A couple of fic-writing related questions

[likealeafonthewind]

Hi all, I'm wondering if there's a fandom consensus on a couple of things:

1. what to call the different groups of people that occupy Haixing
    a. Haixingren/Dixingren/Yashouren
    b. Haixingian/Dixingian/(Yashou...?)
    c. Other

 

2. how to tag fics that take place in the past so that they can be more easily found by readers who may be looking specifically for them
    a. War Era (an existing tag but not specific to Guardian)
    b. Ten Thousand Years Ago (not currently an established tag but could be if enough people use it)
    c. Other


ETA: I'm going to try to summarize the discussion from the comments:

1. It sounds like most people would go with Dixingren and Yashou, but Haixingren vs humans seem to be pretty evenly split.

2. I think the general consensus is that the novel and the drama should have their own, separate fic tags for the past, because their backstories and timelines are so different. And anyone writing a blended fic could use both tags. So maybe Ten Thousand Years Ago or Old Haixing/Ancient Haixing/Ye Olde Haixing for the drama history fics (yeah, I know, it hasn't been narrowed down at all)? Not many suggestions so far for the novelverse fics specifically but I personally think Kunlun Era (from qikiqtarjuaq works well for it, since IIRC, Kunlun precedes almost everyone and everything else there, including Shen Wei). So basically...still an open, ongoing discussion.

Comments

[likealeafonthewind]

Your point about the language is interesting - I agree that I'd call it Dixingese but it makes me wonder why there isn't a language specific to their group, especially if they've been living separately for 10k years. At the very least, even just a regional dialect difference? A difference in accent and slang?

[extrapenguin]

Given that Shen Wei speaks Chinese (though he might've been raised by humans in part?) as does Ye Zun, I suppose they must've lost the language somehow. Maybe they split into surface Dixing (who lost the language) and subterranean Dixing, and the meteor demolished the subterranean Dixingese-speaking community enough that the community switched language completely.

[likealeafonthewind]

Yeah, that's possible! The nice thing about Guardian for fandom is that the worldbuilding is wide open for headcanons. (The bad thing for casual viewers is that it's chock full of worldbuilding gaps.)