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Title: Why Should You Linger
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 3450 words
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Relationships: Gu Xiang & Wen Kexing, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Gu Xiang, Zhou Zishu, cameos by Cao Weining and Chengling and Gao Xiaolian
Content Tags: Canon Divergence, chapter 67, just before Wen Kexing leaves for Ghost Valley, Fix-It

Summary: Gu Xiang's lip wobbled. "You said it yourself. A girl who's been married off is like water thrown out of the door. So I just can't marry, and that's that. You're still my master, and I'm not letting you get out of that!"

Why Should You Linger

trobadora

Title: Idly in Moonlight
Rating: Teen And Up
Word count: 7,527
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Relationship: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Zhang Chengling
Content Tags: Puppet Manor Arc, Canon Divergence, Domesticity (WenZhou-style), Flirting, Developing Relationship, Wen Kexing's Plans, Fix-It, Questionable use of poetry

Summary: All his life, whenever creatures - human or otherwise - had snarled or hissed or snapped at him, literally or figuratively, Zhou Zishu had felt superior in his self-control, his calm calculation. It had never once occurred to him before that he might snarl back.

Idly in Moonlight

mekare

I‘m reading the novel for the first time and am having a lot of fun!

Here are some thoughts and quotes in my journal.

peachpai

Two of my recent zine fics! These are both pretty nasty and violent, so please mind the warnings.

Title: The Body Without Organs
Fandom: Qi Ye
Characters & Relationships: Jing Beiyuan/Zhou Zishu, Song Ping'an
Rating & Warnings: Mature; horror, graphic gore, graphic descriptions of corpses, flaying, psychological trauma, murder, nightmare
Word Count: 3524
Notes: First life AU. Illustrated by Zazrichor (included in the fic). This was my piece for the Trapped zine, which you can download for free here, and check out our social media to browse other contributors pieces - Twitter and Tumblr. Check the AO3 collection here.

Jing Beiyuan wakes from a dream in which he passes through a forest populated by gnarled fruit trees, a stinking mass of unharvested fruits beneath them. Wasps and flies churn over the rot, wafting a pungent odor to Jing Beiyuan’s nose. Leaves whisper in the forest, and the carriage driver nervously reveals he heard rumors about the restless dead along that road.

On AO3

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Title: A Game Designed for Fools
Fandom: Word of Honor
Characters & Relationships: Happy Ghost, Ghost Valley OCs
Rating & Warnings: Explicit; self-mutilation, scarification, corpse desecration, referenced torture, child murder, forced alcohol enema
Word Count: 747
Notes: Pre-canon. Listen to the "official" Serpent's Tail playlist on Spotify. This one was for Tales From Mt Qingya.

Happy Ghost finally wins.

On AO3

mekare

I don't know of you‘ve heard of this: a Word of Honor/Qi Ye/Shan He Ling fanzine has been published here:i

Googledoc Link in the official Tumblr post

Warning: It‘s a horrorzine and I‘m not currently in the right mood to check it out, but I looked at some of the art which is amazing.

mekare

Poll #28409 Wenzhou flavours

This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19

What‘s your favourite Wenzhou flavour?

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Murder husbands
13 (68.4%)

Valley Master WKX/Tian Chuang ZZS
6 (31.6%)

Soulmates/Zhiji
13 (68.4%)

Pillow Princess Zishu
6 (31.6%)

Pillow Princess Wen Kexing
0 (0.0%)

Indulgent Zishu
8 (42.1%)

Indulgent Wen Kexing
5 (26.3%)

Fighting before sex
7 (36.8%)

Arguing before sex
6 (31.6%)

Carefree jianghu wanderers
7 (36.8%)

Wenzhou/Han Ying
5 (26.3%)

Parents Wenzhou (Gu Xiang lives, obviously)
10 (52.6%)

Shidi-Shixiong (post-canon, possibly rebuilt Siji Manor)
6 (31.6%)

Shidi-Shixiong (Pre-canon)
0 (0.0%)

Modern AU Wenzhou
3 (15.8%)

Creature/supernatural/spirit Zishu
2 (10.5%)

Creature/supernatural/spirit WKX
3 (15.8%)

Something else I‘ll tell you about in the comments
0 (0.0%)

trobadora

Title: Of Course I Want
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: none
Relationship: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, cameos by others
Content tags: Post-Canon, Canon Divergence – Chapter 68, Changming Mountain, First Time, Developing Relationship

Summary:

After the nails are removed, Zhou Zishu wakes up.

Or: If he wanted to go after Wen Kexing, why shouldn't he?

Post-canon, in a slightly brighter world.

mekare

Link shared with

potofsoup‘s permission:

https://potofsoup.dreamwidth.org/70695.html

Excerpt:

I guess I'm a traditionalist who grew up on Jinyong, and it frustrated me that I don't know which dynasty this is taking place, and the story didn't show at all the impact of all these wuxia people on the local population. (Seriously, modern wuxia authors -- the jianghu doesn't exist in isolation from the government and the commoners, it exists *between* the two, which is why *you need to show both*)

That said, I did like how the main characters are both older (in their early 30s), and clearly jaded about power, morality, love, etc. People being competent is my fave, and the main characters are definitely very competent.

Of course, major spoilers for the novel‘s ending which is different from the drama!

mekare

Here on Tumblr,

mtkay13

Excerpt:

The final hit on the nail (heh) was when I properly read TYK a second time, though. Soon after he put on his disguise, ZZS looks at his own reflection in a river and thinks that "finally, the outside matches the inside", very satisfied. It could be that his sickly exterior reflects how his interior is slowly dying. But it could also very well be that he is trash, and finally looks like trash. And he's happy about it. Later on, when offered new clothes, he's amused by how ridiculous his stupid face and meager body look with such refined fabric on it. Like it doesn't match. ZZS himself loves this persona. He likes looking like this, and I think that's fantastic. I think it's hilarious. I think that ZZS identifying with this appearance is great, liberating, and extremely fun. Also, come on. It's perfect for him. ZZS is the guy who spent two weeks in a cellar and bathed WEEKS after leaving the capital because the smell had gotten too bad, "even for him". I believe ZZS when he says the inside now matches the outside, lol.

lunarriviera

title: fourth autumn
relationship: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
characters: Zhang Chengling, Wu Xi, a couple of surprise guests
rating: explicit
warnings: graphic violence
words: 15k
tags: canon-typical violence, kidnapping, Tian Chuang, Siji Manor, Ghost Valley, wuxia, blood, former assassin Zhou Zishu, with a twist, post-canon, not canon compliant, angst with a happy ending

summary:

It is a trap, and Zhou Zishu knows it; the kind he had set himself, before, when Tian Chuang wanted to threaten someone discreetly, with a minimum of attention. They want Wen Kexing alive because they know Zhou Zishu will give chase. They want Zhou Zishu alive because they want him back. And he does not intend to give them the pleasure of his company a third time.

Zhou Zishu has become an arrow, single-pointed. It's a place inside himself he has never wanted to venture into, again, but for one person, and one person only, he will do it.

“I’m looking for Wen Kexing.”

on ao3 [here]

(& thank you for letting me share this with you <3)

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: on my sofa

peachpai

Title: Resist, Transform
Characters & Relationships: Jing Beiyuan/Wu Xi, Axinlai, Nuaha, Zhou Zishu, Song Ping An, the sable
Rating & Warnings: T; large insects, alcohol use, blood & injury
Word Count: 2382
Summary: Death is a transformation, a molting of old skin, a rebirth.
Notes: Qi Ye canon. This is my contribution for the Priest Major Arcana Zine. The inspiration comes from the Death card, representing transition and transformation, and resistance to change in the reverse. The zine is really beautiful, I recommend checking it out!

Read on AO3 here

The complete zine featuring fanworks for may of Priest's novels can be downloaded for free here: https://priestzine.itch.io/download

shadaras

As we discussed earlier, we're starting off with some every-other-week rec posts for SHL and TYK fanworks! (Qi Ye and LLD/RPF are also welcome, of course, but your mods tend to be more into SHL/TYK so our posts will start there.)

This week's theme is: Hurt/Comfort

Please comment to share other hurt/comfort fanworks! Fics, vids, art, meta, headcanons, gifsets, filks/fansongs... anything and everything counts! :D All you need to do is provide a link to a fanwork you think fits the theme and say "I liked this!"

Here's some starting recs:

Fanart
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Fanfic

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Final admin note: There are still slots to sign up for character spotlights! Half the slots are filled right now, but we'd love to have more!

shadaras

TYK Week is running on twitter right now! It seems like it's drawing in some cool TYK-focused art and fic.

They've got some cool prompts! (Click image to continue through to more info about prompts etc.)

Browsing the event hashtag, there's some really cool stuff already in there!

peachpai

flowers bloom when the moon becomes full
Characters & Relationships: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, Jing Beiyuan & Zhou Zishu, Helian Yi & Zhou Zishu
Rating & Warnings: Mature; cw suicidal thoughts
Word Count: 6300
Notes: TYK. Canon divergence arranged marriage AU featuring Valley Master Wen Kexing & Tian Chuang Leader Zhou Zishu. Contains vague gestures to Qi Ye, but nothing spoilery.

“Only soulmates could cross paths under such a moon,” the intruder says, and alights next to Zhou Zishu. “The portrait didn’t capture your likeness at all, Lord Zhou.”

Zhou Zishu is suddenly face to face with a tall man exuding the sharp elegance of a predator, wearing a red so deep it looks like a pool of blood, his hair so inky-dark it flows into the night. His hand instinctively flies to the sword concealed at his waist before he realizes that this can only be Wen Kexing, Master of Ghosts, who he is supposedly going to marry.

shadaras

An exchange I was part of just revealed authors, so now I can share the two (rather different!) wenzhou fics I wrote for it. :) Both of which are concepts I've had floating around in my head for a while, so it was fun to have an excuse to write them!

heat drawn from the core (1400 words) by Shadaras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Zhou Zishu, Wen Kexing
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Sunbathing, Oral Sex
Summary:

Zhou Zishu is sunbathing, but Wen Kexing has other ideas for how to pass the afternoon.

Wings Spread Wide (822 words) by Shadaras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu
Additional Tags: Wingfic, hidden wings, Wing Reveal, Canon Divergence, episode 32
Summary:

Wen Kexing falls.

Zhou Zishu catches him.

mekare

Soo, I‘m in the process of thinking about Wen Kexing’s living conditions in Ghost Valley once he usurped the old master. Is there any information about this in the novel? (I cannot remember anything clearly being shown in the drama) Alternately, what are your theories, or what have you encountered in fic?
I guess as Master he would have to have an easily defensible area where he (&Gu Xiang) spend their nights (they must sleep at SOME point), plus maybe an optional secret passage that leads out of the valley for secret trips and as an escape route.
But what is it? Does he live in a cave/ a mansion or ...?

shadaras

So Glorious and Bright (1200 words) by Shadaras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Zhou Zishu, Wen Kexing
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Unnegotiated Kink, Fighting As Foreplay, Impact Play, Non-Sexual Kink, Canon-Typical Wenzhou calling each other 'Niangzi' and 'Xianggong', Dom Wen Kexing, Sub Zhou Zishu
Summary:
Zhou Zishu hadn’t expected to miss the pain.

I wrote a short post-TYK wenzhou fic for an exchange a few weeks ago, and authors are now revealed! :D It's always fun to have an excuse for writing some fighting foreplay and dom!WKX.

shadaras

Last week I said I'd probably post ep29's rewatch post on new year's eve/today, absolutely forgetting that I was getting the covid booster on Tuesday and therefore really should've expected to not have the brain for tasks that take, like, executive functioning. xD I'm fine, I didn't have any particularly bad effects beyond brainfog, but didn't get that done.

So, look forward to the next rewatch post and crying about Han Ying next week. :)

As the calendar turns, though, I'm curious about what some of your favorite SHL/TYK (and related fandoms!) fanworks are! Link them in comments here, or make posts on the comm itself, and let's enjoy the turn of the calendar with some excellent fanworks! :D

peachpai

Unusual Forms
Characters & Relationships: Jing Beiyuan & Zhou Zishu, the sable
Rating & Warnings: General Audiences
Word Count: 536
Summary: QY/TYK canon. All the warning Zhou Zishu receives before the sable launches at him off the top of a folding screen is the faint scrabbling of little feet.

days in between (part 5)
Characters & Relationships: Ye Baiyi & Zhou Zishu
Rating & Warnings: Teen and Up; cw terminal illness
Word Count: 777
Summary: SHL canon. Zhou Zishu on the days in between.

Amid the third insistence that he would be fine, stop asking, Lao Wen, Zhou Zishu’s vision grays out. He’s not fainting here, in front of the Mt. Changming Sword Immortal and his stupid smug face already kicking rocks at the top of the hill…except he is, and he’s out before he feels himself hit the dirt.

( others under here to save space )

rekishi

Hello!

Today it's:

Chapter 45 – Anticipation
Chapter 46 - Misfortune
Chapter 47 - Puppet

( Quotes )

( Thoughts )

( A personal note )

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trobadora - FIC: Why Should You Linger (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing & Gu Xiang, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]
trobadora - FIC: Idly in Moonlight (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]
mekare - Notes on the novel
peachpai - [FIC] qi ye (murderbros) + word of honor (gen)
mekare - Trapped Fanzine
mekare - A silly Wenzhou poll
trobadora - FIC: Of Course I Want (TYK: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]
mekare - Novel review
mekare - Meta and fanart on Zhou Zishu‘s beggar disguise by mtkay13
lunarriviera - [fic] shl wenzhou (tyk flavor)
peachpai - [FIC] qi ye, xiyuan + priest zine
shadaras - Community Rec Post: Hurt/Comfort Fanworks!
shadaras - Event Signal Boost: TYK Week on Twitter
peachpai - [fic] tyk wenzhou
shadaras - Two Wenzhou Fics (one TYK, one SHL)
mekare - Question: the reality of living in Ghost Valley
shadaras - [Fic] So Glorious and Bright (TYK-canon Wenzhou)
shadaras - Rewatch Post Delayed + Call for Fanwork Recs
peachpai - [ficlets] wenzhou & gen, tyk & shl
rekishi - [Tian Ya Ke (Re-)Readalong] Chapter 45-47, also a break

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Entries tagged with canon: novel

FIC: Why Should You Linger (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing & Gu Xiang, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

FIC: Idly in Moonlight (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

Notes on the novel

[FIC] qi ye (murderbros) + word of honor (gen)

Trapped Fanzine

A silly Wenzhou poll

FIC: Of Course I Want (TYK: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

Novel review

Meta and fanart on Zhou Zishu‘s beggar disguise by mtkay13

[fic] shl wenzhou (tyk flavor)

[FIC] qi ye, xiyuan + priest zine

Community Rec Post: Hurt/Comfort Fanworks!

Event Signal Boost: TYK Week on Twitter

[fic] tyk wenzhou

Two Wenzhou Fics (one TYK, one SHL)

Question: the reality of living in Ghost Valley

[Fic] So Glorious and Bright (TYK-canon Wenzhou)

Rewatch Post Delayed + Call for Fanwork Recs

[ficlets] wenzhou & gen, tyk & shl

[Tian Ya Ke (Re-)Readalong] Chapter 45-47, also a break

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