LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>There's a demonic cultivator in Lu'an. Jiang Cheng goes to investigate. So does Wei Wuxian.</blockquote> ➤ yunmeng shuangjie reconciliation plus good oc's

<blockquote>“When did you arrive?” Lan Zhan asks, but he’s looking at the child in Wei Wuxian's arms, and the question is clearly, whose baby is this, and maybe, should I be concerned? or Accidental (haunted) baby acquisition</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which House Cordonah happens to own the DNA of the scion of a Betan political dynasty, and By and Rish are sent off to Beta to investigate ... without having any very clear idea what they are supposed to be investigating.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Set in modern day London. As a member of the Gusu Institute, Lan Zhan plays his part on keeping the spiritual peace in the metropolis. Wei Ying left the Institute a long time ago, but from time to time they still work together and Lan Zhan mourns the closeness they once had. Lan Zhan calls Wei Ying in on a strange case at the British Museum. Events conspire to shatter the careful barriers they have erected. So much pining. Some case fic. Emotional rollercoaster with a happy ending. Some critique of the museum as an imperialist institution.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Perfect!” Wei Wuxian said. “I’ll need a disguise too. I doubt they’ll be eager to share any secrets with the Yiling Laozu.” Very few people he encountered knew what he really looked like -- though that was slowly changing the more he wandered around in his second life. But his black and red robe and Chenqing would have to go. A sneaky thought suddenly occurred to him, and he bit back a grin. “Aiya, Lan Zhan, what if we pretended to be married? Traditionalists that they are, they’ll be much more likely to talk to us then,” he teased.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Wei Wuxian has certainly hoped so ardently in his two lifetimes, for so many different things, in so many different ways, that he could have summoned the demon to his front door with his bare hands. His eyes wander to Lan Zhan, settle on the back of his head, the blue-black curtain of his hair. Oh, how he has hoped.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Wei Wuxian comes back to Cloud Recesses after a year of wandering the world, hoping to start a relationship with Lan Zhan. He doesn’t expect to come into the middle of a case of sleeping sickness mysteriously killing people, nor does he expect what follows, putting everything he holds dear on the line once again.</blockquote> ➤ I love the Lan oc and I'm glad he got to be okay in the end

<blockquote>Lan Zhan stands there in his immaculate, cloud-patterned Lan robes, watching him calmly, one fist tucked up against his back. “I am betrothed.” Wei Wuxian blinks. “Are you…” He tries to laugh. Again, it sounds inhuman. “Is this about last night? Are you mad at me? I only remember some of it, Lan Zhan. I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I’m sure whatever I did I was just—” He gestures uselessly. He remembers being warm in Lan Zhan’s lap. He remembers fitting snugly in Lan Zhan’s lap. Wrapping his arms around Lan Zhan’s neck. Nosing at his jaw. “…playing around.” “This has nothing to do with you, Wei Wuxian.”</blockquote> ➤ lwj has been cursed!

<blockquote>Wei Wuxian reunites with Lan Wangji after a year of travelling, pleased to be a part of Lan Wangji's life again, but he refuses to examine and test the borders of their relationship. When Lan Wangji invites him to investigate a mysterious string of suicides together, Wei Wuxian happily accepts, but the case is not what it seems, and Wei Wuxian will be forced to face the feelings he's been denying for a very long time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>On a station orbiting Uranus, an experimental craft is being constructed, capable of braving the harsh atmosphere and landing on the planet's surface. Lucky and Bigman are tasked with escorting the pilot there safely, unaware that what sounds like a simple and enjoyable mission soon will take a dark turn.</blockquote> ➤ feels very in keeping with the tone and style of the original books, only with added awareness of gender stuff

<blockquote>“Sizhui, tell me,” Wei Wuxian says. “Does this feel... familiar to you?” or After running into Lan Zhan on a night hunt, Wei Wuxian is cursed to live the same day over and over and over.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Joan thinks she should be less surprised by his sudden, “Watson, we’re getting married!” and yet, here she is, cooking her egg and trying not to be astonished." Infants are vanishing, and Sherlock and Joan go undercover as a married couple to find their kidnappers.</blockquote> ➤ I have this terrible need to see Sherlock and Joan in all the traditional slash tropes only platonically (okay no lbr I kind of want that for ALL THE FANDOMS, but this one especially) so the ending made me sad because it is a shippy ending. ➤ But everything else about the fic was great!