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Here is the link! It's a L'Oreal commercial, of all things.

Ty! I haven't seen the whole thing, just gifs. I can't believe it's a fucking l'oreal advert, holy shit. Of all things. O_O

Holy Spumoni, I figured it was a TV show! damn.

Right?

Commercials. The things this fandom does to us!

OMG, thank you for sharing, that is the best thing I've seen this morning!

...someone's definitely going to write an AU with TimeEngraver!SW pining horribly for mortal!ZYL, right?

Or ZYL remembering being at the Time Engraver's lab, and trying to find him again ...

Or both. Both is good. :D

...why would you do this to me? D:

And then they find each other again, and ~handwaves~ HAPPY ENDING!

Because of course. :D

You've got me wondering how he ends up in the Time-Engraver's lab now, darn it. *sulks* Hallows fuckery? Or something else completely in a world where Dixing's not a thing? Gah, idk. :(

I was thinking of it as a fantasy AU where Dixing isn't a thing, yeah. So Shen Wei is the Time Engraver, instead of the Black-Cloaked Envoy. And ZYL is still an ordinary human.

Hm, okay. So, something like ZYL and the SID still investigate the weird crimes ordinary police can't, only it's magic instead of Dixing. And someone/something is sucking the life out of people kind of like Wang Yike, only not her because that girl deserves better, and ZYL stumbles across SW's lab while he's trying to solve the case. And for some reason I'm feeling like SW is something along the lines of Discworld's ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATIONS with general time manipulation powers as opposed to erasing wrinkles omg l'oreal.

(Also, maybe he has Li Qian for an assistant? Or something? >.>)

Yes! ZYL should definitely still be an investigator/detective of some kind. I'm really loving this idea.

And for some reason I'm feeling like SW is something along the lines of Discworld's ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATIONS with general time manipulation powers as opposed to erasing wrinkles omg l'oreal.

LOL! I mean, he is in essence an anthropomorphic personification of time itself in the commercial? Putting wrinkles on people and all. (Until L'Oreal thwarts him, or something.) But yeah, the whole judgmental "O NOES WRINKLES!!!!!!" thing absolutely needs to go. Ugh, L'Oreal.

Also, YES on including Li Qian as his assistant!

And yet here in the UK L'Oreal's running ads - at least in the papers - about how they're ~promoting self-worth instead of self-doubt~ and my eyes almost rolled out my head when I saw that, I swear.

Hm, maybe Li Qian has Quicksilver-esque powers? So, similar to SW but different enough.

Ugh, that's some hypocrisy there.

For Justice, then: the villain should be some anti-aging cosmetic that says it'll ~defeat time~, but in reality it works like the miracle doctor on Guardian - with people rapidly aging and all. *grumbles*

Hmm, Li Qian is a scientist first, so would some mental power work better?

Tell me about it. 'Here's how to fix yourself, but we're totally promoting self-worth and not self-doubt'. >.<

Ooooh, I like this idea. <3

Hm, that's true. Something like telekinesis then? Or something else?

Hmmm. Li Qian could be stuck with Shen Wei the way Albert is stuck with Death in Discworld, so she'd still be a normal human being. I guess it depends on what kind of powers there are in this 'verse? But telekinesis would work.

(Damn, why hasn't someone written me a 100k epic about this yet?!)

That works too! Maybe a combination of Albert and Mort. She's still stuck there but she gets to learn cool stuff - and occasionally give SW a gentle kick in the rear end because he's Thinking Too Much - so it's okay. (And also, if there's some version of the History Monks, they probably both get irritated by all these people running around and meddling with time. Amateurs)

(I knoooow. I needs it, Precious.)

Hee! The History Monks! Yeah, that fits perfectly into that world. :D

And Li Qian's mortal, there's nothing in the Rules that says one mortal can't throw a spanner in the works of a mortal organisation. *innocent eyes* Also, do they really count as a mortal organisation? Do they really? Some of them are hundreds of years old, Professor!

Hee! ♥ ♥ ♥

And Shen Wei wants to say yes! He wants to so, so badly because the History Monks are meddling with everything, but he has to be responsible and say no. Sadly.

And then he has to fight temptation, because Zhao Yunlan is mortal, and unlike Li Qian he would never be content to stay in the lab where time doesn't touch them. There has to be another way. And so on.

(Question. Is Ye Zun around somewhere? Causing havoc or not, as the case may be.)

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Oh, or! Li Qian still uses something like the Dial to barter for her nan's life after the stroke and that's how she ends up working with Shen Wei?

YES! That is perfect. ♥

Gotta love when canon provides so nicely for AUs as well. XD

Those are the best AUs, where everything is some reflection on canon! And it makes the characters feel so much more themselves.

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