art by @angie-s-g (rebloggable original art post here, y’all)
M, 9k, sangcheng
Summary:“Come onnn, Cheng-Cheng,” Wei Wuxian whined. “It’s just swimming! Don’t you miss the water?”
Jiang Cheng hesitated. It was always the hardest part of coming to summer camp—the lack of a pool for him to spend all of his free time in. Gusu had gorgeous lakes and rivers, but no dedicated pool, and two months with only some occasional, extremely monitored recreational swimming was torture.
“Well…” And then he gave in, as Wei Wuxian had known he would. “All right. But only for a little bit! And we definitely have to be back in bed for bed check!”
Wei Wuxian whooped, letting go of Jiang Cheng’s shoulders to dance ahead of them, spinning in a circle with his arms raised. “Yes! It’s gonna be so much fun!”
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Every summer, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian attend the Gusu Academy summer camp for young cultivators. This summer, though, will be their first year in the senior camp. It’ll definitely be just the same as every other year, for Jiang Cheng; no awkward feelings or unexpected revelations will be discovered. Definitely not. I mean, it’s summer camp; soft confessions and sweet kisses never happen at summer camps, right?
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
Summary: Lan Wangji tried to look around, but found that he was immobilized. Not panicking, because he was a powerful cultivator who did not need to panic, Lan Wangji attempted to break the immobilization with his golden core.
Only to realize that his core, while intact, was blocked.
He attempted to move his fingers.
Nothing.
No matter what part of himself Lan Wangji attempted to move or wiggle, he received no response from his body.
Still not panicking, really not at all, Lan Wangji tried to parse what he could see in front of him, without moving his eyes.
There was a shelf that appeared to be almost half the size of Koi Tower in front of him, but before he began not panicking about that, he realized that no. The shelf was not a gigantic piece of furniture. It was Lan Wangji who was abnormally sized.
He had, in fact, gone from standing over two bu high, to measuring perhaps a single chi in length.
He was tiny .
…
Lan Wangji began to panic. ** In which Lan Wangji is cursed to be marionette puppet and transported to a different universe, where he is picked up by an alluring and kind puppeteer with a mysterious past…
My comments: This was a gift for me ❤️!@therealfailwhale was my author for MDZS RBB @mdzsrbb this year, and look what they produced!!!
This one is a hoot from the very first sentence. It is fluffy and fun, and features a thirsty Lan Wangji who is so. FRUSTRATED. that his teeny size is preventing him from acting on his thoughts. Heh heh heh.
Lan Wangji is just happy he’s no longer wooden, okay; Wei Wuxian is entirely smitten; Jiang Cheng is shouty and confused; Nie Huaisang has secrets; and I am just along for the ride. Two world collide, herein, and the mashup is greater than the sum of its parts. (And. AND! This charming story was written for my art, for the MDZS RBB, and I’m so honored and delighted and happy about that. I want to share it with everyone.)
Excerpt: Wei Wuxian pulled Lan Wangji away from his chest and held him up to look into his tiny face.
“You hear that, you beautiful man? You’re coming home with me!” Wei Wuxian grinned widely, and glanced up at Jiang Cheng. “Didi! Meet my husband!”
“You can’t marry a puppet!” shouted Jiang Cheng, as Lan Wangji felt a desire to hide his face.
modern au, wingfic, tiny lan wangji, puppet lan wangji, POV lan wangji, parallel universes, curses, the power of consent and autonomy, Schrodinger’s nielan, sangcheng, size difference, so many innuendos about size differences, getting to know each other, falling in love, puppets, developing relationship, slow burn, crack taken seriously, angry grape jiang cheng, different first meeting, domestic, suppportive wei wuxian, protective wei wuxian, orphans jiang cheng & wei wuxian, thirsty lan wangji, family reunion, getting together, first kiss, fluff, happy ending, favorite
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
Summary:Alanna followed the rumors of a resurrected Shang warrior east.Jiang Cheng does not like the idea of the Burial Mounds becoming a pilgrimage site for foreigners who ask too many questions about demonic cultivation.
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
Summary:“A-Ying,” Lan Wangji says quietly, trying to gauge whether the boy is asleep. Even as the boy’s figure tenses and his head peaks out from the rest of his body to look around, he doesn’t stop shaking. His clothes are wet, Lan Wangji can see in the candlelight, clinging to his skin. Winter has not yet passed. The boy must be freezing.
“Hello?” A-Ying asks hesitantly, looking around. His eyes are big, but despite some suspicion in their depths, the boy mostly looks curious.
“Hello, A-Ying,” Lan Wangji says kindly. “I heard that you prayed to me.” — a boy, a god and a rebellion against the empire
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
art by @angie-s-g (rebloggable original art post here, y’all)
E, 34k, sangcheng
Summary: Wei Wuxian’s question echoed in his thoughts again.
Do you think he’s at all happy?
Nie Huaisang had wanted to be happy once. It was all he had wanted, really. A life with a loving partner filled with wine and art and music. He hadn’t wanted to lead the sect, hadn’t wanted to throw his life away to a cause—and yet here he was. He really was like da-ge in some ways. Ruthless to a fault.
But he was not dead.
Nie Huaisang set his fan down and picked up the letter from Jiang Wanyin, folding it back into its original shape and tapping it thoughtfully against his mouth.
He wondered if it was too late for happiness. Whether Jiang Wanyin might like to help him find it—help himself find it with Nie Huaisang. He hadn’t been mistaken in the desire he’d seen in Jiang Wanyin’s eyes.
He desperately wanted to see how far it could take them.
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
I have a vested interest in this year’s MDZS RBB, so y'all are all going to enjoy it with me! I’ll be doing a post for each piece as it’s posted (er, or a few days later) so that you can get an eyeful and go enjoy and give love to all these creators who worked so hard to give you more content! They started posting a couple of days ago on AO3 here:
My own posts will start tonight, and you’ll get one or two each day for… the next month, I think.
Y’all can follow @mdzsrbb for… basically the same thing I’ll be doing here, really. (Two cakes!) Go forth, and love freely! Support your fandom peeps! Remember to go follow and reblog from artists and authors that pique your interest.
Summary: Prince Lan Wangji led a lonely childhood in the palace until palace servant Wei Wuxian came barreling into his life. But the comforting predictability of their secret friendship is upended when Wei Wuxian annoys an elderly Granny just a bit too much and she turns him into a turtle. Prince Lan Wangji is desperate to find his missing friend and finds comfort in his new pet turtle. Will he be able to connect the dots and realise that Wei Wuxian has been closer than he knew the entire time?
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
Summary:Lan Sizhui meets a servant on a night hunt at Mo Manor. Though this servant has a rather plain-looking, forgettable face, Lan Sizhui quickly learns why one should never judge a book by its cover. –or– After being resurrected by the rather plain-looking, gap-toothed Li Wenxiao, Wei Wuxian has to contend with constant dismissals of his skill and intelligence. Luckily for him, Hanguang-Jun is willing to stand by his side no matter what. If only Wei Wuxian could figure out why…
My comments: ❤️This was written for my art-prompt and I love it SO. MUCH. The idea of wwx resurrecting as a homely woman has haunted me for years, because there’s such fertile ground there to explore. And Eudoxia did it with verve. This fic has everything: unexpectedly-female wwx, humor, adorable juniors, utterly smitten and thirsty lwj, philosophy on gender, shameless wangxian…. And more coming up in the series! (Which is great, because I cannot get enough!)
Excerpt 1:“So polite, Lan-gongzi. This one is called Li Wenxiao. Just call me whatever, I don’t mind. In fact, most people I meet call me gongzi or xiansheng, on account of my face!” She laughs, pointing a finger at her bright smile.
Lan Sizhui frowns, studying her face for a moment. It’s a very plain, boring face; round cheeks, a bit of a second chin when she smiles, thick eyebrows, peach blossom eyes. There’s a small but noticeable gap between her two front teeth when she smiles. Overall, a rather forgettable face. Lan Sizhui can’t help but think it’s a little tragic that a young woman—perhaps only ten years his senior—would be unlucky enough to have such a face.
Excerpt 2:Lan Jingyi grabs his arm, shaking him as he hisses, “What do you mean you don’t know? Look at how familiar they are! Hanguang-jun is guiding Li Wenxiao’s donkey! He may as well be,”—Lan Jingyi struggles for words, waving his arms in the air like he’s juggling, before he finally says—“caressing her face! I don’t know! Who isshe?”
canon divergence, resurrected as a girl, wei wuxian comes back as a girl, POV multiple, female wei wuxian, adorable juniors, teacher wei wuxian, (not officially but he is SUCH a teacher), lan sizhui is the best boy, gender and philosophy, oblivious wei wuxian, genderqueer wei wuxian, shameless lan wangji, demisexual lan wangji, some very light and well-earned lan xichen bashing, light angst, thirsty lan wangji, pining, love confessions, getting together, idiots in love, doting lan wangji, het smut, favorite, @eudoxiav @mdzsrbb
art by lumiink (rebloggable original art post here, y’all)
E, 15k, wangxian
Summary: Wei Ying’s eyebrows lift at the sight but Lan Wangji is focused on the flattened grasses at the base of the tree where he found Wei Ying. In his mind, he sees the too-still body, hears A-Yuan’s sobs, and has to breath through a sudden constriction around his chest.
Never had his feelings felt more sharp than when he held Wei Ying in his arms, so close to death. Everything had crystallized in that moment and he knew, most likely in the same way his father had known all those years ago, that he could not be without this person.
A brush with death reveals more than Wei Wuxian plans for and forces Lan Wangji to face his feelings.
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
“No, Wei-tongling; or, at least, not one that I am aware of.”
“That doesn’t seem right. The sight of a heroic last stand deserves to have a name – something that will sound good in the history books.” Wei Wuxian looked around, his eyes moving from man to horse to tent, as if cataloguing everything before it was lost. “I’m going to call it Luanzang Hill. What do you think?”
Ouyang Zizhen shivered. “Don’t you think that’s a little…morbid?”
“Morbid? Not at all.” Wei Wuxian tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, knuckles pushing whitely through the skin. “I think it’s very fitting. Unless this new strategist the Emperor has sent for can work some kind of miracle, we are all going to die here.”
***
Trapped and outnumbered, things look grim for the men of the Changlin army unit and their commander, Wei Wuxian. There’s a new strategist on the way, but even he can’t work miracles…can he?
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
art by v4le (rebloggable original art post here, y’all)
T, 10k, wangxian
Summary:When Wei Wuxian vows to protect Lotus Pier and the Jiang family, there’s nothing he won’t do to keep them free from harm. But something goes wrong during his golden core transfer, and he finds himself waking up… changed. Now it’s not just enough to hide his slowly decaying body from Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli in his quest to ensure they’ll be safe—he’ll also need to prove to Lan Wangji that he can maintain some semblance of control for long enough to make it through this war before his spirit must be liberated.
But is he really strong enough to resist the Yin Iron’s pull when the odds against him seem insurmountable?
And will his family ever be safe enough for him to willingly let go?
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
art by buzhix3 (re-tweetable original art post here, y’all)
M, 65k, wangxian
Summary: The fish in the Hangzhou Bay were dying.
Lan Wangji expected this to be a fairly open and shut night hunt: find the guai. Eradicate the problem. Move on.
What she hadn’t expected was to find herself trapped in an underground cave as the water level rose higher and higher, unable to speak, unable to call for help, and taking orders from a talking sword.
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
art by Neeska (re-tweetable original art post here, y’all)
T, 9k, wangxian
Summary:
“Dear Diary,
I’ve been informed that it would be “healthy” to learn how to better express myself. I do believe that my brother likes to think he is my therapist in addition to my manager. He means well, but I do not see how this will help me.
Regardless…Allow me to introduce myself. I believe that is normal behavior. It feels right, and since I will be telling you many personal thoughts, you should know who I am.
Hello. My name is Lan Zhan. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”
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Or: the fic where Lan Zhan works through his complex emotions regarding Wei Ying’s leggings in his diary.
This story is part of the MDZS RBB 2022 which is currently posting over on AO3. Y'all go read and love!
