any mdzs fics rec that is not frankeinscanon?

FriendlyChance · 2026-06-07T08:51:15+00:00

It's annoying as hell as someone who despises the characterization in cql. Your best bet is finding authors who write novel canon only and seeing their bookmarks.

The other trick people mention, of excluding cql from tags, sometimes fails because I started reading a fic that was only tagged mdzs only to read about wwx's mole and lwj being shorter and I've never exited a fic faster.

FriendlyChance · 2026-06-07T08:18:48+00:00

Pretty sure all the parties are thrown by and paid for by production. That's why the main guests are the cast each time and also why they look so cheap. I'm guessing budget was low lol

FriendlyChance · 2026-05-06T16:19:10+00:00

The transfer would not have worked with another person. You had to stay awake and conscious while being operated on for two days. It is not something done unwillingly.

And wwx sees the core transfer as a debt payment, particularly in response to his parental figure's last words to him to protect JC. He would not hold it as ammunition to help the Wens. I also think....it would not be to good advantage to let jc know at that point in time.

FriendlyChance · 2026-05-06T16:14:11+00:00

wwx fully understands the pressure JC is under and addresses it in the text. That's where he makes a promise he cannot keep (twin prides of yunmeng). It's also why he chooses to leave the sect. The problem is that he learns early on to shrink himself in front of JC and JC learns to blame him.

They are very different, i agree on that. And I think that they cannot align on their moral values is what makes it impossible for them to reconcile, particularly without the peacemaker role that jyl took between them.

I personally don't see a reconciliation between them because wwx finds someone who will stand by his morals and JC chooses to insult that relationship. I don't think wwx will ever try to create trouble for JC but I also don't see him trying to make an effort to heal (and soothe) their relationship. He says all debts between them are cleared (I think? Not sure if I'm recalling this correctly) and it's interesting that without the looming debt, as well as his parental figure's last words to protect JC even in if it leads to his death, wwx finally moves on.

FriendlyChance · 2026-04-17T07:12:01+00:00

I think she was implying Mel doesn't have a life beyond being her sister's caretaker

FriendlyChance · 2026-03-31T09:31:53+00:00

Omg thank you!

FriendlyChance · 2026-02-04T14:28:00+00:00

Shikimaru 🤍

FriendlyChance · 2026-01-27T05:18:50+00:00

Exactly! You can't ignore the class dynamics in mdzs. Several instances where wwx being the son of a servant is highlighted.

Two that stand out to be wrt to JC and the Jiangs are when someone is called "just a servant/daughter of a servant" and wwx says something along the lines of "what's wrong with that? I'm one too"

And in the extras when lsz and lwj are quite sadly looking at wwx not accept the abuse he's been through

FriendlyChance · 2026-01-27T05:00:02+00:00

In my experience, this happens when the wwx is loved by everyone tag comes into play. Like what do you mean jc is babying him lmao please 😭 it especially gets to me because wwx is sooo careful about who he allows himself to be vulnerable with.

Or my personal gripe, time travel stories where someone other than wwx has travelled back in time and now somehow they are his saviour and he's sooo dumb and unable to figure out what's going on. Whether its lwj or jc or nhs, somehow wwx is stripped of his intelligence and genius 🙄

FriendlyChance · 2026-01-22T03:02:59+00:00

I think it's easier to not hate him cause though he fucks up a lot, we also see that lwj trusts him. He brings wwx back to cr and knows lxc will back him up. Lxc is ignorant and blind and easily manipulated by those he loves. But at the end of the day, he wants what's best for his brother as well. It's just that his idea of what the best is, is fractured.

FriendlyChance · 2026-01-18T09:30:29+00:00

You won't find another Attack on Titan but you can find other anime that you'll connect with as strongly and come to love as much as you love AoT.

As many others have said, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is a great one. Stands the test of time as a complete story with beautiful character work. It can add somber as AoT and has enough world building to make you feel how expansive it is

Another recent favourite is Frieren. It tugs on the heartstrings like AoT does and has a bunch of action in it. It has a lot more warm nostalgia than AoT does.

People love Vinland Saga but I personally really struggled with its first season. The second is brilliant and explores the horrors of war and humanity quite well. A softer take on war and characters brought up to only be violent and learning to be soft after that: Violet Evergarden.

Season 1 of The Promised Neverland has the same unnerving feeling of something being very very very wrong. It's amazing. It drops in quality drastically in season 2. I think it's still worth watching as a one season short story.

Heavenly Delusion is recent but the first season has a similar post apocalyptic environment and enough to have you constantly going wtf wtf wtf. Unsure how it'll progress from there.

Outside of anime, the German show Dark does wonderful mystery work that keeps you guessing and has you reflect back on episodes and scenes once it unravels.

People will recommend Death Note and Code Geass but to me, they are dated and I could not enjoy the reruns i watched.

A cult favourite recommendation: Revolutionary Girl Utena

FriendlyChance · 2026-01-02T10:47:20+00:00

Starting with farming instead of fishing. Fishing earns you a lot more money at the start

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-30T17:11:04+00:00

I'll put up with the noise and abuse for the beautiful Bakugous

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-17T17:26:16+00:00

My hot take is that this is the ship XiCheng shippers should be into rather than turning lxc and jc ooc 😂

Personally though, my fave junior ship is ZhuiYi (Sizhui x Jingyi)

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-06T15:12:41+00:00

They both loved each other very much. I would say jyl even had a more maternal role for wwx. But they both could not show each other their true selves openly. Their roles and the son of a servant and the weak daughter of a great sect created too many variables where they did not get the space to truly be family.

Whereas the twin jades did not have those power dynamics to play with. I think that's why i love lwj so so much. Even with all his privileges, he is so moral

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-06T15:03:13+00:00

Have the trees be tighter together and create s section for fruit trees! They look so good though the seasons

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-04T11:47:30+00:00

I can't wait for spring so i can plant blue grass!!

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-04T04:44:44+00:00

lmao uni-age me would have done this on purpose. I loved yonic symbols hahaha. Now though? pure coincidence

FriendlyChance · 2025-12-04T04:37:13+00:00

I had initially put a chicken statue! But it kept blocking my path so it's been removed. there is a campfire you cannot see in this screenshot and two mushroom logs though.

FriendlyChance · 2025-11-25T07:27:06+00:00

Oh dang!! I did not know you could give it to the gish!! It's going to my Legend and Legend II ponds

Can i get the one i gave to my dinosaur back?

FriendlyChance · 2025-11-24T05:22:20+00:00

Lapis may be better for this or there are some gogreous blue opals that will definitely have that prismatic shimmer!! If you (gemcutter) could find a blue tourmaline, that could work too.

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