Fics for Guardian_Wishlist 2023
I managed to write a few things for this year's Guardian Wishlist, which opened today. I kept running out of ideas, and then I would stop trying to think about it, and come up with a few more--I wound up with eleven fics and ficlets, all told. One of those rare times when I feel like I can use this icon with a clear conscience, lol. Links and summaries below!
1. Gift for yaaurens
Title: Not a Scrap Left
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat
Content Tags: Post-Canon AU, Hungry Da Qing, Thirsty Zhao Yunlan
Word count: 635
Summary: A remix of yaaurens' delightful fic "Leftovers" from Da Qing's POV.
2. Gift for miss-ingno
Title: Settling Fur
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Xiao Que, Da Qing, Zhu Hong, Ya Qing
Content Tags: Yashou High Chief Zhu Hong, Da Qing just wants his bells back, Magpies love shiny things, POV Outsider
Word count: 500
Summary: The grownups wanted Xiao Que to give back the bells she found. But they were shiny. A remix of missingnowrites's marvelous fic "Ruffling Feathers," retelling a portion of the story from the perspective of the young magpie who found Da Qing's collar.
3. Gift for china_shop
Title: In Bloom
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat, ChuGuo, Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Chu Shuzhi (& eventually Guo Changcheng)
Content Tags: Team as Family, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Gardens & Gardening, Slice of Life
Word count: 498
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is becoming part of Weilan-and-their-cat's little family. Guo Changcheng finds himself welcomed.
4. Gift for locketofyourhair
Title Taking Care
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Content Tags: Idiots in Love, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Caretaking, Love Confessions, First Kiss
Word count: 1822
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is badly injured by a weapon designed to inhibit dark energy, and awakens in Guo Changcheng's care.
5. Gift for jayswing101 (jayfire on AO3)
Title: Something Like a Gecko
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (pre-slash), Da Qing
Content Tags: Tiny Dragon Shen Wei, Cat Tribe Best Tribe, Angst with a Happy Ending, Food is Shen Wei's Love Language
Word count: 1770
Summary: Zhao Yunlan comes home grumpy because he couldn't get hold of Shen Wei all day, and finds Da Qing playing with some sort of lizard.
6. Gift for mjsakurea
Title: Frosty the Diplomat
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Da Qing & Frosty the Great Pyrenees Dog
Content Tags: Remix, Drabble, Fluff, Domestic fluff, So Much Fluff
Word count: 100
Summary: How did Frosty thaw Da Qing's heart? A "missing scene" from mjsakurea's wonderfully fluffy fic "Home is a Big Silly Dog."
7. Gift for justacoyote
Title: Find Me in the Club
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong/Li Qian (maybe?), the SID ensemble
Content Tags: Undercover as a Couple, Idiots in Love
Word count: 3812
Summary: Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng go undercover as a couple to serve as backup on a dangerous mission.
8. Gift for Shadaras
Title: A Light Other Than My Own
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng/Ye Huo
Content Tags: Threesome-M/M/M, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations
Word count: 291
Summary: Ye Huo doesn't want to intrude.
The title comes from a passage from C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves, which I thought of so immediately after writing the ficlet that it may even have unconsciously inspired it. I've always loved this idea, and while it may be subversive to apply it in this particular context, yay subversion.
9. Gift for sakana17
Title:Professor Shen Checks His Email, Experiences Regret
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei, Jiajia
Content Tags: Shen Wei's Adventures with Technology, Ficlet told entirely in emails
Word count: 276
Summary: Shen Wei forwards a terrifying email to Jiajia. Which was exactly the right thing to do.
10. Gift for HSGWrites
Title: Just Hold On
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Chu Shuzhi
Content Tags: Hurt Shen Wei, Protective Zhao Yunlan, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Snake Medicine, Blood and Injury, Shen Wei Coughing Blood
Word count: 350
Summary: Zhao Yunlan drives like a maniac while in the back seat, Chu Shuzhi tries to keep Heipaoshi alive until they can get him help.
11. Gift for SEF
Title: Zhao Yunlan's Round Table
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Da Qing. SID Ensemble mentioned.
Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Arthurian Fusion
Word count: 867
Summary: The new king, Zhao Yunlan, selects knights for his round table.
1. Gift for yaaurens
Title: Not a Scrap Left
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat
Content Tags: Post-Canon AU, Hungry Da Qing, Thirsty Zhao Yunlan
Word count: 635
Summary: A remix of yaaurens' delightful fic "Leftovers" from Da Qing's POV.
2. Gift for miss-ingno
Title: Settling Fur
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Xiao Que, Da Qing, Zhu Hong, Ya Qing
Content Tags: Yashou High Chief Zhu Hong, Da Qing just wants his bells back, Magpies love shiny things, POV Outsider
Word count: 500
Summary: The grownups wanted Xiao Que to give back the bells she found. But they were shiny. A remix of missingnowrites's marvelous fic "Ruffling Feathers," retelling a portion of the story from the perspective of the young magpie who found Da Qing's collar.
3. Gift for china_shop
Title: In Bloom
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: WeiLan and their Cat, ChuGuo, Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Chu Shuzhi (& eventually Guo Changcheng)
Content Tags: Team as Family, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Gardens & Gardening, Slice of Life
Word count: 498
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is becoming part of Weilan-and-their-cat's little family. Guo Changcheng finds himself welcomed.
4. Gift for locketofyourhair
Title Taking Care
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng
Content Tags: Idiots in Love, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Caretaking, Love Confessions, First Kiss
Word count: 1822
Summary: Chu Shuzhi is badly injured by a weapon designed to inhibit dark energy, and awakens in Guo Changcheng's care.
5. Gift for jayswing101 (jayfire on AO3)
Title: Something Like a Gecko
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (pre-slash), Da Qing
Content Tags: Tiny Dragon Shen Wei, Cat Tribe Best Tribe, Angst with a Happy Ending, Food is Shen Wei's Love Language
Word count: 1770
Summary: Zhao Yunlan comes home grumpy because he couldn't get hold of Shen Wei all day, and finds Da Qing playing with some sort of lizard.
6. Gift for mjsakurea
Title: Frosty the Diplomat
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Da Qing & Frosty the Great Pyrenees Dog
Content Tags: Remix, Drabble, Fluff, Domestic fluff, So Much Fluff
Word count: 100
Summary: How did Frosty thaw Da Qing's heart? A "missing scene" from mjsakurea's wonderfully fluffy fic "Home is a Big Silly Dog."
7. Gift for justacoyote
Title: Find Me in the Club
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong/Li Qian (maybe?), the SID ensemble
Content Tags: Undercover as a Couple, Idiots in Love
Word count: 3812
Summary: Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng go undercover as a couple to serve as backup on a dangerous mission.
8. Gift for Shadaras
Title: A Light Other Than My Own
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng/Ye Huo
Content Tags: Threesome-M/M/M, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations
Word count: 291
Summary: Ye Huo doesn't want to intrude.
The title comes from a passage from C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves, which I thought of so immediately after writing the ficlet that it may even have unconsciously inspired it. I've always loved this idea, and while it may be subversive to apply it in this particular context, yay subversion.
- "In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets." C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
9. Gift for sakana17
Title:Professor Shen Checks His Email, Experiences Regret
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei, Jiajia
Content Tags: Shen Wei's Adventures with Technology, Ficlet told entirely in emails
Word count: 276
Summary: Shen Wei forwards a terrifying email to Jiajia. Which was exactly the right thing to do.
10. Gift for HSGWrites
Title: Just Hold On
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Chu Shuzhi
Content Tags: Hurt Shen Wei, Protective Zhao Yunlan, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Snake Medicine, Blood and Injury, Shen Wei Coughing Blood
Word count: 350
Summary: Zhao Yunlan drives like a maniac while in the back seat, Chu Shuzhi tries to keep Heipaoshi alive until they can get him help.
11. Gift for SEF
Title: Zhao Yunlan's Round Table
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan; Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, and Da Qing. SID Ensemble mentioned.
Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Arthurian Fusion
Word count: 867
Summary: The new king, Zhao Yunlan, selects knights for his round table.