Challenge 195: Mermay 2025 - Sea Life & Seascapes
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The new theme is...
MerMay 2025 - Sea Life & Seascapes
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This is a last day of Mer May inspired challenge! We can create icons that show mermaids/merfolk, real sea creatures and/or ocean scenery views (beaches, shores, waves, islands with seascapes and so on). If you are not using a screen cap or picture that has a scene of a merperson, ocean scenery, seashore, beaches, or sea creatures, then adding stock images, brushes, decorations or fake backgrounds showing sea life or seascapes to any fandom or character icon is allowed.
Let me know if you would like me to supply some screen captures or more icon examples.
The previous Mermay challenge post has links to a few "mer" movie galleries.
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The new theme is...
MerMay 2025 - Sea Life & Seascapes
🧜🏽♀️ 🌺🐳 ✨ 🧜♂️
This is a last day of Mer May inspired challenge! We can create icons that show mermaids/merfolk, real sea creatures and/or ocean scenery views (beaches, shores, waves, islands with seascapes and so on). If you are not using a screen cap or picture that has a scene of a merperson, ocean scenery, seashore, beaches, or sea creatures, then adding stock images, brushes, decorations or fake backgrounds showing sea life or seascapes to any fandom or character icon is allowed.
Let me know if you would like me to supply some screen captures or more icon examples.
The previous Mermay challenge post has links to a few "mer" movie galleries.
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Challenge 194: Results
May. 30th, 2025 09:42 amluminousdaze posting in iconthatCongratulations everyone! 🎉🎈🏅 Thank you to all the participants and all 13 voters.
The tally when needed is in the comments of the voting post.
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Challenge 194: Painterly - Winners
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Challenge 194: Painterly - Winners
1st Place  by emylilas |
| 2nd Place + Best Color  by tinny |
3rd Place (Tie) by tinny |
3rd Place (Tie) by emylilas |
Best Crop by tinny |
Best Composition by gwenhazel |
Mod's Choice by magicrubbish |
Two Weilan fics for 520 Day
May. 30th, 2025 12:24 pmchina_shop posting in sid_guardianI 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.
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.
Fanfic, Minecraft: Story Mode, Romeo/Xara, Hanahaki Disease
May. 28th, 2025 10:47 pmbluerosekatie posting in smallfandomfestTitle: in her flower bed
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Minecraft: Story Mode (video game)
Pairing/Characters: Romeo the Admin/Xara
Rating/Category: Teen, Het
Prompt: Hanahaki Disease
Spoilers: Spoilers for the Admin's backstory if you haven't played season 2.
Summary: A retelling of the Admin betrayal, but Xara has Hanahaki disease.
Notes/Warnings: LOTS of angst, implied and on-screen character death. Fic is locked to Ao3 users only to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Minecraft: Story Mode (video game)
Pairing/Characters: Romeo the Admin/Xara
Rating/Category: Teen, Het
Prompt: Hanahaki Disease
Spoilers: Spoilers for the Admin's backstory if you haven't played season 2.
Summary: A retelling of the Admin betrayal, but Xara has Hanahaki disease.
Notes/Warnings: LOTS of angst, implied and on-screen character death. Fic is locked to Ao3 users only to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Poll: Flavours of Ye Zun (drama)
May. 29th, 2025 08:07 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardian
( More flavours! )
Poll #33174 Ye Zun
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
Which flavour of Ye Zun is most frightening?
View Answers
Childhood, white robe and black hair
0 (0.0%)
With the Rebels, pre-powers: white robe, black mask, black hair
0 (0.0%)
Leading the Rebels, with powers: white robe, gold mask, white hair
3 (21.4%)
Glowy pillar
2 (14.3%)
Monologuing hologram in the park
3 (21.4%)
Seething black form with glowy eyes
2 (14.3%)
Disguised as Shen Wei (casual)
3 (21.4%)
Disguised as Shen Wei (Envoy)
2 (14.3%)
White suit, cane, mask and pony-tail
3 (21.4%)
Long white robe in the palace with energy whip
1 (7.1%)
Long white robe in the palace with bleeding forehead
4 (28.6%)
other
1 (7.1%)
Which is your favourite Ye Zun flavour?
View Answers
Childhood, white robe and black hair
0 (0.0%)
With the Rebels, pre-powers: white robe, black mask, black hair
2 (14.3%)
Leading the Rebels, with powers: white robe, gold mask, white hair
2 (14.3%)
Glowy pillar
0 (0.0%)
Monologuing hologram in the park
1 (7.1%)
Seething black form with glowy eyes
0 (0.0%)
Disguised as Shen Wei (casual)
5 (35.7%)
Disguised as Shen Wei (Envoy)
0 (0.0%)
White suit, cane, mask and pony-tail
10 (71.4%)
Long white robe in the palace with energy whip
1 (7.1%)
Long white robe in the palace with bleeding forehead
1 (7.1%)
other
0 (0.0%)
Why does modern-day Ye Zun have a shift/train rather than a billowy cloak like the Envoy’s?
View Answers
His cloak is in the wash
0 (0.0%)
It kept catching on things
1 (6.7%)
Fashions have changed in the last 10k years, and he keeps up with the trends unlike *some* people
10 (66.7%)
He doesn't like how it feels over his hair, especially with the hood up
3 (20.0%)
Ye Zun's charisma *is* his billowy cloak
5 (33.3%)
He used it as a draught-stopper in the pillar and it got crumpled
4 (26.7%)
other
0 (0.0%)
My latest Guardian fanworks
May. 28th, 2025 08:00 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardian2x Weilan (art and fic), 2x drama crossovers with other roles (art and fic), 1x Zhubai fic. :)
Attuned by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Implied Sexual Content, Post-Coital Cuddling, Tenderness, Forehead Touching, Inspired by Fanfiction, Fanart, Drawing
Summary:
Sing Me Home (222 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Lullabies, Sleepy Cuddles
Summary:
Zhao Yunlan is right on the edge of sleep when the familiarity of the melody hits him. Shen Wei is humming quietly into his long hair, and it's so tempting to just fall asleep, with Shen Wei's arms and voice both wrapped around him like this, but he has to know.
"Xiao Wei? What is this song?"
This Ye Zun Is Nicer by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Luo Fusheng/Zhu Jiu (Guardian)
Characters: Luo Fusheng, Zhu Jiu (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Crack, Humor, Chibis, Crossover, intoabar randomizer says the darndest things, Community: intoabar, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Zhu Jiu's new crush.
Cross the Borders of Time (187 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), L'Oréal "Time Engraver" Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Time Engraver (L'Oréal "Time Engraver" Commercials)/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Time Engraver (L'Oreal "Time Engraver" Commercials), Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Post-Canon, Time Engraver Is Shen Wei, Happy Ending
Summary: All he can taste is blood and gravel, all he can see is a starry void.
No Coming Back From That (448 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Rain, Banter, Tenderness
Summary: Memories of filming the rain scene.
Attuned by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Implied Sexual Content, Post-Coital Cuddling, Tenderness, Forehead Touching, Inspired by Fanfiction, Fanart, Drawing
Summary:
They leaned against each other, Shen Wei still straddling him, their foreheads touching, both breathing hard. Zhao Yunlan felt sweat cooling on his skin as his heart came down from its race.Illustration for A Thread as Red as Blood by Trobadora."Shen Wei," he murmured, just for the pleasure of saying his name.
"I'm sorry," Shen Wei said, sounding not at all sorry. "I suddenly found I couldn't wait a moment longer."
Sing Me Home (222 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Lullabies, Sleepy Cuddles
Summary:
Zhao Yunlan is right on the edge of sleep when the familiarity of the melody hits him. Shen Wei is humming quietly into his long hair, and it's so tempting to just fall asleep, with Shen Wei's arms and voice both wrapped around him like this, but he has to know.
"Xiao Wei? What is this song?"
This Ye Zun Is Nicer by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Luo Fusheng/Zhu Jiu (Guardian)
Characters: Luo Fusheng, Zhu Jiu (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Crack, Humor, Chibis, Crossover, intoabar randomizer says the darndest things, Community: intoabar, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Zhu Jiu's new crush.
Cross the Borders of Time (187 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), L'Oréal "Time Engraver" Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Time Engraver (L'Oréal "Time Engraver" Commercials)/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Time Engraver (L'Oreal "Time Engraver" Commercials), Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Post-Canon, Time Engraver Is Shen Wei, Happy Ending
Summary: All he can taste is blood and gravel, all he can see is a starry void.
No Coming Back From That (448 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Rain, Banter, Tenderness
Summary: Memories of filming the rain scene.
FIC: The Consultant (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan) [Teen]
May. 28th, 2025 07:04 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardianTitle: The Consultant
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 3,830 words
Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Gao Jingfeng
Content Tags: Episode Related, Episode 13, Canon Divergence, Protective Shěn Wēi, Possessive Shen Wei, Shen Wei's secrets, Dancing Around an Envoy Reveal, Zhao Yunlan's Self-Worth Issues, Pre-Relationship
Summary:
Never mind the chaos of the ruined wedding all around them: this was a different trainwreck altogether. Shen Wei - Dixingren Shen Wei, Black-Cloaked Envoy Shen Wei who must have used his powers to break Zheng Yi's spell - had drawn Minister Gao's attention.
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 3,830 words
Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Gao Jingfeng
Content Tags: Episode Related, Episode 13, Canon Divergence, Protective Shěn Wēi, Possessive Shen Wei, Shen Wei's secrets, Dancing Around an Envoy Reveal, Zhao Yunlan's Self-Worth Issues, Pre-Relationship
Summary:
Never mind the chaos of the ruined wedding all around them: this was a different trainwreck altogether. Shen Wei - Dixingren Shen Wei, Black-Cloaked Envoy Shen Wei who must have used his powers to break Zheng Yi's spell - had drawn Minister Gao's attention.
Fanfic, Murder, She Wrote (tv)/The Unusuals (tv), Jessica & Jason, Solving a mystery together
May. 27th, 2025 08:39 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestTitle: The Mystery of the Purloined Coin
Author: Spikedluv
Fandom: Murder, She Wrote (tv)/The Unusuals (tv)
Pairing/Characters: Jessica Fletcher & Jason Walsh (appearance by Casey Shraeger)
Rating/Category: PG13/Gen
Prompt: Murder, She Wrote (tv)/Unusuals, The (tv), Jessica & Jason, Solving a mystery together
Spoilers: Takes place post-season eight of Murder, She Wrote and no particular time in The Unusuals. Very possibly post-series.
Summary: Jessica Fletcher runs into trouble when she takes a day to do some sightseeing in NYC.
Notes/Warnings: n/a
Read Fic @ AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65941696
Author: Spikedluv
Fandom: Murder, She Wrote (tv)/The Unusuals (tv)
Pairing/Characters: Jessica Fletcher & Jason Walsh (appearance by Casey Shraeger)
Rating/Category: PG13/Gen
Prompt: Murder, She Wrote (tv)/Unusuals, The (tv), Jessica & Jason, Solving a mystery together
Spoilers: Takes place post-season eight of Murder, She Wrote and no particular time in The Unusuals. Very possibly post-series.
Summary: Jessica Fletcher runs into trouble when she takes a day to do some sightseeing in NYC.
Notes/Warnings: n/a
Read Fic @ AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65941696
more voters needed
May. 27th, 2025 04:10 amluminousdaze posting in iconthatThere are many ties in the Challenge 194: Voting, please vote, if you'd like to, the poll will be open one more day.
Thank you in advance. 🌺🌞🍃🌈 🐼🌼
Thank you in advance. 🌺🌞🍃🌈 🐼🌼
Fanfic, Kirby: Right Back At Ya, Meta Knight & Kirby & Tiff & Tuff, a
May. 26th, 2025 08:41 pmtorchicwpip posting in smallfandomfestTitle: I see friends shaking hands, saying, “How do you do?” They’re really saying, “I love you”
Author: Welkamo
Fandom: Kirby Right Back At Ya
Pairing/Characters: Kirby & Meta Knight, Bun | Tuff & Fumu | Tiff & Kirby, Bun | Tuff & Fumu | Tiff & Meta Knight, Bun | Tuff & Fumu | Tiff & Kirby & Meta Knight
Rating/Category: General Audiences/Gen
Prompt: Kirby: Right Back At Ya | Hoshi no Kaabii (anime) Meta Knight & Kirby & Tiff & Tuff "Where did Kirby come from?"
Spoilers: Yes
Summary: Meta Knight thinks on what Kirby came from.
Notes/Warnings: No warnings I can think of. Lmk if there’s anything I should add. My fandom knowledge is a tad rusty, so also lmk if anything is OOC.
AO3 Link!
bring_me_sugar posting in smallfandomfestTitle: Devotional
Author: Missy
Fandom: Mama's Family (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Eunice Higgins and Ellen Harper-Jackson
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Mama's Family (tv), Ellen & Eunice, They'll never understand each other or maybe even like each other but at the end of the day they are sisters and that does mean something.
Spoilers: General series spoilers
Summary: Arguments (for once) lead to a solution in the Harper family.
Notes/Warnings: None!
@ AO3
Author: Missy
Fandom: Mama's Family (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Eunice Higgins and Ellen Harper-Jackson
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Mama's Family (tv), Ellen & Eunice, They'll never understand each other or maybe even like each other but at the end of the day they are sisters and that does mean something.
Spoilers: General series spoilers
Summary: Arguments (for once) lead to a solution in the Harper family.
Notes/Warnings: None!
@ AO3
bring_me_sugar posting in smallfandomfestTitle: Daddy's Dearest
Author: Missy
Fandom: Mama's Family (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Sonja and Vinton Harper
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Mama's Family (tv), Vinton & Sonja, Sonja is getting married, and Vinton isn't ready to let his little girl go just yet.
Spoilers: General series spoilers
Summary: Sonja is planning her wedding. Vinton tries to help - emphasis on 'tries.'
Notes/Warnings: None!
@ AO3
Author: Missy
Fandom: Mama's Family (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Sonja and Vinton Harper
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Mama's Family (tv), Vinton & Sonja, Sonja is getting married, and Vinton isn't ready to let his little girl go just yet.
Spoilers: General series spoilers
Summary: Sonja is planning her wedding. Vinton tries to help - emphasis on 'tries.'
Notes/Warnings: None!
@ AO3