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fancakeFandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Pairings/Characters: Past (and future) Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 484 characters (Chinese); 563 words (English)
Content Notes: Major Character Death (canon, temporary), Angst, Epistolary, Poetry, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Mourning, Written in Chinese
Language: 中文-吴语 (original); English (translation)
Creator Links:
Lan Wangji: Unfortunately, their Baidu profile has gone 404.
zenzenzense: (AO3): zenzenzense(rebirth9981)
Theme: Just Like Canon, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters, Fandom Classics, Non-AO3 Works, Pining
Summary: Lan Wangji mourns his lost Wei Ying, in gentlemanly and poetic fashion.
Creator Notes:
Lan Wangji: (cut for length):
物属于墨香铜臭，ooc属于我。
灵感来自吧友飏，蓝湛的十三年，灯火阑珊处寂寥无人。
很短很酸，明明挤得辛苦却一定要挤也是为了给@夷陵老祖 一个回应。
《魔道祖师》完结了，但在另一个世界，故事远未落幕。宋子琛会带着晓星尘和阿箐的灵魂行天下路；金凌会长大，肩负起金氏所有的屈辱和荣光；聂家有望光芒耀世，蓝家小辈如思追景仪等，假以时日也定当成为如蓝氏双璧那般万众称道的人物；蓝曦臣如何从痛苦中抽身，江晚吟是否还有释怀的勇气，这些犹未可知。这世上太多不能言尽之事，蓝忘机和魏无羡却已经不会再去管了，他们还要一辈子一起夜猎。
各自有各自的路，只是我们不能再和他们一路了。
后会有期，诸君珍重.
(The characters belong to Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; any Out of Character (OOC) moments are my own doing.
This piece was inspired by fellow forum user "Yang," and by the thirteen years of solitude endured by Lan Zhan—a time spent waiting in the fading lamplight, utterly alone.
It is a very short, rather bittersweet piece—one I struggled to squeeze out, yet felt compelled to write nonetheless, if only to offer a response toyilinglaozu.
*Mo Dao Zu Shi* has reached its conclusion, yet in another realm, the story is far from over. Song Zichen will wander the world, carrying with him the souls of Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing; Jin Ling will come of age, shouldering the full weight of the Jin Clan’s humiliations and glories alike; the Nie Clan holds the promise of shining brilliantly upon the world; and the juniors of the Lan Clan—such as Sizhui and Jingyi—will, given time, undoubtedly rise to become figures as universally acclaimed as the "Twin Jades of Lan." As for how Lan Xichen will manage to extricate himself from his grief, or whether Jiang Wanyin will ever find the courage to let go of the past—these things remain unknown. There are far too many things in this world that defy full expression; yet Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian need no longer concern themselves with such matters—for they have a lifetime of night-hunts ahead of them to share, together.
Each character has their own path to walk; it is simply that we can no longer walk alongside them.
Until we meet again—farewell, and take care, everyone.)
zenzenzense: Translation (or butchering session as I would call it) of a certain fanfic... Lan WangJi writes a letter to Wei WuXian while drunk sometime in the thirteen years during which he's gone. The original Chinese version is highly poetic and uses a lot of difficult language; I tried to keep some of that in the translated version; not sure if it worked out or not. Only angst. No fluff. You have very much been warned...
Reccer's Notes: This 2016 Baidu fic by “Lan Wangji”(a Chinese ground-floor fan who got to claim a prime pseudonym!), translated into English by zenzenzense, is historically important as the origin of the Thirteen Years of Inquiry: a plausible trope that swiftly disseminated into not only the fandom but subsequent adaptations.
Fanwork Links:
Archive.today: https://archive.ph/Q2WZH
Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20221113075541/https://archive.ph/Q2WZH
English translation: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16172624
Pairings/Characters: Past (and future) Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 484 characters (Chinese); 563 words (English)
Content Notes: Major Character Death (canon, temporary), Angst, Epistolary, Poetry, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Mourning, Written in Chinese
Language: 中文-吴语 (original); English (translation)
Creator Links:
Lan Wangji: Unfortunately, their Baidu profile has gone 404.
zenzenzense: (AO3): zenzenzense(rebirth9981)
Theme: Just Like Canon, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters, Fandom Classics, Non-AO3 Works, Pining
Summary: Lan Wangji mourns his lost Wei Ying, in gentlemanly and poetic fashion.
Creator Notes:
Lan Wangji: (cut for length):
物属于墨香铜臭，ooc属于我。
灵感来自吧友飏，蓝湛的十三年，灯火阑珊处寂寥无人。
很短很酸，明明挤得辛苦却一定要挤也是为了给@夷陵老祖 一个回应。
《魔道祖师》完结了，但在另一个世界，故事远未落幕。宋子琛会带着晓星尘和阿箐的灵魂行天下路；金凌会长大，肩负起金氏所有的屈辱和荣光；聂家有望光芒耀世，蓝家小辈如思追景仪等，假以时日也定当成为如蓝氏双璧那般万众称道的人物；蓝曦臣如何从痛苦中抽身，江晚吟是否还有释怀的勇气，这些犹未可知。这世上太多不能言尽之事，蓝忘机和魏无羡却已经不会再去管了，他们还要一辈子一起夜猎。
各自有各自的路，只是我们不能再和他们一路了。
后会有期，诸君珍重.
(The characters belong to Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; any Out of Character (OOC) moments are my own doing.
This piece was inspired by fellow forum user "Yang," and by the thirteen years of solitude endured by Lan Zhan—a time spent waiting in the fading lamplight, utterly alone.
It is a very short, rather bittersweet piece—one I struggled to squeeze out, yet felt compelled to write nonetheless, if only to offer a response to
yilinglaozu.*Mo Dao Zu Shi* has reached its conclusion, yet in another realm, the story is far from over. Song Zichen will wander the world, carrying with him the souls of Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing; Jin Ling will come of age, shouldering the full weight of the Jin Clan’s humiliations and glories alike; the Nie Clan holds the promise of shining brilliantly upon the world; and the juniors of the Lan Clan—such as Sizhui and Jingyi—will, given time, undoubtedly rise to become figures as universally acclaimed as the "Twin Jades of Lan." As for how Lan Xichen will manage to extricate himself from his grief, or whether Jiang Wanyin will ever find the courage to let go of the past—these things remain unknown. There are far too many things in this world that defy full expression; yet Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian need no longer concern themselves with such matters—for they have a lifetime of night-hunts ahead of them to share, together.
Each character has their own path to walk; it is simply that we can no longer walk alongside them.
Until we meet again—farewell, and take care, everyone.)
zenzenzense: Translation (or butchering session as I would call it) of a certain fanfic... Lan WangJi writes a letter to Wei WuXian while drunk sometime in the thirteen years during which he's gone. The original Chinese version is highly poetic and uses a lot of difficult language; I tried to keep some of that in the translated version; not sure if it worked out or not. Only angst. No fluff. You have very much been warned...
Reccer's Notes: This 2016 Baidu fic by “Lan Wangji”(a Chinese ground-floor fan who got to claim a prime pseudonym!), translated into English by zenzenzense, is historically important as the origin of the Thirteen Years of Inquiry: a plausible trope that swiftly disseminated into not only the fandom but subsequent adaptations.
Fanwork Links:
Archive.today: https://archive.ph/Q2WZH
Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20221113075541/https://archive.ph/Q2WZH
English translation: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16172624
