July fanworks round-up post

[china_shop]

This is the fanworks round-up post for July! Please link in the comments to any Guardian (or related fandoms) fanworks you created or enjoyed last month.

• all kinds of fanworks are welcome – fic, art, vids, picspams, etc. - including those made for exchanges and events
• new chapters for WIPs count
• meta or discussion posts, too
• whether or not you've already linked these in a post of their own, we still want them here!

If you're linking to fanworks you didn't create yourself, please clearly mark these "REC", so there's no confusion about authorship/creatorship.

(And please still do link your fanworks, meta, etc. separately, in their own post, at any time!)

So ... what Guardian and related fandoms works did you create or enjoy in July?

Comments

[china_shop]

Just a couple of rewatch posts, for me: ep 26 and ep 28. :-)

REC: I really loved klia's Zhao Yunlan vid, Hallucinogenics, and have watched it kind of a lot! :D

[trobadora]

Just rewatch posts from me:

episode 25
episode 27

[china_shop]

Such great posts! *high fives you*

[velithya]

technically I did write something this month but it's for an event that doesn't reveal for a while! So officially I posted... nothing ^^;;

EDIT: Okay I feel like I shouldn't post unless I actually have something SO:

REC: Spiders Crawling by tinypinkmouse is a great AU where Shen Wei is an eldritch being made of spiders. Rated E, please check the tags before reading!

[trobadora]

Congrats on writing a thing, even if we don't get to see it yet! ♥

And thank you for the rec, that sounds like a cool concept!

[velithya]

♥

It's extremely cool, but, uh, leave your arachnophobia at the door... ^^;;;

[bladedweapons]

oh gosh, I didn't realize spiders shen wei was done. Very excited to go read it!!

[velithya]

Yes! It only finished a few days ago. Hehehe enjoy!

[tehfanglyfish]

I LOVED that fic so much!! I listened to the podfic version and it was so so good. I adore edldrich spider Shen Wei.

[velithya]

He's a good boy :3

[bladedweapons]

Got this in barely in time for July Guardian Bingo:

Fifty-two Blue
No Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags:
Identity Reveal, Animal Transformation, Secret Identity, Research ship AU, Da Qing is still a cat, Maritime emergencies, Thirsty Zhao Yunlan, Whales, Pining Shen Wei (Guardian), First Time
Summary: "Lao Zhao, it's suspicious."
Da Qing isn't wrong. There is something very strange about Shen Wei. In particular, why has he suddenly offered to join their next marine research expedition, after turning down Zhao Yunlan's invitations for weeks?
Or:
The one where Shen Wei is the 52 hertz whale.

(It is by far the weirdest AU I have ever written 🤣🤣😂😂 )

Also I'm not sure if "or related fandoms" posting here can include other things with Zhu Yilong? If not I am happy to delete this but in any case I wrote a very tiny fic for Lost in the Stars:

pack up the moon and dismantle the sun
No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Li Muzi/Shen Man, Li Muzi/He Fei
Additional Tags: Introspection, Grief/Mourning, Revenge, Triple Drabble
Summary: Li Muzi had saved her once. No, not once—countless times. The time on the roof was only the first and most obvious.

[trobadora]

Ooh, awesome! What a delightfully weird AU. :D

And yes, anything involving Zhu Yilong or Bai Yu is welcome here. I haven't seen the film (yet), but yay for the femslash!

[china_shop]

Haha, the whale AU sounds amazing! :D :D :D

[amedia]

I wrote a short (875-word) Guardian fic for the multifandom Obscure Sorrows challenge, which was revealed on July 31.

I was given the obscure sorrow “anthrodynia” (“people suck, but so-and-so is okay,” more or less), so I wrote it from Chu Shuzhi’s POV. I also incorporated some absurd humor 😉

Stupid Stupid Stupid (hey hey hey)

[china_shop]

Ooh, awesome! (I have it open in a tab waiting for me already. *g*) Yay you!

[tehfanglyfish]

I managed to post two fics this month.

Clear Communication
No Warnings Apply
Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Teen Rating
6400 Words
Additional Tags: Deviates From Canon, Timeline What Timeline, emojis, Lots And Lots Of Emojis, Pining Chu Shuzhi, Strategic Guo Changcheng, Getting Together, Love Confessions, Self-Indulgent, Happy Ending
Summary: Each night, Guo Changcheng sends Chu Shuzhi a single emoji. Chu Shuzhi has no idea what any of it means, or so he keeps telling himself.

The Goldfish
No Warnings Apply
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Teen Rating
1990 Words
Additional Tags: Deviates From Canon, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Animal Transformation, Getting Together, Shen Wei Needs A Hug, And Gets One, Handwavy Science, I Mean We Are Doing Some Major Handwaving Here
Summary: A new goldfish appears in Shen Wei's office aquarium. It's far more fond of him than the other fish are.

[trobadora]

Hee! Excellent, congrats! :D

[china_shop]

Aww, that first one sounds adorable, and hahahaha, so looking forward to the second! :D

[miss_ingno]

I wrote trobadora a Ya Qing/Zhu Hong time travel fic for the fandom5k exchange :D (including a little coda as a treat <3)

Two Of A Kind
Fandom: Guardian (Drama)
Ships: pre-Ya Qing/Zhu Hong, Shen Wei & Ya Qing & Zhu Hong, Ya Qing & Ye Zun
Words: 12k
Tags: time travel fix-it, Yashou politics & worldbuilding, bamf!Ya Qing, Ya Qing PoV, antagonist!Ye Zun

Summary: Zhu Hong approaches Ya Qing with a warning from the future. Ya Qing is... intrigued despite herself.

"And what would you have me do instead? Nothing, like your uncle, like the Flower tribe? Just wait while the humans take more and more, wait until there's nothing left for us?"

Zhu Hong stared back calmly. Surprisingly confident. "I would speak to Heipaoshi-daren on our behalf."

Ya Qing's feathers flared in shock before she could catch herself.

[trobadora]

♥ ♥ ♥

Everyone, consider this a rec! It's a fabulous story. :D

[miss_ingno]

💖💖💖

[china_shop]

I enjoyed it so much! :D

[miss_ingno]

Thanks 💖

REC: winged!Chu/Guo fanart by awanderingcoyote!!

[china_shop]

I've been pretty out of it lately, but I still can't believe I forgot to rec awanderingcoyote's gorgeous Chu/Guo fanart for a little wingfic I wrote!! ♥!!