Another warm @wangxian #fanfic for today's #DecRecs:

"A curse of a different color" (35k) by Nickel710 is wonderful fic that's essentially pure hurt/comfort in the best way. Lwj is turning to jade because he doesn't allow himself to feel & wwx is helping him heal 😍 With lovely family feels & ace triad jc/wq/lxc.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28005366
#cql #TheUntamed #mdzs #WangXian

Next in my @wangxian #fanfic rec thread:

"Water, and the open sky" (20k) by el_em_en_oh_pee is a brilliant science-fiction AU where wwx maintains a remote lighthouse in a sort of exile, lwj is an inspector who doesn't know about the punishment character of the assignment.
The worldbuilding is exquisite, wwx's genius is front & center, lots of hurt/comfort due to starvation of human contact, bonus Wen siblings as androids.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35374342
#cql #TheUntamed #WangXian #DecRecs #mdzs

This is one of my absolute favorite #YiZhan #fanfic s: "The scent of happiness" (49k) by vesna (mrsronweasley). It's a famous Wang Yibo/ non-famous Xiao Zhan AU, she actually wrote Xiao Zhan as a baker before he said in an interview that that's his dream job if he left c-ent 🤩
The fic is very soft and hot and just perfect. Wyb falls for this baker with the brilliant smile who doesn't know wyb is an idol.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22602043
#RPF #bjyx @yizhan #DecRecs

And because I forgot to rec something yesterday, another @yizhan #fanfic favorite: The Olympian x actor AU series by Deinde (3 parts, 75k total) starting with "golden hour".

Actor/singer Xiao Zhan is paired with cocky Olympian snowboarder Wang Yibo as part of an Olympics promotion program. There's instant attraction & banter, XZ learning to snowboard from a very physical, charismatic, indomitable Yibo, a bit of conflict over media & image.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2090262
#YiZhan #bjyx #RPF #DecRecs

I have to rec this wonderful @wangxian #fanfic I read today:
"The sculptor" (28k) by Eleanor_Fenyx is a modern AU playing in the 70s where a deeply closeted lwj is in a "lavender marriage" with lesbian wq, and becomes the model for sculptor wwx.
The fic is very tender and sensual and treats its characters with so much respect. It's beautiful to see a vulnerable lwj loosen up slowly under wwx's gentleness.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40079547

#cql #TheUntamed #mdzs #WangXian #DecRecs

Today's rec is a lovely @yizhan #fanfic:
"Anything. (Or everything.)" (19k) by T Verano tells the story of outdoor guide Wang Yibo whose client for hiking tours is burnt-out idol Xiao Zhan. The fic manages an incredible balance between tranquility in nature and banter & #YiZhan rainbow farting à la cql bts, between a tired but gentle & humble xz and an energetic wyb in full wooing / caring mode (making sure xz eats) 😍 It's perfect.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42638523

#RPF #bjyx #DecRecs

Next in my #fanfic rec thread: "Some things go forward" (73k) by everythingispoetry, a modern AU feat. teenage @wangxian in a hospital. Wwx is a volunteer after recovering from a severe illness, lwj is diagnosed with cancer. As you can guess there's a lot of hurt/comfort and it might be too raw for some, but it's a very soft fic with lots of A-Yuan cuteness and wwx kindness and the warmth of people taking care of each other.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23836843
#WangXian #cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

Next @wangxian #fanfic rec is "To lurk, to lie in wait" (125k) by trippednfell. It's a modern AU with magic with huli jing wwx who's been looking for others of his kind his whole life. There's a lot of hurt/comfort and touch starvation (at least for his human form), some angst because of distant lwj and his mysterious magic, lots of cuddling in fox form with jc, jl and lsz, and very warm family feels.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36408472
#WangXian #cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs, background #NieLan

Today's @wangxian #fanfic rec is an f|f modern AU, "I'll be ringing in your ears" (22k) by occultings. Straight girl wwx is kissed in a closet by anonymous. The identity porn and sexuality realization are exquisite, and her oblivious interactions with lwj and wq/mm hilarious. Also very hot :)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41193486

#WangXian #cisswap #cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs #mdzs

"Story-shaped" (14k) by lingering_song is an unusual #TheUntamed post-canon #fanfic with an nhs pov. Huaisang takes in a homeless wandering wwx and does everything in his considerable power to give his story a happy ending, including one for @wangxian . Wwx finally gets the home and appreciation for his brilliance & kindness he deserves, in Qinghe. And others get the disdain they deserve. I loved it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37751827

#WangXian #cql #DecRecs

Continuing with my #fanfic rec thread :)
"Oceans, drowned in starfire" (30k) by stiltonbasket is a @wangxian fic that starts melancholic, with lwj returning alone to his home town where a mysterious person saved him from drowning as a child. He gradually discovers a whole past that had been lost to him and lxc. Featuring merxian and merbabies and a whole found family 🥰 It's beautiful.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33002071
#WangXian #cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

It's #FicRecFebruary so here's a wonderful @wangxian #fanfic: "Many happy returns" (25k) by orange_crushed.
Lwj mistakes wwx for the escort he booked for a dinner, to distract him from his grief. A beautiful story about a life-changing encounter, with a lwj who can communicate a bit better than in canon. In addition to a lovely, hot #WangXian getting together story, the fic is also about healing and the feeling of safety.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29471964

#cql #TheUntamed

Here's a new #WangXian #fanfic rec for my thread:

"Hear a song this deeply" (87k) by so_shyy is a modern cultivators AU. Lwj, estranged from his sect, works to restore the lost Lan musical cultivation. Ingenious wwx brings exhilarating duels & breakthroughs and sweet domesticity with A-Yuan in lwj's life. But where's all the resentful energy coming from?
This fic has wonderful characterization, lots of feelings & engaging plot. Simply perfect.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41191755
#TheUntamed #cql #mdzs

"A ferry crossing, a shared pillow" (23.5k) by kakikaeru is a no war AU #TheUntamed #fanfic where Wen Yuan grew up with the Yiling Wen who are close friends with #WangXian. He is invited to CR as a guest disciple where he meets ljy.
The story is beautifully written, the two getting closer is so lovely. I adored their characterization and the happy domesticity of Wen Yuan's life with his family. A perfect fic.
#cql

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40710363

I recently responded to a request for ghost fics and want them here in my #TheUntamed fic rec thread.
#WangXian fics where main characters are ghosts:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27547888
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44048865
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21759226
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35384656
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21814543
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17759762

Some #cql or #mdzs case fics that feature ghosts more or less prominently:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22220236
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47988160
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24383698

Btw, it's easiest to read this thread backwards.

#WangXian case fics more broadly:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23030551
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21981424
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24383698
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25496680
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25731223
(That's without curses affecting them in a tropey way, like touch starvation etc)

My absolute favorite modern cultivation fic:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22630426
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28005366
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41191755
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27197516
Modern with magic:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24525676
SF cultivation
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43052169
#cql #fanfic #TheUntamed #mdzs

"I don't want to debut" (56k) by countingcr0ws is a #WangXian idol competition AU with wwx as unwilling but too popular & capable candidate & lwj as instructor. Jyl, jc and jzx follow wwx with religious fervor, the jc pov has so much shade for jzx!

It's light on the romance but absolutely hilarious, I laughed so much, plus there's lots of wonderful Chinese idioms & youth language (footnotes!). Also it reads very authentic on c-ent, approved language, fan culture...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33965050
#cql

I've found so many amazing #WangXian #fanfic recently!

"We all have a hunger" (23k) by KatAnni is a Cloud Recesses era getting together fic where things go wrong at a night hunt. Wwx is both vulnerable and a genius, lwj gradually realizes how kind and sincere he is. Plus lots of hurt/comfort.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47988160

"Leave this life even more beautiful" (4k) by Sanguis is small jewel, the shortest time travel fix-it ever, just brilliant.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30223659
#cql #TheUntamed #mdzs

"Quiet, blooming hours" (14k) by Sanguis is a modern AU with lots of magic. Mxy (pov character) is mysteriously resurrected in the garden of #WangXian & A-Yuan. This is very soft & magical, mxy gets a loving family literally over night, with amazing worldbuilding.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44076159

"Sugar stains" (18k) by lanjingyeet has post-canon wwx turned into a 3y-old and various Lans, jc, jl taking care of him. Soft character studies.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24089923

#cql #TheUntamed #fanfic #mdzs

I discovered an amazing, active #WangXian #fanfic author, athena_crikey.

"Weep you no more..." (59k) is a BM canon-divergent AU. Lxc (pov) brings wwx to the CR to save a cursed lwj & learns how wrong he was about wwx.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46010965

"Somewhere I belong" is a modern AU, lwj is a scientist struggling with purpose, wwx his pilot & guide in the Canadian wilderness. Amazing prose, esp. on the overwhelming feeling of being surrounded by nature.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49644676
#cql #TheUntamed #mdzs

"Where the nightingales are singing..." (33k) by moominmammashandbag is a non-magical history AU #fanfic where #WangXian were in an early arranged marriage before wwx reportedly died in battle. Years later lwj oversees an exchange of prisoners of war. Not angsty!

Written in a wonderful dry humor voice, with (pseudonymous) famous romantic poet and hilariously petty lwj who doesn't let anyone forget their crimes against wwx.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26053342
#cql #TheUntamed #mdzs

"Down by the water" (60k) by astrolesbian is an incredibly beautiful #WangXian surfer AU #fanfic. I felt like my chest was open & my heart exposed the entire time. Perfect characterization, insecure, awkward lwj pov & sun-like, hot wwx, told via effective time jumps, angst is all in the past.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27535138

#DecRecs #cql #TheUntamed

Ok, starting with recs for short fics!

All the silver moons (10k) by milkcrates is the softest post-canon #WangXian getting together #fanfic ever, starts with wwx caring for an injured lwj.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27518185

You and me, babe, how about it? (8k) by ilip13 is a peaceful, happy alternate canon AU where wwx, hesitant before a major life decision, "kidnaps" a very willing lwj for his birthday.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34835872

#cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

More short #WangXian #fanfic recs!

My heart is dancing too (7k) by pink_fluff is a heart-meltingly adorable & cozy modern AU where WangXian get snowed in with 4 toddlers. Brilliant pov of overwhelmed & pining lwj.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29277765

In This piece of you (5k) by @alightbuthappypen , lwj returns to the Burial Mounds and WangXian dance around e/o hesitantly, opening up slowly to let their feelings & vulnerability show.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28049991

#cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

"A series of firsts" by Pip includes 6 short fics of 12k altogether. It's modern #WangXian getting together and dating, and it's just the cutest and fluffiest, plus hilarious dialogue & narration.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2272283

#fanfic #cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

"Salvaged" (15k) by Winglesss is a sci-fi #WangXian #fanfic where wwx finds broken android lwj in the landfill Burial Mounds and repairs him. It's very soft with some hurt/comfort (initially lwj can't speak or walk), a sweetly tactile lwj, some cute Wen & wwx found family and some brother feels.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35551909

#cql #TheUntamed #DecRecs

"The ship sways but the heart is steady" (10k) by taizi is a modern AU #cql #fanfic about family and found family, told from a fond, exasperated jc pov. The Wens are in need of help & #WangXian + jc drop everything and go. Some hurt/comfort, some yzy nastiness, lots of domesticity, banter and finding your home in other people. It's beautifully written. Love it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29859174
#mdzs #TheUntamed