Focus on Scenes -- round one claims!

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Want to share your love for Guardian (the novel, the drama, or both) and host a Focus on Scenes discussion post? Here's where to sign up for round one!

Definition of a scene: for our purposes, a scene a) usually takes place in a single location, and b) may continue after cutting away to another scene and cutting back again. Keep in mind that a deep dive into a brief interaction or moment can be just as satisfying as a wider analysis of what's going on in a longer piece. Feel free to keep it as small and contained or make it as ambitious as you like!

Hosting simply means making a post about your scene (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.

The novel and the drama are quite different, so you can just choose a scene from one or the other -- or if you want to compare parallel scenes from each canon, that’s great too! The discussion will be open to both, where applicable. People new to the fandom are very welcome! Be aware that discussions may contain spoilers for the whole drama and for the entire novel.

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

Template (optional)

Subject line: Focus on: [brief scene description] from [episode/chapter number] Location of scene: [episode number and start/end timestamps, and/or chapter and beginning/ending] [A brief description of the scene. Maybe some dialogue/quotes.] [screencap(s)] [analysis and discussion starters, e.g. why you chose this scene, its significance, what it says about the story, the characters or the world; themes; clothes and setting details. For drama scenes: unusual camera work or blocking. For novel scenes: literary allusions, novel-specific tropes, etc.] [Questions.] [links to a sample of fics, art, vids, meta, picspams, etc. that reference the scene, if you know of any] <strong>So, come and have your say!</strong> Share links to meta, picspams, and related fanworks, new or old! Self-recs are wholeheartedly encouraged. Basically, this is the place for anything you want to say or link to about this scene.

Comment here to claim a scene by giving us an episode/chapter number and a brief description! For example, "ep 14, the car singing scene", or "ep 6, ZYL & DQ search SW's flat". And remember to claim a date, too!

Round 1 schedule
23/24 October: ep 35, bb Ye Zun gains his powers, extrapenguin
30/31 October: ep 13/14, "were you pretending the entire time?", trobadora
6/7 November: ep 21, Shen Wei apologizes to Chu Shuzhi, maggie33
13/14 November: ep 2, SID team review video of the Envoy, china_shop
20/21 November: eps 10 & 11, the Hanga Cave scene, solo
27/28 November: ep 23, kitchen knife scene, laireshi
4/5 December: ep 16/17, Dixing bar, waterscroll
11/12 December: ep 4, interrogation scene, imashoe
18/19 December: ep 14, Zhao Yunlan gets Shen Wei to join SID, thevetia

Sign-ups are closed!

If you don’t want to host a discussion yourself, feel free to suggest scenes you'd like to see discussed. Hopefully someone else will be inspired!