#maybe 34 when zhao yunlan falls out of the sky into the past

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guardian: the story of some people* who are having kind of a hard time

*not just xiao guo!

part 3 of guardian x text posts

BONUS: tfw u have to work late bc the guy ur in love with is knocking off early to take ur rival home to provide tender ministrations to his poor injured body and make eyes at him on a public bench :/

[Image description: 10 stills from the Chinese drama "Guardian" with tumblr text posts edited in.

1: Guo Changcheng has tucked a leaf behind his ear in a failed attempt to blend into his surroundings. He looks caught out as Chu Shuzhi and Zhao Yunlan stare at him. The text post is by tumblr user HempKitty and reads "can someone please be proud of me like fuck I'm trying"

2: Da Qing gazes at Shen Wei in a daze the first time he encounters Shen Wei at the university while not in his cat form. The text post by reignsan reads "Please do cite the deep magic to me actually. I may have been there when it was written but I am very forgetful"

3: Li Qian sits on a bench next to Shen Wei, looking depressed and clutching her pendant. The text post by dimir-charmer reads "Girls will be like idk why im so unproductive recently and then you ask whats going on in their life and they list eight lifestopping crisies and then say 'yeah but i should be fine :/'"

4: Zhu Hong is sleeping on the couch, smiling faintly as she dreams about Zhao Yunlan loving her back. The text post by TimeAway reads "Who else loves refusing to face reality"

5: Guo Changcheng makes a face of extreme fright at his first day at the SID. The text post by i-am-a-fish reads "i am a simple being. i see anything, i have a crisis"

6: Guo Changcheng dangles from a second floor window at the university while looking toward the camera in distress. The text post by avvocarlo reads "job for a man with no skills and is scared of everything"

7: Chu Shuzhi is lying on the couch in the SID having a nightmare as Guo Changcheng watches. The text post by YouForgiveHowGodForgives reads "anyone else plagued by concepts and scenarios"

8: Wildfire, Guo Changcheng, and Chu Shuzhi are huddled together on the floor of the freezing lab in which they've been trapped. The text post by ReallyABitch reads "i am freezing someone please cuddle me or set me on fire either is fine"

9: Sang Zan kneels in front of Wang Zheng's body, which was tied upright to a pole for her execution. He's crying out in anguish. The text post by lichrelly reads "babygirl.. dont be dead. be alive"

10: Zhu Hong watches as Zhao Yunlan catches Shen Wei about to leave the SID and escorts him home. The text post by tumblr user BreakfastBurritoe reads "ive gotten very close to a relationship" and a reblog by the same user reads "like 2 inches away because my friends were making out in front of me"

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continued in guardian characters as

#'we won't be falling down' is aspirational. these mofos are falling down all the time #the thing is they don't stay down. which...hm. petition to replace the theme song with tubthumping for at least one episode #which episode is the question. episode 38 maybe #that's the one where shen wei by all accounts should be staying down but the little SOB just keeps getting back up #maybe 34 when zhao yunlan falls out of the sky into the past #maybe episode 26 when da ji 'dies' and then comes back to life lol #but if you think about it both xiao guo and shen wei do literally fall from at least one story in episode 1 #though if you started episode 1 with tubthumping people would just think that was the actual theme song so hmm maybe not #also it would be a SPOILER for episode two when shen wei gets back up...so that's definitely a no on tubthumping for ep 1 #other than that though there are so many places we could put it #guardian #guardianedit #guardian characters as #text posts #my posts #long post #f #i should get some kind of award for making only 40% of these about xiao guo tbh #stupid-lemon-eater just for you i made the tenth one not a total gutpunch <3 #mostly i thought it would be funny to have them escalate in intensity all the way up to a literal execution in number 9 #followed by zhu hong feeling left out because no one is carrying *her* off for some loving hurt-comfort 😥