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

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Yellow Petals (1,057 words) - a little late-night interlude on campus, with Shen Wei talking to Ying Chun and then running into Jiajia; set between eps 6 and 8.
this i know for certain (4,508 words) - super-fluffy Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng get-together, set post-canon in an everyone-lives AU. Guo Changcheng gets seconded to the Department of Supervision.
The Blade in the Stone (2,807 words) - different Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan first meeting feat. Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing; action/adventure, set just after Zhao Yunlan has graduated university. Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing go looking for monsters and find an ancient podao stuck in a rock.
Dedicated (1,236 words) - pre-canon Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei, inspired by Chu Shuzhi's line in ep 36, "I used to be a Dixingren."
This Is How I Saved You (9,766 words) - a lot of Dixing world-building, including powers, some angsty OCs, and appearances from Shen Wei and Chu Shuzhi towards the end; first person POV. It's about a dealer in curios who acquires some special artefacts... including the doll where Nianzhi is hidden. It's set in the lower, poorer part of the city, and there's an implied background of repressiveness and corruption. I had so much fun writing it.
No archive warnings apply to any of these, and they're all either G or T rated.
Rewatch posts: episode 35 and episode 37.
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Relationships/characters: Shen Wei & Cheng Xinyan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (background)
Content tags: Episode Related, Episode 24, Missing Scene, Protective Shěn Wēi, Angst, Forgiveness, Background Canonical Character Death (Zu Ma)
Summary: Shen Wei can't comfort Cheng Xinyan, not when he dealt the blow that ended Zu Ma's life.
Relationships/characters: Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei
Content tags: Pre-Episode 1, Backstory, Haixing-Dixing politics, the ethics of the Envoy's work, Chu Shuzhi's loyalties
Summary: There should be no Dixingren in Haixing. None save Chu Shuzhi, tasked to capture those in violation of the treaty. There are; of course there are, but he's - somehow, he hasn't let himself think about meeting one of them outside the context of a SID investigation. - Chu Shuzhi's early days in Haixing.
And also two Guardian rewatch posts:
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Moonlight's Embrace - Fan art inspired by velithya's Moonlight fic.
The Wonderful Thing About Tigers - Fan art for amedia's fic It All Happening at the Zoo
Squee for all the stories everyone created! Squee!
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1. Gift for yaaurens
Title: Not a Scrap Left
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat
Content Tags: Post-Canon AU, Hungry Da Qing, Thirsty Zhao Yunlan
Word count: 635
Summary: A remix of yaaurens' delightful fic "Leftovers" from Da Qing's POV.
2. Gift for miss-ingno
Title: Settling Fur
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Xiao Que, Da Qing, Zhu Hong, Ya Qing
Content Tags: Yashou High Chief Zhu Hong, Da Qing just wants his bells back, Magpies love shiny things, POV Outsider
Word count: 500
Summary: The grownups wanted Xiao Que to give back the bells she found. But they were shiny. A remix of missingnowrites's marvelous fic "Ruffling Feathers," retelling a portion of the story from the perspective of the young magpie who found Da Qing's collar.
3. Gift for china_shop
Title: In Bloom
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat, ChuGuo, Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Chu Shuzhi (& eventually Guo Changcheng)
Content Tags: Team as Family, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Gardens & Gardening, Slice of Life
Word count: 498
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is becoming part of Weilan-and-their-cat's little family. Guo Changcheng finds himself welcomed.
4. Gift for locketofyourhair
Title Taking Care
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Content Tags: Idiots in Love, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Caretaking, Love Confessions, First Kiss
Word count: 1822
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is badly injured by a weapon designed to inhibit dark energy, and awakens in Guo Changcheng's care.
5. Gift for jayswing101 (jayfire on AO3)
Title: Something Like a Gecko
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (pre-slash), Da Qing
Content Tags: Tiny Dragon Shen Wei, Cat Tribe Best Tribe, Angst with a Happy Ending, Food is Shen Wei's Love Language
Word count: 1770
Summary: Zhao Yunlan comes home grumpy because he couldn't get hold of Shen Wei all day, and finds Da Qing playing with some sort of lizard.
6. Gift for mjsakurea
Title: Frosty the Diplomat
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Da Qing & Frosty the Great Pyrenees Dog
Content Tags: Remix, Drabble, Fluff, Domestic fluff, So Much Fluff
Word count: 100
Summary: How did Frosty thaw Da Qing's heart? A "missing scene" from mjsakurea's wonderfully fluffy fic "Home is a Big Silly Dog."
7. Gift for justacoyote
Title: Find Me in the Club
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong/Li Qian (maybe?), the SID ensemble
Content Tags: Undercover as a Couple, Idiots in Love
Word count: 3812
Summary: Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng go undercover as a couple to serve as backup on a dangerous mission.
8. Gift for Shadaras
Title: A Light Other Than My Own
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng/Ye Huo
Content Tags: Threesome-M/M/M, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations
Word count: 291
Summary: Ye Huo doesn't want to intrude.
The title comes from a passage from C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves, which I thought of so immediately after writing the ficlet that it may even have unconsciously inspired it. I've always loved this idea, and while it may be subversive to apply it in this particular context, yay subversion.
"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets." C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
9. Gift for sakana17
Title:Professor Shen Checks His Email, Experiences Regret
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei, Jiajia
Content Tags: Shen Wei's Adventures with Technology, Ficlet told entirely in emails
Word count: 276
Summary: Shen Wei forwards a terrifying email to Jiajia. Which was exactly the right thing to do.
10. Gift for HSGWrites
Title: Just Hold On
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Chu Shuzhi
Content Tags: Hurt Shen Wei, Protective Zhao Yunlan, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Snake Medicine, Blood and Injury, Shen Wei Coughing Blood
Word count: 350
Summary: Zhao Yunlan drives like a maniac while in the back seat, Chu Shuzhi tries to keep Heipaoshi alive until they can get him help.
11. Gift for SEF
Title: Zhao Yunlan's Round Table
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Da Qing. SID Ensemble mentioned.
Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Arthurian Fusion
Word count: 867
Summary: The new king, Zhao Yunlan, selects knights for his round table.
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HEE! *hearts you so much*
You were a gift-writing rockstar! *twirls you* I'm so looking forward to catching up with these!
♥ ♥ ♥
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1. Gift for
Title: A new promise
Rating: G, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Ji Xiaobai/Zhou Weiwei
Word Count: 1,108
Summary: Lao Li brings the invitation in with the morning post.
➣ A soft little post-canon fic about Weilan featuring the SID team and the mirror case characters.
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2. Gift for
Title: Hold on
Rating: T, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Word Count: 4,856
Summary: Perhaps the worst part of everything is that Shen Wei is still conscious.
➣ Set late/post canon, some good old hurt/comfort feat. dragon Shen Wei and all around team competency.
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3. Gift for
Title: Rival the sun
Rating: G, Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei
Word Count: 3,429
Summary: After you come back from Dixing, you go home with Changcheng.
➣ Post-canon and after, Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng find their way, and each other. (And a dog.)
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4. Gift for
Title: For life
Rating: G, Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing & Shen Wei, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Word Count: 3,334
Summary: The first time Da Qing meets Zhao Yunlan, he's twelve years old.
➣ Da Qing and Zhao Yunlan, from the beginning - and coming full circle to Kunlun.
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5. Gift for
Title: A little brighter
Rating: G, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Word Count: 655
Summary: He'd always used to enjoy catching up with his old Academy classmates, and yet tonight, something had felt – different.
➣ A quiet little mid-canon fic feat. some Zhao Yunlan introspection.
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6. Gift for
Title: A kind of comfort
Rating: Explicit, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, pre-Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan/Ye Zun
Word Count: 4,920
Summary: When Shen Wei touches him for the first time, it's a revelation.
➣ Explicit Weilan & pre-Weilanzun feat. touch-starved characters and bucketloads of comfort.
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7. Gift for
Title: A beautiful day
Rating: G, Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Word Count: 4,777
Summary: Zhao Yunlan is fifteen when he attends the ceremonial signing of the new Haixing–Dixing–Yashou Treaty.
➣ Alternate first meeting: Zhao Yunlan meets Heipaoshi at the signing of the new Treaty.
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And I also wrote and posted a fic at the beginning of the month for the
Title: Moonlight
Rating: G
Word Count: 892
Summary: The first reunion festival, after, you celebrate in the SID.
➣ Canonical post-canon, quiet second person POV, lots of SID team family and coming to terms with the aftermath. (And, at the end, a fix-it. ♥)
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Ha, I know what you mean, every year when I see all the wishlists, I develop similar ambitions. (And every year I fail miserably at them ...)
Seven fics is an awesome number! Congrats on all of it! ♥ ♥ ♥
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I'm always like that, too. I make lists! :D
Congratulations on managing so many gorgeous treats, yay! ♥ ♥ ♥
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Jewel of Memory
Guardian drama, G, 1k, handwavey postcanon in which Shen Wei adapts an ancient Dixing ritual with modern technology (and I indulge in worldbuilding).
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M, 8k, crossover of Guardian novel (postcanon) and DMBJ in which the Guardian team thinks Gui Mian might be back (but it's actually Wu Xie).
the mustard fields of gutong jing
G, 1k, crossover of Guardian novel (postcanon) and DMBJ in which the Guardian team help solve a problem with Li Cu's dad.
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