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Wei-qianbei's words are nice, but his tone and body language say he knows Lan Sizhui’s still avoiding talking about what’s been bothering him but at the same time, it… Lan Sizhui doesn’t know how to bring it up or even if he wants to, yet. Part of him wants to wait until he’s entirely ready, until he’s sorted through himself and has a clear idea of what he wants to talk about. Until he’s thought through all the ways such a conversation could go badly and made plans to mitigate each and every one.
Zewu-jun took him off guard, which… given the circumstances had been understandable, and Zewu-jun is his uncle. One he'd grown up with. There was a certain safety, there. With Jiang Wanyin, as sudden as their talk was, it wasn’t…
If Jiang Wanyin had gotten pissed, told him to fuck off and never come back, that’d have been unfortunate but, ultimately, fine. If Wei Wuxian gets upset about being questioned, about Lan Sizhui’s phrasing and tone, about any implications he may accidentally make, any sore spots he may unintentionally prod… There’s a lot more to lose, there.
A lot.
He’s not ready to risk it, and so he pretends at ignorance.
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- Part 4 of Finding Balance
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Leaning close, Lan Sizhui whispers forcefully, “You… You told Jiang Wanyin that I was born a Wen?!”
Only now does it seem like Jin Ling realizes the gravity of what he’d done as his face goes pale.
After all, Jiang Wanyin proudly led the Siege of the Burial Mounds. Jiang Wanyin was one of the most vocal advocates for the destruction of the Wen Sect and Wei Wuxian.
And now, Jiang Wanyin knows he failed to eradicate the entirety of the sect upon which he’d sworn revenge.
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Lan Sizhui wasn't planning on telling Jiang Wanyin anything about his origins. (un)Luckily for him, he doesn't have to worry about that bit. The next four days in Jiang Cheng's household, however...
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- Part 3 of Finding Balance
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Zewu-jun looks at him for a long moment. “Sizhui, I—I don’t know what to say.”
Swallowing his tears doesn’t work but fuck if he doesn’t try, cursing every one that manages still to leak from the corners of his eyes. His uncle’s always listened to him, always heard him out, so why is it he’s having trouble now?
He wants to sob, to release the grief and anguish he feels.
He wants to scream, to get angry at the world. At his uncle.
And yet, all he can do is sit there with his tea and his tears, in silence, across from a man he doesn’t want to fear.
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- Part 2 of Finding Balance
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Reconciliation of Memory by Zombubble
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
25 Dec 2022
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Disparaging comments are what Lan Sizhui expects when people talk about Wei Wuxian; the wider world knows only the legends, after all, and even in the cultivation world there are few who have interacted with the man directly. It makes sense for them to be misinformed, to lay too much blame at the man's feet even as they welcome him back as a hero after Jin Guangyao’s death.
But… for some reason hearing such comments hurts, now. Before he remembered where he came from, who he was, Lan Sizhui wasn’t so badly affected, but now… it's hard. It hurts, knowing that three tables over they’re talking about a man who's loved him since he was a toddler, who is literally the only reason he’s alive today.
It hurts, knowing that some of what they’re saying is true.
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- Part 1 of Finding Balance
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A storm's knocked out half the electricity in St. Petersburg, and a family dinner turns into an indoor camping cookout.
Makka eats tomorrow's salad.
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Small drabbles, mostly in response to prompts I get on tumblr, but occasionally things I just publish there first. Warnings, if necessary, are placed in the beginning notes of each story for clarity.
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Lan Xichen, despite the severity of his errors of judgment over the course of his life, is not a complete fool. He has been blind, yes; willfully so, at times, he will admit; has let love and optimism close his mind to potential negative consequences—yes, he will admit that too.
But when Nie Huaisang falls off his horse and snaps his neck not three months after having come to Lan Xichen with his suspicions that Jin Guangyao had knowingly and maliciously contributed to the death of his older brother, not even Lan Xichen can pretend he does not know what has happened.
(or: the one where Nie Huaisang becomes a Calamity)
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- Part 1 of cataclysmic
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well with my soul by thewalrus_said
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
26 Dec 2025
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He has an advantage over nearly all his forebears, in that up until two years ago he had barely cultivated at all. There were ten-year-old junior disciples who could outfight him two years ago, until his da-ge burned his collections, and sworn over the smoking ashes that he would burn more and more until Huaisang complied. Huaisang had done the math then as well, his personal misery held up against the further destruction of priceless and beautiful things, and made his decision.
Even if he considers himself a priceless and beautiful thing—a valuation he becomes less and less sure of with each passing day—the destruction of one is worth preventing the destruction of many. So after a month of mourning, he had silently picked up his saber and returned to the training fields.
Huaisang had thought his sacrifice was merely of his spirit, his happiness. Now, it turns out, da-ge had claimed his very life that day.
And he had deliberately refused Huaisang that information.
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12 Feb 2026
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fool my senses (for a little while) by thewalrus_said
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
19 Sep 2025
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You’ve been here for a few days, the kindly-looking attendant had said to him, patting his shoulder with what Song Lan knows was meant to be kindness. It had only made him recoil, however, and the attendant had snatched her hand back like he had burned her.
Aiyah, my apologies, daozhang, she had said, sounding genuinely contrite. Your friend did say you were not to be touched beyond the absolutely necessary. Much ashamed, this one forgot.
My friend? Song Lan had asked, dizzy from the visual input and so confused that the world was spinning despite being flat on his back.
The attendant had nodded. The one who brought you here, the daozhang in white, with his eyes covered with bandages. He wouldn’t stay, said he mustn’t be seen by you, but he bid us tend you well.
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A simple dark-mode skin with custom icons.
Last update: 2025 February 16 (no longer being updated as of 2025 September 17). Please use the updated version of this, New Verdigris, instead!
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It's an Alpha/Omega world and Betas just live in it by memorizingthedigitsofpi
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