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Username: glymr
AO3 Username: glymr
Medium Likes: I love art, fic, vids, and more esoteric types of transformative works.
Medium DNWs: The only thing that I have difficulty with is long audio pieces (more than 20 minutes or so).
General Likes:
General DNWs: A/B/O, graphic or extended scenes of torture, scat, watersports, unhappy ending, mpreg, irredeemable Ye Zun. I don't mind bittersweet or complicated stories, but I'd like to be able to believe that characters will be able to find their way to a happily ever after eventually.
Fandom: Guardian
Art: I love art where I get to see my favorite characters together, especially when they're being domestic or romantic. I'd particularly love to see a moment of intimacy, physical or emotional, between the main characters. When people have used my stories as inspiration for art or photoshopped pieces, it's always brought me great joy.
I really love identity porn, so Guardian was absolute catnip for me from the beginning. I assume most anyone reading this is familiar with the term, but just in case: "identity porn" doesn't mean sexual content. It means the shenanigans that result when at least one character has more than one identity. Think Superman and Clark Kent and their relationship with Lois Lane, or Superman and Clark Kent and their relationship(s) with Batman and Bruce Wayne. (My other biggest fandom was Superhero comics, particularly Batfamily, so that should give you some idea of the level of identity porn I enjoy. ^_~)
I love anything that deals with canonical identity porn in Guardian, ie the Black Cloaked Envoy aka Shen Wei (aka young Shen Wei) and their relationship with Zhao Yunlan (aka Kunlun) and the SID and the rest of the world. Some ideas in this vein: Role-reversal: What if Zhao Yunlan was the one with the secret identity (he kind of does have one because of Kunlun, but what if he had it in the modern day)? What if both he and Shen Wei had secret identities? What if the SID was shut down by the government before the story began and forced to become a group of underground vigilantes (that, say, rescue Xiao Guo from a bad situation?) The canon is also ripe for interesting reincarnation fix-it identity porn!
As much as I love the original canon, I also absolutely love seeing canon Guardian translated into AUs with the identity porn trope intact. Anything where one or more of the characters has another identity or isn't who they seem to be (gamers with screen names, people dressing up unrecognizably for a convention, spies undercover with alternate identities, people on the run or in hiding, people with a public persona and private self like actors or idols - especially if it involves character bleed(!), people who've traveled in time and are trying to hide that fact (I also love isekai and fish out of water stories), even a straight up vigilante or superhero AU - I love them all! Identity porn can also be integrated into standard AUs - what DOES that barista who makes such good coffee do on his days off?
Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are my favorites, and also the ones with the most identity porn going on (Zhao Yunlan as Kunlun and Shen Wei as the Black Cloaked Envoy). I also like Ye Zun, especially in AUs where he gets to be snarky and bratty in a funny way (I find good snark hard to write but I truly love to read it!) It would be lovely to see some Ye Zun/Zhu Jiu, especially Zhu Jiu crushing hard on Ye Zun in a modern AU setting (Fashion blogger and his devoted fan? Community or college theater lead and his understudy best friend? So many possibilities!)
I'm happy with just about any pairings in the background, but the ones that I'm currently most interested in seeing as the focus of a story/art piece/etc are:
Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei
Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei/Chu Shuzhi
Ye Zun/Zhu Jiu
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan/Ye Zun (in any combination)
Rating: I'll read anything from completely gen stories all the way to explicit smut.
Fandom: Guardian RPF and AU RPF (ie Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong Character Combinations)
Art: Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu are so, so beautiful. I'm continually amazed by the talent of photoshoppers, those who make manips, and artists. I'd love to see more inspiring art of them together, especially with an AU theme (fae? mafia? wings?) I particularly love when they look otherworldly or magical, but I also really dig grittier ones. If you feel inspired by any of my stories to make a cover or image that goes with it, I would be absolutely delighted!
For these two, the dynamic is really what I love, with the shy and reserved Zhu Yilong brought out of his shell by the sunny and outgoing Bai Yu. Or alternatively, cool and in-control Zhu Yilong finds his walls crumbling when he's with passionate Bai Yu. The opposites attract dynamic: sun and moon, hot and cool, summer and winter kind of thing is part of what makes them appealing. As above, I'm also very into identity porn, especially things like character bleed (YUM) and how it might influence their relationship.
That being said, there's no need for them to be the actual BY and Z1L to make the story work - if you want to grab inspirational images, commercials, characters from other shows and mix and match them, I am down for it! Innocent Z1L captured by the king of the Fae, BY, who in turn finds himself ensnared by Z1L's sweetness as well as his beauty? Social butterfly BY and his cat-owning, quiet neighbor?
No matter what, if you decide to create something for me, I hope you can relax and have fun with it. ^_^
Comment below to leave a gift for this wishlist! Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. Comments are screened until reveals on 21 September (Reunion Festival).
All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. If you like, you can post transformative works to the AO3 collection. For gifts that don't meet AO3's terms of service (picspams, etc), if it's too big to fit in a comment, you can post to Googledocs and set the security to "anyone with the link". In either case, please leave a link to the gift in the comments here.
Guardian Wishlist rules/FAQ/schedule
AO3 Username: glymr
Medium Likes: I love art, fic, vids, and more esoteric types of transformative works.
Medium DNWs: The only thing that I have difficulty with is long audio pieces (more than 20 minutes or so).
General Likes:
- Identity porn! (More on this below).
- Genderswap of any kind (I love femmeslash!)
- AUs that diverge from canon (ie change one thing and see what happens)
- Entirely different universe AUs - coffeeshop, wingfic, soulmate, gamer, reincarnation fixit...the sky's the limit!
- Insecure characters who are convinced they're not good enough receiving love and reassurance from their partner or partners
- Touch-starved characters
General DNWs: A/B/O, graphic or extended scenes of torture, scat, watersports, unhappy ending, mpreg, irredeemable Ye Zun. I don't mind bittersweet or complicated stories, but I'd like to be able to believe that characters will be able to find their way to a happily ever after eventually.
Fandom: Guardian
Art: I love art where I get to see my favorite characters together, especially when they're being domestic or romantic. I'd particularly love to see a moment of intimacy, physical or emotional, between the main characters. When people have used my stories as inspiration for art or photoshopped pieces, it's always brought me great joy.
I really love identity porn, so Guardian was absolute catnip for me from the beginning. I assume most anyone reading this is familiar with the term, but just in case: "identity porn" doesn't mean sexual content. It means the shenanigans that result when at least one character has more than one identity. Think Superman and Clark Kent and their relationship with Lois Lane, or Superman and Clark Kent and their relationship(s) with Batman and Bruce Wayne. (My other biggest fandom was Superhero comics, particularly Batfamily, so that should give you some idea of the level of identity porn I enjoy. ^_~)
I love anything that deals with canonical identity porn in Guardian, ie the Black Cloaked Envoy aka Shen Wei (aka young Shen Wei) and their relationship with Zhao Yunlan (aka Kunlun) and the SID and the rest of the world. Some ideas in this vein: Role-reversal: What if Zhao Yunlan was the one with the secret identity (he kind of does have one because of Kunlun, but what if he had it in the modern day)? What if both he and Shen Wei had secret identities? What if the SID was shut down by the government before the story began and forced to become a group of underground vigilantes (that, say, rescue Xiao Guo from a bad situation?) The canon is also ripe for interesting reincarnation fix-it identity porn!
As much as I love the original canon, I also absolutely love seeing canon Guardian translated into AUs with the identity porn trope intact. Anything where one or more of the characters has another identity or isn't who they seem to be (gamers with screen names, people dressing up unrecognizably for a convention, spies undercover with alternate identities, people on the run or in hiding, people with a public persona and private self like actors or idols - especially if it involves character bleed(!), people who've traveled in time and are trying to hide that fact (I also love isekai and fish out of water stories), even a straight up vigilante or superhero AU - I love them all! Identity porn can also be integrated into standard AUs - what DOES that barista who makes such good coffee do on his days off?
Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are my favorites, and also the ones with the most identity porn going on (Zhao Yunlan as Kunlun and Shen Wei as the Black Cloaked Envoy). I also like Ye Zun, especially in AUs where he gets to be snarky and bratty in a funny way (I find good snark hard to write but I truly love to read it!) It would be lovely to see some Ye Zun/Zhu Jiu, especially Zhu Jiu crushing hard on Ye Zun in a modern AU setting (Fashion blogger and his devoted fan? Community or college theater lead and his understudy best friend? So many possibilities!)
I'm happy with just about any pairings in the background, but the ones that I'm currently most interested in seeing as the focus of a story/art piece/etc are:
Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei
Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei/Chu Shuzhi
Ye Zun/Zhu Jiu
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan/Ye Zun (in any combination)
Rating: I'll read anything from completely gen stories all the way to explicit smut.
Fandom: Guardian RPF and AU RPF (ie Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong Character Combinations)
Art: Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu are so, so beautiful. I'm continually amazed by the talent of photoshoppers, those who make manips, and artists. I'd love to see more inspiring art of them together, especially with an AU theme (fae? mafia? wings?) I particularly love when they look otherworldly or magical, but I also really dig grittier ones. If you feel inspired by any of my stories to make a cover or image that goes with it, I would be absolutely delighted!
For these two, the dynamic is really what I love, with the shy and reserved Zhu Yilong brought out of his shell by the sunny and outgoing Bai Yu. Or alternatively, cool and in-control Zhu Yilong finds his walls crumbling when he's with passionate Bai Yu. The opposites attract dynamic: sun and moon, hot and cool, summer and winter kind of thing is part of what makes them appealing. As above, I'm also very into identity porn, especially things like character bleed (YUM) and how it might influence their relationship.
That being said, there's no need for them to be the actual BY and Z1L to make the story work - if you want to grab inspirational images, commercials, characters from other shows and mix and match them, I am down for it! Innocent Z1L captured by the king of the Fae, BY, who in turn finds himself ensnared by Z1L's sweetness as well as his beauty? Social butterfly BY and his cat-owning, quiet neighbor?
No matter what, if you decide to create something for me, I hope you can relax and have fun with it. ^_^
Comment below to leave a gift for this wishlist! Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. Comments are screened until reveals on 21 September (Reunion Festival).
All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. If you like, you can post transformative works to the AO3 collection. For gifts that don't meet AO3's terms of service (picspams, etc), if it's too big to fit in a comment, you can post to Googledocs and set the security to "anyone with the link". In either case, please leave a link to the gift in the comments here.
Guardian Wishlist rules/FAQ/schedule