Two New Vids (BtVS)
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viddingperiru3 and I have posted the first two vids in our ongoing vid album Jagged Little Slayer, a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alanis Morissette:Title: All I Really Want
Character/Pairing: Buffy-centric, minor Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Faith, Buffy/Spike
Summary: Here, can you handle this?
Notes: Premiered at VidUKon 2025.
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Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 11 and 12
Jun. 13th, 2025 01:34 pmtehfanglyfish posting in sid_guardian
Welcome to this week’s readalong post!
To get caught up, you can read last week’s installment, or check out part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5 (or the !readalong tag) for the rest of the posts for this round.
- Chapter 11 Summary: Zhao Yunlan throws Record of Ancient Secrets into the Wangchuan River. He is not fined for littering but considers the consequences of the book’s disappearance and decides to buy it again while in the past. He leaves the book in his old bedroom, narrowly avoiding being caught by his mother. Zhao Yunlan tracks down Shennong to question him, only to have Shen Wei show up before Zhao Yunlan can get the answers he’s looking for. Shen Wei returns the two of them to Zhao Yunlan’s home in the present where they talk, with Zhao Yunlan explaining how he figured out that Shen Wei had planted false memories in the Great Divine Tree. Zhao Yunlan both pushes and reassures Shen Wei, who agrees to tell him the truth.
- Chapter 12 Summary: A discussion is taking place at SID headquarters about what Zhao Yunlan might be up to. Daqing realizes that Zhao Yunlan was involved in danger he was trying to shield the rest of the SID staff from and sends Wang Zheng and Sangzan to Zhao Yunlan’s home to look for him, but neither he nor Shen Wei are they were then arrive. Guo Changcheng receives a call from a ghost asking for help finding her daughter. Shen Wei takes Zhao Yunlan to witness the birth of the gui along with when Kunlun first discovered them.
The corresponding chapters in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation are 89, 90, and 91.
Excerpts:
( Zhao Yunlan Inspects His Old Room )
( Shen Wei Exercises Restraint )
( Zhao Yunlan Is The Best )
( Boss Daqing Has A Moment )
( Guo Changcheng Makes A Promise; Chu Shuzhi Is Surprised )
Questions: What are your thoughts on teenage Zhao Yunlan from the clues we get in Chapter 11? How do you feel about the way Guo Changcheng’s ability to talk to the dead here compares with the drama? What stood out to you the most with Zhao Yunlan gradually learning the truth in these chapters? If you worked at the SID, would you rather have Zhao Yunlan in the office or Daqing stepping in as deputy director on days you went in? What do you think of Shen Wei’s approach to underwater breathing?
Feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you’d like. You’re also welcome to discuss anything else that resonates with you from these chapters.
If you’re interested in hosting an upcoming week, you can find available dates and sign up by visiting the new schedule.
Fic: Raw Nerves, Old Scars (Guardian, post-canon CSZ/SW/ZYL, ZYL & DQ, Teen)
Jun. 12th, 2025 11:12 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianFandom: 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.
Poll: best SID team moment (drama)
Jun. 12th, 2025 09:46 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianguardian_wishlist, if you'd care for illustrations. :-)Best SID team moment
Hazing Xiao Guo (ep 1)
0 (0.0%)
Popcorn (ep 5)
5 (33.3%)
Congratulating Xiao Guo for becoming permanent staff (ep 8)
3 (20.0%)
Giggling over the sex doll (ep 9)
1 (6.7%)
Road trip (ep 9)
2 (13.3%)
Listening to Wang Zheng tell ghost stories in the mountains (ep 9)
1 (6.7%)
Drinking party in the mountains (ep 11)
0 (0.0%)
Team dinner to welcome Consultant Shen (ep 14)
7 (46.7%)
Resisting Zhao Xinci's leadership (eps 16-17)
7 (46.7%)
Reunion dinner (ep 20)
7 (46.7%)
Greeting Hei Pao Shi with a group bow (ep 21)
6 (40.0%)
other
1 (6.7%)
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?
a babelfish
1 (7.7%)
an alethiometer
3 (23.1%)
a time turner
5 (38.5%)
a sonic screwdriver
3 (23.1%)
a holy grail (it's very nice)
3 (23.1%)
a troublesome gold ring
4 (30.8%)
other (please specify in comments)
1 (7.7%)
multifandom icons.
Jun. 11th, 2025 09:40 amwickedgame posting in fandom_icons
rest HERE @
mundodefieras 
Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 9 & 10
Jun. 7th, 2025 03:15 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianHi, 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!
Poll: Shen Wei's composure (drama)
Jun. 5th, 2025 03:20 pmchina_shop posting in sid_guardian
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?
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
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.
Aggregated Seven Seas-JJWXC chapter correspondences
Jun. 4th, 2025 08:50 pmcircumference_pie posting in sid_guardian7s = 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!
Flashfic: softening (Da Qing & Shen Wei, post-canon AU)
Jun. 4th, 2025 09:50 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianfan_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 round 5!
Jun. 2nd, 2025 10:06 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardian
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:
china_shopWeekend 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:
