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    There’s a clash that leaves his ears ringing and body trembling as lightning bursts in the sky above him. It’s familiar, Xie Lian knows this feeling of empowerment running through his veins. The next time he blinks, he’s standing on marble floors, tainted with the dirt on his worn boots and Heaven meets his gaze with it’s perfect palaces full of luxuries and riches.
    The Crown-Prince of Xian Le has ascended for the fourth time, almost two centuries early.
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    Xie Lian remembers falling asleep at his husband's side in their shared bed, but he wakes up to the familiar scent of rotting, dirt, and iron in a familiar coffin more than seven hundred years ago. His memories are a mess and he can't figure out how he landed in the past although he isn't entirely alone. Black Water Sinking Ships is there and while he can help fill in some of the blanks, the reality of their situation is grim and there doesn't seem to be a way back home.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Xie Lian was what people would call weird for paying for innocuous services at a brothel rather than an inn, because if he could afford tea and a table, shouldn’t he prefer a place without any sexual proclivities? But the best part about visiting brothels was that no one would ever recognize him if they were looking! Xie Lian would never be caught dead in one of those establishments, right? And when he was injured, as he often was, waiting to feel better was easier when he could listen to gentle music in a warmly atmosphere!

    Yes, the atmosphere was designed to lure men into beds! No, Xie Lian didn’t want a bed or anything like that! He wanted tea, a small table in the corner of whatever room the singers were performing in, and something to lean on as his vision spun from the aftermath of falling off a cliff! Funnily enough, while no one had ever sought him out before—nor did he drink in these places—there was a first time for everything!

    Why was there a youth at his table looking at him like that?

    (or: xie lian frequents brothels, which would definitely be a shock to anyone who once knew him. similarly, he’s frequently injured. these things occur simultaneously more often than not!)

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    21 Jun 2026

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    Hong Hua’s attention settled immediately on Xie Lian, eyes lingering with a subtle admiration, before quickly diverting to Lang Qianqiu.

    “Your Highness,” he greeted, stepping forward and bowing with practiced precision, “I hadn’t expected the honor of your presence today.”

    Lang Qianqiu smiled, clearly in high spirits. “We came at the State Preceptor’s suggestion. He thought it best that I observe and demonstrate my current understanding.”

    Hong Hua inclined his head again. “Then it is our good fortune to be under the State Preceptor’s guidance today.” His attention settled once more on Xie Lian, a faint warmth touching his expression.

    “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Hong Hua.” He bowed his head, measured but sincere. “I have long heard of the State Preceptor’s skill. If I may be permitted, I would be honored to witness it for myself.”

    OR: Hua Cheng finds Xie Lian three hundred years earlier, during his time as Fangxin Guoshi in Yong'an. To get close to Xie Lian, Hua Cheng joins the Yong'an Infantry under the alias of a young solider, Hong Hua, and must gain Lang Qianqiu's trust to become a member of the Imperial Guard, the personal bodyguard of the Crown Prince of Yong'an.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    A dragon cursed to be trapped in human shape by the royal family of Xianle, Xie Lian has already long accepted the reality of his situation by the time he finds himself being pulled out of Ghost City’s harbor. It’s fine, really. After hundreds of years, pretending to be something he isn’t is as easy as breathing.

    So why does San Lang, with a pearl in his hair and a dragon-eyed sword on his belt, make it so easy to forget why he was pretending to begin with?

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    07 Jun 2026

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    The Omashu racetrack never looked better as the day Zuko’s career implodes.

    What started as a race becomes life or death when the Fire Nation abandons Zuko mid-race. A driver without a team is an accident waiting to happen. Zuko's had too many close calls to survive another.

    Then a smartass with a plan gets on his radio.

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    19 May 2026

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    Under the leadership of Fire Lord Iroh, the Fire Nation has made every attempt to restore peace and make amends for the harm they inflicted during the Seventy-Year War. Their newest proposal is a literal proposal: a marriage to unite the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes.

    The Fire Nation offers Prince Zuko’s hand.

    The Water Tribes offer Princess Yue’s.

    Sokka is apparently the only person in the world who has a problem with any of this.

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    02 May 2026

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    Everyone in the world has some sort of affinity with one of the four elements; the proper term is elemental affinity– whether they are best suited with fire, water, earth, or air.

    All figure skaters are water users. Never in the history of the sport has there been a professional ice skater that didn't have water as his or her elemental affinity. Katsuki Yuuri has a well-guarded secret that he can't have anyone find out about.

    aka, the one where Yuuri can potentially decimate the rink every time he steps on ice, but no one can know. Especially Victor.

    [COMPLETED WORK AS OF 10/15/2018]

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    27 Feb 2026

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    ???: why the fuck are you ignoring viktor

    Yuuri: Who is this? What are you talking about?

    ???: its yuri dumbass and you know exactly what i'm talking about

    Yuuri blinks at that. For a split second he wonders if an angrier asshole version of himself from an alternate universe, someone who spelled their name wrong and snubbed his nose at basic rules of grammar, had somehow found a way to pester him while he tried to prevent, by studying, at least one aspect of his life from crumbling into utter ruin. Then the split second passes and Yuuri reins in the insanity long enough to venture a rational approach.

    Yuuri: Yuri who?

    Three seconds later his phone rings.

    *

    Two weeks after his failure at Sochi, Yuuri receives a text from a mysterious number asking why the fuck he’s ignoring Viktor. So begins Yuri Plisetsky’s all out campaign to get Yuuri to finally text Viktor and end the torment of watching Viktor pine, and so begins Yuuri's descent into a wonderland of texting his idol, meeting his #1 fan(s), and slowly rebuilding his life with a little help from his friends.

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    24 Feb 2026

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    Everyone has a guilty pleasure.

    For Yuuri, it just happens to be romance movies starring famous heartthrob Victor Nikiforov.

    (And, honestly, on the spectrum of guilty pleasures, he figures that his is on the far, far more innocent side.)

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    24 Feb 2026

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    "Victor," Yuri begins, lowering the eighteenth sketch of the figure skater Victor drew this week, "you have a fucking problem."

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    in which Victor is an artist, Yuuri is his figure skating muse, and Yuri is so done hearing about their stupid love story through Instagram

    translated into Chinese, Russian, and Spanish

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    24 Feb 2026

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    Victor speaks seven languages.

    (Physics isn't one of them.)

    Luckily, though, he ends up rooming with his antithesis: a shy, black-haired boy who just so happens to be a physics major.

     

    chinese
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    portuguese
    spanish

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    23 Feb 2026

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    After the fall of the Burial Mounds, Wei Wuxian trades his freedom for the lives of the Wen refugees and one small child.
    In the quiet of Gusu, under Lan Wangji’s steadfast care, grief slowly softens into hope.
    Together, they learn that healing is not forgetting — and that sometimes, what we save saves us in return.

    AU of if Lan Wangji managed to bring the Yiling Laozu into his care instead of him dying at the Burial Mounds. Dark and Fluffy themes both.

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    06 Jan 2026

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    Yuuji has a gift. Okay. Not maybe a gift, since it's more like a curse, but with his life right now, using this word is kinda… You know. The thing is, he can see ghosts. Like, from the moment he could comprehend the reality around him, and the funny thing about ghosts is that they tend to try and use him somehow. His body, that is. So, learning from his own mistakes, he doesn't reveal his ability to anyone, dead or alive. But after becoming Sukuna's vessel, there is this beautiful male ghost with long black hair haunting Gojou-sensei, and Yuuji wonders what their relationship is, where the ghost disappears all the time, and... Why does he claim to still have a body? Isn't he supposed to be dead?!

     

    Or: I gave Yuuji the ability to see ghosts so he could befriend Suguru and help him gain his body back. Hm? I did that because I like this trope? Of course not!

    With a russian translation available on Ficbook.

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    27 Dec 2025

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    Alphas are typically separated from their same-rank counterparts in college housing. To avoid conflicts and the potential for aggressive fights, Alphas are always roomed with Betas, or, more rarely, Omegas.

    At least, that's what Suguru, a proud Alpha, thought. But thanks to administrative mismanagement and the large campus population, Suguru's new roommate is none other than Gojo Satoru, another dominant Alpha.

    or: Suguru and Satoru begrudgingly deal with their living situation as a pair of two (very territorial) roommates.

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    27 Dec 2025

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    Would Xie Lian feel any differently, once he knew the rest?

    These were the thoughts running through Hua Cheng’s head when he suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck, like the sting of a wasp.

    That was strange, insects did not usually bother with those so long dead…

    As his world went dark, the last thing the Ghost King heard was the sound of cackling laughter filling the trees.

     

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    Or, a TGCF x A Midsummer Night's Dream retelling!

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    14 Dec 2025

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    Xie Lian manages to save a scrap of Wu Ming’s dispersed soul after he is torn apart by the resentful spirits at Lang-er Bay. He becomes determined to help the ghost regain his physical form. After White No-Face's defeat at the hands of the Heavenly Emperor, Xie Lian makes a deal with Jun Wu to adjust his shackle to allow him to use spiritual energy only for the sake of others, and never himself.

    Banished and homeless, Xie Lian protects the tiny scrap of soul and dedicates everything he has to pouring energy into helping repair it. The opening of Mount Tonglu seems to be the perfect place to harvest spiritual energy, so Xie Lian decides to enter the barrier and battle thousands of ghosts if it will help restore Wu Ming’s soul.

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    09 Dec 2025

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    There is a man lying on the bench.

    He is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful men that Xie Lian has ever seen.

    Xie Lian is almost certain that he's one of the fae.

    - - - - -

    “Do you often lounge about the forest, waiting for the next soul to come your way?”

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    08 Dec 2025

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    A nameless ghost once exited the kiln of Mount Tonglu, becoming a supreme. His name became Hua Cheng, and he was then called Crimson Rain Sought Flower.

    A ghost whose name had been his own death sentence, He Xuan, had also exited the kiln, becoming Black Water Submerging Boats.

    Those names were known and feared by all the three realms, and they had been forged after years of suffering inside of a mountain.

    However, when a new supreme was born from the kiln, after having spent only one year inside of it, he needed no name to accompany his exit.

    Everyone already knew his name, so it was useless to give him a new one.

    The name of the person was Xie Lian, and he was known for being a scrap-picking god. No one, in all the three realms, expected him to fall so low.

     

    Or: after Xie Lian is locked in Mount Tonglu with Bai WuXiang, he is deceived and dies, becoming a supreme. It's not as angsty as it sounds, I swear.

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    07 Dec 2025

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    Xie Lian has already had the worst of days, losing his job on a cold, rainy night only to make his long way home and discover he's been kicked out of his temporary lodgings too.

    He turns to Hua Cheng, who springs into action like he's been waiting for permission to help Xie Lian this whole time.

    Accepting Hua Cheng's help puts Xie Lian into an impossible position, wanting to stay but unable to settle in, until an incident at work sparks a hope in Xie Lian that things can be different.

    Yet he can't be so bold to ask for what he wants outright, and Xie Lian embarks on a five-step plan to take his own happiness with both hands.

    ...Too bad luck isn't on his side.

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    03 Dec 2025

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    Xie Lian and Hua Cheng have been best friends since childhood, the one person Xie Lian could always depend on. After high school, Hua Cheng leaves, asking Xie Lian to come with him. Xie Lian declines, scared of holding him back. Hua Cheng visits, and Xie Lian is always happy to have him sleep on his couch, and sad to see him go. His feelings, a crush which has grown into unrequited love, stay hidden.

    Until Hua Cheng comes back to handle his father’s death, and everything changes.
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    “Hua Cheng, here to see my father,” Hua Cheng said as they stepped up to the counter. Xie Lian stood close, their fingers brushing.
    “Oh,” the mortician said, nodding as he looked over at some papers. When he looked back up, his gaze landed on Xie Lian. “And he is?”
    “I’m Xie Lian,” he answered with a polite smile. The mortician frowned, looking over at Hua Cheng.
    “Only immediate family can come into the back with the deceased,” he said sharply. Hua Cheng’s brows rose, and then his left hand grabbed Xie Lian’s, their fingers tangling together.
    “He’s my husband,” Hua Cheng said, and Xie Lian felt like his knees might give out.

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    09 Oct 2025

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