Why isn't Guardian more popular?

Is it because it's in a "modern" setting? Someone did recommend it to me a while ago but I never got around to watching it. Now was the time to watch it to get my mind off everything (or else I would go insane from depression)

All in all it was a really comfortable watch. I loved Bai Yu's acting and I think it was the reason I continued watching through the first few episodes.

I really liked Shen Wei's and Yunlan's romance so much not only because they're "equals": Very smart and established individually in their respective careers, but maybe also because the actors were in their late 20's-early 30's and that made my mind go "domestic bliss" "husbands". They liked each other from the get go and it was so obvious I didn't even mind the yearning part (normally it would make me very anxious)

Big fan of reincarnation plot devices no matter how cliché. So that checks out too.

I was disappointed at the lack of fan work and videos on Youtube I honesty could not think of a single reason why it doesn't get the love dramas like The Untamed get.

the dark room

“if ‘death’ is chaos, then ‘life’ is a never-ending struggle”

If I could hold you for a minute, Darling, I'd go through it again

Novel Weilan + Long-haired Shen Wei 🖤💚 Pencil and kids' markers on bad paper 😝 sketched by me, digitalized by @meluci-fer for the fic Petal in the blossom of time

Just received my English translation copy of Zhenhun … the artwork is so pretty!

The lack of new novel-based fanfics in Guardian fandom is disheartening. It's not like I would ever read a drama-based fanfic. I read it before, a few, but for the most part, simply touching any plot detail of the show that was absurdly changed from what it was in the Novel, made me put down reading.

It would have been nice if the drama had been adapted in a still recognizable way, like it was with The Untamed/MDZS. But Guardian drama is harshly an Alternate Universe fanfic that was adapted for the screen. And I'm not talking about low budget or CGI, I was born in the 80s, that's not a problem. The actors and the soundtrack were great, but they are the only things that I can point out as having been pleasurable for me in any way.

Reading AU fanfics is great, seeing what people imagine, how they recreate the scenarios and interactions. But when it comes to the official adaptation of a Novel into a film or series, I expect that at least the core essence of the story and characters, and the myth and lore is preserved. (I'm not going to complain about censorship, that's not my point.)

Thanks to Hyde, I have at least 15 Novel-based fanfics on my reading list, by several authors that I believe I have never read before.

But the bottom line is that I'm not really part of what would be 'Guardian Fandom', because almost everything on AO3 is drama-based. Almost all of the metas I've seen circulating on Tumblr are drama-based. Fan posts almost always refer to the content of the drama, as well as discussions. And despite my love for the actors, I am by no means a fan of the drama. I've been completely in love with Novel for years.

"What?" Shen Wei asked lightly. "I can't kill?"

Personal opinion: wet rat (affectionate) and lovely dementor

Some parts of me came alive the first time that you called me "baby"

Professor Shen cannot concentrate today - class dismissed.

Weilan for the fic Bad habit finally in decent quality. Sketch in bad paper and kids markers. Uncensored version on AO3

Requested by @meluci-fer, first version in this post , and second version here were digitalized by her. Blue sheet was @sagittariusdarkarrow idea - the only person I know that could figure out how to do this in traditional art.

MY BROTHER IN CHRIST????? PRIEST'S COVERS ARE SO FREAKING STUNNING.