Guardian Body Language Highlights: Episode Twenty-Eight

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The Sha Ya Case concludes, and the Merit Brush arc reaches a crisis point. Featuring Shen Wei comforting Zhao Yunlan (with hug!), Shen Wei watching Zhao Yunlan sleep, and Shen Wei having yet more secrets.

Gifs and Commentary here!

Food headcanons

[stultiloquentia]

I'm a white Canadian in a big enough city that I get to sample different Chinese cuisines a few times a year, and know which grocer to hit up for good noodles, but that's about the extent of my expertise. So, a silly question for the crowd:

What's a good Chinese equivalent for a North American's stupid large, medium rare steak? Like, maybe a bit decadent, but also hearty and straightforward and ubiquitous, i.e. the kind of suggestion that would make a dude like Zhao Yunlan go, "Oh fuck yeah," after an intense workout and/or significant blood loss. *g*

Relatedly, but just for fun: What are your food headcanons for the rest of the cast?

Favourite fancy meal? Favourite comfort food? How about sensitivities and loathings? Can they prepare anything from scratch that would impress a date?

Fic: "It's a Lovely Day in Dragon City"

[extrapenguin]

The penultimate square of my bingo card is laughter! I chose to fill it with a ficlet that's also warm-up for the upcoming goose flash exchange. May the honking commence!

It's a Lovely Day in Dragon City (593 words) by ExtraPenguin
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Professor Zhōu (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Geese
Summary:

...and Professors Shen and Zhou are being menaced by a horrible goose. Zhao Yunlan to the rescue!

Bingo-Specific Episode-Ep30

[abyss_valkyrie]

Some of the emotional episodes are towards the end and of course,the one with the kitchen scene. But Episode 30 is also hands down one of them which really made me emotional. It's pretty much where the series turns so serious that there's no going back to those good ol' times. The first time I almost cried but on a rewatch, even though I knew everything,it still made me think that Lin Jing had betrayed the SID members and how hurt Zhao Yunlan was.

( Episode 30-a summary in stills and gifs )

Two New Fics: What Lurks Beneath + Waters Calm and Still

[qikiqtarjuaq]

I wrote a new Guardian fic today:

Title: What Lurks Beneath
Rating: T
Pairing: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Words: 6,854
Summary: The discovery of the Longevity Dial leads Zhao Yunlan to a mysterious black-cloaked young man buried beneath the soil.

And last week, I wrote a Guardian RPF fic for trickortreatex:

Title: Waters Calm and Still
Rating: T
Pairing: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Words: 9,525
Summary: When Bai Yu heard that his co-star in his new web drama was a dragon, his first reaction was disbelief.

Fic: Small Arrangements

[thevetia]

By way of introduction I'm posting this story. Normally I just lurk, but Guardian has changed all that!


Small Arrangements (3130 words) by Thevetia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Kissing, Hair Braiding
Summary:

One of his braids had come undone and was falling across his face. He batted at it, resigned. He was untidy and disheveled, which was just so wrong for Shen Wei that Zhao Yunlan couldn’t help himself.

“Let me,” he said, and reached out to tuck the strands back.

Zhao Yunlan gets to take care of Shen Wei, and gets a little more back than he was expecting.