Monthly Round-Up
Dec. 1st, 2025 03:14 pm• Review: Cosmetology High
• Icons: Word of Honor
• Fanfic for: L'Oreal "Time Engraver" Commercials/Guardian (TV)
• Fanfic for: Word of Honor: Liu Qianqiao/Luo Fumeng
• Brainstorming for Topics: Discussions & Picspams
• Wishlist Wednesday
• Fanfic for: The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
• Fanfic for: Word of Honor
• Topic Tuesday: Character Recasts
• DMBJ Calendars announcement!
• Triple Drabble and Various Icons
• Quick Rec Wednesday
• Various Drabbles and Graphics
• Did You Make a Thing?
And of course we had the monthly round-up for October 2025 and our weekly chats on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and the 29th - come join in, it's still running!
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November Fanworks Round-Up Post!
Dec. 1st, 2025 06:52 amThis is the fanworks round-up post for November! Please link in the comments to any Guardian (or related fandoms) fanworks you created or enjoyed last month.
- all kinds of fanworks are welcome – fic, art, vids, picspams, etc. - including those made for exchanges and events
- new chapters of WIPs count
- meta or discussion posts, too
- whether or not you've already linked these in a post of their own, we still want them here!
If you're linking to fanworks you didn't create yourself, please clearly mark these "REC", so there's no confusion about authorship/creatorship.
(And please still do link your fanworks, meta, etc. separately, in their own post, at any time!)
So ... what Guardian and related fandoms works did you create or enjoy in November?
Media Update 30112025
Nov. 30th, 2025 10:34 pmFinished watching
Dramas
- Zomvivor (Thai Drama) – 7 episodes
- The Cursed Love (Thai BL) – 10 episodes
- Punks Triangle (Japanese BL) – 8 episodes
- The Wicked Game (Thai BL) – 10 episodes
Currently writing
- Khemjira Fic - 4016 words
- Secret omegaverse story - 1578
Currently reading
- SVSSS Vol. 4 - Chapter 26
- Counterattack - Chapter 198
- Panguan - Chapter 31
Currently watching
Dramas
- Me and Who (Thai BL) – Fridays – 8/10 episodes
- Mystique in the Mirror (Thai BL) – Wednesdays – 6/8 episodes
- Goddess Bless You From Death (Thai BL) – Fridays – 5/13 episodes
- Runaway (Thai GL) – Tuesdays – 2/8 episodes
- ClaireBell (Thai GL) – Saturdays – 4/8 episodes
- Interminable (Thai BL) – Fridays – 4/11 episodes
- Me and Thee (Thai BL) – Saturdays – 3/10 episodes
- Burnout Syndrome (Thai BL) – Wednesdays – 1/10 episodes
- Thundercloud Rainstorm (Korean BL) – Fridays – 2/8 episodes
- Heated Rivalry (Canadian mini series) – Fridays (?) – 1/6 episodes
Documentary
- Debo, puedo y quiero: Juan Gabriel (Mexican documentary) – No Schedule – 3/4 episodes
Anime
- Sanrio Danshi – No schedule – 8/12 episodes
On Hold
Anime
- Komi Can’t Communicate – No schedule – 4/24 episodes
- Rokuhōdō Yotsuiro Biyori – No schedule – 2/12 episodes
- The Bangkok Boy (Thai BL) – No schedule – 2/12 episodes
- Perfect 10 Liners (Thai BL) – No schedule – 4/24 episodes
- The Long Ballad (Chinese Drama) – No schedule – 5/49 episodes
- Theory of Love (Thai BL) – No schedule – 2/12 episodes
Last time I posted an update, I wrote this: “As expected, I've started watching a ton of things again.” And guess what? Well, you can probably guess.
Okay, but first, let’s talk about the things I finished watching:
Spoilers ahead, in case anyone here cares lol
I liked that Siwat ended up dying because it fit the title of the show. I assume the new guy with Siwat's face who showed up at the end is going to be some sort of reincarnation? No idea how, but who are very physically alike do exist, so maybe his soul just chose a new vessel who looks a lot like his past incarnation? I don’t even know. I usually like to think about what could happen post-canon, and if I were more invested in this story, I would even try to write (or think about) a fic, but alas. I usually like endings where everybody dies, but one of the deaths here felt pointless and undeserved.
And, not gonna lie, the whole time I kept thinking: “this is a situation that polyamory would solve… whatever these three have going on.” But I know asking for a poly BL might be a bit much still. That reminds me that I want to watch Two Husbands One Wife and Three Will Be Free. But going back to this show: it was an interesting premise, but the execution could have been much better. The actor who played Siwat was very pretty.
Spoilers ahead
It gave me Risa as the winner of the wicked game (sorry, sorry), but very briefly. For a moment, I thought Chet and Peem were both dead, but since we never saw Peem’s corpse, I knew he wasn’t, and that was what disappointed me. Another disappointing thing was that they didn’t give us even a little kiss between Chet and Park, but I’m letting that one slide because Park ended up being killed by Risa’s bodyguard after he killed Risa, and that kind of devotion is also very sexy, so… yeah. Again, I like “everyone dies” finales, and I kinda wanted this one to be like that… better luck next time, I guess. In the end, Than inherited everything Peem left him after faking his death, and then Peem came back with a new name to start over. I just hope Than doesn’t insist on going back to being a cop, because ew, dude. He can clean his name, and then maybe open a restaurant. I don’t know.
I enjoyed it overall, but yeah, I wanted it to be darker than it was. But again, I’m not really mad.
I'm not gonna talk about every show I’m watching or I’ll never end this update.
I keep enjoying
I haven’t watched this week’s episode of
I started THREE new shows this week, so my watching list remains the same :) I don’t learn, but I don’t care. One of the things that keeps me interested in living are my little shows, so I’ll take it for as long as I can. The other big motive to stay alive is the kid, but as I’ve never been the ideal selfless parent, I need selfish motives too… things for myself only. Don’t judge me too harshly for this; we hold onto what we can.
I started
The other show I started is a Korean BL called
Lastly, also thanks to the Discord pals, I started watching
From the shows I didn’t go into detail here, I’m just gonna list them in the order I’m enjoying and looking forward to them the most:
- Me and Who (Thai BL) – This one is so cute and I’m enjoying the main couple a lot.
- Goddess Bless You From Death (Thai BL) – This one keeps being scary. The ghosts have given me jump scares every single episode lol. I’m also enjoying PoohPavel a lot. I like their dynamics, and in the last episode, Singha’s expressions when Thup approached him were chef's kiss.
- Mystique in the Mirror (Thai BL) – I want to know what’s going ooooooooooooooon!
- Interminable (Thai BL) – Still feels a bit slow but… butts. They showed unpixelated butts, also… Khun Yai is a menace with no game, and Kaewta is the prettiest.
- Runaway (Thai GL) – Need to catch up on this one.
The next thing I want to talk about is how I’m enjoying writing my silly fics. But there are two: one is the Khemjira one, and I already have 4k words… I can’t believe it! I may even finish it before the year ends, but I don’t want to be too optimistic or ambitious. Then there’s the other one; it’s my first attempt at writing omegaverse, and even though it started as a way of venting about some corporeal stuff and is planned to mostly be PWP, I got sucked into several worldbuilding rabbit holes. I have been trying to figure out different aspects, like the anatomy I want to give the characters, the fricking scents, the suppressors, how it could affect certain kinds of jobs, etc. And even if I don’t end up integrating it all into the story, it’s interesting because, as a reader, I’ve always let myself be guided by whatever the authors chose to depict, and that was that, because it’s something each author can adapt and play with, so one story doesn’t dictate how others work. But writing is a whole different beast. A fun one, though. For now. I’m exhilarated because it’s been a while since I felt this need to write, so I’m letting myself enjoy it while it lasts. I also have another idea for a third fic, also based on Khemjira, but following a supporting character. It’s been weeks since I had the idea, but I haven’t written anything about it yet, not even the idea as a placeholder in my drafts, but I might need to do it ASAP. Every time I listen to “Ride or Die” by Jeff Satur, it reminds me of the idea, so, yeah…
And that’s it for now.
My latest Guardian fanworks
Nov. 30th, 2025 07:42 pmsweeter than dreams (1295 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Oral Fixation, Fingers in Mouth, Lollipops, Facial Hair Kink, First Kiss, First Time, Oral Sex, Blowjob through clothes, Clothed Sex, Coming In Pants, Resolved Mutual Pining, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings
Series: Part 6 of All the different first times for YOHE Weilan
Summary: Shen Wei can't look away. Maybe he's too tired to keep himself in check, the long day weighing on him too much. He could always look away before, with enough effort, but now he just stares; he has apparently missed Kunlun's question too, because Kunlun is looking at him with a concerned frown, and Shen Wei— Shen Wei leans in and licks at the tiny bit of glossy sweetness clinging to Kunlun's chin.
make a fine shrine in me (1484 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, Obsession, Shen Wei's Kunlun Shrine, Stalking, Thirsty Zhao Yunlan, Anal Sex, Top Shen Wei (Guardian), Bottom Zhao Yunlan, First Time, First Time Bottoming, Bruises, Marking, Possessive Sex, Biting, Blood Drinking, (brief and not explicit), Blushing, Wall Sex, Zhao Yunlan is extremely into Shen Wei's obsessiveness, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan, Tenderness, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: Zhao Yunlan should really feel confused, or concerned, or maybe even terrified. He just found out that he's a mortal incarnation of a god — mortal being the unexpectedly relevant keyword here — and Shen Wei has spent an indescribable amount of time feeding his own obsession, and now this all-powerful entity has full access to him in a room that no one else can enter.
Instead he feels flattered, and exhilarated, and absolutely, mind-blowingly turned on.
You're Worth It (100 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Character Bleed, Sleepy Cuddles, Soft, Bittersweet, Drabble
Summary: "You're worth it," Shen Wei will say tomorrow.
"You're worth it," Long-ge says now, as they run their lines late into the night again, at first facing each other properly, and then all tangled in a sleepy heap in the hotel bed.
Side by Side by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: cheek kiss, Soft, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 12 of Zhubai ~canon~ but with more kissing
Summary: A soft karaoke smooch. :)
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Nov. 30th, 2025 11:43 amDeeplight by Francis Hardinge got hyped on tumblr, so I gave it a shot - YA set in an island chain previously haunted by eldritch cephalopods with humans harvesting their corpses for powers. Great worldbuilding, but the central relationship between the protagonist and his "friend" are so blatantly abusive that I got frustrated with how long it takes the protagonist to realize this and do something about it. At least there was no overt romance plot.
I'm increasingly coming to the realization that most recent YA is not for me - which is a little frustrating, since older works that were originally JF but got rebranded as YAF still work fine, and I can't tell if something's changed over the intervening years, it's me, or some combination of the two.
November recs: 3x Hermitcraft 1x Life series
Nov. 30th, 2025 03:08 pmI don't think canon knowledge is required for any of them: definitely not the first two, and I think the important parts of the other two become clear very quickly.
in too deep by
digital art, Geminitay
Summary: additional tags: Imminent Character Death, she is literally drowning, Hallucinations, Eye strain, highly saturated colors, Hermitcraft Season 10, Anthropologist Geminitay, Sea Monsters
Why I like it: The tags say "hallucinations" but I also really like the idea of scientist Gem looking too deep. Very cool colors.
Why is everyone sucking Farlands' dick over their new ship??? by
6k, SF AU, implied Scar/Grian, social media outsider PoV with in-universe RPF
Summary: Hey, uh, what's with everyone losing their minds over Farlands' Good Times? I thought we all agreed Farlands was evil incarnate? Last big colony mission they launched, even half the people at Brave Voyages were like "wow so sick of Farlands' bullshit, hope Farlands explodes," but this thing has been around for less than a year and people HERE are like, writing romantic poetry about it? Can someone explain? Obviously I too am fascinated by whether they're using tuned mass dampers or something else to keep the gravity steady, and the reflex rewiring they have to do to the pilots to get something that big through hyperspace is wild, but uh. This is not that.
A forum thread from the future.
Why I love it: Reccing part 2 here so I have a good reason to rec the series when it's done; I also recommend part 1 but I like this one even better. Scar is a Pilot, which means he controls a spaceship with his brain, and Grian is his doctor. Very cool worldbuilding and very funny.
feeling a gold hand unfolding on me by
3.3k, Grian & Xisuma, non-sexual kink (body modification, admin powers)
Summary: It was daylight, not that you could tell from the enclosed room Xisuma had teleported Grian into. A bright, fantastic Hermitcraft day, his friends bustling about the server engaged in activities, cheerfully oblivious to what Xisuma and Grian were about to do in this room together. To what Xisuma was about to do to Grian.
Most Hermits weren’t big on tradition, when you got down to it. They’d been around too long, seen enough of the universe to have set preferences about their bodies, or they had their own plans for each season. Scar and Cub had recently finished with their predatory ConVex business, for instance, and Cleo kept her zombieness– zombitude? Zombiehood?-- firmly under her own control, and the less said about Joe’s usual brand of shenanigans, the better.
So it had been unusual, having a new player such as Grian bring the concept up in the roundabout fashion he had, side-eyeing Xisuma like he wasn’t sure whether Xisuma would just snatch him up one day, like he was checking off a box on some haphazard to-do list-- like he’d smacked himself on the helmet and gone oh, silly me, that’s right! I forgot to modify Grian to my personal preferences last month!
Why I like it: Wonderful take on admin Xisuma taking care of his player even with an unusual request. I like how Xisuma needs the encouragement and reassurances to keep going but he does enjoy getting into his evil role when he feels comfortable and he is good at it, too. And Grian is very good at prodding him just enough and having to admit he doesn't not want this, delicious.
a weave that can be unpicked by
3.4k, Scar&/Grian, Third Life
Summary: Grian's eyes widen. “Wait, did you think I’d made a plug-in to force players into turning hostile?”
Scar blinks. “Didn’t you?”
“Wh— No, of course not!”
“Oh.” Scar deflates, but then, just as quickly, perks back up. “Could you though?”
Or: Scar has some ideas to make Third Life more fun. Grian has some concerns.
Why I like it: Excellent recursive fic of the above, and another case of a player prodding an admin into using their powers on them. I love the intimacy of the admin power used on a willing subject.
Unseen
Nov. 30th, 2025 12:50 pmLast year, I read a book that changed my life (or, at least, how I approach other people). The book's analysis of appreciation and how it is and isn't given thus lurks at the back of my mind; less "living rent-free" and more like a structural element.
My job is ... well. Theoretically, it's interesting. In practice, it feels like nothing I do matters – no-one admits to being in charge, the person I thought was my boss is too busy doing project administration paperwork to supervise me and has informed me that she's actually not my boss at all, I do not know who my boss is, and the piece of equipment I was promised would arrive in September has been delayed to February at best. I do not know who my boss is.
(Also this is not a job for a postdoc IMO? I really think they should've hired a PhD student instead, and only got a postdoc because they only have two years of funding...)
In short, the management is shit. I've tried giving feedback, but the problems with this group run deep, apparently, and also I'm not officially a part of the group. (The least wrong answer to "Where do you work?" is "It's complicated.") Like. It's one thing to be self-directed, but frankly, I feel self-employed, except with none of the good parts.
(Also Paris fucking sucks, y'all? Pollution so bad you can taste it, the sheer noise of the masses, all the grocery stores have more restrictive opening times than the fucking alcohol monopoly in Finland, and the locals are all "omg you live in the bad part of town???" my dude your entire fucking city is sketchy af! All of Paris is "the bad part of town"!)
Oh yeah and I've been suffering with bedbugs. I hired the pros the moment I found them, buuuuut I think they've been coming through the vents. I recently covered them with fabric (and duct tape), but ofc there's the residual population. I sleep with no skin uncovered so they cannot feed and multiply. I do a final sweep of visible surfaces before bed and exterminate all I can find. There are bloodstains on my ceiling and a hatred in my soul.
Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!
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Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 7, part 1
Nov. 30th, 2025 04:53 pm
Hi, and welcome back to the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch. Watch half an episode a week, at your leisure, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!
Here are the previous weeks' rewatch posts.
Episode 7, up to 24:30
Summary
Shen Wei starts to get serious with the muggers, but just then Zhao Yunlan shows up and "rescues" him... only to be caught unawares with a metal bar. They go to Shen Wei's place for first aid and verbal sparring.

Zhao Yunlan asks Shen Wei to be an official consultant to the SID, and Shen Wei refuses. Zhao Yunlan accidentally implies he's been in Shen Wei's place before. The next day at the SID, Lin Jing is telling ghost stories when a call comes about a new case: one of the muggers is dead. When the SID review nearby CCTV footage, they don't see much, but rewinding to earlier reveals that Zhao Yunlan met up with Shen Wei in that alley. Zhao Yunlan unconvincingly laughs this off. The "bears" call: Zhu Hong grudgingly conveys a laptop to Shen Wei for a Zoom call with Zhao Yunlan and the others. After Shen Wei's extensive and illustrated lecture on different kinds of bears, Da Qing pipes up to suggest the attacker might be a Youchu; Shen Wei produces a relevant sketch. Zhao Yunlan, Lin Jing and Chu Shuzhi visit the surviving mugger in hospital; he's out of his wits, babbling about a monster. Lin Jing sees the crime scene photos and makes the connection with his favourite web novel.
Quote
Shen Wei: There are some questions that, out of principle, I cannot answer. But when the safety of people around me are at stake, I will surely not watch from the side and hide information from you. You can count on me for that.
Detail
The moment they're inside his apartment, Shen Wei
Questions
Do you have a stand-out favourite scene or quote from the first half of episode 7? Do you think Zhao Yunlan's arrival at the mugging was coincidence, or had he been tailing Shen Wei? Do you think Shen Wei had qualms about letting Zhao Yunlan take on the muggers? Shen Wei doesn't show any surprise at the job offer -- do you think he was expecting it? Which of them do you think was most turned on by the "first aid"? We didn't see Zhao Yunlan in Shen Wei's bedroom while searching the apartment -- did he? We now know Lin Jing and Da Qing read web novels; who else at the SID reads them? What do the others think is going on when they see Zhao Yunlan with Shen Wei in the CCTV footage? Did Zhu Hong volunteer to take the laptop to Shen Wei for the video call, or was she assigned to do it? Why a video call instead of Zhao Yunlan paying a visit? At the hospital, why is Chu Shuzhi so grumpy? Lin Jing draws a connection between the case and the web novel -- but how does Wang Zheng already know about this when she calls?
Did you see any parallels in these scenes with other parts of the drama? If you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how the drama adaptation compares, if at all?
(As usual, these are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in. We'd love to hear your thoughts!)
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