#GUARDIAN SPOILERS

[lungache]

The Guardian novel and the drama are VERY different but one thing I think they nail is how Shen Wei is, at his core, defined by his longing. This man has LONGED.

Longed to be free from what he was, to forge himself into something new. Longed for Kunlun, only to lose him. For his god's regard, his touch, his love, his LIFE. Longed for time with Shen San. Longed to be near to every reincarnation. Longed for personhood and connection. Longed to be something Kunlun might be proud of.

Longed for his brother, his didi, who was lost to him. Longed for meaningful connection with the people around him, but only found fear and detached respect. Longed for peace. Longed for Kunlun. Longed for reprieve from his crushing duty.

Every Shen Wei longed for Zhao Yunlan. Longed to never leave his side, to hold on and never let go. Longed to be honest with him. Longed to be remembered. Longed for the love and life Yunlan wanted to give him. Longed to spend the rest of time with him.

(But, in the end, he knew it was not meant to be. That he would never have what he truly wanted. So, he longed for peace and reprieve in death, foolishly thinking he was safe in the knowledge that his love would live on without him.)

[dustedash]

thank you priest for writing shen wei as a broke immortal who doesn't partake in capitalism bullshit such as real estate business and just vibing accordingly

[avaantares]

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[hideyseek]

AHAHAHAHAHA. SURPRISE INSPECTION. BOSS IS OUT. GET YOUR INTERN TO PRETEND TO BE YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD. NOTHING CAN GO WRONG WITH THIS

[roserocksrapidly]

kunlun tries to LEAVE wei? kunlun tries to DIE and ABANDON wei? oh! oh! reincarnation cycle for kunlun! reincarnation for Five Thousand Years!!!!

[romanaisalive]

So I designed my Guardian after a PC I used to play / write AU fic with nowadays. Her defining characteristics are being Old and having Too Much Faith / Obsessive Devotion towards her partners up to and including murder, self-sacrifice and everything in between.

WHEN I TELL YOU SEEING THIS CHARACTER KNEELING AND OFFERING A SWORD TO ME TO KILL THEM WITH HAS ME SHOOKETH

[endof-vanity]

sorry to zhao yunlan but if my husband offered my blood from his beating heart i would just say 'thank you' :/

[garden-of-mythology-and-fate-go]

GHOST FACE WAS THE OTHER GHOST KING AND SHEN WEI’S BROTHER???

WHAT???

I did not see that coming.

I did not even realize that was an option.

Priest, you’ve done it again.

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

THIS IS SHADOW, EVERYONE!!!!

He is not to be messed with. And yet even after being attacked with dozens of missiles and effectively getting rid of all of them, he lands on the craft of his attacker, who is frantically trying and failing to eject before he crashes.

Shadow smashes the glass and raises a fist as if to punch him, and the G.U.N. soldier flinches. And instead, Shadow hits the button to eject the soldier.

This is Shadow. He is brutal and he is formidable but he is not cruel.

I love him!!! 🖤❤️

[immortal-gege]

Zhao Yunlan waking up to see Shen Wei watching him tenderly and his assumption is “he’s been watching me all night which is kind of weird so he must not be human and we must have known each other in another lifetime” feels like a bit of a reach to me but okay I’ll roll with it

[5ummit]

He's still got it

[tarakanpaintedpurple]

The Witness is reeeeally lucky there was no wind inside the Traveller

[hideyseek]

obSESSED with shen wei's mannerisms. tie your life to zhao yunlan's. he catches you at midnight doing magic, he yells at you saying you're not immortal so how can he so casually owe you my life. you fucking GROWL back, i'm giving your life back (with the implication of reciprocity/that you'd gotten your life from him in the first place).

and then in a fit of awkwardness you look everywhere but at zhao yunlan and say, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING NIGHT, a meaningless plesantry that amounts to "sleep well". IM FASCINATED BY YOUR POLITENESS SHEN WEI

(shen wei actually says 早点休息 which directly translates to something like "go rest sooner/earlier" which is ... not something we say in english. and also makes this EVEN MORE NUTS of a phrase to end this situation is because IT'S MIDNIGHT. UR GUY IS NOT GONNA. GO TO BED SOONER. IT'S! MIDNIGHT!!!!)

[ayo-edebiri]

I know you play like you're the meanest and the hardest but actually you're the most scared of all. I know you steal batteries you don't need, and you push away anyone who's willing to put up with you because just a little bit of love reminds you how big and empty that hole inside you actually is.

[deeneedsaname]

No cause this means that when Gamora heard Groot and understood him, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AGAIN

[rakruined]

I just realized why Rocket gets so pissed at Drax for nearly getting them all killed for revenge in volume 1

He blames himself for not taking Floor and Teefs and just running after Lylla got shot.

"That's no excuse to get everyone else dead along the way" he says, recalling that when he took revenge for one friend it led to two more dying.