Guardian drama resources: a poll

[trobadora]

You know how it goes: you're thinking about Guardian (as you do), or you're writing a Guardian fic, or someone asks a Guardian-related question, and there's this thing niggling at the back of your head that you can't quite pin down. Every time that happens to me, I'm so glad for this fandom's many resources - most of my fandoms can only dream of such a bounty! And there are probably many not everyone knows about. So I thought that would be worth a post/poll of its own.

Poll #26816 Guardian reference poll!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

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Trying to track down a specific scene, I generally start with ...

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galaxysoup's episode guide
9 (56.2%)

the scene discussions here on sid_guardian
1 (6.2%)

the episode discussions here on sid_guardian
2 (12.5%)

another reference (please share!)
7 (43.8%)

what do you mean, reference? I just search the Chinese transcript or the English subtitles for a key phrase
4 (25.0%)

I always remember perfectly what happens in which episode (please tell me your secret!)
1 (6.2%)

Once I start playing an episode to check something, I immediately get distracted by ...

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staring at Shen Wei's face
13 (86.7%)

staring at Zhao Yunlan's face
5 (33.3%)

staring at Zhu Hong's outfits
2 (13.3%)

staring at the beautiful cinematography
2 (13.3%)

staring at someone/something else (tell us who/what!)
2 (13.3%)

For secondary or minor characters, I refer to ...

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extrapenguin's dramatis personae/cast list
8 (57.1%)

the character discussion posts here at sid_guardian
2 (14.3%)

the episodes themselves
6 (42.9%)

other (please share)
3 (21.4%)

When rewatching an episode for a specific character, I inevitably end up ...

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making fifty billion unrelated screencaps
6 (42.9%)

watching five episodes in a row
7 (50.0%)

or ten
1 (7.1%)

or the whole drama, actually
3 (21.4%)

or something else equally unproductive (tell us what!)
3 (21.4%)

The map/floor plan I look up the most is ...

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cyberbrain's floor plan of Zhao Yunlan's flat (with reference to Shen Wei's)
8 (72.7%)

yue_ix's SID map
3 (27.3%)

Chu Shuzhi's map of the Hanga mountains
0 (0.0%)

another map/floor plan (please share!)
0 (0.0%)

who needs maps? I can navigate both Haixing and Dixing by memory alone!
3 (27.3%)

Most underappreciated Guardian resource:

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sakana17's clothes visual reference
3 (23.1%)

forestofglory's list of food and drink in Guardian
6 (46.2%)

yaaurens's Shen Wei and Chu Shuzhi Touchy Touchy lists
7 (53.8%)

other, see comment
2 (15.4%)

Finally, what's the resource you most wish existed?

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Comments

[trobadora]

the cracktastic "titles" are not-unhelpful in jogging my memory

I can imagine! I wish I could read Chinese well enough.

terrible gif ideas that I subsequently dump on elenothar

That sounds excellent. Gif inspiration is not to be sneered at! *g*

What I generally wish existed, as answered above: a full Chinese transcript because that'd just help so much with language discussion given that I have 0 attention span for reviewing audio/video material.

Yeah, I know! I use the Chinese softsubs from Viki for that - I downloaded them all and compiled them into a document. They're mostly accurate, and incredibly useful. But a full transcript would be even better!

What I personally wish existed, for reasons: an audiobook of the novel read by BY and Z1L…

HA. OMG. I would 100% listen to that on repeat even without understanding anything, and without being a novel fan. *g*

(Re: screencaps – I recall seeing a series of mass screencaps per episode somewhere on the comm before…?)

Yeah, you just reminded me - that was kernezelda's project, here!

also on maps, the 龙爪山 (dragon claw mountain) marked on the bottom right of the Hanga map amuses me greatly. I guess it does kinda look like a three-fingered(?) foot?

It does, a little! And I appreciate their commitment to the dragon theme. I mean, it only makes sense that Dragon City is near the Great Dragon Mountain, but still! It made me smile the first time I noticed.