KatsuDauntless
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in stillness, clear water to the bottom by Stratisphyre
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
09 Sep 2023
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“...the elders have ordered the child to be removed to the wet nurse. Madam Lan will be permitted to see him once a month once her confinement has ended.”
Lan Qiren considered this for a moment; the long years of watching his sister-in-law waste away, the grief Wangji and Xichen carried throughout their lives after her death, the pain their family had suffered through because of it.
And then, channelling his gremlin nephew-in-law who sat so close to the surface of his thoughts, Lan Qiren set his shoulders back and replied, “Over my dead fucking body.”
On the heels of a great tragedy, Lan Qiren finds himself sent back in time to his youth. He decides to save, in order, his sister-in-law, his best friend, his best friend’s husband, and the only sect leader who may have a chance of standing against Wen Ruohan.
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Bookmarked by KatsuDauntless
06 May 2024
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WOW… This is SO good, I’m going to Bookmark NOW, before I’ve even finished reading it, or have had time to write a proper Comment or Bookmark Note about it! Absolutely *stunning* writing, and this AU’s Lan Qiren, filled with sorrow, regrets, and unbearable loss, then miraculously given a chance to HEAL his broken world, is one of the most compelling and inspiringly lovable characters I’ve encountered in MDZS fanfics. His shattered self fights back against tragedy with a single-minded ferocity that’s both strangely in-line with his Canon depiction, yet transcendent of the constraints Canonical Plot imposed on him. One of THE best “Fix-It” Time Travel stories I’ve ever read, and among the most satisfying - BRAVO!
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"The Prince allows Victor to turn him with the assurance of a man who is used to those same hands in the tenderest sense; Victor has one hand on his elbow and the other slung around behind him to hold his shoulder, under his armour, keeping him close in an almost embrace. The sharp wind blows the high tail of the Prince's hair against Victor's cheek, their steps are slow and synchronized.
"Have I told you today how lovely you look?"
Drawn into a conflict outside of his responsibility, Victor Nikiforov, the greatest general of the age, appears to have met his match in the shy Prince of Japan who surrenders on the fields of Goryeo.
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- Part 1 of the ocean breathes salty
Bookmarked by KatsuDauntless
18 Feb 2022
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Staggeringly beautiful. The tension and impending loss advance with the implacability of glaciers, heartbreak in slow motion, the opposing Generals driven by duty, honor and love down a path that only ends in tragedy. Then our expectations shatter in a breath...
This is an *extraordinary* piece of writing, both for the power of the emotions it evokes, and for the supple way it plays with time, dolphin-diving between past and present, then bursting into a dazzlingly hopeful future, in a way that feels viscerally *real and right*, like a perfect sunrise after nightmare... HOW?!? Shaking my head at this feat of storytelling legerdermain - in the words of the inimitable Adam Rippon, "I can't explain witchcraft."
Haunting, shining, soaring, and well worth recommending, and reading, again and again!
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rare the man who'll hold to faith by Fahye
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
23 Mar 2020
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There was no blood. No char. There was nothing to see except the strange softening of the Yiling Patriarch's mouth, as if just for a moment he was another person entirely.
"There is the mark of our bargain, and here is the challenge," said the Yiling Patriarch. "You may strike at me, exactly once, with your sword. I will not fight back; I will not resist you at all, Hanguang-jun." That silvery suggestiveness crept into his voice again. "And a year and a day from now, you will come to me and I will deliver exactly the same to you."
Lan Wangji heard his brother's voice raised in sharp and incomprehensible protest. His own heart was beating too loudly for him to hear anything else.
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- Part 17 of Author's Favourites
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14 Sep 2022
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All the ways that you remain by Spodumene for ICMezzo
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
03 Apr 2022
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When Lan Zhan must return to Shanghai for a month, he leaves his beloved home in the care of Wei Ying, a timely new acquaintance. But what happens when Lan Zhan returns to find that Wei Ying has nowhere else to go?
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Bookmarked by KatsuDauntless
12 Aug 2022
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Beautifully elegiac, as Lan Zhan & Wei Ying explore the mysteries of Lan Zhan's late Mother, and of what it means to be together, and to love. A delight to read - Kudos, and thanks!
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Clouds That Veil the Midnight Moon by FeelsForBreakfast
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
18 Feb 2020
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According to Harry’s personal narrative regarding the incident, he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy for purely self-destructive reasons, or out of convenience, or by some unlucky accident. Looking at him, sprawled in the moonlight, Harry is devastated to recall that he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy because he’s hot.
Draco is a secret werewolf and Harry is doing his best and they've got criminals to catch, darn it.
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Bookmarked by KatsuDauntless
27 Jun 2022
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An extremely satisfying Drarry fic, by an Author so consistently excellent, I'm gleefully reading through ALL their non-One Direction fics! Fortunately for my Harry Styles-liking-but-unobsessed heart, there are *20* of those, including what are now some of my favorite MDZS | The Untamed stories ever - Feels writes the BEST Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian "Chaotic Mutual Pining", as well as FANTASTIC Summaries (an art form in and of itself!).
Strongly recommend anything this Author writes, though if Tags warn of Major Character Death or HurtFic, *believe them* and avoid if already depressed! All others, especially those with humor in the Summaries (you'll know exactly what I mean), should be saved for times when you can savor them, WITHOUT a Train-full of people staring at you for lunatic laughter. Yes, I speak from experience... I greatly enjoyed this post-Wizarding War tale of Snarky Werewolf! Draco and Auror! Harry, made a *TOTAL* fool of myself while doing so, and regret nothing!
(Data Note - Bookmark of the Beast 6/27/2022. Was stalled at 665 for awhile - RL Activism re Roe Strikedown affecting fic reading?)