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Finished Thousand Autumns, including the extras, and now I can go back to reading fic, heh. I really like this author's style, I'm finding.
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Others

advanced self-saving, AU, interdimensional travel, book transmigration, Shen Qingqiu | Shen Yuan/Luo Binghe, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, by kitschlet

Souvenir, crossover of Spirited Away and 天官赐福 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú, by canis_m

Pour Herbal Oil, Yan Yujin, Nirvana in Fire, by ShanaStoryteller.

places under the sky, Wei Wuxian and his family, Wei Changze, MDZS, by narie

Also more MDZS|Untamed fics by ShanaStoryteller:

Crazy, Rich Cultivators, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, modern cultivators

Rotten Work, Jin Ling, Wei Wuxian

Cartwheels in Cloud Recesses, AU, Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze didn't die, powerful WWX

Hope everyone had a good break so far!

I'm feeling... a lot, from the year 2020 has been, even though me and mine have been terrifically lucky so far where Covid-19 is concerned. But I do feel a lot less energetic and am generally unenthused about things. Plus RL has been busy like whoa for six months, I feel like I'm burning out. Dunno how the next year will be, still plenty of things to come. Waiting for the vaccine being one, though my guess is that it's gonna take months before non-medical people in my country get to be in line for it.

Anyway!

Yuletide was both exciting and a little frustrating, due to the abovementioned busy like whoa. To my delight, I did get a History3: Make Our Days Count fic Five Years Later, the Way Things Should Have Been which has Xiang Haoting/Yu Xigu by iamtheenemy (Steph). Thank you so much, Yuletide author. It was a lovely surprise!

Also came across:

How to Thrive in the Cloud Recesses, MDZS Q, by donutsweeper

Castle Sonas, Hotel Del Luna, by AJHall, which is so good.

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Also I stress-wrote a drabble fic: Wei Wuxian and vampires which was an outburst, to be frank. If only RL frustrations are so easily gotten rid of.

Happy 2021, everyone.

I have so many half-assed fic ideas and am so incapable of getting them into any sort of coherent order, I'm sick of myself.

Possible my lack of sleep has something to do with that, hm. And possibly the long workdays? Recently I've made the discovery that a short bus-ride from my place brings me all the way to a tiny, tiny island that has been turned into a park/hiking spot (there's a road/bridge leading to it and it takes just two hours to walk the perimeter) and the prospect of going there during the weekend is the one thing getting me through the week. There's something incredibly precious about it. To a dreamy weekend. Well, I have to get through Friday first.

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Still MDZS | Untamed

black milk of daybreak, drunk at sundown, AU, no to Burial Mounds siege, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by stiltonbasket

Dragon's Gall, Madam Lan, Qingheng-jun, forced marriage, rape within marriage, forced pregnancy, imprisonment and torture, abuse, life-endangering childbirth, postpartum depression, miscarriage, by jelenedra. So many warnings, but it's a fic that involves Madam Lan...

Happy Mid-Autumn festival, everyone!

I guess most people are like me, at the stage where I have good mask days (when I don't mind it so much) and bad mask days when for some reason it keeps fogging my glasses and it feels hard to breathe. Work has been perplexingly hectic (my industry is heavily affected by the economy, so you'd think that business would have cooled, but...). Most days you look back and can't believe it's the last quarter of the year, and where has it all gone?

Watching:

Love and Redemption aka 琉璃 (with English sub, if anyone wants), xianxia. Wiki link if anyone wants.

It's a pretty fun outing wherein the God of War is a woman, and reborn on earth as Chu Xuanji. I'm totally there for the many devoted scenes of the male lead, Yu Sifeng. And Xuanji's spirital animal, Tengshe (which I think would translate to Touda in Japanese).

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the stars in the hazy heaven tremble above you, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, royalty AU, Cinderella-fusion, by cicer

Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, backstory of Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji's mother and maternal family, by x_los

rather cruelly used and rather reserved, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by x_los

Re-watching the Guanyin temple confrontation (last 2 episodes of Untamed). I swear, Wei Wuxian must be thinking, how many bloody times do I have to re-seal the coffin, when some people (I mean you, Nie Huaisang) keep doing stuff that causes Nie Mingjie | Baxia | their resentful energy to go explodey out of the coffin? I'm going to turn this car around and let the temple collapse around your ears...

Also 1st episode of Untamed: Mdm Mo states that Mo Xuanyu's dad (whom she knows very well is Jin Guangshan) had dabbled in evil tricks. Hm, seems to hint that Jin Guangshan's evil ways are known, interesting.

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Fics:
if you’ve only lived here (have you ever really lived at all), Wen Ning, Wen Ning POV angst, thoughts on Wen, by honey_yolk

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Also watching:

The MDZS chibi episodes, most recent ones:

episode 6 and episode 5

Not watching:

Mulan: It's not that I particularly object to some faux Chinese Disney'fied history version of Mulan. Everyone grew up watching butchered Disney'fied versions of their culture, it's expected. But let's face it: how can it be good when Liu Yifei can't really act? She is very pretty, but- and that makeup is ghastly.

(Also before someone mentions that she supports HK police... I just figure she gotta say it, whether or not she actually believes in it, to stay on the good side of the powers-that-be in China. *shrug*)

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Listening/watching:

周深's《达拉崩吧》 I think it gets more addictive the more times you listen to it.
周深's《大鱼》. His interpretation is so dreamy.

And this has been around for months and months, but 芒种丨Mangzhong | Grain in Ear. I hadn't really paid it much attention until I read the lyrics.

September!

I'm now officially out of things to watch of Netflix, mainly because I'd like to stop bingeing stuff so I'd have time to write >_< No doubt I'd find something intriguing soon enough, but now it's pretty refreshing. Not least also because it's the 7th month in the Chinese calendar, also the Hungry Ghosts Festival and I'm sure there's got to be some Untamed | MDZS fic potential somewhere...

Cue hackneyed Covid-19 jokes about how, with travel restrictions and quarantine, your ancestors can't even come up for a nice long visit.

1 October is Children's Day where I am (offical children day's song: Semoga Bahagia, by Inch Chua) (once upon a time I could sing it, now I've forgotten 90% of the lyrics), but some years back the ministry of education made what I consider a really pathetic decision to celebrate Children's Day on the Friday of the week of 1 October. So that apparently children and teachers could have a long weekend. Weak, weak. I know it's less than ideal for holiday-planning if 1 Oct falls on, say, a Wednesday, but what happened to the symbolism? Isn't that the point of designating a random day to celebrate, I dunno, being a child? The rant comes to mind as 1 September is Teacher's Day... or it used to be, and this year it's 4 September. I know, I know... it's like the whole point of such days is to have a long weekend.

Also listening on repeat to 左手指月 by 薩頂頂 Sa Dingding, theme song from Ashes of Love aka《香蜜沉沉燼如霜》, another series that I did watch random episodes of, despite myself, because does Deng Lun look like Park Seo-joon, or is it just me?

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There's a Baby Loose in the Burial Mounds!, crack, Burial Mounds, ghosts, Untamed | MDZS, by ScarlettStorm

Where the nightingales are singing, and a white moon beams, AU, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, WIP, by Moominmammashandbag

The Dream of the Yellow Millet, reincarnation of Jin Guangyao, Wei Wuxian, background WWX/LWJ, (very) background Jin Ling/Lan Sizhui, casefic, by Moonsheen

I usually avoid reincarnation fics for MDZS, but I liked this a lot.

And They Have Escaped The Weight of Darkness, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, memory loss, LWJ leaves Gusu, by cosmicmilktea

Brightness Returns, Wen Ning, Lan Sizhui, adventures, Baoshan Sanren, by Hope

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This minorly imploded, comments-wise: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25671265/chapters/62324440 one of the main issues being, izzit erasure if you write fem!WWX/LWJ? which was interesting to track. Just leaving it here for my own record.

I knew he was in it, but my primarily reaction is still "That is Yang Yang?!" (as Jia Baoyu in 2010 Dream of Red Mansions): trailer here.

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Wait, cauliflower rice is really a thing? *aghast* Why not just... eat cauliflower? In other news, I bought an electric lunchbox which is actually a tiny little steamer and now I can pack lunch to heat in the office. (We don't have a microwave oven.) Goodbye, sandwiches! \o/ It is so simplified (I got the cheapest model) that it doesn't have a timer: the amount of water in it determines the cooking time. When the water is all boiled up, it switches off automatically. I'm trying to figure out if steaming temperature is good enough to heat curry: I have some in the freezer (for the frozen prata, actually) and it could go with my rice. Maybe I'll cook some cauliflower in curry: that's gotta be a thousand times better than cauliflower rice.

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All MDZS | Untamed

unceremonied poetry, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, mentioned dog death while on a case, by magicianprince

Diamond in the ruff, dog, Jin Ling, Jin Rusong, by citron_ella

Five Dogs, One Cat, accidental dog acquisition, Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian, Jin Ling, ryfkah

I was watching Li Ziqi's newest The Life of Tomatoes, anticipating some tomato plants and dishes and then Li Ziqi splits a boulder. (Smallish boulder, but still.) WTH

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Time May Take Us Far Away , Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, a temporary temporal displacement, by bartycrouchjrs.

Digging Graves, berserker!Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang, by nirejseki. Also by same author, The Qiongqi, legendary dead creature, Wei Wuxian gets rehabilitated.

Dear DW, if you could stop logging me out for no reason, that'd be very helpful, I had a tricky (looks at clock) yesterday.

Email to client: You need to (a) sign this; and (b) sign that.
Client: Do you mean I need to sign twice?
Me: *Why do I even bother to explain?*

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the kite string and the anchor rope, A-Yuan gets sick (but gets better), going to Gusu, AU, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by fleurdeliser

Pigtail Pulling, AU, crack taken seriously, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by protos_metazu_ison (tardypigeon)

Child Surprise, Lan Yuan, and Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, by Ariaste

(off to manually lj-crosspost)

At this point my headcanon is a total jumble of the animated series, the novel and the TV show. Which makes it confusing when writing fic. Oh, well.

Others do it better:

I'm Going Out (Gonna Make A Name For Me And You), Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, helping smaller sects, they do social work, the state of the cultivation world, by cosmicmilktea. It's slow burn but it's also very satisfying.

climbing up that coastal shelf, Jin Ling's POV, sect leader, family with Jiang Cheng, Lan Sizhui and Wei Wuxian, remembering Jiang Yanli by Sour_Idealist. It is so good, adroitly executed.

anyway, here's wuji, Lan Jingyi's POV, music and music cultivation, growing up, relationship with Lan Sizhui, by kakikaeru. Also by same author, ok, jiujiu, Jin Ling's POV, being sect leader, (not so background) Lan Sizhui/Lan Jingyi. I hadn't realised how much I love fics that have such a good, measured pacing and solid characterisation.

(1) If Hospital Playlist is not the most perfect K-drama this season I don't know what is.

(2) 'murica: I always knew your race problems were awful, but this is. Very awful.

(3) The other day I haughtily told my dad I wasn't going to buy a China-brand phone (I don't mind them actually, but I was trying to get him off my back) and he accused me of being disloyal to China. Wow, Dad. WTF so much.

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CQL | MDZS

Lan Sizhui sees dead people series, title is summary, wip, by darkbrokenreaper

Twelve Moons and a Fortnight, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Wei Wuxian is acting sect leader at Lotus Pier, by stiltonbasket. This fic is such a delight, and the writing style is lovely.

Lan Love Songs, title is summary, by Moonsheen

Detaining Favoured Guests, Sizhui and Wei Wuxian talk of Burial Mounds, by narie, and also the author's other fic, coming of age, coming alive, Lan Sizhui, wip

of old times, Wei Wuxian, Wen Ning, by siberianway

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And if it interests, I started a new fic I came to see you, which is intended be (as there is only 1 chapter) to some behind-the-scenes inserts of Lan Wangji visiting Lotus Pier. Some heavy speculation on how the cultivation world regarding the story about Lan Wangji and Lan Xicheng's mother.

Work is going around in circles. I did two extremely dumb things at work last week and I'm still working on resolving them, sigh. Try as I might to blame the pandemic... no go.

On another note, I frogged the lace shawl I was knitting and started another one. Why are Niebling's designs so tempting?

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All Untamed | CQL | MDZS

the path to heaven (starts at the bottom of hell), Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, cultivating to immortality, future fic, and its sequel, luxury that writhes (in all its fleeting, fading hues), by lightningalwaysreturns. I love this utterly amazing fic and its sequel.

The Games We Play, AU, Nie Huaisang plots, by Mayarene Rose (Paradise_of_Mary_Jane) and accompanying The Promises We Make, AU, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian. And the same author's The Memory of Laughter, Mo Xuanyu, Nie Huaisang

Dead, Not Gone, AU, Fix-it, Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian's death, wip, by Tysis

with you, I am home, Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, pretend relationship (but if only WWX knew), modern take on cultivation, AU, wip, by tellthemstories

The Guests of Cloud Recesses, Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, casefic (of a sort), by
cafecliche

The Untamed | MDZS

When I Have Fears, Jiang Cheng and Yunmeng, by nicasio_silang

Alliances are Just Another Form of Matchmaking, Right?, kidfic and teenfic (for now, wip, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng and Lan Xichen, by FluffyHippogriff

My Leaves Reach Ever for the Sun, Wei Wuxian crossdressing, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, wip, by nonplussed

Bound Only by the Sea, AU, wip, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, ABO, by levament

until only the mountain remains, wip, Wen Yuan grows up in Burial Mounds, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by idleorbitals

Of parents and children, Wei Wuxian, Lan Qiren, Lan Wangji's childhood, by FixaIdea

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The thing about Covid-19 is that I've discovered a hitherto undiscovered (or at least, unindulged) hypochondraic streak in myself. Breathlessness? No way. (It was probably the face mask). Feel like coughing? Uneasiness. Muscle ache? OMG. (It was probably all that knitting I just did.)

>_<;

All Untamed | MDZS:

rare the man who'll hold to faith, AU, by Fahye

the shadow of a name in skin, AU, explicit, by iliacquer, as well as the same author's the necromancer's fairytale, AU.

Cotton Wool, reference to sexual assault in chapter 5, part of the Resolutions, series, by incendir

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Randomly:

Day xx of lockdown, did a grocery run and bought enough fixings to make dumplings although:

1. There're no spring onions to be found for love or money, so I substituted onions, except I didn't have those either, so I substituted shallots.

2. Nor water chestnuts. It's not proper dumplings unless there's water chestnuts in it, but I chopped up some cabbage. Jiaozi have cabbage, right?

3. Forgot the dried mushrooms once I'd finished mixing it, so hurriedly re-hydrated some in hot water while I cleaned up, then diced them, and forgot I'd meant to leave them for my glutinous chicken rice, and then added to the mix. The sole reason for mushrooms was so I could have mushroom water to add to the dumpling filling, anyway.

4. They're more wontons than dumplings, but I don't like soup wontons that much, so I'm wrapping them in jiaozi skins so that I can panfried them later.

5. My hands still smell of five-spice powder. Mm.

Thus endeth my experiments in shutdown-themed cooking.

All Lan Wanji/Wei Wuxian:

seldom all they seem, arranged marriage, by Fahye

Criteria, Lan Sizhui's POV, by incendir

Content Warning: Romance, by Ariaste

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Life's been mostly/somewhat/half-normal, partly because I've still been going to work at the office every day. Though that is probably going to change as social distancing measures intensify and if business does slow down, it'd mean more working from home. Though speaking as someone who's lost her job a couple of times, being asked to go home is pretty triggering (even though rationally there is cause for it).

It's stressful to follow the news because it steadily gets worse, yet you can't ignore it either.

I've just watched Ponyo on Netflix because it's one of my favourite Ghibli films (the others being Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away) and a good distraction. Luckily my interest in reading Untamed | MDZS (either canon is fine, I'm not fussy) fics remains, though I'm definitely avoiding the quarantine-themed-inspired fics for now, they being the exact opposite of relaxing.

Hope everyone's staying safe and remaining healthy.

Black Jadeite, AU, wip, Untamed, by Tysis

Of Hats and Flutes, Discworld and Untamed crossover, Discworld witches, wip, by FixaIdea. I love this so much.

Hm, I haven't posted fic on LJ for years.

Title: Where I've been (on LJ)
Fandom: The Untamed
Pairing (background only): Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian
Notes/warning: This is meant as a prologue for a fic I'm working on. I think it works okay on its own. A bit more warning below the cut.

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