Pleased to show off my finished card and badges for the @guardianbingo! Thank you so much for organizing this. I had an absolute blast coming up with ways to fill all the prompts. I don't think I have ever been as productive in fandom as I have been in the past year, and it's all thanks to you and this wonderful event ❤️❤️❤️ I'm sad it's over, but I am so so happy that I got to participate!
The story will keep on going indeed.
List of all my creations, with links and descriptions, under the cut:
B1 – Bears
Art of bear!Shen Wei napping on the couch with his head in Zhao Yunlan's lap.
B2 – Role reversal
Raw: novel-canon fic in which the Ghost Slayer's ghostly side comes out, and Zhao Yunlan takes care of him for once.
B3 – Alternate first meetings
Exchange: fic in which a young Zhao Yunlan approaches Hei Pao Shi with an impossible request.
B4 – Powers
Reconnections: fic in which Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei struggle with the traume of returning to life after canon, and a desperate Dixingren takes matters into her own hands.
I2 – One bed
Art of Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing curled up in bed.
I4 – Guo Changcheng
Learning curve: fic in which Guo Changcheng struggles with his new job, and professor Shen gives unexpected advice.
I5 – Cooking
Art of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan preparing for an SID team dinner.
N1 – Alliance
Reconnections chapter 5.
N2 – Summer
to bring the sun down to his knees and have him taste the rainbow: Zhubai RPF fic that is an hommage to the sun and to love.
N3 – Free square
Art of Shen Wei as Hei Pao Shi wrapped in Christmas lights.
N4 – Students
The grace of care: fic in which Shen Wei isn't coping, and neither is Jiajia, but they figure things out together.
G1 – Revelations
The shared art of drowning: Zhubai RPF fic in which I wax poetic about Zhu Yilong from Bai Yu's perspective.
G2 – Saving the world
Reconnections, chapter 6.
G3 – Sofa
The starlight after rain: fic in which Cheng Xinyan takes care of Shen Wei after the infamous rain scene.
G4 – Kitchen
The easy part: fic in which Zhao Yunlan cleans the kitchen after the equally infamous kitchen scene.
O1 – Alternate Universe
Art of a verse in which everything is the same, except Shen Wei wears heart-shaped glasses.
O2 – Interrogation
Art of Da Qing who definitely doesn't know where all the fish snacks went.
O3 – Flirt
Petrichor: fic in which Da Qing is witness to Zhao Yunlan flirting with Hei Pao Shi.
O4 – Betrayal
Art of the bag of sugar-free lollipops that is the reason why Shen Wei is not allowed to do the shopping alone anymore.
O5 – Light
Twi(n)light: fic in which Shen Wei and Chu Shuzhi get to know each other, and come to an agreement.
Bonus Prompts
March – Take a leap
A painted face, a window to the soul: Zhubai RPF in which they meet Ni Ni, and an experiment takes place.
May – Acceptance
Art of Weilan's final promise in the void.
June – Twins
Art of Shen Wei definitely coping with his brother's death just fine.
August – Constellations
Measured, charted, seen: sequel to the starlight after rain, in which Shen Wei learns and teaches about stars, and Cheng Xinyan goes on that camping trip anyway.
September – Moon
Art of Kunlun and Shen Wei on the cliff under the moonlight.
October – Disguise
Art of novel!Shen Wei showing Zhao Yunlan his real face.
December – Renewal
The light of new beginnings: fic in which Zhao Yunlan watches Shen Wei sunbathe, reflects on the meaning of light, and they make a promise to step into a bright new future, together.
[Podfic] clipped wings (podfic) I DID IT!!! I GOT BLACKOUT IN GUARDIAN BINGO AND SCORED THE INCREDIBLE LIT LANTERN CINEMAGRAPH!!
(thank you @guardianbingo and the talented @highlynerdy!!)
Here’s all my fills for Guardian Bingo, filled across 2022 and the first part of 2023! Most of it is podfic, but a few fics in there too. Almost all of it is angst and hurt/comfort (especially hurt Shen Wei) mostly has Shen Wei as a central character. Mostly Weilan focused, but some of Shen Wei’s other relationships, too. (I bet you can’t guess my fav character, LOL) Hope you enjoy!
And if you’re interested, you can still join the super low pressure Guardian Bingo by going to @guardianbingo! 1 fill with no length requirement is all that’s required for the Longevity Dial!
[Podfic] what the weave tells you by @elenothar for the “dark energy” square: Zhao Yunlan can’t fucking believe that he first hears about this from Lao Chu of all people. A Dixingren tradition so important literally everyone knows about it? One relevant to intimate relationships of all kinds, including the kind where two (or more) people have bought a house together, saved the world together, have lots of really astoundingly good sex together? Naturally, Shen Wei has never mentioned it.
[Podfic] this offering (cold read with an audience) by @listening-to-thunder for the “war” square: When they're captured by Dixing rebels looking for Hei Pao Shi, Zhao Yunlan is willing to do anything to keep Shen Wei out of their hands—but Shen Wei is determined to protect Kunlun. And no matter what happens they are all alone and far from safety.
The [Podfic] Ouroborous series by anonymous for the “dragon” bonus prompt and the “Ye Zun”, and “SID” squares, which is a series featuring Tiny Dragons Shen Wei and Ye Zun, before, during, and after the war.
[Podfic] all that you can't leave behind by china_shop for the “black cloaked envoy” square: Zhao Yunlan rushed to catch Shen Wei before he fell.
Clipped Wings (podfic and fanfic versions) by Mo_on_racoon and me for the “alternate universe” and free squares: The strange weights move along Shen Wei's back. Heart hammering in his chest, he reaches backward and cannot swallow a cry of surprise that echoes off his narrow prison. His wings. His wings are back. But Ye Zun is nowhere to be found. Zhao Yunlan isn't here either. And Shen Wei is trapped.
[Podfic] held fast in open hands by Eliza for the “alliance” square: Chu Shuzhi thought he saw the inevitable end of his life sentence in the approaching swirl of Hei Pao Shi’s black cloak. Instead, his shackles fell away and he walked into new bonds made of black ink.
[Podfic] The last thing by @laireshi for the “self-sacrifice” square: Shen Wei will save Zhao Yunlan if it's the last thing he does.
(alone) for the sake of a sincere heart (podfic and fanfic versions) by @crystalinn and me for the “masks” and “forgotten” squares: It is all they have ever wanted—the close, near-effortless intimacy they share, finally allowed to flourish under their earnest, if inexperienced, hands. And yet…
[Podfic] Diverging Paths by spinningthreads for the “experiment” square: In one universe the SID arrives in time to protect a terrified student and her teacher. That universe is not this one.
[Podfic] language without an army by nnozomi for the “what we leave behind” square: Shen Wei struggles with code-switching.
[Podfic] fading echoes by velithya for the “betrayal” square: When he comes to, the man is still there – but Gege isn't.Or, Ye Zun, from the cliff to the fall.
[Podfic] shades of black and red (and blue) by @crystalinn for the “secrets” square: Badly wounded, you seek safety. Your robes, dark as night, hide the evidence; your mask, your pallor. Nothing can hide the trail of dark blood in your wake.
[Podfic] you're one to talk by nnozomi for the “milestone” square: Shen Wei’s tendency to sarcasm gets the better of him, and Zhao Yunlan has a revelation.
[Podfic] the life you save by china_shop for the “time travel” bonus prompt: If Changcheng changed anything—if he stepped on a butterfly, or said the wrong thing to the wrong person—it could bend the course of history and undo their hard-won victory.
[Podfic] a bunch of lonesome heroes by @laireshi for the “meeting again” bonus prompt: Zhao Yunlan loved Shen Wei too much to let him continue like that.
[Podfic] till the last one falls by anonymous for the “star-crossed lovers” bonus prompt: The first arrow is a sun-bright blur. You lean a handspan to the left. Your hood flutters against your right cheek as the arrow passes. The second arrow your blade redirects to shatter on the passage wall. The third tangles in your cloak. A possibly fatal distraction, but one there’s no time to be rid of. They’re here.
[Podfic] what you would give by anonymous for the “trying something new” bonus prompt: You know something has changed before you even open your eyes.
[Podfic] the last cup of tea by @sasamelons for the “supernatural elements” bonus prompt: Years after Shen San's death, Shen Wei sees a familiar ghost in the Underworld.
[Podfic] unbearable by @laireshi for the “short and sweet” bonus prompt: Shen Wei is used to pain.
[Podfic] weld by glymr and yue_ix for the “keep on going” bonus prompt: Zhao Yunlan feels it happen. Past and present and future lock into place; role and responsibilities and duty. He’d already known that he belonged to Shen Wei and Shen Wei belonged to him, heart and mind and body and soul. Apparently, their mingled core energies had been one step ahead. Or: an energy bonding AU, based on goss's gorgeous art Wield
[Podfic] Time, to make you grieve by @laireshi for the “acceptance” bonus prompt: He doesn't remember the warmth of Kunlun's arms around him; can't seem to shake the coldness of millennia clinging to him.
Summary: The team climbs up the mountain (Kunlun) and everything seems to be going great. Until it's not and now Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei have to figure out how to save a soul.
Warnings: angst, hurt no comfort (yet), mentions of cancer
Word count: 2.5k
A/n: I am desperately trying to get done as much as I can until the end of September, so here, have this. Hope you enjoy!
Part 12 of the Dearest, you said series
Part 8 of The Mystery of the Ancient Blade
Fill for @guardianbingo for the prompt Soulfire
More Guardian bingo stuff: Guardian Bingo masterlist
More stories: Main masterlist
This sign had to exist, and I'm sure Shen Wei gave Zhao Yunlan his Most Disappointed Look every time he had to walk across the room and reset the number to zero.
(If you would like this on physical product, the design is on Redbubble and TeePublic!)
Some random but very dramatic Science from Guardian.
Guardian Bingo Prompt: Science (@guardianbingo)
The science is bullshit but it looks so pretty. I love the lab with the random dinosaur skull. I love that Ye Zun gives Yun Lan real info when Yunlan in his infinite wisdom thinks time travel will be the answer to their troubles. I love Lan Jing's entire tumblr that melts the metal syringe like it could be Hydrochloric Acid or Sulfuric Acid but who cares ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rating: T (I don't think it warrants anything more, but please correct me if you think otherwise)
Characters: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Original Female Characters, SID Ensemble, Cheng Xinyan, others in later chapters
Summary:
When Zhao Yunlan gave his life to light the Guardian lantern, he didn’t expect to get a second chance at living. But even with the war over, true peace is still far away.
5 months after the war, 2 months after the miraculous return of Dixing’s ambassador, 2 months after Zhao Yunlan’s return to life, a dark energy attack on the ministry turns Dragon City upside down. Zhao Yunlan and the SID are left scrambling for leads to capture the person responsible, and Shen Wei gets caught in the crossfire. As it turns out, the scars of two wars and ten thousand years run deep, and what use is an Envoy when the Gateway to Dixing is closed? What use is he unconscious and inches away from death? What use is a Lord Guardian driven by fear?
How much more pain and suffering will it take for there to ever be a chance at reconnection?