Very brief meta

[frith_in_thorns]

What is currently KILLING ME about Guardian:

(This is a Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan feelings!post, as if I have any other kind these days)

So basically when I was watching through the show I could obviously tell that Shen Wei ~knew things~ about Kunlun/Zhao Yunlan (I genuinely believed that ZYL was reincarnated Kunlun until literally *that episode*, good misdirection job show). I assumed that Shen Wei had some kind of magic dark energy foreknowledge that ZYL would have this big important part to play and this is one of the reasons Shen Wei is so desperate to protect him ~at all costs~, because ZYL is ~destined~ for something special.

Turns out, NOPE! Shen Wei in fact at the start of the show has no clue about what ZYL is or isn't going to do. He met Kunlun, fell completely in love with him, learned that he was from the future, and then watched him get sucked back there before falling in a hole for thousands of years. No destiny, no special knowledge; the whole thing is just absolutely ride-or-die relationship commitment on Shen Wei's behalf.

I love this. I love it so fucking much.

Comments

[naye]

So, I think the answer to this is ambiguous, in true Guardian fashion. There are interpretations where Shen Wei has no idea it's time travel - doesn't even figure it out when he meets Zhao Yunlan again. And then there's the "he probably figured it out" school of thought.

I think canonically there is no indication of what Shen Wei actually thinks, but Kunlun does tell bb!Shen Wei he hasn't changed in ten thousand years. So that hint really is right there for him to pick up!

[clevermanka]

Thank you for weighing in! I love how the source material gives us so many options. I mean, I just plain love the source material so.... =D