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.
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Date: 2020-03-02 07:09 pm (UTC)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.