Fannish Fifty 2023: Rec #50

[the_other_sandy]

Title: Fated Series
Author: LtLJ
Fandom: The Untamed
Category: M/M
Pairing: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian

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The final rec! I can't believe I did this for a whole year!


REC

This is a canon era AU involving an arranged marriage between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian's background is very different from canon in this story and I was absolutely riveted by the bits and pieces hinting at what happened to him until the full story was revealed.

I also very much enjoy stories with the Yiling Patriarch running a successful community of Wens in the Burial Mounds.

And this is my last chance to remind you that LtLJ is an award-winning, professionally published author and I can guarantee you've read at least one of her books.


TEASER

Wen Ning advanced, eyeing Lan Wangji with sharp caution. "You're really all right, Xian-ge?"

"Sure, it's fine." He took the folded black robe from Wen Ning. "We need to go to the Burial Mounds. There's something there... The Jin want it. I didn't bring it, that's why I was..."

"Why you were unwell," Lan Wangji guessed. He added, "Has it to do with the fact you have been...previously dead?"

"Sort of." The Patriarch scratched his head. "The first time the Xue drowned me in the Blood Pool--"

Wen Ning cleared his throat anxiously. "Xian-ge."

The Patriarch made a placating gesture. "Right, right, it's a long story."

Comments

[bibliofran]

I love Lan Wangji going, "I never realized that I needed a chaos gremlin in my life, but now that I have him, I'm keeping him. The rest of the world can accept this or die screaming."

[the_other_sandy]

I loved Lan Xichen's "Oh, Wangji." I get the feeling he gets 'oh, Wangji'ed a lot.