Danmei Diaspora Creatives

“You don’t understand anything,” her mother insisted loudly. She was on her feet now, staring Jiang Yanli down with the full ferocity of her tiger’s eyes. “How come I raised you to be like this? Just what the hell kind of daughter are you?”

“I don’t want to be your daughter,” Jiang Yanli burst out. Her young voice, raised for the first and only time in her life, rang out high and clear and strong as a challenge. “I wish that I was never your daughter, and that you were never my mother.”

Or: Jiang Yanli grapples with her fraught relationship with her mother.

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MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.

Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.

Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from creators of Chinese heritage.

Event Rules & FAQs

Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.

Note: We will not accept AI-generated works (works created by generative artificial intelligence models) as part of this event.

Prompts

Our prompts this year are the Four Natures in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Sub-prompts for the event will be posted separately.

After you sign up, you will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates. Sign-ups will run from March 7, 2026 to April 30, 2026.

Signal Boost!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky as well.

Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!

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Wishing everyone a blissful, prosperous, and healthy year ahead!

㊗️新年快乐，心想事成，身体健康，财源滚滚，事事平安，興旺發發發！🍍🧧💰🎆

“You’re drunk.” Her voice has taken on a hard, lecturing tone. Good, she decides. Let him hear it.

“I’m not.”

He sounds petulant, like a chastised child, and his breathing quickens as he approaches, his vision clouded, bloodsoaked, farseeing. Wen Qing reaches up, and tugs him urgently down to the bed beside her. “Come here.”

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“We had an hour,” Lan Zhan said. Mildly, flatly, but his words hit Wei Ying like a slap across the face. “And now look at what you’ve done. You made me come in under two minutes.”

“Lan Zhan.” Sobbing, crawling like a dog, not caring how pathetic he looked. “I’ll do anything you ask.”

“Then beg for it.”

Or: Wei Ying enters into a dom-sub arrangement with his coworker, Lan Zhan. They’re a good fit on paper: Wei Ying is an experienced sub, and the only thing Lan Zhan wants is to be edged to the point of delirium. But Lan Zhan’s approval is a slippery, exhilarating thing, and Wei Ying finds his personal feelings getting in the way of his ability to perform.

My @mdzsbigbang fic is here! I’d like to thank both my collaboration partners: Nekiwis, whose beautiful art you will soon be seeing in Chapter 2, and @brurbrur , who made an amazing podfic of my story! You can listen to chapter 1 of Brur’s podfic here.

Title: as long as we are // 七月之恋

Fandoms: 陈情令 The Untamed (TV) / 魔道祖师 The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Warnings: Rated T.

Relationships: 蓝忘机 Lan Wangji / 魏无羡 Wei Wuxian

Summary:  

When Wei Ying's childhood penpal turns up out of the blue, Wei Ying can hardly believe his luck that finally meeting Lan Zhan in person is better than anything he could have dreamed of.

He probably should have known that his luck has never been very good.

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“You fucking pervert,” Wei Ying exclaims. “You’re actually fucking wearing my underwear. This is — was — my favourite pair, you sick bastard.”

Lan Zhan looks down at the stolen boxer briefs he’s wearing, and then he looks back up at Wei Ying. And then he’s moving without conscious thought or premeditation, shoving Wei Ying forcefully back against a locker, and kissing him.

Title: as long as we are // 七月之恋

Fandoms: 陈情令 The Untamed (TV) / 魔道祖师 The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Warnings: Rated T.

Relationships: 蓝忘机 Lan Wangji / 魏无羡 Wei Wuxian

Summary:  

When Wei Ying's childhood penpal turns up out of the blue, Wei Ying can hardly believe his luck that finally meeting Lan Zhan in person is better than anything he could have dreamed of.

He probably should have known that his luck has never been very good.

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She slips on a new black silk teddy she’d bought on a whim. The material is pleasingly, scandalously tight: it lifts her breasts, hugs her waist, compresses her belly. Impulsively, she takes a handful of the fabric and tugs, relishing the answering tension against her crotch.

But predictably, when she makes her way to the living room, her husband is nowhere to be found.

We’d like to extend our sincerest thanks to all of our participants this year! We have a wonderful assortment of fanfic, podfic, and fanart/comics from Chinese diaspora creators in the MXTX fandom.

Check out this year’s works on AO3!

We also hope you take the time to check out the past years’ collections, which also contain many amazing works by various Chinese diaspora creators!

2024 MXTX Diaspora May

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2021 MDZS Diaspora May

Please feel free to reblog this post, browse through the collections, and enjoy and rec any fanworks. Comments and kudos are always appreciated!

“I think,” Lan Zhan hears himself saying, “I might be bisexual.”

The words flow from him, as simple and right as dawn breaking over the horizon. There is still much to be weighed and answered and reflected upon, but for the moment, just speaking them aloud is enough. And so he waits, watching his new self gradually taking form before him, listening to the quiet thrum of his heart as it creaks and shifts and expands to accommodate this revelation: patient, undemanding, and once again, unequivocally whole.

See also: Lan Zhan spends a university semester abroad with his best friend Wei Ying. Along the way, he makes several startling discoveries.

Summary:

“I wish I could have met your Ma. If you don’t mind me asking —?”

“Twenty-two years ago,” Lan Zhan says. “I visit her here every Qingming, and on her birthday.” And then, catching the next question in the other man’s eyes, “I still miss her, every single day.”

MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.

Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.

Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from creators of Chinese heritage.

Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.

Note: We will not accept AI-generated works (works created by generative artificial intelligence models) as part of this event.

Event Rules & FAQ

Our prompts this year are the Twelve Ornaments, a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs considered to be highly auspicious.

Sub-prompts for the event will be posted separately.

Sign-Up Form

Are you a creator of Chinese heritage who's ready to sign up for this event? Please fill out the sign-up form linked above!

You will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates.

Sign-ups will run from March 1, 2025 to April 5, 2025.

Signal Boost!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky as well.

Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!

2021 (MDZS only)

2022

2023

2024

If you're a creator of Chinese heritage, please feel free to sign up below!

Sign-Up Form

MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.

Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.

Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from creators of Chinese heritage.

Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.

Note: We will not accept AI-generated works (works created by generative artificial intelligence models) as part of this event.

Event Rules & FAQ

Our prompts this year are the Twelve Ornaments, a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs considered to be highly auspicious.

Sub-prompts for the event will be posted separately.

Sign-Up Form

Are you a creator of Chinese heritage who's ready to sign up for this event? Please fill out the sign-up form linked above!

You will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates.

Sign-ups will run from March 1, 2025 to April 5, 2025.

Signal Boost!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky as well.

Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!

2021 (MDZS only)

2022

2023

2024