Guardian fandom friending meme!!!

[china_shop]

Our lovely fandom continues to grow beyond our wildest expectations! Comm membership has just hit 100 98 (and we got impatient)! *shameless champagne and ballooooons*

A few small notes and reminders:

1. The Welcome/Intro post and the Fannish Resources post are still alive and kicking. Feel free to drop in at any time and say hi, or give us all your resource links (even the ones that might seem really obvious)!


2. Lurking is also totally fine, of course! *waves to lurkers*


3. Please tag your posts to the comm so other users can easily find what they’re looking for. In particular, it would be great if you could use the canon: drama and/or canon: novel tags, since it’s not always obvious to us mods which should apply, including for fanart or vids that use drama visuals but draw on novel elements. This is our current list of tags, and we’ll add more type tags as the need arises.


4. You can find the full (updated) comm rules on the profile page.


5. Feel free to promote sid_guardian on your journal or elsewhere. (Here's a graphic and text.)

And now, without further ado...

Since some of us are new to Dreamwidth, and some of us are new to Guardian, it seems like a good time for a Dreamwidth friending meme. Come and meet new people! (Re)Populate your DW circle!

To participate, just copy the text below, paste it into a new comment and tell us about yourself. (All information is optional.) Then read through other people's comments and say hi / follow them as desired.

<strong>About You</strong> <strong>DW username:</strong> <strong>Languages:</strong> <strong>Offline location:</strong> <strong>Other online locations:</strong> (ao3, twitter, tumblr, pinterest, etc.) <strong>I like:</strong> (het, slash, femslash, gen, other, poly, all of the above) <strong><i>Guardian</i>-specific stuff</strong> <strong>Drama, novel or both?</strong> <strong>Fannish about canon, actors, related shows, RPF or some combination of these?</strong> <strong>How long have you been in the fandom?</strong> <strong>Where can we find your fanworks, if any:</strong> <strong>Other points of interest regarding your <i>Guardian</i> fannishness:</strong> <strong>Posting habits</strong> <strong>How long have you been on Dreamwidth? Where were you before that?</strong> <strong>What do you post about:</strong> <strong>Your other fandoms include:</strong> <strong>Post frequency:</strong> <strong>Access policy:</strong> <strong>Anything else we should know about you?</strong> <strong>Random Guardian</strong> insert <i>Guardian</i> pic/gif/novel quote/thought/link of your choice here!

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Comments

[rheasilvia]

Guardian worldbuilding gives us so much to talk about! It's actually perfectly set up for fanfic - or for meta discussion, of course. I really have to say that the longer I am in Guardian fandom, the more I like the fact that the worldbuilding is not streamlined. :-)

I'm a fandom Old

Me too! Guardian seems to be drawing a lot of fannish veterans out of the shadows. *g*

[likealeafonthewind]

It really is! It's rich enough that there's lots to talk about but enclosed enough that it's not overwhelming (the last fandom I was active in was Star Wars, where trying to make sense of canon was like a full-time job). I love that you can take it in so many different directions.

Yay, I'm glad we're all coming together in this fandom! It's really cool, actually, that some people who I had seen in previous fandoms (namely, rageprufrock) are also here.

[rheasilvia]

enclosed enough that it's not overwhelming

Oh yes, that is a very good point - I'm presently working on some small-scale Guardian data gathering, and I don't think I'd try if there were more material to go through than 40 eps. It's the perfect amount, and I agree entirely that it's a plus for it to be such an open universe, right up to the ending.

It is wonderful to share fandoms with old friends again - and because Guardian is *extremely contagious*, I must say that I've acually had great success with actively drawing innocent fans into the maelstrom. A few eps are usually enough. ;-)

[likealeafonthewind]

Oh! I too have been working on Guardian data mining (mostly because I need to get a better grasp of in-universe mechanics and worldbuilding for fic purposes). What are you looking into?

Actually, phyrry drew me in by linking me to your intro post and I was sold on the first paragraph. This show just hits so many of my fandom buttons.

[rheasilvia]

I have an SID timeline in the works, and some musings on Dixingian biology. Also for fic purposes! :-)

Heee, I am glad I was able to play a small part in drawing you into this fandom. Guardian is like live slash fanfic... it delivers so many things in generous amounts that other shows only hint at stingily. It has spoiled me for other shows! :-)

[likealeafonthewind]

Oh, cool! I've tried to put together a general timeline of events, dating back to when the spaceship first landed on Haixing. And I'm working on putting together something about the Hallows, in an attempt to piece together how they work. Also, Shen Wei's powers, for the Shen Wei masterpost I've been working on (Zhao Yunlan's next).

Guardian is like live slash fanfic

Yes! It's such a lovely slash fanfic too. The only other shows I've watched that have hinted at and delivered on the slash were Torchwood and Queer As Folk (I've only seen the UK version).

[rheasilvia]

Yeah, I have some Hallows data compiled too, but it isn't comprehensive! There are SO many details left to fill in. Luckily, I think that's part of the fun. :-)

Queer as Folk UK was far superior to the US one in my opinion, so no need to branch out there. ;-)

For me, Guardian has all of the explicitly m/m shows I've seen beat by miles. I don't need sex scenes (I mean, I'm definitely not opposed, but it's not what I'm there for); I want to feel the intensity of the emotions, and believe in the love, the relationship. I want those things to be central to the drama. And that's where Guardian really delivers. <3

[likealeafonthewind]

Yes, so true! Also gives us a reason for multiple re-watches. ;) This is what I and phyrry have put together so far.

I started with the UK one because it was the original and I loved it so much I couldn't watch another version of the show knowing that it doesn't end the same way. I just love the not-actually-unrequited-pining and the best-friends-to-boyfriends. It had just the right mix of angsty with a happy ending.

[rheasilvia]

Sadly, I'm getting an error on the Hallows info, but I will bookmark the excellent Wiki! That is a true labor of love. :-)

[likealeafonthewind]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out! I've fixed the link. (We had changed the name of the page because we decided to expand it to include information on other important objects besides just the Hallows and then forgot to update the link, lol.)

And thanks! Hope you find it helpful!