I don’t think any protagonist can ever top Wei ‘Yiling Laozu’ Wuxian. No one is doing it like him. He is an icon. He can shoot arrows blindfolded. He is a prankster. He falls for a boy and decides immediately that he must have said boy’s attention on him at all time. He is necromancer exacting his vengeance. He is just three years old. He is a flirt. He has his first kiss in his twenties. He does not remember your name. He does remember that one song his crush sang to him in a cave when he was injured and feverish. He is a sunshine boy. He survived the hell of hells. He died and was unhappily brought back to life. He’s the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. He walks the single plank bridge alone. He is the awesome gay uncle who knows everything. He is a pretty boy. He is the most moral, steadfast person you know. He is just a man throwing flowers to his love. He rips his hard won talent out to repay a debt that never was. He is a sister’s boy. He is an abuse survivor. He is an urban legend. He is one of the most handsome men of his time. He has so much trauma. He plants children like radishes. He threw the arrow he was shot with from a rooftop and killed someone. He is a talented musician. He is a scheming fox. He can drink you under the table. He is so fucking tired of this bullshit. He has probably long since burned his tastebuds with the spice he puts in his food. He is broke. He kisses skeletons on their hands in gratitude. He confesses his deep, abiding love in the middle of being held hostage. He attempts the impossible and succeeding. He is an untamed hero, standing against a world condemning innocent. He is everything.
These are to be matching images to be printed on each side of a bag *O* I’m so excited I never had my art printed before (zines not included lol) They are based on the Untamed poster of LWJ and WWX
It’s a little disheartening in the danmei fandom sometimes, seeing all these upcoming adaptions constantly delayed or put on hiatus. But it makes me feel so lucky as an MDZS fan that we have so many adaptions, not only made to completion, but made so well! We get to experience the story over and over in so many ways. For me it was the donghua. I saw clips of it back in 2018 and it looked interesting. I didn’t watch it till 2019 when season 2 was about to air, an online friend told me it was a adapted from a BL novel and that I HAD to read it! I’m so glad she did. 💗
Feel free to tell me how you found MDZS in the tags and comments!
I read and bookmarked Acernor’s “Coming back to yourself” Wangxian fic a full six months before I ever entered the fandom (or had even heard of any mxtx fandom) or even knew who was who. I was simply compelled by the Lan Wangjussy
