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  1. Public Bookmark 49

    Four weddings and a confession by for LizzyPanic

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

    15 Jun 2025

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    Lan Zhan doesn’t know how he feels about the fact that he’s graduated to the ‘teen table’. He’s not even sure he knew it existed. It always seemed to be all grown ups except for the babies’ table before. Still. This is a Jin family event, and the Jins are always the most lavish, and also somehow never get the old traditions quite right. Lan Zhan knows from Uncle that they’re too showy, not refined. He’s never said so, but he can just see it by his face. And now there is a teen table and Lan Zhan is a teen.

    He stares at the seating plan and then looks up at Lan Huan. He’s trying to stop his eyes widening, but Lan Huan always knows how he feels. He takes him by the hand as they go and find their table, and Lan Zhan can’t help but squeeze it back tightly. They arrive at a similar time to the other teenagers, all vaguely familiar. Lan Zhan thinks he recognises Jiangs, Nies, a Wen. There’s some awkward shuffling and bumping as they find their places. Lan Zhan is struck with horror when he realises he’s on the opposite side of the table from Lan Huan, but relieved that the spot next to him seems to be empty.

    There is *literally* no prize for guessing who’s in the empty seat.

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    15 Jun 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Older Wei Ying, total idiot. Last four chapters are FIRE.

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    A Twist Of Fate by

    Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    22 Sep 2024

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    Xie Lian lowered his eyes. “My Lord, might this one ask what happened to Bai Wuxiang?”

    “He seemed to be giving you some trouble, so I destroyed him. Think of it as a gift for your ascension.”

    Xie Lian opened his mouth, prepared to thank Jun Wu, when the Emperor carried on.

    “I also dealt with his servant.”

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    06 Jan 2024

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    Oh man, I love the Lightning Master, and am bummed he faded.

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    The Bride Selection by

    Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Cartoon)  

    24 Apr 2022

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    Xie Lian held up the flyer, and squinted at it through the eye-holes of his mask. Beneath the words ‘Join the Selection! Be the Ghost King’s Bride!’ the sweeping eaves rendered in wobbly black ink matched the silhouette of the building in the distance. Paradise Manor. The Ghost King’s home.

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    ...The Princess and the Pea retelling? Set before the events of the novel. The Ghost King of Paradise Manor is selecting a bride. Xie Lian doesn't really know what he's doing there.

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    28 Dec 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    So great. Lost half a day to reading it. Make sure you have some time…

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    ’Til our compass stands still by

    Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    23 Jul 2023

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    After getting lost in Ghost City, Xie Lian bargains away years of servitude to the Gambler’s Den to help a man in need. He dons the robes of a worker and hides his face and life behind an enchanted mask, protecting himself from the city's denizens. Xie Lian finds an unexpected home in Ghost City before he ever sees the lord of it, the infamous Hua Cheng. When he finally does, something about himself seems to catch the attention of the Ghost King, slowly striking up an unusual friendship. Xie Lian must figure out how to navigate his burgeoning feelings, how to keep his identity to himself, and how to get over a ghost so clearly in love with someone else.

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    12 Dec 2023

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    The with Xie Lian working as Wujin, the black rabbit mask, in Gambler’s Den, after volunteering as collateral on a desperate mortal’s losing bet. The BEST. Slow burn, awesome payoff, wonderful cast of ghost characters. Current favorite Hualian.

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    Heart at Ease by

    Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

    03 Jul 2022

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    And then Wei Ying straightened, something terribly apologetic, almost frail in his eyes – and before he said the words, Lan Wangji already knew what the answer would be. Suddenly, the day that had so far felt very warm turned cold for him.

    He would have held up his hand, but something was keeping him frozen in place. The realization, perhaps, that he would not get those words back now. That he’d put them out, careless like a child, and just as fragile when facing the realities of the world.

    Wei Ying bowed to him, so respectful that it made Lan Wangji taste iron on his tongue. “I’m very honored, that Lan Zhan would hold me in such high regard, but – I don’t like men like that, so –“

     

    or, lwj confesses

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    02 Dec 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Oh, the usual wangxian misunderstandings and WWX not understanding his own feelings. Don’t read before bed unless you want to wake up with a sinus headache from crying.