March fanworks round-up post!

[china_shop]

A little late, oops, but here's the fanworks round-up post for March! Please link in the comments to any Guardian (or related fandoms) fanworks you created or enjoyed last month.

• all kinds of fanworks are welcome – fic, art, vids, picspams, etc. - including those made for exchanges and events
• new chapters of 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 March?

Comments

[china_shop]

The only thing I posted was a little flashfic inspired by some of the discussion on the Da Qing fish poll (posted to fan_flashworks during March; archived to AO3 yesterday):

Title: In the end, we are but animals (1456 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Characters: Guo Changcheng, Dà Qìng, Zhù Hóng
Additional Tags: Novel/drama blend, Humour, Pastiche, Inspired by meta discussion, Zhao Yunlan's fridge of doom, Novel characterisations, Guo Changcheng is a cinnamon dumbass, Warning: extreme lack of hygiene, Warning: insects/spiders, Warning: mentions of vomit, Community: fan_flashworks
Summary: Da Qing sauntered over with the air of a fond uncle and perched on the table next to Guo Changcheng. “Xiao Guo, you’re a good kid. I’m going to do you a favour, and this favour involves you doing a small task.”

[facethestrange]

YAY! One of the million reasons why I love this comm is how many fanworks it directly inspires. :D ♡

[china_shop]

Ha, right? I love that too. :D

[trobadora]

Yay!

[facethestrange]

This time I posted everything to the comm, but here it goes again, now with categories. :D

Drama

Something = Shen Wei's Fingers by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Finger Sucking, Hand & Finger Kink, Oral Fixation, Gentle Kissing, Sexual Content, the sex itself is not explicit, the vibe is explicit though and I stand by the rating, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 1 of Giving Zhao Yunlan more things to put in his mouth
Summary: Zhao Yunlan needs to have something in his mouth...

Somewhere Nice by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Plushies, Inspired by Fanfiction, Fanart, Drawing, Digital Painting
Summary: An evening at the beach. (They're barefoot and soft and happy, and Zhao Yunlan got Shen Wei a jellyfish plushie!) / Illustration for Here With You It’s Perfect by tehfanglyfish.

Important Information (100 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Explicit Language, Implied/Referenced Sex, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan, Shameless Zhao Yunlan, Drabble
Summary: Having slept with both Heipaoshi and Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan has questions.

To Keep by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Shen Wei/Ye Zun (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Ye Zun (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Blood and Torture, Chains, Twincest, Rated For Violence, sexual implications are vague and not graphic and possibly only there if you want them to be, Schrödinger's Sexual Content, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Letting Shen Wei actually die would be such a waste.

Drama/novel hybrid

Warm Me Up by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Gentle Kissing, kiss on the nose, Tenderness, Blushing, Winter, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Soft and cozy winter kiss.

RPF

Diversion by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Kissing, Silly and Soft and Cute, Arm Wrestling, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 4 of Zhubai ~canon~ but with more kissing
Summary: One way to win an arm wrestling match against Zhu Yilong.

Do You Want Me to Mean It? (1007 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Not Actually Unrequited Love, Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Love Confessions
Summary: Bai Yu doesn't even know why he keeps this conversation going, but it's quite a lot like not being able to stop poking a bruise.

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I'm still figuring out a way to rec that works for me because last month I had too many and therefore didn't post any at all. xD So for now I'm going with 'only from ao3, only the ones that actually got posted in March'? + Some honorable mentions!

Recs:

(The first one is fanart, and a gift for me. ♡ It's explicit for gore only, no sexual content at all.)

Don't Look by Tassledown
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Fanart, compound fracture, Blood and Gore, Hurt/Comfort, don't look, Head On Shoulder, hand kissing, Hand in hair
Summary: Shen's lover shouldn't have to suffer such injury when he can stop it. / He certainly doesn't have to look.

lunch date (500 words) by treescape
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fluff
Summary: Zhao Yunlan snags a seat at the back of the lecture hall with about seven seconds to spare. Perfect timing, he thinks — by which he means that Shen Wei can only shoot him a sharp, curious glance from the front of the room before he clears his throat and has to begin class. / Or, Zhao Yunlan swings by Shen Wei's class to ask a question.

(what's not) a snack (590 words) by sweetiejelly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Snacks & Snack Food, Historical, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, First Kiss
Summary: Sugar high. He gave Shen Wei a freakin' sugar high.

The honorable mentions:

- this adorable birthday Zhubai fanart by dtroitbcomehomo (fully gen, not shippy at all; from 2021, but it's the right time of the year! :D)

- this equally adorable YOHE Shen Wei fanart by guardevoir (from March, but on tumblr)

- my personal bookmark tag on ao3 'Guardian Works That Rearranged My Brain Chemistry' (which is less 'top recs' and more what it says on the tin :D there are other works that would easily make top recs too; current count: 4 RPF + 3 drama + 1 novel / 7 fics + 1 art)

[china_shop]

Oh, what a glorious selection -- yours and the recs! Yay!! :D :D :D :D :D

[facethestrange]

AW YAY, thank you, and I'm happy to rec stuff that was new to you and enjoyable. :D ♡♡♡

[trobadora]

Woohoo! You are amazing! :D

[facethestrange]

Can't be tamed, lolol. :D :D Thanks! *beams*

[amedia]

Wow, this is like a SMORGASBORD of yumminess!!! Thank you so much!

[facethestrange]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed! :D

[trobadora]

I wrote most of this in February, but I finished it in March and it went live in March:

Title: Beyond the Gates, the Mountain
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Word count: 18,839 words
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Dixing
Characters: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing, Dandan, Original Female Characters
Content Tags: Dixing Casefic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode Related, Episode 23, Dixing Worldbuilding, Dixing Politics, Dixing Weather, Volcanoes and Hallows and White Energy Bombs, oh my!, First Kiss, Kitchen Scene AU, Averting the Canon Ending

Summary:

At the top of a flight of stairs, a figure was slipping around a corner. In the last moment before she disappeared from his line of sight, Shen Wei recognised her: it was An Bai's friend, Cao Dandan.

Power swirled in his palm. He could catch her, easily -

He hesitated. Clenched his hand into a fist. He couldn't.

Whether or not she was innocent this time, Shen Wei had no faith in a fair investigation, much less a fair trial. Not in Dixing. Not any more.

[facethestrange]

♡♡♡!

[amedia]

So so good!!! 💖💖💖

[trobadora]

Thank you so much! ♥ ♥ ♥

[china_shop]

So excellent AND you wrote it in a weekend!! *twirls you*

[trobadora]

I wrote it in six days, editing included. Which is still not long, but a lot longer than a weekend. *g*

[china_shop]

Haha, it just felt like a weekend from the outside. What is time anyway? :)

[amedia]

I wrote a mini-fic (50 words)inspired by that same discussion on SIS_Guardian: Chu Shuzhi’s Apartment.

[china_shop]

Hee! Awesome! :D :D :D

[trobadora]

Yay!

[amedia]

Thank you both!!!

Also, I managed to screw up the html coding in my original post, and then when I redid it, my internet connection crashed and it wouldn't post. Hoping third time is the charm for posting a correct link!

Chu Shuzhi's Apartment

[facethestrange]

*cuddles this ficlet* :D *or tickles it maybe* :D :D

*peeks* Been a while...

[eirenical]

...but I come bearing a fic? ^_^

Taking Care (1697 words) by eirenical

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Mild Hurt/Comfort, Self-Esteem Issues, Shen Wei putting everyone else first as usual, Shen Wei Needs A Hug (Guardian), Ye Olde Haixing Era

Summary: Shen Wei was sitting cross-legged on his bedroll—standard issue, still no privileges here—barely half out of his armor. He was twisted, trying to undo the ties on the right side of his armor, but every time he had nearly reached them, he stiffened, a short whimper escaping his lips. Well that just wouldn't do.

"Shen Wei-ah, please let me help you."

Re: *peeks* Been a while...

[china_shop]

Yay fic!! And aww, that looks lovely -- so glad you linked it here! :D :D :D

Re: *peeks* Been a while...

[trobadora]

Woohoo! Yay fic, and it's great to see you here! ♥

Re: *peeks* Been a while...

[facethestrange]

This was so sweet, ahhh, thank you for sharing! ♡♡♡