Fic: The Crimson Lotus (24 chapters, complete)

[bonibaru]

I started writing this arranged royal marriage AU in February, started posting it in August, and finally finished it this week, so now I shall put it here in the world's best Guardian comm for posterity.

The Crimson Lotus (119950 words) by bonibaru
Chapters: 24/24
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Chǔ Shùzhī, Dà Qìng, Lín Jìng, Zhù Hóng, Zhào Xīncí, Zhú Jiǔ, Yè Zūn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Arranged Marriage, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings, Angst, Relationship Status: It's Complicated, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Secret Identity, First Time, Idiots in Love, Identity Porn, Eventual Happy Ending, So Many Tropes, There's Only One Bed, when I say Slow Burn I mean at a truly glacial pace


Summary:

A chance meeting. An unexpected union. A kingdom in turmoil.

Secrets run deep in the tumultuous land of Haixing - but none more deeply than those between crown prince Zhao Yunlan and his mysterious new husband from Dixing.

Fic: Above all shadows rides the sun (Complete)

[frith_in_thorns]

Title: Above all shadows rides the sun (7 Chapters, Complete)
Series: Part 3/3 of Beneath the sun
Author: frith_in_thorns
Word count: 29,900 words
Characters/Pairing: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, SID team, the Regent, An Bai
Content/Tags: Dixing politics, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Fixit, Plot, Hurt/Comfort, Cultists, Canon-Typical Metaphysical Bullshit

Summary: The pressures in Dixing and on Shen Wei are being stoked to a boiling point. It's getting harder to hold things together. Maybe impossible.

On AO3: First chapter | Last chapter

Pre-emptive suggestion: Guardian Drama Six Degrees tag on AO3

[glymr]

So, I posted the first chapter of what I believe is the very first Time Engraver fic on AO3, and it got me thinking.

Due South fans have been crossing over characters played by the actors in Due South for quite awhile (ie "Hard Core Logo", etc). I understand that the tag C6D (meaning Canadian Six Degrees) is used to identify such fics on AO3. This way, people interested in these rarepairs and microfandoms can find each other.

After a little bit of wank/angst, the same thing happened with the Hannibal fandom. Initially, people were slashing characters played by the leads from Hannibal, and were tagging these stories with "Hannibal (TV)", which muddied the Hannibal TV tag for people who weren't interested in non-Hannibal TV content. The ultimate solution was to tag the stories with "Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom". That way, people looking for ONLY Hannibal TV content wouldn't see them, but people who were looking for them could find them.

I'd like to propose something similar for Guardian fans. There are stories it wouldn't be appropriate to tag with "Guardian Drama", but which still might be of interest to Guardian fans. For example: a crossover between Time Engraver/Detective L would be very interesting to some Guardian fans, but not at all to others. Having a tag to identify such content would help both people who were looking for such microfandom content, and also people who wanted to avoid it. For clarification, fics that were actual fusions or crossovers with Guardian would and could be tagged "Guardian" (as well as with the 6 degrees or extended universe tag).

What do all of you think? The main drawback I could see would be people mis-using the tag (particularly Chinese users who might not understand what it was for?) This might be mitigated by making the tag more obscure, ie GD6D (for Guardian Drama 6 Degrees) or similar, but that also makes it less accessible. I hesitate to use "Guardian Six Degrees" or "G6D" because there is a visual similarity to Canadian Six Degrees/C6D that some might find confusing. "Guardian RPF Extended Universe" and "Guardian Extended Universe" could both be misinterpreted. I'm not certain what the best solution would be, but I'd love to get suggestions!

ETA: Naye has suggested "Guardian Derivative", which is apparently what Chinese fans use, which is my current favorite. I can't edit the poll, but let us know if you want to +1 that suggestion in the comments.

Poll #22809 What would be a good tag for non-Guardian fics featuring Guardian actors?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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What would be a good tag for non-Guardian fics featuring Guardian actors?

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GD6D
0 (0.0%)

Six Degrees of Guardian
2 (13.3%)

Guardian Drama Six Degrees
2 (13.3%)

Guardian RPF Extended Universe
1 (6.7%)

Guardian Extened Universe
2 (13.3%)

Other (see comments)
7 (46.7%)

None, there's no real need for such a tag
1 (6.7%)

Icons: Laugh theme

[tassosss]

For my Guardian bingo square Fanwork: Laugh. I interpreted it broadly to include smiles and happiness. I love seeing their faces so happy! I may also have gone slightly overboard. Also halfway through making these, chicago_ruth taught me some actual things in photoshop so my style has branched out! I'm on a learning curve here and still experimenting.

All of these are free for the taking. Screencaps by kernezelda 

Fic: By Careful Art + Playlist: The Crimson Lotus complete mix

[no_detective]

By Careful Art (5775 words) by no_detective
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Guō Chángchéng, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Porn with Feelings, Semi-Public Sex, Some Plot, They do have a country to run after all
Series: Part 12 of The Crimson Lotus
Summary:

The new king declares a recess and takes a walk in the gardens.

(Set shortly after the events of The Crimson Lotus, post-epilogue.)

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The Crimson Lotus - complete mix (10 words) by no_detective
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Crack, Playlist
Series: Part 13 of The Crimson Lotus
Summary:

The full crack mix to flail to, because nothing says historical tropey AU like a bunch of pop songs! (Rating due to Bey getting a lil bit sweary in a lyric.)

ao3 post contains full youtube playlists for the mix. on spotify:

Recovery Kit

[clevermanka]

I mentioned in the comments to abyss_valkyrie 's post with the crack vid that I have a Guardian Recovery Kit for the people I've sucked into the fandom if (when) they need support after watching the finale. It contains all three of Nerjaveika's crack vids, as well as Avenue X's If I was Your Girlfriend, and Cutthroat Bitch's rom!com trailer. galaxysoup 's Come On Baby Light My Fire continues to be my #1 fix-it fic for immediate triage purposes.

Does anyone else have faves for this? 

(also I had no clue what to tag this--I'm open to suggestions!)

3 x Podfic

[naye]

I have podficced & made cover art for three of my stories, which are available to stream and download via AO3:

• Whatever Fear Invents ~44 minutes
• To have and hold and heal ~33 minutes
• Though not every note is perfect ~8 minutes

All are Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, rated General Audiences, and they all tend toward warm and fuzzy.

Fic: Experiment and Observation

[sakana17]

Experiment and Observation (2516 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 17, Sharing a Bed, Kissing, Sex
Series: Part 6 of Risk and Reward
Summary:
Maybe, just maybe, there were no more masks. Secrets? Of course. Was Shen Wei without secrets still Shen Wei?
Zhao Yunlan reveals more needs. Set during episode 17 after Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei visit the gravestone.