FIC: Fic in A Box

[nemainofthewater]

Now that FIAB author reveals have passed, I thought that I'd post the 2 Guardian fics that I wrote here:



Zhao Yunlan Must Die (1382 words) by Nemainofthewater
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dragon City University Students & Shen Wei, Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Jiajia (Guardian), Original Dragon City University Students
Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, Humour, protective dragon city university students, forgive them they are high on caffeine and sleep deprivation, Zhao Yunlan has to fight several hundred protective students for professor Shen's hand, metaphorically, so far - Freeform, FIAB 2022, outsider pov
Summary:

“We need to kill Zhao Yunlan,” Ye Xiuyan said. Her eyes were gleaming with something that might be sleep deprivation and might be murder.

springs and autumns in endless alternation (2489 words) by Nemainofthewater
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shěn Wēi & Chéng Xīnyán
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Cheng Xinyan
Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, FIAB 2022, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Worldbuilding, dixing culture, Non-Linear Narrative, Fluff, Family, Ye Olde Haixing Era, Pre-Canon, Long-Haired Shen Wei (Guardian)
Summary:

“Let me help you,” Kunlun said, and Shen Wei could only look at the floor, wishing desperately for his mask and he fought against the blush in his cheeks.

Ep 30, Zhang Shi takes Zhao Yunlan home, and Zhao Yunlan confronts him

[china_shop]

ep 30, 40:29 to 42:02

Background
Team Ye Zun has released classified info about the SID onto the internet to stir up trouble. Vice-Minister Guo (Guo Ying) comes from the Department of Supervision to collect Zhao Yunlan and escort him to a shiny official vehicle parked outside the SID.

The scene (or scene fragment)
Zhao Yunlan stops on the SID steps and says, "The Old Man came here in person. What exactly does he need from me?" 这是有何贵干 老爷子这都亲自来了 Guo Ying says, "Let's talk about it once we get back to the Xingdu Bureau." 赵处长 咱们还是回去再说吧

Zhao Yunlan agrees. He walks over to the car, loses momentum briefly, then settles into the back seat next to Zhao Xinci without a word.


ZXC: Zhao Yunlan, you've made me so disappointed. 赵云澜 你太让我失望了

( The rest of the scene )

Thoughts and reactions

1. I wonder how many times, especially as a teenager, Zhao Yunlan was summoned into his father's presence and greeted with "You've made me so disappointed." I'm guessing lots, given how unsurprised and unmoved he is by it. (Honestly, it always makes me laugh in a "Really, Zhao Xinci? You're leading with that?" way.)


2. Do you agree Zhang Shi takes over in the car? If so, it's pretty subtle.


3. Is Guo Ying surprised by the direction to take Zhao Yunlan back to the flat, and the implicit decision not to officially intervene? Does he agree with it? He, too, must have mixed feelings about the whole situation, given his position at the DoS and (I presume) career aspirations versus hearing praise of the SID from Changcheng.


4. At what point does Zhao Yunlan realise Zhao Xinci is not himself? Is it in the car and he bides his time to make the challenge, or do his suspicions crystalise when he hears Zhang Shi talking to Guo Ying?


5. This scene always strikes me as evidence that however much Zhang Shi claims to have been a sort-of-parent to Zhao Yunlan and was there for his childhood, he can't have been actively involved or said much -- otherwise his speaking now (and on the roof during the kidnapping, and in the scene during the blindness arc) wouldn't strike Zhao Yunlan as definitively OOC.


6. I wonder how differently Zhao Yunlan would be reacting if a large portion of his brain weren't busy screaming with worry about Shen Wei.


7. And speaking of Shen Wei, the flat is so tidy! I feel like Zhao Yunlan has been making a real effort to respect and preserve Shen Wei's standards of cleanliness in his absence. asdklfa;dslkf