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Sundial Exchange Love and Friendship meme!

Happy March or Happy Leap Day, depending on where you are in the world!

We’re still glowing from the lovely energy that the exchange created, thank you all so much for making it such a wonderful experience for everyone! It exceeded our wildest expectations in both number of fanworks and type of fanworks, and we are so honoured to have been able to create a space to make that possible 🥰🎉✨

At

asya_ana’s suggestion we are hosting a Love and Friendship meme for Guardian and Guardian-related canons. You can use the form in the textbox below if you like or go wild!

User names:
Pronouns:
Language(s):
How did you first get into Guardian fandom?
What is one thing you love about the show?
What is your favourite terrible special effect?
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship?
Do you have a favourite character?
Do you have a favourite villain?
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons:
Do you like RPF? 
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? 
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? 
What are some of your general fanwork likes:
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things?
Anything else you want to say?

There is also an ongoing Guardian fandom friending meme over at

sid_guardian, for more of your meme needs✨

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I hate how often I'm 100% correct about the fates of my fictional favs, but maybe it's just that fiction has a very bad way of treating second male leads in general, while that personality type is almost always more attractive to me than the protagonists'. (Exceptions include any good adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, since he'll always be my #1, and BBC Merlin, where Arthur annoyed the hell out of me despite being the second lead.)

The. Best. (And to think it took me two tries to get through the first season before I caught the bug. :D)

Yeah, I wasn't expecting good treatment of female characters, seeing as how Asian dramas are often heavy on the gender inequality and cliches. But Guardian surprised me with Zhu Hong. (Not so much with Wang Zheng, who had a lot more agency and bite in the novel, which they easily could have kept, but... no.)

Your icons are a delight!!

Thank you! *blushes*

Thank you! <3

(I'm attempting to do this on my phone while on a train. I apologise for typos, bad links and terrible spellings...)

User names: UndeadRobins (previously known as Kayim)
Pronouns: she/her
Language(s): Only English, despite vague attempts with various Duolingo languages.
How did you first get into Guardian fandom? I fully blame

umadoshi. And all the people on my various flists who have been watching. I literally only started watching a couple of weeks ago, and I'm on about episode 25, so it's all new and exciting for me!
What is one thing you love about the show? Found family trope. And competence. I know that's two things, but they're the two things that are pretty much guaranteed to get me hooked on a show, and this one has them in abundance.
What is your favourite terrible special effect? Da Qing turning into a cat. I'm so glad they just cut from the human to the cat now and don't bother with the CGI.
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? Obviously I love Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei, because how can you watch the show without loving their relationship. I mostly love the way it's a full blown romantic relationship, and we understand that without needing to see them making out (although we all still *want* to see that). However, I also have a growing interest in Chu Shuzhi/Guo Chengchang (which I've just typed without looking up, so may be spelled wrong). I love the protective relationship there, and the adoration that Guo Chengchang has for Chu Shuzhi. I'd love it more if he wasn't portrayed as an annoying imbecile, but we can't have everything. Oh, and I also love Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing, because they're all kinds of fun together.
Do you have a favourite character? So far, it seems to depend on the episode. I've changed my mind dozens of times. I just seriously love them all.
Do you have a favourite villain? Not yet, but I'm only just gotten halfway through, so that will probably change.
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: This is my very first non-Western fandom. I suspect it won't be my last.
Do you like RPF? Depending on the story itself. I'm a little picky about these things. I've read and written RPF in other fandoms (hockey mainly), so I definitely won't rule it out.
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? What's the one where Zhu Yilong is playing with the ~~dildo~~ facial massager? That one.
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? Too many to list, but they're all on the sticky post in my journal.
What are some of your general fanwork likes: Again, too many to list here, but all in my sticky post.
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? Either here on DW or on Twitter under the same username. I'm always looking for new friends!
Anything else you want to say? I'm still getting to know the fandom, so if you want to throw useful links, meta, favourite stories, behind-the-scenes videos, or anything else, at me, please do!

Edited 2020-03-02 08:38 (UTC)

I had two false starts before I got into Guardian, so I get it. Happens to the best of us.
(<3 your icon <3)

They are not always perfect, they do not always make the best choices, but they love each other so much.
This, so much this.

I gave it a try...and it took me quite a while to bond
Nice to know I'm not the only one who took a while to warm. Re-watching the first episodes, I don't understand why, but... yeah. *fistbump*

Welcome to the show and the fandom!

User names:

naye,

unnaye,

for-the-flail

Pronouns: she/her

Languages: English, Swedish, French, Intermediate Japanese & Beginner Mandarin Chinese

How did you first get into Guardian fandom? I had people on my Tumblr dash who were watching it as it aired the summer of 2018, and were having a lot of feelings about it, so I got intrigued. The first gif I can remember seeing was the scene in #38 with Shen Wei throwing himself in front of Zhao Yunlan. This piqued my interest as h/c and self-sacrifice are absolutely my cup of tea. Then I came across a gif set of the taxi scene in #8 and the tenderness and longing in it had me absolutely undone.

What is one thing you love about the show?
Everything about the relationship between Shen Wen and Zhao Yunlan, from the absolutely tangible chemistry between Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu and all their acting choices to the way the story handles the identity porn and lets them become each other's most beloved, most important person.

What is your favourite terrible special effect?
Okay see if you ask that question you're going to get an actual answer. You may regret it because by "favorite" I mean "the one that always makes me scream". Here. I apologize:

What is (one of) your favourite relationships on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship?
Obviously I adore the relationship between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan. I'm also very fond of Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing being best friends who are also a human and a cat.

Do you have a favourite character? Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan

Do you have a favourite villain? Ye Zun

Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: I really like gifsets and clips from many of Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu's other shows. Especially when they play characters with long hair and wuxia/historical outfits. :D

Do you like RPF? I have been taken in by the RPF fandom for Guardian - tiny but full of awesome creators and lots and lots of happy fanning.

Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? Oh no these examples are both coming for me! Here is where I first came across Bai Yu's Tiffany shoot, and having fic for it is a dream come true. ♥ Aside from that, I also adore this mechanic photo shoot he did for his Weibo profile pic. My favorite Zhu Yilong ad campaign is probably the Lenovo one.

What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? I've been in fandom since the days of mailing lists and Geocities, but I'm strongly monofannish. The three most recent fandoms I had before Guardian were Gintama, Nirvana in Fire and Dragon Age.

What are some of your general fanwork likes: Guardian has really blown my likes wide open. I'm a gen fan at heart, but I OTP wildly for Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan. I have a weakness for h/c, angst with a happy ending, mutual pining.

Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? I usually post to Dreamwidth several times a week, and read it every day. I chatter a lot on Twitter as

unnaye - Tumblr (

for-the-flail) I mostly use to reblog fanart and post any gif sets I make.

Anything else you want to say?
This fandom has been the best thing ever. ♥ Honestly, I have learned so much here, and met so many awesome people. It's been a gift.

Weeeee, love to have met you in this fandom!

Looking at your lists of previous fandoms and likes and going :eyes 👀: . We’ve already talked about a Card Captor Sakura AU, but now I wonder what a DNAngel AU might look like?

Also: genderswap!!!!! We need a billion of these. Who would you most like to see as a different gender and/or sex? Temporary or not? Femslash?

The parallels are so strongg! My first fanart for this fandom was an eye-swap XXXHolic AU because we all KNOW how the whole blindness arc would have ended under CLAMP supervision. ;__;

Thank you!

The!! blobby!! stomach!! I honestly picture the CGI artists cackling as they added more wobble, more dust falling from the roof, and more inexplicable bin bags. (Did they have any context?? One wonders. Or were they just emailed some instructions at midnight like: hey two guys have been swallowed by another guy and btw we need something by 9am...)

they're all kinds of fun together
They really are! And welcome! <3

User names: wrote_and_writ
Pronouns: She/her
Language(s): English, enough French to get by when I travel and to talk to dogs
How did you first get into Guardian fandom? I moved to China in 2018 and got TV channels with my internet. There aren’t many English-language options (duh), so I was channel-surfing (it’s kind of set up like Netflix where you choose shows) and saw Guardian. I remembered seeing some gif sets on Tumblr, so I started watching it with no subtitles and wow did I fall hard. I immediately went looking on Tumblr and AO3, and here I am! I still haven’t watched the whole thing with subtitles, although I’m working through now that it’s on Amazon Prime.
What is one thing you love about the show? Shen Wei and Zhu Yilong’s ability to convey emotions with the tiniest expressions. It doesn’t hurt that he and Bai Yu are easy on the eyes.
What is your favourite terrible special effect?The makeup tbh, like Wildfire’s scars. The whole show kind of reminds me of a low-budget Torchwood.
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? Aside from the obvious Weilan, I love Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi. I am so weak for the storm cloud/sunshine dynamic. And I like how GCC earns CS’s respect as he does work hard to be more brave and skilled.
Do you have a favourite character? Zhao Yunlan all the way. Even though it would be disastrous, I wish I had a bit of his brashness.
Do you have a favourite villain? I really like Ya Qing. I like motivations that are a little more complicated than REVENGE!
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: Mmm, I like the found family dynamic of the SID. I like that it’s not just a job but a group of people who care about each other, about doing the right thing, helping out, breaking unjust rules, all of it. I would absolutely work there, risk of death and all.
Do you like RPF? I don’t. It makes me incredibly self-conscious for whatever reason. It’s also why I’m a champion lurker.
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? Look. Look. Those ReFa ads will be the absolute death of me, but I’m fine with it. And living in China, I like that I can see Zhu Yilong on bottles of drinkable yogurt at my local grocery store, staring at me from a Coco Cola bus stop ad, enticing me into KFC. I own three Thermos products because I am susceptible to advertising, and took an hour-long metro ride to go to the L’Occitane store, although to be fair, I’ve used those products since 2002. It had just been awhile since I splashed out and bought some. I want to see more Bai Yu, though. He was in a Nivea (I think) ad that hung up in the local WalMart for months before I realized it was HIM, and then it was gone when I went to take a picture.
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? I started in earnest in The Raven Cycle books fandom, have dabbled in Harry Potter and MCU, but for the last year or two, it’s been Guardian, The Untamed, and some assorted Thai dramas. Oh! And Detective L! Holy cow, that show has checked every one of my boxes! Qin Xiaoman is GOALS.
What are some of your general fanwork likes: I prefer fics because I like to read. I LOVE those who make gif sets, though, because they are what get me interested in a media in the first place. I like crafts inspired by fandoms, art, but fics are my main way of interacting.
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? Sorry I don’t know how to do links, but I’m wrote_and_writ on AO3, trixietricoter on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram. Shout at me any time!
Anything else you want to say? Like I said, I’m a professional lurker, so please come say hi to me! I very much want to be friends, but I’m shy to the point where people think I’m aloof irl.

Edited 2020-03-02 19:12 (UTC)

Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi. I am so weak for the storm cloud/sunshine dynamic.
What an beautiful and perfect way of describing them!

The concept of seeing ads in our daily life with our fannish people of interests is so alien to me, it certainly must be quite something! XD sorry you missed the chance to photograph the Bai Yu one.

And awww, yes, the Found Family aspect of the show is quite wholesome and kickass, isn’t it? Thank you for mentioning it, it’s giving me good feelings all over again.

Parler en Français à des chiens est une excellente façon et raison d’apprendre et d’utiliser une langue. <3

How often Zhao Yunlan is unconcious. Close second is Zhao Yunlan's inability to not sit on things.
This made me giggle!

I didn't even *have* a tentacle thing before Guardian (I feel like I say that about so many kinks) and now I'm like... we need more!! tentacles!! Also I now can't even find the one tentacle fic (the anon one) that I swear I had bookmarked - maybe it's been deleted??

Oh geez how did I forget about the mechanic photo shoot????? I NEED TO CHANGE MY ANSWER!

User names: kimboo_york

Pronouns: she/her

Language(s): English

How did you first get into Guardian fandom? In spring 2019 a few different moots made recruitment posts here on dreamwidth about the drama. I was iffy but decided to see what the love was about and...here we are. :)

What is one thing you love about the show? Not to be a stereotype but I love the relationship between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan. That really grabbed me from the start, how different and yet attuned to each other they are (thank you, BY and ZYL!)

What is your favourite terrible special effect? *sighhhh* the Hollows. All of them. Every time they show up. They just...they look like carnival ride decorations.

What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? Aside from Weilan? Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing. I love their banter, their easy familiarity, and their obvious love for each other. Found family is a huge plus for me!

Do you have a favourite character? Shen Wei, predictably. I love the quiet ones.

Do you have a favourite villain? Ye Zun, always and forever amen.

Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: Look I'm a sucker for timey-wimey time travel shenanigans so I love that Weilan had TWO "first meetings" and I just wish we had gotten 10 episodes set in YOHE too.

Do you like RPF? Yes!!!

Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? Bai Yu, Tiffany (although his Lancome game is strong, it fails b/c they never show him putting ON the lipstick)

What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? Oy vey. A very long list? Old school K/S girl from the way back and many in between (due South, SGA are in the mix). These days I'm heavy into c-drama fandom with Nirvana in Fire and Untamed/CQL, and also getting into c-novels (PLEASE ask me about "I Ship My Adversary and Me"!!!)

What are some of your general fanwork likes: I love long fic b/c I'm a fast reader, so anything less than 10k is, like, a snack. I want to be immersed in the story for a while! I am partial to fix-it fic and happy endings b/c life is grim enough thankyouverymuch. I really enjoy deep, character-driven plots but I also really love me some good old fashioned tropes like arranged marriage, time travel, found family, friends (or enemies!) to lovers, and OMG GIVE ME THE IDENTITY PORN ALL OF IT *grabby hands*

Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? Right now I seem to be mostly on twitter, but I am on discord if it comes to that and of course here on dreamwidth!

Anything else you want to say? I love Weilan a lot. Like, a lot. :D

low-budget Torchwood

OMG THAT IS SO ACCURATE!!!!

wrote_and_writ on AO3, trixietricoter on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
Just now realized how helpful this thread's gonna be for putting together different user names with the same person!

ETA: and realizing some people I know from AO3 comments are here on DW!

Edited 2020-03-02 19:31 (UTC)

I think you're on to something with your explanation...! "We need this by 9am" would explain the two identical trash heaps just hanging out in Ye Zun's stomach. XD

I'm also never over the sound effect. Which. Goes something like this...

I love it even more after

glymr's twitfic for it...!

User names: geckoholic, lostemotion, spacenerdz
Pronouns: she/her
Language(s): German, English, a bit of French and an even smaller bit of Spanish.
How did you first get into Guardian fandom? A friend dragged me down with her and we proceeded to watch it together.
What is one thing you love about the show? The chemistry between the characters and the obvious care put by everyone involved into that aspect of it even if they didn't have a high budget.
What is your favourite terrible special effect? The terrible "darkness" in Dixing comes to mind, and the animal transformations.
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? Weilan. Their relationship comes alive from the first time they meet in canon and it's a pleasure to watch it deepen and become more important to both of them. Plus they're both great characters in their own right and they meet each other on equal footing despite the difference in power and I love that.
Do you have a favourite character? Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan. Do not make me choose between them. I can't.
Do you have a favourite villain? Not really.
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: DETECTIVE L. It combines so many of my favorite things: crime, history, and uhh, Bai Yu. XD
Do you like RPF? Nope.
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? The rentboy photoshot sure is up there, yes.
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? Too many to list, seriously. US shows, comics, anime, movies, it's a loooooooong list indeed.
What are some of your general fanwork likes: Well-written and emotional smut, hurt/comfort and recovery, and art that uses bold colors, unusual perspective and plays on classic motifs.
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? On this DW, and on twitter

geckoholic.
Anything else you want to say? Adult life is a sham and I just want more sleep.

Edited 2020-03-02 20:11 (UTC)

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