china_shop: The Guardian Lantern with the words 'HALF FULL.' (Guardian - lantern half full)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian2025-02-20 01:55 pm
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Poll: Hallows and Antagonists (dramaverse)

Define "best" however you like -- best for the story, best designed, the one you most want to get your hands on, whatever. :-)

Poll #32705 Hallows and antagonists
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21


Best Hallow?

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Longevity Dial
9 (45.0%)

Mountain-River Awl
4 (20.0%)

Merit Brush
4 (20.0%)

Guardian Lamp
3 (15.0%)

Who would you most like to yeet into the sun? (pick up to three)

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Zhu Jiu
7 (33.3%)

The Regent
11 (52.4%)

The Regent's Deacon
9 (42.9%)

Ding Dun
5 (23.8%)

Minister Gao
1 (4.8%)

Zhao Xinci
1 (4.8%)

Zhang Shi
1 (4.8%)

the Rebel Chief in Ye Olde Haixing Era
12 (57.1%)

other
1 (4.8%)

trobadora: (Hei Pao Shi/Zhao Yunlan)

[personal profile] trobadora 2025-02-20 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
*high fives on your last paragraph*

(Personally I really don't want to lose the drama, and the time loop especially, but I would totally be here for reading that AU!)
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan gesturing)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-20 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
Theoretically it could still be a time loop, especially if you already have time travel, but omg I FEEL YOU. Like, I want to fix everything for everyone, but letting go of the canon Weilan story is HARSH. But they'd still find each other and be happy and so much less traumatized. But I would miss so many things. DAMN. xD
trobadora: (Zhao Yunlan - screaming)

[personal profile] trobadora 2025-02-20 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
*clutches canon to chest* I can't, I just can't ... *g*
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan gesturing)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-20 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
In an effort to have my cake and eat it too, I came up with: Weilan post-canon fix a different timeline for baby Shen Wei and Ye Zun by yeeting the Rebel Chief into the sun. Their alternate versions still find each other later because they always do. They live a totally different story, but it doesn't matter because the original Weilan already had theirs.

I have no more details and no intention to write it (this would be a behemoth of a story!), but at least I'm satisfied. xD
trobadora: (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan - fuck around)

[personal profile] trobadora 2025-02-20 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
A+, no complaints. :D

The only thing I can't decide is which would be more satisfying:

1) Shen Wei yeets him into the sun with extreme prejudice, or

2) Shen Wei gently leads Ye Zun there and lets Ye Zun yeet him into the sun with extreme prejudice. *g*
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan gesturing)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-20 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhh, yep, Ye Zun needs to do this for maximum emotional impact imo! ♡
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan lollipop)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-21 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Asdfghfdjskjkh, YES PLEASE, I'd watch/read the hell out of this! :D :D It's like 95% crackfic with the commentary, and then sometimes they just cry, lol.
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan lollipop)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-21 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
D'AWWW. :D :D :D

... Just how many details can they see, HMMMM. :D :D I wasn't gonna go there but I'm totally going there, lmao, Zhao Yunlan would totally go there too. :D I adore this fic trope where ZYL is like 'you saw what we did in YOHE *ded*' and Shen Wei is like 'I didn't just see it, I remember it', and I feel like both of them watching (or, like, fast forwarding or looking away or doing something else or pretending that they're not watching) would be comedy gold. :D :D With sappy potential, always, lol.
facethestrange: (guardian: zhao yunlan lollipop)

[personal profile] facethestrange 2025-02-21 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooh, this one I don't know! *grabby hands* :D Thanks for the rec! :D ♡
trobadora: (Zhao Yunlan - not wrong)

[personal profile] trobadora 2025-02-20 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
110% agreed! Without the tragedies and hard choices and everything, they wouldn't really be the characters I love.
trobadora: (Guardian - team)

[personal profile] trobadora 2025-02-20 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha, same. Angst-free stuff isn't for me, anyway.