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  1. Rec 94

    sandalwood, amber, vetiver by

    Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    03 Jun 2026

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    Sound engineer and ex war criminal Wei Ying has been hiding out working at a fey-human music festival. The past comes to collect its debts when Wei Ying is asked to fix a headliner’s sound system, only to find that the mystery musician is someone awfully, wonderfully familiar.
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    (The one where it’s a music festival AU - only it’s not.)

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    20 May 2026

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    5/'26
    A wild magical ride. Disowned fae. Lovely even if it is very AU and fairly OOC
    may have missed a few points, worth another read

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    hollow moon by

    Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Modao Zushi - Moxiang Tongxiu & Related Fandoms, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    05 Apr 2026

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    “The rock,” Jingyi says, voice very very unstable. “Hit the rock, shixiong, fuck, no time to break the wards, hit the rock —”

    The Killing Chord strikes Jingyi’s appointed boulder. It cracks that in half, too.

    Not half a second after Lan Yuan follows Jingyi into the crevice, the yaoguai strikes the stone, talons scrabbling at the crevice, beak pecking at the entrance they’ve made themselves. A red, furious, glowing eye peers in after them, and Lan Yuan stumbles back blindly, vaguely downwards. He’s staring at the entrance, at the clear and present danger. Neither of them are looking backward.

    In hindsight, it’s the worst mistake they make all day.

     

    Wei Ying has spent years sealed under a mountain. It's just his luck that the kids who break him out of it are Lans.

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    28 May 2026

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    5/'26
    Awesome and unique take.
    Great DUCKLINGS!
    Modern yet very canon vibed.
    JGY kinda hand waved and past tensed. No clear explanation of how the Jin self destructed and he was killed (not needed just curiousity inspiring).

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    transmuter by

    Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    12 Feb 2024

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    Wei Ying gave up necromancy years ago. He should be done with hauntings, but here in his café, here in this quiet city at the edge of the world, there stands a ghost dressed in mourning white with eyes like warm honey at the bottom of the pot.

    (The one where it's a café AU - only it's not.)

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    29 May 2024

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    Paint a picture, compose a song. Very much a mood piece. Very evocative.

    "Xue Yang’s redemption arc through the making of coffee" among other things. How come no one else thought of rehabilitating XY by teaching him how to make sweets?

    A differently magicked AU. Not really a cafe AU. Pining, of course. And for a fandom famous for a line "to live with no regrets" is it ironic that everyone has so many regrets?

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    Want the Lights On by

    Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

    24 Jun 2021

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    Meng Yao's sister-in-law is following the Jiang tradition of being evil. Why else would she try to set him up with a married man?

    “I’m pretty sure my sister-in-law is trying to ruin my life.” 

    Lan Huan’s tone is one of genuine curiosity when he asks, “Why would she do that?” 

    “I don’t know yet,” Meng Yao untangles himself from the barre and crosses his arms across his chest, looking up (and up, and up, curse Jiang Yanli for her knowledge of his tastes) at Lan Huan’s very handsome jawline. “But I need you to make less vigorous eye-contact until you bring me a notarized waiver saying your spouse doesn’t care about you hitting on me.”  

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    20 Jun 2025

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    modern au
    favorite 3zun contender

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    Blue by

    Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

    10 May 2025

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    Lan Wangji attempts to speedrun every conversation about queerness or differentness that has occurred in the household from Sizhui’s perspective. He cannot properly recall any except one: always turning the radio off when a certain, outrageously-out singer comes on.

    “I think I should tell you a story,” says Lan Wangji.

     

    In the early 2000s summer heat, a decidedly straight Lan Zhan meets a boy called Wei Ying. Later, Lan Wangji meets Wei Wuxian.

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    06 May 2026

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    5/'26
    Wow, this one actually made me (not angsty) cry. LOVE story! Also, this Aussie footy intrigues me. Minimal role but great JC. Funny that WWX is the musical one and LWJ is the athlete. Believable LXC. Jingyi off stage but should have been inThe audience with them.