Write every day: Day 25
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luzulaDay 24: Alibi sentence. So much family time (mostly in a good way)! How about you?
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Bonus farm news: So much delicious Christmas food! Mmmmmmmm.
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2025 Kdrama meme
Dec. 26th, 2025 11:46 amchina_shopI've updated my Kdrama list, and because I had such a wonderful year of dramas in 2025, I decided to invent a meme.
Note: I'm not counting Guardian for this; that lives in a category of its own. <3 And most of my answers are about the dramas that were new to me this year, though obviously I love and adore the shows I rewatched, too.
( Kdramas I watched this year )
The Meme
Total number of dramas watched: 22 Kdramas, 1 Kmovie, 1 Jdrama, and 1 Cdrama.
Number of rewatches: 7: Sell Your Haunted House (with Pru), Semantic Error, Tale of the Nine Tailed (with Andrew), Family by Choice (with Pru), Good Manager, Nothing But Love, While You Were Sleeping (ongoing)
Number of dramas watched with Andrew: 7 dramas and a movie: Undercover High School, Tale of the Nine Tailed, Aema, Low Life, Bon Appétit Your Majesty, Typhoon Family, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Bogota: City of the Lost (movie).
Percentage of new-to-me dramas that were awesome: I watched 15 new-to-me dramas (and the movie, which was fine but not really my thing, so I'll set that aside). I loved 9 of them. That's 60% -- an amazingly high percentage! I had a really good drama year. (Of course, there were dozens that I started and didn't get beyond episode 1 or 2, and a few I watched more of but didn't finish; I'm only counting one of those.)
( The meme, continued. )
Note: I'm not counting Guardian for this; that lives in a category of its own. <3 And most of my answers are about the dramas that were new to me this year, though obviously I love and adore the shows I rewatched, too.
( Kdramas I watched this year )
The Meme
Total number of dramas watched: 22 Kdramas, 1 Kmovie, 1 Jdrama, and 1 Cdrama.
Number of rewatches: 7: Sell Your Haunted House (with Pru), Semantic Error, Tale of the Nine Tailed (with Andrew), Family by Choice (with Pru), Good Manager, Nothing But Love, While You Were Sleeping (ongoing)
Number of dramas watched with Andrew: 7 dramas and a movie: Undercover High School, Tale of the Nine Tailed, Aema, Low Life, Bon Appétit Your Majesty, Typhoon Family, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Bogota: City of the Lost (movie).
Percentage of new-to-me dramas that were awesome: I watched 15 new-to-me dramas (and the movie, which was fine but not really my thing, so I'll set that aside). I loved 9 of them. That's 60% -- an amazingly high percentage! I had a really good drama year. (Of course, there were dozens that I started and didn't get beyond episode 1 or 2, and a few I watched more of but didn't finish; I'm only counting one of those.)
( The meme, continued. )
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Five: Groundhog Day
Dec. 25th, 2025 10:14 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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Is there a day in your life that you would want to live over and over again? I can think of one or two perfect days I’ve had, and at least initially I might be okay stuck in them in an eternal loop. But eventually, even a perfect day would get monotonous, and there’s the fact that the reason it was a perfect day was because you didn’t know it was going to be perfect when you woke up that morning. Knowing would take the shine off it. Also, you wouldn’t be able to replicate that day perfectly, over and over and over.
Like smelling a rose forever, eventually you would become immune to the charms of the day. You would get a repetitive strain injury of the soul, and eventually, that perfect day, eternally on repeat, might be a working definition of Hell.
Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is not having a perfect day in this film. A Pittsburgh weatherman, he’s slated to go to Punxsutawney, north of Pittsburgh, to take part in the town’s annual Groundhog Day celebration, a day where (for those you who have just beamed onto the planet), a large rodent forecasts how long winter will continue depending on whether he can see his shadow or not. Phil loathes Groundhog Day because despite his professionally genial nature, he’s a misanthrope and finds people and their quaint little traditions annoying. But it’s his job, so he heads up to Punxsutawney with his cameraman Larry (Chris Elliot) and his new producer Rita (Andi McDowell), and does a perfunctory and slightly nasty stand-up.
Then weather happens and the three of them are trapped in Punxsutawney, one of them more than the others. Phil wakes up and it’s Groundhog Day again. The day repeats, he’s weirded out, and then it happens again, and again, and again.
Why is it happening? We never get an explanation (rumor is Columbia Pictures demanded an explanation and the filmmakers made one up to make the studio happy, and then intentionally never got around to shooting it). Why is it happening to Phil? Mostly, because the jerk needs it. Many of us take years and years to deal with our shit and come out the other side a better person. Phil needs only one day, it’s just that this one day is going go on forever until he gets it right.
In this, Groundhog Day feels like A Christmas Carol turned on its head. Ol’ Ebenezer Scrooge needed the intercession of three ghosts and one night to realign his worldview; Phil Connors gets no ghosts but eternal recurrence to sort himself out. Given the choice I think I’d rather have the single night; it feels more efficient that way. But I suppose not everyone can do it all in a single night, and Phil doesn’t seem like the kind to take a hint with a single whack to the skull. He’s going to have to get whacked, again and again and again and again.
Which is fine, because it’s fun to watch Phil play the changes: first panic, then glee, then methodical trickery, then despair, and then… well, you’ll see (or have seen, this film is universally acknowledged to be one of the great film comedies of all time). At one point someone asks Phil, who seems to know everything because he’s well into the middle of his eternal loop, how he can know so much. Phil says, “Well, there is no way. I’m not that smart.” And you know what, he’s right. He’s in this loop because he’s just not that smart. He can’t learn his way out of this conundrum; he has to experience his way out of it, if he is going to get out of it at all. This isn’t a criticism of Phil, per se. I’m probably not that smart, either, and probably neither are you. If Phil could be taught to be a better and more decent human, he probably wouldn’t have been a candidate to be in that loop at all.
(This does bring up the question of why the universe or whomever thinks Phil, of all the pinched, unhappy people out there, merits a loop to sort out his issues. This is also left unanswered, and maybe there is no answer. The universe is weird and capricious, and if you or I or anyone could really understand it, we’d probably try to find a way out of it. As ee cummings once said, “Listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go”)
Groundhog Day is a tale of existential horror played for laughs, which is one of the reasons I think it resonates for so many people. It’s an easy way to approach the concept of how hard it is to turn ourselves around when we only have a single life to do it in. There are a lot of different theories about how long it is that Phil is stuck in his loop, ranging from ten years to 10,000. There’s only one correct answer: He’s in it for however long it takes to fix himself. There’s no escape before then.
The rest of us are not so lucky, or unlucky, depending on your perspective. We have to live with our mistakes and screw-ups and disappointments; there are no do-overs, only occasional second chances. I don’t want to be stuck in a time loop for years or decades or centuries, but hurtling heedlessly through time with no brakes or track-backs also seems not a great way to run a universe, at least for the humans in it.
Another reason the film resonates so much is that Bill Murray is the perfect person to play Phil Connors. Like his character, Murray’s a funny and acerbic fella who is also, if the various stories about him on set and in his personal life are close to true, fully capable of being a real asshole. There’s a “biting on tin foil” edge to Murray that makes it easy for him to sell Phil as a person who doesn’t much like people, or himself, and it’s a toss-up on any given day which he likes less.
The production of this film had Murray butting heads with director Harold Ramis to such an extent that the formerly close friends had a falling out that lasted nearly until Ramis’ death in 2014. Apparently Murray wanted the film to be more philosophical; Ramis, who was the one who had to deliver a hit to Columbia Studios, needed it to be more comedic. In the end, they both got their way, so I think it’s a shame this was the film they fell out over.
In the end, though, who else could have been Phil Connors? Of all the actors in Hollywood at the time, I can only think of one on a similar tier of fame who could have pulled it off: Tom Hanks, who despite his current reputation as “America’s Dad” was capable of some real acidity and anger back in the day (see the movie Punchline for a Tom Hanks character who is basically a talented asshole). But even Hanks would have been second best here; Hanks doesn’t teeter on the edge of being unlikeable as well or as long as Murray. Murray makes you believe in Phil’s redemption arc.
Early in the film, when he had only recurred a few times, Phil remembers a day where he was in the Virgin Islands, met a girl, with whom he drank pina coladas and got busy, and wonders why he couldn’t be repeating that day. As you might imagine from my first paragraph, when it all came down to it, I don’t think he would eventually like recurring on that day any more than on Groundhog Day. Eventually the pleasure of it would stale and he would end up the same place (metaphysically) as he was in Punxsutawney.
That’s because, as the noted philosopher Buckaroo Banzai once said, no matter where you go, there you are. The problem was not Punxsutawney, or Groundhog Day, and never was. The problem was always Phil, just as the problem would be, inevitably, any of the rest of us in the same situation. Phil gets as much time as he needs to solve himself. Groundhog Day reminds us, however, that we just have the time we’ve got, and we better get to it.
— JS
merry christmas!
Dec. 25th, 2025 01:56 pmofmonstrouswordsI hope you all are having a wonderful holiday, and that the dark time of the year is full of light, cheer, and coziness.
And if you don't celebrate Christmas I still wish all that for you on this lovely Thursday.
As a Christmas gift to whoever would appreciate it, I've made my novella Midwintertide available to read for free for the public. I originally shared it only for specific tiers in my reader membership last year, but this year I'm making it fully available from now until Epiphany (January 6th).
If you are interested in reading a seasonal novella about how my characters Jules and Ghia first met, you can do so on Ream or on Patreon.
Behind the cut: pictures of my puppy Sirius' first visit with Santa Paws!
( He was scared but we still got a smile. )
And if you don't celebrate Christmas I still wish all that for you on this lovely Thursday.
As a Christmas gift to whoever would appreciate it, I've made my novella Midwintertide available to read for free for the public. I originally shared it only for specific tiers in my reader membership last year, but this year I'm making it fully available from now until Epiphany (January 6th).
If you are interested in reading a seasonal novella about how my characters Jules and Ghia first met, you can do so on Ream or on Patreon.
Behind the cut: pictures of my puppy Sirius' first visit with Santa Paws!
( He was scared but we still got a smile. )
[FFXIV Fic] Harsh Light, Chapter 4: A New Path
Dec. 25th, 2025 05:14 pmanneapocalypse
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Haurchefant Greystone/Warrior of Light, Alphinaud Leveilleur & Warrior of Light, Unrequited Minfilia Warde/Warrior of Light, Unrequited Aymeric de Borel/Warrior of Light, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light, Alisaie Leveilleur & Warrior of Light, Warrior of Light & Thancred Waters, Y'shtola Rhul & Warrior of Light, Midgardsormr & Warrior of Light, Hydaelyn & Warrior of Light, Urianger Augurelt & Warrior of Light, Minfilia Warde & Warrior of Light, Ardbert & Warrior of Light
Characters: Warrior of Light, Haurchefant Greystone, Alphinaud Leveilleur, Urianger Augurelt, Y'shtola Rhul, Thancred Waters, Emmanellain de Fortemps, Artoirel de Fortemps, Edmont de Fortemps, Alisaie Leveilleur, Minfilia Warde, Midgardsormr (Final Fantasy XIV), Tataru Taru, Ardbert (Final Fantasy XIV), Warriors of Darkness (Final Fantasy XIV), Scions of the Seventh Dawn, Unukalhai (Final Fantasy XIV)
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Survivor Guilt, Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Healer Warrior of Ligh, Angst, Suicidal Thoughts, Religious Angst, Depression, Patch 3.0: Heavensward Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Canon-Typical Violence
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 18,621 / 82,000
Chapter: 4/15
Summary:
A heartbroken Warrior of Light struggles to come to terms with loss, and the world she has been left to save.
Notes:
Early posting because I'll be traveling tomorrow.
If you're new here, please start with Chapter 1!
Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.
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[10 out of 20] Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Gen
Dec. 25th, 2025 04:46 pmstonepicnicking_okapi posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
sweetandshortTitle: Between the Snowflakes
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Prompt: snowflakes
Rating: Gen
Length: 400
Characters: Holmes & Watson, OC
Summary: Holmes has a young client on Boxing Day.
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Prompt: snowflakes
Rating: Gen
Length: 400
Characters: Holmes & Watson, OC
Summary: Holmes has a young client on Boxing Day.
Rec list 2025
Dec. 25th, 2025 04:38 pmsarajayechan posting in yuletide19 recs in 16 fandoms (Mahou Sentai Magiranger, American Girl, A Christmas Carol, Dirty Dancing, The Great Mouse Detective, The Haunting, Home Alone, Home Improvement, The Last Unicorn, The Lottery, Magic Knight Rayearth, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Mork & Mindy, The Odd Couple, The Secret Garden, Revolutionary Girl Utena)
More fic for me!!
Dec. 25th, 2025 04:34 pmkassIt's lovely, sweet domestic fluff featuring Dianda and her husbands, and it makes me smile so much.
Small Potatoes (503 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dianda Lorden/Patrick Lorden/Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill
Characters: Dianda Lorden, Patrick Lorden, Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill
Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Babies
Summary:
Small Potatoes (503 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dianda Lorden/Patrick Lorden/Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill
Characters: Dianda Lorden, Patrick Lorden, Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill
Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Babies
Summary:
New babies mean new routines.
The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, December 25th
Dec. 25th, 2025 04:28 pmfatalfae posting in su_heraldBuffy steps toward the door, but looks around and notices the Christmas lights that Faith has strung up around the room.
Buffy: (quietly approving) I like the lights.
Faith: Yeah. Well, 'tis the season. Whatever that means.
Buffy: (quietly approving) I like the lights.
Faith: Yeah. Well, 'tis the season. Whatever that means.
~~Amends~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Лимит доверия (Russian, Angel/Buffy, T) by B_E_S
- Time Off for Bad Behavior (Cordelia/Xander, T) by arcanedreamer
- The Trampoline Mile (Buffy/Spike, Dawn, OCs, R) by simmony
- Guess Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner (Buffy/Spike, Scoobies, R) by Kenijo
- Christmas Green-ery (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Kenijo
- Guess Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner (Buffy/Spike, Scoobies, R) by Kenijo
- Christmas Green-ery (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Kenijo
- Something Chosen (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Harmony99
- Like the Dickens (Buffy/Spike, Faith, Giles, Joyce, PG-13) by Girlytek
- It's a Wonderful Knife (Buffy/Spike, R) by Girlytek
[Chaptered Fiction]
- The Fireproof Girl, Ch. 9 (Crossover w/ Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld, Buffy, T) by Account2002
- The Tribrids First Thanksgiving, Ch. 5 (Crossover w/ Twilight, Leverage, Angel/Buffy, Drusilla/Spike, E) by BlueBubbleBurst
- The Night We Met, Ch. 21 (Spike/OFC, M) by TheSadPoet
- Girl's Girl, Ch. 14 (Complete) (Spike/Buffy, Giles/Anya, E) by LadyInQuest
- The Demon and the Soul, Ch. 10 (Crossover w/ Harry Potter, Angel/Spike, M) by Potterhead581
- Before the Fall, Ch. 3 (Faith/Buffy, M) by TheSigyn
- Heartstrings, Ch. 11 (Warren/Andrew, E) by Mishafer
- A Hellmouth Christmas, Ch. 24 (Giles/Buffy, E) by The_Crazy_Knight
- Oh, Strange Tidings of Danger and Fear!, Ch. 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Kenijo
- Once They Were Friends, Ch. 7 (Ensemble, NC-17) by Grief Counseling
- Oh, Strange Tidings of Danger and Fear!, Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Kenijo
- Sacrfifices, Ch. 6 (Buffy/Spike, R) by GuinevereSummers
- You Have Died of Dysentery, Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Girlytek
[Images, Audio & Video]
- GIFset: BEST OF BTVS: Buffy & Joyce — Season Four (SFW) by clarkgriffon
- Art: too tired to acutally draw smht christmassy so ugh here whateverr (Andrew & Warren, SFW) by garscrucible
- Art: happy winter solstice, hanukkah, christmas, kwanzaa, & gurenthar’s ascendence everyone <3 (Scoobies, Spike, SFW) by sspoike
- Art: your honor i love them (Fuffy, SFW) by mirhylor
- Art: Some Buffy drawings/sketches I did in the last few weeks lol Merry Christmas everyone ! (Buffy, SFW) by beverleyndj
- Art: WEREWOLF ON PUPPET VIOLENCE (Puppet Angel, SFW) by praise-cats
- Book: My favorite Christmas gift (BtVS: The Power of Friendship, SFW) by Temporary-Tie-233
- Merch: Merry Christmas! Here are my Buffy spoils 🎄❤️ (SFW) by alt_retro
- Merch: My boyfriend totally spoiled me for Christmas this year (SFW) by Pompompurin55
[Fandom Discussions]
- can someone release the secret cut of s3e10 amends by collegiateclown
- it's been rotting brains for nearly 30 years now by comradesummers
- I do kind of hate the ridiculous amount of sex scenes in Buffy by no-one-underground
- thinking about the tragedy of lorne again. by merelyspecters
- Buffy score deep dive by GHBoyette
- How Buffy the Vampire Slayer Marked Our Lives by vickyguad
- Cordelia in "Amends" by Elementaryfan
- Merry Christmas from Little Buffy by Tuxedo_Mark
- I got yummy sushi pyjamas for Christmas! by Zealousideal_Risk171
- Spike>>Angel by Downtown-Working6463
- Marti Noxon speaking about production and story-breaking for season six and seven by solacesilence
- Is there a way to bring back Anya? by JoshLovesTV
- How did they have such a massive quality spike in season 2 compared to season 1? by JoshLovesTV
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Yuletide Madness Is Live
Dec. 26th, 2025 10:05 amyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminAt push of button, this year's Madness collection has 227 works in 183+ fandoms.
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Long Fic (100k+)
Dec. 25th, 2025 12:01 pmwangxianficfinder_feedLong Fic (100k+)
Part 1
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Just go forward like you mean it by tawaen (M, 101k, WangXian, WWX & WN &WQ, WWX & JYL, NHS & WWX, Canon Divergence, WWx does not attend the Wen indoctrination, WWX saves Lotus Pier, Inventor WWX, No Golden Core Transfer, Sect Leader JYL, JC Has No Golden Core, Bad Parents JFM & YZY, Not JC Friendly, but he gets a happier ending than canon so don’t look here for bashing)
and from our own/live to ourselves by betweentheheavesofstorm (M, 105k, WangXian, Major Character Death, Modern, Fantasy, Reality TV, Arctic Survival, Blood Magic, Blood and Gore, Getting Together, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Self-Harm, Bloodletting, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Animal Death, Hunting, Mild Sexual Content)
I Have Arranged to Tie You to Me by xxxMiaHikarixxx (G, 106k, WIP, WangXian, Lan protective team, Time Travel, Past, LWJ oriented, Arranged Marriage, Boys In Love, Soulmates, Fix-It, Jiang siblings, not jiang parents friendly, JC is slowly becoming a good sibling, Soft LWJ, Protective LWJ, Genius WWX, Protective WWX)
autumn flower by ScarlettStorm (E, 106k, Trans female WangXian, Modern AU, no magic, vague north american setting, transwoman wwx, transwoman lwj, Coming Out, to yourself and others, Gender Experimentation, Angst with a Happy Ending, Gender Dysphoria, followed by gender euphoria, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, switch rights)
A Thousand Things by tickertape (M, 108k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiangs, Developing Friendships, lots of OCs, most of the canon cast make cameos at some point, miscommunication and misunderstandings (they’re idiots your honor), Nightmares, Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks, Night Hunts, The Cloud Recesses Rabbits, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, Slow Burn, the wangxian strangers to obnoxious best friends to obnoxious lovers pipeline, ‘shitty cultivation world bureaucracy’ is also a running theme, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs)
🔒 and having a marvelous time by varnes (E, 108k, WangXian, Yúnmèng Siblings, Sound of Music AU, (i know!!! i know. stay with me on this.), Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Family Feels, spies to lovers???, Protective Siblings, Sometimes You Just Want Your Dads To Admit They’re Your Dads, Angst with a Happy Ending, podfic of and having a marvellous time by varnes by Spinifex)
The Darkness Before Dawn by PsycheStellata707 (M, 113k, WIP, WangXian, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, BAMF WWX, Time Travel, Attempt at Humor, PTSD, Oblivious WWX, WWX-centric, Blind WWX, Sentient Burial Mounds, Self-Indulgent, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Oblivious Pining, Not Canon Compliant)
Chronicles of Sect Leader Wei Wuxian by Muggle_Diary (E, 114k, WangXian, XuanLi, JFM/YZY, CSSR/WCZ, LXC/LQY, NMJ/QS, WQ/OC, OFC\OFC, JC\OFC, Sect Leader WWX, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, Genius WWX, Inventor WWX, Different First Meeting, Canon Divergence, Minor Character Death, Anal Sex, Top LWJ/Bottom WWX, Sex Toys, Explicit Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Rough Sex, Child Abuse, Child Death, War Hero WWX, Sunshot Campaign, No Golden Core Transfer, WWX Leaves the Yunmeng Jiang Sect, Cultivation Sect Politics, Wen Remnants Live, Abusive YZY, Abusive Jiang Family, Bad Parents JFM and YZY, JC Bashing, JFM and YZY Bashing, Yunmeng Jiang Sect Bashing, JYL and JZX Live, Jiang Family Bashing)
🔒💙 A Heart Undying by NonsensicalRambling (M, 114k, WangXian, Undead WWX, Canon-Typical Violence, canon-typical dead things the burial mounds, Fix-It of Sorts, Canon Divergence, Eventual WangXian, No Yīn Tiger Seal, Morally Gray WWX, Animals Eating People, WWX’s questionable choices, Morally conflicted LWJ, Oblivious WWX, WWX Creates a Sect | Yiling Wei, YLLZ WWX, Sect Leader WWX, LWJ & WQ have an Understanding)
❤️ nevermore, nevermore by agloeian (T, 120k, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, LSZ & Wen Remnants, WangXian, JC & WWX, LSZ & XY, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Not Everyone Dies, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Eventual Happy Ending, is this an excuse to have LSZ interact with pre-timeskip characters? yes, is he going to matchmake his parents? yes, Angst, some fluff too but yeah there’s angst, Suicide Attempt, that being WWX’s canon CQL suicide, Implied Sexual Content, Canon-Typical Violence, discussions of mental health, Spanish Translation, Перевод на русский | Translation in Russian)
The Wrong Man by Remma3760 (Not Rated, 125k, WangXian, Sect Leader LWJ, Evil JGS, Canon Divergence, Golden Core Reveal, Major Character Death (not Wangxian), Post-LWJ in Seclusion, Child LSZ, Good Uncle LQR, LXC dies, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Smart NHS, MXY | NHS Friendship, Good Friend NHS, NMJ Lives, Ghost General WN, WN Gets A Happy Ending, Not JC Friendly, No JC & WWX Reconciliation, canon JC characteristics, Inventor WWX, WWX Accepted By The Lan Sect)
We Can See a New Start by preciousbunnynoiz (M, 127k, WangXian, XiCheng, XuanLi, MingYao, Soulmates, Time Travel Fix-It, Biting, Implied Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, but mentally they are adults, Making Out, Fluff and Angst, Humor, Happy Ending, PTSD, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Supportive LWJ, Communication, Soul Bond, Blood, Found Family, Parent-Child Relationship, aromantic JC, Lesbian WQ, Queerplatonic Relationships, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Verbal Abuse, Disassociate episodes, disassociating, Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm, Self-Hatred, Depression, Delusions, Mental Health Issues, Mental Breakdown, Attempted Sexual Assault, Therapy, Supportive JC, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Family Feels, Implied/Referenced Torture, Revenge, Self-Sacrifice, Accidental Bonding, Brotherly Bonding)
Moments of Revelation by meyari (T, 133k, ChengSang, WangXian, XiYao, POV JC, Canon Divergence, Temporary Character Death, Character Death, not anyone we care about, Time Travel Fix-It Self-Sacrifice, Torture, Chronic Pain, Chronic anxiety, Grief/Mourning, PTSD, Chronic Mental Health Issues, Assassination, renamed MY, Families of Choice, Unreliable Narrator(s), Demonic Possession)
❤️ And Time Is But a Paper Moon by sami (M, 138k, WangXian, XiChengQing, Time Travel, Fix-It, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Healing, Mental Health Issues, PTSD, Hurt/Comfort, Depression, BAMF WWX, BAMF JC, BAMF LWJ, BAMF JYL, Getting Together, And Time is But a Paper Moon [PODFIC] by sami, Winterstar1412, [Podfic] Cold read of And Time Is But A Paper Moon by kisahawklin, multiple translations available)
❤️ The Third Young Master of the Qishan Wen by KouriArashi (T, 139k, WangXian, LXC/JGY, JC/WQ, WQ & WWX & WN, WWX & JGY, Canon Divergence, Alternate Canon, Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Politics, Revenge, Families of Choice, Sibling Bonding, Mutual Pining, Eventual Happy Ending, Everybody Lives)
this is our vow by orro (E, 174k, WangXian, WIP, Major Character Death, Time Travel Fix-It, Butterfly Effect, For Want of a Nail, Character Death, Sunshot Campaign, Child Death, War Crimes, Time Travelling WWX, Anal Sex, Angst with a Happy Ending, Bittersweet, Minor Character Death)
leave all your love and your longing behind by ScarlettStorm (E, 143k, WangXian, Modern AU, no magic, Meet-Ugly, Panic Attacks, autistic lwj, neurodivergent wwx, the neighborhood asshole dog, if you’ve met one then you know, Hurt/Comfort, Pining, Minor Angst, major shenanigans, Happy Ending, for everyone including the asshole dog, Eventual Smut, switch rights, Sex Toys, horny yearning, Masturbation)
my life’s journey is far from over by thelastdboy (E, 148k, wangxian, Modern Cultivation, Canon Divergence, Madam Lán Lives, JYL Lives, WQ Lives, Post-Sunshot Campaign, POV WWX, Slow Burn, YLLZ WWX, Recovery, Hurt/Comfort, Healing Is a Slow Process, therapy is good actually, All women deserve better, mlm/wlw solidarity, the mortifying ordeal of discovering you’re into bdsm while you’re caught up in political intrigue, Kink Negotiation, Kink Exploration, Not Everyone Dies au, WWX Lives, Mental Health Issues, References to Depression, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note, Burial Mounds Ensemble as Family, Single Parent WWX, Selectively Mute LWJ, Eventual Smut, Light Dom/sub, Happy Ending)
Wei Wuxian’s Guide to Hacking for Fun and Profit by ArgentInferno (T, 150k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, modern cultivation au, Hacker WWX, neurodivergent wangxian, Therapy for the win, Fluff, Shenanigans, LWJ isn’t good with feelings, Fighting against corruption, Talisman-based tech, Getting Together, Slow Burn, shameless flirting)
Come Around and Stay by trippednfell (M, 160k, WangXian, NieLan, Slow Burn, Kid Fic, Found Family, Modern AU, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, PTSD, Blood and Injury, Dissociation, Angst with a Happy Ending, Musicals, POV Alternating, Baking, Yunmeng reconciliation (eventually), Friend Zoning, Literal Sleeping Together, Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks)
🧡 a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke ( M, 180k, WangXian, Arranged marriage, Canon Divergence, Hurt/comfort, Light angst, Canon typical violence)
Talisman by Witch_Nova221 (M, 192k, WangXian, Modern AU, Eventual Romance, Theatre, Rock Band, Childhood Friends, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Spousal Abuse, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff, Stalking, Minor Character Death, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining)
Once Patience Bears Fruit by FinallyGotTheInvitation (E, 215k, WangXian, Immortal LWJ, Immortal LSZ, Mortal WWX, soon to be, Immortal WWX, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Fluff and Smut, WWX Has a New Golden Core, Oblivious WWX, Protective LWJ, Reincarnation, Sex Magic, Top LWJ/Bottom WWX, novel canon, “Straight” WWX, Age Difference, switching POV, Drunken Kissing, Drunken Flirting, Power Dynamics, Light Bondage)
🔒 if you can’t beat them, recruit them by moeblobmegane (T, 228k, WangXian, NHS & WWX, WQ & WWX, Time Travel Fix-It, Conspiracy, Spies & Secret Agents, Team as Family, Found Family, Burial Mounds, Temporary Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Pining, Morally Ambiguous Character, Rumors, Politics, Developing Friendships, Good Uncle LQR, Demonic Cultivation, YilingWei Sect)
🔒 Cultivating immortality by KizuKatana (E, 231k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Mutual Pining, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, unreliable narrator (wwx’s self image is…), sect wars happening, demonic cultivation descriptions in detail, JC gets a chance to redeem himself, Found Family, First Time, novel canon relationship dynamics)
Scapegoat by FinallyGotTheInvitation (M, 276k, WangXian, Modern AU, Trials, Lawyer LWJ, Defendant WWX, Courtroom Drama, False Accusations, Criminal Investigation, Threats of Violence, Death penalty, well not actually but there’s threats of it, Hurt WWX, Protective LWJ, Childhood Trauma, Murder Mystery, Pining, Soft WangXian, Fluff and Angst, Slow Burn-ish, Domestic Bliss, Happy Ending, Found Family, Bad Parent YZY, neutral jc, Good Sibling JYL, neutral lxc, Bad Uncle LQR, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, POV Alternating, Top LWJ/Bottom WWX, Pining while fucking, Belly Bulge, Gentle Sex, Fluff and Smut, languid sex, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Kissing, Neck Kissing, Eventual Smut, Praise Kink, Homophobia, chapter specific TWs will be in top notes, Power Play, Power Imbalance, Wet Dream, blowjobs, light breathplay, Size Kink, Breeding Kink, sex wrestling, Tickling, WWX is a Brat,Illustrations)
The Edge of Night by Hobbsy3 (M, 277k, WangXian, XuanLi, Modern AU, Zombie Apocalypse, Yúnmèng Siblings Dynamics, Accidental Baby Acquisition During a Zombie Apocalypse, Junior Quartet, (except they’re all babies), Angst with a Happy Ending, Minor Character Death, Hurt/Comfort, Blood and Gore, Ensemble Cast, Worst Zombie Fighting Team Ever, Found Family)
💖 The Path by Seastar98 (Not Rated, 279k, WangXian, CQL Verse, Golden core reveal, Fix-it of sorts, Angst with a happy ending)
🧡 Dispersing Clouds by dreamingofcake (E, 283k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Genius WWX, Inventor WWX, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Abusive YZY, Canonical Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Eventual Sex, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm (Background Character), Background Character Deaths, child deaths, Canon JC, Good Uncle LQR, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Cultivation Sect Politics, Homophobia, Heteronormativity, Feelings Realization, WWX is Not Oblivious)
🔒 Twelve Moons and a Fortnight by stiltonbasket (M, 290k, WangXian, Post-Canon Fix-It, Love Letters, Family Feels, ft. the yunmeng bros being bros, and the junior ducklings being precious, a-qing lives, Romantic Comedy, Case Fic, Politics, gratuitious social reform, as expected when wwx is left in charge of a government without supervision, Yunmeng Jiang Sect, Slow Burn, the burn is very fast actually wwx is just clueless, (slaps fic) this bad boy can fit so much worldbuilding in it, Sect Leader WWX, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Happy Ending, Russian Translation Available, [podfic] Twelve Moons and a Fortnight by stiltonbasket by daisydiversions)
Take My Pieces, Make Me Whole by InTheGreySpaces (M, 297k, WangXian, NieLan, ChengQing, XuanLi, Canon Divergence, Angst, Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt WWX, JC & WWX Reconciliation, JC is a good brother, LXC Is A Good Brother, Golden Core Reveal, Mpreg, Yuan really IS WWX’s son, and LWJ is his other father, LQR is a good uncle, after he’s an ass for a bit, nobody we like dies in this one, cleansing the Burial Mounds, Eventual Happy Ending, WWX Has Memory Issues, resentful energy is almost a character of its own in this one, Nei Clan’s resentful saber secret, NMJ is a good brother, Hurt LWJ, Hurt NMJ, Baxia is a misbehaving bitch, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, tiny bit of non-con, chapters will be tagged individually with necessary warnings, sentient Yin Iron)
❤️ Tragedy is Not the End by Hobbsy3 (T, 358k, WangXian, XuanLi, graphic depictions of violence, major character death, People die but they (mostly) get better, Time Travel, Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Golden Core Reveal, Canon Divergence from Qiongqi Pass, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Because JGS and JZN suck, JC is doing his best, JYL fixes everything with soup and a baby, JZX gets it together, Yunmeng sibling bonding, good dad WWX, good dad LWJ, JZX Lives, JYL Lives, Wēn Remnants Live, Junior Quartet Dynamics)
💖🔒 love, in fire and blood by cicer (E, 360k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, YLLZ WWX, Arranged Marriage, political scheming, Gratuitous Domesticity, Mutual Pining, EXTREME SLOWBURN, the inherent eroticism of the forehead ribbon, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known, neither wwx nor lwj want to be Perceived, but sorry kids! it’s gonna happen!, rated E but the the NSFW stuff doesn’t begin until chapter 19!, bottom LWJ in chapter 20 and 27)
🧡 The Shade of Old Trees by Kryal (T, 363k, WangXian, Ridiculously Long Notes, History, Canon Divergence, Modern AU, Slow Burn, Worldbuilding, Slow Life, Action/Adventure, Magic Returns, BAMF WWX)
See all this and more for just ten dollars a month! series by ScarlettStorm (E, 382k, WangXian, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, Modern, Getting Together, Pining, Porn, like in the writing and also as a plot point, onlyfans au, repressed LWJ, sex worker WWX, in this house we support sex work, Minor Angst, major shenanigans, hornt™ way too many details about onlyfans probably, mental health, therapy is good actually, Angst, Nonbinary NHS, Established Relationship, Fashionista LWJ, Fluff and Smut, they’re horny and in love, Domestic Bliss, tender kink, Fiber Arts, autistic LWJ, Neurodivergent WWX, switch rights, a soupçon of gender, get in losers we’re introspecting about queerness, Genderfluid Character, Gender Exploration, Hurt/Comfort, past trauma, But They’re Working Through It, aggressive mutual caretaking, knitter LWJ, genderfluid WWX, Adhd WWX, Feminization (absolutely not forced and in fact very desired feminization), Date Night, they’re just disgustingly in love and they gotta fuck about it)
A Narrow Bridge by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 700k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Getting Together, First Time, Pining while fucking, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Angst with a Happy Ending, CQL Verse, almost everybody lives/almost nobody dies, epistolary-ish, canon-ish side pairings, radishes)
🧡 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 996k, WangXian, WIP, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Getting Together, Supportive LQR, Hurt/Comfort, Fix-It of Sorts, Supportive LXC, Canon Divergence, Inventor WWX, Possessive LWJ, Cultivation Sect Politics, Pre-Sunshot Campaign, Fluff and Smut, Burning of the Cloud Recesses, Fall of Lotus Pier, Angst, Sunshot Campaign Not JFM Friendly, split into parts, Part 1 complete, Part 2 complete, Original Character(s))
and the calm is deep where the quiet waters flow by izanyas (E, 321k, WangXian, Rape/Non-Con, A/B/O, Rape Recovery, Unplanned Pregnancy, Discrimination, Slow Burn, the slowest burn imaginable, Violence/Gore, Child Abuse, Suicide, post-partum depression, a painful but gentle journey into the intricacies of bodily autonomy)
To lurk, to lie in wait by trippednfell (M, 124k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Huli Jing, strangers to co-parents to lovers, Strangers to Lovers, Dragons, Kid Fic, teenage juniors, background NieLan, Angst with a Happy Ending, Case Fic, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Not Really Character Death, Fox Spirit WWX, Dragon LWJ, Blood and Injury, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note)
A Long Road by Vathara (T, 175k, WangXian, Valdemar Series by Mercedes Lackey Crossover, Fluff and Angst, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Scheming NHS, Necromancy, Fire, Ghosts, Accidental Child Acquisition, is it an accident if the ghosts keep bringing them?)
Stars bring us apart (Stars pull us together) by Sixlayerhouse (sixlayerhouse) (E, 124k, WangXian, ChengSang, Hurt/Comfort, (Vaguely) Star Trek AU, Psychological Trauma, PTSD, Body modifications, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Recovery, married!wangxian)
see you yesterday by glyphic (M, 138k, WIP, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Ghost Hunters, Time Loop, Case Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Memory Loss, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn)
Tether by Annerb (M, 161k, WangXian, Cursed LWJ, Canon Divergence, Post-Sunshot Campaign, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Pining, Family Feels, Yin Iron, Temporary Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, aftermath of a war)
leave all your love and your longing behind by ScarlettStorm (E, 143k, WangXian, Modern AU, no magic, Meet-Ugly, Panic Attacks, autistic lwj, neurodivergent wwx, the neighborhood asshole dog, if you’ve met one then you know, Hurt/Comfort, Pining, Minor Angst, major shenanigans, Happy Ending, for everyone including the asshole dog, Eventual Smut, switch rights, Sex Toys, horny yearning, Masturbation)
🔒 Breathing Firestorm by ladyshadowdrake (M, 110k, WangXian, Angst, Fluff, Captivity, WRH is creepy, NO NON CON, Dream Sharing, people put in difficult situations and making the best choices that they can, Politics, Epic Length, mystical creature WWX, Canon Typical Violence, dark, Happy Ending)
🔒 take me home (where i belong) by scarletwanlian (E, 153k, WangXian, Slice of Life, Modern, College/University, PTSD, Trauma, Dissociation, Music, Strangers to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Depression, Running, Hurt/Comfort, Recovery, Injury Recovery, mental recovery, Mental Health Issues, Non-Sexual Intimacy, AND sexual intimacy, Literal Sleeping Together, and sleeping together, First Time, ace characters, also aro characters, and aroace character, but thats only explored at the end, Families of Choice, Car Accidents, Found Family, Flashbacks, Nightmares, gore elements somewhat, descriptions can get a bit gorey at times, Sad with a Happy Ending, Healing, Character Study, Grief/Mourning, Survivor Guilt, Whump)
🔒❤️ whipstitch by curiositykilled (M, 131k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Dysfunctional Family, Torture, WWX Lives, but basically no one else, Case Fic, Cultivation Sect Politics, Past Abuse, WWX Whump, YLLZ WWX, JL Needs a Hug, JL Tries, Yunmeng Bro Reconciliation, Past Character Death, Body Horror, Non-Consensual Body Modification, POV Alternating, Flashbacks, Eventual Happy Ending, Heavy Angst, Suicide Attempt, PTSD, Depression, Not A Fix-It, Mouth Sewn Shut)
For a Good Time, Call by ScarlettStorm (E, 170k, WangXian, Modern AU, Getting Together, Pining, Porn, like in the writing and also as a plot point, onlyfans au, repressed LWJ, sex worker WWX, Minor Angst, major shenanigans, Background ChengQing, background NieLan, background XuanLi, Nonbinary NHS)
🔒 grieve the living by Misila (M, 160k, WangXian, JC & WWX, LXC & LWJ, A-Qing & MXY, JC & LSZ, NHS/MXY, Canon Divergence, Romance, Family, Friendship, Heavy Angst, Hopeful Ending, Mental Health Issues, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Alcohol Withdrawal, Self-Harm, Violence against Children)
Talent Hunt Crew Finds Angry Guy Shouting On College Campus, Recruits Him For Vocal Projection Abilities by oh_fudgecakes (T, 206k, XiCheng, WangXian, Modern AU, Reality TV, Slow Burn, Romance, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, BAMF JYL)
Death of a Ghost by Gotcocomilk (E, 107k, WangXian, Family Bonding, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Happy Ending, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Mutual Pining, Parental WWX, BAMF WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Canon Divergence, Ghost Sex, the Xiyao is background!)
medium blues by darkterrible (E, 193k, WangXian, Modern AU, Horror, Spooky, Opposites Attract, Fluff and Angst, Gore, Ghosts, Necromancy)
🔒 Unstoppable by Netrixie (T, 150k, WangXian, LXC & WWX, Canon Divergence, Eventual Happy Ending, Unreliable Narrator, Slow Burn, Minor Original Character(s), Cloud Recesses, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Angst, Wolf-shifter WWX, Resolved Sexual Tension, Resolved Romantic Tension, Fix-It, Werewolf, Shapeshifters, Sunshot Campaign, Canonical Lan arm strength)
Falling to the Rhythm by Selenay (E, 128k, WangXian, Modern: No Powers, Dance, Strictly Come Dancing Fusion, Ballroom Dancing, Dancer!WWX, Violinist LWJ, Pining While Dancing, Oblivious WWX, Gratuitous Costume Descriptions, Gratuitous dancing descriptions, Slow Burn, [Podfic] Falling to the Rhythm by semperfiona_podfic (semperfiona))
Love Song In Reverse by timetoboldlygo (T, 237k, WangXian, Amnesia, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Falling In Love, Slow Burn, agressively mixing and matching novel and cql canon, No Homophobia, Mentions of Starvation, Parental WWX, [Podfic] Cold read of “Love Song In Reverse” by timetoboldlygo by KeriArentikaiPods (KeriArentikai))
🔒 you’ve ruined my life (by not being mine) by cicer (E, 132k, WangXian, Modern AU, Developing Relationship, Idiots in Love, Awkward Flirting, teenage romance, Shameless WWX, slowburn, Demisexuality, references to lqr’s a+ parenting, references to jfm’s a+ parenting, but we’re gonna get a happy ending ANYWAY, references to yzy’s a+ parenting, Background NMJ/LXC, hints of nmj/lxc/jgy, bottom LWJ in chapter 15, [Podfic] you’ve ruined my life (by not being mine) by fensandpodfic (fensandmarshes))
Between The Lines by Witch_Nova221 (M, 153k, WangXian, Epistolary, Romance, Eventual Romance, Fluff and Angst, Letters, Falling In Love, Love Confessions, Love Letters, Long-Distance Relationship, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Loss, Canon-Typical Violence, Post-Canon, Idiots in Love)
Waiting for Spring by thievinghippo (E, 130k, WangXian, Modern AU, MLB AU, Baseball AU, Mutual Pining, Pining while fucking, slight angst, Happy Ending)
as the sun will rise by vespertineflora (E, 125k, WangXian, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Fairy Tale Elements, Human/Monster Romance, Tentacle Monsters, Plant Monsters, Tentacle Sex, vine sex, Vines, Monster LWJ, Human WWX, Mildly Dubious Consent, Consensual Non-Consent, Eventual Romance, Slow Romance, Happy Ending, Groping, Edgeplay, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Prostate Massage, First Time, Multiple Orgasms, The Cloud Recesses Rabbits, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs, Homesickness, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Loneliness, Canon-Typical Violence, WWX Has a Rape/Non-Con Kink, Light Bondage, Light Masochism, Overstimulation, BAMF WWX, Stabbing, Near Death, Poisoning, Protective LWJ, Seduction, Aphrodisiacs, Original Female Character(s), Snow and Ice, Snowball Fight, Lost Love, Falling In Love, Drunken Kissing, Sex Pollen, Submission, Subspace, Multiple Penetration, Love Confessions, full body restraint, Emotional Sex, Reincarnation)
there is no limited dimensions by Stratisphyre (M, 104k, WangXian, NieLan, MianQing, WN/Other(s), Star Trek Fusion, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Assumed Character Death, Minor Character Death, Tags on Each Chapter, references to non-con, references to canonical slavery, (The Orion Syndicate is just really bad okay?), bizarre space mpreg, Implied Future Pairings, Implied NHS/Others, POV Multiple, Accidental Child Acquisition, Found Family)
🔒🧡 Truth Will Out (when caught on video) - End_OTW_Racism! by KizuKatana (E, 178k, WangXian, WN & WWX & WQ, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, YZY Abuses WWX, But this time it’s caught on video, Canon Divergence, Modern Cultivators, Cultivators wear body cameras for training, Partial core removal but WQ makes sure there’s a foundation left, WWX is expelled from the Jiang Sect, And ends up making money live streaming his nighthunts, meet ugly, Dual Cultivation, WWX goes viral, Pretty much all the bad stuff happens in the first 2 chapters, LWJ Has a Big Dick, And fucks a new core into WWX with it, While the Jiang Sect Crumbles, No war, Qi fucking, Found Family, invisibile disability feels, 🔒[Coldread of] Truth Will Out (when caught on video) by KizuKatana by AuntieIroh)
🔒 Building it back, stone by stone and seal by seal by KizuKatana (M, 134k, WangXian, WWX & Wen Remnants, WWX & Wen Siblings, canon-divergent, post cultivation war, nobody won, WWX starts out alone as a fugitive lone cultivator, then finds a home, then finds a family, not a reincarnation fic, just alternate reality where not everyone who was in original canon existed during the war, starting the cultivation world over from scratch, Found Family, Comfort fic, carving out a new safe home, First Time)
you’ll always know me by anaphoricae (E, 127k, WangXian, Modern, Actor WWX, Teacher LWJ, Getting Back Together, Exes to Lovers, is it exes to lovers if you never quite defined your relationship?, Angst with a Happy Ending, LWJ being cute with children alert, WWX rides a motorcycle, LWJ writes as a hobby, Back hugs as a love language, Sharing Food as a Love Language)
A Baby Dragon’s Guide To Seducing Your Huli Jing by sweetlolixo (M, 102k, wangxian, Fantasy, But still in the Cultivation World, Dragon LWJ, Fox WWX, Younger LWJ, Older WWX, Fluff, Humor, Eventual mpreg, Angst with a Happy Ending, Best Boy A-Yuan)
A Bell That Tells Us to Rise and Fight by DeerstalkerDeathFrisbee (T, 120k, WangXian, ChengQing, XuanLi, SongXiao, Canon Divergence, Arranged Marriage, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Everyone Needs A Hug, Women Being Awesome, BAMF Women, Minor Character Death)
A Cyborg’s Three Laws by joshua-beeking, AceKitsuneFujoshi (M, 194k, WangXian, Future, Cyborgs, Science Fiction, Science Boyfriends, Romance, Slow Burn, Medical Procedures, Surgery, Angst, Fluff, Humor, Eventual Smut, Hurt/Comfort, LWJ has RA, Idiot Friends to Idiot Lovers, Medical Assault, Dehumanization, obscene amounts of cuddling, Versatile wangxian)
A Future Family In A Broken Past by Hauntcats (T, 121k, WangXian, WWX & Wen Remnants, Jiang Family & WWX, WQ/MM, JYL/NHS, LXC/NMJ, Not Jiāng Family Friendly, Not Cultivation World Friendly, WWX Needs a Hug, Family Dynamics, What is a good family?, Fear of emotions does not excuse abuse, Not Jiang Clan Friendly, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Travel fix-it, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Divergence, LXC needs a hug, Everyone Needs A Hug, Homophobia, Homophobic Language, Not YZY Friendly)
🔒💙 A Heart Undying by NonsensicalRambling (M, 114k, WangXian, Undead WWX, Canon-Typical Violence, canon-typical dead things the burial mounds, Fix-It of Sorts, Canon Divergence, Eventual WangXian, No Yīn Tiger Seal, Morally Gray WWX, Animals Eating People, WWX’s questionable choices, Morally conflicted LWJ, Oblivious WWX, WWX Creates a Sect | Yiling Wei, YLLZ WWX, Sect Leader WWX, LWJ & WQ have an Understanding)
a land of myth, a time of magic by soultana (M, 110k, WangXian, Magic, Royalty, Merlin (TV) Fusion, basically a wangxian merlin!au, WWX as Merlin, LWJ as Arthur, BSSR as the Great Dragon, XXC as Gaius (kind of), Royalty, Minor LXC/JGY but it doesn’t end well for them (RIP JGY), Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Happy Ending, Falling In Love, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Character Death, WWX Needs a Break, mentions of YZY’s A+ parenting, Mutual Pining, Oblivious WWX)
A Life Without Regrets by naqaashi (M, 163k, WangXian, JFM & WWX, JC & WWX, WRH & WWX, LXC & LWJ, LQR & LWJ, LWJ & NHS, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst and Humor, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Crack Treated Seriously, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Murder Husbands, PTSD, BAMF WWX, Cultivation Sect Politics, Genius WWX, Cultivation Theory, Sentient Burial Mounds, Dysfunctional Family, Grief/Mourning, Angry WWX, No Golden Core Transfer, BAMF LWJ, Angry LWJ, One-Braincell WangXian, Idiots in Love, Requited Love, Requited Unrequited Love, Soft WangXian, Married WangXian, Soulmates, Not Cultivation World Friendly, Immortal WWX, Canon-Typical Violence, Not JC Friendly, Not Yunmeng Jiang friendly, not gusu lan friendly, Immortal LWJ)
A Measure Of Time by NebulusCharlie (Not Rated, 309k, WangXian, Revenge, Darkji, jiang bashing, Protective LWJ, protective wwx, Time Travel Fix It, good uncle lqr, Murder Babies, Heavy on the angst in the middle but i swear it gets better, Canon Typical Violence, Kidfic, Hugs, Good Parental Figures, Found Family, bad Qingheng-Jun, Heavenly Trials, destroying the Yin Iron pieces)
A Narrow Bridge by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 700k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Getting Together, First Time, Pining while fucking, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Angst with a Happy Ending, CQL Verse, almost everybody lives/almost nobody dies, epistolary-ish, canon-ish side pairings, radishes)
🔒 a star called sun by thelastdboy (E, 120k, WangXian, SL/XXC, JC & JYL & WWX, JYL & LWJ, WWX & WN & WQ, JYL/JZX, Canon Divergence after Xuanwu Cave, Fall of Lotus Pier, But worse!, Power Imbalance, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Not Everyone Dies AU, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Canon-Typical Violence, Sunshot Campaign, Miscommunication, Heavy Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, Major Character Injury, Loss of Limbs, Chronic Illness, Seizures, WWX’s Three Months in the Burial Mounds, Wēn Remnants Live, Wēn Remnants Deserve Better, WWX Creates a Sect | Yílíng Wèi Sect, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note, Hurt/Comfort, Selectively Mute LWJ, Service Animals, Crows)
🧡 a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke ( M, 180k, WangXian, Arranged marriage, Canon Divergence, Hurt/comfort, Light angst, Canon typical violence)
A Thousand Things by tickertape (M, 108k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiangs, Developing Friendships, lots of OCs because I can’t help myself and I love them, most of the canon cast make cameos at some point, miscommunication and misunderstandings (they’re idiots your honor), Nightmares, Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks, Night Hunts, The Cloud Recesses Rabbits, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, Slow Burn, the wangxian strangers to obnoxious best friends to obnoxious lovers pipeline, 'shitty cultivation world bureaucracy’ is also a running theme, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs)
A Way Out by pinkquilts (E, 143k, WangXian, Angst with a Happy Ending, Living Together, Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, First Love, Locked In, Major Character Injury, Fluff, Sharing a Bed, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Tension, Drunken Shenanigans, WWX misinterprets literally everything, Miscommunication, Mutual Pining, Eventual Smut, Fix-It, Injury)
An Aftermath More Devastating Than The Storm by UneducatedAuthor (Not Rated, 111k, WangXian, LSZ & WWX, LJY & WWX, WWX & Gusu Lan Disciple(s), LXC & WWX, LXC & LWJ, LSZ & LWJ, WWX & Junior Ensemble, WCZ & WWX, JC & WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Post-Canon, Everyone Loves WWX, The Junior Ensemble Love WWX, Hurt WWX, Protective LWJ, Protective LSZ, WWX Deserves Better, Genius WWX, WWX Protection Squad, Chief Cultivator LWJ, Cultivation Sect Politics, JC & WWX Reconciliation)
An Unforeseen Shift by Remma3760 (G, 381k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, References to Canon, No Golden Core Transfer, JFM and YZY Bashing, Bad Parent JFM, Fix-It of Sorts, JYL is Not Angelic, Not Jiang Family Friendly, NHS is smart, Married WangXian, Wen Remnants Live, JGS Being JGS, JYL is not perfect but she gets the redemption arc, BSSR is WWX’s Grandparent, Canon Compliant Character Traits, BAMF NHS, BAMF NMJ, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WQ, Cinnamon Roll WN, Most Get a Happy Ending, Good Parents LWJ & WWX, Child LSZ, Child LJY, LXC is naive, Entitled Jiang Family)
And He Knew Those Silver Eyes Were Trouble by PieceofLove (M, 311k, WangXian, Action & Romance, Action/Adventure, Pining, Canon Compliant, Major Character Death but like he’s already back so it’s ok, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Jealousy, Possessive Behavior, Love at First Sight, Unrequited Love, Not Actually Unrequited Love, First Love, Idiots in Love, Dumb Wifi, Introspection, CQL-Verse, Childhood Memories, Love At First Fight, Dorks in Love, Falling In Love, Boys In Love, Soulmates, Dreams and Nightmares, LWJ is my favorite cinnamon roll, Angst and Humor, Trauma, PTSD, Heavy Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Love Confessions, LWJ’s Untamed, Fall of Lotus Pier, inquiry, Blood and Torture, Ghouls and Zombies, Emotional Roller Coaster, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Revenge, Dubious Consent, Forced Kiss, My baby is an absolute disaster, Triggers, Panic Attacks, Heed Chapter Warnings, LQR’s A+ Parenting, My baby is an awesome dad, A-Yuan is the best kid ever as well, Rebellious LWJ Rocks!!!, Chronic Pain, Reincarnation, Slow Burn, Actually the burn is too fast they are just idiots, Wangxian drinking the miscommunication juice, Lwj epic vinegar moments, Golden Core Reveal, Golden Core Destruction | Golden Core Melting, JC’s epic immaturity, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, First Dates, First Time, First Kiss, but technically not first kiss, Eventual Smut, Wangxian communication goals, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, POV LWJ)
and so my heart beats wildly by lily_winterwood (E, 106k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Rivalry, Competition, Competition-Set Fic, Athletes, Multimedia, Miscommunication, frenemies to lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Seemingly One-sided But Actually Mutual Pining, Oblivious WWX, Competitive Cultivation, Anal Sex, First Time, Angst with a Happy Ending, Olympics, Inappropriate use of an Olympic gold medal, Breathplay, Rough Sex, Food Porn, Switching, Bottom LWJ)
Arbitrary by devinokaze (T, 137k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Post-Sunshot Campaign, Burial Mounds Ensemble as Family, but live somewhere else, hidden society, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, POV Multiple)
🔒 赎罪 - Atonement by TinyWhales (M, 111k, WangXian, LSZ & LWJ & WWX, LXC & LWJ, LQR & LWJ, LSZ & LXC, LQR & LSZ, JC & WWX, LQR & WWX, WWX & Wen Remnants, WWX & XY, LWJ & XY, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Disabled Character, Courtroom Drama, Healer WWX, Grief/Mourning, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Gusu Lan Sect, WWX Lives, Non-Explicit Sex, Body Horror, Angst, Adoption, Found Family, Politics, Minor Violence, Fierce Corpses, Trials)
Before we go to Gusu there are some things to resolve by TealTypewriter4 (M, 127k, WangXian, WWX/WQ, LWJ/MXY, WQ Lives, everyone is bad at feelings, Canon Divergence, No Smut, Angst and Feels, Post-Canon Fix-It, Post-Guanyin Temple Scene, So Married, But WWX is still Bisexual, Unplanned Pregnancy, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Because JGS sucks, LWJ Has a Yiling Laozu Kink, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Suicide, A dash of Word of Honor crossover for flavor, Eventual Happy Ending, Not canon compliant in a lot of ways, Let’s call it canon adjacent)
Black Sun by thelastdboy (E, 120k, WangXian, POV WWX, POV LWJ, Canon Divergence, Fall of Lotus Pier, Modern with Magic, No Sunshot Campaign, Hurt WWX, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Not Cultivation World Friendly, WZL Redemption, Wen Remnants Live, WWX Lives, Amputation, Hurt LWJ, Genius WWX, Inventor WWX, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note, Burial Mounds Ensemble as Family, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Cultivation Sect Politics, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Disability, Classism)
🔒 Breathing Firestorm by ladyshadowdrake (M, 110k, wangxian, Angst, Fluff, Captivity, WRH is creepy, NO NON CON, Dream Sharing, people put in difficult situations and making the best choices that they can, Politics, Epic Length, mystical creature WWX, Canon Typical Violence, dark, Happy Ending)
Building a home by R95irth (T, 586k, CSSR/WCZ, JFM/YZY, WangXian, ChengQing, XuanLi, 3zun, BSSR/LY, MS/SS, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Horror, Nightmares, Family Fluff, Found Family)
🔒 Building it back, stone by stone and seal by seal by KizuKatana (M, 134k, WangXian, WWX & Wen Remnants, WWX & Wen Siblings, canon-divergent, post cultivation war, nobody won, WWX starts out alone as a fugitive lone cultivator, then finds a home, then finds a family, not a reincarnation fic, just alternate reality where not everyone who was in original canon existed during the war, starting the cultivation world over from scratch, Found Family, Comfort fic, carving out a new safe home, First Time)
Come Around and Stay by trippednfell (M, 160k, WangXian, NieLan, Slow Burn, Kid Fic, Found Family, Modern AU, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, PTSD, Blood and Injury, Dissociation, Angst with a Happy Ending, Musicals, POV Alternating, Baking, Yunmeng reconciliation (eventually), Friend Zoning, Literal Sleeping Together, Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks)
Come Back to Gusu… by AitchNKay (E, 111k, WangXian, Major Character Death, Fluff and Smut, Drama & Romance, Angst, Fix-It, Canon Compliant, Anal Sex, Switch WangXian)
crimson blue by cherrywhiskey (E, 138k, WangXian, Modern, Arranged Marriage, Angst with a Happy Ending, Marriage of Convenience, Genius WWX, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Supportive LQR, Bottom LWJ, Eventual mpreg, Protective WWX, BAMF WWX, Caring LWJ, Soap Opera, with plenty of telenovela tropes, like scheming in-laws, sizzling drama, Angst, Romance, AND SO MUCH LOVE & DEVOTION, Power Couple Wangxian, they’re smitten with each other, WWX × LQR bonding, Soft LWJ, but he’s also got a temper, WWX’s debt & duty factor is heavily focused, it’s a bit whumpy initially, but Very Very Happy ending, Melodrama)
Cursed Couple by shorimochi (M, 121k, LQR/WRH, CSSR/WCZ, Time Travel, Canon Divergence, Out of Character)
Dark Pride by nixcomix (M, 128k, WangXian, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, Dark Cultivator JC, Dark Cultivator WWX, Twin Prides of Yunmeng Dynamics, Action/Adventure, Slow Burn, frankencanon, Canon Divergence, LWJ pines so hard, WWX is so clueless, JC is a Little Shit, XY is terrifying, Pressing your bodies close while flying on swords together is a must, Fix-It of Sorts)
Debts of a Child Part 2 by Hauntcats (M, 111k, WangXian, YZY Bashing, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Angst and Feels, lots of anger, JC Bashing, not Jiang friendly, Angst with a Happy Ending, Content warning for icky spiders in later chapters., hurt no comfort for Jiang siblings.)
Did I Not Explain Why the Sunset Turns Red? by 3988Akasha (E, 110k, WangXian, Time Travel, Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, Soulmates, Demonic Cultivation, Original Female Character(s), Emotional Constipation, Minor Character Death, Hand Jobs, Sexual Content, Bathing/Washing, Idiots in Love, Poetry, Mild Gore, Anal Sex, Angst, Rimming, Blow Jobs)
Diphylleia Grayi by salvatoree (M, 222k, WangXian, Major Character Death, White-Haired WWX, Canon-Typical Violence, Time Travel Fix-It, Blind WWX, Temporary Character Death, Auras, Everybody Lives, Slow Burn, Fluff, Heavy Angst w Eventual Happy Ending, Childhood Trauma, Depressed WWX, Soft wangxian, Second Chances, Anxiety Attacks, WWX Has ADHD, Ableism, Bad Parents JFM & YZY, Good Parents JFM & YZY, Eventual Smut, Dreams and Nightmares, Blood and Gore, Good Uncle LQR, Oblivious WWX, XY is a Brat, Evil JGY, Falling In Love, Protective LWJ, Repressed Memories, Demonic Cultivation, Sunshot Campaign, Plot Twists, Self-Mutilation, Suicidal Thoughts, Psychological Trauma, Mental Breakdown, Attempted Sexual Assault, Surgery, Love Letters, Graphic Description of Corpses, Dysfunctional Family, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Panic Attacks, Forced Pregnancy, Implied/Referenced Suicide)
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Christmas Breakfast (Brunch, Lunch, Dinner...)
Dec. 25th, 2025 03:14 pmsettiai
My parents have a lot of issues, but they always send me a care package every year with various Southern foods in it that I can't easily get up here. One of them is country ham. It's delicious but very difficult to cook because it smokes so much, so I ended up giving away the ham they sent me last year because I couldn't make it without setting off the smoke alarm in the hotel.
I tried something new thing this year, though, and apparently cooking country ham in the air fryer works pretty damn well.
2026 International BookCrossing Day BookPlate Design Contest
Dec. 25th, 2025 12:29 pmtozka posting in bookcrossingThis was posted last week on Bookcrossing.com:
And here's the official thread in the discussion forum: https://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/9/602672
Some more info from that thread:
Get Creative for BookCrossing’s Silver Jubilee!
The 2026 International BookCrossing Day BookPlate Design Contest is now open!
To enter, create a design (illustration, drawing, photograph, knitting, sculpture, or any other creative medium) and submit it by January 20, 2026. The winner will be chosen by the BookCrossing community and will have their BookPlate design featured in the Supply Store, receive a free pack of BookPlates, a full year of Wings!
Runners up (2nd & 3rd place) will also receive prizes.
Get creative and celebrate BookCrossing’s 25th anniversary!
And here's the official thread in the discussion forum: https://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/9/602672
Some more info from that thread:
We need your design to be in our mailbox before January 20, and after that we'll put it online so people can vote for their favourite. It needs to be square, and the size needs to be 800 x 800 pixels or larger for good printing results.
Please make sure that any image you submit is something you have created yourself. Stock images and AI generated images cannot be entered into the contest. And please don't refer to a specific year, because if you win, your labels will be in the Store every year, for several years.
