Sundial Exchange Love and Friendship meme!

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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!

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

There is also an ongoing Guardian fandom friending meme over at sid_guardian, for more of your meme needs✨

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[solo]

User names: Solo

Pronouns: really not fussed, people normally go with 'she'.

Language(s): English, German, Latin, Japanese, Scottish Gaelic, recently a little bit of Mandarin and Arabic.

How did you first get into Guardian fandom? rheasilvia appeared at my house with the series one day and that was basically it. I was hooked from episode 1.

What is one thing you love about the show? The amazing chemistry between the leads. It's why I watch. Also, the way the whole team works together.

What is your favourite terrible special effect? The orcs ghost beasts, and their terrible way of moving is so terrible, it must come top. They even all look exactly identical.

What is (one of) your favourite relationship(s) on the show (either romantic or friendship) and what do you like about that relationship? My favourite relationship is of course Weilan, for reasons that should be stunningly obvious. But a secondary one I like very much is Zhao Yunlan's relationship with his cat. :) They can be so cute together, and I love Da Qing's irreverence!

Do you have a favourite character? Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan.

Do you have a favourite villain? I really like Sha Ya and I wish she had survived. Over time, Wig Boy Zhu Jiu grew on me a lot; I find him more interesting than Ye Zun, and also, he did mean well at the start, and is loyal to a fault. Finally, I kind of like Ya Qing, though I think he gets off too lightly at the end, having done what she did.

Talk to us about one (or more!) of your favourite Guardian-related canons: I haven't actually watched any of them... I think I'd watch Lost Tombs when it comes out, and I still want to flip through Granting You A Dreamlike Life just for the Zhu Yilong bits, but I'm generally not all that interested in random stuff the actors might be doing.

Do you like RPF? Yes, but I generally like the fpf stuff more, simply because a life of fighting evil is more intrinsically interesting to me than life as a celebrity. (She says, with 12 years of celebrity fandom in her bag as of right now.)

Do you have a favourite ad campaign (such as Bai Yu's rentboy photoshoot or Zhu Yilong's ReFa ads)? I don't really feel very strongly about ad campaigns but the ReFa stuff has me in hysterics, so I hope that counts.#

What other fandoms are you in or have you been in? Main past fandoms: Starsky & Hutch, Highlander, Due South, X/1999. Current fandoms: KAT-TUN/Akanishi Jin, Guardian, The Untamed.

What are some of your general fanwork likes: I love plotty stories. I love case-fic with canon-compliant violence. I love identity porn. I love enemies to friends to lovers, and standing together against the world. I also love me some dubcon.

Where can we best find you to squee more about this thing or other things? solo on Dreamwidth. I don't really do twitter much (the format drives me bananas), and tumblr largely not at all.

Anything else you want to say? Come play with meeeeeee!

[umadoshi]

I love how much love the fandom has for Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing's relationship. *^^*

[solo]

Right? I didn't even know until I read through all the posts here.

[wrote_and_writ]

I agree with everyone who is down for ZYL and DQ’s relationship. They’re excellent foils for each other.

[solo]

I was quite interested, when reading other people's posts, to see that many of us feel the same way!

[clevermanka]

the ReFa stuff has me in hysterics, so I hope that counts
I think they're all that count rn, tbh