Guardian Body Language Highlights: Episode Twenty-Three

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Dixing's new king ascends the throne and Zhao Yunlan discovers the price of his cure. Featuring: THE ICONIC KITCHEN SCENE.

Gifs and Commentary here!

Fic: Layer by Layer

[sakana17]

Layer by Layer (3691 words) by sakana17
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Episode Related, episode 14, Kissing, Sharing a Bed, Sex
Series: Part 2 of Risk and Reward
Summary:

"Do you want me to leave?"
 
Shen Wei was slow to reply, but it was not a hesitation. In fact, Zhao Yunlan saw the answer in his eyes almost immediately, but Shen Wei would need to say it.
 
"No," Shen Wei said, and in whatever war he was fighting with himself, saying it was either a major victory or a major defeat.

Zhao Yunlan spends another night with Shen Wei and everything goes according to plan--more or less. Set after episode 14 (assumes a couple of days between episodes 14 and 15).

For the record

[china_shop]

I did a promo for Guardian at our local mini-fancon over the weekend, and afterwards several people said they'd seen fannish activity for it around the place but hadn't realised it was SF. When I posted about this yesterday, someone else said the same -- they didn't realise it was SF until they watched the first episode last week.

(Clearly we need more Dixing powers in our fanart, gifs and general discourse! ;-)

(Particularly since we had the usual discussion at the con about the lack of fandom-friendly procedurals these days, and how the rise of prestige TV has kind of killed juggernaut fandoms. At which point I piped up that Guardian beautifully spans both: there are enough monster-of-the-week cases that you can make fanworks in the spaces between, but it's arc-y enough to be satisfying in this age of narrative continuity. Win-win!)

Anyway -- question for fans of the drama: did you know it was SF before you started watching? For myself, I honestly can't remember.

Guardian Screencaps, Episodes 4 & 5

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Screencaps deleted as of October 22, 2023.

Hi. :)

Screencaps for episodes 4 & 5 are now up on Smugmug at the following links (three galleries per episode).
Source: Solo's textless HQ episodes

Photo Galleries
Episode 4 Caps 1, Episode 4 Caps 2, Episode 4 Caps 3

Episode 5 Caps 1, Episode 5 Caps 2, Episode 5 Caps 3


Happy Monday. :)

Detective L

[trobadora]

I posted about Detective L promo images and a rewatch I'm planning over at my journal.

Fic: Some Plan

[sakana17]

Some Plan (2825 words) by sakana17
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: Episode Related, episode 14, Sharing a Bed, Kissing
Series: Part 3 of Risk and Reward
Summary:

Shen Wei handed him the spoon and looked at him. While Zhao Yunlan dried it off, Shen Wei said quietly, "What did you intend?" And there was a husky, thrilling edge to his voice that nearly caused Zhao Yunlan to drop the spoon.

Zhao Yunlan put it away and met his gaze. What should he say? Where should he start? How obscene could he be?

Zhao Yunlan's strategy to get Shen Wei into his bed is successful--more or less. Set after episode 14 (assumes a couple of days between episodes 14 and 15).