Title: Raw Nerves, Old Scars (5967 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun, Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, (sort of), (except Ye Zun), Anger, effects of past trauma, Complicated Relationships, Poly Relationships, Shen Wei misses his didi, Zhao Yunlan hates Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan is triggered, Loyalty, Friendship, Sharing Clothes, Unreliable Narration
Series: Part 3 of Breakage and Repair 'verse (CSZ/SW/ZYL)

Summary: Feel the anger and do it anyway.

A few years ago, I made a Team-as-Family picspam for

guardian_wishlist, if you'd care for illustrations. :-)

Poll #33239 TEAM

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

View Respondents

Best SID team moment

View Answers

Hazing Xiao Guo (ep 1)
0 (0.0%)

Popcorn (ep 5)
4 (36.4%)

Congratulating Xiao Guo for becoming permanent staff (ep 8)
2 (18.2%)

Giggling over the sex doll (ep 9)
1 (9.1%)

Road trip (ep 9)
2 (18.2%)

Listening to Wang Zheng tell ghost stories in the mountains (ep 9)
0 (0.0%)

Drinking party in the mountains (ep 11)
0 (0.0%)

Team dinner to welcome Consultant Shen (ep 14)
5 (45.5%)

Resisting Zhao Xinci's leadership (eps 16-17)
4 (36.4%)

Reunion dinner (ep 20)
5 (45.5%)

Greeting Hei Pao Shi with a group bow (ep 21)
5 (45.5%)

other
1 (9.1%)

In ep 20, Zhu Hong reveals she has a syringe of magic resurrection venom that she’d forgotten about. What else does she have that she’s forgotten?

View Answers

a babelfish
1 (10.0%)

an alethiometer
1 (10.0%)

a time turner
4 (40.0%)

a sonic screwdriver
3 (30.0%)

a holy grail (it's very nice)
3 (30.0%)

a troublesome gold ring
2 (20.0%)

other (please specify in comments)
1 (10.0%)

Has everyone seen the new Zhu Yilong pics from his new film Dongji Island?

Is everyone else also screaming?

Wenella tweets Zhu Yilong Dongji Island pics

Wenella tweets Zhu Yilong Dongji Island pics

pics | trailer

Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong! ♡

Here are last week's chapters, and you can find all previous discussions in the schedule posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 9: In Kunlun's memories, the young King of the Gui gives Kunlun a gift, retrieves his soul fire from the Great Seal, and gets kissed twice. Kunlun tells him to keep the soul fire, gives him the power to rule over mountains and rivers, makes him half-divine, and sets him free from the Great Seal. The King of the Gui doesn't want to let Kunlun die, but his death is inevitable. Zhao Yunlan wakes up from the memories and meets Ghost Face, who makes him doubt what he's learned about Kunlun's past. Shen Wei shows up and stops Ghost Face from talking. Zhao Yunlan mysteriously disappears.

Chapter 10: Zhao Yunlan is transported to a white void where he meets Shennong and suspects him of tampering with the memories in the Great Divine Tree. Zhao Yunlan is sent back to the Mortal Realm, but he lands in the past, in 2002. He secretly follows his father/Shennong's Mortar to Antiques Street and to the Netherworld. His "father" meets the Soul-Executing Emissary and accuses him of not honoring his promise to stay away from Zhao Yunlan. They argue about the Great Seal and what Shen Wei plans to do if it collapses. After watching them, Zhao Yunlan is left with even more questions. He finds that his copy of Record of Ancient Secrets is blank, and decides to buy another copy in 2002 to see if it ends up at the SID in eleven years.

The corresponding chapters in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation are 87 and 88.

Excerpts:

( 1) The young King of the Gui's gives Kunlun a gift )

( 2) The two kisses )

( 3) Ghost Face airs his grievances and reveals too much )

( 4) Zhao Yunlan ends up in the past )

( 5) Shen Wei's ominous plans )

Questions:

What is your favorite soft (or angsty, or soft and angsty) Weilan moment in the primordial past? Do you sympathize with Ghost Face? How do you feel about the time travel storyline, and how does it compare to the drama version? Would you also immediately buy ice cream if you suddenly ended up in the past? Are you as confused as Zhao Yunlan about what is true and what isn't?

You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just comment without answering any of them at all! And if you see this post and you're not actually reading the novel: As always, I would love to know what you think about any of this with limited context. :D

And here is the new schedule, and that's where you can sign up to host a post!

Drunk angry guy making a fist in Dixing bar.

Shen Wei looking serious in response to drunk angry guy.

Poll #33203 Shen Wei's composure

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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When the drunk guy in the Dixing bar says, “[Zhao Yunlan] is dead! He has been killed by my huge fist," why doesn't Shen Wei react?

View Answers

Shen Wei has a lie detector power
6 (42.9%)

no one else is acting as if a murder's taken place
7 (50.0%)

Shen Wei would be able to sense if Zhao Yunlan were dead
8 (57.1%)

Shen Wei would be able to bring Zhao Yunlan back from the dead
2 (14.3%)

drunk guy is infamous in Dixing for boasting about killing people for real or imagined offences, every other day
5 (35.7%)

other (please specify in comments)
1 (7.1%)

The real purpose of Shen Wei's sleeve garters is

View Answers

they keep his shirt cuffs safely clear of the inkstone when he's writing
5 (35.7%)

they're purely a fashion statement
7 (50.0%)

when he’s in Envoy mode, he wears them as hair ties, and he just keeps them around his biceps the rest of the time so he won’t lose them
3 (21.4%)

they restrain his tentacles and/or other alien appendages
2 (14.3%)

other (please specify in comments)
2 (14.3%)

Thanks to

trobadora for help with the poll options in question 1.

Hello! A Discord server I’m in is also doing a Guardian readalong, and I rounded up the chapter correspondences from here to help the CN text readers. I thought having it all in one place might be able to help other people, too:

7s = Seven Seas translation
jj = JJWXC version (which one? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Seven Seas Volume 1
7s prologue-2, jj 1-3
7s 3-4, jj 4-9.
7s 5-6, jj 10-11
7s 7-8, jj 12-14
7s 9-10, jj 15-17上
7s 11-12, jj 17下-20
7s 13-14, jj 21-22
7s 15-16, jj 24-25
7s 17-18, jj 26-28
7s 19-20, jj 29-31
7s 21-22, jj 32-36
7s 23-24, jj 37-39
7s 25-26, jj 40-42上
7s 27-28, jj 42下-45

Seven Seas Volume 2
7s 1-2, jj 46-47
7s 3-4, jj 48-50
7s 5-6, jj 51-53
7s 7-8, jj 54-56
7s 9-10, jj 57-60
7s 11-12, jj 61-63
7s 13-14, jj 65-68上
7s 15-16, jj 68下-71上
7s 17-18, jj 71下-75
7s 19-20, jj 76-78

Seven Seas Volume 3
7s 1-2, jj 79-80
7s 3-4, jj 81-82
7s 5-6, jj 83-84
7s 7-8, jj 85-86
… tbc.

Thank you to cathyw for the first few, and all the post hosts for the rest!

I wrote a little flashfic for the Nap challenge on

fan_flashworks, set in a crisis-averted post-canon SID. (AU in which very nearly everyone lives.)

Title: softening (1176 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Da Qing & Shen Wei, Shen Wei & Ye Zun
Characters: Da Qing, Shen Wei
Additional Tags: Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Except Da Ji (sorry Da Ji!), Background Da Qing & Da Ji, Aftermath, Feelings, Cat Tribe Best Tribe

Summary:

Da Qing curls up and assesses. He likes this lap, with its faint aroma of dark energy and its feeling of safety, but the thighs reveal a thrumming tension. If Da Qing doesn’t mend Shen Wei’s mood, his nap will surely be cut short.

Guardian Novel Read-Along banner. Image taken from the cover illustration: tight close-up of Shen Wei in glasses and Zhao Yunlan smoking, staring intently into each other's eyes. Text reads: Novel read-along on sid-guardian.dreamwidth.org. 2 chapters per week, starts 9 November 2024.

Hooray the readalong! Hooray for everyone who's hosted a post so far, been part of the discussion, and for those who are lurking, too! We hope you're enjoying it as much as we are.

We're well into volume 3 of the Official Translation, so this is the home stretch. If you've been toying with the idea of hosting a post, now is the time.

Fans of the novel, the drama, or both are very welcome! You don't have to be keeping up with the reading – it's absolutely fine to just react to the quotes. We want to hear what you think! As you'll have noticed if you've dipped into the discussions so far, we also talk about the drama adaptation and do a lot of compare-and-contrast.

Please consider hosting a post or two, if you're willing and able to! Comment with a date from the schedule below! Posts should ideally be made sometime on the Friday or Saturday, in any time zone.

Schedule for the end of the rest of volume 3

Weekend of 20 June - vol 2, chapters 13 & 14:
Weekend of 27 June - vol 2, chapters 15 & 16:
Weekend of 4 July - vol 3, chapters 17 & 18:
Weekend of 11 July - vol 3, chapters 19 & 20:
Weekend of 18 July - vol 3, chapters 21 & 22:
Weekend of 25 July - vol 3, chapters 23 & 24:
Weekend of 1 August - vol 3, chapter 25 & epilogue:
Weekend of 8 August - vol 3, bonus stories - Sage 1 & Sage 2:
Weekend of 15 August - vol 3, bonus stories - The Mountain Spirit:
Weekend of 22 August - vol 3, bonus stories - The Pocket Dimension:

Welcome aboard for this week's chapters of our Guardian readalong!

Here are last week's chapters. You can find all previous discussions on the schedule post (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 7: Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei argue about their relationship; Zhu Hong defends Zhao Yunlan by blaming Shen Wei, and Zhao Yunlan again tries to let her down gently. He sends Zhu Hong and Daqing back to Dragon City, then heads towards the Great Seal, with the timely help of the extremely convenient water dragon pearl from Zhu Hong's uncle.
Chapter 8: Chu Shuzhi returns to Dragon City after a break, carries Guo Changcheng's bag, and learns what he does in his free time. The entire SID is shocked about Shen Wei being the Emissary. Meanwhile Zhao Yunlan reaches the Ancient Merit Tree, and sees memories from being Kunlun.

The corresponding part in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation are chapters 85-86.

Excerpts:

( 1) Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei have a romantic moment, no wait, a confrontation )

( 2) Zhu Hong's accusations )

( 3) Zhao Yunlan's self-assessment )

( 4) Chu Shuzhi's reaction )

( 5) An impudent god and an impudent gui )

Questions:

What is your favourite Weilan bit in this? Your favourite moment in general? Which SID character has the best moment? How do you like Zhao Yunlan's handling of Zhu Hong's feelings here? Do you think Guo Changcheng is doing the same kind of volunteering in the drama? Do you think Zhao Yunlan is being reckless?

(As usual, these are just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like!)

Our current schedule (a new one will go up soon; if you'd like to sign up to host a future post, please comment on the current schedule!)

Hello Guardian Creators!

We’re so excited to to bring you the first prompts for Guardian Bonus Bingo 2025!

While the fest account is located on Tumblr, you don't have to be a Tumblr user to participate or to earn a badge at the end of the fest. (Filling one prompt per month over five months is what matters for earning the badge, not where you post your fills.)

Here are a few things to be aware of as we begin.

This is a low-stress fest. The point is to create fan works and have fun.
All modes of creation are accepted! This includes things like fic, art, podfic, meta, play lists, mood boards, rec lists, and more. If it's a new creation you made for the fest, more than likely it counts as a fill.
All ratings, all ships, rpf, Weilan derivatives, and even works based on other Priest novels are accepted. Please tag accordingly.
New! Three prompts per month instead of one. This is to give people more options. You only need to create for one prompt to earn a fill. (You are, however, welcome to complete or combine all of them if you’d like.)
Prompts are inspiration only – follow them as strictly or as loosely as you’d like
No min/max content requirements.
No works created using generative AI

June (B) Prompts:

Chase | Door Key | Respite

Remember that you only need to make a creation for ONE of these to earn a fill.

You have the entire month of June to complete your fill. We’ll also have a grace period at the end of the fest for any missed fills.

About/FAQ - Contains full fest info

AO3 Collection - You may also post in other places (Bluesky, Dreamwidth, etc.)

If you are on Tumblr and @ our Tumblr account, we’ll happily reblog your fill.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Have fun and happy creating!

Yeah, it's been 3 days and 4 new works since my last post... :D There's one tiny SID ensemble ficlet, and everything else is Zhubai (2 fics, 1 art).

It's Not Whining, It's Poetry (68 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Da Qing & Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian)
Characters: Da Qing (Guardian), Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Humor, Haiku, Background Relationships, (all of them), Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble Shenanigans (Guardian), POV Da Qing (Guardian)
Summary: Da Qing is very, very bored at work. Bored enough to write haiku.

So Much More Delicious (446 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Non-Explicit Sex, Established Relationship, Fluff, Banter, Tenderness
Summary: Bai Yu's embrace and his soft, sleepy voice are even warmer than the morning sunshine that fills the hotel room, and Zhu Yilong basks in them happily for a moment before replying. "Mhm. You were talking in your sleep."

You Melt Like Sugar (443 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Sex, Established Relationship, Finger Sucking, Lollipops, Banter, Tenderness
Summary: "You and this lollipop— The things it did to me, Long-ge."

They're idly scrolling through fan comments, Long-ge's head on Bai Yu's chest, and a gif of young Shen Wei doing downright obscene things with the candy sends Bai Yu down the memory lane.

"You're the one to talk."

It's (Not) What It Looks Like 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, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 6 of Zhubai ~canon~ but with more kissing
Summary: This one still that looks like this. :) (Gif context.)

This is the fanworks round-up post for May! 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 May?

I wrote two things for the 520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange (my assignment and a pinch hit), both for the drama, both Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan.

Title: Trust Fall (6163 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Emotional and Physical hurt/comfort, Domestic Weilan, Clothes Sharing, Protectiveness, Weilan letting their guard down around each other, Shen Wei’s secrets and Zhao Yunlan’s feelings about them, Episode Related, Blindness Arc, Missing Scene, Getting Together, First Kiss, Zhao Xinci's A+ parenting

Summary:

Shen Wei’s grip on Zhao Yunlan’s arms tightened in line with the tension in his voice. “You didn’t tell Minister Gao.”

“What? This? Eh, why bother him with minor operational details during a holiday?”

“Details.” Shen Wei’s tone was flat, which probably meant his brow was stern. Not Envoy-forbidding, but something in the Mildly Disapproving Professor range.

Zhao Yunlan refused to be disapproved of. Why let worry flood in and wash away their victory?

Title: The Life-Changing Magic of a Home-Cooked Meal (7341 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Lǐ Qiàn & Shěn Wēi, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, POV Outsider, Domestic, Politics, Dark Energy Science, Worldbuilding, Found Family, Sharing Clothes, Banter, Established Relationship, Long-Haired Shen Wei

Summary:

Li Qian peered past him down the hall, but there was no sign of Professor Shen. What should she do with her gifts?

“He’s in the kitchen, cooking up a storm. I’ll take you.” Chief Zhao opened the door wider, and Li Qian squared her shoulders and walked into the home of Professor Shen, Shen Wei, hero, public figure, and Ambassador of Dixing.

Chief Zhao seemed completely at ease. He took her coat and hung it on a coat-rack that was already thickly layered with wool overcoats and leather and denim jackets. She left her shoes on the floor below, next to a pair of fine leather shoes, some casual sheepskin boots and some heavy black ones with buckles.

Her initial base assumption that the Black-Cloaked Envoy would live in eerie, solitary splendour was starting to seem shaky.

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Fic: Raw Nerves, Old Scars (Guardian, post-canon CSZ/SW/ZYL, ZYL & DQ, Teen)

Poll: best SID team moment (drama)

Dongji Island

Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 9 & 10

Poll: Shen Wei's composure (drama)

Aggregated Seven Seas-JJWXC chapter correspondences

Flashfic: softening (Da Qing & Shen Wei, post-canon AU)

Guardian Novel Read-along round 5!

Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 7 & 8

Guardian Bonus Bingo June Prompts

Hello Guardian Creators!

June (B) Prompts:

Chase | Door Key | Respite

Remember that you only need to make a creation for ONE of these to earn a fill.

My latest Guardian fanworks

May fanworks round-up post!

Two Weilan fics for 520 Day

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