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My latest Guardian fanworks

All fics: 1x drama, 2x novel, 1x RPF. :)

In Your Hands (1986 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, First Time, First Kiss, (In this order), Hand & Finger Kink, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Clothed Sex, Coming In Pants, Coming Untouched, Multiple Orgasms, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Episode: e007 Zhao Yunlan Pulls a 'Saving Damsel in Distress', Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, the blatant flirting goes (a bit? a lot?) further than in canon, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "I didn't expect you to have such skillful hands," Zhao Yunlan says, despite the obvious fact that he did. Of course he did — what else could he possibly have expected from Shen Wei's hands?

The List (200 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Humor, Implied Sexual Content, Shameless Zhao Yunlan, Established Relationship, Double Drabble
Summary: Shen Wei hands him a sheet of paper. "You need to stop distracting me at work."

Zhao Yunlan skims the page — bathroom, broom closet, cafeteria... "Because someone listed a lot of different rooms alphabetically?"

New Rules (300 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen San (Guardian), Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Board Games, Strip Games, Flirting, Banter, Fluff and Humor, Triple Drabble
Summary: Shen San and Wei accidentally invent strip Go.

Falling Into You (1277 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: First Time, Porn with Feelings, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Hand Jobs, Coming In Pants, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Clothed Sex, Tenderness, Love Confessions, Soft, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "Touch me the way you touch yourself."

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Round 72: Verb by Breyzy

01. listen	02. dance	03. hug	04. sing	05. scream

( The characters/fandoms and icon URLs are under this cut... )

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!event

Guardian Bonus Bingo September Prompts

A new month is upon us and that means it’s time for new bonus bingo prompts!

September (G) Prompts:

Hands | Midnight | Good Fortune

You only need to create for one of these prompts to earn a fill for this month, though you’re welcome to create more if you feel so inspired.

Are you new to the fest or have you missed some of the previous prompts? No worries! We love having new people join in and you can post any missed fills in our November grace period month.

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.)

Friendly Fest Reminders:

This is a low-stress fest. The point is to create fan works and have fun.
All modes of creation are accepted!
All ratings, all ships, rpf, Weilan derivatives, and even works based on other Priest novels are accepted. Please tag accordingly.
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

About/FAQ - Contains full fest info

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

If you @ our tumblr account, we’ll happily reblog your fill.

Let us know if you have any questions. We are so excited to see what you'll create in August!

Fest Prompt Master List:

June (B): Chase | Door Key | Respite

July (I): Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

August (N): Incoming Call | Free Space | Festival

September (G): Hands | Midnight | Good Fortune

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type: fanworks round-up

August fanworks round-up post!

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

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~ reminder post

more voters needed

Hi, just a reminder that this is the last day to vote in Challenge 196: Rainbow Pass-It-On 3 - Voting.
There are almost 100 great icons to choose from and as of now some colors are tied and a few are very close, so more voters would be great!
Thanks in advance.

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Guardian Readalong wrap-up

We've reached the end of our Guardian novel readalong, extras and all! A million thanks to everyone who participated in the discussions, and especially everyone who made and hosted posts. *twirls you all*

Of course all the previous posts are still open for comments, and you don't have to read the existing comments to jump into the discussion anywhere, at any time. So don't hesitate! But let's take this week to look back at our readalong:

Volume 1
prologue, chapters 1 & 2 | chapters 3 & 4 | chapters 5 & 6 | chapters 7 & 8 | chapters 9 & 10 | chapters 11 & 12 | chapters 13 & 14 | chapters 15 & 16 | chapters 17 & 18 | chapters 19 & 20 | chapters 21 & 22 | chapters 23 & 24 | chapters 25 & 26 | chapters 27 & 28

Volume 2
chapters 1 & 2 | chapters 3 & 4 | chapters 5 & 6 | chapters 7 & 8 | chapters 9 & 10 | chapters 11 & 12 | chapters 13 & 14 | chapters 15 & 16 | chapters 17 & 18 | chapter 19

Volume 3
chapters 1 & 2 | chapters 3 & 4 | chapters 5 & 6 | chapters 7 & 8 | chapters 9 & 10 | chapters 11 & 12 | chapters 13 & 14 | chapters 15 & 16 | chapters 17 & 18 | chapters 19 & 20 | chapters 21 & 22 | chapters 23 & 24 | chapter 25 & epilogue
Extras: Sage 1 & Sage 2 | The Mountain Spirit | Pocket Dimension

Questions:
Was this the first time you read the novel, or a reread? Did you read the official translation, the fan translation, or a Chinese version (which?) - and do you have any thoughts about the differences between versions? What do you like best about priest's writing?

What were your favourite moments or scenes? What are you most confused by? If you could change one thing about the novel or its worldbuilding, what would it be? What stands out as most different from the drama? Do you have different favourite side characters in the novel vs. the drama?

ETA: Which detail surprised you the most (either because you didn't know, or because you had forgotten)?

(As usual, these are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, or to talk about completely different things!)

(Also, sign-ups are open for the drama slo-mo rewatch and for Guardian Wishlist! Come and join the fun!)

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round 60 - tinny - august bingo

Nothing But You

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Ep. 14 Screencaps

And here we have 310 screencaps from Ep. 14, including a lot of gratuitous lollipop usage.

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Ficlet roundup: Guardian Bonus Bingo prompts for August

Guardian Bonus Bingo 2025 features another (3) prompts for August! And I managed to do all three.

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for August: "Incoming Call."
Title Volunteer
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Ye Huo
Word count: 1,077
Summary: Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng are present when a daycare center catches on fire.

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for August: "Festival."
Title The First Annual Freshman Festival of Science
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Lin Jing is the star! With guest appearances by Zhao Yunlan, Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Jiajia, Shen Wei, and minor OCs (students and a professor)
Word count: 1186
Summary: The science programs at DCU put on a festival to attract students. It's a really, really good thing Lin Jing was invited. What with all the threats of giant carnivorous glow-in-the-dark fruit flies.

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for August: "Free Square."
Title Free Space - This time I misremembered the prompt and decided to take my version literally. :-)
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: ChuGuoYeHuo
Word count: 443
Summary: After the zombie attack, Chu Shuzhi comes to a gradual realization about himself, Guo Changcheng, and Ye Huo. Very gradual, because, y'know, Chu Shuzhi and feelings. (Part
5 of Heart Fire.)

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Ep. 13 Screencaps

Soooo in my quest to eventually make icons I wound up doing my own screencaps, starting with Ep 13 just because that's where I was in my rewatch right now. Here's a downloadable zip file of 202 screencaps, because I'm not about to upload those individually, LOL. I was largely on my ChuGuo agenda but I tried to get a bit of everyone!

Previews:

I didn't clean them up at all, but they're still pretty decent and now they exist.

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!event

Guardian Wishlist 2025 sign-ups are open!

A gifting fest for Guardian and related fandoms: guardian-wishlist.dreamwidth.org

Sign-ups are open for Guardian Wishlist 2025!

The first wishlists go live and gifting starts on 5 September. Sign-ups close 15 September. Gifts will be revealed on 6 October (Reunion Festival).

Please check this year's rules/FAQ post before you sign-up.

And please help spread the word! Promo graphics and text can be found here.

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reminder,
round: 60

Round 60: Magic user-Last reminder!

Hello, all! There are 2 days remaining for Round 60:August Bingo to end on 30th August,2025. If an extension is needed, please let me know below in the comments. Go here for the details on this round.

Participants that need to enter their sets:
1.tinny
2.abyss_valkyrie

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Round 60: August Bingo by littlemissnovella

Here's my entry:

More seen here @

lullabycharmed

Current Mood: cheerful

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round 72: verb

Kite Man : Hell Yeah! , Invincible , Nimona X2 , Castlevania : Nocturne

( URLs )

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Picspam and poll: The Envoy's robes, and Wu Tian'en's 500 (drama)

Shen Wei transforming into the Envoy, part 1.

( More pics. )

Poll #33541 Robes and cash

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

View Respondents

Where do Shen Wei’s robes go when he dematerialises them?

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a pocket dimension
4 (25.0%)

his literal pocket (they're filmy and fold up small)
0 (0.0%)

a drycleaner in Dixing
1 (6.2%)

a drycleaner in Haixing
0 (0.0%)

his Haixing wardrobe/closet
1 (6.2%)

they dissipate back into dark energy (ie, they aren't physical objects)
13 (81.2%)

they disguise themselves as Shen Wei's wristwatch
1 (6.2%)

other
2 (12.5%)

When Shen Wei summons his robes, does he change his undergarments too?

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no, that's why his vest is black even though he routinely wears pale shirts
9 (56.2%)

yes, everything goes
6 (37.5%)

other
1 (6.2%)

In ep 17, Zhao Yunlan borrows 500 from Wu Tian'en to pay Ding Dun. Why is Wu Tian'en carrying so much cash?

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to pay rent
1 (6.7%)

to pay his bar tab
1 (6.7%)

the bar has an illegal pai gow den (hence the masks)
5 (33.3%)

obligatory protection money
5 (33.3%)

a birthday gift for his son
1 (6.7%)

a little light bribe (for light)
5 (33.3%)

other
4 (26.7%)

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My latest Guardian fanworks

All Weilan(ish): 2 novel fics, 1 drama fic, 1 drama drawing. :)

All Things Warm (200 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Bloodplay, Blood Drinking, Scratching, Enthusiastic Consent, Tenderness, cntw because it is blood but it's not violence, Established Relationship, Shen Wei Needs A Hug (Guardian), Double Drabble
Summary: "I could just— Not stop."

In Bloom (228 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Shen San (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Bittersweet, Fluff and Angst, Implied/Referenced Sex
Summary: Wei looks up at the branches and sees himself and Kunlun under a completely different tree — infinitely larger, completely bare, growing in the darkness that is the King of the Gui's real home. That used to be his home until Kunlun gave him this.

Tell Me I'm a Problem (250 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Episode: e008 Zhao Yunlan Fails at Impressing Shen Wei, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, the congee morning but Da Qing didn't come and Shen Wei didn't leave, Frottage, Non-Explicit Sex, First Time, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan
Summary: Zhao Yunlan should know better than try to talk nonsense when Shen Wei is moving against him like this, effortlessly undoing him, but he can't resist.

Taste by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Fingers in Mouth, Comeplay, Come Eating, Hand & Finger Kink, this is Shen Wei's hand obviously, No Nudity, Explicit Sexual Content, (simultaneously), Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 2 of Giving Zhao Yunlan more things to put in his mouth
Summary: Shen Wei putting more things in Zhao Yunlan's mouth.

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(no subject)

Just joined the fandom and community, and wanted to share what i spent today working on! I plan on messing around with the hands more and inking it properly still, but I like how it's coming along!

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Round 72: Verb-Information!

Verb: a word or phrase that describes an action, condition or experience. The words: run, feel & keep etc. are all verbs.
A fairly simple challenge this time, your icons should show some kind of action.

Below you can see examples of hug, eat, kick, jump/dance & run/move.

benchable

thesleepingbeauty

crapnahalficons

javert

abyss_valkyrie
Rules & Guidelines:

You can submit up to 5 icons. Please, post the URLs of your icons along with the icons.
Icons must not exceed 60 kb for DW and must be 100 px X 100 px.
Animaton is allowed.
Submit your icons as a separate post to the community.
Your subject should be as round 72: verb by username.
Tag your post with username and round number.
The deadline is 8th September, 2025.

Current Mood: impressed

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Challenge 196: Rainbow Pass-It-On 3 - Voting

Rainbow Pass-It-On 3 - Voting [Now Closed]
Thank you very much to all the participants, there are almost a hundred great entries!
Voter Guide:
Anyone is welcome to vote.
Please, don't vote for your own icons or ask others to vote for your icons.
Please try to vote for the best quality icons, not only based on the subjects, fandoms or creators.
Important:
Please choose THREE (3) icons from each color group.
Each color has it's own checkbox poll below the icons.
Please remember to vote in all seven polls.
There will be 2 to 3 winners per color.
Voting will be open for one week.

( Over the rainbow.... )

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Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Bonus Story: Pocket Dimension

Hi, and welcome to the last installment of the Guardian novel readalong!

Here is last week's post about the Shen San extra, and you can find all previous discussions in the schedule posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), or via the !readalong tag.

In this week's extra, Pocket Dimension: Zhao Yunlan shows Shen Wei how to send red envelopes from his new phone, and Shen Wei sends bonuses to the SID team until he runs out of money. Everyone wants to work for the SID under Kunlun-jun, so Shen Wei has devised personalised applications. Mysteriously, more than twice as many applications have been returned as were sent out. Zhu Hong's Fourth Uncle disappears while visiting the South Sea Water Tribe, and Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei go to investigate. They get caught in a vortex full of bubble AUs, each with a connection point to the real world. Zhao Yunlan escapes from eighty-one pocket dimensions and reunites with Shen Wei, who seems traumatised. Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei take a seaside vacation. Shen Wei thinks swimming trunks are inelegant.

Excerpts:

( 1) Shen Wei is possibly even worse at managing money than Zhao Yunlan is )

( 2) Shen Wei gives away all his money as SID bonuses )

( 3) Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan become trapped in bubbles )

( 4) What are the bubbles? )

( 5) Zhao Yunlan enjoys some virtual reality alernate lives with his boo )

Questions:
Did you enjoy this extra? What's your favourite thing about it? Do you have questions about what's happened in the six years between the epilogue and now? On a scale of one to ten, how terrible is Zhao Yunlan's dad? When Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan portal to the South Sea, who does the portalling: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, or both separately? We know Fourth Uncle is still alive, but what happened to him? Do you think the question of the duplicate applications was satisfactorily answered? How do you feel about the bubble AUs?

(As usual, these are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the readalong!)

Finally, I just want to thank everyone who's been part of this readalong, either by hosting, commenting, or reading along! It's been such a pleasure sharing this with you all for the last nearly-ten months. And super special extra thanks to

trobadora for being an awesome co-mod! <3 <3 <3