ying is helpless on this ride (but he loves it anyway).
🐇THE WORLD IS OUR STADIUM BY ANONYMOUS
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Hockey Player!Lan Wangji x Hockey Player!Wei Wuxian) │Sports: Hockey AU │ Status: Completed │ One Shot │Friends to Lovers
Author’s summary: “Don’t be so vulgar,” says Wei Ying, patting Lan Zhan’s knee with a grin. “I’m just vibing on ice. You break a few bones. Win some, lose some. All in the name of the game.”
“There is no such rule in the rulebook.”
“Aiya, Lan Zhan, I can’t believe you go around memorizing rulebooks. No wonder you don’t break any bones.”
“Breaking a bone is not an accomplishment, Wei Ying.”
“Then all your bones will be brittle and sad, like wilted romaine lettuce.”
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Wei Ying and Lan Zhan post-game, in the locker room.
🐇 WELCOME TO GUSU by PERKYNURPLES
💕 Pairing: Wangxian ( Senior Counsellor !Lan Wangji x Senior Counsellor!Wei Wuxian) │ Summer Camp AU │ Status: Work in Progress but almost completed │ Childhood Friends to Lovers
Author’s Summary: Deep in the lush forests of Gusu hides an aging resort that hosts dozens of children every summer for an unforgettable couple of weeks. It’s where Lan Wangji grew up alongside Wei Wuxian, and when his childhood friend (for the lack of a better term) surprisingly returns years later in the position of Senior Counsellor, seemingly hell bent on causing the same kind of mischief that got him kicked out of Gusu in the first place, but also taller, broader and tanner than ever before, Lan Wangji knows he’s In Trouble. Or, this fic has it all: longing looks over campfires, found family dynamics, ill-timed skinny dipping, teenagers inappropriately shipping their counsellors, LAKE MONSTERS
🐇 A SPRINTER AND A DISTANCE RUNNER WALK INTO A BAR BY HAPLESSMEDRESIDENT
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (College Student!Lan Wangji x College Student!Wei Wuxian) │ Modern Setting: College/University AU - Sports AU │ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 5
Author’s summary: Wei Wuxian got into running mostly to channel his wayward energy into something moderately productive. He didn’t expect to be podiuming for it, certainly not for an NCAA division I university to be offering a free ride through college for him to run with them.
Lan Wangji just wants to get his 400M hurdles to be less than 50 seconds.
And possibly a chance at the Olympics.
And then he sees the new Foot Locker champion – a freshman, apparently a prodigy, apparently just 17 – at the Cobb Track, and maybe he wants just a little bit more.
🐇 HOW TO BE A HEARTBREAKER BY SWEETLOLIXO
💕 Pairing: Wangxian (Sugar Daddy!Lan Wangji x Sugar Baby!Wei Wuxian) Sugar Dating AU │ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 16
Author’s summary: “Lan er gege,” Wei Ying sings out an old nickname, his lips curving up into a well-rehearsed smile. It’s adorable, and it’s pretty, and he knows it mesmerises anyone who lays their eyes on him. He has done it a million times—bewitching and convincing men who need to be convinced.
He just doesn’t expect to hear the hitch in Lan Zhan’s breath, too, and feel the taller man’s grasp around his wrist tightening.
He fell for it.
A sickening thought suddenly enters his brain, and Wei Ying wonders if he should be so cruel.
“Do you want to find a private space for us, Lan Zhan?”
Canon/ Canon Divergence:
🐇GROW BY CAFECLICHE
💕 Pairing: Wangxian │ Setting: Post Canon │ Status: Completed │ One shot
Author’s Summary: “Okay,” Jingyi says, as Sizhui puzzles this out aloud. “Okay! So the demon has been turning its victims into children.”
“I think so,” Sizhui says.
“To make them easier prey,” Jingyi says.
“Yes,” Sizhui says.
“So—” Jingyi’s voice cracks here, “this kid is Senior Wei.”
Wei Wuxian, still tangled in his own massive robes, blinks politely at them.
(Or: Wei Wuxian is cursed on a night-hunt, and the junior quartet rapidly finds themselves in over their heads.)
🐇 A LITTLE HAPPINESS BY SUSPICIOUS_POPSICLE
💕 Pairing: Wangxian │ Setting: Post Canon │ Status: Completed │ Chapters: 3
Author’s Summary: It was a beautiful, sunny day. A crisp, cool breeze was blowing, offset by the warm rays of the sun. The grass was vibrantly green, sprinkled with tiny white flowers. The rabbits were out, hopping contentedly around their meadow, practically begging to be picked up and cuddled. All of it was made surreal by the fact that a six-year-old Lan WangJi sat in the middle of the clearing, silently petting a black rabbit that had made itself comfortable on his lap.
Wei WuXian sat nearer the edge of the meadow, legs crossed at the ankles, chin in hand, and his elbow resting on his knee. He stared at Lan WangJi, searching for happiness in him.
🐇 AND THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE WEIGHT OF DARKNESS BY COSMICMILKTEA
💕 Pairing: Wangxian │ Canon Divergence │ Status: Completed │ One shot │Amnesia │ Memory Loss
Author’s Summary: In the aftermath of everything, the scars of thirty-three lashes heavy on his back, Lan Wangji walks.
He walks through a land ravaged by war, by hunger, by death and sheer neglect, walks through a land that the Cultivation world all but forgets in their own haste to rebuild. He upholds justice, protects the weak. Lives with his regrets.
And then, in a small village South of Qishan, he finds Wei Ying - Alive, smiling, and asking Lan Wangji for his name.
40 The Untamed Fic Recs
Thanks to these, the Pandemic Times, I’ve gathered enough good fics for The Untamed to make a pretty killer rec list, if I do say so myself. Most are Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, but I have ventured off into other wildernesses as well. Most notably, I’ve gotten very into my Yunmeng Trio feelings and love for the juniors. I’ll tag accordingly, so you know what’s what.
As ever, feel free to reblog.
Check out my other fic rec lists:
IT Chapter 2 fic parts one and two - Reddie
Good Omens fic - Aziraphale/Crowley
Various BL Series fic (fandoms: Love By Chance, TharnType, 2Moons series, My Engineer, Until We Meet Again, 2gether, History3: Trapped)
You can also head over to my bookmarks on AO3.
(UPDATE: This rec list now has a part two featuring another 23 recs that you can find HERE.)
(All recs are complete) (I’ve noted pairings, length, and rating, but not any warnings or additional tags.)
** denotes personal favorite
Lees verder
Something interesting I’ve learned - although I don’t know if this has a name in any other language, but in Korean this position is called “manner legs”. It refers to people stretching their legs to sink down to a smaller height so people working or filming with them could either work on their hair and makeup or appear to be their same height.
Keep the flame going for those we have lost to suicide.
attached are also numbers for worldwide suicide hotlines. please reach out for help if you’re feeling hopeless.
Reggie must have realized that not naming your kids might (definitely) come across as bad (terrible) parenting and that someone might take away his little experiments, so whilst I do believe Grace named the kids, I do think Reggie probably made Grace do it (in secret?) when he realised his kids were getting famous, so that when the kids were being interviewed or something, they didn't just have numbers instead of names
Did Reggie get actually knighted or does he just like to call himself sir, because I can't really think of a valid reason for him to be knighted unless the queen knows that guy is an alien.
Ya'll ever wanna cry because the sky is so gorgeous?
In the last four days, a lot of you might have seen the video of Mr. Philip Banks catching a baby boy that was thrown out of a burning building - the baby was saved by both him and the mother who sacrificed herself to help save her kids. In the video, you can hear neighbors pleading with her to jump down herself, but she didn't. She was completely engulfed in flames by the time she went back in to try and save her daughter. There are two heroes in this story, and both of them are angels, one in Heaven now, and the other here on Earth.
Both of the children made it, but sadly it was too late for Mrs. Rachel Long. She leaves behind a little girl that will need more surgeries to start her recovery, a baby boy that is getting better but is extremely traumatized, and a husband who is now heartbroken and left homeless with their two children.
I implore you, if you cannot donate yourselves, I completely understand, but please at least share the donation link, that helps too!
Mr. Phillip Banks is a true hero. The way he sprinted to catch the little boy, throwing himself with everything he got to save him - without a doubt, the boy would have been severely more injured or gone if it wasn't for him.
Rachel Long, rest in peace.
This is pretty much about every show/book/movie I’ve ever come across.
Something I noticed upon re-watching TUA is that other than Luther who stuck around the longest and was the most obedient, Vanya was the closest to Reginald. He made an effort to separate her from her siblings, excluding her from that group, but in doing so actually brought her closer to himself.
In nearly every single Umbrella Academy flashback, Vanya is standing right beside Reginald and above the others. In the bank heist scene, Vanya is on a rooftop beside Reginald and above the others. In the staircase race scene, Vanya is at the top of the staircase beside Reginald and above the others (who are literally racing each other to get to their level). Even in the tattooing scene, although she’s not with Reginald, she’s again on a staircase above her siblings.
Reginald’s dialogue is telling her (and the audience) that Vanya is “nothing special” and less than her siblings, but the imagery is contradictory. Vanya is constantly framed above the others and almost as Reginald’s equal. I could not find a single shot where any other kid is standing right beside Reginald like that, they’re always framed below him, across from him, and/or far away. Even Luther is always standing facing Reginald with the desk (a symbol of his work separating him from humanizing the kids) between them. Vanya is the only one who is ever on the other side of that desk (metaphorically speaking).
This may also explain why Vanya is the only one who seems genuinely sad about Reginald’s death. Luther is obsessed with looking for answers, Allison’s reaction we don’t really see except being overwhelmed and flustered because of how she heard (at the funeral she seems indifferent to his death, she plays peacekeeper between the siblings), Klaus and Diego are openly hostile, and Five is indifferent about it - but Vanya is the only one whose reaction is outwardly sad. The camera also lingers on Vanya’s reaction for much longer than the others implying that her feelings about Reginald are more important or at least more complex. We get Vanya initially hearing the news and having a one line reaction, as all the other siblings do, but then Vanya is the only one who gets an extra shot just to show how she feels about Reginald’s death. We get this lingering shot of Vanya crying on the bus. She is the only one who we see cry about Reginald being dead.
We don’t see it explicitly but I imagine that Reginald and Vanya had more one-on-one moments than the other siblings did. We see her being the one standing next to him and writing on a clipboard which implies that he used her as a sort of personal assistant. That her job involved being close to him and doing menial things like timing her siblings’ races or taking notes. This sort of position would not only keep Vanya further from her siblings (the main objective), but also keep her closer to Reginald. He would have wanted to keep Vanya closer to him to keep her controlled and isolated. There’s also the fact that Pogo makes a point of telling Vanya, and only Vanya, that Reginald “loved her very much, in his way” which is gross and abuse apologist of him to say, but it is does add to the evidence that Reginald was, in some messed up way, closer to Vanya than to the others and again emphasizes the importance of that dynamic.
Thinking further about the idea that Vanya evidently spent more one-on-one time with Reginald than the others, I wonder if that’s part of why they were so mad at her about the book. Obviously, they were partially mad she wrote about them being assholes to her and calling them out on their bullshit, but what if she revealed things about their father that no one else knew? I hope this dynamic gets explored more in Season 2 because I think it’s very interesting this strange sort of respect Reginald seemed to have for Vanya because of her power despite being afraid of it and trying to smother it.
So, in the Tickle-me-wiggly jingle they sing "he's with you through thick and blue" which might refer to being underwater or something, but in the hatchedfield series, what else is thick and blue. That's right, the blue shit.
What does it mean???
So we had to write a short Airbnb ad for my English class (I'm Dutch by the way) and we have this saying for when you go for a walk when it's windy, "uitwaaien" or translated "to blow out". This was a warning our book gave us before we started writing the ads....
I’ve seen people create virtual pub quiz type events, and I wanted to gauge if the Starkid fandom would be interested if I hosted one. It would happen on a website called myQuiz (it’s kinda similar to Kahoot), and it allows up to a hundred people to take part live (I’ll try and arrange a time that will work for as many people as possible).
I just thought it would be a fun way to bring the fandom together during these tough times, and might end up being quite fun, so if you’re interested please like/reblog so that I can make this happen!
This a very random thought, but I'm listening to the album of little shop of horrors and I just imagined Joe Walker singing "Dentist!" and now I want it
Prom
Lex never thought about going to prom. Life was too hectic. Hannah was going to be in sixth grade when it was time for that night. Lex wouldn’t have time to shop for a dress or make plans, Hannah was more important than a stupid night out that would take weeks to save up for.
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Sometimes I really like human creativity and like, solidarity.
The youngest boy from my neighbors turned 11 yesterday, but non of the family was allowed to go outside, because the mother of the family works in a hospital. So what we, as a neighborhood, decided to do was go outside where the father had drawn squares for everyone so we wouldn't be too close to each other. My mother put some birthday music on and one of the neighbors had brought a pan and wooden spoon to bang on real loud, prompting a few other people, myself included, to run inside and grab pots and pans.
And then we just sang for the boy, while he was standing on the balcony of his house and the parents put cake outside for us to take if we wanted to. I just thought it was a beautiful moment, to get together as a neighborhood and sing for this boy's birthday.
Hey! I gotta prepare a presentation for after the whole quarantine thing. It's about the social impact of Hamilton the musical but I have a hard time finding good sources, so if you have anything please, please, please send them to me! Thanks!
I Just Want Them To Be Happy
When Lex Foster was eight, Hannah was born. She had known that she would get a sibling soon, her ‘uncle’ Gerald had explained it to her a few weeks before he went back to his wife. She didn’t really care at the time. She was so busy with everything going on at home and school. There was nothing to make her care about a living potato that didn’t even exist yet.
Her mom brought her home from the hospital and left the baby on the couch to go and sleep. Lex had picked her up before she could fall. Hannah was her name apparently. Lex remembered that her grandma’s name was Hannah. Something felt right, holding her sister in her arms. She felt like Hannah was more than her sister. She had to be there for her, their mother certainly wouldn’t.
Hannah was so big in her arms, but Lex was small, even for her age. As she looked down upon her little sister, she knew that she would give the world for her. She had the same green eyes as Lex, the only thing Lex could ever thank her mother for.
She held Hannah for hours, not knowing what else to do. She wasn’t as tall as the crib, so she would have to leave Hannah alone to find something to climb on to put her little sister in. She never wanted to leave Hannah alone. She could see everything in the room that could possibly hurt her. Lex couldn’t let anything hurt her little sister, no matter what.
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My brother was supposed to get a vaccination (not anymore because of Corona), but he doesn't like getting those, so he said he wanted to be sedated in his arm for his vaccination... Like, dude??? How do you think that's gonna work???
Given the situation in the world right now this may not have been the best t-shirt to wear in public...
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Am I the only one who thinks that "adore me" sounds like that part from "the guy who didn't like musicals" where they say
What it means to love, what it means to obey Paul.
Cause I can't get it out of my head.
Has anyone already theorized that there's link between wiggly's whole asthetic being green and Ethan's last name being Green or am I just thinking way too much about this???
This is a very random post, but I just remembered this story my mother told me about her mother (my grandmother).
Basically, they were somewhere in France and they just had lunch in this cute little cafe and my grandmother went inside to pay. She wanted to pay with card because reasons, but back in the day, long long ago, paying with card wasn't really all that normal at the time, so she had to ask first.
The problem here is that my (Dutch) grandmother asked if she could pay with a
"card postale"
Which translated to Dutch literally means postal card (which is how you used to do credit card payments back in the day, apparently), but translated correctly means postcard.
So anyway, you have this annoyed feisty lady practically yelling that she would like to pay for her food with a postcard and a very confused waiter who tried to explain that you cannot pay with postcards for food and my grandfather who was just laughing real hard.
So long story short, my grandparents are fucking hilarious.