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Poll: Running through Dragon City (drama)

Zhao Yunlan runs around a corner in Dragon City, at night.

( A couple more pics. )

Poll #33468 Winded

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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Why does Zhao Yunlan get winded running through Dragon City in episode 20?

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he's out of shape (he only went jogging that one time)
2 (22.2%)

he hasn't recovered from his earlier visions / energy corruption
5 (55.6%)

he's running at top speed
5 (55.6%)

it's just a really long way
4 (44.4%)

he didn't warm up first
0 (0.0%)

other
1 (11.1%)

When you first saw the flashbacks in the first few episodes, what did you think?

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reincarnation
3 (33.3%)

time travel
1 (11.1%)

amnesiac immortals
3 (33.3%)

robot doppelgangers
0 (0.0%)

other
2 (22.2%)

I was already spoiled
2 (22.2%)

I was misleadingly "spoiled".
1 (11.1%)

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Pinch hits at Casefic Exchange!

caseficexchange is looking for pinch hitters to fulfil requests that include anime and manga fandoms.

About the event: Casefic Exchange is a fanwork exchange focusing on investigations. These can be solving murders, retrieving stolen items, finding missing people, missions, and mysteries. As long as it has an investigation as its core theme, it fits with the exchange. We are an AO3 exchange; you must have an account and be 18+ to participate.

Minimum requirements: We allow three mediums: a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction, a minimum of 10 panels for a comic, or a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags. Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested.

Event link:

caseficexchange.
Pinch hit link: Current pinch hits.
Due date: Friday 22 August at 11:59pm EDT.

Available post-deadline pinch hits:

PH 13 (comic, fic) - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?!, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime) [ includes canon consumption tips]

Thank you for considering!

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Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapter 25 & Epilogue

Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong!

Here are last week's chapters, and you can find all previous discussions in the schedule posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 25: Zhu Hong and Fourth Uncle follow the branch of the Divine Tree down to the Great Seal. The branch plants itself, and it and the Ancient Merit Tree quickly grow upwards, all the way to the Mortal Realm. Aboveground, Zhao Yunlan has become Kunlun-jun, and Shennong's Mortar bows to him and says his work here is done. Zhao Yunlan/Kunlun is calm and says "I know" a lot; he meditates beneath the Soul-Guarding Lamp. On the mountain above the resort, the captured souls spill out and save Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi from falling. Changcheng is engulfed in spiritual flame and starts reciting the Soul-Guarding Order. Shen Wei emerges, ensouled, from the Lamp, and Kunlun catches him and kisses his brow. Kunlun explains Changcheng is the reincarnated wick. The massive, quickly growing tree waters and replenishes the earth.
Epilogue: Zhao Yunlan is working in his office, in an utterly foul mood. The various SID members come in to gawk at him, and he bites all their heads off. The gui have souls now, but have disappeared, but also, they're everywhere? Zhao Yunlan is staying in a hotel. Shen Wei arrives and apologises for the mind-wipe, but Zhao Yunlan passive-aggressively pretends not to know him. Changcheng reveals that Zhao Yunlan never left Shen Wei's hospital bedside. Finally, Shen Wei kneels, Zhao Yunlan sits next to him, and they make up.

The corresponding chapters:
* official translation vol. 3 chapter 25 = fan translation chapter 106
* official translation epilogue = fan translation Extra 1

Excerpts:

( 1) Zhao Yunlan becomes Kunlun-jun )

( 2) The collected souls save Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi )

( 3) Zhao Yunlan 'explains' the fate of the gui )

( 4) Guo Changcheng is literally Zhao Yunlan's better half )

( 5) Shen Wei kneels, and Zhao Yunlan caves )

Questions:
Did you enjoy the ending? What was your favourite part? Least favourite? Do you think Zhao Yunlan's anger is justified? Do you understand what happened to the gui? On a scale of 1 to 10, how much therapy does Shen Wei need? What imagery did you enjoy the most? What are you still most confused about? And do you have any thoughts about how moments in these chapters affected or were remixed in the drama adaptation?

(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!)

Our schedule for this round -- there are still two slots open, if you want to sign up to host a post!

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!event

Guardian Bonus Bingo August Prompts

Hello Wonderful Guardian Bonus Bingo Participants!

With August starting, it’s time for new prompts.

August (N) Prompts:

Incoming Call | Free Square | Festival

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

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A month of Kidd Pirates [One Piece] Sketches - July

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. this is my first time sharing here - i hope this is okay?
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.

( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )

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type: fanworks round-up

July fanworks round-up post!

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

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Poll: Inter-realm transport options (drama)

Poll #33446 Inter-realm transport options

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

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How do random Dixingren end up in Haixing?

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there's a black market in tokens allowing travel through the Dragon Gate
9 (69.2%)

there's a third Gate (which may or may not piggyback off the Dragon Gate)
6 (46.2%)

Ye Zun acquired a power to jury-rig a temporary Gate
4 (30.8%)

someone has a really strong portal power
3 (23.1%)

a prisoner on a hundred-year sentence dug an extremely long escape tunnel from their prison cell... upward
0 (0.0%)

thanks to an ambitious former Dijun's infrastructure programme, there's a mostly forgotten pulley system / elevator
0 (0.0%)

an inventor built an illegal teleportation device
2 (15.4%)

the original starship still exists, far outside the city, and it has a beam-me-up transporter and juuust enough warp core left to power it
3 (23.1%)

native Dixing megafauna instinctively tunnel in upward spirals, and one or two of them just kept tunnelling (and then some enterprising/desperate young soul painstakingly carved in a staircase)
4 (30.8%)

other
2 (15.4%)

Does Lao Chu own any items of clothing that aren’t black or dark blue?

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one Hawaiian shirt that he liked the look of at the time but never wears
2 (15.4%)

other (please specify in comments)
2 (15.4%)

no
9 (69.2%)

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Peacock Pride [Arbitro/Akira; R]

Title: Peacock Pride
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks to

zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

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char: nie mingjue

Da-ge Lives prompt meme

This is a prompt fest for Da-ge's birthday, January 1. In honor of that, he should live. So share all your prompts for Da-ge living.

FAQ:

1. Any and all types of fic are allowed given that they are tagged and rated properly (AND Nie Mingjue lives).
2. Nie Mingjue must be the main character. He does not need to be the POV character.
3. Fierce corpses count if they're sentient.
4. Art and fic are allowed.

Rules:

1. Nie Mingjue survives.
2. Art and fic are allowed.
3. No AI.
4. No character bashing.
5. All works are due by Dec 31, 2025 and will be revealed on Jan 1, 2026.

AO3 Prompt Meme Link

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My latest Guardian fanworks

All drawings this time (because all fics I've written recently have been for not-yet-revealed events, hah). 2 novel Weilan, 1 Ye Zun, 1 RPF/Weilan derivative-ish. :)

Consume by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Blood Drinking, Blood Kink, Biting, Scratching, Enthusiastic Consent, Long-Haired Shen Wei (Guardian), cntw because it is blood but it's not violence, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Zhao Yunlan wants to be drank from too.

Just Come Home by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Hugs, Canon Illustration, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: (...) with no concern for their surroundings, he wrapped his arms around the black-cloaked figure, who was feared and revered by all, and pulled him into a hug. In a hoarse rasp, he said, “Just come home.”
(Volume 3, Chapter 6)

Peace and Noodles by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ye Zun (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Noodles, Ye Zun's Hands-Free Eating Methods, Ye Zun's White Suit, Ye Zun's Ponytail, Zhao Yunlan's Poor Dietary Choices, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Guardian Bingo, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 6 of Guardian Bingo 2025
Summary: Zhao Yunlan has taught Ye Zun how to make coffee noodles.
or:
When you have a stain-removing power, you can lounge around the home in your impeccable white suit.

Love Me Like the Ocean by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF, 开始推理吧 | The Truth (TV 2022)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Mild Sexual Content, Nipple Licking, Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Character Combinations, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Pirate Bai Yu/Fisherman Zhu Yilong.

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Super Moisture Milk [Sasaki/Miyano; PG]

Title: Super Moisture Milk
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help from

zabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

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Fic: Who We Really Are

With some encouragement from people on Tumblr I finished and finally posted one of my somewhat older WIPs (apparently, I started writing this almost exactly three years ago).

Who We Really Are (20036 words) by tinypinkmouse
Chapters: 4/4
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: Pre-Canon, During Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Baby Animals, Fix-It of Sorts, Dating, First Kiss, Flower Tribe, twins reconciliation, baby animals make everything better
Summary:

No one expects the Black Cloaked Envoy to show up with baby animals clinging to him. Yet somehow it keeps happening.

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Alone At Last [Haru/Ren; PG-13]

Title: Alone At Last
Fandom/Pairing: Super Lovers - Haru/Ren
Summary: There are worse things than being stuck together during a typhoon...
Rating: PG-13
Content: Adopted sibling incest, age gap, caught in the act, making out
Disclaimer: スーパーラヴァーズ is the property of Abe Miyuki, I'm just borrowing the characters to play with them. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt or abused in the writing of this story.
Notes: 650+ words. Written for the prompt bad weather. Many thanks to

zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

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Fanvid: Galileo (gen)

Title: Galileo
Fandom: Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationship/Characters: Lin Jing, the SID ensemble
Music: "Galileo" by Naturally 7
Length:: 2:56
Summary: My tribute to the adorkable Lin Jing of Guardian, and his gadgets, gizmos, and doodads.

Current Mood: accomplished

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Watched Castlevania Nocturne

So I finished watching Castlevania Nocturne and while not as good as the first series it had its moments and characters were good for the most part. I'm fine giving it its own universe apart from the games canon since the story works well in all honesty. I have my nitpickings about it but they're very small to even announce on my post.

Overall I had a good time watching and I hope there will be another new series sometime

I will end this post with Richter giving the clothesline from hell meanwhile.

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'Tis But A Flesh Wound [Renji+Shuuhei, implied Renji/Byakuya; G]

Title: 'Tis But A Flesh Wound
Fandom/Pairing: Bleach - implied Renji/Byakuya
Summary: Even when he's injured, Renji wants to be by Byakuya's side...
Rating: G
Content: Unrequited crush, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: The world and characters of Bleach are not mine, they all belong to Kubo Tite. I just play with them, using them as paper dolls.
Notes: 300+ words. Written for the prompt denial. Just a little something I wrote to try to break through a spot of writer's block. It somehow turned out to be a sequel to "Hero Complex". Many thanks to

zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

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Sk8 the Infinity: Malleable [MatchaBlossom]

Malleable (1,930 words) by tropicsbear
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sk8 the Infinity (Anime)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nanjo Kojirou | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom & Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Background Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam
Additional Tags: Pectorals, Groping, Humor, Read Author's Notes
Summary: Kaoru’s figured out a very efficient way to manage his stress. Kojirou will just have to deal with it.

Why can’t he knead Kojirou’s pecs until all the stress is gone from his system? They’re right there!"

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Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 23 & 24

Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong! ♡

Here are last week's chapters, 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.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 23: The branch of the Great Divine Tree protects Zhu Hong who stayed behind at the Yanluo Courts. While she's talking about the branch with Fourth Uncle, it grows a third bud. The "youth" who turned out to be a gui throws Chu Shuzhi off the bridge. Guo Changcheng jumps after him, leaving the soul bottles behind.

Chapter 24: During the ritual, lao-Li remembers and confesses that three hundred years ago he stole Daqing's bell to cure his bone cancer. Shen Wei uses the Hallows to reseal the Four Pillars. During the last step (the Soul-Guarding Lamp) Shen Wei erases all of Zhao Yunlan's memories of their relationship, and sacrifices himself.

The corresponding part in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation starts a little less than halfway through chapter 105 and goes up to the end of that chapter.

Excerpts:

( 1) The branch of the Great Divine Tree grows a third bud )

( 2) Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng fall off the bridge )

( 3) Lao-Li's story )

( 4) Shen Wei mocks Ghost Face )

Questions:

How impressive is Guo Changcheng's courage now? Should Daqing forgive lao-Li? Do you prefer the novel version or the drama version of their backstory? How about the story of Zhu Hong's branch so far? Did Shen Wei's change of heart and self-sacrifice surprise you? How do you feel about what he did?

You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just comment without answering any of them at all! And if you see this post and you're not actually reading the novel, I would love to know what you think about any of this with limited context. :D

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

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Hero Complex [Renji+Byakuya; PG]

Title: Hero Complex
Fandom/Pairing: Bleach - Renji + Byakuya
Summary: Sometimes Renji rushes into things a little carelessly...
Rating: PG
Content: Injury
Disclaimer: The world and characters of Bleach are not mine, they all belong to Kubo Tite. I just play with them, using them as paper dolls. No people, either real or fictional were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 350+ words. Written for the prompt protection. Many thanks to

zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

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Pet Toy [Kau/Akira; R]

Title: Pet Toy
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Kau/Akira
Summary: Arbitro enjoys drugging his guests, and Akira is no exception...
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, non-con, hurt/comfort...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 300+ words. Written for the prompt unconsciousness. It's a little something I wrote during a drabbling session on my birthday together with my friend. Many thanks to

zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3