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An epilogue of sorts

Congratulations!! (829 words) by VeetVoojagig
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Characters: Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Lin Jing (Guardian), Zhu Hong (Guardian), Wang Zheng (Guardian), Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian)
Additional Tags: self indulgent nonsense, (the best kind), someone brought cake, Protective Chu Shuzhi, oblivious guo changcheng, someone lost the office pool and might have been a little salty
Series: Part 2 of Chu-ge is done with this bullshit
Summary:

He prowled over like a tiger on the hunt, lithe and deadly. Not that any particular skill was needed to see the cake set on the top of the desk.

Sooooo I had this idea and it wouldn't let me go...

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One week till Guardian Wishlist reveals!!

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

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One week till Guardian Wishlist reveals!!

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Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 2, part 2

Zhao Yunlan sprawled on a couch, grinning at his phone. The background shows a purple sky with stars. Text reads, "Slo-Mo Rewatch. Guardian - half an episode per week @ sid_guardian.dreamwidth.org"

Hi, welcome to this week's instalment of the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Watch half an episode a week, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!

Here is last week's half-episode. On to the second half!

Episode 2, from 22:11

Summary: Zhao Yunlan puts some puzzle pieces together and confronts Li Qian, accusing her of killing her grandma. She doesn't deny it. Gao Tianyu intercepts Zhao Yunlan's car, drags Li Qian out of it and attacks her. Li Qian's grandma's spirit comes out of the Sundial to protect her (and to scold her for admitting to what she didn't do). The Envoy takes Gao Tianyu away. Zhao Yunlan and Professor Shen have a moment at Li Yufen's grave. At the SID, Zhao Yunlan summons the Envoy, and they talk about the Sundial. Chu Shuzhi meets up with the Envoy and draws some parallels between him and Zhao Yunlan. Meanwhile Zhu Jiu plans his next move.

Quote:

Li Qian: When someone you cherish is dying in front of your eyes, what would be the main thought in your mind?"
Shen Wei: "I'm willing to exchange my life for his."

(Yes, I know this is iconic and maybe doesn't need quoting again, but it gets me every time!)

Detail:

One of my favourite details that I only noticed during the last rewatch: Shen Wei interfering with Gao Tianyu's attack on Li Qian from inside the car! There's a moment when it cuts to Shen Wei very conspicuously and intently narrowing his eyes - and then suddenly there's a brief blue shield effect flash, Gao Tianyu's hold on Li Qian breaks, and he's thrown back.

Questions:

What's your favourite moment in this half-episode? How much are you feeling for Li Qian? Do you think Zhao Yunlan had sufficient reason to accuse her of murder? Any thoughts about how this compares to the novel? Which of the many things Li Qian says on the rooftop resonates the most with Shen Wei? What does Zhao Yunlan think about the Envoy at this time?

(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 rewatch to join in!)

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f: kamen rider gotchard

Kamen Rider Gotchard, Lachesis/Shiori, Desperation At The Altar

Title: Desperation At The Altar
Fandom: Kamen Rider Gotchard
Relationships: Lachesis/Shiori
Medium: Fic
Warnings: Smut
A/N: Done for

femslashfete, prompt was Insipid.

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Word of Honor Bookmark

Fandom: Word of Honor (TV 2021)
Characters: Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu

A plain and text version of a bookmark I created for a challenge. Click on image for 300x800 size.

HERE

Word of Honor - WenZhou Bookmark by Tarlan

Word of Honor - WenZhou Bookmark - WITH TEXT by Tarlan

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Be Her Resilience (以她之韧): Now Airing

Republican Era drama Be Her Resilience (以她之韧, pinyin: yi ta zhi ren) started airing on 10 September. As of the time of writing, all episodes (24 in total, each approximately 15 minutes long) are available on iQiyi international, with MTL subtitles (I spotted a couple of objective mistranslations already in the time it took me to turn them off) and with the first five episodes being free-to-view. The show page can be viewed here on iQiyi.

The synopsis on iQiyi international refers to the two main characters as 'sisters', but this doesn't give the full picture. While they're very technically adopted sisters, they IMO do not relate to each other as sisters at all, plus the official adoption takes place during a time one of them is temporarily missing, and they are separated as children and reunite as adults. Of course, that's my interpretation and YMMV, obviously.

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Challenge #067: Jocular

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Roundup: Insipid

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weekly chat

Weekly Chat

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Kamen Rider Gotchard Fic: Desperation At The Altar

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Pokemon Fic: Welcome Back to Planet Earth

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Poll: The Sundial and the Box (drama)

Changcheng nervously holding the mysterious box.

The Longevity Dial's computer schematics.

Zhao Yunlan pointing at Shen Wei, but laughing off to the side.

Poll #33654 Episodes 1 & 2

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

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What is the deal with the little metal box in Li Qian's grandmother's couch cushions?

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the Shadow Man was hiding in it??
4 (30.8%)

it's a portal to Dixing
0 (0.0%)

the Shadow Man just happened to be lurking at Li Qian's house, looking for the Sundial, and sprang out the moment Changcheng opened the box
0 (0.0%)

Li Yufen used to keep the Sundial in the box, and it still smells of Hallow
8 (61.5%)

the Shadow Man recognised it as Hallow-adjacent, and that's why he pounced
5 (38.5%)

it smells of weed, and that's why the Shadow Man pounced
1 (7.7%)

it's an ancient artefact made of leftover meteorite
2 (15.4%)

it's just an ordinary cute little box, and the Shadow Man collects them
1 (7.7%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Where did Li Qian’s grandmother get the Longevity Dial?

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she had an affair with a Yashouren who took her to the Yashou Market, where she picked it up at a charms & jewelry stall (she has an interesting past)
3 (23.1%)

she had an affair with a Dixingren who gave it to her as a token of their star-crossed love (she has a tragic past)
1 (7.7%)

she found it while burying a body in her garden (she has a dark past)
1 (7.7%)

she found it while hiking in the mountains, near where the Mountain-River Awl was found (she has an outdoorsy past)
7 (53.8%)

other
4 (30.8%)

When the SID sees Li Qian wearing the Longevity Dial, Lin Jing brings up a 3D model of the Dial on his computer. Where did the computer model come from?

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free with Windows 10
1 (7.7%)

bundled with a particular flavour of Linux
4 (30.8%)

the Hallows don't want to be forgotten, so they send periodic reminders across space and time – like Netflix!
5 (38.5%)

a mysterious source (Shen Wei) provided detailed schematics on paper, and Lin Jing digitised them
6 (46.2%)

a mysterious source (Zhang Shi) created the computer models from memory
5 (38.5%)

other
0 (0.0%)

How do you solve a problem like Zhao Yunlan?

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How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
4 (33.3%)

How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
4 (33.3%)

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
6 (50.0%)

other
5 (41.7%)