Lan Zhan (Template)

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About Lan Zhan

Personality

Repressed, disciplined, deeply romantic, deeply horny, extremely stubborn. Tendency for self punishment. Writes music. Externally pretty expressionless, easier to read the better someone knows them. Under the surface they are deeply emotional and passionate. Sometimes also a petty bitch. Terrified of love until they go off the deep end. Terrified of their sexuality even longer after that. Always gay.

Words are very minimal and formal. Graceful, efficient speech, when they know exactly what they want to say. When they can't find sufficient words for what they want to say, they say nothing, or say "Wei Ying", or compose beautiful pieces of music. They sometimes struggle to speak when they cannot find optimally perfect, accurate words to express complex feelings or opinions.

They really like bunnies and music. They like to dress in fancy, pretty clothes. Silk and lace and pale colors and jewelry.

Typically much more of a sub+bottom than would be MDZS novel canon compliant.

Origin

Adapted from the portrayal of Lan Wangji in The Untamed (2019). The character is originally from the Mo Dao Zu Shi novel, but characterization and appearance are primarily derived from the show.

Attractors

Associated Characters

Wei Ying - soulmate
Lan Xichen - sibling
Drunkji Index

 

Lan Wangji (listen-to-the-heartbeat)

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Nickname normalji
Other names Lan Zhan, Lan-er gongzi, Hanguang-jun
Setting

The Untamed

gay magic ancient china
Facecast Wang Yibo

Lan Wangji is a glowfic character in the Lan Zhan template [Wiki] written by argona, adapted from The Untamed. Original instance.

Baby edition: A-Zhan

History

Childhood

Lan Wangji is born to Sun Lihua on January 23rd, named Lan Zhan. Lan Zhan and his brother Lan Huan (Lan Xichen) are raised by their uncle Lan Qiren. They are allowed to visit their mother only for a few hours on the last day of every month, as long as they behave. Lan Wangji grows up under constant scrutiny and regulation, being monitored for signs of his mother corrupting him to her evil and lawless ways. When Lan Wangji does not behave as a young child, he is not permitted to see her that month. When he is good, he gets to see her. No matter how good he is, he never gets to see his father.

Lan Wangji's mother dies just after his sixth birthday. On the last day of every month he goes to her house and kneels in the snow for hours, waiting for her to open the door. She never does. By the time he is seven, he knows that she is never coming back, but he still holds vigil outside her door once a month. This concerns his Uncle, who punishes him for this ritual many times. Lan Wangji accepts each punishment gracefully, and then returns to kneel on her doorstep again the next month.

Even when he is young, Lan Wangji does not make friends easily. He doesn't naturally fit in with the other children his age, and he never tries to change this. He likes spending time alone to read and study and learn how to not make his parents' mistakes.  

Teenage Years

When Lan Wangji is fifteen, Lan Xichen convinces him to attend the Lan summer lectures with other students his age. Before the lectures even begin, Lan Wangji meets Wei Wuxian, first disciple from the Yunmeng Jiang Sect. Lan Wangji is instantly attracted to Wei Wuxian. He is furious when the target of his crush turns out to be extremely chaotic.

[Summer lectures cont., WWX bonding, Yin Iron fetch quest.]

[Burning of Cloud Recesses, Indoctrination]

[Indoctrination cont., turtle cave]

[Sunshot campaign]

[Yearning]

[WWX becomes the Yiling Patriarch. Wangji visits him.]

[Nightless City, Wei Wuxian's death.]

[Punishment]

Personality

Repressed, self-disciplined, deeply romantic, deeply horny, extremely stubborn. Externally pretty expressionless, easier to read the better someone knows him. Under the surface he is a deeply passionate and emotional person. Terrified of love until he goes off the deep end. Terrified of his sexuality even longer after that. Words are very minimal and formal. Graceful, efficient speech, when he knows exactly what he wants to say. When he can't find sufficient words for what he wants to say, he says nothing, or says "Wei Ying", or composes beautiful pieces of music.

He really likes bunnies and sword fighting and meditation and music. He loves Wei Wuxian and everything about Wei Wuxian once he gets over his panic. More of a sub+bottom than would be MDZS novel canon compliant.

Extreme lightweight; chaotic when drunk.

Relationships

Appearances

making room for new regrets - in which Lan Wangji peggy sues back to the start of the Lan summer lectures (along with Nie Huaisang, Jiang Cheng, and Wen Ning). He immediately dedicates himself to protecting Wei Ying and preventing his later death. [Wiki]

i know how long the night is - in which Wei Wuxian peggy sues from his death to right before the Wen Indoctrination. He immediately applies himself to saving everyone. Lan Wangji is injured and concerned and pining. [Wiki]

stepping in the same river twice -

never too far to look back - in which Lan Wangji peggy sues from two years after Wei Wuxian's death to the Sunshot Campaign. He and a Jiang Cheng try to save their boy. [Wiki]

Trivia

 

 

Lan Zhan (still-asking)

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Nickname(s) A-Zhan, babji

Setting

The Untamed, gay ancient magic china
Facecast

Chen Junkai

A-Zhan is argona's Lan Wangji as a young child. Currently has only been threaded in a timeline divergent from canon.

 

 

History

Lan Zhan is born to Sun Lihua on January 23rd. Unlike Lan Huan, A-Zhan is allowed to stay with his mother for a month before the Lan Sect removes him. He is raised by his uncle Lan Qiren, but brought to his mother to nurse for his first six months. A-Huan and A-Zhan are taken to visit their mother only on the last day of every month, as long as they behave.

Personality

Lan Zhan is very quiet from a very young age. He usually asks his brother for things just by looking at him beseechingly. Lan Huan is the first one to understand what A-Zhan is feeling or communicating when he doesn't use words. He is by far the best at intuiting what A-Zhan is thinking just from his silence after being asked a question. He's also more likely to talk to Lan Huan than anyone else.

As a two year old, A-Zhan already cares about following rules and being good. He is very serious and adorable in his attempts to do all the rule-following things he sees Lan Huan doing, like meditating or folding clothes or sitting up as straight as he possibly can during mealtime. He still likes stories and toys and playing outside, though not with the other children. A-Zhan has several little puppets that he likes to play with, but his favorite toy is a soft rabbit doll he names Bunny. A-Zhan likes teaching Bunny new rules.

A-Zhan is very scared of being bad. If he does something bad, Uncle won't let him see Mommy anymore. If he does something really bad, they will decide that his Mommy's evil is rubbing off on him and he will never be allowed to see her ever again. Also Uncle might hate him for being evil. The older he gets as a child, the more consciously and thoroughly he abides by this fear. 

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Relationships

Appearances

let the children come to me - in which multiple babies are given much better childhoods than they receive in canon. A-Zhan (age 2) gets to spend time with his mom. [Wiki]

it takes a village - in which babcourt times continue [Wiki]

Trivia

 

Lan Zhan (ten-miles-of-spring)

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Other Names Lan-guniang, Lan jiejie
Setting The Untamed, gay magic ancient china

Facecast

 Arden Cho

Lan Zhan is girl!Lan Wangji in a version of the Untamed universe where only she and Wei Ying have been cis-swapped. A glowfic character in the Lan Zhan template [Wiki] written by argona.

Instances

Light and Color

In by your clear light and color, events diverge from The Untamed story at approximately episode 10. Lan Zhan is able to hide her fragment of the Yin Iron in a rabbit burrow at the burning of Cloud Recesses. Wen Chao tortures her for its whereabouts. Wei Ying (可怕的鹅) rescues Lan Zhan, incapacitating Wen Chao and taking him prisoner. They flee to the Unclean Realm, where Lan Zhan recovers. Lan Zhan gets drunk and she and Wei Ying nearly kiss; they get together the next morning. When Lan Zhan turns out to be pregnant, Wei Ying publicly claims that the baby is hers by way of talisman experimentation and the two of them decide to marry. [Wiki]

Lady Wen

In talk less, smile more, Wen!Wei Ying attends the Lan lectures and breaks the wards on her way in. Lan Zhan is infuriated by her and terrified of her and falls in love with her approximately immediately. After Lan Yi encourages them to share Lan Zhan's headband in the Cold Pond Cave, Lan Zhan secretly considers Wen Ying and herself to be wed. Keeping this a secret, Lan Zhan suffers from affection and sexual tension as they quest for the Yin Iron together. In the burning of Cloud Recesses, Lan Zhan is taken prisoner by Qishan Wen. Wen Chao tells her that Wen Ying had planned all along to betray Lan Zhan and take her as a concubine. Wen Ying visits her in the dungeon and resolves this misunderstanding; they confess their feelings (and secret marriage) to each other. After assisting Wen Ying in a coup against Wen Chao, Wen Ruohan, and Wen Xu, Lan Zhan takes her official place as wife of the new Sect Leader Wen. [Wiki]

Trivia

 

 

Akemi Homura (remember-only-you)

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Nickname(s) Homura
Setting Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Facecast Arden Cho

 

 

 

Homura is a Lan Zhan instance circumstance alted as PMMM's Akemi Homura.

History

Personality

Relationships

Appearances

for each beloved hour - 

 

 

 

 

Lan Wangji (although-i-was-burning)

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Other Names Lan Zhan, Hanguang-jun, Lan-er gege
Setting

MDZS
Facecast Wang Yibo

Lan Wangji is based on MDZS canon, in contrast to the Untamed: mostly a difference in the timeline/events happening around him. This Lan Wangji is identical to normalji except that 1) his eyes are gold and 2) he's a top.

Story Divergences

Appearances

is he alive or dead - in which Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji both peggy sue to before the war and independently go berserk trying to prevent the other's deaths

one of us is going to leave here bleeding -

 

 

 

Lan Wangji (melody-of-inquiry)

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Nickname(s)  
Setting Gay Magic Alt-history China
Facecast Wang Yibo

Lan Wangji in a modern-with-magic AU, ft. apartments and ghostbusting.

Relationships

Appearances

in the garden a strange tree grows - wholesome domestic apartment times, featuring pet bunnies and ghostbusting shenanigans.

 

 

 

Wangji (beneath-the-elegant-snow)

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Nickname(s) subji
Other Names young master Lan
Setting Manere, gay ancient magic china
Facecast Wang Yibo

Wangji

Personality 

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