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January 2023

Taming Draco Malfoy by Becstar7 | harry potter | 328k

It's nearing the end of their sixth year at Hogwarts, and Pansy Parkinson is determined to change her best friend’s fate. When she not-so-accidentally overhears a shocking revelation regarding one Harry Potter, she devises a cunning plan to convince Draco to defect. Unfortunately, where Potter is concerned, nothing ever really goes to plan...

The Importance of Being Draco Malfoy by poppyhills | harry potter | 66k

The answer to the age-old question, "What if instead of a scratch on the arm, Buckbeak had stomped on Draco's head instead and caused tragic memory loss?"
It was a truth universally acknowledged that the path to reforming a Slytherin prince never did run smooth.

with rome below us by whimsicule | the old guard | 13k

And last but not least: Prof. al-Kaysani got married last week! And while he has explicitly asked for no fuss to be made, we have organised a small gift and a card that you are all welcome to sign. It will be on my desk until September 7th.

Best,

Dr. Quynh Pham
Course Leader BA (Hons) Curating

A Crack In The Wall by facewithoutheart | harry potter | 38k

Hogwarts finds an unconventional way to heal the scars of war, using the power of love and a crack in the wall.

At the Crossroads There We’ll Meet by firethesound | harry potter | 24k

Potter keeps dying; Draco keeps saving him.

woke up the girl who looked just like you, i almost said your name by rarakiplin | 911 (TV) | 8k

Five times Eddie dates a guy a little too similar to Buck, and one time he dates the real deal.

in the land of gods and monsters by rikke | mdzs | 4k

Lan Wangji was never supposed to die. Thirteen years later, the Yiling Patriarch rules the world with his corpse bodyguard.

joy of life by rikke | mdzs | 7k

Thirteen years later, Lan Wangji wakes.

Attempting the Impossible by Ariaste | mdzs | 36k

Jiang Cheng gathers up his determination in both hands and goes to the Cloud Recesses to embark on one of the most difficult endeavors he can imagine: Repairing his relationship with his brother.
To his surprise, he discovers he's become an uncle again... several times over.
Wei Wuxian, what the fuck?!

Deeper grows my longing by feyburner | mdzs | 4k

Jiang Cheng stared at him. “How are you this dense,” he said flatly. “Wei Wuxian. The common people aren’t scared of you, they’re scared of your husband."
“My what,” said Wei Wuxian.

The One-Body Problem by metisket | mdzs | 28k

The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life.
The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.

Kingfisher Feathers by Anonymous | mdzs | 165k (on-going)

Lan Wangji goes into a fevered rut and accidentally bonds with Wei Wuxian. When they next meet, he remembers none of it, and Wei Wuxian is determined to keep the bond a secret—even when he's sent to the Cloud Recesses to be a consort in Lan Wangji's harem.


February 2023

Losing My Mind by pupeez4eva | mdzs | 6k

Where Jiang Cheng has a lot of regrets, Lan Wangji is having an ongoing sexuality crisis, and Wei Wuxian is as oblivious as ever.

Bestseller by pupeez4eva | mdzs | 7k

When Wei Wuxian writes the Xianxia cut-sleeve equivalent of Fifty Shades of Grey, based entirely on his experiences with Lan Wangji, he doesn’t expect it to become the next big hit.

the heartlines on our hands by occultings | mdzs | 47k

Among the cultivation sects and beyond, the soulmate threads are a shared and common knowledge: blue for a familial soulmate. Silver for a friend. Red for a lover.

Lan Zhan is eight years old when the red thread first appears on his wrist.

nevermore, nevermore by agloeian | mdzs | 116k

Lan Sizhui finds himself sixteen years in the past - before the ambush at Qiongqi Path, before the Bloodbath of Nightless City, before Lan Wangji's seclusion, and before Wei Wuxian's death.

He has the opportunity to save his family - all of it. Sizhui isn't going to let that slip through his fingers.

A Civil Combpaign by Ariaste | mdzs | 19k

“And,” said one of the pompous ministers, “there’s the matter of a marriage to consider as well!”

Jin Ling, who at the beginning of that sentence had expected to slam into the very last wall of his patience and lose his temper entirely, paused. “A what?”

Thing was… it wasn’t such a bad idea.

Help, My Dad Is Fucking Someone My Age!! by sweetlolixo | mdzs | 3k

When Lan Wangji takes Mo Xuanyu back to Cloud Recesses for the first time, everyone is mortified, especially Lan Sizhui.

for you (i'd burn the world to the ground) by cuteandtwisted | kinnporsche | 41k |

AU where Porsche grew up at the compound after his parents died serving the main family and spent his childhood/teenage years annoying his way into Kinn's thoughts (and heart), before an 'incident' turned him into Kinn's most lethal weapon.

March 2023

beneath six layers of silkby darkredloveknot | 12k | módào zǔshī

While exorcising a haunting, Lan Wangji gets cursed with a brand of honesty, and is forced to speak his every thought out loud.

Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller | 103k | módào zǔshī

He can't get Jin Guangyao's words out of his head.

If he'd only believed in Wei Wuxian, if he'd only been willing to stand up for him, could it all have been avoided?

concessions to love by besanii | 29k | módào zǔshī

In which there is an arranged marriage with at least one unwilling party. At first.

Become Tomorrow by ShanaStoryteller | 39k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian gets caught sneaking into Cloud Recesses. Then he ends up masquerading as the first disciple of Lotus Pier while trying to figure out how to get out of Cloud Recesses without anyone discovering that he's the disciple of Baoshan Sanren.

April 2023

Something True by Pookaseraph | 79k | grishaverse

Aleksander is in need of a Shu translator, a smart one, to help with an intercepted cipher. Luckily he finds Alina Starkova just sitting there in Poliznaya. He feels an instant connection with the talented woman and invites her to join his oprichniki, but it turns out she is nothing like she first appeared and navigating that will be a challenge all on its own.

The Murder of Crows by cerbykerby | 101k | módào zǔshī

After thirteen years in the Burial Mounds, the Yiling Patriarch finally makes a public reappearance. Civilians are scared. Cultivators are outraged. Sect Leaders are concerned. Wei Wuxian has been too quiet, they say, and nobody knows what dark horrors the Burial Mounds may now contain.

Wei Wuxian wouldn't quite call them dark horrors, but the description wasn't too far off.

Old Foreshadows by protos_metazu_ison | 15k | módào zǔshī

With the threat of the Wen sect looming, the other major sects decide to summon the aid of a man they’d killed centuries ago: the Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.

Taking Responsability by MarbleGlove | 5k | módào zǔshī

Lan Qiren had raised his nephews to the best of his abilities, but Wangji was not getting his life arranged properly. It was possible that at least some of the problems came from how Qiren had raised his nephews. He would take responsibility.

Standing Engagement by x_los | 18k | módào zǔshī

Lan Wangji believes he and Wei Wuxian are essentially engaged. While they search for his missing betrothed, he accidentally reveals as much to Jiang Wanyin. Now everyone in the cultivation world knows about the imminent marriage, except for Wei Wuxian himself.

tell some storm by qurbat | 31k | módào zǔshī

In the aftermath of the events at the Guanyin temple, the cultivation world scrambles to understand their current reality. A man roams the countryside with a string of white in his hair. Another sits on the highest seat of power with a ribbon of red around his forehead. The younger generation turns out to be full of romantics. Nie Huaisang is to blame for everything, always. Jiang Cheng realizes that happiness has been more that 16 years overdue.

May 2023

Assumptions by draechaeli | 50k | módào zǔshī

The sects vote to use an array to spy on the Burial Mounds. The Jins want to show the evils of the Yiling-Laozu, the Jiangs hope everyone will see Wei WuXian the radish farmer. Lan XiChen felt guilty and sent Lan WangJi on a night hunt.

They make assumptions when they see Wei WuXian having lunch with Lan WangJi and a toddler in Yiling. And sometimes assumptions don't make an ass out of anyone, but save everyone.

the thing with feathers by RoseThorne | 43k | módào zǔshī

A night hunt gone wrong leaves Wei Wuxian facing life without a husband and son. He refuses. Using an experimental array, he attempts temporal transmigration, but it goes wrong. He sends himself back to the age of ten, and the strain on his young body and mind requires another desperate use of resentful energy... which also goes wrong, leaving his younger self with near-complete amnesia, all his memories sealed.

Sunder by naqaashi | 32k | módào zǔshī

In Yiling, Wei Wuxian gives up his golden core to save his brother. In Qinghe, his soulmate spends two days screaming, feeling every second of it.

In which the road to hell is paved with Wei Ying's good intentions, and Lan Wangji has to find their way back out again.

The Debts of a Child by Hauntcats | 115k | módào zǔshī

A young Wei Ying realizes Lotus Pier isn't actually his home and does something about it.

the kite string and the anchor rope by fleurdeliser | 38k | módào zǔshī

When A-Yuan gets sick and Wen Qing doesn't have the supplies she needs to properly treat him, Wei Wuxian can only think of one place to go for help.

rare the man who'll hold to faith by Fahye | 13k | módào zǔshī

There was no blood. No char. There was nothing to see except the strange softening of the Yiling Patriarch's mouth, as if just for a moment he was another person entirely.

"There is the mark of our bargain, and here is the challenge," said the Yiling Patriarch. "You may strike at me, exactly once, with your sword. I will not fight back; I will not resist you at all, Hanguang-jun." That silvery suggestiveness crept into his voice again. "And a year and a day from now, you will come to me and I will deliver exactly the same to you."

Call and Response by x_los | 7k | módào zǔshī

After three years of planning, the young Lan brothers play Inquiry for their mother. Unfortunately Inquiry compels answers and prohibits lying, and Madam Lan had plenty of secrets.

The Same Cloth by x_los | 8k | módào zǔshī

Hemp plants have deep roots, and a decades-old crime is more immediately relevant than it seems. Lan Wangji must tell the most respected textile merchants in Huanglongxi how their daughter, a rogue cultivator, came to die.

Vow by draechaeli | 216k | módào zǔshī

"If you're not good the Yiling Patriarch will steal you in the night!"

It was never true, in fact the first child stole herself, the second was gifted, the third begged. By the time people realised that all the homeless children of Yiling, and all the daughters about to be sold had disappeared, it became, "If you're unloved the Yiling Patriarch will save you".

June 2023

Absolutely Ridiculous by gaotamao | 58k | módào zǔshī

Twelve years after Wei Ying's death, Lan Zhan astral projected and found Wei Ying in the soul abyss of the Burial Mounds. He missed Wei Ying so much, he decided to stay. But a year later, Wei Ying is pulled out of the abyss by Mo XuanYu and Lan Zhan is dragged out with him. He unwittingly possessed the donkey.

Field Trips with Wei Wuxian by antebunny | 42k | módào zǔshī

After the Sunshot Campaign, in an effort to restore his reputation and avoid responsibilities he can no longer fulfill, Wei Wuxian agrees to spend three months in each sect.

catch this manic rhapsody by anatheme | 23k | módào zǔshī

The first emperor of the cultivation world, Yiling Laozu, and his closest advisor, Hanguang-jun, behind closed doors.

only the dead (have seen the end of war) by comforting_monachopsis | 42k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian is shattered, ground to dust, and in his place stands someone with shards of the person he once was.

Discordant Rhapsody by nirejseki | 49k | módào zǔshī

"Become my personal disciple," Lan Qiren said to Wei Wuxian, feeling the weight of what he said on his tongue, the bitter taste of it mixing in with the ash of the Burial Mounds. "And as your shifu, I will bear the shame of your actions for you."

the problem with authority by isabilightwood | 139k | módào zǔshī

When Qin Su learns the truth about Jin Guangyao after the death of her son, she sacrifice summons Jiang Yanli. It goes slightly sideways.

impossible with two hands, no more impossible with one by Sour_Idealist | 33k | módào zǔshī

A First Disciple with no sword hand. A former clan heir with no golden core. A leader who was never meant to hold the role. Their disciples are killed or scattered; their home is in enemy hands. The Jiang Clan of Yunmeng is not in an enviable position.

Fortunately, they're the Jiang Clan, and they're going to make it work. Wei Wuxian is going to make sure of it.

a kind of emptiness by ScarlettStorm | 11k | módào zǔshī

"Lan Luan-daifu says it looks like you've been undereating for months."

"I eat!" Wei Wuxian protests. "You watch me eat, Lan Zhan!" Why is he protesting? He knows exactly what he's been fucking up, and Lan Zhan almost certainly has the shape of it if not the details. The words stick in his throat, fishbones to choke on, and he drinks more soup in a sullen attempt at washing them away.

finding you always, all ways by BlueFrogs | 31k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian dies instead of Jin Zixuan at Qiongqi Path. This changes everything.

Su She Eats his Heart Out by KizuKatana | 16k | módào zǔshī

The (bitter) third party pov of the epic college romance between Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, as told from the pettiest NPC to ever exist.

curse of the dragon emperor by lulu_kitty | 96k | módào zǔshī

The last prince of the dragons is enchanted to stay asleep until his true soulmate can wake him, but a violent curse plagues his family, so no one can ever see his face.

One thousand years have passed and the world is in disharmony without dragons to cleanse yin resentment.

When the Wens invade Cloud Recesses and Wen Xu demands Lan Wangji as his warprize, the Lan clan invokes a rite of passage to help Lan Wangji escape: wherein all child bearing cultivators are to be presented to Prince Wuxian's slumbering form in a ritual ceremony. No one expects the long-lost prince to wake up.

You are what you eat by deliciousblizzardshark | 17k | módào zǔshī

"What happened to you?" Jiang Cheng demands.

Wei Wuxian sighs. "I already said I don't know. This conversation is so boring," he says. "I'm hungry. Can't we get some food? They're all too dead," he adds, flicking a hand at the dead Wen guards, "to be tasty."

Inquiry by incendir | 10k | módào zǔshī

Sizhui cannot fall asleep for a long, long time that night. He hears the ever-familiar melody again. He thinks perhaps he has memorized it by now.

July 2023

White Flag by incendir | 37k | módào zǔshī

The general consensus was that tolerating Wei Wuxian was a necessary evil.

Cotton Wool by incendir | 34k | módào zǔshī

4 times someone protected the yiling patriarch's virtue, and 1 time he did it himself.

the burden of my song by saraubs | 51k | módào zǔshī

Celebrated as the most talented Cultivator of his generation, Lan Wangji sets out on a Pilgrimage to visit the Great Sects and learn all he can in the pursuit of attaining immortality. His first stop: Lotus Pier, where he can finally meet First Disciple Wei Wuxian and determine his suitability to marry into Gusu Lan.

Ha Yesol Grows Up by Kasmusser | 2k | the glory

A series of moments from Yesol's life as she grows up.

小狗 | puppy by livsn | 5k | módào zǔshī

"But let me tell you a story. I used to have a little puppy - "

"Don't lie!"

Wei Wuxian smiles and leans against his husband coquettishly. "Am I now? How about you, Lan Zhan? Would you believe me?"

After Truth Lies the Honest Path by Vrishchika | 10k | módào zǔshī

He laughs incredulously before he turns a flat stare at Jin Zixun.

"You tried to dose a Lan with a truth serum." He observes dryly, "You tried to dose Lan Wangji of all people with a truth serum."

The blame game by apathyinreverie | 13k | módào zǔshī

Lan Xichen time travels, immediately goes about fixing things, and promptly confuses the fuck out of everyone along the way.

Like a Knife to the Heart by wingsofbadass | 40k | módào zǔshī

Even as a small child, when he'd been given this dagger by some adult he could no longer remember and been told that his parents had been robbed of every single thing they'd had with them, including their lives, except for this dagger, Wei Ying had understood: that this was more than just a dagger. It was an inheritance. It was a clue. It was what his mother had held onto in her last moments, what she had put her last efforts into leaving behind, two characters that held meaning, a message for him.

He was looking at the only thing his mother had left him. Her killer's name.

And with it, a responsibility.

The storm comes and goes (and I keep walking) by Naamah_Beherit | 41k | módào zǔshī

A story of a single father, his two kids, a daydreaming disciple, and a pet crow as seen through the eyes of others.

grow by cafecliche | 14k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian is cursed on a night-hunt, and the junior quartet rapidly finds themselves in over their heads.

Would You Come Home? by s6115 | 46k | módào zǔshī

Jiang Cheng wrote three times a year for over a decade and a half requesting that Lan Sizhui come and visit. Finally, at nineteen, arrived, having absolutely no clue why the sect leader would want him to come. Jiang Cheng showed him to his quarters, opening the doors and said, "This was your father's room."

Suddenly, Lan Sizhui finds himself in the home of the father he'd forgotten, but surrounded by his things. Can he unravel the mystery of who his father was? With his friends, can he even find a way to bring him back from the dead?

use the wood brought in by the tide by Lirazel | 27k | módào zǔshī

Months into his arranged marriage to the head disciple of the Jiang sect, Lan Wangji confronts family dynamics unlike any he has encountered before.

(The fact that he's desperately in love with his husband only complicates things.)

August 2023

With Surgical Precision by metisket | 20k | módào zǔshī

If Wen Qing had realized sooner that she wasn't in the afterlife or hallucinating, but had actually traveled back in time, she'd have done things differently. There'd have been less murder, for one thing.

Wei Wuxian, Who's That by bumbledees | 48k | módào zǔshī

In which Wei Wuxian gets himself out of being Jin Sect enemy number one by becoming Lan Qiren's niece-in-law, and falls in love with Lan Wangji somewhere along the way.

in this place where we don't have a prayer by Cerusee, Mikkeneko | 42k | módào zǔshī

And now it's time for the canon divergence AU where Jin Zixun has the tactical sense to station archers on both sides of Qiongqi Path for his murder ambush, and Jin Zixuan shows up fifteen minutes late with Starbucks.

wide enough and wild by impossibletruths | 64k | módào zǔshī

Wei Ying leaves. He follows.

September 2023

Twelve Moons and a Fortnight by stiltonbasket | 290k | módào zǔshī

The one where Wei Wuxian spends the year before his wedding as Yunmeng Jiang's acting sect leader, and the cultivation world's greatest love story finds its happy ending with the help of three juniors, a teenage romance, and one very involved (and exasperated) younger brother.

asymptotic by chinxe | 26k | módào zǔshī

The members of the Lan Clan have never been particularly well-known for their good judgement when it comes to matters of the heart.

Which is why it should come as a surprise to no one when Lan Wangji falls in love with an actual ghost.

Wrong Turn, Right Place by diamondbruise | 71k | módào zǔshī

Fuck, he had totally walked into a set, hadn't he? The beautiful, ethereal looking actor in his period piece outfit was pissed and waiting to tear him a new one, if the expression was any clue.

or, modern!wwx takes a wrong turn and ends up in the cultivation world.

October 2023

In Imitation of Life by travelingneuritis | 70k | módào zǔshī

Lan Zhan stops in front of one of the bespoke duplicates– a male figure, small, creamy-skinned and lithe. The name on the plinth reads Mo Xuanyu. Lan Zhan tested it on his first pass through the room. The doll was empty. No signals bouncing around its artificial brain, no operating programs queued to autostart. Not even a blinking dormancy light.

"Hey big guy," says Mo Xuanyu, chrome eyes sparkling with fun. "Who do I gotta fuck around here to get unplugged?"

or, Wei Ying is a rogue AI come to life. Lan Zhan is... handling it.

November 2023

Cultivating Inmortality by KizuKatana | 230k | módào zǔshī

The Lan sect has been putting pressure on Lan Wangji to find a cultivation partner. They don't like the one he chooses.

Hyperprosexia by malkinmalkout| 191k | módào zǔshī

As a Sentinel Wei Wuxian is constantly scrutinized by the cultivation world. He usually doesn't mind but when Lan Wangji labels him as a threat Wei Wuxian is pushed into proving he's more than his designation in order to befriend his unwanted rival.

December 2023

missing in action; presumed dead by ara_the_jedi | 39k | marvel

Steve's life has been hard from the beginning. His father left when his ma was still pregnant. He's bound to turn out an Omega, which means he's got a life full of creeps wanting to try it with a male Omega and birth control that's not designed for boys but given to them anyway ahead of him. The only good thing is his best friend, who genuinely likes him, who might even love him, but even that gets taken away from him before he has a chance to actually grow up and explore it.

So, he's old for his young years. He's practical. He understands that sometimes you've got to take what you can get and if there are mishaps, then deal with them. He deals with it. He moves through life with anger and hatred. He hates the army that took Bucky from him.

He hates the colonel on his doorstep, looking at him and Bucky's son with pity, telling him Bucky is missing in action, presumed dead.

爱不释手; never let me go by yiqie | 68k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian has certainly hoped so ardently in his two lifetimes, for so many different things, in so many different ways, that he could have summoned the demon to his front door with his bare hands. His eyes wander to Lan Zhan, settle on the back of his head, the blue-black curtain of his hair. Oh, how he has hoped.

looking through a window by glitteringmoonlight | 5k | módào zǔshī

In which Professor Lan's students try to figure out exactly who that person who appears in his video is.

and his wanting grows teeth by yukla | 25k | módào zǔshī

In the dead of winter, traveling cultivator Lan Wangji gets snowed in at a remote mountain village, falls in love with the chief's adopted son, and stumbles upon a dark secret that is decades in the making.

Company by WithBroomBefore | 29k | módào zǔshī

Lan Wangji is fourteen when the dying boy comes to stay at Cloud Recesses.

Saw My Life in a Stranger's Face by timetoboldlygo | 27k | módào zǔshī

The one where Wei Wuxian's face begins to change to look like his original body. It isn't easy on anyone. But it isn't so bad, either.

Royal Flush by astolat | 85k | game of thrones

Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn't see how to make a single play at all.

Smaller Than Me by checkthemargins | 22k | one direction

Harry's just finished his first year of uni on his way to becoming Dr. Harry Styles, Neurosurgeon. He's young, he has endless potential, three amazing best mates, a new love and the world at his fingertips. The fact that his new boyfriend may or may not be a sex-worker, of course, throws a wrench into the works. But it's not true. Really.

Probably.

It most definitely might not be entirely true. And that's all Harry needs to know.

M is for Murder by rohkeutta | 4k | marvel

I'm pretty low on funds and need to make ends meet this month, Barnes types slowly into a new post three days later. I'm taking commissions for hits in the New York City area.

Will Not Kill: Captain America or other Avengers.

Will partially refund payment if target turns out to be HYDRA.

Will not go to Jersey. No dismemberment or killing children.

Message for negotiations and payment details.

Seasons of Falling Flowers by merakily | 40k | módào zǔshī

Like a parasite, Wei Wuxian has this way of growing on people when you least expect it.

Over the seasons, Lan Qiren slowly pieces back together his relationship with Wangji and learns to like Wei Wuxian in the process.

Love Song In Reverse by timetoboldlygo| 39k | módào zǔshī

Wei Wuxian gets resurrected, loses his memories, and falls in love.

Marital Prospects by Vamillepudding | 18k | módào zǔshī

Jin Ling's birth is the happiest occasion of Jin Zixuan's life. But every gold spoon has some rust: Wei Wuxian has taken up residence too. However, Jin Zixuan has a fool-proof plan to get Wei Wuxian out of his life for good: he's going to find him a spouse. And he's got the perfect person in mind: Nie Mingjue.

Lan Wangji has resigned himself to losing the love of his life without saying a word.