User names:Thevetia Pronouns:she/her Language(s):English. A little German. A teensy bit of Japanese. How did you first get into Guardian fandom?It's all sakana17's fault! For which I am endlessly grateful. We were on a holiday together, she had a USB drive with all the episodes, there was a TV in the hotel room, and she had been mentioning it was a good show. I wanted to see what it was about. My memory is that I demanded we keep watching because I needed to know what was going to happen next, and who was that gorgeous guy with the glasses? Apparently my enthusiasm was not expressed very well and I didn't take instantly to Zhao Yunlan. (And I've been paying for that ever since. I was wrong! He's adorable and utterly awesome!) But the show started hitting every fannish button I have within the first few episodes. What is one thing you love about the show?Its sense of morality. (Well, I love WeiLan above all, but that's kind of obvious.) The show points out that acts can have their gray interpretations, that evil can be acknowledged and even atoned for, and that even the most awful of villains is ultimately just a failed human being. What is your favourite terrible special effect?I can't have a favorite terrible effect. I love a lot of the effects: the ball of dark energy in Shen Wei's hand that looks like a tiny universe; the amethyst portal, the stop-time effect. When the effects are bad I just do the work and handwave them. What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship?Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan. Of course. They hit such a button of mine: they love each other, they would die for each other, but they would both choose the greater good over their love. They are such heroes! Do you have a favourite character?It was Shen Wei at first, but Zhao Yunlan is so awesome, and now I can't really choose between them. Do you have a favourite villain?Has to be Ye Zun. Nobody else is even close. Zhu Yilong clearly has a twin brother who is also an actor and he's fantastic! So evil! So sympathetic and understandable in his evilness! I wonder what else that actor has done? Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: I'm trying to collect the full set! So far I've seen half of Granting You a Dreamlike Life, and Luo Fusheng is absolutely the best! Kitten deserves everything wonderful! Also, by contrast, I've seen about a third of Border Town Prodigal, and oh, Fu Hongxue, baby, you need help! But so pretty... For Bai Yu, there's Detective L, which is a fun and engaging show and he's so handsome in it; and I've just finished watching Fairyland Lovers, which is a Zhu Yilong level of acting tour-de-force for Bai Yu. Do you like RPF? Once upon a time I thought it was faintly icky; now I'm all into it. I can't explain it, but ZhuBai opens such a world of interesting ideas to pursue. Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? The ReFa ads don't leave much to the imagination, do they? So I can't use them to work up an unusual idea for fic. Time Engraver is wonderful. And I have a soft spot for ZYL's Thermos ads. What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? I've been in fandom since before dinosaurs roamed the internet so I've been in a few, though I'm quite the mono-fannish serial monogamist. Lately it's just Guardian 24/7. In the more recent past it's been Person of Interest, Aubrey/Maturin (Master and Commander books), and Stargate SG-1. What are some of your general fanwork likes:Historical or derivative AUs, old-school tropes, angst, smut, I appreciate a lot of stuff. I like more things than I dislike. Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things?I'm on Dreamwidth (and twitter and Discord) as Thevetia, though I don't post much. I'm trying to change that! Anything else you want to say?I haven't had such fun in a fandom for a long, long time. Guardian makes me so happy!
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Date: 2020-03-03 04:45 am (UTC)Pronouns:she/her
Language(s):English. A little German. A teensy bit of Japanese.
How did you first get into Guardian fandom?It's all sakana17's fault! For which I am endlessly grateful. We were on a holiday together, she had a USB drive with all the episodes, there was a TV in the hotel room, and she had been mentioning it was a good show. I wanted to see what it was about. My memory is that I demanded we keep watching because I needed to know what was going to happen next, and who was that gorgeous guy with the glasses? Apparently my enthusiasm was not expressed very well and I didn't take instantly to Zhao Yunlan. (And I've been paying for that ever since. I was wrong! He's adorable and utterly awesome!) But the show started hitting every fannish button I have within the first few episodes.
What is one thing you love about the show?Its sense of morality. (Well, I love WeiLan above all, but that's kind of obvious.) The show points out that acts can have their gray interpretations, that evil can be acknowledged and even atoned for, and that even the most awful of villains is ultimately just a failed human being.
What is your favourite terrible special effect?I can't have a favorite terrible effect. I love a lot of the effects: the ball of dark energy in Shen Wei's hand that looks like a tiny universe; the amethyst portal, the stop-time effect. When the effects are bad I just do the work and handwave them.
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship?Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan. Of course. They hit such a button of mine: they love each other, they would die for each other, but they would both choose the greater good over their love. They are such heroes!
Do you have a favourite character?It was Shen Wei at first, but Zhao Yunlan is so awesome, and now I can't really choose between them.
Do you have a favourite villain?Has to be Ye Zun. Nobody else is even close. Zhu Yilong clearly has a twin brother who is also an actor and he's fantastic! So evil! So sympathetic and understandable in his evilness! I wonder what else that actor has done?
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: I'm trying to collect the full set! So far I've seen half of Granting You a Dreamlike Life, and Luo Fusheng is absolutely the best! Kitten deserves everything wonderful! Also, by contrast, I've seen about a third of Border Town Prodigal, and oh, Fu Hongxue, baby, you need help! But so pretty... For Bai Yu, there's Detective L, which is a fun and engaging show and he's so handsome in it; and I've just finished watching Fairyland Lovers, which is a Zhu Yilong level of acting tour-de-force for Bai Yu.
Do you like RPF? Once upon a time I thought it was faintly icky; now I'm all into it. I can't explain it, but ZhuBai opens such a world of interesting ideas to pursue.
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? The ReFa ads don't leave much to the imagination, do they? So I can't use them to work up an unusual idea for fic. Time Engraver is wonderful. And I have a soft spot for ZYL's Thermos ads.
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? I've been in fandom since before dinosaurs roamed the internet so I've been in a few, though I'm quite the mono-fannish serial monogamist. Lately it's just Guardian 24/7. In the more recent past it's been Person of Interest, Aubrey/Maturin (Master and Commander books), and Stargate SG-1.
What are some of your general fanwork likes:Historical or derivative AUs, old-school tropes, angst, smut, I appreciate a lot of stuff. I like more things than I dislike.
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things?I'm on Dreamwidth (and twitter and Discord) as Thevetia, though I don't post much. I'm trying to change that!
Anything else you want to say?I haven't had such fun in a fandom for a long, long time. Guardian makes me so happy!