I Know That Some People Dislike The Trend In Fanon Where WWX Is Ditzy Or Oblivious, But (aside From Specific

I know that some people dislike the trend in fanon where WWX is ditzy or oblivious, but (aside from specific instances) I generally support his self bimboificiation. You can be a bimbo and a genius. You can be brilliant in some ways and dumb as rocks in others. The freedom of enthusiastically consenting to someone stubborn, strong, and dominant to objectify you knowing with full trust that they know your whole, competent self and love it all. There is a balance there and I think that Wangxian, even in canon, hit it. It took time and experience, a helluva lot of trust development, to get there.

Let Wei Wuxian be taken care of, objectified, consensually minimized into the tiny, malleable, soft animal of a person he wants to be. The version he only barely got to be with his shijie - xianxian is only three - and immerses himself in full with his dutiful husband.

(Lan Wangji himself then able to push, pull, manipulate, force, coerce, degrade, pamper, control, etc etc the way he desires to -- consensually, with full trust that it will be received as the fiercely devoted love and care that it is.)

having ppl treat you poorly in your formative years will have you saying shit like “thank you for listening to me and respecting my boundaries” 🤦‍♀️

all too familiar

Wei Ying often kisses Nie Huaisang on the mouth, a gentle and quick peck, when they part ways. It makes them giggle gleefully. He always kisses his sister on the cheek, the two of them closing their eyes in a glowing affection. He sometimes kisses his brother on the forehead, even holding his cheeks tight so he can't escape, then scampers off when Jiang Cheng halfheartedly swings for him, his face bright red and bashful. He occasionally kisses Wen Ning at the temple, Wen Qing on her knuckles, even Wen Yuan gets a raspberry on his chubby child cheeks more often than not. He once blew cheeky air kisses at his sister’s husband, somehow filled with a disdainful tolerance, the act an utter mockery of affection.

He does not kiss Lan Zhan. 

Modern AU, post-college, mutual pining. Gratuitous kissing. Soft, no angst, lots of yearning. And then smut. I fed myself.

@wangxian-fanfic did you mean your heartbeat, across the grass by fakeplasticlily? Also a very good one.

Some other sports ones (I cannot state enough how little of af I give about sports and I ate these up, all vary in length from one shot to long fic, rating from G to E so please take care and read tags etc):

get wild (Basketball AU with D/s) by aroceu

varied my velocities (Ballet Dancer LWJ, Soccer player WWX takes lessons; so so sooo good) by fantasiavii

are you coming backstage after the show? (wlw field hockey player WWX, tennis player LWJ) by asisoitorre

And That's The Game (wlw Volleyball AU) by YunmengLotus

the right words at the right time (wlw martial arts AU) by justpeace

(that last one is cheating because I am a martial artist and it's debatably not a sport, but I love this one so it's fine. I may or may not have my own wlw modern martial arts AU in the drafts.)

Other Modern (Non-Cultivation) AUs that high-key blew my mind:

Live from New York (Saturday Night Live AU) by Varnes

Covered in Bees (Beekeeping LWJ; such a fave) by ScarlettStorm

Where's your emergency? (911 Dispatcher WWX) by trippednfell

always coming home (eco-terrorist LWJ) by detectorist

I just... love fanfic y'all LOL.

Just finished Waiting for Spring by thievinghippo despite actively not giving af about baseball and had that postfic high of the closure and relief that so often comes with Wangxian. I love them so much. I love how well they can be put into so many AU and still be them. Different authors always highlight different themes from MDZS, whether it's A-Yuan, WWX's exile or sense of justice, LWJ's moral growth or clan challenges, all the side characters, family dynamics, betrayals, grief, hope... I eat it all up.

(And whew the quality smut of this fic and the fandom overall is definitely a huge plus.)

Just finished Waiting for Spring by thievinghippo despite actively not giving af about baseball and had that postfic high of the closure and relief that so often comes with Wangxian. I love them so much. I love how well they can be put into so many AU and still be them. Different authors always highlight different themes from MDZS, whether it's A-Yuan, WWX's exile or sense of justice, LWJ's moral growth or clan challenges, all the side characters, family dynamics, betrayals, grief, hope... I eat it all up.

(And whew the quality smut of this fic and the fandom overall is definitely a huge plus.)