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Yes, hello, I'm still riding the high of this tiny, fervent fandom, and I have committed a few more acts of fanfiction. Here's everything in chronological order, for housekeeping purposes:

to reduce a fraction to its simplest form
» Shenlai, 3550 words, rated E
» omegaverse! heat! knotting!
» Shen Tunan is the omega because I thought that would be neat

数一数二
» Wang Yang RPF, 2000 words, gen
» Magnoliagate thoughts on Scream Night
» a certain farmboy has a little cameo <3

in another life
» Shenlai, 1000 words, rated T
» set in a universe in which Shen Tunan has been a communist spy all along
» otherwise everything is just like in canon


And a few recs! I really enjoyed these (all Shenlai):

✨ Exchange Value, by achray (~7,300 words, M)
✨ Battlefield Dance, by planet_B612 (~1,800 words, T)
✨ shattering the waves, by planet_B612 (~5,800 words, T)
✨ when a god falls, by planet_B612 (~11,000 words, E)
✨ of a feather , by snickettes (~5,700 words, M)

XHS:
- full performance by the boys
- cute little montage
- dad and boys!
- dad and boys!
- dad and boys!
- taking pictures
- pictures!

Weibo:
- Wang Yang's post
- The boys' repost
- Li Hao's repost 🥺


Will add more if I find anything!

I wrote a Tibetan Sea Flower fic! And also Sand Sea fic, sort of, just due to the way they adapted Tibetan Sea Flower. As I said in my spoilery review, Zhang Luyi was just very, very good at pining and longing and yearning. It compelled me. When I brainstormed fic ideas with lunarriviera, I said at some point that Wu Xie basically spent ten years falling in love with a ghost, after they parted as friends* and Wu Xie subsequently lost all his marbles.

(* "Parted" as in, one friend nerve-pinched the other into unconsciousness so he wouldn't make a scene, but you know. Who among us.)

So then I literally wrote that. (And sam helped me with all the Sand Sea lore. <3)

» how to fall in love with a ghost

Words: 5,000
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie & Zhang Qiling
Additional Tags: Friendship, Pining, Getting Together
Summary: Xiaoge has gone behind the Bronze Gate. Wu Xie is handling it well.

When I started writing, I thought that maybe it would be Zhu Yilong's Wu Xie in my head, or maybe Qin Hao, but then by the end it was just fully Zhang Luyi, going very quietly insane with love. That's how compelling he was. Dammit. (Although that scene in the shop was 100% Qin Hao. I could picture it quite clearly.)

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I briefly considered signing up for Yuletide, which I haven't done since 2010, but then the thought of coming up with fandoms to request and details to put in a letter was too overwhelming. So I'm just gonna attempt some treats for the fandoms I was considering! Also looking forward to fandomtrees to make some non-fic gifts, hopefully.

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Lastly, Wang Yang is fully back from his self-imposed (?) radio silence after the big Magnolia Awards kerfuffle! I have lost all track of his event appearances and brand relationships (apparently he's hawking supplements with his Stand or Fall co-star now?), so here are just some recent-ish highlights:

- photoshoot for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala where he sang a duet with someone
- photoshoot for TOD's (and a tiny little BTS clip)
- whatever this is 🙃

There have been so many events and magazine spreads and random photoshoots and things! And some unpleasantness. But first things first: VISUALS. Presented here in no particular order:

( Weibo and XHS links to many pictures! )

In less happy news, apparently there was a huge kerfuffle when Wang Yang got nominated for a Magnolia Award for his role in War of Faith AND WANG YIBO DID NOT.

Oh no!

Like, the Wang Yibo fans just went completely berserk? Accused the War of Faith people of only submitting Wang Yang for consideration, EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE A LEAD ROLE!!! HE WAS ONLY A SUPPORTING ACTOR!!!!! Like, did you even watch the show? I think there were also some accusations that Shen Tunan didn't follow the politically correct character arc, so he didn't even deserve an award! (Don't ask me for details, I'm very fuzzy on the entire thing.)

Wang Yibo had to make a statement about it, the poor guy. Wang Yang posted a one-liner too, and let me tell you. It ENRAGED the Yibo fans. Apparently it was arrogant and immature, while their blorbo was being gracious and professional. (Wang Yang has now pinned the post, which is a level of pettiness I can respect.)

He and his studio went completely silent for a while there, but have since started posting again. Well, have both made one post each. (Gotta sell that beer!) I hope he'll be okay, but sheesh. Scary fandom!

Not like this is becoming a Wang Yang blog or anything, but OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. There's a reality show called Become a Farmer, which FOR SOME REASON Wang Yang joined as a guest for a day or two, and the all-boys cast was completely OBSESSED with him.

Xiaohongshu gave me a clip from the show a few days ago, and once I clicked on it, the algorithm kept giving me more, including? some shippy?? fan edits??? I understand zero Chinese, so I have no idea what's going on in most of these (except for the visually obvious), but here's some clips:

» these boys are so loud
» demanding goodbye hugs from daddy Yang-ge
» making up a cp on the spot
» panda hat cp
» more besotted boy in panda hat

Wang Yang chose that last clip to post about the show on his Weibo and all the top comments appear to be farm boys B E G G I N G him to come back. One literally just went "Come! Often!" with 19 exclamation points. Another started his comment with "I miss you", and Wang Yang replied "I miss you too," giving that lucky boy some major heart palpitations, I'm sure.

It sounds like he's either supposed to come back for the harvest, or they're just really, really hoping he will, and he's politely humoring them.

Either way, I'm in love with this whole situation. Give Wang Yang a gaggle of besotted boys, it's what he DESERVES.

Just assembling some links here! (I was hoping that Wang Yibo drama would be something I could watch, but aw man, torture and sadness and war. We already did that, Yang-ge, come onnnn.)





长风破浪 / War of Faith

» Spy Drama, Republican Era
» Leads: Wang Yibo, Li Qin, Wang Yang
» Official Weibo
» Trailer (includes explicit torture scenes)
» Cast Posters
» Wang Yang Studio's Announcement Post


围猎 / Hunting

» Suspense Drama
» End of filming announced in November
» Official Weibo
» Behind the Scenes (lots of explosions!)
» Cast Posters


八千里路云和月

» Military Drama, Republican Era
» Start of filming announced in February
» Official Weibo
» Wang Yang's Announcement Post

Interpreting yet another Guardian Bingo prompt in the absolutely loosest sense possible, hi. 😊 I made an icon set of actors who've worked with Zhu Yilong and/or Bai Yu to fill the Alliance square, using official photoshoots and magazine shots. A little army of beautiful friends, if you will.


[Preview]

( 25 icons! )

(Let me know if you're interested in any of the original images and I'll upload! 😀 Also, all of these are free to good homes, of course! Credit would be appreciated.)

Yes, hello, my silly little Wang Yang/Zhu Yilong character bleed fic is now part of a series. Which in itself is sort of a surprise continuation of another series I thought I was done with. It's like a disease!

I blame Zhubai.

Route, Area, Zone (4891 words) by A
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 叛逆者 | The Rebel (TV 2021) RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong, Wang Yang/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Zhu Yilong, Bai Yu (Actor), Wang Yang | Wayne
Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Relationship Negotiation, Kink Negotiation, Polyamory, Dom/sub, THE ROMANCE OF IT ALL, Caretaking, Phone Sex, Threesome - M/M/M, (of sorts)
Series: Part 2 of Tactical Advantage
Summary: Sometimes he just wanted to stop, to catch his breath, to stumble and fall and not get up for a little while. He felt that Wang Yang would be a soft place to land.

Yes, part three is already in the works, although it's anyone's guess right now how far they'll go and whose body parts will end up touching. EXCITEMENT.