Snowflake Challenge #10

In your own space, rec a fanwork (fic, art, vid, playlist, anything!) you did not create.

Oh my god there are so many. Okay, I am going to limit myself to one of each media type. So let's go!

[VID] The Black Parade: An Untamed Vid Album (5441 words) by helcinda
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Jiāng Yànlí, Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín, Wēn Qíng, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Niè Huáisāng, Niè Míngjué, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī, Lán Jǐngyí, Jīn Líng | Jīn Rúlán, Ōuyáng Zǐzhēn, Xiǎo Xīngchén, Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn, Xuē Yáng | Xuē Chéngměi
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Vid Album, my chemical romance - Freeform, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary: I am not afraid to keep on living

REC: Each vid on its own is amazing, the individual lines and moments when they hit (there is a second chapter talking about the craft of the thing which is AMAZING) but the effect of the whole is just... astounding. When I finished I just had this... echo... inside me. Like, this open space full of feels and wonder and I am so in awe and also just filled to the brim with amazement at the skill and perfection with which this vid translates and entwines these two mediums because it adds so much depth to both of them for me. My insides have been scooped out and now I have nothing left but this contentment and reverence. Cannot recommend this highly enough, folks.

[podfic] Let the Streetlights Guide You Home (67 words) by jellyfishfire
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Módào Zǔshī Ensemble
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Car Racing, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, references to drug use underage driving, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic, Podfic Length: 3.5-4 Hours
Summary: Wei Wuxian was the most infamous street racer of his generation. They still speak of him now, the stuff of legend: the reckless abandon, the hair pin turns, midnight races over dangerous tracks. His death, racing through the streets of Nightless City with his sister in the passenger seat, the moment when his luck finally ran out.

10 years later, Mo Xuanyu enters his first street race.

REC: This is the ultimate podfic. For serious, it's just. 4 hours of perfectly moody music, a fantastically paced and voiced read, and sound effects that add so much (even more than I imagined - seriously, the making of vids are SO COOL). This is my go-to podfic for long drives and it makes me ache every time. I love it. I've said it before and I will say it again: Jelly can take a mediocre fic and elevate it to something sublime. But when Jelly reads a really well crafted fic? There is absolutely nothing like it. This is just a stellar piece of work.

WangXian Pirate AU Art by sweetlittlevampire
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn

Additional Tags: Modern AU, Pirate AU, GORGEOUS ART

REC: I love pretty much everything Sweet's ever made and I ADORE the Pirate AU most of all. I love her art style, and the perfection with which she captures WangXian in particular. This series is just... all of the things I love about pirates, WangXian, and art all in one place.

we made space (19805 words) by MajorEnglishEsquire
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Qǐrén, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Sleep, Sleeping Together, Lap Sitting, Marriage Proposal, Fluff, First Kiss, Sharing a Bed, Adopted Children, Exhaustion, Happy Ending, Sex
Summary: He came back two weeks ago. He’s been trying to say something the entire time.

It’s not that Wangji has been unwilling to hear it. And he will always make the time to wait for Wei Ying to speak. The words quite simply haven’t come out yet.

They’re in his throat, now. And he may well be too tired to swallow them down again.

REC: I think the thing I love most about this fic is that it has no true obliviousness. There is some pretending, but it's more people understanding and adjusting to the way the world is now. Gorgeous. Beautiful WangXian getting together and really lovely observations about them through glimpses of their family. Sizhui in particular is lovely.

NOTE ON THE FIC REC: I just picked my most recent one because trying to pick a favorite was going to give me a nosebleed. I am EXTREMELY picky about things I put in my bookmarks and I use extensive notes, so if you'd like to trawl other things I've recced, feel free to look at my AO3 bookmarks.