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The Untamed (TV)+2

to the act of making noise

by words-writ-in-starlight (Gunmetal_Crown)

His father in white plays the song late into the night, and when A-Yuan wakes up confused and afraid, the guqin lulls him back to sleep. Lan Sizhui hears his father play the same song every night for his whole life, and never, ever get an answer.

General 19k words 5 ch Complete 3.3k kudos

Grief/Mourning · Father-Son Relationship · inquiry · Lan Sizhui is the best of boys and I will not hear debate· +8 more

Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù+2

Call and Answer

by athena_crikey

They’ll believe a stranger, but not their own disciple. Wei Wuxian swallows that thought down. “Right. Okay. Okay. So you just… drug me and ask me questions? And I answer?” Lan Zhan’s doing that thing again. Looking unaccountably sad. But he nods. “Yes, Wei Ying. Is that what you want?” “If it will prove that this is incredibly fucked up and untrue? Yes, absolutely.”

Teen 6.9k words 1 ch Complete 1.8k kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · No war · Everyone lives · Whump· +9 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

The Twin Jades' Mother

by DrJLecter

Wei Wuxian learns to play Inquiry and with a little bit of resentful energy he manages to call a spirit nobody had expected to hear from ever. The Twin Jades of Lan have to face their long gone past.

Teen 12k words 1 ch Complete 1.3k kudos

Canon Compliant · Cloud Recesses (Módào Zǔshī) · Demonic Cultivation (Módào Zǔshī) · Emotions· +16 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

never beat, never break

by words-writ-in-starlight (Gunmetal_Crown)

A-Yuan cries. It is the only sound with meaning. He cries in the restless choked waves of a child beyond hope of relief, who believes that crying is all that is left to him.   Lan Wangji lies still and listens and is grateful for the sound, insofar as he is anything. Lan Wangji doesn't die under the discipline whip. It takes time to come to terms with this.

Teen 4.9k words 1 ch Complete 1.2k kudos

Adoption · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Grief/Mourning · Hurt No Comfort· +7 more

Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

The Last Inquiry

by Silver_Flame_2724

What if Wei Wuxian actually answered Lan Zhan’s Inquiry right before he was pulled into Mo Xuanyu’s body?(Although this is a series, this specific part can be read as a stand-alone.)

General 413 words 1 ch Complete 904 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Character Death · Light Angst · One Shot· +3 more

Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

who are you

by HeavenChild

Wei Ying died.Lan Wangji stayed alive.|OR| the one where Lan Wangji spent thirteen years searching for the soul of a dead man.

Teen 2.3k words 1 ch Complete 864 kudos

(i think) · Angst · Canon Compliant · Misunderstandings· +1 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

the blurriness of being alive

by RedLipped

Among the thousands of rules to be followed in the Lan Sect, "do not engage in gossip" was the rule probably broken most frequently. For one day out of each year, Lan Wangji declines his typical duties and leaves the Cloud Recesses, returning to Yiling. Rumours fly about his purpose: was he hiding a living Yiling Patriarch? Was he trying to summon him? Was he converting the decrepit Burial Mounds into his new home?For thirteen years, Lan Wangji mourns the death of Wei Wuxian. For thirteen years, Lan Sizhui does not understand his father's Day of Mourning, until one day he does.This is a story about how a young, unprepared father and his naive adopted son navigate the pain of mourning a loss together.

Teen 18k words 2 ch Complete 390 kudos

13 Years of Mourning · Angst with a Happy Ending · Burial Mounds (Módào Zǔshī) · Canon Divergence· +6 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

For the Ones You Lost

by JessicaMDawn

For as long as he has been at the Cloud Recesses, Lan Sizhui has loved the lantern festival. His favorite moment each year was when he and Hanguang-Jun set off a single lantern together, away from others. Lan Wangji always said their solitary lantern was in memory of Lan Sizhui's family, and Lan Sizhui loved his lost family very much. Knowing Wei Wuxian only made him love lantern festivals, and his family, even more.

General 2.4k words 1 ch Complete 368 kudos

Childhood Memories · Family · Festival Food · Lan Clan Traditions· +6 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

Shadows of the Past

by Forestofglory

Jin Ling asks Lan Sizhui to come to Qiongqi Path and play Inquiry so he can learn the truth of what happened to the Wen held prisoner there.

Teen 1.4k words 1 ch Complete 358 kudos

Mistreatment of Prisoners · confronting the past · descriptions of physical abuse · inquiry

The Untamed (TV)+1

birdsong of the dead

by awenswords

They make a deal - Lan Wangji can keep A-Yuan, but in return he may only play Inquiry thrice a year for the duration of his seclusion. Yuan does not understand how he had another father who died, or why his own father is so sad, but he listens as Lan Wangji plays Inquiry and speaks to Wei Wuxian. After that, Wei Wuxian becomes a fixture of life, and his presence is felt everywhere.///Father’s hands move to play more sounds, then stop, “You have - had. Another father. Today is an important day,” he says again, which A-Yuan knows, but he can’t say that because father must be repeating himself for a reason as he saved his words for big things, “You are three. This is your first birthday here, without your xiankao. With song, we speak to him.”

General 10k words 5 / ? ch In progress 283 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Canonical Character Death · Character Death · Childhood· +9 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

a different sort of goodbye

by celialoves_lwj

They say destiny is as fragile as butterfly wings; gossamer and wonderous and easy to tear; to blacken and burn under sunlight and long exposure.  Once, Lan Wangji would have held within himself the ability to oppose this, shoulders squared, arms racing forth like some storybook warrior: all muscle, no sense. Once, he would not have cared at all for the threats of the masses, the gossiping bloodlust and greed of the interclan heirarchy; would have thought himself stubborn enough to outpace reality itself. Yet, Lan Wangji is barely past his majority, barely out of a war, and he is left bereft of this most fundamental piece of himself. Lan Wangji loses Wei Ying just after the war ends. He deals with that loss as best he can.

Teen 5.2k words 1 ch Complete 274 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Angst · Canon Temporary Character Death · Everybody Lives· +17 more

The Untamed (TV)

Diamonds and Rust (or, five times Lan Zhan looked for Wei Ying and one time he found him)

by names_for_dusk

Lan Zhan has searched for him for sixteen years, with grief his constant companion. For sixteen years, he has not found him. And then, one day, a flute rings through the mountain pass.

Teen 1.6k words 1 ch Complete 231 kudos

5+1 Things · Canon Compliant · Canon-Typical Violence · Content Warning: Blood· +4 more

The Untamed (TV)+2

All is lost

by Wanxin

Lan Wangji is alone in the world. Wei Ying is dead, his father is dead, his mother is long dead, his uncle is gone to grief and anger, and his brother--His brother has been taken from him. His brother has been married to Emperor Wen Ruohan's heir, the crown prince Wen Huoyao, and there is nothing he can do about it. Part of a larger series

Teen 4.1k words 1 ch Complete 176 kudos

Angst · Huoyao is doing his best · Misery · Misunderstandings· +10 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

to heal

by celialoves_lwj

Where everything and everyone else has tampered with time, he remains at the forefront, this most visceral loss. Her best friend, who listened to all her worries and held her when she cried. Her closest confidant, who shared with her his secrets just as willingly as he kept hers. Her precious younger brother, borne of her heart and far, far more than the servant’s son he always pretended to be. Jiang Yanli goes through the proverbial five stages of grief.

Teen 5.8k words 5 ch Complete 175 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Angst · BAMF! Jiang Yanli · Fix-It of Sorts· +11 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

[Podfic] to the act of making noise

by Ceewelsh, DanaScully1013, kisahawklin & more

His father in white plays the song late into the night, and when A-Yuan wakes up confused and afraid, the guqin lulls him back to sleep. Lan Sizhui hears his father play the same song every night for his whole life, and never, ever get an answer. Podfic of to the act of making noise by words-writ-in-starlight (Gunmetal_Crown).

General 67 words 1 ch Complete 131 kudos

Angst · Audio Format: MP3 · Audio Format: Streaming · CQL Verse· +12 more