Lady Centric Fic Recs

[forestofglory]

I've been keeping a running Twitter thread of Untamed/MDZS fics that focus on the female characters. I thought people here might enjoy them and also that it might be nice to have recs somewhere a bit more findable than twitter. So here they are! Each rec is pretty short because it's copy pasted form twitter.


"Tall Once More In The Spring Wind" by FayJay -- pre-canon AU where all the moms get together and save each other! (Note that this WIP has gotten more focused on WWX and LWJ's generation a therefore less focused on female characters)

"yours truly" by queen_gee -- epistolary MianMian/Jiang Yanli romance!

"How to Care For Corpses" by dragonofeternal Wen Qing teaches Wei Wuxian medicine at the Burial Mounds

self rec of my Wen Qing Lives! story: "One Time That Wen Qing Got Lost and Five Times She Was Found"

"Bloom in Darkness" by EHyde and AU where Jiang Yanli has a different fate.

"You know that soup cannot mend a family, not one as broken as this, but even so, you’re going to try."

"Spring's Greening" by Shadaras Bàoshān Sànrén/Lán Yì ficlet, because the world need more queer aunties!

"holding up the sky" by Lady KG a time travel fix it AU form Yu Ziyuan's POV.

Earlier chatter on twitter today reminded me that I should check the Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing tag. So I found this very cute missing scene between the two of them! "close to you" by xingchenlesbian

Another Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing featuring them doing medicine together and Yanli learning her own value -- "Warmth" by EHyde

Continuing on my Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing recing "i am no bird; and no net ensnares me" by Itabane Featuring a very badass Jiang Yanli and Wen Qing risking her life to heal people! Also fun Wen sibling dynamics!

"She's Coming Down the Mountain" by Kakushigo Here's a Boashan Sanren focused story!

and finally four Yuletide recs:

"The Past Didn't Go Anywhere" by FairestCat There are rumors of healer and Jiang Cheng wants to know more..

"Arpeggio" by ShadarasBàoshān Sànrén/Lán Yì featuring the invention of the Chord Assassination Technique. I loved the little craft details in this!

"The empty spaces by your hearth" by salinatrixx featuring Mian Mian LWJ friendship!

I loved this Wen Qing centric AU, also featuring Jiang Yanli being a badass!
"Ring the Bells (That Still Can Ring)" by Shadaras



I have more female character focused fic in my marked for latter so I expect I'll keep adding to the twitter thread. I may come back here and do a part two sometime.

If anyone else has fic recs that center female characters I'd love to hear them!

Comments

[ranalore]

Thank you for collecting these all in one place! I love the women of Untamed, and I'm working on an AU fix-it in which Jiang Yanli and Wen Qing live (and fix things via some judicious diplomacy and marriage, because war should be a last resort). I'd love to read how other people approach these wonderful characters and their potential, however.

[forestofglory]

I'm glad you found this post helpful! Your fic sounds delightful and I will keep and eye out for it.

[unavee]

Thank you for making this list! I'm enjoying going through your recs.

[forestofglory]

Glad you are enjoying it!

[alexseanchai]

one of these links sent me to https://theuntamed-mdzs.dreamwidth.org/archiveofourown.org/works/20729798 and several others are failing similarly?

[forestofglory]

Thank you! I think I fixed everything now!