Focus on Supporting Characters - character claims round one!

[trobadora]

Want to share your love for the SID team (and others) and host a Focus on Supporting Characters discussion post? Here's where to sign up for round one: SID Team and Ye Zun!

Hosting simply means making a short post about your character (there's a template below, if you're not sure where to start) and replying to comments. If you want to include screencaps and can't make or find your own, we can help with that.

Characterisation and backstory may differ between novel and drama. You don't need to know both canons to host - you can base your post on either or both, and the discussion will be open to both. People new to the fandom are more than welcome! Be aware that discussions may contain spoilers for the whole drama and for the novel.

Posts should go live sometime on the Friday or Saturday, according to the schedule below.

Template (optional)

<i>Subj:</i> Focus on: [Character name] [A few facts about the character and their canon relationships. Maybe some quotes by or about the character.] [screencap] [discussion starters, e.g. things you like or don't like about them, things you find interesting about them, questions ...] [links to favourite fics, art, vids, meta, picspams etc. about the character, if you have them] <b>So - come and talk about [character]!</b> Share links to meta, picspams, and related fanworks, new or old! Self-recs whole-heartedly encouraged. Basically, this is the place for anything you want to say or link to about [character]. <b>Important:</b> If you're commenting with meta/discussion/thoughts, please say whether you're coming from a novel perspective, a drama perspective, or a blend of the two, so we don't end up talking past each other. Thanks!

We'll start out with the core SID team and our main villain (in any order):

• Chu Shuzhi
• Da Qing
• Guo Changcheng
• Lin Jing
• Sang Zan
• Wang Zheng
• Zhu Hong
• Ye Zun

That makes for eight weeks.

After that, we'll expand to the other characters, including one-offs, for round two. We'll make another sign-up post at that point.

Comment here to claim a character and date! All taken! \o/

Sign-ups

6/7 March: Lin Jing, starandrea
13/14 March: Guo Changcheng, china_shop
20/21 March: Sang Zan, sakana17
27/28 March: Chu Shuzhi, maggie33
3/4 April: Ye Zun, extrapenguin
10/11 April: Zhu Hong, teaotter
17/18 April: Wang Zheng, trobadora
24/25 April: Da Qing, lannamichaels

Comments

[china_shop]

Can I claim Guo Changcheng on 13/14 March, please!

[trobadora]

Yay! Got you. :)

[starandrea]

May I claim Lin Jing on March 6/7? ♥ Thank you!

[trobadora]

Thank you! Excellent. ♥

[sakana17]

May I host Sang Zan on 20/21 March, please?

[trobadora]

You've got him! And I'm very much looking forward to that particular discussion. I don't think I remember any discussion about him that wasn't just a comment or two in the middle of something else, and I feel like there's a lot of things to explore in his story ...

[maggie33]

I would like to claim Chu Shuzhi for 27/28 March. :)

[trobadora]

Excellent! Got you. :)

(This is my only Chu Shuzhi icon ... I may need to look for more!)

[extrapenguin]

Can I have Ye Zun on the 3rd/4th of April?

[trobadora]

Excellent, yes! I'm really looking forward to that.

[lannamichaels]

I'd like Da Qing for 24/25 April!

[trobadora]

Got you! :D

[trobadora]

I'll do Wang Zheng on the 17th/18th!

[teaotter]

I'm happy to host Zhu Hong on 10/11 April.

[trobadora]

Excellent, thank you! :D