Poll: Lin Jing's best invention (dramaverse)

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Poll #32813 Lin Jing, Inventor Extraordinaire

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26

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Which is Lin Jing's best invention?

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SID security shield
14 (53.8%)

dark energy detector
4 (15.4%)

fear baton for Guo Changcheng
11 (42.3%)

tracking bracelet for Zhu Hong (ep 4)
0 (0.0%)

popcorn maker
6 (23.1%)

star-projection ring for Sha Ya
5 (19.2%)

other
2 (7.7%)

Which year did you first start watching Guardian?

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2018
4 (16.0%)

2019
9 (36.0%)

2020
7 (28.0%)

2021
4 (16.0%)

2022
0 (0.0%)

2023
1 (4.0%)

2024
0 (0.0%)

2025
0 (0.0%)

If you know of any fanworks where Lin Jing makes other cool inventions, feel free to link those, too.

Comments

[trobadora]

Just listing some options for "other" off the top of my head:

• the watch he gives to ZYL just before ZYL gets kidnapped by Kong Jing
• the anti-hypnosis earbuds, of Envoy Reveal fame
• possibly the black energy-suppressing handcuffs used on Zhu Jiu (but we don't know if Lin Jing invented them, they never get explained and really only appear the once, so who knows)
• the security system for the Hallows (which must be Lin Jing's doing, but what does it actually do? who knows)
• what he uses to track down Zheng Yi (or possibly Tan Xiao's sonic device?) in episode 12
• the protection against Sha Ya's electric powers when they confront her and Wang Xiangyang on the roof

I may be missing some! Lin Jing does a lot; I didn't even remember how much until I went through the episodes in my mind. *g*

But anyway, "best" for purposes of viewer entertainment has to be either the popcorn maker (because that scene is glorious) or the Envoy Reveal earbuds. But from a worldbuilding/in-world importance POV it's got to be the SID's black energy shield.

[donutsweeper]

The fear baton was kind of sweet so I vote for that.

[china_shop]

I thought of another one -- the little bug robot that Chu Shuzhi uses to collect evidence in ep 5 (40:45) -- that has to be a Lin Jing special, doesn't it?

And I feel like the handcuffs have to be him, too. If the Inspectorate lab had that technology, they'd be expanding that instead of developing a serum, and we don't see anyone else doing dark-energy-related science.

I can't believe I forgot the anti-hypnosis earbuds, doh!

But anyway, "best" for purposes of viewer entertainment has to be either the popcorn maker (because that scene is glorious) or the Envoy Reveal earbuds. But from a worldbuilding/in-world importance POV it's got to be the SID's black energy shield.

I approve of your conclusions, even if I still can't help preferring the fear baton above everything else. It's such a genius idea. :D

ETA: Nearly seven years!!! How has it been nearly seven years already??

[china_shop]

Me too! It made me laugh and laugh, especially when Changcheng was so scared of it. :D

[facethestrange]

YAY POLL. :D :D

I went entirely for the coolness factor and not the plot-relevance factor this time, and voted for the fear baton and the star ring. :D

And I originally started watching in January 2023, when y'all were doing the rewatch, and I never would have started watching otherwise, and I'm eternally grateful. :D ♡♡♡

Also, my phone got entirely bricked last night by something that really, really shouldn't brick it (when I google what happened, it says it's because I tried to root it or break into the source or whatever, and I literally just tried to change a keyboard setting in the totally official "click the settings icon" way *facepalms and grumbles*), so the first thing I thought when I saw a Lin Jing post was "Lin Jing would totally fix my damn phone". xD

[facethestrange]

Definitely my first choice too, it's adorable. :D :D

[facethestrange]

"the anti-hypnosis earbuds, of Envoy Reveal fame"

OH OKAY YEP, I just went and added "other" to my vote just because of how weak I am for the reveal. :D ♡♡♡

I just re-watched the popcorn scene like 3 times a few days ago, I don't even know why, but I think I was looking for something else and found this instead, and it is glorious indeed. :D

[autodach]

The SID shield is a consistently useful invention, and such a thorn in the baddies' sides that they need to get it deactivated (by tricking Lin Jing) as simply breaking through is not possible. I picked this one!

The energy detector is very useful in theory, but in practice, the SID doesn't trust the technology enough to make the most of it. Like when it detects Zhang Shi, but it's just assumed to be a malfunction.

The baton has... obvious downsides. XD
It's too hard to control, a bad feature on a weapon. I'd give it a consolation prize because it suits Guo Changcheng and because it's funny.

The tracker is a neat little thing, though I'm not sure it can be credited to Lin Jing. Tacking technology isn't new,although hiding it in jewellery is smart.

The popcorn is good for morale! Not as much as a shield protecting you from surprise attacks though.

The ring also falls into this category: No real use, more about the sentiment. I wonder how long its battery live is.

[trobadora]

Oooh, yes, the little robot!! I can't believe I totally forgot that one.

That's an excellent point about the Inspectorate lab, I completely agree! And now I wonder if Lin Jing really is the only person doing tech/black energy integration (in Haixing, at least). And why he, as Professor Ouyang's student, ended up going in that direction. (Professor Ouyang is on the bio side of things, after all ...)

(Almost seven years now, and still going strong! OUR FANDOM!!!! :D)

[trobadora]

:D :D :D

The reveal is so good, in so many ways. We've done so many alternate versions in fanfic, but nothing trumps the original.

And I just love the popcorn scene to pieces, in all its ridiculously dramatic glory. :D

[trobadora]

It's definitely great! Just the concept of it (from the novel) is brilliant, but somehow it's even better in the drama where it's just tech. :D

[autodach]

I went entirely for the coolness factor and not the plot-relevance factor this time, and voted for the fear baton and the star ring. :D

Haha, I did the opposite and voted with a cold heart for the most useful thing :D
But the baton is the most fun invention!

And I originally started watching in January 2023, when y'all were doing the rewatch, and I never would have started watching otherwise, and I'm eternally grateful. :D ♡♡♡

❤️❤️❤️

Also, my phone got entirely bricked last night by something that really, really shouldn't brick it

Oh no! I hope you can fix it :(

[trobadora]

Oof, so sorry about your phone, that's so awful! I hope you can get your stuff off it somehow. *hugs* Lin Jing would totally fix it for you if he was here.

I'd love to have a star ring of my own, so long as I could set the password myself. *g*

So glad the rewatch got you into Guardian! ♥ ♥ ♥

[autodach]

the watch he gives to ZYL just before ZYL gets kidnapped by Kong Jing

The Detective Conan watch! It should get bonus points for doubling as cosplay gear. Very fun :D

[trobadora]

Great arguments! Agreed that the shield is the most useful one, with the most plot relevance.

I wonder what would have happened if Lin Jing had trusted the detector when it went off for Zhang Shi.

[trobadora]

Cosplay bonus! That's an excellent argument! :D

[maggie33]

What a fun poll. :DDD And I agree that security shield is important for in canon reasons, but I just love Changcheng's fear baton so much.

And wow, how is it almost 7 years already? My 7th anniversary of watching the first episode for the first time will be in July 2025. :)

[facethestrange]

AW, thank you! ♡ Most of my stuff should be fine because it's on an SD card. :) (I lost about 1K of fic that was in the notes app and not backed up tho, but I already rewrote it this morning as close as I could. Which led me to the discovery that I have 10 Zhubai WIPs of 500 words or more, not counting any 'one sentence idea' things. TEN. I just need to share this knowledge somewhere because wth. xD) The phone is at the repair shop now for probably another 4 hours. *fingers crossed* The stuff not on the SD card can't be retrieved (I wiped the phone clean in an effort to unbrick it, which obviously didn't work), but otherwise it's fine whether I can get it back or have to get a new one - I mostly just miss making dw comments without having to sit down at my computer, and also music and the Guardian novel, lol.

"Lin Jing would totally fix it for you if he was here."
Lol aw, I LOVE THIS, he's totally real, he's not just here. :D :D

*kicks him a little bit about the password thing*

"So glad the rewatch got you into Guardian! ♥ ♥ ♥"

My eternal gratitude for inadvertently giving me my most favorite fandom of the last two decades. :D :D ♡♡♡

[facethestrange]

"Haha, I did the opposite and voted with a cold heart for the most useful thing :D"

I love that Lin Jing can make both vitally helpful stuff AND flashy nonsense. :D

"Oh no! I hope you can fix it :("

Aw, thank you! ♡ It's at the repair shop right now, we'll see. :) *shrugs and grumbles at it a bit more*

[facethestrange]

"The reveal is so good, in so many ways. We've done so many alternate versions in fanfic, but nothing trumps the original."

YESSS. As much as I'm a sucker for some nsfw alternate reveals in fics, none of them gave me as me as many feels as the original one did. ♡♡♡ Hell, nothing in canon itself was as emotionally intense to me as the reveal! But 'many feels' can have many interpretations, so many, many other scenes definitely win in other ways. :D

"And I just love the popcorn scene to pieces, in all its ridiculously dramatic glory. :D"

Jump on the table before eatingggg, WHY DON'T YOU. :D :D

[awanderingcoyote]

Ahhh this was a fun poll and also hard. Like GCC’s fear baton has a special place in my heart but the dark energy detectors always tickled me because they made me think of little Flash Gordon style ray guns 😆

[facethestrange]

I like the tech version better too, it does somehow make it even funnier. :D (But then again I also like the really, really big and dangerous stuff that he gets to destroy with it in the novel. :D)

[facethestrange]

"such a thorn in the baddies' sides that they need to get it deactivated (by tricking Lin Jing) as simply breaking through is not possible"

YEP! Sometimes he's just really damn GOOD at what he does. *nods*

"I'd give it a consolation prize because it suits Guo Changcheng and because it's funny."

ITA with everything else too, but especially this. :D :D

[facethestrange]

"And I agree that security shield is important for in canon reasons, but I just love Changcheng's fear baton so much."

Same, and I love that they're tied for first place at the moment. :D

"My 7th anniversary of watching the first episode for the first time will be in July 2025. :)"

Damn, that is SO close to when it originally aired! I'm always so happy and excited for everyone who got to experience that. :D

[facethestrange]

Hee, I don't know Flash Gordon, but I do appreciate how some of the stuff looks straight out of old school sci-fi. :D