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1. Ex Machina by Anonymous

   Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

   • Mature
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   21 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Reader
   • Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Original Female Character(s)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
   • Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin/Wen Qing
   • Song Lan | Song Zichen/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
   • Everyone & Reader
   • Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao
   • Reader
   • everyone
   • Fix-It
   • (eventually) - Freeform
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Everything
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Attempt at Humor
   • Pining
   • Misunderstandings
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Curses
   • Hanahaki Disease
   • (kind of)
   • come for the romance stay for the contemplation of morality
   • and mortality
   • mainly CQL for plot reasons but mixed with everything else too
   • people being mean to Meng Yao is author’s villain origin story
   • let him hold the baby
   • Xue Yang enjoyers welcome
   • wrote this instead of working on my thesis
   • no beta we die like myself when I fail my finals
   • Chifeng-zun with all due respect (the amount of respect due varies)
   • Xichen friendly – I like xiyao as much as the next guy
   • shameless A-Yao apologism
   • mostly no character bashing unless you like Guangshan
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Rating May Change

   Summary

   deus ex machina = apo mekhanes theos:
   a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence

    

   You really didn’t expect to find yourself in this predicament. Well, why would you? You’re just a normal person, going about their ordinary day, worrying about their mundane little problems, minding their business. Not really special or outstanding in any way. Which is why it makes zero sense that you seem to have, against all odds and reason, somehow found yourself in the world of one of the shows you’ve recently watched.

   Or maybe you’ve finally lost your marbles, that’s also an option... Whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon.

   Oh, well. Maybe it’s better to just roll with the punches. After all, this is an opportunity too – you’re here now and you are going to make it everyone’s problem.

   (Alternate Title: Why be a Mary Sue when you can simply be annoying.)

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