Happy Guardianversary To Me!

[frith_in_thorns]

It's a year since I started watching Guardian! I was given the files at VidUKon last year along with an extremely strong and targeted sales pitch from raven and soupytwist, started watching it on the train home, and fell headfirst into OBSESSION. Which I do not regret at all.

Since then I have written over 250k of fic, the vast majority of which is Weilan, stunning my almost-entirely-gen heart. And I have made SUCH good friends, both people I didn't know at all before and also getting to know people like naye and xparrot whom I'd seen around DW for years but never much interacted with. Also co-ran a fest and actually did Yuletide for the first time ever.

It's been a great Guardian year! Long may it continue :D

Relatedly, it is currently sign-up time for hc_bingo! This is my FAVOURITE yearly challenge and I was very excited to get my card.

skeletons in the closet	abandonment issues	depression	taking care of somebody	broken bones
lacerations / knife wounds	hypothermia	buried alive	suicide attempt	atonement
hospital stay	electrocution	WILD CARD	hypoglycemia / low blood sugar	interrogation
post-traumatic stress disorder	shipwrecked	loss of home / shelter	archaic medical treatment	resurrection
bites	caught in a robbery	backrubs / massages	estrangement	bodyguards

I have quite a few squares which are going to be more of a challenge to write, which probably isn't a bad thing since I'm a bit lazy and default to the same kind of tropes over and over!

Leaving me prompts in the comments is extremely welcome, I love writing for people! Tell me which square you're excited about, for which character. And feel free to give more detailed prompts if you like! (I'm not always fast about filling prompts, but I really do keep coming back and checking, and I think I ended up writing most of the ones people left me last year eventually. Usual no-sex caveat.) I am most likely to continue writing Guardian but you are welcome to try persuading me to write for a fandom you know I've written for in the past as well :D

Comments

[yue_ix]

Happy fannish anniversary!! 250k of fic is amazing, congrats!

Everything h/c works really easily with Guardian, given how half of any prompts are canon, and your fics are pure pleasure. Can't wait to see how you'll interpret and incorporate these!

Some ideas...
I hear above that you've already done knife wounds several times - have you done "wounds on knives"? Such as taking care of Shen Wei's (or Zhao Yunlan's) weapons, or Shen Wei's blade being linked to his body in some way or the Lantern Hollow (everyone-s-okay AU) physical object linked to Zhao Yunlan's body? Perhaps Shen Wei dissociating in a way that he considers himself 'only' a weapon and accepting care when it's pointed out people need to take care of their tools, too, beyond cleaning and repair. Decorating, respecting, sheathing (holding/hugging), thanking - weapons need these too, so why won't Shen Wei accept that at the very least?

For archaic medical treatment, what if Zhao Yunlan comes back from the past with an Old Haixing type of cold or sickness? Given everything going on, perhaps he doesn't even notice it creeping up on him, and no modern medicine works. Must be nothing, it'll probably go away on its own, right? ;)

For backrubs/massages: what if wings? *eyes emoji*

Also, are you looking to write with focus on other characters? I think that Guo Changcheng caught in a robbery could be fascinating, or his feelings re: estrangement due to not being part of any given world now but having this odd-shaped found-family. Samewise, hypothermia would have a very different look for Zhu Hong, and anyone as gen bodyguard for anyone else has very strong appeal. Da Qing bodyguarding JiaJia on a field trip (in cat form?); Chu Shuzhi bodyguarding Zhu Hong on diplomatic mission; Ya Qing's PoV about crows bodyguarding the cemetery during a burial, visit or anniversary...

For other fandoms, I mean, Korra&Asami's take on hypothermia would have a lot of new layers! And Korra's canon PSTD was awesome and she could learn to rely on on-going support from her tall girlfriend after events of public speeches cut a bit too close. The in-world media has weaponised her experiences and finding a place to just be herself that acknowledges all parts of her as valid must be hard.

This is a great card for you; I look forward to what you do with it, no matter the timeframe. All cakes are delicious cakes!

[frith_in_thorns]

Oooh, interesting prompts! I particularly like the one about Zhao Yunlan contracting an illness from the past, that could be fun to play with :D And also Da Qing with Jiajia -- I really need to write some more fics in that series! Thank you very much for these ♥