winter_blossom: (Shen Wei)
2020-09-17 11:30 am

Surprising twitter finds and related epiphanies

What with the new bts content showing up yesterday, I did something I hadn't since last November/December: clicked around Guardian twitter for an entire evening.

The actual bts content was fun, and have been linked by people much more well-versed in the Real Person side of the fandom than myself. But what I wanted to put down here are a few fandom opinions that I'd never even realised existed before:

Note that I don't link to any of the tweets mentioned. This is all in good fun, so... )

Are we gonna talk about the fact that it's nearing the end of 2020, everyone else has already gone through at least three other fandoms, and I still only ever post about Guardian on this journal? Nope! 😁
winter_blossom: (Mystical Messenger - redhead megane)
2019-10-16 12:31 am

Shen Wei and Guilt vs Responsibility

Just this morning, I was thinking about Guardian while lazing in bed and repeatedly snoozing my alarm, as you do, and kept dwelling on one of the common fandom interpretations of Shen Wei that I puzzles me whenever I see it: the tendency to see him as prone to excessive guilt, self-flagellation, and considering himself "unworthy" of Zhao Yunlan. I can certainly see how that interpretation came about, but at the same time, it's markedly different from my personal reading of his character.

Hella long post ahead! )

Phew! That got a tad too long and rambly... But if you want to blame something, blame Guardian for inspiring the kind of Feels I haven't had in years. (If I didn't put this out there I felt I might explode, so I do feel pretty accomplished right now, and can't sincerely apologise for boring or annoying anyone!)

If someone actually managed to get this far: you're a champ, and I'd love to hear your thoughts, whether you agree or not or are somewhere in-between!