30 Days of Guardian

[extrapenguin]

10. Favorite rarepair
Wang Zheng/Zhu Hong! I never expected it to become canon, but absolutely loved all their interactions in the early episodes, and Zhu Hong being all "jiejie will take care of you" at Wang Zheng. Then Sang Zan turned up. >:( However, fic lets us fix undesireable aspects of canon, and I wrote A Cottage Outside the Woods for my ship! (It's a fluffy ficlet.)

But just ... the way Zhu Hong held onto Wang Zheng for the Hanga roadtrip. Catnip for my id!


Of course, we can also argue about what is the definition of "rarepair", or define it differently, or be interested in multiple ones, so, a list of some other rarepairs I enjoy!
Canon: Wang Yike/Zhang Ruonan
Slash: Ye Zun/Zhu Jiu
Poly with bonus debate on the definition of rarepair: Shen Wei/Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan; let didi have some fun, too
Current canon divergence shiny: Shen Wei/Zhu Jiu
World's worst sedoretu: Shen Wei, Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan, and Zhu Jiu in any configuration
...but I'm a multishipper at heart, and enjoy most rarepairs I've encountered. 100% willing to chat about rarepairs!

1. Favorite episode
2. Favorite case
3. Least favorite case
4. Favorite Holy Tools arc
5. Least favorite Holy Tools arc
6. Which character would you resurrect?
7. Favorite SID member
8. Favorite guest character(s)
9. Favorite piece of worldbuilding
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

[extrapenguin]

Um, perhaps in accepting that Ye Zun is around but surely not in terms of having to have sex with both?
I mean, I'm talking about the threesome fics; I'm sure the Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan & Ye Zun fics will have taken the non-sex route. (And if Zhao Yunlan encounters a pair of hot twins, it's not "Shen Wei and inferior copy of Shen Wei" to his eyes, it's two hot twins with different personalities.)

I'm glad you found the fic recs interesting! For the fic by starandrea, I really recommend reading the first fic in the series first before delving into the one where the threesome is set up.

[solo]

So, while I was sick on my vacation #lifeissounfair I read some of these stories. :)

The The Dixing-Haixing Interstellar Cultural Exchange Program I enjoyed greatly - removed enough from canon, TENDRILS, what's not to like! Ye Zun is kind of... well, he's fun to use as an observer, the kind of snark and brattiness people tend to give him can work well with that. So that was fun.

I also read Reweave our lives, and that went well enough (brattiness, snark, attitude) and I'm just so fond of starandrea's stlye... until I got to the actual sex and that, I'm afraid, was really not my thing.

I'm intrigued by how the idea of what Ye Zun might be like *as a person* under all the insanity seems to be fairly well established in fandom? Or maybe there's an 'annoying little brother' trope people just like?

Will still read the long stories and get back to you! :)

[extrapenguin]

Being sick on a vacation is the worst fate, it is true.

TENDRILS, what's not to like!
Exactly! It is the best. Spaaace!

I also read Reweave our lives, and that went well enough (brattiness, snark, attitude) and I'm just so fond of [personal profile] starandrea's stlye... until I got to the actual sex and that, I'm afraid, was really not my thing.
Wait, the actual sex – where did that happen? Did I miss a chapter? Zhao Yunlan volunteered to be a clothed blanket for Ye Zun, but that's as far as anyone's gotten, save for Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei smooching.

I'm intrigued by how the idea of what Ye Zun might be like *as a person* under all the insanity seems to be fairly well established in fandom? Or maybe there's an 'annoying little brother' trope people just like?
I mean, we do get glimpses of him on several occasions, and there is a baseline that must be maintained? Unless you're diverging from over 10 000 years ago, he's a traumatized mind control victim, so he has trauma and some effects from that. He's also canonically obsessed with Shen Wei and jealous of Zhao Yunlan. I disagree with others over how dramatic and theatrical he is innately vs as a reaction to his mind controlled youth, but, well, we do have things to build upon, and there will of course be an intersection between likely truths and things that appeal to people's ids. Though now I'm intrigued whether you're only basing this on the Ye Zun threesome fics, or all Ye Zun fics in the fandom.

[solo]

Wait, the actual sex – where did that happen?

Huh. Did I read the wrong story in my delirium? I shall investigate!

Must also think more about Ye Zun and what I've encountered of him in fic. It just seemed enough of a baseline that I noticed, somehow.

Will get back to you on this!!!

[extrapenguin]

Neither of starandrea's stories have gotten to any sex yet, so either you misclicked or misread. *g*

[solo]

I'm really, really intrigued now (but not currently in a position to check)! IDK how I'd have misclicked, I didn't go looking for OTHER Ye Zun fic, and yet...

Maybe I had a fevered dream. >.

[extrapenguin]

Maybe I had a fevered dream. >.
Obviously your subconscious ships it now! *g*