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

[no_detective]

RIGHT????? my headcanon is that, during the 10,000 years of dirt nap, shen wei has some lucid dreams about the timeline and seeing kunlun again and what it means that kunlun KNEW HIM ALREADY when they first met and how much is shen wei supposed to let him know in advance, and and and... but yes, it's all hypothesis and wild wild love through centuries <3

(also the reason i included "clairvoyant" on this shen wei playlist, if you'll pardon the self-pimpage, bc i genuinely believe that his character, while also the BCE, is basically made of pining and wanting to make sure the love of his life stays safe.)

[frith_in_thorns]

i genuinely believe that his character, while also the BCE, is basically made of pining and wanting to make sure the love of his life stays safe

god yeah, he is just constantly WATCHING ZYL very seriously and anxiously and just absolutely attuned to him every instant they're in a room together. amazing.