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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

⋆ respect the pronouns, no they/them pls ⋆ very shy yapper ⋆ #hualian & #tgcf main; see carrd (marichild.carrd.co) for more + byf please! ⋆ nsfw / dead dove content present; minors do not follow ⋆ fic threads in feeds!

xie lian sitting on a swing and hua cheng pushing him from behind, surrounded by tree branches of autumn leaves

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

my fate, come and kiss me ⋆ #凸变英雄X #tbhx #tobeherox ⋆ 1.6k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon, post-ep20, relationship study, friends with benefits ⋆ luo li and queen: four snapshots. archiveofourown.org/works/85463641

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tags: Liu Yuwei | Queen/Luo Li | Loli (To Be Hero X), Minor Luo Li | Loli/Wang Nuonuo (To Be Hero X), Liu Yuwei | Queen (To Be Hero X), Luo Li | Loli (To Be Hero X), Post-Canon, Post-Episode: s01e20 The Ruins Incident (To Be Hero X), Relationship Study, Friends With Benefits, Implied Sexual Content

summary: A billboard blares: “LOLI SIGNS CONTRACT WITH FOMO—”

“Sold your soul?” Liu Yuwei asks. Luo Li tenses and straightens up, meeting Liu Yuwei’s gaze head-on, none of the startled hero-worship she’d seen on her face when they had first met years ago.

Four snapshots.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

vivaria ⋆ #将进酒 #qjj #cezhou ⋆ 7.4k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon, character study, angst & hurt/comfort, chronic illness, vol 7 & 8 spoilers! ⋆ on shen zechuan, illness, and weakness. (or: two times shen zechuan allows himself to be honest.) archiveofourown.org/works/83858291

tags: Canon Compliant, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Canon Disabled Character, Established Relationship, Injury Recovery, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Character Study, QJJ Vol. 7 and Vol. 8 Spoilers

summary: Shen Zechuan has never been one to be careful of his health.

“Ce’an, did I make a mistake?” he finds himself saying. The agony from his arm gradually eases into a dull, manageable throb. His whole body, it seems, is fighting a war against itself, as it often does. A ceaseless gnawing, bone-deep exhaustion he cannot rid himself of. So familiar that he would feel strange if he did not feel it. “If it was a mistake, then I cannot find it in myself to regret it.”

on Shen Zechuan, illness, and weakness. (or: two times Shen Zechuan allows himself to be honest.)

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

back with the drabble challenge, this time a triple #将进酒 #qjj drabble for the prompt “mistake” <3 lanzhou & yuanzhuo friendship is so precious to me.... mild spoilers for volume 7! archiveofourown.org/works/83902781

It would be no exaggeration to say that Yao Wenyu seems even more frail than he did a month ago—it is this frailty that gives the composed serenity on his face a sense of detachment from all else in the world. Neither man in the room believes this, of course.

“Is Your Lordship feeling better as of late?” Yao Wenyu inquires.

“I am,” Shen Zechuan replies. A second later, an involuntary shiver wracks through his body. He makes no comment on it, and neither does Yao Wenyu. “How is Yuanzhuo faring? Shall I have Jiran attend to you as soon as possible?”

Yao Wenyu declines. “No need, Your Lordship. He saw me this morning.”

Shen Zechuan raises an eyebrow. He hadn’t known this. Xiao Chiye had left this morning with a lingering kiss and a promise to return as soon as possible, leaving Shen Zechuan to take properly charge of things once again. “What for?” he asks, eyes flitting up and down Yao Wenyu’s form.

To remark upon the fact he’d clearly lost weight in the past two weeks would be a hypocrisy, so Shen Zechuan does not. He does, though, look at Yao Wenyu expectantly.

“Just a cough. Nothing serious.”

Everything is serious when it comes to them, especially Yao Wenyu, but Shen Zechuan lets him get away with it. He is, after all, not Qiao Tianya to be fussing over his health, yet he can’t help but worry. He makes a note to speak to Qiao Tianya later.

“I am glad,” he chooses his words carefully, “that we have both survived this battle.” A year ago, such words would have been a mistake, an ingenuine expression neither would have appreciated.

Yao Wenyu inclines his head, a genuine smile playing over his lips. “As am I, Your Lordship.”

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

a magic that melts it all ⋆ #千秋 #qianqiu #thousandautumns #yanshen ⋆ 1.5k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ post-canon, chara/rship study, fluff & feels ⋆ musings on shen qiao, his lover, and partings to wait patiently through. sort of. archiveofourown.org/works/83700311

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tags: tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Shen Qiao/Yan Wushi, Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns), Yan Wushi, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Yan Wushi Being Yan Wushi. (i do adore how that’s a canonized tag), Idiots in Love, this was SUPPOSED to be a drabble sequence. whatever it still counts its a perfect rounded out number, Fluff, Relationship Study, Character Study, i think? anyway, mentioned sq’s ducklings, this is all vibes no plot no structure lmao

summary: “Did A-Qiao not miss this venerable one?” is all Yan Wushi asks, tilting Shen Qiao’s head up with a finger to steal a kiss before Shen Qiao can reply.

“Yan Wushi!” he protests, by now resistant to becoming a flustered, blushing mess, but body growing heated nonetheless. He sighs again, and admits, “I did miss Yan-lang.” Terribly, he does not add. It’d delight the man too much, inflate his ego, and—

“I knew you would miss me terribly,” Yan Wushi coos, eyes soft and amused at once.

—there you go. He’ll tack it onto Shen Qiao’s sentences anyway.

or, musings on shen qiao, his lover, and partings to wait patiently through. sort of.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

a little double drabble for @claireapricot.bsky.social as part of a drabble challenge on tumblr! :3 also on ao3! #mdzs #魔道祖师 #jingling archiveofourown.org/works/83581236

Lan Jingyi is an irritatingly good singer. Jin Ling’s eye twitches. He kicks at the tent wall from inside, shouting (and scaring Lan Sizhui half to death), “Lan Jingyi, shut up!”

“Huh?” he pokes his head back inside, forehead ribbon wet from rain and askew. “Does the little mistress not like my method of entertainment? Does he want me to die of boredom out there, all on my lonesome?”

“Be quiet, Jingyi,” Lan Sizhui sighs, forehead in his hand, just as Jin Ling retorts, “maybe then you’d be quiet!”

“Jin Ling would miss me too much if I died. Besides, he likes my singing!”

“I don’t!”

“You fell asleep yesterday listening to me singing,” he points out. Jin Ling flushes red, and, without thinking, hurls Suihua’s scabbard, smacking Lan Jingyi square in the forehead. “Ow! What the hell?”

“I’m never going on a nighthunt with you again,” he fumes. Lan Jingyi sticks his tongue out at him (seriously?) and walks back out, singing even louder now.

“Childish,” Lan Sizhui mutters. He looks at Jin Ling, eyebrows raised.

“Shut up,” Jin Ling hisses, turning aside. He doesn’t realize he’s carefully listening to Lan Jingyi’s singing again until Lan Sizhui starts laughing.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

cezhou drabble for the drabble challenge, for the prompt “hope.” i have normal feelings about shen lanzhou as a person & cezhou as a pair archiveofourown.org/works/82906106 #将进酒 #qjj #cezhou

Hope is the wretched thing fluttering in Shen Zechuan’s chest.

It alights not unlike the flames that had razed through Duanzhou five years ago—quick, sudden, all-consuming, until Shen Zechuan can scarcely breathe through it. Xiao Chiye grins at him, lovelorn and cocksure, and Shen Zechuan, pliant and worn out, finds, yet again, that he has no plans of extricating himself from the possessive hold.

I’m the kind of person who survives on hatred. Nothing has been truer in his short life, but—

“Lanzhou,” Xiao Chiye singsongs, and Shen Zechuan’s everpresent rage, somehow, melts into the back of his mind.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

hong’er drabble written for the tumblr drabble challenge, “martyr.” also on ao3 <3 archiveofourown.org/works/82899061 #tgcf #天官赐福 #hualian

When Hong’er was a child, he’d learned that martyr was a word used for soldiers who died defending their homeland, and he’d sneered at it. In his eyes, Xianle was worth no protection at all.

Then, God catches him, holds him, tells him kind words, and he revises: to be martyred would be a kind fate. Against Yong’an, he fights until he spits up blood, eats his fill, imagines a scimitar in his hand as he swings.

To be felled by an arrow, for the sake of His Highness—only after, does he realize that martyrdom is not the end.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

and another, sillier drabble for the ask game again, this time for the prompt “problem.” also on ao3! yan wushi is a menace for real for real <3 if you saw me post and delete earlier no u didnt archiveofourown.org/works/82879766 #千秋 #qianqiu #thousandautumns

“Shizun,” Yuwen Song observes, at some point, “you certainly spend a lot of time with Yan Wushi.”

“Hm.” Shen Qiao does not deign to give a proper answer. “Distracted.”

“Shizun,” he persists, “do you remember what I said, when we were travelling together? That you think often of Yan Wushi? He causes problems for you often, doesn’t he?”

“Focus, Qilang,” Shen Qiao raises his eyebrows at him. Yuwen Song is not chastised, but he looks meaningfully at Shen Qiao, returning to his fifth attempt at mastering the form.

Shen Qiao thinks, exasperated, indeed he does, even at this very moment.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

shiguang / lu guang-centric drabble written for a tumblr ask game, for the prompt “light.” archiveofourown.org/works/82784446 #linkclick #时光代理人 #時光代理人

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Cheng Xiaoshi/Lu Guang (Link Click), Lu Guang & Qiao Ling (Link Click), Lu Guang (Link Click), Cheng Xiaoshi (Link Click), Qiao Ling (Link Click), Canon Compliant, Protective Lu Guang (Link Click), Lu Guang Vs. the Concept of Moving On (Link Click), Triple Drabble, Paranoia

summary: “Don’t leave,” he rushes out, raising his head. He’d dreamt of blood and screams that shattered the earth. His skull aches something awful.

(Three confessions perceived wrong.)

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

shen qiao drabble written for a tumblr ask game, for the prompt “ominous.” also on ao3! archiveofourown.org/works/82783166 #千秋 #qianqiu #thousandautumns

It would be easier, perhaps, if the grief weighing down all present would ease the ominous air that lingers. Shen Qiao kneels before the elders, heart stilled, muscles perfectly loose. The only sign of anything amiss: his reddened eyes, the wrinkles of his robes.

“Shizun left his final words to me,” he recites the words he had rehearsed walking up the path.

“Qi Fengge made the wise choice,” an elder says. Shen Qiao says nothing, does not even swallow or blink. The world is clouded in a haze.

“Rise, Shen Qiao,” he is told, “sect leader of Xuandu’s Violet Palace.”

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

like okay <33333 they're soooo. THEY'RE SO!! the conflicting emotions of being Really Nervous about this whole situation while cooing at cezhou. i'm obsessed with them oh my god

“No common place could trap Shifu.” Shen Zechuan touched the brush on the desk. “I want to see for myself.”

“Xue Xiuzhuo is vigilant. If he discovers us and transfers Xiansheng and Shifu elsewhere, we’ll really be looking for a needle in a haystack.” Xiao Chiye removed Shen Zechuan’s crown and let his hair fall loose. “I’ve set some men to watch the Xue manor on rotating shifts. We need to think of a safer method.”

“There’s one thing I still can’t figure out.” Shen Zechuan let Xiao Chiye comb his hair for him; his strokes were clumsy, not at all like one would expect from the popular second young master. “How did he empty out the Xi Clan’s vaults? Ge Qingqing didn’t find anything in Qinzhou either.”

Xiao Chiye met Shen Zechuan’s eyes in the mirror. “Can’t figure it out? I already did.”

Shen Zechuan looked back at him, waiting.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

exhaling a dry breath; dreaming like a young boy ⋆ #多聞くん今どっち #tamonsbside ⋆ 800 words, rated gen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon, introspection, chara-study style ⋆ on natsuki & believing in himself & being believed in. archiveofourown.org/works/82380071

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Asuka Inoue/Ishibashi Natsuki, Ishibashi Natsuki & F/ACE, Ishibashi Natsuki, Asuka Inoue (Tamon's B-Side), Canon Compliant, Introspection. Drabble, Vignette, Missing Scene

summary: Which, annoyingly, is the delightful part—Natsuki’s always found it easier to sing for the sake of someone who believes in him, someone who makes him want to believe in himself. The realization sits warmly within his bones.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

ask of dawn’s fortune and evening’s woes ⋆ #tgcf #天官赐福 #beefleaf ⋆ 8.7k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ written for #beefleafminibang, hosted by @beefleafevents.bsky.social !! ⋆ hx is a theater kid; sqx learns this and immediately jumps on the opportunity. archiveofourown.org/works/81835641

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tags: tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, He Xuan/Shi Qingxuan, He Xuan/He Xuan's Fiancée (Tian Guan Ci Fu), He Xuan & He Xuan's Sister (Tian Guan Ci Fu), He Xuan (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Shi Qingxuan, He Xuan's Fiancee (Tian Guan Ci Fu), He Xuan's Sister (Tian Guan Ci Fu). Mentioned Shi Wudu, Canon Compliant, Non-Linear Narrative, Character Study, Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Complicated Relationships, He Xuan is Bad at Feelings (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Genderfluid Character, Genderfluid Shi Qingxuan, He/Him and She/Her Pronouns for Shi Qingxuan, Gender Issues, Makeup, Love/Hate, (he xuan thesis basically lol), BeefLeaf MiniBang 2026, Additional Warnings In Author's Note

summary: “Come on,” Shi Qingxuan wheedles, fan falling away from her face, “you didn’t tell me you knew things like this! Does this fall under Earth Master jurisdiction, or something?”

“Of course it doesn’t,” He Xuan scoffs. “Why would it?”

“Then it has to be from your mortal life!” she crows triumphantly. She leans all the way in, their faces just inches from each other. He Xuan’s dead heart is suddenly in his throat. “Tell me, Ming-xiong! Were you involved with plays and theater when you were a mortal? Is that why you can tell all of that is evidently not up to standard?”

“It’s sloppy is what it is,” He Xuan says, and immediately regrets it. Shi Qingxuan’s grin is not dissimilar to the one his fiancé had worn when she discovered He Xuan had a deft hand with makeup, both functional and theatrical.

or: after the Mid-Autumn festival, He Xuan lets slip a thing or two about his mortal life in Fu Gu, where he wasn’t just a scholar. Shi Qingxuan is (in)appropriately delighted by this.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

[crossposting from tumblr] listen for all that the donghua has lots of problems im a simple weak person and you should never ask me how many times i played back on this scene #thousandautumns #qianqiu

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

let me reach out to this hand ⋆ #魔道祖师 #mdzs #wangxian ⋆ 3.5k, rated teen ⋆ modern au, getting together, hurt/comfort, fem!wangxian ⋆ written under @wangxianaction.bsky.social for @genrandomname.bsky.social! archiveofourown.org/works/81587886

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Always a Different Gender or Sex, Female Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Female Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Female Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Female Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Beaches, Sunrises, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Soft Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Idiots in Love, Angst with a Hopeful Ending, something something this is vaguely analogous to canon i was making it all up as i went

summary: Would it be easier? Or is the way Lan Zhan looks at her, expectant, fear breaking through that calm front, a kindness she doesn’t know how to take?

“Why do you want me to stay, Lan Zhan?” she asks, helpless. Her nails dig into her forearm, the edges of her skull tattoo. (The first time Lan Zhan saw her tattooed bare arms, she’d paused to stare at them, and Wei Ying hadn’t known what to say.) “Surely, you of all people…”

wei ying wants to run far, far away; lan zhan insists upon otherwise.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

someone on tumblr once told me people say sq was never jealous which is like . LMAO.

5 - OKAY THIS IS JUST REALLY FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE JEALOUS SHEN QIAO IS HILARIOUS TO ME. it's also adorable. can you even blame him for taking forever to realize that he loves yan wushi sdjsjds

“That’s true,” said Guang Lingsan with a smile. “Though there’s no one here, it’d be far too unsightly to disturb the hosting family. Wushi, since Daoist Master Shen wishes to reminisce with you, why not set a new time?”

Shen Qiao’s eyes twitched.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

number three has the honor of the one that made me cry and then scream in combined joy and outrage. lao yan things i suppose. shen qiao do you know you're in love.

“Yan Wushi.” Shen Qiao’s voice was quiet and hoarse as he spoke into his ear. “If you wake up… If you can wake up, I’ll do anything you want. Even if you tell me that this is all just a hoax that you planned…”

Shen Qiao couldn’t speak any further. With a shock, he suddenly realized just how heavy the weight of this man already was inside his heart.

It was heavier than a thousand tons; so heavy that he was completely unable to withstand it.

He shivered and dropped his head, then slowly pressed his lips to the other man’s face, then forehead. He lightly caressed him before burying his face into the crook of Yan Wushi’s neck.

Moisture gradually seeped through the collar’s fabric. Then, Yan Wushi suddenly moved, just the slightest bit.

Shen Qiao almost suspected that he’d seen wrong. He didn’t even have the courage to raise his head.

But the next moment, Yan Wushi’s feeble voice drifted into his ear: “Just now, you said that you’d do anything?”

3 - this. entire. thing. jfc i just. they're not allowed to do this to me they're not allowed to give me feelings like this hnnnnngh oh my god i love them so much what the actual genuine fuck. fuck you yan wushi im so glad you're an unkillable fucking menace to society

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

i do realize that most of this is volume 5 but hashtag whatever. yanshen make me crazy

Forced to give up, he said, “It’s strange. If I were the one fighting Hulugu instead, I’d only feel that this day was inevitable, and with a heart overflowing with heroic spirit, I’d stop thinking about anything else. But when it’s a friend who’s doing this, all that’s left inside me is worry.”

“Friend.” Yan Wushi played with this word in his mouth, then said, “If it were Li Qingyu battling Hulugu instead, would you also be this worried?”

Shen Qiao considered the question seriously, and his brows pinched tighter and tighter. But even after a long while, he still hadn’t given him an answer.

And what answer did Yan Wushi need? He smiled, stroking the hair at Shen Qiao’s temples.

Shen Qiao rubbed at his temples. “Mm?”

“A-Qiao.”

He buried his face into the crook of Shen Qiao’s neck, then gently crumbled this name into pieces, letting it reverberate endlessly in his heart.

2 - this is like. god. how do i even explain...? it's so. it's a lovely moment. i need to kill yan wushi but it's also like, he's going off to potentially meet his death, and he has the man he loves here a teary (very drunk) mess, because he's going off to his potential death. the same guy who's spent weeks looking for loopholes that'll help him survive this. and it's like, maybe he doesn't realize what he's doing, here, but it's so much. fuck my life

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

people have been sending me asks on tumblr for an ask game and someone asked me for my top 5 yanshen moments so here they are HAHA i have normal feelings about yan wushi #qianqiu #thousandautumns

1 - this is so romantic actually he sucks i hate him lets kill him

Yan Wushi suddenly began to laugh. “Foolish A-Qiao,” he said gently. “When have I ever been good to you?”

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

HELLO i have been emotionally destroyed. what the fuck. for all the criticisms i have of the donghua right now for the most part it is Brilliantly done and i am going to collapse to the floor in tears. shizun, a-qiao is unfilial.... oh god. donghua team when i fuckinggg get you

shot of shen qiao kneeling in the courtyard of xuandu zifu from behind, as if kneeling to qi fengge's memorial statue

the same from the front, showing shen qiao's distraught expression

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

we gotta kill yan wushi. said with affection

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

stretch my hand along the light ⋆ #推しの子 #oshinoko ⋆ 1.7k, rated mature, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon character study, tw for canon non-graphic csa ⋆ on hikaru & the nature of not belonging to oneself ⋆ motivation: #FinishWhatYouStarted2026 archiveofourown.org/works/79496776

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tags: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Hoshino Ai/Kamiki Hikaru, Kamiki Hikaru, Himekawa Airi, Hoshino Ai, Himekawa Taiki, Canon Compliant, Oshi no Ko Manga Spoilers, Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, non explicit to be fair but the implied/referenced tag would not work here, Character Study

summary [in italics]: There’s something curious about your body not belonging to yourself, but to the rest of the world—that’s showbiz, after all.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

the tips of my bitten-down fingertips are stained red ⋆ #千秋 #qianqiu #thousandautumns ⋆ 3k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ post-canon, character study, FRIENDSHIP! ⋆ on bai rong & shen qiao, after it all ends archiveofourown.org/works/81254971

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Bai Rong & Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns), Bai Rong (Thousand Autumns), Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns), Post-Canon, Developing Friendships, Character Study, Bai Rong & Shen Qiao Friendship (Thousand Autumns), Minor Shen Qiao/Yan Wushi, Possibly Unrequited Love, <- is it love? is it smth else? bai rong doesnt know either!, Light Angst, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Hopeful Ending

summary: “You’re awful, Shen-daozhang,” she bites out, fully turning away from him to face ahead. The rain still falls, pattering heavily onto the umbrella over their heads. “You keep treating my poor, maiden heart like this, how am I supposed to move on?”

“Would you rather I tell you dressed-up lies than be honest?”

It irritates her. Why can’t he just call her out on her bullshit already? What maiden heart?

on bai rong & shen qiao, after it all ends

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

did you guys know i love bai rong and shen qiao. they should be friends in exactly the way i imagine. wip.... heh

“That’s not the point here, Bai-zongzhu,” Shen Qiao protests.

Bai Rong frowns. “That’s so unfamiliar,” she finally allows herself to complain.

“Shall I go back to calling you little Bai-niangzi, then?” he offers. His mouth quirks like he knows what he’s doing. Damn it, Yan Wushi has put a smart mouth on this one, hasn’t he? She misses the clueless, adorable version of him already. Though, she knows better than most people how quickly the years passing by can change someone.

“No,” she makes a face. “I’m not your meimei, am I?”

“You act like it.”

Bai Rong gapes. “Oh my god. What has Yan Wushi done to you?”

“He’s done precisely nothing!” Shen Qiao insists, ears and cheeks tinged with brilliant red.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

my beloveds.... hngfgjfgf i adore them So much

xie lian from tgcf turning back to look, hair flowing with the movement

ciel from black butler, sulking and avoiding the gaze of whoever is speaking to him

cheng xiaoshi from link click, on the floor and holding his head with one hand, making a pleading expression

shen qiao from thousand autumns, about to strike with his sword, hair flowing out behind him, expression serious

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

watching the rest of qq donghua mini theater while I iron my dresses... yay

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

how it's going. this only ever happens if i KNOW im going to have more than 2 or 3 wips for a fandom btw

screenshot of a create new folder screen on ellipsus. the folder name is "Qian Qiu" and the description for it reads "on god ive succumbed havent i"

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

something something yanshen as lifelong companions and not each other's keepers; yanshen who go where they go on their own terms and come back together when they want to. or something. i have normal thoughts n feelings on shen qiao

transgender hua cheng agenda:

further pulling this thread along to say: i don't think they need it to be honest. i think their style of affection and care doesn't stretch towards like, needing constant validation but rather the act of choice despite the consequences it brings and the fact they are equally aware of how tenacious and bull-headed the other can be on the things they set their heart on. which is in relation to the really apt description we are given often: shen qiao is soft on the outside but hard and unyielding on the inside. he has a tender heart that loves and cares and yearns and mourns with startling intensity— like, that crybaby child who clung to shizun doesn't just disappear with maturation— but he would rather let his love sprout and grow and be potentially ripped up by yan wushi's callous hands than let it wither and die. in the same way he would rather choose to go through hell again than betray his beliefs and ideals because it's worth it, and because, well, he's tenacious enough to get back up. if his heart breaks he won't ever be the same person again but, hell, he hasn't been the same person he was at least three times over at that point. he can and will do it again

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

and uhhh a series of discord messages LOL

transgender hua cheng agenda:

but anyhow. there is this like. okay so i think one of the things that really gets me about yanshen is the fact they are so. quite literally opposites, meng xishi comes into it with the intention, and i respect her so much for 100% committing to making yan wushi the specific kind of amoral character that he is from beginning to end

and like... choice and despite are like. keywords? i'd use to describe them

transgender hua cheng agenda:

and like. yan wushi being so characterized by like... okay he says he regrets nothing but i dont think its true, he does like. realize his mistakes. yeah that's a better way to describe it than "without regrets," its more like he understands when he makes mistakes and fully accepts it and just. moves the fuck on

wallowing in despair and remorse just isn't a thing he does or even wants to do

transgender hua cheng agenda:

like not even in a funny way he really does just commit to that part. his mistakes and crimes are his, why should he have to denounce them, it doesn't make them any less true. it happened and it is a fact, what matters is that he's not going to do it anymore

transgender hua cheng agenda:

YESSSS

so anyway, using that as a springboard-- their relatioship post-canon is deeply fascinating to me because of that? like. they are not a traditional couple by any means; if anything they're kind of a long-distance couple? like if yan wushi isn't chilling at his place nearby xuandushan then there's really no easy way for them to be together, and that's if shen qiao doesn't have to be elsewhere bc. sect leader responsibilities. all that to say: its like,,, the balance of give-and-take? how do i say. it's also that i think while not necessary, they could hilariously benefit from a little more explicit admission for their affection to one another that isn't yan wushi disguising it in teasing barbs and shen qiao admonishing him back

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

i got teased for making a qq thoughts tag and honestly. yeah. biting u moonie (affectionate)

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prevvvvv so mean 2 me. continuing this post to say that however i do believe they could use some reassurance of care and love for one another, which is not the same as love confessions #to me...? hmm. difficult to phrase this, but much of their relationship to me comes down to the choice to choose each other, the choice to trust, the choice to give their heart to the other, despite the seven years and change spent, well, doing that whole thing, and all of that. which is to say i kind of enjoy the image of shen qiao trapping yan wushi into saying what he really means when referencing the fucking. mindgames. he's played. not limited to but also including the entire thing with the bandits and "little li-niangzi"— which would not only be successful but it kind of would trap shen qiao himself into saying what he meant when his best idea of a pickup line was "do you like tangren?" so a lose-lose or win-win situation. depending on which one of them you are and how you look at it to be quite honest

#i also believe that you would have to drag both of them screaming into hell metaphorically before you could get them to utter the highly
#humiliating words of “i love you.” bc they both correctly believe it does not need to be said but both of them take their reasoning in the
#opposite direction about it.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

screw it crossposting #qianqiu #yanshen thoughts i wrote after a night of no sleep (and i am still awake) (1/4)

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the thing abt yanshen love confessions is that i dont think they would do that, or at least not in any grand way that we traditionally associate with love, and perhaps it's not even a thing they need to say to each other much, if at all, because to me their relationship kind of exists outside of most definitions of a "traditional" couple

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

posting this here too because i feel legitimately insane like not joking im hashtag sniffling typing through tears #tgcf #hualian #xielian XIE LIAN LOVE OF MY LIFE LITERALLY MY EVERYTHIG AUGHHHH

BECAUSE, TO ME, THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF IT ALL IS THAT EVEN WITH BAI WUXIANG PURPOSELY MAKING A SALVAGEABLE SITUATION WORSE, HE TRIED SO FUCKING HARD AND IT WASNT ENOUGH FOR ANYONE. no one appreciated it no one saw the way he was working himself to the bone no one spared a moment to think how the god they were begging to save them would feel NONE OF THE PEOPLE HE KILLED HIMSELF FOR FUCKING CARED. and thats. thats the worst part, you know? to quote fucking jun wu, "you've worked hard and pleased no one." how do you begin to come to terms with that? you worked so hard you gave up so much and it is not enough for anyone. god. i dont even know how to articulate this six months later its just so heartbreaking and tragic all that effort his body and soul and NO ONE! FUCKING! CARED! ALL THEY COULD SEE WAS WHY WASNT HE DOING THIS WHY WASNT HE DOING THAT. and its like. truly is it any wonder he holds such a low opinion of himself? of course he believes he is a bad luck charm and unlovable with or without the cursed shackle. no one loves him if he isnt the brilliant bold wondrous daring brave crown prince who pleased the gods; no one loves him if he isnt constantly performing the role of the martial god with flower in one hand and sword

in the other. no one loves him if he isnt spending everything he has on fighting their battles and simultaneously offering up all his kindness and generosity at the expense of his own sanity. and he cant be that, of course he cant be that, who the hell wants to be that? no one loves a failed martial god, either, no one loves a crown prince who let his kingdom fall and people die, and so it follows that he is nothing but a banished stray, a scrap collector, someone equally unlovable but hey, at least it lowers expectations, right? at least he cant disappoint people this way. at least even if he has no right to exist even if he is not loved even if he is lonely for an eternity he cant be a disappointment that gets people killed again. of fucking course he holds himself in such low regard. god. of fucking course he would fall in love with the only person who has been willing to care for him through thick and thin through blood and gore through life and death through everything never putting him aside for anything always making sure hes okay always making sure his feelings are accounted for! of course he would fall in love with the one person who witnessed his everything and loved him anyway and spared no effort in showing his care! returning the kindness that was once what saved a suicidal abused child with no hope left in the world to save a suicidal undying god with no hope left in himself! fucking hell im going to chew concrete blocks

#xie lian xie lian xie lian XIE LIAN XIE LIANNNNNNNNNN

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

dancing the dance of death / drunk with arrogance ⋆ #魔道祖师 #mdzs #wangxian ⋆ 9.1k, rated explicit ⋆ post-canon, vampire au, hopeful ending ⋆ written under @3bowswangxian.bsky.social lny ex! ⋆ wwx is reborn with a ferocious hunger that refuses to be quelled. archiveofourown.org/works/79883871

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian & Wen Ning | Wen Qionglin, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Wen Ning | Wen Qionglin, Jin Ling | Jin Rulan, Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Sort of? - Freeform, Jiangshi (Chinese Folklore), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Married Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Protective Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian is Not Okay, Explicit Sexual Content, Blow Jobs, Face-Fucking, Hand Jobs. Anal Sex, Top Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Bottom Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, please be nice about the sex. im but a fragile baby, Angst with a Hopeful Ending, Discord: three bows: wangxian (Modao Zushi)

summary: The hunger gnaws at his stomach and the incessant anger and irritation crawls at the back of his skull most of all in Yi City; he simply dismisses it. No one said reincarnation would be easy, especially dying the way he did. Does anyone truly know the way he died? Do they know why his original body is long gone, no trace of even the bones to be found?

or: Wei Wuxian is reborn with a ferocious hunger that refuses to be quelled. This isn’t a problem—until it is.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

if i am south ⋆ #cosmicprincesskaguya #choukaguyahime #超かぐや姫 ⋆ 2k, rated gen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon compliant, character study, PINING/YEARNING ⋆ kaguya across the eight thousand years of patience. archiveofourown.org/works/79051866

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Kaguya | Runami Yachiyo/Sakayori Iroha (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!), Kaguya | Runami Yachiyo, Sakayori Iroha, Mikado Akira (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!), Canon Compliant, Character Study, Pining

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

if you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

little thing written based on the prompt “ring,” for #hualianHappyHour hosted by @hualianhappyhour.bsky.social :D hualian wedding fluff is so beloved to meeee also on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/78832496

On the day of their wedding, Xie Lian wears Hua Cheng’s ring of ashes on his finger.

Of course, it doesn’t exactly fit; the ring is a snug fit on Hua Cheng, but Xie Lian’s fingers aren’t quite as slender as his beloved’s. Nevertheless, he doesn’t let this hinder him—he pesters Mu Qing endlessly until Mu Qing gives up and tinkers with a spell or two to keep it firmly anchored in place as far as it’ll slide up Xie Lian’s finger without constricting.

“I will never understand what you see in him,” Mu Qing says over Xie Lian’s delighted laugh, adjusting Xie Lian’s elaborate hairstyle for the night. It lacks any of the usual heat or bite, though, and he stops Xie Lian right before he sets out to meet Hua Cheng to adjust it again, careful to not apply anything more than superficial, “otherwise that demon might actually kill me.”

The first thing Hua Cheng does when he sees Xie Lian is stumble over his feet. He knows this by the way Hua Cheng’s jewelry gives a sharper-than-usual series of jingles, followed by a soft curse. He can’t help but grin even before the veil is lifted from his head by Hua Cheng’s careful, careful hands, and then… he’s the one at a loss for words.

It seems that no amount of time will ever prepare him for how beautiful his husband is, nor will he ever be anything less than swept away, dizzied, by the sheer love and wonder in Hua Cheng’s eye whenever he looks at Xie Lian. His throat seems to close up as he finally takes in his… his husband.

He’s dressed in brilliant red from head to toe, much like his husband; his signature silver jewelry seems to be more…understated, than usual? They seem different, though Xie Lian can’t quite place a finger on why. He’s distracted, anyhow, by the way Hua Cheng reverently whispers, my beloved, and, oh, now it’s all he can do to not cry. Oh, dear. Mu Qing and Jian Lan had worked so hard to make him look as beautiful as he feels—!

“San Lang,” he says, and it’s not just a nickname on his tongue, anymore. It’s—weightier. It’s—everything. Hua Cheng blinks, still somewhat dazed, and then, as Xie Lian lifts his hand to Hua Cheng’s face, his eye catches on the flash of diamond. “I’m..”

“Gege…?” he breathes out, eye trained on the ring. “Is that..?”

“Ah. Yes,” Xie Lian reddens, but he can’t stop smiling. Hua Cheng looks at him with wonder, like he’s discovered something immeasurably precious. “I just figured, well… it’s our wedding day, so it seemed fitting?” He’s really never been as good with words as his beloved has been, but with the way Hua Cheng’s gaze softens impossibly further, he knows his point has gotten across perfectly. “Are you… happy with it?”

It’s sort of a risky move. A ghost’s ashes are a precious thing, their literal existence in this world. To entrust it with a beloved one is an equally-risky move, but then, Hua Cheng did say he could do whatever he wanted with it—

“Of course I am,” Hua Cheng says, beaming with the weight of all the love in the world. “I love you so much, gege. Dianxia. My beloved.”

Xie Lian laughs, overjoyed and enraptured and every word that exists to encompass this feeling of utter delight and contentment. If this is what love feels like, then he’s glad that he waited near a century to find this beloved, dear ghost in his arms.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

also! counting this as a fill for the true drabble square ehe

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

true face / colorless and cynical ⋆ #jjk #呪術廻戦 #呪術廻戦≡ #jjkmodulo ⋆ 600 words, rated general audiences, 1/1 chapters ⋆ canon, relationship study, angst? ⋆ Sometimes, Yuuka looks at her mother and she thinks, do you regret marrying into the Gojo clan? archiveofourown.org/works/78268986

an ao3 fic summary screenshot.

tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Okkotsu Mifuyu & Okkotsu Yuuka, Okkotsu Yuuka, Okkotsu Mifuyu, Canon Compliant, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Relationship Study, #giveyuukamommyissues2026

summary: Sometimes, Yuuka looks at her mother and she thinks, do you regret marrying into the Gojo clan?

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

hmmmm should i finish + release this from the drafts.... november was when i was in final assignments + exams hell so i just never ended up posting it but 🤔

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

THIS IS FRYING ME IM DEAD BLACK BUTLER NEVER DISAPPOINTS LMFAOOOOO

screencap of a manga panel of black butler. the left depicts queen victoria with a wineglass in front of her, eyes closed and holding a cigar in one hand as she says, "the adults around me told me to wear a red robe... but red makes a woman look "too strong," does it not?" next to her is john brown, only his torso visible, holding the albert doll.

the right depicts sebastian with a skeptical expression, the thought bubble showing madame red and grell sutcliffe standing together. the words next to him reads, "red is for strong women....eh?"

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

did you guys know libraries are the most amazing places in the entire world. bc look what i was almost about to 🏴‍☠️ until i spotted this on the shelf and immediately checked out

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

pause that being said though have an ACTUALLY #linkclick snippet for #wipwednesday :) originally written for a guessing game with friends but ended up dropping it... thinking of picking it back up tho! i love u qiao ling

There is a boy on her doorstep.

“Hello,” he says with no reverence or respect, but enthusiasm boundless, “I’m Cheng Xiaoshi.”

She has been raised to be polite, but she arches her eyebrow and says back, more deadpan. “I’m Qiao Ling.” She raises her eyes to the woman standing beside Cheng Xiaoshi. “Welcome?”

The woman laughs. “You two will be good friends!”

A decision made in the span of a second. Two fates snapping into place, running parallel to one another, forgetting what parallel means. Her eyes are intense. Spellbinding, one might say, if not how they pin Qiao Ling’s tiny frame to the tile floor beneath her bare feet.

So Qiao Ling eyes the boy, understanding where he gets his carefree, easy nature from. It’ll be a test of patience to endure his attitude, she believes. Qiao Ling is not someone who gives up from the get go. She holds out her hand and takes Cheng Xiaoshi’s hand, still smaller than hers.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

woah woah yet another #hualian au for #wipwednesday how could— yeah i have no self control 🙏

FIRST: YOU ONLY GET TWELVE HOURS.

“That’s oddly specific,” Xie Lian says, eyebrow raised. Hua Cheng meets his stare head-on, pulse hammering under his skin.

“Let’s call it a limitation of my abilities,” is all he says, and Xie Lian, as always, simply accepts it, trusting.

SECOND: FOLLOW MY LEAD, AND CHANGE NOTHING.

“Messing with time is a volatile thing,” he says in the wake of disaster, Xie Lian’s cries echoing in his ears, the hypocrisy of it sitting behind his teeth like a physical thing. “There are nodes that remain unchanged no matter how we try, but—”

“The smallest change could be disastrous,” Xie Lian murmurs, gaze faraway. He still isn’t looking at Hua Cheng. “Guess that’s what they call the butterfly effect.”

THIRD: PAST OR FUTURE, LET THEM BE.

Jun Wu’s cruel laughter echoes through the walls of the photo studio, Hua Cheng’s ragged inhales louder than anything else, Xie Lian’s bloody fingers clutching his hand.

“San Lang,” he breathes, fading, fading away—

I’m sorry, gege, he prays to a dead man, hands raised. I can’t. I have to save you.He brings his hands together in a decisive clap, and falls into the past.

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

i am a boring person with a resting bitch face tbh but i promise im actually the silliest idiot in the world

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

new ao3 main pseud wahoo i saw this and i could Not resist (it's just yeonjun again <3)

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

ykw gifting u a sneak peek of my wedding fic rn

“Well, I *would* have been out of here answering my prayers sooner if my clingy husband hadn’t been wrapped around me, like a fussy kitten,” Xie Lian says, sorting through the prayers. His eyes shoot open when something crashes to the floor. “San Lang?”

“Gege,” Hua Cheng says, standing over the broken remains of their empty breakfast dishes, sounding strangled, “you can’t just *say* that.”

Xie Lian blinks. “What, a fussy kitten—” he blinks again, and then grins. “San Lang, are you taking issue with me calling you my husband? We’re *engaged!”*

*“Gege,”* Hua Cheng whines, sounding absolutely, disastrously *wrecked.* “I know we’re engaged, but how am I supposed to take it when you say things like that?”

“You *will* be married to me soon!” he says, incredulous, but so, so amused at the way Hua Cheng’s face just—tenses up and he looks at Xie Lian like a pleading, kicked puppy. *Deserved*—Hua Cheng normally makes *such* a spectacle out of drawing reactions out of Xie Lian. Consider it revenge, he thinks. Revenge for all the times he’s been embarrassed in front of the Heavenly Court, or the villagers, or Ghost City, or—

“Alright,” he relents, just for a moment, going back to flip through the prayers mentally, fading back into the quiet sounds of Hua Cheng clearing away the mess, and the chirping of birds out the window, and the children laughing outside as they weave between the legs of their farmer or merchant parents already filling the village with the sounds of work and life.He likes it here just as much as he likes it in Ghost City, he finds, settling on the most urgent prayer for the morning. A little girl’s voice cries to him, begging for absolution and seeking guidance, tugging at his heartstrings in a way he cannot ignore.(He does call out a, “goodbye, husband!” just to watch Hua Cheng trip over the threshold of the door as he leaves before Xie Lian, alerted to a commotion within his city. He laughs about it too, perhaps a bit unkind, even as Hua Cheng complains and whines into the private communication array the entire way back.)

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mari (semi-hiatus from bsky) @marichild.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

this is all i can do anyway ⋆ #mdzs #魔道祖师 #jiangcheng #niehuaisang ⋆ 1.6k, rated teen, 1/1 chapters ⋆ post-canon, speculation? ⋆ the things they would or would not do in the name of love and revenge. ⋆ written for @obsidianbyten.bsky.social <3 mwah ily archiveofourown.org/works/74319666

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tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin & Nie Huaisang, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Nie Huaisang, Post-Canon, Speculation, Tension, Awkward Conversations

summary:

“You knew what Jin Guangyao was up to,” Jiang Cheng says, succint, direct.

Nie Huaisang blinks, hand pausing in the movement of snapping his fan open. “Ah?”

“Wei Wuxian may have let the matter go,” Jiang Cheng continues, “and Lan Xichen’s been through too much to bother hashing it out, but you—you knew everything. You’ve long since known who killed your brother. Haven’t you?”

“Ah, Jiang-zongzhu,” Nie Huaisang sighs, “or, for this conversation—Jiang-xiong! Is it really so smart of you to level such accusations at me?”

or: Jiang Cheng, Nie Huaisang, and the things they would or would not do in the name of love and revenge.

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