Hiya! Another months-long lurker deciding to jump in by making an account. It's been years since I've blogged at all, but I'm slowly trying to get back into writing by starting over on a different platform.
While I've studied Chinese in university and have worked in China for a year (pre-pandemic), I didn't find my gateway into Chinese media until last summer. A Youtuber I follow and Netflix had recommended me The Untamed, which officially opened the Cdrama portal for me and got me active again on Tumblr. And among the deluge of CQL/MDZS posts on my dashboard I first heard of Guardian. After a bit of digging, I started Guardian last August on Viki. Then around episode 25, I took a break from the drama to read the novel, finished it, loved the happy ending, and returned to the drama. I wouldn't recommend what I did to my worst enemy... because the drama's ending left me inconsolable for WEEKS ("Flying Through Time" still makes me weep on a good day).
I love both the drama and the novel, and there are too many wonderful moments in both to express my love for. But Shen Wei taking care of Zhao Yunlan when he had gastritis marked the point I was sold on the story and the romance. (The taxi scene was so beautiful that I cried the first time I watched it.)
There are no words for Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong that haven't been said by the fandom because they are all true. I became a fan of Z1L from the first scene, and BY stole my heart with episode 13's mind-control fakeout. They have the best on-screen mutual chemistry I've ever seen, and Weilan will live rent-free in my heart for many years thanks to them.
Though I'm just making myself known to the fandom now, I'm grateful for all the fanfics, podfics, metaposts, fan theories, and creative content found here, on Tumblr, on AO3, and beyond. They've helped me process my many thoughts and feelings. I'm tempted to write my own post-drama-canon-happily-ever-after fic, but I have a bad habit of not finishing what I start, and I'd hate to deprive this fandom of an unfinished story. TT_TT
Anywho, thank you again for this community, and I hope to meet new people here. ^_^
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While I've studied Chinese in university and have worked in China for a year (pre-pandemic), I didn't find my gateway into Chinese media until last summer. A Youtuber I follow and Netflix had recommended me The Untamed, which officially opened the Cdrama portal for me and got me active again on Tumblr. And among the deluge of CQL/MDZS posts on my dashboard I first heard of Guardian. After a bit of digging, I started Guardian last August on Viki. Then around episode 25, I took a break from the drama to read the novel, finished it, loved the happy ending, and returned to the drama. I wouldn't recommend what I did to my worst enemy... because the drama's ending left me inconsolable for WEEKS ("Flying Through Time" still makes me weep on a good day).
I love both the drama and the novel, and there are too many wonderful moments in both to express my love for. But Shen Wei taking care of Zhao Yunlan when he had gastritis marked the point I was sold on the story and the romance. (The taxi scene was so beautiful that I cried the first time I watched it.)
There are no words for Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong that haven't been said by the fandom because they are all true. I became a fan of Z1L from the first scene, and BY stole my heart with episode 13's mind-control fakeout. They have the best on-screen mutual chemistry I've ever seen, and Weilan will live rent-free in my heart for many years thanks to them.
Though I'm just making myself known to the fandom now, I'm grateful for all the fanfics, podfics, metaposts, fan theories, and creative content found here, on Tumblr, on AO3, and beyond. They've helped me process my many thoughts and feelings. I'm tempted to write my own post-drama-canon-happily-ever-after fic, but I have a bad habit of not finishing what I start, and I'd hate to deprive this fandom of an unfinished story. TT_TT
Anywho, thank you again for this community, and I hope to meet new people here. ^_^