Focus on Scenes -- round four signups!

[china_shop]

A little belated, but yay for another delightful and insightful round! Big bouquets of thanks and kudos to those who made such wonderful, thoughtful posts! *applauds* And of course, additional thanks to everyone who weighed in on the discussions! We hope you got as much out of it as much as we did. :D :D :D

Here are the posts from this round:
ep 1, Professor Ouyang attempts to recruit Shen Wei, hosted by trobadora, 9 May 2021
ep 6, Zhao Yunlan sends a smoke messenger to the Regent, hosted by china_shop, 21 Mar 2021
ep 11, Shen Wei waking up in the mountains with an IV in his arm, hosted by marycrawford, 2 Apr 2021
ep 14, Singing in the car, hosted by china_shop, 1 May 2021
ep 17, Jiajia prevents her grandfather's ultimatum to Shen Wei, hosted by trickytricky, 25 Apr, 2021

Remember, it's never too late to add your two cents to a discussion or to link to relevant fanworks! Jump in any time! All welcome!

Round three will kick off on 28/29 May.

( Some info about hosting )

So, who's in?

Comment here to claim a scene by giving us an episode/chapter number and a brief description! For example, "ep 24, the bomb defusing scene", or "ep 30, Zhao Yunlan fires Lin Jing". (Check the Scene Discussion Index to make sure your chosen scene hasn't already been covered.) And remember to claim a date, too!

Sign-ups are closed!

Round 4 schedule
28/29 May: china_shop, the Envoy's first appearance, ep 1
4/5 June: melinoel616, taxi scene, ep 8
11/12 June: shadaras, Zhu Jiu attempts (and fails) to recruit Chu Shuzhi, ep 19
18/19 June: sakana17, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan talk in front of the kidnappers' house, ep 18
25/26 June: maggie33, Chu Shuzhi uses Longevity Dial to save Guo Changcheng, ep 33
2/3 July: dorinda, Hei Pao Shi rescues/recruits Chu Shuzhi from prison, ep 36
9/10 July: marycrawford, SW tucking ZYL into bed and dealing with his disaster apartment, ep 8
16/17 July: trobadora, ZYL and Shen Wei the morning after Shen Wei found him on the kerb and brought him home, ep 8

Useful resources and links

[china_shop]

There are some new people around, so I thought it might be a good time to talk fannish resources. These are some of my most-used Guardian resources and links:

• This comm! A noticeboard and general comm full of goodies (please link or post all your fanworks, meta, squee, questions, etc. here!!)
• galaxysoup's episode guide (hilarious and also super useful)
• sakana17's episode summaries/reactions (incl timestamps)
• extrapenguin's dramatis personae (drama) (novel version is also available)
• rheasilvia's timeline of the SID
• extrapenguin's timeline of the drama
• sid_guardian supporting character discussions index
• sid_guardian scene discussions index

I also have the original subs in one giant MS Word file, for searching purposes, and find that incredibly helpful despite the typos. (I compiled it before solo finished their epic and heroic project of tidying up the subs; their revised subs are here.)

More of a how-to than a recurring reference:

• fineillsignup's advice for naming Chinese characters

There are two established Guardian fandom exchanges: the 520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange (drama, novel, RPF; just went live on 20 May) and sundial_exchange (includes other related fandoms; goes live at lunar New Year).

What other Guardian-related references do you find useful? Do you have any questions about resources?