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sundial_exchange2020-03-01 11:44 am
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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 🥰🎉✨
Atasya_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!
There is also an ongoing Guardian fandom friending meme over atsid_guardian, for more of your meme needs✨
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!There is also an ongoing Guardian fandom friending meme over at
sid_guardian, for more of your meme needs✨
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Pronouns: she/her
Language(s): English, my mother tongue which is rare, so I won't include it, Russian (I'm better at understanding than using it oops), Japanese (except I haven't used it in about a year so it's probably deteriorated badly), am currently self-studying Chinese
How did you first get into Guardian fandom? One late night I was browsing MyDramaList and came upon somebody's recommendations list, clocked the poster for Guardian (oo pretty ❤️❤️) and clicked. Reading the plot summary was an experience because it basically described the perfect show I'd been craving. Then I saw the tags "bromance" and "adapted from a novel" and, having had some experience with Chinese BL, I set out to find out whether the novel was originally a BL. Found it, it was BL, I lol'd at my amazing detective skillzz and added the show to my list. I then inexplicably started watching it that same night and was awed. But it wasn't until I reached episode 7 that I fell hard.
What is one thing you love about the show? This is a hard choice–there's so much to pick from! Hmmm... let's go with the background characters. By that I don't just mean the SID team but also the random people met during cases. Most of them get a satisfying story or come back later. E.g. Xiao Jun, the water manipulation guy from episode 5, who returned just to ruin things in episode 37. Or Li Qian, whose life was terrible but then she came out on top instead of just disappearing after two episodes. I think it's cool the writers didn't forget the side characters.
What is your favourite terrible special effect? To answer unironically, I really liked Zhu Hong's tail and Wang Zheng's legless ghost form, wish there had been more of those. Specifically Zhu Hong's tail is an interesting element of her character; she hides it because of a random comment Zhao Yunlan made a long time ago. This is neat, kinda relatable, but she could have used it after their talk, or even before that when she's sure Zhao Yunlan wouldn't see.
Funny answer: the icicle was cool :) You know, that one.
What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? Weilan is my lifeblood. They are just so, so, so nice and neat and cool and supportive and strong and aaaaaaa!!!!!!
But to say something more interesting, Zhu Hong and Lin Jing's friendship; Shen Wei's relationship with his students.
Do you have a favourite character? It's really hard to pick between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan. Also, I love Lin Jing SO MUCH, like you can't give me a computer nerd in a show and expect me not to love him.
Do you have a favourite villain? I love Ye Zun a lot but I also really love Zhu Jiu and how awkward he is.
Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: I've watched Detective L, Granting You a Dreamlike Life, Memory Lost, Fairyland Lovers. I've also watched a Zhu-Yilong-only cut of My True Friend and a Bai Yu cut of The Fraud Love Group (actually, I'd love to watch the whole movie but I can't find it. Someone help me, please?). Started Suddenly This Summer but dropped it after the high school arc. Can barely wait for Lost Tomb Reboot and To Dear Myself.
From all these, Luo Fei, Luo Fusheng, and Bai Qi are my biggest favorites. I ship Jing Ran with Yang Xiuxian and I really wish there was more content about them. (This means I should get to writing some hmmmm.) I'm also fascinated by Bai Qi/Ying Ji, they're obviously perfect for angst but fluff can work for them too.
Do you like RPF? BIG YES.
Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? Definitely the two mentioned as well as Pizza Hut Man Bai Yu, Zhu Yilong's Time Engraver, his thermos ads, his ad for 新倩女幽魂 (whatever the official English name for that game is). Speaking of 新倩女幽魂, I'm so fascinated by it, every time I watch it, it fills me with ideas. Those cute little characters he almost walks into are just–– aaaaa cuties!!!!!
What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? I'm pretty monofannish. In the last few years I've been into Shingeki no Kyojin, MCU, specifically Captain America and Thor, and MDZS. Used to be into some jrock/visual kei bandoms before that.
What are some of your general fanwork likes: I really like fic. Like, all fic. Plot-heavy, smut-heavy, doesn't matter, I'll like it anyway. But to get more specific: pining, angst (happy ending preferred), identity-porn, fake dating, fluff, hurt/comfort, competent BDSM, aftercare of said BDSM, and casefic get me to click 99% of the time. Generally, I love emotional scenes, both the loving and hurting kind.
Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? Anywhere that has the ability to give me phone notifications. Which means twitter, discord @ hermit#0485 (message me if you send a request though), tumblr. Here is fine too, after all, I did make an account specifically for Guardian but I haven't yet gotten into the habit of checking dw often.
Anything else you want to say? I know I can be long-winded and I've already banged on so much but, oh man, I've been lurking in the fandom since the moment I started watching the show last summer and now I'm wishing I'd engaged sooner. Also, apologies for my still pretty empty journal, I promise to post stuff.
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They are just so, so, so nice and neat and cool and supportive and strong and aaaaaaa!!!!!!
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
It would have been cool to see more of Zhu Hong's tail, if only the SFX budget had allowed. And it is great that Li Qian got to play a role later on, and her character wasn't just dropped after the first storyline.
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Everything about Weilan is 100000% 💕❤️💞
Ah yes, budgeting issues, curse you!! Luckily, fic doesn't need a budget so if I ever grow the guts to finish one of my WIPs and post, there will be tailed-Zhu Hong in it.
By the way, your icon is so cute ❤️
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This is a good point! It gives such a lovely, intimate feel to the world of the show. And of course I love how Qian turned into such a badass.
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Yes, exactly! The characters are what brings life to the world and good world-building is pretty much one of my kinks. I love the little details the drama gave us about it through the characters like, say, web-novels existing and authors being able to make a living off them.
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I'm very curious, what is it? Or is it like only 30 people in the whole world speak it and you'd be too easy to identify?
I love her arc so much. But your point in general, too, that the show generally brings back the side charas. I love how so many of them crawl out of the woodwork in the final episodes to help fight against Ye Zun.
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I don't find you long-winded at all - and I love the way DW allows for long and thoughtful posts, not just the snippets one gets on twitter.
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Okay, not that rare (by far) but I'd still rather not say. Sorry.
I love how so many of them crawl out of the woodwork in the final episodes to help fight against Ye Zun.
Oh yes, me too. I was really pleased with Cong Bo and Doctor Cheng working together (and maybe getting together).
I don't find you long-winded at all - and I love the way DW allows for long and thoughtful posts, not just the snippets one gets on twitter.
Ahh, thanks. I'm always worried I talk too much >.> I like the format here, though I have to admit, it's really new to me–I don't really know what I'm doing. I made a post today, fucked it up and had to edit it a few times orz
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Oh, I'm sure they're getting together. That's some hardcore flirting at the end there. ♥
I do that ALL THE TIME. Protip: post under private lock first, then fix what needs fixed before you make it available more widely. :p
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:D Great advice, thank you!
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Oh, hey, a fellow Lin Jing fan! *High-fives you*
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I think 新倩女幽魂 is "A Chinese Ghost Story"
Ohhh, you're right, it really is! Thanks!
it's that super pretty commercial with ZYL playing the flute, yes?
Yup, that's the one. The flute and the oil-paper umbrella and promising to "fulfill my wishes." I can't move on from that video it's so pretty (♡μ_μ)