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

  • Raised in a very strict environment
  • Gay disaster crushes which develop into Deep All-consuming Yearning
  • Unanticipated child acquisition

Associated Characters

Wei Ying - soulmate
  • Wei Ying - MaggieoftheOwls
  • Wei Ying - argona
  • Wei Wuxian - Neva
  • Goose - Decima
Lan Xichen - sibling
  • Xichen - argona
  • Lan Xichen (MaggieoftheOwls)
  • by your clear light and color [Wiki] - an unrailing of the Untamed, headed by Lan Zhan (ten-miles-of-spring) and Wei Ying (可怕的鹅). Contains Lan Zhan's gay disaster crush, sexual tension, and Yearning; dealing with some traumas; marrying Wei Ying so that they can raise a baby together.
    • Authors: argona and MaggieoftheOwls
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Warnings:
      • violence
      • non-explicit sexual violence
      • aftermath of sexual violence
      • explicit non-sexual violence
      • onscreen torture
      • deserving things is fake and deserving to suffer is especially fake and deserving to be tortured is extremely fake
      • but if anyone could deserve the things we're going to do to this guy it would be him
      • victim blaming
  • talk less, smile more [Wiki] - 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. Contains angry baby gay Lan Zhan, accidental Lan ribbon-marriage, whump, post-Cloud Recesses burning perceived betrayal, Lan Zhan helping her wife overthrow the Wen Sect and take the thrown, and Sect Leader Wen kink.

    • Authors: argona and MaggieoftheOwls
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Warnings:
      • wen chao
      • canon-typical violence
  • making room for new regrets [Wiki]Lan Wangji (listen-to-the-heartbeat) peggy sues to the summer Lan lectures from after Wei Wuxian's death alongside Nie Huaisang, Jiang Cheng and Wen Ning. Contains lots of gay anguish and Regret. Wei Wuxian (deaths-joy-and-grief) cheerfully goes about falling in love with his widower for the first time.
    • Authors: argona and st753m
    • Prerequisites: knowledge of mdzs/untamed plot helpful but not required
    • Warnings: spoilers for the untamed
  • never too far to look back [Wiki]Lan Wangji (listen-to-the-heartbeat) peggy sues alongside Jiang Cheng from different points in the future to the Sunshot Campaign. They have to work together to find and save Wei Wuxian. Contains lots of grief, gay anguish, loathing and rivalry between Lan Zhan and Jiang Cheng, and slowburning.
    • Authors: argona and st753m
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Warnings: spoilers for the untamed/mdzs
  • let the children come to me [Wiki] - Lan Xichen (MaggieoftheOwls) time travels to when he and Lan Zhan are babies. Things are fixed and mothers get to spend more time with their children. Contains A-Zhan being an adorable baby and navigation of the Lan family Situation.
    • Authors: argona and MaggieoftheOwls
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Warnings: spoilers for the untamed/mdzs
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