An Old Tale From Way Back When
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Don't Ask Why by carocactus
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
13 Jun 2021
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The only belief six-year-old A-Cheng had was that he would never be enough for either of his parents.
In the tangled web of inter-sect relationships, a lonely angry boy and a lonely sad girl find solace in each other’s friendship. But the Fates have other designs for them…
(Greek mythology fusion AU)
POV Jiang Cheng, aged 6 to 12Series
- Part 1 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 3 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs
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An Eye for an Eye, A Lie for a Lie by carocactus
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
25 Jun 2021
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In that way did Jiang Cheng, a leader with seventeen years of life under his belt, nine months of experience in the job and a decimated, grieving sect at his back, learn the oldest adage of war-mongering: hurry up and wait.
The allied sects, led by Nie Mingjue, Jiang Cheng, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, have been laying siege to Nightless City for two months to free Lan Xichen from Wen Ruohan’s clutches. The Sunshot War is coming to a breaking point. But not everything is at it seems, and everyone is entangled in the Fates’ threads. Who are the puppets, and who is the master? Where are the allies, and where are the traitors? Should Jiang Cheng trust his heart or his gut? And who the f*ck is stealing chickens?
(Greek mythology fusion AU; Sunshot Campaign as (loosely) the Trojan War)
POV Jiang Cheng, aged 17Series
- Part 2 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 4 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs
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But I Have Promises to Keep by carocactus
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
06 Jul 2021
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“You two were school friends, you went to war together, we can certainly sell a tale of childhood sweethearts, and how the separation made you realize your true feelings. Everyone loves a sap story. No, shut up, I’m not done.”
F*ck the Fates and their design: Wei Wuxian and the Wen remnants have finally been found, and this time, Jiang Cheng has Plans ™ to keep them safe. This will involve politics, a lot of talking, and trust.
And also weddings. Several of them.
(Greek mythology fusion AU)
POV Jiang Cheng, aged 19 to 21 (34 in ch.5)
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- Part 3 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 6 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs
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And On the Strangest Sea by carocactus
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Aug 2021
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If you can’t build a giant wooden horse and fake a plague to ensure good relations with your brother-in-law, then how the hell do people survive family gatherings?
Wei Wuxian is being victimized for being a dutiful family man and a genius, and he will lodge a complaint as soon as his throat doesn’t feel like a rocky desert anymore.
Thirteen years after disappearing at sea, Wei Wuxian returns home to a son who is now a young man and a husband who is even more reserved than before. As he reunites with family and old friends and tries to figure out how he fits into the picture now, a number of mysteries prey on his mind. Why is everyone trying to marry presumed widower Lan Wangji? What happened in Justice twelve years ago? Who is really responsible for the sack of the temples of Nightless City? Did Jiang Cheng actually mellow out? (yes) Is Lan Sizhui the best boy? (obviously) And could it be that Lan Zhan possibly has…feelings for him?? (omg, wwx, you absolute muppet)
(Greek mythology fusion AU; the Odyssey with Odysseus/Penelope wangxian)
POV Wei Wuxian, aged 35
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- Part 4 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 8 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs
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To Be Improbable by carocactus
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
16 Aug 2021
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Although everything about me is soft now, the callused skin of my hands rendered as pliable and spongy as the coral of my lungs, muscles melted into foam, bones as fragile as twigs, everything porous and light and held together by the spider-web of spirit silk that keeps me alive – although I am now more water than flesh, I have become stone.
Do stones dream?
I dream, and remember.Trapped in the spiritual cocoon that keeps her in suspended animation, Madam Lan remembers the time when she was just headstrong, carefree Meng Ziyi, who had the best friend in the world, a not-so-secret admirer in the Lan heir, and a life dream of joining the sisterhood of Athena's shieldmaidens. She remembers how, through broken hearts, miscommunication and the ingrained belief that men's reputation is worth more than women's free will, everything went horribly wrong. She remembers that, although love was used as an excuse to trap her in a golden cage, true love is an open hand. She dreams of past regrets, and hopes that she will wake up to a better world.
(Greek mythology fusion AU, Prequel/Epilogue to "An On the Strangest Sea")
1st-person PoV Madam Lan, age 15 to 33
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- Part 5 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 9 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs
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Like Any Bed of Flowers by carocactus
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
29 Mar 2022
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Meng Yao cannot remember ever having that kind of trust in life – which is probably not surprising, given that one of his first memories is almost biting a woman’s finger off.
He didn’t even understand what she had said to make his mother cry. He just knew that she had to pay.Those who say that no plan survives contact with the enemy haven't come in contact with Meng Yao yet. But while he knows how to deal with jealous madames and power-hungry tyrants, he has no idea how to protect himself when the kindest, most beautiful man in the world smiles at him. What can Meng Yao do but lay down his dreams at the feet of his beloved, and follow him into Nightless City to start a war for the greater good?
He knows better than to hope for anything in return for the heart he already lost – anything, that is, beyond keeping Lan Xichen safe.
Luckily for him, Lan Xichen is not afraid to love or to ask for help, and they have more safety nets than either of them expects.(Greek mythology fusion AU: Helen/Paris xiyao except fake kidnapping)
Alternating POVs : Meng Yao (19) and Lan Xichen (22)
Series
- Part 6 of An Old Tale From Way Back When
- Part 10 of Old Songs - MDZS/Greek Mythology fusion AUs