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sid_guardian is a noticeboard/community for:

linking Guardian fanworks of all kinds

linking to Guardian-related news (incl. info about the actors and their other roles) and meta (incl. serious meta, squee, picspams, episode reactions, writing-meta)

making Guardian recs, and

making fanworks-finder/rec-finder posts.

ETA: You can also post content directly to the comm.

Which is to say, it's for letting Guardian fans find each other on Dreamwidth. :)

Please link your Guardian-related posts here! Whether novel or drama, this is the place for it. Don't be shy, and please encourage other Guardian posters to link as well. You can also link to/rec things that have been posted by others.

As the comm develops, we hope to introduce social, discussion and/or prompt posts, but given it's December, we thought we'd start small and manageable.

To kick things off, if you feel like it, tell us a bit about how you ended up in Guardian fandom! Or let us know your favourite character or scene from Guardian, or what your power would be if you were Dixingren.

And remember, there's no tension that can’t be relieved with a lollipop. And if there is, try two lollipops.

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Hi, I'm china, one of the co-mods.

I've been in fandom since 2004 and watching Kdramas since 2013, but Guardian is my first Cdrama.

naye kept posting about it and in October she linked me to this vid, and I realised that ~~Zhao Yunlan~~ the show was extremely relevant to my interests. I started watching and fell in love.

I'm a ficwriter, iconner, occasional recapper, and even more occasional vidder.

My favourite scene is when we first discover what a trainwreck Zhao Yunlan's apartment is. His fridge, bwahaha! And Shen Wei's furiously exasperated reaction to same. *heart-eyes*

Hee! Guardian was my first cdrama, too. And I still don't quite know how I ended up there.

That is to say, I'd seen people talk about it, but I honestly couldn't say why I decided to actually start watching that day. I only know that once I'd started I couldn't stop, and I mainlined the whole thing in two days.

(I'm supposed to be a writer myself, but still haven't finished my first fic. ARGH!)

ZYL's apartment! Shen Wei's face when he opens the fridge is hilarious, but the best part's the empty bottles lying around. Zhao Yunlan, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

but I honestly couldn't say why I decided to actually start watching that day.

FATE! :-)

(I'm supposed to be a writer myself, but still haven't finished my first fic. ARGH!)

You'll get there! There's plenty of time. :-)

but the best part's the empty bottles lying around.

I know! Like, HEAPS of them! Someone really needs a babysitter!!

YES! The bottles! And the tools on the wall, as though they are deco! He would put that ridiculously macho truck in his living room too if he could...

Also, I feel your writer's pain. I have finished one story, but it's a weird crossover, so I don't know if it really counts. ;-) Meanwhile I have... 5 wips. *headdesk*

*cheers you on*

We can do it! We'll finish everything! SOMEHOW.

I love that scene - that entire episode, really! The way Yunlan *lounges* on the bed in front of Shen Wei.

And both of their apartments are done so well. It makes me happy that the show pays such attention to details like this - that it successfully characterizes them both through their living environment.

(That shield and swords on Shen Wei's wall... that really does not belong in a genetics professor's home. But I am sure nobody would be too surprised, given that the rest of the place is so genuinely professorish...) /ramble

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The way Yunlan *lounges* on the bed in front of Shen Wei.

Reminds me of an interview where -- apparently -- Chinese fans have a nickname for Yunlan: "he who doesn't stand when he can sit, he who doesn't sit when he can lie down" :P

He's like a human amoeba... spreads out into a puddle on any available surface. ;-)

Yeah, and that is such a brilliant acting choice. :D

The way Yunlan *lounges* on the bed in front of Shen Wei.

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That shield and swords on Shen Wei's wall... that really does not belong in a genetics professor's home.

Aww, but even genetics professors can be into LARPing, surely?! Hee!

Hahaha, OMG, now I want the fic where some students see Professor Shen with a sword and start thinking he's secretly a LARPer. :D

I want allllllll the outsider POV Shen Wei's student fics. Like, in particular, I really want a fic set either when Shen Wei goes missing or post-series where his student body fanclub (you know there is one! the Chancellor's granddaughter is the president!) team up to find out what's going on and rescue him.

OMG! Someone needs to write that. Damn, that would be THE BEST.

LOL! Yes! Both the "My Prof is a Secret LARPer" story and this one would be lovely - but I also want there to be one where his students are afraid he's in trouble with the mob because there's always this thuggy guy hanging around his office, looking suspicious. And then they do some research and find out he is actually a cop - OMG! - so now they think he's in trouble with the police... but what can Professor Shen Wei of all people possibly have done wrong??

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I adore this headcanon. :D

I wish I knew more about LARPing. Someone who does should write this fic!

The sets are so well constructed! I love both their flats.

That fanvid is my fav and it was the stroke that brought down at least one of my friends, so thank you for linking!

It is so good! :-D

It's so good I had to go and rewatch it now!

(My other favourite is Man on a Mission, which I'm sure you've seen already, too?)

I haven't! I'm a total n00b so feel free to inflict all your recs on my very willing person.

There are a LOT of excellent vids in this fandom, but many depend on canon knowledge for full effect. Here's another good one that works without, though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-_IZJt3ZaY

*sigh* I'm going to have to create a spreadsheet, aren't I? ;)

That one was excellent. The FEELS. Also, is it just me or is Zhu Yilong a chameleon? He looks so dramatically different in every scene.

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Wow, that was phenomenal editing. Kudos to the vidder!

Right? The timing! The visual and sound editing! The everything! It's utterly astounding, and it knocks me over every time.