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guardian_wishlist_mod ([personal profile] guardian_wishlist_mod) wrote in [community profile] guardian_wishlist2022-08-10 11:03 pm

mumble's Wishlist

Username: mumble ([personal profile] mumblemumble)
AO3 Username: A (mumblemutter)
Does your account accept gifts? Yes


Medium Likes: art, gifset, picspam, fanmix, music, podfic, fic, icons
Medium DNWs: -


General Likes:
I generally like all sorts of soft and happy things. That includes found family and domestic bliss as well as horny intimacy and kink. If it comes from a place of affection and joy in each other, I'll probably love it! (For an idea of the kind of kinks I'm into, the tags on my explicit works might be helpful.) Angst is obviously welcome, given the fandom, but it should have a hopeful ending at least.

I can't think of a trope or AU I wouldn't enjoy, really.
  • Someone is a kitten!
  • Or a werewolf!
  • They go on a roadtrip!
  • Now they're planning a heist!
  • FAKE! DATING!
  • Now someone's wounded and must receive many head pats!
It's all delicious.

All this goes for both fic and art, and by art I mean anything visual you can create. Manips, graphics, digital drawings, pencil sketches, silly little doodles, serious little doodles, collages, what have you!


General DNWs:
  • Very formal BDSM with safeword discussions and fixed rules
  • Explicit art, although NSFW is fine and welcome!
  • Written works above 5k or thereabouts




General Wishes:
I love making fanmixes, and I wish more people were into them. If you wanted to make me a fanmix, I'd be so delighted! Or just tell me a song that gives you fannish ideas, and I'll add it to my collection. \o/

If you felt inspired to make some kind of transformative work for one of my fanworks, that would make me very happy. Fanart for a quiet domestic moment in the Higher Education series, a mood board for Luo Fusheng and Han Chen, podfic for one of the RPF works, fic set before or after Better Days... Anything, really! Those are just some random ideas.



Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Ships:
  • Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
  • Shen Wei/Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan
  • Shen Wei/Chu Shuzhi
  • Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
  • Any combination of the above in poly configurations
  • Incest obviously welcome, but not required

Ideas:
  • Soft moments for the traumatized Dixingren in your life
  • Loyalty kink between Hei Pao Shi and Chu Shuzhi (one-sided or consummated, angsty or hopeful, pre- or post-reveal)
  • Undercover agent/handler AU
  • Handwavey post-canon domesticity
  • Food as love language
  • One of them is a virgin and it's not who you thought
  • Zhao Yunlan and/or Shen Wei has/have been turned into a smol/big animal of your choosing, oh no/yes!


Fandom: Granting you a Dreamlike Life
I love Luo Fusheng with all my heart, and I wish he could have gotten a happier ending. You might have to plop him into an AU for that, because I'm not quite sure how you would salvage that ending, but if you can! By all means!

I think Tianying would have been good for him, but I'll also take any number of Bai Yu characters to give him a home. I'm partial to Han Chen after having been convinced of the ship by a dear friend, so I'd generally love to see more Hansheng in the world to make her happy too! He could also transmigrate to Dragon City and move in with Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, I would have no problems with that.

Other things I would like (links welcome if they already exist!):
  • picspams of his adorable face/dashing outfits/happy moments
  • gifs of the kabedon scene with Tian Ying after his boxing match
  • recs for your favorite GYADL fanworks


Fandom: Zhu Yilong & Bai Yu
I spent the early months of this year in hyperfocus mode, collecting and organizing all the high-res Z1L images I could find on Weibo and Twitter, cataloging his photoshoots and award show appearances and magazine spreads by year, etc. etc. Some photos remain unidentified, and I wonder if there's earlier stuff I might be missing.

  • If you have any high-res images from his very early days (and maybe even context for them), I'd love to add them to my collection! I have a few shoots from 2015 and 2016, and his appearance at the 2017 GRT Awards, which I think was his earliest? (Baby dragon!)

  • If you can provide context for any of these, that would also be awesome!


I'd also love some more icons of Zhu Yilong, Bai Yu, or both of them together! Both as their characters and themselves, everything is welcome. To go with the general theme of this wishlist, happy moments would be great, but it can also just be Z1L looking soft or Bai Yu doing a little smolder. Extra happiness points for Wang Yang somewhere in there. <3 (Non-binding offerings: 1, 2, 3, 4)



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tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Context for the February 2021 Yunnan photoshoot

[personal profile] tinny 2022-08-14 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my, asking me for context on z1l shoots... :DDDDD

I actually have a few? I'm surprised, myself! :D

First, and easiest:



That was from the February 2021 trip to Yunnan, where Bazaar did a feature on him (and also Geox used shots from there, and WWF?). There are also videos of the trip on wenella's channel, e.g. this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8PmCdpCHE

Here are all the pics I have of him from that:



Download them here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/7q0kTS0

mumblemumble: zhu yilong's hand, painted to look like the head of a zebra ([ZYL] zebra!)

Re: Context for the February 2021 Yunnan photoshoot

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeee, thank you so much! <333

I actually have quite a few pics from that Bazaar shoot, but not all of them, apparently. :-D And I definitely didn't realize the mom jeans ensemble was part of that outing! Mystery solved! Also made me wonder if (my shameful obsession) Meng Yinan was somehow part of the same trip because he also took pics of Z1L in Yunnan? (That post says 2022, but I wanna say the pics are from 2021.) Clearly, I will never know peace. :-D
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Re: Context for the February 2021 Yunnan photoshoot

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-10 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
\o/

Oh, thanks for the Meng Yinan link. Those pics are from 2021, too, but they're from a (different?) WWF-related hiking trip and were posted much later than the 2021 Yunnan pics (October 2021, not February). I think they were two different things, but both in 2021. I only have different pics of him but it's obviously on the same hike (same scenery, same outfit).

Clearly, I will never know peace. :-D
Clearly we will both never know peace. :D But at least we'll have beautiful pics to look at. ;)
mumblemumble: zhu yilong's hand, painted to look like the head of a zebra ([ZYL] zebra!)

Re: Context for the February 2021 Yunnan photoshoot

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-11 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhh, thank you, that solves that mystery! I did think two photographers on the same trip was weird. 😅 On to the next mysteries!
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Context for the Youku VIP card ad

[personal profile] tinny 2022-08-14 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Second:

That "boxing" shoot was for an ad for a youku membership card from 2018. There were several different aspects of it, but everyone loved the sweaty boxing outfit the most. :D

Here's the full ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SiVZaR2srk (wenella, of course)

There's also a bts video for it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSxOeAtTyJM

I don't have any more than you have, it looks like. Most of the pics (including gifs) I have are from the bts. Here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/gxPpTZL

Preview pic:

mumblemumble: close-up of shen wei's hands digging into his knees ([guardian] horny grip)

Re: Context for the Youku VIP card ad

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, thank you! I had no idea!

...oh my god, it's a "POV: this beautiful man is your boyfriend" ad, I can never watch those without pausing every two seconds to cringe. 😅 (three minutes later) Well, that was certainly an experience. 😄 He's come a long way since then!

Thank you for the links and the additional pics!!!
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Re: Context for the Youku VIP card ad

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-10 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...oh my god, it's a "POV: this beautiful man is your boyfriend" ad
I knooooooow. /o\

He's come a long way since then!
Hee. But I still love him as the cute bf, ngl. :D
sakana17: zhu yilong photoshoot in blue profile from back (zhu-yilong-blue-profile)

Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-08-15 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Context for some of the shoots:
: https://youtu.be/TxwhOTPmz90

: I have one of these labeled "Hainan International Film Festival 2018" see: https://youtu.be/CeX1cYj6JWE

: these look like fan edits of the L'Oreal Men Expert ads from 2020
See: http://sakana17.com/temp/zyl-Dd8U0AExQ5k.jpg and: http://sakana17.com/temp/zyl-Dd9UYAADGQD.jpg In the video ad, he's wearing a shirt and jacket over the turtleneck: https://youtu.be/_3UpOc-PFkM

: Alexvi Back to Back Series 2019, see: https://twitter.com/wenella_subs/status/1556975878583640066

: I have several other photos from this shoot, so my guess is a magazine spread, but he's wearing the same clothes here: https://youtu.be/CJf06UqjKNg and here: https://youtu.be/kp7Og2b8rUw

appearances:
: seems to be this: https://youtu.be/x8uCUwyD7zk

: https://youtu.be/z9-NeOYk-8M

: https://youtu.be/xHIs_RPpJoo

: I think it's in conjunction with this: https://youtu.be/PqVgBsRrE9A As I recall, while he was in Beijing for the film festival, he stopped by the Beijing Film Academy and these photos are from that visit. I remember he looked really happy while visiting his alma mater.
mumblemumble: close-up of shen wei in his mask and hood ([guardian] hei pao shi)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhh, that's amazing, thank you so much! I just watched several of these interviews and am overcome with feelings. 🥺 (In the Sina one, the subtitles have him describe Bai Yu as "he looks a bit dorky from the appearance, but he's quite exquisite in the heart," which is such a lovely version of how he describes Bai Yu in the Happy Camp live stream.)

This is both a great help for sorting my pics (oh, Weibo Movie Night! yes!) and a wonderful collection of interviews. 🥰 Thank you, thank you, I really appreciate it!
sakana17: zhu yilong poses for lenovo ad (zhu-yilong-lenovo)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
wenella's YouTube channel is such a goldmine!

have him describe Bai Yu as "he looks a bit dorky from the appearance, but he's quite exquisite in the heart,"

That quote! 😍

Here are some early pictures I have (without context, sorry!):





I believe wenella posted this on Twitter and said it was one of his first appearances in a magazine, and it was a business magazine or something?







Edited (changed so the images are the original size) 2022-09-10 22:02 (UTC)
tinny: Zhu Yilong looking lazily at the camera, with brown noisy grunge, and a diamond symbol in the middle (zyl_grunge diamond)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-11 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, oh, it got better! I have only one of these! Snagging them immediately.

eta: wth omg, I thought he was crawling in the first one, not propping himself up on his legs. I must have been half-asleep when I first saw it this morning. :DDDD
Edited 2022-09-11 08:49 (UTC)
sakana17: zhu yilong in leather jacket (zhu-yilong-leather)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I thought he was crawling in the first one, not propping himself up on his legs

Every time I look at that picture I have SO many questions. XD
mumblemumble: close-up of zhu yilong's pink lips ([ZYL] good lord)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-11 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
OH GOOD LORD. I hadn't seen the first three yet and they're all amazing in their own ways. (Having some thoughts about the second one I probably shouldn't be having.) Thank youuuuuu, you're a treasure trove! 😍
sakana17: zhu yilong poses in wet shirt (zhu-yilong-cyan)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-12 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
they're all amazing in their own ways

😄 The first and second pics especially give me...ideas. 🥰
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Re: Fandom: Zhu Yilong

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-10 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I very much appreciate all these details and links, too! Thank you! <3
sef1029: Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan faces (Default)

A little podfic for you

[personal profile] sef1029 2022-08-17 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I did a podfic of "a hand to hold, a song to sing." I hope you enjoy it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41053530
mumblemumble: shen wei and zhao yunlan with greenery in the background ([guardian] at work (together))

Re: A little podfic for you

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed this so much! The emotion and love and angst you packed into such a short little ficlet was really something. <333!
tinny: Bright yellow Zhu Yilong looking into the camera seductively, Chinese text: "kiss" (guardian_zhuyilong kiss)

Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] tinny 2022-08-19 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
These are - to the best of my knowledge - the oldest pics of him that I have. ( I've spared you the monkey movie caps. :DD )

But to be honest, I don't know the context of most of these, either, I'm really just going by babyface and hair length in this collection. :)

Full size images can be downloaded from the gallery here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/fk5Hxqh


I know you probably already have the camel shoot ones, here are all of mine:








Men's Uno photoshoot that looks like they all belong together:










Cute white sweater photoshoot:









I know you already have pics from this shoot, maybe you don't have some of these yet:












I have no idea where these all are from:



This one looks like it was taken during the filming of Yang and his Summer (judging from haircut and -color)


He looks extremely young in this one


Could this be a He Kaixin haircut?

Lots of spiky hair in these:



















This looks like a drama cap, I just don't know which drama


This is another drama still, and I know he's someone called "Ke Ze" in this one


That's it! I hope you like these and didn't have all of them yet. <3
mumblemumble: young shen wei with his face half hidden by the mask he's holding up ([guardian] baby)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
BABY LONG-GE!!! Even if I have a good chunk of these already, it never hurts to look at them all again! I love all of the white sweater ones, and I didn't have some of those yet! (THAT POUT.) And the one with the teensy weensy dog, gosh. Also, I hadn't seen the ones with the plaid suit before, and now I have questions. 😅 (I had previously encountered the "extremely young" one, and now I'm all verklempt again. His tiny little shoulders! God.)

The one with the red hair (Yang and his Summer) is from when he was in Vienna! I don't recall right now if they were somewhere in Europe for shooting and like, went to Vienna, or if there was some other reason, but there's several touristy pics of him there, and I love them. I also love the Chic Banana shoots with the spiky hair and everything! Thank you for including them, they're perfect baby Long-ge!

Thank youuuuu for all my gifts, that was so lovely of you! 🥰
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-10 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome, I had so much fun. <3 I always enjoy talking about Long-ge and sharing pics of him.

I knew you'd have lots of these already, but how to know if not by including them all? :D

I'm sorry I don't have them as well organized as you do, and have opened up more questions than I've answered. Oops. :)

mumblemumble: maggie o'connell looking up into the light (Default)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-11 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, you seem very sorry! 😆 I love going on picture hunts, so all new pictures (and questions) are welcome. And it's a good thing you included aaaaall the bb pics; I loved seeing them all together! 🥰
grayswandir: Zhu Yilong in red. (Zhu Yilong)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] grayswandir 2022-09-10 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I love your picspams, and had never seen any of these early photos before! Thank you for sharing! :D
tinny: Zhu Yilong in red-tinted sunlight, a red tiger cutout throwing a shadow onto his face, and the Hanzi for Tiger, smiling happily against the sun (zyl_smile yearofthetiger)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-11 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I'm so happy the picspams are loved, and not only by the recipient. <3
sakana17: zhu yilong poses for lenovo ad (zhu-yilong-lenovo)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-10 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Here to appreciate this bounty, as well! :D There are a lot I had never seen before! (I'd seen the plaid suit before...I just blotted it from my memory, lol.) Thank you for sharing these. 🥰

The "extremely young" one: Judging by his hair and narrow-ness, I think it's a bts from "The Nursery" movie. It was released in 2016, but my suspicion is that it was filmed earlier than that because he looks so young in it and his acting, um, well, he did his best.

The last drama still of Ke Ze: The drama is "Rhapsody of a Summer Dream," which has never been released. I think it was filmed in 2016 or 2017.

Here is another pic (which I think I got from you, [personal profile] tinny!) with the red/white sweater and possibly He Kaixin haircut:
tinny: Zhu Yilong looking lazily at the camera, with brown noisy grunge, and a diamond symbol in the middle (zyl_grunge diamond)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] tinny 2022-09-11 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, thanks for providing context! <3 I just hoard everything and - especially in the beginning - didn't really care where things came from.

Here is another pic (which I think I got from you, tinny!)
I have 4300 pics of him at this point, and it's possible I may have forgotten about this one, but it does not ring a bell at all. I don't think I have this picture of him yet? O_O

(I adore the way he angles his feet. So young, so shy.)
sakana17: zhu yilong poses with his head in his hand (zhu-yilong-head-on-han)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-12 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
I just hoard everything and - especially in the beginning - didn't really care where things came from.

Same here. I'm still not very organized, either. :( If I got the pic from someone else on DW, thanks, not!tinny! XD Otherwise it came from Twitter or Discord...

I adore the way he angles his feet.

I do, too. And in his enormous white sneakers! <3
mumblemumble: young shen wei with a yearning expression on his face ([guardian] baby!)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-11 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh gosh, a whole baby. Thank you for the additional information and the pic! 😍
sakana17: zhu yilong poses for lenovo ad (zhu-yilong-lenovo)

Re: Early Zhu Yilong picspam

[personal profile] sakana17 2022-09-12 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I love how babey he is in that picture! With his feet like that in his enormous white sneakers.😍
elenothar: (weilan green)

[personal profile] elenothar 2022-08-26 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
A tiny snippet based on your excellent Higher Education series. It didn't quite develop into a full fic, alas:


“You actually made a spreadsheet.” Zhao Yunlan’s voice drips with entirely undeserved disbelief. He’s the one who started all this, after all – Shen Wei is just taking it to its logical, scientific conclusion. After all, what’s the use in gathering data if you don’t then represent it in forms that are more easily analysable?

“And a map of your body’s erogenous zones,” Shen Wei says. “Strictly speaking, it is a heatmap, since I used different colours to represent your response levels, but there’s no correlation to temperature – ”

“Aside from how hot you made me,” Zhao Yunlan breaks in, waggling his eyebrows outrageously.

Shen Wei adjusts his glasses. “Yes, well. That was the object of the study.”

Zhao Yunlan grins, legs falling open wider. “Care to study this object a little more?”

“While more data is usually desirable, unless we recreate the original extremely small pilot study exactly, we’d just be introducing noise to the – ”

“Oh, I can definitely introduce noise all right,” Zhao Yunlan purrs around a grin, “but while I’m not opposed to recreating our previous attempt, right now I’ve got something a little more... rapid in mind. It doesn’t do to just perform one experiment on a given subject after all, does it?”

Shen Wei blinks, ignoring the heat rippling down his skin at Zhao Yunlan’s blatant display. “In-depth research requires different approaches,” he confirms. “What did you have in mind?”

Zhao Yunlan’s grin widens.
mumblemumble: shen wei in his black robe ([guardian] envoy at work)

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
ADJUSTING HIS GLASSES. ZHAO YUNLAN BEING ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS. SHEN WEI RECKONING WITH THE HORNY MONSTER HE CREATED. HE! MADE! A! SPREADSHEET!

I love this, I love the science banter, thank you for playing in my soft little universe. 🥲
elenothar: (shen wei pendant of pining)

[personal profile] elenothar 2022-09-11 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
So glad you liked it! 🥰

Your soft little universe is eminently playable in, I had lost of fun <3

Fanmix for Mumble

(Anonymous) 2022-09-07 11:58 am (UTC)(link)

Lost and Found


I Found – Amber Run


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/5zT5cMnMKoyruPj13TQXGx?si=b85264a224874889)

Oh, and I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be—
Right in front of me, talk some sense to me.
And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be—
Right in front of me, talk some sense to me.


Silence – Marshmello ft. Khalid


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/7vGuf3Y35N4wmASOKLUVVU?si=3eb2278f27d543f0)

I’m in need of a savior, but I’m not asking for favors. My whole life I’ve felt like a burden. I think too much, and I hate it. I’m so used to being in the wrong. I’m tired of caring. Loving never gave me a home, so I’ll sit here in the silence. I found peace in your violence. Can’t show me there’s no point in trying. I’m at one, and I’ve been silent for too long.


Sanctuary – Welshly Arms


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/6s4E1Wsbq5X9eHWprIQXIB?si=82be2864de6e4c9f)

I see your hurt; I feel your pain. All of our dirt is washed in the rain. I’ve walked that road; I’ve felt that shame. No place is home but times, they are changing. This is our sanctuary; we can find shelter and peace. This is our sanctuary; you are, you are safe with me. This is our sanctuary; we can find shelter and peace. This is our sanctuary; you are, you are safe with me.


Lost and Found – Silver Silver


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/0QLDppqrqnSjsDNubh6yFD?si=af8ac7683b67439d)

No lyrics


Different World – Alan Walker ft. K-391, Sofia Carson, CORSAK


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/4heFQCyiW0RUEX1Q1lb008?si=ba49a0a6f3df4895)

Take me back, back to the mountainside, under the northern lights, chasing the stars. Take me back, back to the mountainside, when we were full of life, back to the start. And we both know that this is not the world we had in mind, but we got time. And even thought we might have lost tonight, the skyline reminds us of a different time.


Find My Way Back – Eric Arjes


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/2O23hQ1m9qhCGDQuqRX7yZ?si=518280cd9c0346aa)

No distance could ever tear us apart. There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do. I’ll find my way back to you. On my way now. Don’t give up on me. And no one knows what, what tomorrow brings. These weary eyes will never rest until they look in yours again. I’ll find my way back to you. I’ll find my way back. Into the dark to chase your heart; no distance could ever tear us apart. There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do. I’ll find my way back to you.


Missing London – Lostboycrow


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/3cOfyeEJewxcQ1tG8XylvZ?si=fca67470e1634a77)

Now I’m a ghost, baby I’m sorry. Well, my lips are cold, but they won’t let us die. I can’t go back, back to the nights, back to the nights when we felt so alive. Blood rush, you are my drug. I fell in love, and it killed me. So hard, here in the dark, I hear your screaming, but hell is so far.
We could be ghosts, baby don’t worry. Oh, I’ll take you home, let me just close your eyes. I can’t go back, back to the nights, back to the nights when we felt so alive. Blood rush, you were my drug. I fell in love, and it killed me.


Ghost – Jacob Lee


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/5gPJqD4GXqhYNQz1QNfe0P?si=d18b1eeb20c04c2f)

I see in your eyes a reflection of hurt. The book in your mind hasn’t come to an end. There’s always a page that hasn’t been read. You could have been so great. I won’t let you slip away. Is there any hope for us left? Even a ghost needs a friend. You could have been someone, but you let them into your head. I want you to know this instead: that I see a light in your chest. Your heart, it beats, forever, forever, we see. I will believe.


Find Me – Sigma ft. Birdy


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/6xB7E0HOWznwiO0v56mqwD?si=43e9ed42b69c4029)

I see you here in the darkness, blinding light right where your heart is. If you’re ready, heart is open, I’ll be waiting, come find me. We’ve lost our way, that’s what you told me last. The tears they come and go. This is us; I’ll never get enough. It’s taken losing you to know. If you’re ready, heart is open, I’ll be waiting, come find me. If you’re searching for forever, I’ll be waiting, come find me.


Missing Piece – Marika Takeuchi


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/7dS7O9Fv4P4pnX1Xz1DhSR?si=0d4ed9d0900a4f04)

No lyrics


Venus – Sleeping at Last


Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/6bZmneAFKkF6HLzFLFcK0i?si=a3320f9b4a324da2)

The night sky once ruled my imagination, now I turn the dials with careful calculation. After a while, I thought I’d never find you; I convinced myself that I would never find you. When suddenly I saw you. At first, I thought you were a constellation. I made a map of your stars, then I had a revelation. You’re as beautiful as endless. You’re the universe I’m helpless in. And suddenly I see you. Suddenly I see you. I was a billion little pieces, till you pulled me into focus. Astronomy in reverse; it was me who was discovered.

Re: Fanmix for Mumble

(Anonymous) 2022-09-10 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
(Original poster of this here) I forgot to include what fandom this was for rip, it's meant to be Guardian/Weilan, sorry for forgetting! I hope you enjoy! I've never put together a fanmix before but I felt inspired by the ones you did and shared for reference
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Re: Fanmix for Mumble

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-10 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, OP! Thank you so much for making this for me!!! I kind of assumed from the songs it was Weilan. ❤️💔 It's bedtime now, and I want to listen to the whole thing on a walk tomorrow, so I'm trying not to look at the lyrics yet, but oh gosh.

Take me back, back to the mountainside, under the northern lights, chasing the stars. Take me back, back to the mountainside, when we were full of life, back to the start.

Baby. 🥺

I'll be back with more thoughts, but really, I'm so touched you felt inspired to do this! Super excited to give this a listen!
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Re: Fanmix for Mumble

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-11 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this was beautiful! I listened to it a couple of times, and I honestly loved all the songs! ❤️

From my own experience, I always have a pretty clear narrative in my head once I have all the songs in order, like what the lyrics are about and what story they tell together, but then it's anyone's guess what the listeners get out of it. So I hope I'm not super off, but here's what I'm hearing:

The main POV is Shen Wei, with the first song being the baby Envoy falling in love with Kunlun. Incidentally, I was only familiar with the first two songs and the last one, and I love Silence for Shen Wei! "I've been silent for too long" and now he can finally talk to someone! (I also had some thoughts about "I found peace in your violence", but I spare you the ramble. 😅)

Then Sanctuary is Zhao Yunlan's POV, and it's both powerful and kind of soft ("you are safe with me") and it made me happy about the little bit of happiness they got to experience together in YOHE.

Then dirt nap break! Both the instrumentals were so lovely, and I'll definitely be checking out the artists for my own mixes. 👀

The next several songs, to me, are about Shen Wei meeting Zhao Yunlan in this strange world he woke up to, being so drawn to him, unable to deal with him in any rational manner. Vowing to himself to stick with him until everything makes sense (Find My Way Back) and they can be in love again, like they were before.

Missing London and Ghost complement each other: Shen Wei doing so! much! pining! ("I fell in love, and it killed me", oh no 😢) and Zhao Yunlan (after having uncovered the Hei Pao Shi secret?) responding to Shen Wei's obvious loneliness with some tenderness of his own. Offering friendship! ❤️💔 I adore the "I see the light in your chest" line. It made me think of this art.

And then! Reunion in the sparkly time void! Shen Wei waiting for Zhao Yunlan with his heart in his throat! Telling him his final secret! Finally they're on the same page! I loved the happiness and hopefulness and beauty of the last three songs. Venus is such a good song for them.

Feel free to tell me if your own narrative was different! I adored your selection of songs, in any case. Thank you very much for making this for me. 🥰

Re: Fanmix for Mumble

(Anonymous) 2022-09-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh I'm so glad you liked it! I loved hearing the narrative you got from this! It was mostly similar to what I was thinking but still a tiny bit different which I thought was interesting! The most notable difference was the first two songs for me were more ZYL POV at the very beginning where he is intrigued by SW but also very very suspicious of him. He wants to let him in but he doesn't know if he can trust this way too nice possibly alien stranger, but he wants to. And then yeah as it transitions to Sanctuary he is starting to see the hidden pieces SW is trying to hide. But then you hit the nail on the head with talking about the next three songs being really SW's feelings about meeting ZYL in this new world while still being nostalgic for the old times. And then Ghost and Find Me being ZYL POV but make it angsty after he learns the HPS secret yeah but still waiting to find out the rest of what SW is keeping from him because he is not quite there yet. And Venus concludes the time loop where they are finally on the same page after so long.
Thank you so much for sharing your interpretation!
-OP
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Re: Fanmix for Mumble

[personal profile] mumblemumble 2022-09-18 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I've listened to it again now, and I can see that version of events, yes! Zhao Yunlan is pretty much immediately drawn to that weird, suspicious, beautiful man and seems to have forgotten he's ~not made for love~ or whatever. :-D

I'm looking forward to listening to it all again! Thank you so! <3