fic: use the wood brought in by the tide (5/5)

Title: use the wood brought in by the tide
Fandom: The Untamed, Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Characters/Pairing: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Jiang Yanli, Madam Yu, Jiang Cheng
Chapter: 5/5
Rating: M
Wordcount: 5,668
Warnings: This story features abuse from Madam Yu. I don't think it's overly graphic, but it is emotionally heavy and explores living with domestic abuse, so take care of yourself if you don't need to read it.
Additional tags: alternate universe - arranged marriage, hurt/comfort, warning for physical abuse, wwx is an adult but madam yu is madam yu, just keep in mind that the jiangs' a+ parenting is the backdrop for this fic, also featuring: falling in love with your husband, pining for your husband, sibling solidarity, dealing with your in-laws, lan wangji's typical inner maelstrom of emotions, wei wuxian whump, protective!lwj, lwj&jyl friendship, intimate hair brushing, and a happy wangxian ending
Summary:
Lan Wangji looks from face to face to face. All three of them are red-eyed and weary-looking. There is no feeling of resistance in the room. Everyone in this room knows how unjust Yu-furen’s reaction was. And yet not even Wei Ying, so quick to speak, to act when anyone else is the subject of unfairness, seems…resigned. Yes. That is the word. They are all resigned.

It curdles in Lan Wangji’s stomach, the knowledge that this must be a common occurrence. He had known that things were not right in the Jiang family, but he had not known that they were like this.


Months into his arranged marriage to the head disciple of the Jiang sect, Lan Wangji confronts family dynamics unlike any he has encountered before.

(The fact that he's desperately in love with his husband only complicates things.)

just curious

Poll #27951 Music listening habits

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37

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Do you use Spotify?

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No
15 (40.5%)

Occasionally
8 (21.6%)

Yes, the free version
5 (13.5%)

Yes, the paid version
11 (29.7%)

Yes, but just for a few Spotify-exclusive podcasts
0 (0.0%)

If you don't, what do you use to listen to music?

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Another similar commercial streaming service
7 (26.9%)

My own music collection, whether digital or analog
18 (69.2%)

The radio
4 (15.4%)

YouTube
14 (53.8%)

Library-provided streaming services
1 (3.8%)

Something else Lauren didn't think of (tell me what it is)
2 (7.7%)

Obviously this is inspired by everyone posting their Spotify wrapped stuff everywhere and me not being able to participate since I don't use Spotify. I carefully curate my own music collection in the program formerly known as iTunes (with backup copies on a removable hard drive). If I want to hear a new song without buying/downloading/whatever, I'll pull it up on YouTube or through a library streaming service. 

I am deeply uncomfortable with the idea of just streaming things that I actually love. I want to own a copy. I don't like the idea that things can disappear from the internet with no notice. It's fine for a TV show I'm just going to watch once and I definitely make use of the library streaming services, but if it's something I am going to return to (like most of the music I listen to), I want to own it myself.