A few fannish updates

[mumblemumble]

I wrote a Tibetan Sea Flower fic! And also Sand Sea fic, sort of, just due to the way they adapted Tibetan Sea Flower. As I said in my spoilery review, Zhang Luyi was just very, very good at pining and longing and yearning. It compelled me. When I brainstormed fic ideas with lunarriviera, I said at some point that Wu Xie basically spent ten years falling in love with a ghost, after they parted as friends* and Wu Xie subsequently lost all his marbles.

(* "Parted" as in, one friend nerve-pinched the other into unconsciousness so he wouldn't make a scene, but you know. Who among us.)

So then I literally wrote that. (And sam helped me with all the Sand Sea lore. <3)

» how to fall in love with a ghost

Words: 5,000
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie & Zhang Qiling
Additional Tags: Friendship, Pining, Getting Together
Summary: Xiaoge has gone behind the Bronze Gate. Wu Xie is handling it well.

When I started writing, I thought that maybe it would be Zhu Yilong's Wu Xie in my head, or maybe Qin Hao, but then by the end it was just fully Zhang Luyi, going very quietly insane with love. That's how compelling he was. Dammit. (Although that scene in the shop was 100% Qin Hao. I could picture it quite clearly.)

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I briefly considered signing up for Yuletide, which I haven't done since 2010, but then the thought of coming up with fandoms to request and details to put in a letter was too overwhelming. So I'm just gonna attempt some treats for the fandoms I was considering! Also looking forward to fandomtrees to make some non-fic gifts, hopefully.

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Lastly, Wang Yang is fully back from his self-imposed (?) radio silence after the big Magnolia Awards kerfuffle! I have lost all track of his event appearances and brand relationships (apparently he's hawking supplements with his Stand or Fall co-star now?), so here are just some recent-ish highlights:

- photoshoot for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala where he sang a duet with someone
- photoshoot for TOD's (and a tiny little BTS clip)
- whatever this is 🙃

Comments

[lunarriviera]

"so he wouldn't make a scene" [sob emoji]

"ten years falling in love with a ghost" [sob emoji x 10]

"going very quietly insane with love" [x 100]

IT'S SUCH A GOOD FIC I WILL LOVE IT FOREVER

[mumblemumble]

YOU HELPED BIRTH IT ILU x 1000 <3

[nnozomi]

I enjoyed your fic! (I still haven't actually watched any DMBJ but the Zhu Yilong one, so I'm probably missing out on a lot of background/context, but it was still a good read.)
Wang Yang! <3 That duet is gorgeous (although you guys, he's a tenor with a lovely high range, take advantage of it, why are you making him start out singing low notes he can barely produce). I'm glad he's definitely back on the scene everywhere.

[mumblemumble]

Aww, thank you! <3 There was indeed a lot of context to those musings, but with some vague fannish osmosis knowledge and the clip I linked in the other comment, you were probably able to muddle through. 🫶 Their little garden at the end was canon. 🥹

I kind of assumed the duet was pre-recorded and they were just miming (and the microphones and in-ears were just for show 😄), but now that I'm listening again, I guess it is live? Their voices are really harmonious together. And yeah, those first few notes are definitely struggle town. But still! <3

[grayswandir]

I'm very belatedly catching up on DW and wanted to say to thank you for sharing the Wang Yang photos! Glad to see he's back, and all the photos are lovely. <3 Very cool to see him do a duet! I hope we'll get to hear him actually sing solo sometime.

whatever this is

LOL omg. XD The Woody outfit was one thing, but I lost it at the ominous clips with the evil bear. WHAT.

[mumblemumble]

Oh hello! :-)

I had misremembered his first big outing as a singer on a gala stage--I thought it was a group performance with two other guys at this year's LNY gala, but now I think that was a different blorbo. (Maybe Zhu Yilong?) After clicking around Weibo for a bit, I managed to find the real thing again: a group performance with my girl Mao Xiaotong!!! (And also Yang Mi and some other dude. 😄)

So, foursome first, then duet, surely his next performance should be a solo song!

evil bear. WHAT.

Going purely with the knowledge gleaned from this unrelated bit of fun, I guess the bear is some kind of villain figure in the Toy Story saga? Still doesn't explain that whole baffling video tho. 😅

Good to see you! <3

[grayswandir]

So, foursome first, then duet, surely his next performance should be a solo song!

Hah, yes, I agree with this logic! (And thanks for the link to the group performance! I remember seeing it somewhere back when it happened, but I had totally forgotten when it was from and who/how many people he was singing with.)

I guess the bear is some kind of villain figure in the Toy Story saga?

It is! I've seen the Toy Story movies and recognized the bear -- but it definitely still doesn't explain the video. XD

<3