More random old #wangxian#fanart, reposting on the schedule of "whenever the mood takes me": I needed a "lwj dresses a barely conscious wwx's wounds" scene in my life #TheUntamed#cql
🩷 Got my hair re-pinkified. We didn't do so much at the sides this time, so I don't have to tolerate having bright pink temples for the first week or two.
🫏 My #WangXian nendoroid figures with Lil Apple & a boat on the lotus lake. I have lots of little pieces that I could switch around to make them look different. But mostly I just enjoy having them sitting next to me while I'm chilling on the couch.
🌶️ The spicy stuff has started in A Narrow Bridge. I love how clueless #WangXian are in this story, and how they invent gay sex from first principles (almost).
🧠 Had some struggles with the practical implementation of the taxonomy I'm working on, so I admitted that I was stuck, and asked for help. Now I'm unstuck!
🩺 My brother had to have some unexpected surgery today and it all went okay. Which is a huge relief, because he's had a bad reaction to anesthesia in the past. ❤️
"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
"These things unseen" (34k) by bonyenne is a very soft #WangXian canon fix-it #fanfic where wwx wakes up after 3d from wq's needles with a fevered A-Yuan in his arms, and his priority becomes saving him. Changing pov with lwj who's searching for his zhiji. Enter xxc, sl, bssr and ly 🤩 Lots of comfort & care, also plenty of child acquisition :D The only angst is wwx's non-existent self-worth, and his new maternal figures know how to deal with that 😍 https://archiveofourown.org/works/32087374 #cql#TheUntamed
"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.
"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