Focus on Characters – that’s a wrap!

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We’ve had four rounds of character discussions – that’s THIRTY POSTS, covering ROUND ONE Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing, Guo Changcheng, Lin Jing, Sang Zan, Wang Zheng, Ye Zun, Zhu Hong; ROUNDS TWO TO FOUR Bai Suxia & Wang Xiangyang, Cheng Xinyan, the Dixing bartender, Dong Nan, Fourth Uncle, Fu You, Guo Ying & Yu Jinlan, Ji Xiaobai & both Zhou Weiweis, Lao Li, Li Qian, Mi Lu, Minister Gao, Professor Zhou, the Rebel Leader, the Regent, Tan Xiao & Zheng Yi, Ya Qing, Ye Huo, Ying Chun, Zhang Shi, Zhao Xinci, and Zhu Jiu!!

Ten thousand years of thanks to everyone who participated in the discussions, and especially to extrapenguin, lannamichaels, maggie33, nnozomi, sakana17, solo, starandrea, teaotter, thevetia, trobadora, waterscroll, and china_shop who put so much time and love into writing such awesome meta posts and hosting the conversations they sparked. ♥ ♥ ♥

We hope the posts and discussions will continue to be a useful resource. All discussions remain open, and comments are always welcome. Keep linking your fanworks!

We've decided to leave the regularly scheduled Focus on Supporting Characters programme there, but we're thrilled with how it's gone, and of course, anyone can write meta about any character at any time. If you want to focus on one of the characters not yet addressed, leave a link in the comments here, and we'll gladly add your post to the index.

And going forward, we have a few ideas for other ways to keep Guardian meta discussions popping up on your reading list, so watch this space!