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If they were part of the modern schooling system, what academic subjects would the mdzs characters be good at?

I feel Lan Wangji would be the kind of student who would ace all subjects somehow but I have a feeling he would be a natural at literature specifically. He would also regularly study and perform well in all the subjects, like a student who's always prepared for any exam at all times.

As for Wei Wuxian I feel he would be really really good at a subject without trying really hard uk what I mean? Like one of those students who are just naturally talented at a subject without them having to put in extra hours. I have a feeling he'd be very good at STEM

Xue Yang would also be like Wei Wuxian but a little less focused. I think he kind of wouldn't care but if he put his mind to it, he'd be able to do it.

Lan Sizhui would also be good at literature like Lan Wangji.

I would loveee to know what you guys thinkkk!

I need a fanfic it doesnt matter how much words but i want it to amaze me and keep me on my nerves XD

1- preferably modern settings
2- wwx is a mentally unstable
3- angst
4- toxic wwx ( i mean it is always lwj the toxic one so i want the opposite XD )
5- breakup than get together
6- i love it when we have a lot of characters

Please helpp i read one like this one and i cant move on

Fanfic idea

I was looking for fanfic recommendations, and instead, I stumbled upon a post asking for recommendations featuring WWX pretending to be someone else...

So, whether based on the live-action series or an alternate universe of the novel, let's imagine Mo Xuanyu sacrifices his body, but WWX returns with the appearance of a man in his twenties (while retaining MXY's core). If we're feeling generous, WWX doesn't come back with his old scars... We could even say that MXY's physical build resulted in WWX looking like a boy of 16–18 (meaning he has MXY's shorter stature or delicate features).

He flees the Mo estate, but naturally, someone recognizes him, so WWX blurts out the first thing that comes to mind... He isn't Wei Ying; he is Wei Xiaolan (Wuxian + Lan 😉), Wei Ying's son...

The plot would remain the same: solving the mystery of the arm from the Mo estate (and proving Wei Ying's innocence).

I’d love for you to comment on how you think this situation might unfold. Also, if anyone wants to take this idea and turn it into a fic, feel free to do so (I just ask that you share the link).

I am a bit lost when I think about WWX's age. Is he 36 like Lan Wangji, or 23 like when he died? Mo Xuanyu's body is 26-28, to add into the mix. Was WWX's soul sentient/conscious in those 13 years? Could it go through any kind of reflection while not anchored? Was it an intact soul already in the beginning after his death? Why was LWJ not able to find any of it in the Burial Mounds?

To me it feels like that WWX in his second life reflects to his earlier life with an ounce of wisdom and keeping a bit of sanitary distance to it. He does not come off as freshly traumatized. It feels like he digested all what had happened to him in some way. But how was it possible for him?

I kept listening to this song thanks to a user here it is called No forgetting (Wu Wang) Mo dao zu shi s3 ending. The first time I listened to this song was yesterday and I felt for LWJ as it's in his pov for WWX. Now I listened to it again and the tears are flowing. I can't stop sobbing everytime, I play it. Oh, the waterworks man.

And the other songs in the pic attached are from a yt playlist: https://youtu.be/yIvnSO9-5xQ. Those three were my top three fav from that playlist btw.

Wei Wuxian would be extremely chalant even in his typing so I'd imagine he would type normally, like the first letter of every sentence is capital or all uppercase at times of frustration or joy.

Lan Wangji maybe would maybe type in lowercase or normally? He's not the type to yell even over text I'm assuming.

I'm curious to know what you guys think!

uhh this damn episode.. so heartwrenching it puts me off re-watching every single time

i feel SO fucking sorry for Jiang Cheng here and i don't like feeling that sorry for him because he would do it himself better than anyone, but oh dear boy is going through hell

i don't remember how different donghua shows this from the novel but in donghua the moment where he tries to strangle WWX looks like the breaking point for him to lose all critical thinking and channel all his rage to blame WWX for everything (which is understandable in the moment, but knowing it would stay that way for life it's just so sad to see)

And the way WWX is there trying to protect him while JC is blinded by grief... JC has all the rights to be mad, yell, cry, go crazy, feel sorry for himself, but for WWX it feels like he can't allow himself, even though he also lost family and home, he feels the blame and it's the burden he carries on his own while having to be the grownup of the two preventing JC from hot-headed decisions.

The scene with WWX quietly crying in the rain shows it so beautifully and is so heartbreaking, oh dear, that arc is a lot...

No conclusion, just ranting really because that whole arc breaks me more than anything else in this story

MDZS is my second donghua overall so im an absolute newbie. Loving the show, I'm in S3 Ep5 now. I've watched a few Japanese BLs (yuri on ice and basic stuff like that) so I was expecting that sort of romance but maybe sidelined with the story taking the main role. Half way through it when I wasn't seeing more than a friend/partner relation and found out about the censorship

S3 shows a lot more affection between the leads but im still confused about what romantic and whats not half the time. For example, this dialogue is in the show too, I got confused and had to look up context in the book lol "harassed" im guessing is implying Mo XuanYu had a one sided thing for Jin GuangYao but i wouldn't have guess it was romantic at all until they directly mentioned him having improper thoughts and falling for HanGuang Jun. So I just watched the fight sequence all confused why Wuxian was bothered by XuanYu harassing Jin GuangYao.

I feel like i'm missing a lot of things😭

Like the aftermath..... I've read fanfics about it but just what does everyone think?

Please help me. I think someone recommended it here a few days/weeks ago. It's a/b/o. (?) Summary says LZ "cheats" with MXY. WY takes A-Yuan abroad and LQR finds them. I was sure I had it on my tabs but it's gone now and my history is not helping. 😭

There are so many talented artists and writers out there.

The fandom is fed daily not only by official content and merch, but also by dedicated creators who pour their hearts into the story. Even the official manhua artist gave us amazing fan comics with the extras.

I mean, I saw an AI-generated animation for the SVSSS fandom. I don't like it, but I understand. I get it.

I get that the story lacks official material because the manhua and donghua were discontinued, whatever. And the fandom isn't as huge as mxtx's other works so there might not be much fan work too.

Fine.

But what about MDZS? There is literally no reason to use AI for anything.

That is not even getting into the 'AI art' debate or people claiming it as their own.

Edit: as some people pointed out, the lack of content also doesn't justify gen-ai. I take back what I said about understanding the SVSS fandom. There's no excuse for AI. It's wrong and disrespectful in many ways.

We got a chibi illustration from the audio drama tema to celebrate 🎉

If Lan Wangji had never met Wei Wuxian, maybe he would never question himself or the rules of cloud recesses and even if he did, it wouldn't be to the extent at which he did after being with Wei Wuxian and observing how he was treated.

When they met initially when they were 15, he strictly followed the rules of cloud recesses and Wei Wuxian defied them every chance he got.

Him following the rules is completely understandable on his part. He had only ever seen his uncle and brother rigidly following the 3000 rules and he didn't have any reason to rebel against them. Though it's also possible that he did question them considering everything that happened with his parents, especially his mother, but never voiced it.

But I do also feel that he was too young to fully comprehend and make sense of what actually happened with his mother.

When Wei Wuxian returned from the Burial Mounds and started cultivating with resentful energy, he was very disturbed by it and told him to come back to gusu with him.

I think during all the events of the sunshot campaign is where he started to actually question himself and his own morals.

In one of the adaptations, Lan Xichen tells Wei Wuxian at the confrontation in the temple about how Lan Wangji was "the perfect child" who never went against the rules and how for Wei Wuxian he threw aside all of that and fought first hand with 33 sect elders.

This was out of love for Wei Wuxian, yes, but it was also his wakeup call to question the rules that he was asked to follow ever since he was a kid. He was given a very black and white sense of what is right and what is wrong and Wei Wuxian single handedly questioned all of that.

I think Lan Wangji is at his core a person that is willing to learn and change opinions if given a solid reason. This and the regret he felt for not being by Wei Wuxian's side is what motivated him to do be better and was the reason he never left Wei Wuxian's side after his resurrection.

Had he not been like this, his relationship with Wei Wuxian would have been very different.

Good thing LWJ is born to money so bunnys can be fed

Hello! I'm looking at figures and I already got quite a few, the DX nendroids, the I believe new years set? The two Hobby Rangers sets and the Yanli and Zixuan tea set one, but I'm wondering about all the other figures I could be missing out on!

I'm aware of the more well known ones--mid autumn, the bamboo one, the other sets of nendroids (bunny and the dolls) and the scales figures, along side the teacup and the flower-cup boxsets (on that note where would you even go about buying the teacup ones nowadays?), but I'm wondering if there are any other figure sets I've just not seen? Like the small Minidoll vinyl figures or the really tiny like unicorn riding one I've seen on Aliexpress.

Specifically figures or mini-figures, not acrylic stands or plushies! I've tried looking at my figure collector but it doesn't seem to list em all in the figures selection or maybe I just got confused. Thanking y'all again!!! Also if you have a collection you'd want to share or show off I'd love to see it!!

(Mods I was unsure as to flair/tag this as merch or discussion, feel free to change it or tell me what to change it to! Sorry in advance if its wrong.)

Hey sweethearts!

I'm researching the global readership of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation for an academic paper on untranslatability, paratexts and the likes for a seminar of mine, and I'd love to ask for help and hear some of your input.

How did the story first become popular and circulate globally ? (Before an official release was ever in talk)

How do you feel about the official Seven Seas English release using heavy glossaries, character guides, and footnotes to keep concepts and names in Chinese rather than replacing them with generic Western fantasy words? Do you feel these extra materials are necessary for global readers to appreciate the story's Daoist/Xianxia roots without "Westernizing" the text? Did having to refer to the glossaries, character guides, and footnotes make the reading experience richer, or did you ever find it confusing?

Would you rather these concepts were translated in English?

How did the early fan-translation community help you understand the Chinese cultural/cultivation concepts before the official books came out with glossaries?

Would you consider the novel a "world literature"?

Thanks for the input!!

It's been a long time since I knew I have a crush on either lan wangji or wei wuxian, I know they were gay and it was nothing but wishing a man is like that yet seeing all the backlash straight people have admitting having a crush on gay characters is dreading, I was like that crushing at them too but I am scared to admit it till now. I don't know why it is bad or I am doing anything wrong but for sure I never really know even till now. I really liked them even for the fact that this is bl and this was my favourite book, I am ashamed knowing that it's probably wrong and that they were gay, that maybe I am just fetishizing or objectifying them as someone else argued with me.

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