REMEMBER THAT TIME SQQ WANTED TO SEE LQG'S FACE WHEN HE CUMS SEND POST SENDPOST--

He's hungry, starving, dying

THE PHALLOPLASTY SCAR IM SCREAMING ITS PERFECT

I know it's July I don't care don't look at me!!

i tried to check the number of times the phrase “didn’t know whether to laugh or cry” appeared in mxtx novels. svsss: 0 times. mdzs: 4 times total. tgcf: my pdf crashed continuously, but it got to 27 before it did.

the only other person i believe can fight with xie lian in this aspect is shen qiao, who is extremely tired of dealing with lao yan’s antics.

hence, today we shall find out the true champion of indecision when it comes to outward display of emotion.

may the best daozhang win.

bingqiu meta masterpost

want to create a resource so if you feel like contributing, please send me more links. feel free to reblog with more meta and links of metas you like or your own! the leitmotiv is posts that explain how bingqiu actually are in canon

why bingqiu are a couple

are bingqiu toxic?

why i fucking love bingqiu by @onix-and-the-blorbos

the many ways shen qingqiu loves luo binghe

how sqq sees lbh throughout the novel, a summary (read the notes!)

bingqiu's sex life is not bad, ensemble takes: one (@mxtxfanatic ), two , three (@travelingneuritis ), four

about maigu ridge by @violetdisasterzone

lbh would never non-con sqq by @spottedgardeneelstan

faelicy's bingqiu meta

bingqiu and lbh meta in reply to lbh criticism by @verycharismaticdragon

luo binghe is NOT pretending in front of shen qingqiu by twitter user kukuandkookie

sqq's actual feelings about lbh's codependency and clingyness + lbh respecting sqq asks of him: a post in text format by @fireandgrimstone

Does SQQ love Binghe or not? A close reading and analysis a reddit meta (it's looooong)

a reply to an anon claiming age gap is an issue in bingqiu (which is false ofc)

Luo Binghe & Selflessness by @/violetdisasterzone

bingqiu's evolving dynamic by @stardust-falling

about sqq embracing lbh's flaws by stardust-falling

Wei Wuxian’s Cultivation Method

We were asked a series of questions pertaining to Wei Wuxian’s cultivation that were fairly interesting.  We’ve decided to sum up the contents of our reply here. (This reply occurred over a series of messages so I’ve rearranged the answers and questions it to the best that I can) 

What would be the most appropriate form to address Wei Wuxian’s cultivation?  Should it be called the “devil/monster path 魔道 (Mó dào)” or the “ghost path / 鬼道 (Guǐ dào)?  And how does that apply in the context of the book? (妖魔鬼怪 (yāo mó guǐ guài) was the term that Lan Qiren used describe the various creatures in the novel)

If he’s not using the “devil/monster path/ 魔道”, then how does 邪魔歪道 (xié mó wāi dào]) and 邪门歪道 (xié mén wāi dào) come into play?  This phrase has been used by various characters (ie. Jin Zixuan) to describe his mode of cultivation.  

To answer question 1, you’d need to revert back to Chapter 13 of the novel.

This was in chapter 13: 

 "我问你，妖魔鬼怪，是不是同一种东西 / “I’ll ask you this; are yao, mo, gui, guai the same thing?”

” 魏无羡笑道：“不是。” / Wei Wuxian smiled as he replied, “‘No, they aren’t.”

“为何不是？如何区分” /  “How are they different? How can they be differentiated?”

“妖者非人之活物所化；魔者生人所化；鬼者死者所化；怪者非人之死物所化.” / “Yao are created from non-human living beings; Mo are created from humans; Gui are created from the deceased; Guai are created from dead non-humans. ” 

 This exchange occurred when  Lan Qiren questions Wei Wuxian on the classification of monsters, of which the book establishes that 魔 (Mo - devil/monster) from living (humans), and 鬼 (Gui - ghost) from the deceased (humans). Hence, based on this definition, as he’s only shown to animate the dead (humans) in the novel, it’s quite safe to say that he’s practicing 鬼道. (Ghost path.)  C-fans have an additional meta that Wei Wuxian himself is a living person, so in terms of classification, he can only be classified as someone who is a “魔 (Mo - devil/monster)” (from a living person), practicing the “ghost” path. (ie. resurrecting the dead).  To confirm this theory, “魔道 - devil/monster path” has only been mentioned once in the novel,  “鬼道.- Ghost path” has been used 12 times.  Wei Wuxian himself has also addressed that he “修鬼道” (cultivates the ghost path).   (As a note, 妖魔鬼怪 itself is a general idiom that refers to all beings that are seen to be evil. MXTX takes the idiom apart in the context of this novel) Onto Question 2 (You might need to understand Chinese to fully appreciate this but I’ll try to explain it anyway).

邪魔歪道 itself is a common idiom which traditionally means to “stray from the traditional (or orthodox) path” [baidu dictionary definition] but it could also mean demonic/evil ways.  This phrase is also commonly used in Buddhism teaching.  “魔” in modern Buddhism loosely refers to Mara, a demon that claims lives and obstructs good deeds.  The other term 邪门歪道 is a synonym of the former but without the religious connotations. 

So here something that’s very interesting - this manner of which interpretation is used seems to depend on what the user is thinking.  In Chapter 7 (footnote 7) Wei Wuxian has interestingly referred to his type of cultivation as “the cultivation method that he practiced in the past.”  Also, in Chapter 14, when questioned by Lan Qiren, Wei Wuxian brings up the idea of a “fourth” source of power (ie. ghost path); and he questions as to why resentful energy can’t be used as a reservoir of power.  From this, we can actually infer that Wei Wuxian feels that it is a source of unorthodox power, but not necessarily evil. 

Contrarily, it’s obvious that the rest of the characters deem that his methods are downright evil.  So hence, they would interpret idiom as demonic/evil ways.

Interestingly though,  it seems like 邪魔歪道 were used by people in the "orthodox” clans - Jiang Cheng, Jin Ling, Jin Zixuan, etc. On the other hand, 邪门歪道 was used by Xue Yang and WWX. In the same way that 邪魔歪道 is more closely linked to religious teachings, the unorthodox is deemed as “evil”, hence the term 邪魔歪道 becomes a more fitting term used by those in the orthodox camp. References (they’re all in Chinese): (1) Definition of 魔，(2) Definition of 邪魔外道，(3) Definition of 邪门歪道 (4) Definition of 妖魔鬼怪 (4) Chinese Meta - Wei Wuxian is a central character in MDZS, why is he on the 鬼道 (ghost path) and not the 魔道 (devil/monster) path?

gently holding toad hua cheng

I like to remember that Hua Cheng's physical body dissolves into butterflies because we use the metaphor "butterflies inside me" when we are fatally in love and he is completely made of this EXACT feeling.

Thousand Autumns with you (from Oct 2022)

hey, i noticed that your fantasy setting has bandits. idk that's kind of problematic :/ they literally kill people and steal stuff? like????? fantasy is meant to be an escape from real life, i just don't get why you had to do this :////

MXTX’s tentative novel: Death Gods Don’t Get Rest Days

It’s a suspense novel set in modern times!

The first chapter hasn’t been uploaded yet, but there is a novel description

Translation of novel desc:

What do to if your boyfriend’s too bad

★ This name is tentative, the official novel name will be changed, sorry to trouble everyone m(_ _)m

• International Practice, 1V1, Shou POV, HE.

• Heads-up: Completely Fictitious

• Anthology series, master plot. In addition, it will definitely be revealed, everything will change before it is revealed.

Everything is possible!!!

Concept (of the novel): Concept to be supplemented

Tags: Supernatural, Match Made in Heaven, Modern (place unspecified), Suspense, Drama

Main Characters: Yan Yue, Qiu Chi

Supporting Characters: Murderer, Victim, Melon-Eater (aka the person who views on the sidelines and doesn’t do anything)

Others: Qiu Chi x Yan Yue

POV: Shou POV