Cultivation as Plot Device
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“They’re just young,” he tries again, trying to appease some concern Jiang Cheng hasn’t even voiced. “Probably playing a prank on you. Why waste energy worrying so much about it?”
Jiang Cheng bursts out, “Playing a prank on me? Aren’t we both locked in here, idiot?”
Wei WuXian lifts his hands, raising his index finger like he’s about to conduct a lesson. He’s grown more into these mannerisms, the more the young ones come to him for advice and stories. He finds he likes that quite a lot.
“Yes, but knowing what they do about us, who would that be worse for? Everyone knows Sect Leader Jiang would be angered the most by being locked away with the YiLing Patriarch.”
He states the facts with as much distance as he can. Because that’s what they are, facts. There’s no point in being upset by them, because if there’s one thing that’s constant and true in this world it’s Jiang WanYin’s hatred for Wei WuXian.
Convinced Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian will never reconcile of their own accord, Jin Ling takes matters into his own hands by trapping both of his uncles alone, together, without their cultivation.
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- Part 1 of JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater
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He startles, glancing around. Wei Wuxian had just been right beside him. They hadn’t been speaking, after Wei Wuxian’s few abortive attempts at making conversation. Because Jiang Cheng hadn’t wanted to speak to him. He never wants to speak to him, ever again, because walking alongside Wei Wuxian, being on a night hunt with him— it’s too much. Even if he no longer wants Wei Wuxian dead, how can participate in these farces? How can he get so close to the thing he wants, only to remember he’ll never have it? He can’t let Wei Wuxian make casual conversation. He can’t allow him to weasel his way back into Jiang Cheng’s good graces, his heart. Because Jiang Cheng won’t survive it. He knows this very well.
What starts as a simple competition during a night hunt quickly spirals out of control, leaving Jiang Cheng to confront his fears, his feelings, his inadequacies, and Wei Wuxian.
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- Part 2 of JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater
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[Podfic] many envies by GoLBPodfics (GodOfLaundryBaskets)
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Aug 2020
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He startles, glancing around. Wei Wuxian had just been right beside him. They hadn’t been speaking, after Wei Wuxian’s few abortive attempts at making conversation. Because Jiang Cheng hadn’t wanted to speak to him. He never wants to speak to him, ever again, because walking alongside Wei Wuxian, being on a night hunt with him— it’s too much. Even if he no longer wants Wei Wuxian dead, how can participate in these farces? How can he get so close to the thing he wants, only to remember he’ll never have it? He can’t let Wei Wuxian make casual conversation. He can’t allow him to weasel his way back into Jiang Cheng’s good graces, his heart. Because Jiang Cheng won’t survive it. He knows this very well.
What starts as a simple competition during a night hunt quickly spirals out of control, leaving Jiang Cheng to confront his fears, his feelings, his inadequacies, and Wei Wuxian.
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- Part 2 of [Podfic] JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater
- Part 12 of GoLB MDZS/The Untamed Podfics
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My Purpose To Preserve Life by alate_feline, wing_shadow_feline (alate_feline)
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
30 Dec 2021
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Wei Wuxian is injured by a monster he should have been able to control. Wen Ning and Wen Qing are able to save him, but at what cost?
ALL CHAPTERS POSTED! Chapters One through Four are more hurt than comfort, Chapter Five is more comfort than hurt. Please feel free to ask in comments if you have any questions about the (quite numerous) warning tags; the characters aren't happy, but I'm not trying to traumatize my *readers.* Here's the Alternate Route Plot Summaries if you want to skip this fic and still know what happened.
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- Part 45 of Through Each Other (TEO-verse)
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Days Before Nightfall by alate_feline, wing_shadow_feline (alate_feline)
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
12 Jan 2022
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Timestamps leading up to "The Tower", and the rite at Qiongqi Path, turning point of this AU. Or: sealing the Seal, after which all sorts of things break loose.
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- Part 51 of Through Each Other (TEO-verse)
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One Last Fight! Twin Prides VS Yanling Daoren! by MoonFoxx
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
12 Oct 2024
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Yanling Daoren comes back to life as a vengeful spirit with a corporal body. He attacks Yunmeng during a night hunt and Jin Ling is left alone to confront him, but he is unable to keep up with the former student of Baoshan Sanren. He nearly loses his life but fortunately, two of his uncles are able to help him just in time.
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“They’re just young,” he tries again, trying to appease some concern Jiang Cheng hasn’t even voiced. “Probably playing a prank on you. Why waste energy worrying so much about it?”
Jiang Cheng bursts out, “Playing a prank on me? Aren’t we both locked in here, idiot?”
Wei WuXian lifts his hands, raising his index finger like he’s about to conduct a lesson. He’s grown more into these mannerisms, the more the young ones come to him for advice and stories. He finds he likes that quite a lot.
“Yes, but knowing what they do about us, who would that be worse for? Everyone knows Sect Leader Jiang would be angered the most by being locked away with the YiLing Patriarch.”
He states the facts with as much distance as he can. Because that’s what they are, facts. There’s no point in being upset by them, because if there’s one thing that’s constant and true in this world it’s Jiang WanYin’s hatred for Wei WuXian.
Convinced Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian will never reconcile of their own accord, Jin Ling takes matters into his own hands by trapping both of his uncles alone, together, without their cultivation.
Series
- Part 1 of JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater
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He startles, glancing around. Wei Wuxian had just been right beside him. They hadn’t been speaking, after Wei Wuxian’s few abortive attempts at making conversation. Because Jiang Cheng hadn’t wanted to speak to him. He never wants to speak to him, ever again, because walking alongside Wei Wuxian, being on a night hunt with him— it’s too much. Even if he no longer wants Wei Wuxian dead, how can participate in these farces? How can he get so close to the thing he wants, only to remember he’ll never have it? He can’t let Wei Wuxian make casual conversation. He can’t allow him to weasel his way back into Jiang Cheng’s good graces, his heart. Because Jiang Cheng won’t survive it. He knows this very well.
What starts as a simple competition during a night hunt quickly spirals out of control, leaving Jiang Cheng to confront his fears, his feelings, his inadequacies, and Wei Wuxian.
Series
- Part 2 of JC and WWX's Get Along Sweater
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the meaning of the ritual by newamsterdam
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
29 Jul 2019
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“Lan Zhan… wants to bed me?”
The hand on his chest is shaking, slightly. “Mn.”
“Oh,” Wei Wuxian breaths out.
There’s something— something powerful, about that. Lan Wangji wants to bed him. Lan Wangji wants to sleep with him. Lan Wangji wants to touch him, and kiss him. The immovable, implacable Second Master of Lan, with a face and principles both carved from jade, wants him.
“Is this a fantasy of yours?” Wei Wuxian asks. “Forcing all the demonic energy out of me with your—”
Lan Wangji claps a hand over his mouth. “Silence, now.”
When the entire cultivation world turns against the Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian makes a risky gamble— he'll agree to participate in an ancient ritual for cleansing the spirit, so that his character can no longer be called into question. The catch? He has no idea who his partner for the ritual will be.
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- Part 1 of everyone lives (but at what cost)