SUNDIAL EXCHANGE 2021: Resources for Guardian fandom(s) fanworks

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Sign-ups are coming closer! They are November 22nd, 2020, if you find time as fluid as we do.

Here's a collection of fanwork creation resources concerning:

• Canon material: Guardian drama (2018), Zhenhun novel
• Actors
• Fan meta
• Fan visuals
• Fan audio
• Guardian derivatives
• Communities and support
• General resource on fandwork creation
• Anti-racism and fandom

We hope that these might be inspiring or useful to the community, considering the amazing ingenuity we've witnessed in last year's fanworks.

CANON MATERIAL

Guardian drama (2018)

• Watch it on viki, youtube.



• Lists of censored scenes: scenes removed from the second run on Youku by foxghost, Scenes removed from the Youtube version by cyberbrain



• HQ Guardian with and without Chinese hardsubs, Solo's links and subtitles (full version)



• Soundtrack for the drama, on Youtube



• Trobadora's round-up of DVD extra scenes, translated by wenella_subs
  
  
• Soundtrack available for listening or purchase on Amazon.



• Guardian Episode Guide by galaxysoup - story arc notes & approx. timestamps for particular scenes, full show.

Zhenhun novel

• Read the original Guardian novel by Priest



• English translation of the novel by many people (see each for credit)



• The whole Zhenhun (Guardian) novel in mandarin audio book read by AvenueX (the link on their page doesn't work)



• To skip directly to characterization from the guardian novel, dtriad (and foxghost) pulled out paragraphs from various chapters of the characterization

ACTORS

• Various behind-the-scenes of Guardian drama (2018): One, Two



• Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong Primer: behind-the-scenes, trivia, interviews, timelines compilation
  by qikiqtarjuaq



• Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong: Guardian Social Media Timeline by qikiqtarjuaq



• wenella_subs resource of translated Zhu Yilong interviews
  白宇视频 Bai Yu and J Z are Bai Yu-centric YouTube channels that upload videos featuring Bai Yu that would usually live solely on Weibo.



• bai-yu-thirst is a Bai Yu blog with loads of pictures



• baiyusource is an update/archive blog that attempts to house as much Bai Yu content as possible for western fandom



• zhu-yilong-shrine is the update/archive blog for Zhu Yilong on tumblr and zhuylspectrum for the twitter counterpart.



• zhuylspectrum is the update/archive blog for Zhu Yilong on Twitter

FAN META

• Guardian eps 14/15 feature a before/after marriage hairstyle change for Zhao YunLan by ascended-fanboy-yuuri



• Chinese naming conventions (with special focus on Guardian) by rageprufrock



• What characters in Zhenhun call each other + explanations by foxghost



• Guardian 镇魂 Final Review and Book vs Drama Detailed Explanation by AvenueX



• Explanation of the novel's mythology story (Please note: this fan dislikes the drama adaptation and is very critical of it.)



• Meta of drama vs novel by unrelaxing



• Zhao Yunlan's floorplan by cyberbrain Creating a floor plan for Zhao Yunlan's apartment (with a detour through Shen Wei's)



• Wall To Wall, a Journal Entry (SID Map) by yue_ix



• SID timeline by rheasilvia Timeline of the Special Investigation Department's history. Please be aware that it contains spoilers for the entire series.



• Guardian Canon Details and Guardian Timeline by extrapenguin



• List of all food and drinks that could be found in the drama, by forestofglory



• SID_Guardian posts about minor characters (index) by various people on sid_guardian



• Dramatis Personae (with cast list) by extrapenguin



• Da Qing or Daqing? by foxghost

FAN VISUALS

• Guardian Clothing Reference for Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Ye Zun and a few others by sakana17



• HD videos of Guardian, for giffers, vidders, screencappers, icon makers.



• HD screencaps of the entire Guardian drama per episode, by kernezelda



• A guide to visiting Dragon City in Shanghai by powwie



• Gifs and analysis of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan's body language episode by episode by qikiqtarjuaq



• Guardian fan Wiki



• A Carrd guide to Guardian, with links to official art, raws of the novel, and information.



• How To Draw Full Suits tutorial by 幸坊(藤野有喜) and same, translated in English here

FAN AUDIO

• Chinese pronunciation resources+tips by lunatique



• Guardian 镇魂: Name Pronunciations by qikiqtarjuaq



• Fan 帆's pronounciation tutorial by fandoestrans



• Guardian (Zhen Hun) pronunciation guide by lunatique

GUARDIAN DERIVATIVES

• See our list of eligible fandoms for links to various drama, advertisement and photoshoots actors Bai Yu or Zhu Yilong have done



• Writing and tagging resource: check the Weilan Derivatives section to the Archive of Dixing, a link-gathering archive to Guardian fanworks in English posted on Ao3, for a good place to know what tags have been used in the past and how people named the fandoms.



• 重啟之極海聽雷 Reunion: The Sound of the Providence resources: Episode Guide by naye and Crowdsourced Content Notes facilitated by naye

COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT

• Sensitivity Betas request/offer post at brush_and_lantern



• Guardian server on Discord (Discord is a place that looks like a mix of chat and forum)



• sid_guardian - 镇魂 | a Guardian fandom noticeboard/community, Fic, meta, picspam



• brush_and_lantern is a "Low-stress way to support others and be supported in making new fanworks"



• bailongmediakink (Kink meme for both RPF and Drama/novel, supports all ships



• Guardian plot bunny farm



• merit_brush_recs is "a recommendations posting community for fanworks of all kinds (fic, vids, art, etc.) for 镇魂 | Guardian (both the novel and drama), related RPF, and other projects starring the lead actors, Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong."



• guardiandaily - Guardian Eye Candy

GENERAL FANWORK CREATION (VARIOUS MEDIA)

• Hand Embroidery tutorial



• Several Guides To Podficcing (choosing, recording, editing, posting, hosting, etc)



• Browser extension for Blanket Permission [for Podfics, translations, and other fanwork-of-fanworks] Browser extension that automatically highlights AO3 creators that have a blanket statement about transformative works.



• List of creators with a Fanwork Permission Statement has over 80 Guardian and related fandoms creators - please consider adding your name by commenting over there or on this post with a link to your public statement.



• Beginner's Guide to Making a Fanvid by smileyface702



• So You Want To Make a Vid presentation of an introduction to vidding



• How To Write An Investigation Fic (case!fic) by TKodami part one part two (written for comics fandom but relatable for any)



• Collection of information via tweets: General Chinese History, Chinese Myths, Chinese LGBT History, Hilarious Poetry, etc. by xiranjayzhao



• a collection of details about life in modern china by fanyiyi33



• more wechat details ITT based on usage over the years by boldsurvive



• Mythical creatures lore



• Open-source tools that might be useful in building a game/website/interactive project

ANTI-RACISM AND FANDOM

• Episode 135A: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 1 by Fansplaining


Quote: Try to tread lightly and remember there's, like, a culture (behind your favorite C-drama) and a people who belong to that culture. That's all I want to ask for." - Sunny Liu


• Writing with Color on writing characters of colour



• Writing the Other links to posts about writing characters that have a different identity than ours (ethnicity, gender, disabilities)



• Thoughts about Podficcing in Cdrama fandoms by lunatique, a post that addresses people's fears and motivation relating to policing in cDrama fandoms, especially for non-chinese readers.



• There is no Permission Slip for diversity by S.Qiouyi Lu



• And please check out and add your own resources to sundial_exchange 's Chinese Culture and Language resources post.

If you have any resources that would be a good addition to this post, please comment below! ✨