I loved what you said about the show's sense of morality. I like the way we glimpse the backstory of the characters to understand how they became the way they did, and I love Ye Zun and Shen Wei coming back together at the end. (Of course SW after settling YZ somewhere immediately returns to ZYL OBVIOUSLY.) Guardian arrived for me after years of not really feeling that fannish, so I identify with your sentiment of the delightful surprise of how fun it is to be in this fandom!