Japanese #mdzs Chapter 2 /ExR Aggression part 2 and 3 commentary up!
At this point I can't really say that that I believe 痴れ者 is a good translation of 瘋子. It opens the door to some very different interpretations of MXY's character, but I could very well be wrong. I think the JP audio drama did better here.
mdzs space au about nie huaisang and his years-long project in avenging his da-ge
a repeated theme throughout the fic is nhs visiting and talking to back-ups that had been taken of nmj's personality before death, and the way that this makes literal how HAUNTED nhs is by his brother's absence is just sooooooo good
the worldbuilding is great, the things that are changed from canon due to this different context are great, the anguish and monofocus of nhs are great
“Do you have a problem, Chengmei?” Jin Guangyao asked.
Xue Yang slammed down his stirring rod. The gritty substance on it sprayed across the cluttered bench. “Yes, I have a problem!” he snapped. “There’s no fucking point following the formula if I don’t have pure enough ingredients. What the hell is this cinnabar cut with? Your father’s dead, no one’s checking your account book any more!”
Jin Guangyao only gave a faint smile, leaning back on the bier that held the body of Xiao Xingchen. “True, my father is dead,” he said. “That means I don’t have to support your work here; it’s a personal favour. Think on that, perhaps.”
The year is about to end, and it's time for a #2023Recap <;
I know I'll be busy in the next few days (with prayer that 2024 is kinder to me than 2023, in some respects), so I'll leave this here a bit earlier than usual <:
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Finally started #MoDaoZuShi. Only could read chapters 1 & 2 because apparently my eyesight (even with new glasses) is worse or my eyes are more tired than I had realized... Or a mix of both.
I don't know if I should post my thoughts about every chapter as I finish them or just enjoy quietly and let my thoughts simmer inside my head and consume my soul without having an outlet. I'll have to think about it.
Here some fragments that made me laugh really hard:
"Wen Ning wasn't always so powerful, nor always so dead."
[Wen Qing] "Weapon: A steady hand and an endless supply of acupuncture needles"
"Xue Yang is a petty thug with a penchant for violence. Below the surface, he is still a petty thug with a penchant for violence, but with a strange knack for understanding the dark arts—a truly terrible combination."
🧱 Xue Yang has questions
🧱 Xiao Xingchen doesn't want to answer them
🧱 Xue Yang starts to find out anyway
🧱 domesticity, violent thoughts, identity porn, #justYiCityThings
🌸 Lan Wangji/Song Lan during the timeskip
🌸 tfw you can't function without your soulmate and then meet someone who's functioning perfectly well without theirs (reciprocal)
🌸 my first omegaverse fic! I feel like I did it weirdly, please encourage me!
🌸 grief, friendship, platonic proxyfucking, night-hunting
🪶 #MDZS#fanfic, #genfic, 7.6k words
🪶 space AU with clan politics
🪶 Nie Huaisang plots his revenge for ten years
🪶 how to lead a clan when you never expected to be in charge?
🪶 what if you could ask your dead brother? Do you really think that would help?
"We all have a hunger" (23k) by KatAnni is a Cloud Recesses era getting together fic where things go wrong at a night hunt. Wwx is both vulnerable and a genius, lwj gradually realizes how kind and sincere he is. Plus lots of hurt/comfort. https://archiveofourown.org/works/47988160
"Quiet, blooming hours" (14k) by Sanguis is a modern AU with lots of magic. Mxy (pov character) is mysteriously resurrected in the garden of #WangXian & A-Yuan. This is very soft & magical, mxy gets a loving family literally over night, with amazing worldbuilding. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44076159
"Sugar stains" (18k) by lanjingyeet has post-canon wwx turned into a 3y-old and various Lans, jc, jl taking care of him. Soft character studies. https://archiveofourown.org/works/24089923
I discovered an amazing, active #WangXian#fanfic author, athena_crikey.
"Weep you no more..." (59k) is a BM canon-divergent AU. Lxc (pov) brings wwx to the CR to save a cursed lwj & learns how wrong he was about wwx. https://archiveofourown.org/works/46010965
"Somewhere I belong" is a modern AU, lwj is a scientist struggling with purpose, wwx his pilot & guide in the Canadian wilderness. Amazing prose, esp. on the overwhelming feeling of being surrounded by nature. https://archiveofourown.org/works/49644676 #cql#TheUntamed#mdzs
"Where the nightingales are singing..." (33k) by moominmammashandbag is a non-magical history AU #fanfic where #WangXian were in an early arranged marriage before wwx reportedly died in battle. Years later lwj oversees an exchange of prisoners of war. Not angsty!
Written in a wonderful dry humor voice, with (pseudonymous) famous romantic poet and hilariously petty lwj who doesn't let anyone forget their crimes against wwx.