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Another batch! 373 screencaps from episode 15! I try to look out for all of the perverts (affectionate) so in this collection we have hand pics, feet pics, lollipop pics, and of course, this:

As well as regular shots of all our babies!

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Preludes and Endings (Arr. for Piano) (1854 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pluto (Anime)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Paul Duncan/North no. 2
Characters: Paul Duncan (Pluto), North No. 2 (Pluto)
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Canonical Character Death, Angst, First Kiss, Robot/Human Relationships
Summary:

Paul Duncan uses the time they have to reach out for North no. 2's hands.

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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 our second instalment of the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Join us to watch half an episode a week (at your leisure) 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 1, from 22:28

Summary: Guo Changcheng is having a day! After being dangled from a window and falling, now he fails at tailing Shen Wei and Li Qian, takes a lost grandma home, and promptly runs into a shadowy attacker! But action hero Chu Shuzhi comes to the rescue. Shen Wei studies Zhao Yunlan's file, and we get our first YOHE flashback. Zhao Yunlan, who has concluded the attacker mistook Lu Ruomei for Li Qian, tails Li Qian and has another intense encounter with Professor Shen. The Shadow Man attacks Li Qian at the university, but Shen Wei protects her - until he's thrown off the roof, just as the SID arrives. The team meets the Black-Cloaked Envoy for the first time.

Shen Wei protecting Li Qian on the rooftop

Quote:

Zhao Yunlan: "Tell you the truth, I really don't know why, but from the moment I saw you, I've had this feeling like we've known each other a long time."

Shen Wei: "Who knows, maybe we really have met before."

Detail:

One of my favourite details in this half of the episode is the Envoy's very dramatic arrival on the rooftop - storm clouds and lightning and time stoppage and all. The best part about this is something a first-time viewer can't know - that this is clearly a choice on Shen Wei's part. He's looking to make an impression, hee! :D

Questions:

What's your favourite moment or line in this half of the episode? Anything you noticed that you'd completely forgotten about, or never noticed before? How literally do you take Shen Wei's "I've searched for you for 10,000 years"? What do you think Zhao Yunlan is thinking when Shen Wei just gives away that he knows about Dixingren? If you were on that rooftop when the Envoy took the Shadow Man away, would you speak up like Xiao-Guo? And if you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how this compares?

(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!)

And here is our schedule - please do sign up to host a post if you can!

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Thanks so much to everyone who's promoted

guardian_wishlist around Dreamwidth and on other sites! We really appreciate it! ♥

It's three days until sign-ups close, so now's the time for a final promo push. If you're willing to help out, there's a three-day reminder on tumblr, and our promo post with graphics and text, as well as links to our general tumblr promo post and a Carrd for your convenience, or feel free to write/make your own. Help us get the word out!

(For posts on other publicly viewable platforms, we'd love it if you'd drop a link in the comments here so people can reblog or retweet.)

Meanwhile, 14 wishlists are live and receiving gifts on

guardian_wishlist!

Requests cover a wide range of media and Guardian-related fandoms. There are no assignments, and you don't have to be signed up to participate in gift-giving. Anyone can write or make gifts for any sign-up, right up to reveals on 6 October (Reunion Festival).

All gifts must be hidden from public view until reveals. Post or link gifts in comments on the recipient's wishlist. (Comments are screened.) Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. You don't need a Dreamwidth or AO3 account to gift.

And remember, sign-ups are open until 15 September! Come and join in!

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Kodansha is teaming up with Humble Bundle once again to bring you the Fall In Love With Shoujo collection!

This collection includes:

Shugo Chara!, volumes 1 thru 12

Shugo Chara Chan!, volumes 1 thru 4

Peach Girl, volumes 1 thru 18

Mars, volumes 1 thru 15

Say I Love You volumes 1 thru 18

A Condition Called Love, volumes 1 thru 16

You can get the entire bundle of manga for only $30 USD. That said, you can also get the first volume of each series for only $1 USD! All items are available as ePub and PDF.

This bundle supports Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which has helped bookstore and comic book store employees and owners who encounter unexpected financial crises. The Binc Foundation works to keep book people in their homes, in their jobs, and with their families – stabilizing the brick and mortar bookstore community. With some bundles, you can pick which charity you want your donation to go to, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this one. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the Humble Bundle page, you can also find an area where you can adjust how much of your purchase goes to which organization (the charity, the publisher, and Humble Bundle, respectively), with a minimum mandatory amount to Humble Bundle as the host.

With most manga ebook volumes costing around $7 USD (sometimes fifty cents less, sometimes a few dollars more), you only need to be interested in five of the volumes available in the complete bundle to justify the cost—and the total bundle has 83 volumes! That's just over thirty-six cents per tankoubon.

You can find out more information about the various series at the Humble Bundle link. Definitely worth checking out if even one of the titles catches your interest, IMO.

This bundle will close in about three weeks.

Edit: Everything except "A Condition Called Love" is a complete series and is included in its entirety. "A Condition Called Love" is still ongoing, and, at this point in time, has another volume available from Kodansha.

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Poll #33601 Caught out

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

View Respondents

In episode 1, when Zhao Yunlan first spots Shen Wei, why does he recoil inside, grimacing? (check all that apply)

View Answers

Shen Wei is staring so intensely
4 (26.7%)

Shen Wei looks extraordinarily respectable
2 (13.3%)

Shen Wei looks like the kind of person who might judge one harshly
5 (33.3%)

Zhao Yunlan was dangling an employee out the window
11 (73.3%)

Zhao Yunlan dropped an employee out the window
12 (80.0%)

Zhao Yunlan has issues with authority figures
2 (13.3%)

the SID is supposed to be a covert organisation, and they're causing a scene
9 (60.0%)

other
2 (13.3%)

Shen Wei has a landline in his apartment. What is his policy with regard to phone phishing?

View Answers

he never answers; he has the Dixing power of call screening
2 (13.3%)

smiting the phishers through the phonelines, for the public good
0 (0.0%)

polite bewilderment
5 (33.3%)

fake polite bewilderment and amenability, to the point where *they* hang up on *him*
8 (53.3%)

gently but inexorably bringing the conversation around to the subject of bears
8 (53.3%)

other
1 (6.7%)

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Seems one of my top favorites has gotten its third season. Crunchyroll unveiled the trailer a day ago and was wise not revealing much in terms of spoiling it the context. I can't wait to watch it all when I can see it.

Here's the link for said trailer

Spy X Family season 3 trailer

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Pet Shop Boys- So Hard

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

14 wishlists are live and receiving gifts on

guardian_wishlist, including 2 new ones! :D :D :D

Wishlists are tagged for fandoms and media (previous years' tags are labelled with their respective years, so check the plain fandom and media tags at the bottom for this year's wishlists), and there's a spreadsheet for your convenience, which we'll update as more wishlists go live.

As well as fic, art, vids and podfic, there are requests for icons, meta, picspam, recs and resources in a variety of Guardian-related fandoms. Please take a look and see if there are any prompts you'd like to fill! There are no assignments, and you don't have to be signed up to participate in gift-giving. Anyone can write or make gifts for any sign-up, right up to reveals on 6 October (Reunion Festival).

All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. You don't need a Dreamwidth or AO3 account. Posting gifts to AO3 is entirely optional; if you want to, the AO3 collection is here.

And remember, sign-ups are still open - you can submit your own wishlist until 15 September. The sooner you sign up, the more time people have to make fills for your prompts!

Come and join in! The more, the merrier!

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kakkoi posting in

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hello! i've been working on layout for a bit, and while i've got most things i want done the way i want it, i'm having issues with the way a poster is displayed on the read page

~~ignore the padding, i'll be fixing that~~, but is there any way to get the "posting in" to not display on the reading page, and have it just show the entry poster and the community?

using tabula rasa - plain, and this is the current base layout and the code regarding posters and user pics looks like this

facethestrange posting in

sid_guardian

I was collecting references for a drawing, and I ended up finding all 7 cast pictures from the pre-filming ceremony in HQ or nearly HQ (the smallest one is the group one). At least I think that's all of them - if there are more, I would love to know. :D

( under the cut )

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Hello! I am a new DW member and in the process of transferring my blog over.

I'm playing around with the Buttercup Summer theme and happy with everything I can modify, except one thing. This layout has the navlinks in the sidebar, which is great, but the text overlaps the icons in the profile module slightly.

Screenshot of my empty DW page with slightly wonky sidebar

Screenshot of my empty DW page with slightly wonky sidebar

Looking at the source for my page, I *think* this because the navlinks module doesn't have a H2 header. If I wanted to add a H2 to the navlinks module (like the text highlighted below), how do I do that? I've tried the 'Use embed CSS' box on the Custom CSS page but I don't think that's the right approach (and it doesn't work).

Screenshot of CSS

Wait, I think this is because the S2 base layer has the code:

# Modules without titles: navlinks, time, poweredby

Do I need to made a custom S2 and remove navlinks from the 'Modules without titles' section? Is there an easier way to get my sidebar to look pretty and not have overlapping text?

Current Music: Einaudi: Ancora

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

Hi, and welcome to the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Join us to watch half an episode a week (at your leisure) and then come and chat about it here in comments. If you already know the drama, of course you can jump in without rewatching if you prefer!

Episode 1, up to 22:28

Summary
The prologue explains Haixing's history. Professor Shen Wei presents a public lecture and turns down a job offer. Guo Changcheng reports to the SID in the middle of the night, where Zhao Yunlan is outrageous and the rest of the team scares Changcheng into fainting. Twice. An unseen threat chases Li Qian through the night. Zhao Yunlan investigates a murder at the university, where he and Da Qing dangle Guo Changcheng out a window while they discuss the case. Guo Changcheng's cries draw Shen Wei's attention. Cat!Da Qing gets strokes. Shen Wei is very intense, and Zhao Yunlan notices. Afterwards, Zhao Yunlan interrogates Li Qian about the murder; Shen Wei comes to pick her up for class and further arouses Zhao Yunlan's suspicions in the process. Zhao Yunlan sends Guo Changcheng to tail Shen Wei.

Shen Wei staring up in shock. (His first sight of Zhao Yunlan.)

Shen Wei staring up in shock. (His first sight of Zhao Yunlan.)

Quote
ZYL: By the way, I'm Zhao. I'm handling this case. What's your name, sir?
SW: No "sir". I'm Shen. Shen Wei. I teach here.
ZYL: Shen Wei? A good name.

Detail
I love the contrast between:

Zhao Yunlan: Damn Fatty.
Li Qian: What a fat black cat!
Guo Changcheng: It can speak?! *faints*
Shen Wei: *strokes* This is a very intelligent cat.

:D :D :D

Questions
Do you have any thoughts or feelings about the prologue? What was your first impression of Shen Wei -- good guy or bad guy? First impression of Zhao Yunlan -- would you trust him? Do you empathise with Guo Changcheng's fear? (If someone turned into a cat in front of you, would you be terrified, delighted, or both?) When Guo Changcheng falls from the window, is he unhurt or does Shen Wei surreptitiously heal his ankle? From Zhao Yunlan's POV, what is the most suspicious thing about Shen Wei at this point?

Do you have a favourite scene or quote? If you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how the drama adaptation starts? The absolute perfection of the casting? :D :D :D Anything else?

(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!)

And here is our schedule, where you can sign up to host a post!

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Hi! 12 wishlists are now live and ready for gifts on

guardian_wishlist! :D :D :D Come and check them out!

Wishlists are tagged for fandoms and media. Previous years' tags are labelled with their respective years, so check the plain fandom and media tags at the bottom for this year's wishlists.

We've also put together a spreadsheet for your convenience, and we'll be updating it as more wishlists go live.

All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. Comments are screened until reveals. The AO3 collection is also open for posting.

And remember, sign-ups are open until 15 September. The sooner you sign up, the more time people have to make fills for your prompts!

Come and join in! The more, the merrier!

Rules/FAQ/schedule | Sign-up post | AO3 collection | Fandom and media tags | Spreadsheet | Promo text and graphics

fennectik posting in

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Only two more episodes of this thrilling anime. I remember watching the OVA from the 80s after my first experience with it from the Capcom arcade U.N. Squadron which was later ported to the SNES.

I like the mix of dogfights and drama the anime incorporates. Not sure how it will end but I at least be happy that I've finished the 2000s version when I do.

I also dig its opening them Mission(Fugga), I feel that it sets the tone highly well.

Below a screencap of my favorite character who's also my favorite to choose in the videogame adaptation, Mickey Simon, who flies the ever awesome F-14 Tomcat.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Harold Faltermeyer- Axel F

china_shop posting in

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Poll #33569 Violins, weddings, blackmail, and tourism

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

View Respondents

In ep 13, why is Zhao Yunlan playing the violin when Shen Wei arrives at the acoustic lab?

View Answers

he's killing time, waiting for Shen Wei to show up, and the violin was right there
3 (23.1%)

he's enjoying the lab's acoustics
3 (23.1%)

it adds flair to the dramatic reveal/accusation
6 (46.2%)

he's playing a specific/meaningful piece of music that he expects Shen Wei to recognise
0 (0.0%)

he's playing random notes
1 (7.7%)

the violin is a Sherlock Holmes reference
5 (38.5%)

let's not mention his technique :-)
7 (53.8%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Was Shen Wei an official guest at the Li–Huang wedding?

View Answers

yes, he’s one of Dragon City’s most eligible bachelors! he arrived late to avoid the inevitable matchmaking conversations with hopeful parents
3 (27.3%)

yes, he was late for other reasons
0 (0.0%)

yes, the bride is his former student
1 (9.1%)

no, he was drawn by the presence of the Hallows/a disturbance in the Force, and power-changed from Envoy robes to appropriate wedding attire just before entering the scene
4 (36.4%)

Shen Wei is always dressed for a wedding
6 (54.5%)

other
1 (9.1%)

When Zhao Yunlan tells Lin Jing to hack Cong Bo’s computer and delete all the files, what does Zhao Yunlan say (given he can't reveal Shen Wei's secret)?

View Answers

“Cong Bo is blackmailing the SID with unspecified blackmail-worthy evidence. Don’t ask any questions or I’ll deduct your bonuses for the rest of the year!”
4 (30.8%)

“Cong Bo is a grade-A troublemaker! Wipe his hard drive so I can recruit him as a consultant. (Don’t argue, this makes perfect sense.)”
1 (7.7%)

“Delete Cong Bo’s files, no questions asked, and I’ll get you a mass spectrometer or whatever it is you’ve been asking for.”
7 (53.8%)

“Cong Bo has a sex tape of me and Shen Wei. I need you to delete it. If you look at it, you’re fired.”
1 (7.7%)

other
1 (7.7%)

The Dragon City Tourist Board’s next slogan should be

View Answers

Dragon City – Enjoy the City
3 (23.1%)

Dragon City – Interdimensional portals are actually quite rare!
2 (15.4%)

Dragon City – Come for the stinky tofu, stay for the supernatural shenanigans
2 (15.4%)

Dragon City – Only the locals get murdered!
3 (23.1%)

Dragon City – Home of Haixing’s Hottest Cops
4 (30.8%)

Dragon City – It’s science!
5 (38.5%)

other
2 (15.4%)

stepnix posting in

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Re-sharing an old Cohost post here while I get ready to rehost it on my Neocities. Hope you enjoy!
( Read more... )

Current Mood: energetic

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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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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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Per the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.

There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.

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Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: July Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Highlight for Warnings: *some implied death/violence but nothing graphic. all are unfinished sketches so clothes might not all be there. *
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.

started a 50 sentence challenge toward the end of the month with a sketch for each sentance

( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )

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