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    Wei Wuxian is confused. He just wanted a lift to Golden Carp Tower so he had time to complete his gift for little Jin Ling… How did it all go so very sideways? Gossip in the cultivation world truly is its own beast to reckon with.

    Based primarily on the novel canon.

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    02 Oct 2026

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    Bribery and Babies and Blather, Oh My!
    VLhysMaerwynth

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    It seemed like a good idea to Zhao Yunlan at the time. Take a job as a life drawing model, observe the students, try to figure out if one of them murdered the previous art professor.

    Get paid to sit on a chair, basically. Piece of cake, right?

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    21 Jul 2026

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    Close Your Eyes and See Me
    marycrawford

    Absolutely stunning imagery.

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    Scarf Guy takes a deep breath. "Call him," he says ominously, and Glasses looks up at a whiteboard on the wall, covered in photos and printouts.

    "He's in class for another hour."

    "Who?"

    They all turn towards him, looking various shades of stricken.

    "Oh no," Dungarees whispers. "This is bad."

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    17 Jul 2026

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    again and again, even though we know love's landscape
    A (mumblemutter)

    This fic will break your heart, then glue it back together and leave it more whole than it was in the beginning.

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    “Just in case you do belong to someone who misses you. But maybe you’re just magically a really clean stray cat so you can stay with me and be all mine, mine, mine,” Zhao Yunlan explained, as if the cat could understand him. He just felt he had to say something, like he didn’t want the cat to misunderstand and think Zhao Yunlan didn’t want him. Which was ridiculous, because this was a cat. How could a cat misunderstand anything?


    The ability to shapeshift into a cat didn’t often come into play in Shen Wei’s role as Heipaoshi protecting everyday citizens against powered Dixingren. However, discovering that the new S.I.D. chief was gaining the trust of Dixingren allies against all odds, Shen Wei decides to use this ability to indulge his curiosity with a harmless bit of reconnaissance. Unexpectedly, this spur of the moment decision leads to him stalking a surprisingly familiar man, one he’d never thought he’d see again. Irresistibly drawn to this beloved figure, Shen Wei finds himself on light paws and in dark fur day after day, watching unseen from within the shadows...

    Or so he thinks.

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    25 Jun 2026

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    To Curtail a Catastrophe
    janonny

    Supper fluffy read for a rainy afternoon

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    “Wow,” says Wei Ying, and his mouth tastes funny and the air tastes funny but that isn’t really relevant right now. “You are incredibly beautiful. I mean. Just – so stunning. Impossibly gorgeous. Has anyone told you that? Where are you from? Wanna get a drink? With you, I’d spring for Saurian brandy.”

    “Talk less,” says the gorgeous beauty above him, and shoves a hypospray into his arm.

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    27 Dec 2025

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    In Infinite Combinations
    athena_crikey

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    At fifteen, during summer camp in Cloud Recesses, Wei Wuxian invents a bunch of talismans when bored or prompted by Nie Husaisang. Thinking it awfully funny, he creates a throwaway account at a professional cultivation research/purchase network and uploads them for sale for a modest fee. Then, he forgets about the whole thing.
    Years later, the mysterious Yiling Patriarch is known in all Jianghu as an elusive genius cultivator who revolutionised his field.
    Those two statements might or might not be related.

    In other words: three different ways in which Wei Wuxian finds out he is filthy rich and academically acclaimed. That’s it. That’s the story.

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    06 Sep 2025

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    One Can Keep A Secret (If He Does Not Know It's There)
    H_Belle

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    Wei Wuxian whistled. "Wow, Captain, you’re probably glad you managed to deal with that before the new stuffed shirts from Starfleet arrived."

     Nie Mingjue heaved a sigh which practically shook the station. Whoever said the only emotion Klingons knew how to emote was anger clearly had never seen one of them irritated. Wei Wuxian had a lot of firsthand experience with it.

     Nie Mingjue straightened and turned to the Vulcans standing alongside Wei Wuxian. "Command Lan, Lieutenant Commander Lan. Welcome to Baxia Station."

     Oh.

     "Are you Lieutenant Commander Lan or Commander Lan?" Wei Wuxian asked the painfully beautiful and definitely annoyed Vulcan beside him.
     
    The question earned him a cutting glare. "Lieutenant Commander Lan Wangji."

    Well, that had to count for something, right?
     

    Lieutenant Commander Lan Wangji joins Baxia Station as Head Science Officer. Of all the things he anticipates upon accepting the commission, Wei Wuxian is not among them.

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    17 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    there is no limited dimensions
    Stratisphyre

    Like watching two to three seasons of ST in a single fic.

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    Wei Wuxian grits his teeth, knowing he has no other choice. Not if it means Lan Zhan’s life. Besides, the Cloud Recesses has the best library and a long history of dealing with curses. It’s the most logical choice, even if he’d like to punch logic in the face right now.

    “Wei Ying?” Lan Zhan asks.

    He gives him a grim smile. “Looks like you’re finally getting your wish, Lan Zhan.”

    Lan Zhan stares back at him, expression blank.

    “I’m coming to Gusu with you.”

     

    Or: Lan Wangji gets hit with a curse that requires Wei Wuxian to stay in close proximity at all times. Everything only gets more complicated from there.

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    13 Apr 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Tether
    Annerb

    Superb storytelling, amazing hurt/comfort, pining and very satisfying at the end.

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    During his “night hunt” in Yiling, Lan Wangji is struck by a curse that transforms him into a wolf. He approaches Wei Wuxian for help. This is how he learns three things:

    1) Wei Wuxian is afraid of dogs and dog-adjacent creatures.
    2) Wei Wuxian will do literally anything for a friend in need.
    3) Wei Wuxian considers Lan Wangji to be... possibly more than a friend?!?

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    28 Mar 2025

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    What Big Teeth You Have
    WishingStar

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    Lan Zhan is glaring at him. That's probably fair.

    The last time they'd seen each other, Wei Ying had been digging through Lan Zhan's garbage. They'd made eye contact over the shredded bags, the week's trash scattered around him like stinky, oversized Lego.

    Lan Zhan's eyes had been wide with horror, and Wei Ying's had been equally wide with feigned innocence. He'd reached out slowly, maintaining the eye contact, and then flipped over the food waste bin full of onion peel and carrot skin as a distraction and slunk off into the night. Probably not his finest moment.

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    Modern AU dragon!LWJ meets fox!WWX.

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    05 Feb 2025

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    many fox given
    defractum

    Extremely funny

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    To: [email protected]
    From: [email protected]

    Dear Editor,

    On page B5 of the Arts & Culture section, the jazz concert review contains an error. The sixth paragraph, which describes Xiao Xingchen as a “terrorist,” should presumably say “tenorist” instead.

    Sincerely,
    Reader

    To: [email protected]
    From: [email protected]

    Dear discerning reader,

    Thank you for reaching out about this matter. In fact, that is not an error; rather, our Arts & Culture writer sincerely believes that being bad at jazz is equivalent to terrorism.

    Helpfully,
    Wei Wuxian

    OR: rival newspaper editors!wangxian use slightly different email tactics to court each other

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    23 Jan 2025

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    darling, all of my wrongs led me right to you
    livinginaworldofnoise

    For the gremlin editor living rent free in your brain

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    ‘Alright, fine,’ huffs Wei Ying, blowing out his cheeks. He adjusts his grip on the smooth hilt of the sword, as cold as wet stone beneath his palm. ‘How do I give this back to you?’
    ‘I must trade with you something of equal worth,’ says the strange man.
    ‘Uh. Okay.’ Wei Ying rubs his forehead with his free hand. ‘How about your name? Your real name.’ In case he needs to file a police report or stalk this beautiful, scary man on google or something.
    The man looks even more angry. He pulls his shoulders back and draws himself to his full height, which is rather impressive and forces Wei Ying to tip his chin up slightly.
    ‘My name is Lan Zhan,’ the man says.
    ~
    (The one where it’s a dark academia AU - only it’s not.)

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    10 Oct 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    grimoire
    WithLoweredVoices
    Amazing dark academia!

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    Lan Wangji lifts his head to press his lips to Xiao-Hei's forehead, the kiss an expression of all the affection he has to offer.

    “Prrt?” Xiao-Hei says, and stretches, and—

    The weight on Lan Wangji increases abruptly, and his hands aren't touching soft fur anymore, they're touching soft skin—bare skin—and he's looking down into Xiao-Hei's yellow, slitted eyes, though not into Xiao-Hei's little cat face, but the face of a man.

    A beautiful, startled, very naked man.

    Or: Lan Wangji finds himself with a stray cat he didn't want, then a stray cultivator he pretends not to want, and then a stray boyfriend he definitely wants.

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    26 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    stray cat strut
    ScarlettStorm

    Sexy funny cat shenanigans

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    In the end, it had been the Yiling Patriarch’s stratagems and his fierce fighting which had turned the tide of the war. He had killed both Wen Ruohan’s sons, and floored the traitor so that Meng Yao could strike the final blow. His status as the strongest warrior on the field had been undeniable.

    Thus, the offer extended to him by the Lan court. Take his place as the Emperor’s consort, the only one permitted to lay hands upon the Emperor, the only one to share his bed with him while he sleeps, unaware and vulnerable. His last, best line of defense.

    Or: Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced.

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    01 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A must read.
    A Blade By Your Side by athena_crikey

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    “We rest in the shade of trees our ancestors planted.”

     

    They called the man in the ice Yiling Laozu, after a folk hero associated with the town in the foothills of the mountains where he was found.

    No one expected him to be alive!

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    15 Jun 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Great author‘s notes!

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    When Jin Guangyao proposes that Lan Wangji be the one to write a letter inviting Wei Ying to Jin Ling’s one month celebration, Lan Wangji knows something is afoot.

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    The one in which Lan Wangji visits the Burial Mounds a second time, and it changes everything.

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    12 Aug 2023

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    (If You Like It) Put a Ribbon on It
    MajiLovePrincess

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    "I will take this person back to the Lan Sect," says Hanguang-jun, premier cultivator of his generation, inveterate collector of wounded rabbits, and man who, A-Qing realizes with a sick thud behind her ribs, is almost certainly going to die.
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    A-Qing, pulled from a river by the exact kind of wandering hero she'd been searching for, finds herself being nursed back to health at the Cloud Recesses. She'll put up with the rules if it means a shot at justice for Xiao Xingchen, but she hadn't factored in the chance at finding a second family... or just how deep the currents around her run.

    Or, In Which A-Qing Has Many Opinions About These Two Idiots.

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    03 Aug 2023

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    Covered By Frost and Snow
    Siamesa

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    “Yiling Patriarch,” he begins, and Wei Wuxian’s face clouds.

    “Please. That’s not – you know me, Zewu-jun. What’s wrong? Why are you here?” He walks over and Lan Xichen sees he has no weapon, not even his flute. He came to meet Wangji unarmed, defenseless. With a smile on his face.

    “I’m here to ask for your help. It’s Wangji. He’s ill.”

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    01 May 2023

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    Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
    athena_crikey

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    The figures have their backs to the door, but Wangji can make them out regardless. Even seated, Wei Wuxian’s hands move continuously.

    “The older of the Twin Jades was inoffensive to the point of forgettable; the younger was so Jadelike I thought he might actually be made of stone. Has he ever smiled, do you reckon? Even once?”

    Ah. Wangji feels a tide of heat to his face and a sort of wavelike rush in his ears, as if he were standing very near a waterfall. This is the precise reason Rule 569: Eavesdropping Is Prohibited exists. Wangji will have to punish himself for the infraction.

    It is good, Wangji muses, that he doesn’t care about this Wei Wuxian’s approval.

     

    (Or; Lan Wangji is a single man in possession of a good fortune. He is not in want of a spouse.)

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    26 Apr 2023

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    In Wanting
    thaliagrayce

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    Wei Wuxian has been left largely to his own devices on his planet's lighthouse, with only his trusty android friend W3N Qing for help. But a "surprise" site inspector is coming, probably to check if he's been breaking any intergalactic statutes in his work. And so he's preparing for the inspector's arrival.

    What he's not prepared for is Lan Wangji.

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    16 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    water, and the open sky
    el_em_en_oh_pee

    Phenomenal story. World building at its finest.

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