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Does anyone have saved the thread of CQL cast as kitchen appliances? When Ning was a cast iron pan and LXC was an all-in-one breakfast station that fails in everything. I seem to have misplaced it and my google-fu skills are lacking.
Wen Qing/Qin Su canon divergence fic! joining forces along with Meng Yao to spy on the Wens :)))
Qin Su is a character who I always love to see being given more scope for complexities and personhood and decisions than we get to see in canon and this fic delivers
also it really lets itself inhabit that period where Wen Qing is working for Wen Ruohan and everything that means
the subtleties of how the relationships between Qin Su and Wen Qing and Meng Yao are portrayed in this fic are soooo good
I can't remember if I've done an intro post before, but regardless, here's one for #SnowflakeChallenge2024!
I'm Lauren & I go by Lirazel most places online except for Tumblr where I'm queenofattolia. I will answer to Lirazel, Lauren, or Ren.
I'm a queer ace USAmerican cis lady who was raised evangelical & is now converting to Judaism.
In real life, I am an archivist. In fannish life, I am that person who has fanfic for over 60 fandoms dating back to the early 2000s posted on my AO3.
At the moment my main fandom is #CQL/The Untamed, but I am always writing for other fandoms for exchanges. Fandom is my fandom as well--love talking about fandom history, culture, etc.
I hang out a lot on Dreamwidth & Tumblr as well as here, since each site fulfills different needs.
I am super interested in literature, television in any language, history, religion/faith, ace stuff, feminism, unions, anarchism, my never-ending quest to figure out what gender is actually, & other people's passions.
“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.”
For #DecRecs today I want rec a fic about friendship!
"then maybe I'd make it alive" by Tavina
This is a pre-canon Madam Jīn & Wēn Zhúliú & Yú Zǐyuān fic! The relationship between the three of them is so intense and complicated! Plus this has lot of great worldbuilding in terms of sect politics by an author who is very familiar with wuxia
"Down by the water" (60k) by astrolesbian is an incredibly beautiful #WangXian surfer AU #fanfic. I felt like my chest was open & my heart exposed the entire time. Perfect characterization, insecure, awkward lwj pov & sun-like, hot wwx, told via effective time jumps, angst is all in the past.
"A clan of ghosts" (31k) by @twigofwillow is a lovely fix-it AU #cql#fanfic told from Wen Qing's pov. It diverges when wwx and the Wens get a warning from lqy about a trap, leading to wwx's Burial Mounds family expanding in surprising ways. Beautifully told, great characterization and dialogue, and the found family feels are strong. I was especially happy to see wq adopt new family & friends. This really touched me. https://archiveofourown.org/works/24024193 #DecRecs#TheUntamed#WangXian
Wishes inked beneath your skin (6k) by Suspicious_Popsicle is a sweet #WangXian modern AU #fanfic with wwx as brilliant cultivator/tattoo artist (very special tattoos) & lwj in love. Although relatively short it captures wwx's essence & lwj's feelings so incredibly well. There's a dash of sadness / a sense of loss (loving parents, wwx living in hiding) but it's a very positive fic. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23388628 #cql#TheUntamed#DecRecs
Come home to my heart (30k) by occultings is a canon divergent #WangXian#fanfic where our favorite oblivious boys suffer a body swap curse after the Sunshot campaign. Some shenanigans ensue (but no slapstick humor), the fic is funny, soft and lighthearted, with lots of tender, bittersweet pining that becomes mutual after an initially slightly obnoxious wwx has some revelations. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23720248 #cql#TheUntamed#DecRecs
You and me, babe, how about it? (8k) by ilip13 is a peaceful, happy alternate canon AU where wwx, hesitant before a major life decision, "kidnaps" a very willing lwj for his birthday. https://archiveofourown.org/works/34835872
My heart is dancing too (7k) by pink_fluff is a heart-meltingly adorable & cozy modern AU where WangXian get snowed in with 4 toddlers. Brilliant pov of overwhelmed & pining lwj. https://archiveofourown.org/works/29277765