July 2021 Fanfic Recs
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forestsofpineHere are some of the fics I enjoyed this month:
MDZS/Untamed Fic Recs
Two big MDZS-related exchanges went live this month: the 2021 MXTX Exchange and the Wangxian Summer Exchange. I've shared links to some of my favorites from both below, but make sure to check out the collections for more great fics if you haven't already!
All Old Things Are New Again, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 51k, mature
first sight, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 1k, mature
i hope that you will come and meet me, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 28k, mature
start getting real, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 21k, teen
sweet music playing, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 16k, explicit
three changes, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 18k, mature
Unavoidable, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 18k, teen
Want the Lights On, Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, 18k, explicit
As I mentioned in my profile, I read a little bit of almost everything, but horror is one of my rarer genres due to the fact that I am a wimp. I'm therefore more surprised than anyone that I read two entire horror fics this month. One is a sci-fi AU mindfuck and the other is an eldritch creature AU mindfuck, and they're both deliciously creepy and unsettling. Coincidentally, both also contain sibling incest, so please do mind the tags if either incest or horror elements are triggery or squicky for you.
Convergence, Lan Wangji/Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji/Jiang Cheng, 32k, explicit
⚠ mind the pairings and tags
Imago, Nie Mingjue/Nie Huaisang/Jin Guangyao, 48k, explicit
⚠ mind the pairings and tags
In other unexpected pairs, I read two different fics involving Lan Wangji getting drunk and Wei Wuxian having to take care of him. One is a meet cute in a modern setting and one a getting together after mutual pining in a modern with magic AU. Both were pretty cute!
i know who i want to take me home, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 16k, explicit
My Zhiji's On Broadway, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 15k, explicit
Word of Honor Fanfic Recs
I Was the Drought, and You Were the Coast, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing, 3k, teen
Jane Austen Fanfic Recs
The Part of Her Hair, Mary Bennet/OFC, 10k, teen
The Old Guard Fanfic Recs
Thanks tospatz for this rec!
Full Fathoms Deep, gen, 9k, teen
Happy reading!
MDZS/Untamed Fic Recs
Two big MDZS-related exchanges went live this month: the 2021 MXTX Exchange and the Wangxian Summer Exchange. I've shared links to some of my favorites from both below, but make sure to check out the collections for more great fics if you haven't already!
All Old Things Are New Again, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 51k, mature
Full-time necromancer and part-time cam boy, Wei Wuxian, finds himself unexpectedly homeless. An enthusiastic patron comes to his rescue.
Conversely:
Immortal Cultivator Lan Wangji has been waiting a long time for his deceased husband to be reincarnated again. In retrospect, he should have anticipated that this is how it would go.
Conversely:
Immortal Cultivator Lan Wangji has been waiting a long time for his deceased husband to be reincarnated again. In retrospect, he should have anticipated that this is how it would go.
first sight, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 1k, mature
“I wrote you compositions.”
Wei Ying’s eyes light up. The sway of branches paints shadows across his face. “Other than music? Can I see?”
“I've lost most of them.”
Wei Ying cups his cheek with cool fingers. “Lan Zhan, why are you blushing? Did you write me dirty poems?” He sits up, sheets pooling in his lap. “Tell me.”
Wei Ying’s eyes light up. The sway of branches paints shadows across his face. “Other than music? Can I see?”
“I've lost most of them.”
Wei Ying cups his cheek with cool fingers. “Lan Zhan, why are you blushing? Did you write me dirty poems?” He sits up, sheets pooling in his lap. “Tell me.”
i hope that you will come and meet me, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 28k, mature
The second time Lan Zhan said Wei Ying, come back, Wei Wuxian did.
start getting real, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 21k, teen
“Did you break the ward to come in?” Lan Wangji asks, point-blank. He has his sword out and pointed at Wei Wuxian, no bothering with niceties like hello I’m Lan Wangji, and you are?
Wei Wuxian eyes the sword, but doesn’t react. He keeps lazing back on the roof, casually drinking his wine, as if this is the usual way he meets new people. (And maybe it is! I don’t know your life, Wei Wuxian!)
Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian meet on Season 8 of The Cultivation World. Ouyang Zizhen writes the recaps.
Wei Wuxian eyes the sword, but doesn’t react. He keeps lazing back on the roof, casually drinking his wine, as if this is the usual way he meets new people. (And maybe it is! I don’t know your life, Wei Wuxian!)
Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian meet on Season 8 of The Cultivation World. Ouyang Zizhen writes the recaps.
sweet music playing, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 16k, explicit
“My mother,” he begins, and Wei Ying stops in his tearing up of the grass, and tilts his head to listen. This is one of the things about him that makes Lan Zhan’s heart weak with affection: for someone so loud and constant, his ability to go quiet and listen is unmatched. Wei Ying will be careful with the memories Lan Zhan gives him, he thinks. “My mother used to do it for me. When I was small. I sat on her lap and she braided my hair and we watched the trees sway outside the window.”
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Lan Zhan loves and loses and loves again.
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Lan Zhan loves and loses and loves again.
three changes, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 18k, mature
Wangji risks a glance across the aisle; Wei Ying’s gaze is tilted down to his book, a model of diligence. But he’s smiling as he writes, and when his eyes flick over to Wangji’s, just for a second, they’re alight with something beautiful.
This is love, Wangji realizes, right then. This is what it feels like. It's happening afresh even as it dawns on him.
He copies the next line wrong, and the next.
This is love, Wangji realizes, right then. This is what it feels like. It's happening afresh even as it dawns on him.
He copies the next line wrong, and the next.
Unavoidable, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 18k, teen
Lan Wangji, generally speaking, did not make note of people. Of course there were exceptions, once faced with special kindness or distaste, but most often others left an imprint so light that it would fade from his mind in only a few days, if not minutes.
He didn’t feel right in his skin for the rest of the day after meeting Wei Wuxian.
or, lwj cannot remember wwx
He didn’t feel right in his skin for the rest of the day after meeting Wei Wuxian.
or, lwj cannot remember wwx
Want the Lights On, Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, 18k, explicit
Meng Yao's sister-in-law is following the Jiang tradition of being evil. Why else would she try to set him up with a married man?
“I’m pretty sure my sister-in-law is trying to ruin my life.”
Lan Huan’s tone is one of genuine curiosity when he asks, “Why would she do that?”
“I don’t know yet,” Meng Yao untangles himself from the barre and crosses his arms across his chest, looking up (and up, and up, curse Jiang Yanli for her knowledge of his tastes) at Lan Huan’s very handsome jawline. “But I need you to make less vigorous eye-contact until you bring me a notarized waiver saying your spouse doesn’t care about you hitting on me.”
“I’m pretty sure my sister-in-law is trying to ruin my life.”
Lan Huan’s tone is one of genuine curiosity when he asks, “Why would she do that?”
“I don’t know yet,” Meng Yao untangles himself from the barre and crosses his arms across his chest, looking up (and up, and up, curse Jiang Yanli for her knowledge of his tastes) at Lan Huan’s very handsome jawline. “But I need you to make less vigorous eye-contact until you bring me a notarized waiver saying your spouse doesn’t care about you hitting on me.”
As I mentioned in my profile, I read a little bit of almost everything, but horror is one of my rarer genres due to the fact that I am a wimp. I'm therefore more surprised than anyone that I read two entire horror fics this month. One is a sci-fi AU mindfuck and the other is an eldritch creature AU mindfuck, and they're both deliciously creepy and unsettling. Coincidentally, both also contain sibling incest, so please do mind the tags if either incest or horror elements are triggery or squicky for you.
Convergence, Lan Wangji/Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji/Jiang Cheng, 32k, explicit
⚠ mind the pairings and tags
Lan Wangji regains consciousness in a crashed spaceship on an unfamiliar planet. He is not alone; Lan Xichen is there. He is not alone; Jiang Wanyin is there.
But never both at once.
But never both at once.
Imago, Nie Mingjue/Nie Huaisang/Jin Guangyao, 48k, explicit
⚠ mind the pairings and tags
"There are not many rules here, but the most important is that you must never go into the north wing," Nie Xiang says.
Every great sect has its secrets. Qinghe Nie is no different. The cold stone walls of the Unclean Realm conceal a human record of greed and love, obsession and desire, death and a life half-lived. Beyond the locked doors to the north wing there are answers, and Meng Yao has always been too curious for his own good.
Every great sect has its secrets. Qinghe Nie is no different. The cold stone walls of the Unclean Realm conceal a human record of greed and love, obsession and desire, death and a life half-lived. Beyond the locked doors to the north wing there are answers, and Meng Yao has always been too curious for his own good.
In other unexpected pairs, I read two different fics involving Lan Wangji getting drunk and Wei Wuxian having to take care of him. One is a meet cute in a modern setting and one a getting together after mutual pining in a modern with magic AU. Both were pretty cute!
i know who i want to take me home, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 16k, explicit
“Nice,” Drunk Man says, into the crook of his neck, and does nothing else. Wei Ying slowly relaxes, allows himself to pat Drunk Man between the shoulder blades, and sighs.
“Okay,” he says. “Glad you think so.”
Drunk Man does not respond. Wei Ying wonders if he went back to sleep, and then takes a further moment to wonder why this always happens to him, why he’s always the one helping a heartbroken twink sober up after a terrible night out or sitting on the curb with a sobbing teenager with a fake ID while they wait for her parents to come pick her up. If only he was as shitty a person as White Mike, he could be home asleep right now and this beautiful man would be passed out in a gutter and probably mugged. Wei Ying looks down at the drunk man on his shoulder, thinks about leaving him to fend for himself, and sighs. Nope. Not on his watch.
Or: A meet-cute at two in the morning.
“Okay,” he says. “Glad you think so.”
Drunk Man does not respond. Wei Ying wonders if he went back to sleep, and then takes a further moment to wonder why this always happens to him, why he’s always the one helping a heartbroken twink sober up after a terrible night out or sitting on the curb with a sobbing teenager with a fake ID while they wait for her parents to come pick her up. If only he was as shitty a person as White Mike, he could be home asleep right now and this beautiful man would be passed out in a gutter and probably mugged. Wei Ying looks down at the drunk man on his shoulder, thinks about leaving him to fend for himself, and sighs. Nope. Not on his watch.
Or: A meet-cute at two in the morning.
My Zhiji's On Broadway, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 15k, explicit
Wei Wuxian remembers, a long time ago in basically another life, a college party where he managed to bully Lan Wangji into taking a single shot. The Second Jade had gone bleary and fallen asleep on a couch almost immediately. Wei Wuxian figured that in the intervening years his tolerance would have improved, or that a drunk Lan Zhan would immediately be followed by a sleeping Lan Zhan.
This supposition was, as it turns out, incorrect. Grown-ass adult Lan Zhan is, when drunk, something Wei Wuxian can only describe as white girl wasted.
Or: Lan Zhan gets drunk on Capitol Hill. Wei Wuxian isn't supposed to be the responsible one, but by god, he's gonna do it.
This supposition was, as it turns out, incorrect. Grown-ass adult Lan Zhan is, when drunk, something Wei Wuxian can only describe as white girl wasted.
Or: Lan Zhan gets drunk on Capitol Hill. Wei Wuxian isn't supposed to be the responsible one, but by god, he's gonna do it.
Word of Honor Fanfic Recs
I Was the Drought, and You Were the Coast, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing, 3k, teen
"Tomorrow we can do whatever we like, so let's go exploring. I'll find out all the best places to go in Yueyang and take you there."
"And I suppose I'll be paying," Zhou Zishu says.
"Some things in life are free," Wen Kexing says, and taps his closed fan against his chin.
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Five kisses that weren't quite perfect, and one that was.
"And I suppose I'll be paying," Zhou Zishu says.
"Some things in life are free," Wen Kexing says, and taps his closed fan against his chin.
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Five kisses that weren't quite perfect, and one that was.
Jane Austen Fanfic Recs
The Part of Her Hair, Mary Bennet/OFC, 10k, teen
Miss Gibson said, “In the spirit of truthful admission, Miss Bennet, I intend to spend some time devising the right question for you. If I may see you again?”
Why did that sound strange? But she always sounded strange to people herself. And it was a familiar kind of strangeness, as if it were something she had heard before, only not like this.
Mary, constrained by the principles of truth, could only admit that she would enjoy that very much.
Why did that sound strange? But she always sounded strange to people herself. And it was a familiar kind of strangeness, as if it were something she had heard before, only not like this.
Mary, constrained by the principles of truth, could only admit that she would enjoy that very much.
The Old Guard Fanfic Recs
Thanks to
spatz for this rec!Full Fathoms Deep, gen, 9k, teen
It started on the midnight to eight shift, sometime before three, the witching hour even by ship standards.
Happy reading!
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- fandom: jane austen,
- fandom: mdzs,
- fandom: the old guard,
- fandom: word of honor,
- recs: fanfic,
- ship: 3zun,
- ship: gen,
- ship: lan wangji/jiang cheng,
- ship: lan wangji/wei wuxian,
- ship: lan xichen/lan wangji,
- ship: mary bennet/ofc,
- ship: nie mingjue/nie huaisang/meng yao,
- ship: zhou zishu/wen kexing,
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