Guardian Wishlist 2025 coming soon!

Aug. 15th, 2025 11:23 pm
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Just a reminder that Guardian Wishlist 2025 is opening for business at [community profile] guardian_wishlist on 28 August!

This gifting fest runs along the lines of [community profile] fandomtrees and its ilk, but is specifically for Guardian (show, novel, and RPF) and related fandoms (main actors' other roles). It works like this:
  1. People sign up with a wishlist of prompts and things they'd like to receive. Requests can include any media, including transformative works like fic, art, icons, vids, podfic, and also picspams and meta, translation advice, related music links, lollipops, branches from a Divine Tree, wisps of Chaos, powerful ancient artefacts anything.
  2. Anyone can write, draw, record, or otherwise create gifts for any sign-up. Gifts can be posted directly in comments (which are screened until reveals) or to an AO3 collection. Gift posting continues right up until reveals. There are no minimums for gifts.
We'll be back closer to the date with updated rules and guidelines (all announcements and such are crossposted here on [community profile] sid_guardian), but here is this year's schedule again:
  • 28 August: sign-ups open
  • 5 September: first wishlists posted
  • 15 September: sign-ups close
  • 16 September: final wishlists posted
  • 6 October (Reunion Festival): gifts revealed
And if you haven’t, come check out our participation poll in our initial announcement post!
china_shop: Mid-shot of Wang Zheng ritually praying in the dark. (Guardian - Wang Zheng praying)
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Poll #33486 Drugs and lollipops
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15


Where does Wang Zheng get the drugs to sedate the others in the mountains?

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she bought them online before leaving Dragon City
7 (50.0%)

she raided Lin Jing's drug stash at the SID
2 (14.3%)

she raided Da Qing's drug stash at the SID
1 (7.1%)

she found them in Zhu Hong's luggage (along with the syringe of resurrection juice)
0 (0.0%)

she gathered local traditional herbs in the mountains
7 (50.0%)

she slipped out and procured them from a local healer in the village
4 (28.6%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Second best time Zhao Yunlan offers someone a lollipop (the first is YOHE!Shen Wei, obviously)

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Guo Changcheng upon his arrival at the SID (ep 1)
5 (41.7%)

Zheng Yi when she's in hospital (ep 12)
2 (16.7%)

Cong Bo upon his recruitment (ep 14)
3 (25.0%)

Ying Chun at their first meeting (ep 21)
2 (16.7%)

random lab tech at the Inspectorate (ep 30)
1 (8.3%)

Da Qing, when Zhao Yunlan goes to retrieve xiao-Guo and Shen Wei from Dixing (half-eaten lollipop) (ep 33)
3 (25.0%)

other
0 (0.0%)

When you read "SID", do you mentally hear it as

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sid
7 (46.7%)

S.I.D.
9 (60.0%)

Special Investigation Department
0 (0.0%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Four recent fics (Guardian, various)

Aug. 12th, 2025 07:38 pm
china_shop: Zhao Yunlan stretched out on a stool. (Guardian - ZYL sprawled on a stool)
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Three flashfics for [community profile] fan_flashworks, plus another instalment of my Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan post-canon 'verse.

Title: Behind another face (100 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Zhang Shi & Shen Xi, Shen Xi/Zhao Xinci
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Complicated Relationships, Sharing a Body, Secrets, Drabble, Face challenge
Summary:

Zhang Shi meets Shen Xi.


Title: Take back the world (1288 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Wang Yike/Zhang Ruonan
Additional Tags: Reference to canon rape, Aftermath of canon rape, Pre-Canon, Upsetting Dixing powers, Revenge challenge
Summary:

One day, everything falls apart.


Title: two are halves of one (851 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Episode 22 after the blindness arc, First Kiss (for one of them), Crowd challenge
Summary:

A deep twist of desire makes Zhao Yunlan laugh. "After this—” He circles his chopsticks over the meal and has to clear his throat to keep his voice light. “Shen Wei, I think you should give me a thorough health check.”


Title: life in the silver lining (2732 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Complicated Relationships, The emotional implications of the existence of time travel, intimacy is hard, rated for themes
Series: Part 4 of Breakage and Repair 'verse (CSZ/SW/ZYL)
Summary:

“You’ve time-travelled before.” Shuzhi’s voice was low and raw. “What if the next time you go to Dixing, the Hallows open a portal to the past? Would you go and stop Ye Zun, and put everything back how it’s supposed to be?”

(Follows on from Raw Nerves, Old Scars.)

My latest Guardian fanworks

Aug. 11th, 2025 05:30 pm
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan lollipop: open mou)
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2 drama Weilan fics, 1 novel drawing, 1 Zhubai drawing. :)

Sweet Surrender (1621 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Lollipops, inappropriate use of a lollipop, Food Sex, food insertion, Object Insertion, Anal Play, Nipple Licking, a lot of licking in general, Established Relationship, The Author Regrets Nothing
Summary: Lollipop, inappropriate use of.

Poems on Your Skin (1940 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Writing on Skin, Body Calligraphy, Dixing Culture & Customs (Guardian), First Kiss, First Time, Frottage, Coming In Pants, Porn with Feelings, Guardian Bingo
Series: Part 8 of Guardian Bingo 2025, Part 5 of All the different first times for YOHE Weilan
Summary: Zhao Yunlan helps Shen Wei with a ritual.

Fading by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen San (Guardian), Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Illness, Bedside Vigils, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Wei watches Shen San sleep.

I [Heart] You by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: video call, Fluff, finger hearts, Guardian Bingo, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 7 of Guardian Bingo 2025
Summary: Daily video call.
china_shop: A waist-down icon: a pair of legs slouching against a tree, feet in boots; another pair of legs, facing them, standing upright. Each pair has one knee bent towards the other. (Guardian - SW/ZYL legs)
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This contains major spoilers up to the epilogue, so I'm cut-tagging. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the relationship dynamic in the novel. Please approach with due caution.

Spoilery novel poll )

ETA: Oops, I reworded the "how much has Shen Wei changed?" question and made the scale unclear. /o\ 5 = he has changed completely; 1 = he hasn't changed at all.
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Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong! We're finished with the main text of the novel, but the readalong continues - it's time for the first bonus stories. ♡

Here are last week's chapters, and you can find all previous discussions in the schedule posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

  • Sage 1: Many SID team shenanigans happen, including but not limited to: They have acquired a Samoyed puppy named Xiaomi who plays with Daqing. They talk about the new office they're moving to, and have some theories why Zhao Yunlan is not at work. No one tells Guo Changcheng that he's the wick, they just confuse him with questions and occasionally pluck his hair to experiment on. Meanwhile, Zhao Yunlan talks to Shennong's mortar about the primordial past and Shen Wei's oath, and explains that some things are meant to be confusing. Shennong's mortar announces that he's leaving Zhao Yunlan's father's body. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan take a walk together and cause spring flowers to bloom.


  • Sage 2: The SID moves to their new office, which includes a sunny attic and Zhao Yunlan's vegetable garden, among other things. Everyone loves Shen Wei because his arrival means that Zhao Yunlan finally goes home. Lin Jing invents an invisible listening device. Daqing bickers with people, including Shen Wei. Zhao Yunlan falls asleep trying to learn gardening from a boring book, and cuddles with Shen Wei (while also bickering). Guo Changcheng goes on an arranged date with a girl. Chu Shuzhi accompanies him and listens in on their awkward conversation, and then interrupts the date and drags Guo Changcheng away. They start dating, which is revealed to the rest of the SID by Lin Jing's listening device.

The corresponding chapters:
Sage 1 = fan translation Extra 2
Sage 2 = fan translation Extra 3


Excerpts:

1) The SID team speculating about Zhao Yunlan's activities )

2) Shennong's mortar leaves, and Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan make flowers bloom )

3) The new SID office )

4) Daqing 'practices yoga' )

5) Chu Shuzhi interrupts Guo Changcheng's date )


Questions:

Favorite SID shenanigans moment? (Or several - there are so many!) Do you think Xiao-Guo should be told that he's the wick? Do you understand what Zhao Yunlan explained about the primordial gods, or are you also a few thousand years too young? Are Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan consciously making flowers bloom, or is it just what happens when nature gods are happy? What is your favorite thing about the new office? Whose garden idea do you like the best, and why is it (not) the slutty eggplant? Any thoughts about the drama adaptation of these chapters, especially Xiao Guo's date?

You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just comment without answering any of them at all! And if you see this post and you're not actually reading the novel, I would love to know what you think about any of this with limited context. :D

And here is the schedule, where you can sign up to host a post. (There are only two weeks left!)
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A couple more pics. )

Poll #33468 Winded
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14


Why does Zhao Yunlan get winded running through Dragon City in episode 20?

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he's out of shape (he only went jogging that one time)
3 (23.1%)

he hasn't recovered from his earlier visions / energy corruption
6 (46.2%)

he's running at top speed
7 (53.8%)

it's just a really long way
6 (46.2%)

he didn't warm up first
1 (7.7%)

other
2 (15.4%)

When you first saw the flashbacks in the first few episodes, what did you think?

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reincarnation
3 (25.0%)

time travel
1 (8.3%)

amnesiac immortals
3 (25.0%)

robot doppelgangers
0 (0.0%)

other
2 (16.7%)

I was already spoiled
5 (41.7%)

I was misleadingly "spoiled".
1 (8.3%)

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