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Hope is the thing with feathers by Callisto (TirsovAmber)
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
25 Oct 2025
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Wei Wuxian remembers himself a week into his renewed existence. His father—his bird father—has just shoved a fat worm down Wei Wuxian’s throat.
Ah. Thinks Wei Wuxian, perturbed. It seems I have been reborn as a bird.
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The Gentleman-Scholar by babypangolin
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
25 Oct 2025
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For centuries, commoners and aristocrats alike have flocked to the capital for the Imperial Examinations. Thousands and thousands of young men dream of reading their names on the Golden Placard, promising wealth and status at the heart of the empire.
This year, the stakes were higher than ever: Emperor Lan had declared that the first-ranked scholar would win not only a coveted spot in his cabinet, but also the hand of Princess Lan Zhan.
In hindsight, Wei Ying probably should have considered that before dressing up as a man and taking the exam under her brother's name. In her defence, how was she supposed to know that all these other young gentlemen-scholars were so dumb?
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(WLW Wangxian Week 2025, Day 4: Arranged Marriage/Royalty)
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Clear is my course, and unclouded, spread wide.
My life has a rhythm, a pattern, a rhyme.Then: a disruption – who dares interrupt?
Who climbs to the wall-peak, and only for wine?
He drinks it – he laughs at me – who gave him leave!
In anger I rush him, in ire I reach –Deftly he breaks away, brings out his wings
laughing and lively he lifts like a bird.
My own wings unfurl then, and fierce-set, I leap
to catch him, to duel him down to the earth.Series
- Part 1 of Wangxian, word-woven
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throwing rocks at the windows to your soul (are you home?) by aceofstardust
Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked (Movie 2024)
22 Oct 2025
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"You are a wretched, wicked thing, Galinda Upland. Perhaps Oz would be a better place had you never existed at all."
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Another time travel AU, with a bit of a twist.
Bookmarked by ClassyGreyDove (howandwhyamistillhere)
17 Oct 2025
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The Cultural Politics of Love (and Silence) by spicyomelette
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
28 Jun 2025
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"Ethical neutrality is not harmless. It is a choice made in comfort, at the cost of someone else's suffering. Silence, too, is a position. And love is not apolitical. This paper is not a confession. This is not only a paper about war and complicity. It is about the people we return to when we finally learn to choose."
- Lan, W. (2025) To Choose the Burning World: Moral Clarity, Complicity, and Attachment in Times of Systemic Violence--
Wei Ying volunteers for a cutting-edge simulation study on identity and memory.
Inside the machine, he lives alternate versions of his life. Across timelines, one thing keeps returning: Lan Zhan.
This is not a story about time travel. It’s not even really about science. It’s about the weight of choices, the grief that lives in silence, and the person who keeps showing up even when the world tells you not to look back.
And maybe, just maybe, it’s about love.