30 Days of Guardian

[extrapenguin]

2. Favorite case
The Dixing's Lord case thing, where the old Lord has died and An Bai must ascend! (Episodes 22 & 23.) I enjoyed Zhao Yunlan's adventures in Dixing, as usual, and the worldbuilding we got. As well as the pinky promise, Shen Wei talking at his brother, and Zhao Yunlan declaring he'd wait out Shen Wei's secret-keeping. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan also cooperated seamlessly! It was very nice and I wish we'd have gotten more like it.

Runner-up: Zheng Yi's case of Zhao Yunlan forcing Shen Wei into revealing himself (episodes 11-13), but Zhao Yunlan's hair was still terrible so I cannot in good conscience pick that one. :P

1. Favorite episode
2. Favorite case
3. Least favorite case
4. Favorite Holy Tools arc
5. Least favorite Holy Tools arc
6. Favorite character
7. Favorite SID member
8. Favorite guest character(s)
9. Favorite worldbuilding detail
10. Favorite rarepair
11. Favorite headcanon
12. Least favorite headcanon
13. Favorite main villain
14. Favorite case villain
15. Villain you’d like redeemed or whose redemption you liked
16. Favorite conversation between Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei
17. Favorite Dixing power and/or power you want to have
18. Least favorite villain
19. Least favorite character
20. Most appealing point for a canon divergence AU
21. Favorite character moment
22. Favorite badass moment
23. Favorite soft moment
24. Favorite team moment
25. Thoughts and feelings on the ending
26. Rec a fanfic
27. Rec a vid
28. Rec a fanart
29. Rec a meta post
30. Prompt for a fanwork

Comments

[eglantiere]

i'm so, so happy zyl had changed his hair :D

i thought the whole dixing king concept was so creepy! and impressive - i would've loved to watch something centered around it with, like, better production values, in some epic movie kind of thing.

[extrapenguin]

i'm so, so happy zyl had changed his hair :D
Yes! It's ... suddenly eyebrows, and suddenly I could see why people saw him as attractive!

The Lord of Dixing and also the Regent are people/concepts I'd have loved to see explored more, so I'd greatly have enjoyed another 10 episodes of Guardian – even with no change in production value! – tackle it. Alas, we only had the 40 we got.

[jo_lasalle]

I like that one too! The Dixing worldbuilding is incoherent but I liked how totally alien it felt at times.

[extrapenguin]

It had so much potential! TBH I sort of wish the show'd have gone down the road of making the Regent the actual big bad so they'd have had to actually deal with Dixing's politics and schoold-founding.

[phyrry]

Hands down my favorite episode of the show. And I love every single scene of someone yelling at the pillar, but especially when it's Shen Wei.

[extrapenguin]

Shen Wei giving his didi TED Talks is my #1 thing. I absolutely love sibling relationships so I love them interacting in ways that are at least a bit sibling-y instead of just antagonistic.

[tinny]

I love how everyone judges eps by Zhao Yunlan's hair. I'm not alone, yay. ;)

[extrapenguin]

It's the only correct way to judge the episodes!