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no one is reading this, so I guess I don't need any spoiler bars.

It's not reincarnation. It's time travel. Zhao Yunlan isn't even the hero -- he's just in the right place at the right time and steps up to become the hero of history and hence the future. Shen Wei is instantly smitten.

I'm not 100% certain if Shen Wei slept for 10, 000 years and woke up relatively recently? He's certainty not brilliant with technology, which kind of points towards just woke up. But he also yearned for Zhao Yunlan so if feels like he was existing before he finally found Zhao Yunlan

However, he's a professor, who's well regarded and has published, in a modern science tradition. He is capable of teaching his discipline, and to get to that point--irrespective of a 'cover' provided by the authorities--where he is that experienced and capable, he needs undergraduate and post-graduate degrees followed by post-doctoral training.

okay, I do also have to point out that Shen Wei as a young person was also adorable [the actor is amazing]

Ive just been without the internet for two days going on three in addition to no AO3 I have watched so many episodes of Guardian back to back.

what happened? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

they sorted out the Merit Brush section. We got puppet master backstory. I'll just have to rewatch laters cos' I kind of want to find out what happens next. I'm 94.3 % I missed important stuff....

BUT best of all we got:

TIME TRAVEL

and baby Shen Wei with a lollipop and indulgent Zhao Yunlan.

[the actor is so good at physicality. When he was creepy Pillar escapee the switch is en pointe]

Two excellent episodes.

Shen Wei rages underneath a calm demeanour, which Zhao Yunlan works consciously, but sometimes just manages anyway, to get Shen Wei to crack.

Zhao Yunlan's blind. the kneeling scene-- that doctor made a demi-god kneel, and Shen Wei did it for Zhao Yunlan. seething and then finding an oasis of calm. With one hand god gives and the other hand he giveth away.

And then! Longevity Dial. shen wei's given Zhao Yunlan his energy to is own detriment. I do genuinely have a question here. Are the dixing human or not? I missed something Shen Wei said that he came into his power. He's related to the person in the pillar. It's 10,000 years. The regent is as old. Did shen Wei cut himself or did the knife slip. He says his power is learning--but he's made of the dark energy. And now Zhao Yunlan is so annoyed that Shen Wei feels obligated ?

ahhhhhhhh -- fascinating.

Also equally interesting -- the matter of the Lord of Dixing. A sacrifice to order, losing all to the horror of bureaucracy. The world would be interesting this way.

Blue-Haired Bad guy kidnapped cheng cheng, lao chu and the firebreather/manipulator. We get some background insight for Lao CHu.

We also figure out that the Blue-Haired Bad guy teleportation is light limited. Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei blackout the whole city to capture him. Ingenious. but Zhu Hong now knows that Shen wei is BCE and she is not going to keep that to herself.

BUT BUT BUT

we've got Lao chu holding Cheng chenge to stop him freezing.

straightontothenextepisode

How do I encapsulate this: whiney Blue-Haired Bad guy [who's never recovered from being shot]. Dies! And he's eaten by the pillar. the regent's being a manipulative tool.

WHITE CLOAKED ENVOY!!!! locked in the pillar.

it was great. he immediately confronts Zhao Yunlan. fight.Holy Tools! Zhao Yunlan is great -- banters, holds him, argues -- cos he just knows Shen Wei is going to save the day.

Yeeeeeeeeeesssss. it was so good; Shen Wei was so concerned for Zhao Yunlan. but also so annoyed at White Cloaked Envoy. Actually told him to shut up. i didn't get his name. Shen Wei brought out the long polearm and banished WCE back into the pillar. apparently he's not going to be a problem for a while. So maybe the regent is going to be the big bad?

Zhao Yunlan is blind.

[i'm actually off work this week so there may be some faster watching]

Okay, I'm not brilliant at face recognition [I muddle up people that i regularly work with and know them best situtationally]. But whilst it's not obvious WCE is Shen Wei [all the time], his voice sounds like Shen Wei sometimes. [the actor is so good at different physicalities]

watched a bunch of eps yesterday and then rewatched them.

I was doing this before the outage, but think that i'm def eeking now because AO3's offline. If I finish too quick = there's No fic to be had.

I hadn't quite grasped something earlier: the serial approach is def. entwined with a bigger story. but the whiney bad guy with the blue hair isn't the big bad, which is either whoever is in the pillar or the regent. So is BCE a recent reincarnation or is he 1000/10,000 years old? I think he's effectively immortal so he must know that the regent is a manipulator? then again there's also the guy behind the screen with the bell.

anyrate
chengcheng and lao chu continue to bond -- this time through cage fighting. and blue hair is feeding people to the pillar!

Oh that's very cool -- BCE power is learning. I thought it was manipulating energy.

Zhao Yunlan's dad. Hmmmm. We'll just park him for a mo He's possessed or has two personalities? More evidence that Zhao Yunlan has Dixing heritage?

so they all go down to Dixing, and there's another chained pillar?!? and a lot of people have amnesia. Practically everyone who the BCE takes back to Dixin becomes part of his network [or they're recycling actors]

chengCheng and Lao Chu are getting closer *awwwww*

Okay the regent is fucking annoying. And a lying liar who lies. He was so cloying obsequious, but interesting he could not bring himself to sit before Shen Wei. Lost the register? My bum; he's doing a run-a-round.

lalalallalala --- bit of a week watched a lot of episodes sagging on my sofa

after the Mountain Awl section it was awesome. I really liked that they didn't eek out Zhao being THAT suspicious of Shen Wei. When they were in Shen Wei's office talking about the new 'sound case' and also talking abut BCE -- I think i've watch the two level conversation happening 5 ....6 times? How can Shen Wei look so vulnerable and young and Zhao Yunlan doing 4 emotions at once: 1. anger ;2. frustration; 3. care an 4. concern -- why are you this way?

Got some h/c when Zhao Yunlan picked up the Awl. She Wei 'volunteered' to be assessed and he was Dead? Might have something to do with the Amber necklace?

i do think that Zhao Yunlan may have dixing ancestry. It's cannon that the people of dixing are more sensitive to the Holy Tools.

i really enjoyed the Mountain River Awl segment

Chief ZHao is increasingly getting more suspicious of Professor Shen which is at odds with his innate I know and trust this man.

Coat swapping and no return *g* [for plot reason, but also very cute]. It was good to see Prof Shen make the switch to BCE.

Also got a little h/c. The BCE; one mouthful of distilled wine, and bless down for the count. I guess that is one way to take out a demi-god. It's an interesting trope. Lan Zhan in the Untamed was similarly unable to drink alcohol.

Plotwise. So when and where were the tools lost? And why are they appearing now? The Mountain River Awl was being used by the clan -- therefore it wasn't lost. I'm not 100^% sure when the BCE sent the team to the surface [the team who were all killed] I wonder if Chief Zhao is the child. How does the gun that hurts Dixing people come into the story? A gun that he struggles to use.

two tools down; two to go [three if you count that gun?]

the tone of the episodes vacillates a lot comedy/joking/silly/emotive/serious.I had a wee bit of the cringe with Chief Zhao buying the books, but one hand silly on the other hand he was trying (to do something even he didn't quite grasp). The cat is such a cat in human form [kudos to the actor]

Sustained h/C when was the last time we got delicious h/c? Gastric issues, not looking after himself. Puts him to bed, cleans his rat trap of an apartment. Professor Shen (◕﹏◕) why do I like this numpty *makes him congee* because porridge solves everything imho

"SID doesn't need a consultant; it needs a baby sitter."

I don't think i've enjoyed a series in this way for so long. I rewatch a epi or a group before I go on to the next eps cos I'm eeking it out and, I think, under the serial episode format, there's actually another tale [and I can't grasp it]. Usually, when I get fannish about something I mainline the eps like breathing oxygen.

Professor Shen is a shapechanger.

Professor Shen is the Black Cloaked Envoy **

** okay I feel a little stupid, but i don't think that it's always Shen Wei dressed as the BCE

so I was kind of dithering -- is Professor Shen the Black Cloaked Envoy. Sometimes they look like Professor Shen and then they don't. And then Professor Shen was v. BCE with the butler(who can move fast) and sort-of If You Harm A Hair On His Head [chief zhao]. Also the Butler knows Professor Shen from a long time ago.

So Professor Shen isn't an escapee Dixing resident.

There appears to be a revolving doorway.

[I did think early doors that I was going to be focusing on the incredibly attractive Puppet Master]

ChengCheng I think is going to be very important as the story progresses.

oh Bce sent a team to find the Holy Tools killed by a Youcho. There was a baby--so there may be a descendant. Is this all recent or happening over a long time. Long time if they're all reincarntons.

Also think I've got hi and the different types of Thank You figured out now.

the professor has magic

it was love at first sight.

puppet master is very, very attractive

is the poor cat a Scottish Fold?

the professor is also from Dixing; that's why he knows so much. I guess the SID could send him back

Not 100% sure what the holy tools are.

the dementia story is pretty upsetting .

so the hero can call the Black Cloaked Highness to his side, but hasn't ever before--- but now (having met him once) now telephones him in. And Puppet Master & Black Cloaked Highness know each other.

so this is my new favourite thing

I haven't got a clue what's happening and its great [a wee bit like the untamed] https://sealie.dreamwidth.org/150649.html

So it's ponderous and amazing. Apparently, it's on an alien world. All the characters are being introduced through the newbie -- and they're supernatural. But the alien people live underground.

the hero is a tease and irreverent.

that's one weird cat

there's just been a weird meeting between the hero [Mark Stewart?] and the buttoned down Professor. Intense staring. there's a lot of speaking glances.

puppet master is very attractive

the people living underground are an open secret?

everyone is a reincarnation?

puppet master is indeed very attractive

Yesterday was sort of semi-shit. I went around to check on an elderly neighbour/friend-of-family (she was fine), but in chatting she says,

“I didn’t want to tell your mam, ‘cos she’ll get upset, but [redacted] has prostate cancer.”

Conversations continues. She’s worried, I tell her about treatment options. And it’s good that they caught it fast.

“Oh, and the reason that {also redacted} is stepping back from church is he has prostate cancer, your mam doesn’t know. She gets upset cos her husband died."

Funnily enough, I know.

Goes to check on my mam after seeing Auntie, and she tells me about someone else who has prostate cancer, and gets a little upset.

I’m soothing everyone, which is fine. I get that they’re upset.

But why does no one get that my DAD died of prostate cancer, and I fucking miss him every day.

Fuck cancer.

is there a coding/search string you can use to find a Ao3 user's other comments on stories across the platform?

i got an uncharitable comment, and they seem to be a legitimate Ao3 member, and before I respond (or not as the case may be, more than likely), I thought to see if this is something that they do.

In a far flung future
Future fic
Outside perspective

Warning: none spring to mind.
Relationship: m/m
Disclaimer: writing for fun and not for profit
Beta: I don’t think that I asked my beloved beta to beta, but I did it would have been the wonderful Springwoof. Thank you, Springy

( Un'emozione da poco )

Mini The Old Guard fic.

Wee little warning: Boys being violent angels of justice aka Murder Husbands. Caveat lector

un-betaed

( Strawberry Milkshake )

Mini The Old Guard fic.
Little in the way of warnings apply, although a memory of past battlefields intrudes
un-betaed

Indulgent
Summary: once again Nicolò makes a new friend (or two… three)

( The Crow’s Nest )

Mini The Old Guard ficlet.
No warnings apply, other than un-betaed

Indulgent
Summary: Nicolò makes a new friend (or two)

( Baba’s Habibi )

Fandom Content Posting Strike… Break? A Fandom Experiment.

So I have seen A LOT of posts where it is pointed out if people want content they should ideally support and encourage content creators (writers, artists, viders etc etc).

Note, of course, that fandom content creators are also consumers.

To be fair you cannae make people comment/engage, and neither can you make folk create and post. And to be honest, folk still create and throw content into fannish spaces, so people don’t need to comment/engage to ensure content.

But folk don’t need to post. Folk post their content for a lot of reasons as a final hurdle, to engage with people….

Why not organise a fandom-wide posting break, a day, a weekend or even a week, where no new content is posted? Obvs. create to your heart’s content, but no posting. Consume old/previously posted stuff. This gives folk a break, for example, AO3 volunteers can take a breath, archive archivists can relax, hosting media can see how core fandom content is to their franchises.

Maybe we’ll learn something?

Although based on the recent ao3 maintenance, the results would be crying. *woes*

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