#chu guo

[mejomonster]

Okay so while I am like. Weilan as a ship? In my top 3 epic romances of all time (that I've seen in a show personally). Which is Xena/Gabrielle, Spirk, and Weilan.

But also like when I watched the show my fondness for chu shuzhi and Guo changcheng came unexpectedly and intensely and I'd almost say I was more invested in a way. Just in the sense that like, their dynamic intrigued me a little bit more. Weilan are intense and epic and everything I expect Of a grand romance for the ages. And also mature and relatable and well acted (and very xena/gabrielle category). But chuguo? It's the "I'm a cannibal don't love me" "I'm a double agent why am I babysitting a human especially a cowardly weak one" "this coward I looked down on is the bravest kindest person alive I know" "this man has nothing no talent no achievement and he's so strong to still want to do this, to be this dedicated" "I haven't let myself feel since my brother died and now I have a person I'm just as afraid to lose" (which honestly the chu shuzhi and his brother and Xiao Guo parallels to shen wei and ye zun and Zhao yunlan are IMMENSE, and it's fascinating to look at weilan as similar to Lao chu and Xiao guo... how Zhao yunlan gets shen wei to connect and open up the way Xiao Guo gets Lao chu to, i could go on). It's the way chu shuzhi in some ways was the "ye zun" brother, he was the criminal, the one shen wei pardoned and made his employee (and in some ways no doubt saw it as what he wished he could've done with ye zun but Dixing was never letting ye zun out), he was the one who didn't even like his own people and Certainly didnt like humans. He was the one who only served one thing, driven by his brother (revenge, living because his brother would want it, following shen wei as he reminded chu shuzhi of his brother etc). And here he is, completely cut off (in a way shen wei isn't because shen wei does make a home on earth with humans at least at a distance as a teacher). And chu shuzhi gets close to Xiao Guo. Who brings him to his FAMILY, who sees him as family, who grabs hold of chu shuzhi and doesn't get scared and let go (could you imagine if anyone did that for ye zun how different things may have gone? See my fanfic what makes monsters stop devouring lol). Just like... the ENTIRE dynamic of chuguo interests me so much

So like. I'm reading the novel and just waiting to fall into the deep end of getting so into chuguo again I neglect the leads lol ToT

#chu guo #xiao guo #lao chu #guardian #chuguo #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #meta #lb

[incorrectbldrama]

Another set of posts cause my brain is rotting.

#镇魂 guardian #bl incorrect quotes #zhen hun #shen wei #zhao yunlan #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #WeiLan #chuguo

[shuang-hua]

after all this time... my first guardian fanart... and it's those other guys

(freezer-room hostage scene our beloved tho)

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Guo Changcheng sits slumped on the floor, his eyes closed and face wan with cold. Chu Shuzhi, crouched behind him, embraces him tightly, his black scarf wrapped like a blanket around them both. His face is grazed in several places, and his brow furrowed in worry. Their hair and clothes are tipped with frost, and the colours are blue-tinged and pale.

Ink and watercolour.

#sorry weilan i do love u #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #chuguo #guardian #镇魂 guardian #镇魂 #traditional / #watercolour

[mlmshipbracket]

ROUND 1: POLL #54

ROUND 1 POLLS [HERE]

PROPAGANDA BELOW

Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng:

Classic grumpy x sunshine couple. they're both detectives and Chu Shuzhi is like the scary intimidating guy with mystical powers (in the show he's descended from aliens but in the novel he's like a sentient zombie?) and Guo Changcheng is the new rookie who is terrified of everything but has a heart of gold. Frustration at his incompetence turns into fondness at his endearingness. They make no sense as a pair to anyone else but they have to admit that the two of them somehow work well together against all odds. they're so entwined with each other that if you look up photos of "guardian chu shuzhi" the second result is just a picture of Guo Changcheng from the wiki. bonded pair do not separate.

Fox Mulder/Alex Krycek:

#chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi/guo changcheng #chuguo #guardian 2018 #fox mulder #alex krycek #fox mulder/alex krycek #mulder x krycek #x files #tumblr poll #tumblr bracket #mlm ship #mlm ship poll #mlm ship bracket #mlm ship bracket tournament #mlm ship bracket 2024 #mlm ship bracket tournament 2024 #fourthr1

[h00di3-00023]

#镇魂 #镇魂 guardian #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #artists on tumblr #art #drawing

[justacoyote]

Started a new tiny little travel sketchbook and did a screen redraw doodle.

#guardian #chuguo #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #watercolor #guardian fanart

[fixaidea]

For the Mistletoe Kissing: Chu Shuzhi + 6 + Guo Changcheng

Not necessarily in an 'omg he's pecs' kinda way (bc Guo Changcheng is a scrawny man) but maybe in like a Chu Shuzhi finds it comforting to feel his heartbeat? Just my wandering random thoughts in case that might be helpful

(So as per the description this isn’t really kissing, just some cuddling.)

#guardian #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #myart

[missfangirll]

Guardian Timestamps

@everyone who makes videos and gifs, maybe you have use for this? There are probably a lot of those already but I couldn't find one, so I made my own 😄

Abbreviations: SW - Shen Wei ZYL - Zhao Yunlan HPS - Hei Pao Shi DQ - Da Qing GCC - Guo Changcheng CSZ - Chu Shuzhi YZ - Ye Zun Color codes: blue - Chu Shuzhi x Guo Changcheng green - Shen Wei x Zhao Yunlan red - Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan yellow - Ye Zun light blue - general cute or symbolic moments

I hope someone finds this helpful 😄🥰

#镇魂 guardian #guardian #zhao yunlan #shen wei #weilan #otp: we have always been friends #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #otp: I don't want you to be my brother #chuguo #timestamps #helpful (i hope) #gif making #video making

[treemaidengeek]

Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Medical Experimentation, Medical Torture, Unconventional Format, laboratory notes, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Protective Guo Changcheng, unconscious Chu Shuzhi, Kidnapping and Rescue, Angst with a Happy Ending

Summary:

Lab Notebook of Drs. [Redacted] & [Redacted] Re: Reciprocal "Dark Energy" Transfusion Between Involuntarily Recruited Dixingren and Haixingren Subjects (with SID confiscated evidence addendum).

Xiao Guo must watch as the scientists take Lao Chu away, again and again, for experimentation. Every time they bring him back, he looks closer to death. Every time they take Xiao Guo himself, he becomes less sane, more scared, and more determined not to be separated again.

(This is a companion story to @justacoyote 's fanfic duology He's Mine and Won't Let Me Go. Each stands alone, but reading the others together before you come here will give you a fuller picture (and besides, they're very good!))

#guardian #chuguo #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #medical experimentation #medical torture #fanfic #my stuff #I wrote a complete draft of this in a 24 hr madness #like ya do #writer problems #I'm really happy with it though!

[its-not-a-pen]

Waiting for the 2nd Century Warlord Comic? Want to learn more about ancient china? Check out these fun sources! Three Kingdoms oversimplified. Exactly what it says on the tin.

Farce of the Three Kingdoms. A hilarious parody of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms that is only slightly more bonkers than the real thing (3/10 historical accuracy). For a more factual account, try reading Records of the Three Kingdoms...or just wikipedia-ing everyone.

War of the Three Kingdoms (2010). A fun TV show that deviates a lot from the novel but is more character-driven. has a lot of costume inaccuracies tho which drives me crazy >:((((

Romance of the Three Kingdoms（1994）TV show, considered a definitive classic. Editing's a bit choppy but at least none of the men have their hair down.

Total War: Three kingdoms. History told in the form of a stratagy-based video game.

Tang dynasty football. Not the same dynasty, but it's a nice showcase of costumes and instruments, also a surprisingly concise summary about ancient Chinese politics. (Bribes) What did Early Middle Chinese sound like? How does one recreate a non-phonetic language?

#romance of the three kingdoms #ancient china #text #san guo yan yi #please join me in the san guo fandom #being chinese is so hard i told my parents i was reading san guo and they were like ah yes a scholarly pursuit how the hell do i explain #to them that im a cao cao appologist and reknown general xu chu is my blorbo????? #me: i don't get political. me: 1 drink later #hear ye hear ye. lui bei the baby-tossing warmonger has nothing going for him except his alleged royal bloodline. #and the fact he's a solid 10 #citizens you must support lord cao cao the unifier. up with the glorious wei empire! down with the traitorous shu han!

[theworldisabrokenbonebutitishome]

The Boogieman is preyin' on your fears That makes nice feelings disappear Caught between a dream and what is real Countin' down the seconds till it's here

Sleep Paralysis - Nova Twins

dreams fill for guardian bingo fest

#guardianbingofest #guardian #chu shuzhi #guo changcheng #twabbbiih's edit #zhenhun #zhen hun #guardian cdrama #good news is I've branched out from weilan. bad news is i'm still bringing the pain. #time to look at lao chu crying for a change #the lyrics are a bit all over the place but i doubt anyone even clicks the links to these songs anyway #I wish i thought of something to sew but nope zilch nothing nada brain empty #however I do get to make my girls relevant to Guardian and that's fun (for me)

[brysbeddixt]

Just finished Zhen Hun Vol. 2 and I don’t even have the words to describe how I’m feeling, but I’ll try.

First of all, I don’t care for the drama. I only watched the first couple episodes, but with the EXTREME departure from the premise of the novel and the not great casting (the actors are all good actors; but with a few exceptions, those are NOT the characters I pictured when reading the novel) I just couldn’t continue it. So as far as the drama goes, I haven’t seen it, and this post will be about the novel only.

As far as protagonists go, I LOVE Zhao Yunlan. I love that he pretends to be facetious and shallow, but actually cares a lot about the people (and yao) he deems as his. He’s also extremely competent in a way that’s extremely fun to read, because the reader is usually in on it. I like him more than Chang Geng from Sha Po Lang/Stars of Chaos, but as the official translation for Faraway Wanderers hasn’t even been announced yet, I can’t compare him to Zhou Zishu as I’ve only watched (and LOVED) Word of Honor.

I also ADORE the (as-of-yet unconfirmed but come on) side ship of Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng. I might like them more than the main pairing. I love Changcheng. The narrative constantly paints him as a coward, but he always stands his ground despite being afraid, which really makes him extremely brave. He’s just good, and I love how Priest hints around his love towards Shuzhi in a expert example of “show-not-tell.” Even when Shuzhi could be seconds away from killing him, he never for a second loses his belief that Shuzhi is a good person.

And Shuzhi, in his own way, realizes and returns that devotion. It’s such an understated, vague way of writing a side pairing and yet I eat up every scene they have together.

Now. The ending. I don’t know why the last 30 pages or so destroyed me, considering that Yunlan figures out a lot of it in the 1st and 2nd novels anyway, but his backstory was so fucking sad. I love how Priest writes characters that COULD be the typical “OP main character chosen one” archetype, but then entirely swerves the things that would push that character into Mary Sue territory.

I LOVE how this series deals with Chinese mythology and ancient literature. I think that’s why it rubbed me so wrong that the drama just…threw all that out the window and made it about aliens. Zhen Hun is one of the most involved danmei I’ve read when it comes to actual Chinese mythology. Even Thousand Autumns, which I adore because it’s setting is a REAL period in ancient Chinese history with side characters that actually existed, doesn’t delve so much into the actual mythology.

Zhen Hun is a danmei, but it isn’t really a cultivation novel in the traditional sense, and I think that’s what really grabbed me. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a traditional cultivation setting. But something about the way Priest wrote Zhen Hun is so magnetic, perfectly blending mythology and a modern setting.

I can’t wait for Vol. 3.

#zhen hun #guardian #zhao yunlan #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #priest novels #Zhen hun spoilers #guardian spoilers #danmei #weilan #chuguo

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fox Spirit Matchmaker 1 (2024)

Trailer: YangMi & GongJun | Fox Spirit Matchmaker | 狐妖小红娘月红篇 | iQIYI

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71aXnGs3Yao

#Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Yue Hong #Fox Spirit Matchmaker 1 #涂山小红娘月红篇 #Tu Shan Xiao Hong Niang Yue Hong Pian #Tu Shan Xiao Hong Niang #Hu Yao Xiao Hong Niang #狐妖小红娘•月红篇 #狐妖小红娘 #2024 #iQiyi #youtube #cdrama #chinese drama #trailer #avance #Yang Mi #Tushan Hong Hong #Gong Jun #Dongfang Yue Chu #Cristy Guo #Wei Zhe Ming #Hu Lian Xin #Wen Zheng Rong

[shenweiwouldnttreatmelikethis]

During the Iconic Red Dress Episode

Zhu Hong: You think I can’t fight off the culprit just because I’m a girl!

Lin Jing: No, I think you can’t fight off the culprit because you’re wearing heels and a tight dress. For what it’s worth, I don’t think Lao Chu could fight in that outfit either.

Guo Changcheng: Perhaps not, but he would look absolutely radiant!

Chu Shuzhi: *death glare*

#incorrect guardian #guardian #镇魂 guardian #zhu hong #lin jing #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #chuguo #if you squint #also I think ive been tagging chu's name wrong the whole time #will fix that now

[harurio]

guardian ep6

@oneiro-nautical the cat's sleeping on my legs for this one. very warm and heavy

awww the straights are being okay. one of them is going to die then i suppose

I'M TELLING YOU

HEART EYES ALERT

oh oof that flashback. chu shuzhi lost somebody didn't he. very good work by the actor too, the way his face fell made my throat close up a little

hey shen wei! and a hei pao shi reveal to boot. is that a yunlan i see on a bike in the distance (it is!)

oh something's wrong with that guy's fiancee the music told me so

you could cut the tension in this weilan scene with a knife. that damn lollipop. not to be crass but look at him

smthn smthn call that man osha the way he's demanding a railing!!!

aw hell yeah i love creepy mirrors

never fear! hei pao shi is here!

sooo.... was the mirror girl the one that guy fell in love with? bc she was the one who looked more torn up about everything, the real girl just seemed pissed

oh heck. at it with the morally ambiguous and terribly sad situations again. i feel for both girls, though maybe a little more for the mirror girl, because she's the one in love and the other girl just wants what's rightfully hers

oof.

'love caused calamity' hey shen wei are we projecting here? this sounds like self-recrimination >:/

ooooh yunlan he is living rent free in your headdddd

and you are breaking rent free into his house. maybe don't do that

and now you're sending him bugged presents. behold, the mating rituals of the bisexual boytoy

poor li qian. i hope we continue to hear updates. also was it in the script that whenever weilan walk they have to be perfectly in step or did they just do that naturally

gettin real tired of your shit checkers man. do something already

you can really tell that shen wei is neither mortal nor (probably) human as he stands there very calmly allowing a couple of thugs to steal all his worldly goods. he has clearly had so many more important things to worry about for so many centuries

i really enjoyed this episode and i would love to watch the next to see how the mugging plays out but unfortunately i gotta put myself to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. sleep is for the weak and baby i can't do even one pushup 👍

#these posts keep getting longer. if they ever get obscenely long i'll start adding readmores #lao chu getting soft about xiao guo is my weakness i love them both #also i definitely would have continued the meme with 'once again i have been written up by hr' and a shot of shen wei #but i couldn't find a frame in which he looked disapproving enough to be convincing #lmaoooo #can't believe we will never get to see them kiss -_- #guardian #liveblogging

[h00di3-00023]

chu~

#镇魂 #guardian #guo changcheng #chu shuzhi #chuguo #artists on tumblr #art #drawing #镇魂 guardian