branchandroot: face looking thoughtful (thoughtful)
Branch ([personal profile] branchandroot) wrote2019-11-29 04:09 pm
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For science

I feel a need to poll Guardian extended fandom about something.



When you look at this image from that hotel photo shoot, your first response is:

Zhu Yilong holding a strap

Poll #22994 Honestly...
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15


My first thought is...

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Hands, hngh.
5 (33.3%)

Oh hey, bondage.
2 (13.3%)

What's that flower-print thing behind him?
0 (0.0%)

Blue-screen, ask me later
6 (40.0%)

clicky!
7 (46.7%)



winter_blossom: (Rose blood)

[personal profile] winter_blossom 2019-11-29 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Can I say "none of the above"? ^_^ Because my first thought was, and I kid you not, "Why on earth is Zhu Yilong sitting in a closet while pulling a tie from the bar?" XD (It might not actually be a closet: just that my first impression was of one of those nooks with a sliding door they have in generic hotel rooms to hang up clothes)

But from the given options, I'd go with "hands." Because, yes, those hands are magnificent. Also, the faux-curious facial expression and the artfully-messy hair <3
winter_blossom: (Rose blood)

[personal profile] winter_blossom 2019-11-29 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Why on earth is Zhu Yilong sitting in a closet while pulling a tie from the bar?

And I just now realised that this sounds like the premise for a PWP O_o
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2019-11-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine is more like, "What (or who) is he looking at?" because, you know, there's an implied story in that pose and outfit and gaze. :D
glymr: Sleepy Zhu Yilong (sleepy)

[personal profile] glymr 2019-12-01 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! This! I keep thinking about this. Even when he's looking at the camera (and he's usually not) there's a barrier there. [personal profile] tinny posted a whole bunch of ZYL pics on their journal in response to some of my thoughts, in fact.

(There may, at some point, be fic about this concept. Just saying...)
mekare: Flower patterned Japanese paper (Default)

[personal profile] mekare 2019-12-01 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my reaction too!
dancing_serpent: (Actors - Zhu Yilong - blue water)

[personal profile] dancing_serpent 2019-11-29 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine was "is that some five o'clock shadow or just the light?". *g*
umadoshi: (Guardian Shen Wei 02)

[personal profile] umadoshi 2019-11-30 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
The whole "has to shave twice a day to stay on top of it" is HARSH, given how much time he has to spend in makeup. Poor lamb.
umadoshi: (Guardian Shen Wei 09)

[personal profile] umadoshi 2019-11-30 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
I honestly wonder why he hasn't taken to epilating or waxing his face, since it just sounds like such a hassle to be constantly shaving. It's not like he has Bai Yu's habit of switching up his facial hair status all the time.
krait: a sea snake (krait) swimming (Default)

[personal profile] krait 2019-11-30 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
My first thought was, "What is he holding?" At first glance it looked almost like someone's tie; the shape wasn't quite right, though, and it didn't line up with his own tie and there wasn't the parts of a figure where a figure should be if the tie was around someone else's neck, and frankly I still don't know what he's holding.
ranalore: Zhu Yilong leaning against an open doorway (leaning zhu yilong)

[personal profile] ranalore 2019-11-30 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
To be honest, my first thought was "Cheekbones!" The chiaroscuro lighting plays up his bone structure beautifully.
ranalore: Zhu Yilong sitting on a pier with ocean behind (zhu yilong pier)

[personal profile] ranalore 2019-11-30 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
You speak truth.
mekare: Flower patterned Japanese paper (Guardian Shen Wei smile)

[personal profile] mekare 2019-12-01 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I chose clicky, because I couldnā€˜t stop looking at his face and wondering who he was looking at or who he was hiding from.