December 2020 Fanfic Recs

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This post is backdated, so I'm writing it from the future as a retrospective on my first month in the MDZS fandom. After I finished watching The Untamed, I devoured so much fanfic so quickly that now, several months later, I'm already staring in blank confusion at some of the fics marked "Read" in my bookmarks, unable to remember anything about them. Some of the others, however, have already been reread three or four or even more times. Here are the fics I first read in December 2020 that have stuck with me the most and become favorites:

MDZS Fanfic Recs

By Proxy, Lan Wangji/Jiang Cheng, 12k, explicit

Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji, looking for comfort in all the wrong places.

Candy & Conspiracies, Jin Zixuan & Wei Wuxian & Mianmian, 16k, teen

“Wei Wuxian is the son of two rogue cultivators who recently died on a night-hunt,” his mother explained. “We are taking him in as a favor to a friend."

At least it wasn’t another surprise half-sibling.

It did not take long for Jin Zixuan to reconsider. Wei Wuxian was a gremlin, brought to Koi Tower for the sole purpose of driving Jin Zixuan into insanity.

A Life Without Sun, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 30k, teen

A great calamity fell upon Qishan Wen. It's said that some of the Wens still live, surviving on turnips and raw hope, but Jiang Cheng has not thought of Qishan Wen in years. He has enough on his mind with securing a lecture for Yunmeng Jiang, and somehow, dealing with Wei Wuxian's nauseating affection for Lan Wangji.

Sex, Science, and True Love: A Rigid Analysis of the Practical Applications of Dual Cultivation, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, WIP, explicit

“I once heard a rumour that this is how Lan An and his cultivation partner did it,” Ma Qiao piped up. “Which, I mean, if anyone could…”

“The Lans are far too boring and repressed for something like this,” Wei Wuxian said, with the authority of one who had been resoundingly ignored by a Lan for the past month. “Can you imagine Lan Wangji dual cultivating?”

Everyone knows that dual cultivation is a myth that only works in porn. Wei Wuxian discovers differently.

shape me something new, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 24k, explicit

“Mo Xuanyu’s revenge,” Lan Wangji says dully. “It is finished.”

Wei Ying hangs onto Lan Wangji’s hand, his palm clammy. “I guess that means I’m finished too. He got what he wanted.”

“You are not finished.” Lan Wangji grips his hand tighter and pulls him closer. “We are not finished.

(Or: the one where Wei Wuxian shares Lan Wangji's body with him after the sacrificing curse ends and takes his body with it.)

spirit running wild, Lan Jingyi/Lan Sizhui, 16k, explicit

He doesn’t know, exactly, when the friendship he shared with Sizhui over the years has changed into something that’s made Jingyi finally understand why Hanguang-Jun always wears that expression whenever he looks at Senior Wei. There hasn’t been one single moment that he can point to and say, yes, this is where it started, because the thing about falling in love with your best friend is that it happens gradually, until it’s impossible to tell which step has been the deciding one.

Jingyi goes to Baling with a crush.

through a window softly, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 14k, teen

Wei Wuxian plays the flute. Someone in Wei Wuxian's apartment complex plays violin. Sometimes, they play the flute and the violin together, and it's... nice. It's really nice. It's sort of the nicest thing going on in his life right now, honestly.

wide enough and wild, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 64k, explicit

Wei Ying leaves. He follows.

Happy reading!