For @fytheuntamed ‘s Untamed Fall Fest. Day 26: Remains

So I was 100% inspired by @needtherapy‘s those who remain sets. She does a really cool job of showing before an after of characters in the show. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful! Go check her out!

I went the route of the people left behind. Ooof. this is heavy… but death is heavy so appropriate. 

the last gif I originally made to go with the LXC set i did but it also didn’t fit… so repurposing! HA! I am so pleased i am able to recycle my effort. lol.

Also, trying out my tiny watermark. I really like the haoppopotamus… >.> maybe too much so. one big midwest OPE. 

For @fytheuntamed ‘s Untamed Fall Fest. Day 26: Remains

So I was 100% inspired by @needtherapy‘s those who remain sets. She does a really cool job of showing before an after of characters in the show. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful! Go check her out!

I went the route of the people left behind. Ooof. this is heavy… but death is heavy so appropriate. 

the last gif I originally made to go with the LXC set i did but it also didn’t fit… so repurposing! HA! I am so pleased i am able to recycle my effort. lol.

Also, trying out my tiny watermark. I really like the haoppopotamus… >.> maybe too much so. one big midwest OPE. 

For @fytheuntamed ‘s Untamed Fall Fest. Day 26: Remains

So I was 100% inspired by @needtherapy‘s those who remain sets. She does a really cool job of showing before an after of characters in the show. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful! Go check her out!

I went the route of the people left behind. Ooof. this is heavy… but death is heavy so appropriate. 

the last gif I originally made to go with the LXC set i did but it also didn’t fit… so repurposing! HA! I am so pleased i am able to recycle my effort. lol.

Also, trying out my tiny watermark. I really like the haoppopotamus… >.> maybe too much so. one big midwest OPE. 

For @fytheuntamed ‘s Untamed Fall Fest. Day 26: Remains

So I was 100% inspired by @needtherapy‘s those who remain sets. She does a really cool job of showing before an after of characters in the show. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful! Go check her out!

I went the route of the people left behind. Ooof. this is heavy… but death is heavy so appropriate. 

the last gif I originally made to go with the LXC set i did but it also didn’t fit… so repurposing! HA! I am so pleased i am able to recycle my effort. lol.

Also, trying out my tiny watermark. I really like the haoppopotamus… >.> maybe too much so. one big midwest OPE. 

For @fytheuntamed ‘s Untamed Fall Fest. Day 26: Remains

So I was 100% inspired by @needtherapy‘s those who remain sets. She does a really cool job of showing before an after of characters in the show. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful! Go check her out!

I went the route of the people left behind. Ooof. this is heavy… but death is heavy so appropriate. 

the last gif I originally made to go with the LXC set i did but it also didn’t fit… so repurposing! HA! I am so pleased i am able to recycle my effort. lol.

Also, trying out my tiny watermark. I really like the haoppopotamus… >.> maybe too much so. one big midwest OPE. 

jin guangyao is that one kid who transferred schools 3 times in 2 years but made the most out of it. by that, i mean he became best friends w/ the most popular students from the first 2, & is the principal’s son in the 3rd one. a-yao knows how to network.

~anyways he was the manager for mingjue’s team, then xichen’s, and now for the lanling cheerleading squad! they both want to get him back tho bc he was rly good at the job.

(I’M STILL ALIVE GUYS but im super busy with work work work so for the meantime updates will only be once a week!)

the series so far: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ★

Fatal Journey || Nie brothers

The Knife That Twists

A story about how these four people love and hurt each other over the years, which leads Nie Huaisang to make a choice about justice.

Side note: All the break titles are dao techniques. Because in his own way, Huaisang wields a dangerous blade as well.

切 Qiē: to slice

Nie Huaisang is waiting for his brother when he hears the knock, too gentle to be da-ge. And anyway, Mingjue wouldn’t knock. “Hello?” he calls out, curious.

The young man who enters is tall, nearly as tall as his brother, but slender and graceful, slipping around the door silently to bow.

Oh. It’s Lan-da-gongzi. Or rather, Zewu-Jun, as he’s recently been named. His brother’s…well…his brother’s. Huaisang isn’t sure exactly what they are, but he sees the way da-ge’s eyes follow this man with a look of stunned surprise he doesn’t wear for anyone else, so he knows they’re something.

“Gongzi, my apologies. You weren’t expecting me,” he says carefully, dark eyes searching Huaisang’s face. “Your brother asked me to come and tell you…he’s been unexpectedly called away. There is a skirmish on the border, and he regrets he will not be able to join you.” 

Huaisang huffs and slumps down on his bed, bitterly disappointed. He shouldn’t be angry, he knows da-ge wouldn’t have left if he didn’t have to, but this is usually his favorite part of the week. It’s the only time they spend together anymore, and he glares at Zewu-Jun as though it is his fault.

To his surprise, the man doesn’t leave. “Can I help you instead? Nie-xiong told me what the two of you were planning. I…I can help.” 

He sounds uncertain, and it makes Huaisang like him better. He always seems so calm and serene, and in the few times he’s visited Bujing Shi, Huaisang can’t remember him speaking more than ten words in a row. He wonders what on earth his brother could possibly find interesting about him. Well, Huaisang decides, noting the straight nose, high cheekbones, and full mouth, he’s handsome enough. Maybe that’s all that matters.

He looks at Zewu-Jun’s hands with their long musician’s fingers, and thinks about the offer. It will be strange, letting someone else braid his hair, but…it has to be done. He can’t go out without looking like a somewhat respectable Nie.

“Fine. Are you sure?”

The smile that curls around Zewu-Jun’s face gives Huaisang a little more understanding of what his brother sees.

“I am.” 

He sinks down onto the floor and beckons Huaisang to sit in front of him. Silently, Huaisang hands him the comb and thread and steels himself for the pain of inexperienced hands.

But Zewu-Jun’s fingers are deft and agile, starting at the forehead and twisting Huaisang’s hair into plaits nearly as quickly as Huaisang himself could have done. He tries not to be impressed. As Zewu-Jun works, he begins to hum softly, and Huaisang relaxes, giving in to the pleasure of being fussed over, even if it’s not by da-ge. Da-ge would never have hummed.

Zewu-Jun pulls the plaits together and secures them at the top of Huaisang’s head, looping them into an intricately woven pattern before fastening the silver clasp and handing Huaisang the mirror.

“Where did you learn that?” Huaisang can’t resist asking, admiring the tight braids artfully draped. The man’s laugh is like a lightly plucked guqin string.

“Nie-xiong showed me when we met,” he says, leaning toward Huaisang as though it is a shared secret. “I practiced in case it was ever important. Now I am glad I did.”

Huaisang isn’t sure why, but he wants to keep Zewu-Jun’s warm smile on his face a little longer. He bows. “Thank you Zewu-Jun. Would you have tea with me?”

The smile stays and widens. “Gongzi, it would be an honor.”

砍 Kǎn: to chop

Huaisang knows he shouldn’t hide in cupboards anymore, but sometimes he likes to read…things he isn’t supposed to read, and he’s less likely to get in trouble if he’s in a cupboard.

He hears voices and freezes. Laughter, indistinct words, rustling of robes. He peers through the small crack between the cupboard doors, but he can only see part of the room. There is a man just inside the edge of his view and someone else not quite visible.

“Play for me?” da-ge asks, a throaty rumble in his voice, and Huaisang knows who the other person must be. There’s no one else his brother uses that voice for. The laughter confirms it.

Keep reading

lan wangji and nie huaisang’s relationship has always been fraught with betrayal lmao

ok this is the last of my sketches for these two pairs of bros i think ive gotten them out of my system for the time being. that means… i can draw… new characters… huehuehue….

the series so far: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ★

[the untamed] first + last scene of each ep: 10 | 50