#domestic shiguang

[doublxpresso]

☀️ Morning (full comic)

[artilite]

they're just hangin' out

[guangshi-091305]

"Trustworthy Partners In Life" - Series

A collection of snippets of their life together after Link Click is over. Feat. an overwhelming amount of fluff, acts of service and the many shades of love. Each snippet is either from Lu Guang’s POV or Cheng Xiaoshi’s. Please read fic tags!

A little treat for all of us Yingdu victims because goddammit do we deserve this and hell yes do Guangshi/Shiguang deserve to be happy together too!🥺

Updates: 24-36 hours after Yingdu Episodes air 💜 Please keep in mind I'll post new oneshots IN THE SERIES. No new chapters will be added to existing fics, so if you want to be notified of updates, please subscribe to the series🫶

Series Link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/4559131

First Instalment's up!

"The Future Ours to Pen"

~2000 words

Rated T

Fluffy Contents Include:

💙Hugs as Reassurance.

💙Pre-Dive Kisses.

💙Cat-Eared Baseball Caps.

💙Tucking him in bed.

💙Smiling when their eyes meet.

Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61731304

[aashiyancha]

Part 2

Link Click x IDV fancomic

Part 1

[floofz]

i just finished watching ep five... can i know your thoughts on it

OUGH... so many thoughts my dude... where do i even start...

well first of all this episode completely wrecked me emotionally. domestic violence is always hard to watch, but damn did they do their best to make it as horrible as possible (in a good way! its amazing how studio lan sheds light on these kinds of things happening). the animation - the expressions, the hitting, the bruises - the audio design - god the sounds of the violence alone were so fucking heartwrenching. and then the involvement of the kids too. it was so so painful to watch but it was so incredibly well done.

we finally get to know more about the two siblings (and also confirmation that the two are actually involved! plus that lu guang turns out not to be the good brother in the childrens drawing). the scene with cheng xiaoshi being amused about the brother's behaviour and childish thinking seems funny at first, but when you later see the family situation theyre in, it all just makes so much painful sense. he has all this rage and strong sense of justice in him bc they are growing up in this unstable household full of violence. its heartbreaking.

the boy the brother met at the fountain, i first thought it was a young cheng xiaoshi bc of the haircut, but his voice was very different so now im perplexed. they could just be trying to throw us off here but i cant imagine them picking such a drastically different voice from cheng xiaoshi for him, especially bc we already heard his voice as a kid in s1. now my guess is maybe a young qian jin? it would check out with what we know about younger him. and i mean were 5 episodes in we kinda need to get to all the connections eventually.

now, lu guang and cheng xiaoshi. i've already seen people on reddit talk about how lu guang seems off again this episode. what particularly makes me think though is that one scene where their connection supposedly went "bad". i mean, everything, especially in animation, is very intentional so there must be much more to it. im wondering if someone interfered with their connection. one theory i also saw and thought about it a bit more on my own: what if red eyes - either one of the siblings - somehow possessed lu guang during their dive for a short time, making him unable to talk to cheng xiaoshi on his own, hence the silence. and after that he also doesnt realize he was silent for a while. and bc one of the siblings took hold over him for a sec, they saw what lu guang saw and that would explain why the sister supposedly knows cheng xiaoshi (and wants to talk to him at the police station) and that he was involved with her past through the dive. though i guess she could also know about him from qian jin. idk, I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

all in all a fucking fantastic episode but i did have to take a break after watching it. its very emotionally draining. but you can definitely tell the care and thought they put into this.

OH WAIT I ALMOST FORGOT. the little soft expressions and smiles from lu guang when cheng xiaoshi acted cute as xixi in the episode made me explode<3 gdi once again cheng xiaoshi never sees his soft expressions, LU GUANG LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT WHEN HE CAN SEE.

anyway yeah lots of thoughts 😭 PLS also let me know what you think!!!

[stray-tori]

my brain finally complied and let me draw domestic shiguang just because.

[miyamiwu]

I don’t know why, but I have very strong faith in VeiFei

majority of fandom is saying they’re toxic. that Vein’s abusive. that there’s manipulation or exploitation involved. And I myself acknowledge that they’re the “toxic yaoi couple” to contrast the domestic, fluffy ShiGuang

Yet at the same time, I believe in them

I believe that Xia Fei is not just an abused 受 to the 渣攻 Vein, although they’ve been heavily coded that way so far*. I even think that, between the two of them, Vein is actually the one who cares more.

I know this sounds ridiculous. But as I was already preparing to put on my clown makeup way before VeiFei even debuted and the rest of the fandom saw what I saw, then what’s wrong with me being a little “delusional” once more. Who knows, my manifestation powers might work again. If not…well, the clown makeup is right there.

*I’m only referring to the tropes here. I don’t care what their bed positions are. They could be 互攻 or 反攻, and I’ll still ship them

Edit: Please reblog this version of the post instead.

[justfrolikin]

Shiguang's domestic bliss : an Asian perspective

For most of us Asians...the image of 'love' looks quite peculiar. While the traditional 'romantic' stuff is still prevalent in our culture, it's relatively modern. In Asian households, 'love' has always taken priority over 'romance'. Let me explain.

In Shiguang's case, they never got that 'feeling nervous around each other', 'butterflies in stomach' love. Instead what they get? They get the 'bickering with each other', 'call each other nicknames', 'doing each other favours', 'comfort each other without sharing a word' love. They live in each other's presence without a doubt in mind about the other's loyalty. Needless to say, that's very reminiscent of an old married couple who have passed the 'honeymoon phase' way back. Except, Shiguang never had that honeymoon phase.

I think, to get the most out of my perspective, I need to give some more cultural context:

As Asians, we:

Are not very big on PDA

Most of still prefer arranged marriage, as most of us value partnership between spouses than typical romance stuff anyway.

More than feelings, we prefer cooperation between partners. Also, we heavily condone divorces(bad thing, I know) meaning we,like Shiguang,value 'partnership for life'.

(hilariously Shiguang's 'partnership' parallels a 'arranged marriage scenario very well XD)

They demonstrate a bond that only come with living together for a long term, sharing life with each other. A kind kind of fondness that grows with time. It is showcased in season two when CXS was told lg was dead, instead of recalling some grand sentimental moment, recalls all the little moments of lg (affectionately) reprimanding cxs. I don't know if I can call it 'romantic',but it definitely comes across as extremely domestic.

As someone who lives with my family, my parents interactions are very interesting to observe keeping this context in mind. They undoubtedly love and care for each other, but don't leave a single opportunity to criticize and mock(playfully) each other. Does that sound familiar?

Moreover, 'loyalty' and 'trust' are the most important values that are cherished among couples.

So if someone says, 'shiguang have zero romantic chemistry ' maybe we need to keep in mind that maybe 'romance' can mean different things in different contexts. It's something only the people who are experiencing the relationship can tell.

I know that's not what the director intended, but I think we can experience and expand our perceptions while engaging in a piece of media. Shiguang may not be a romantic couple, but they live like one, and their bond is not any lesser because of it.

I could've said a lot of things but my thoughts are all jumbled up now. I know there are a lot of things to talk about Link Click, but let's be honest , Shiguang is at the heart of it and I'll not get tired of talking about them.

Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts :)

[protect-namine]

vivian, who sincerely wished for love but was deceived and deceived others, wanting to go to bridon and experience a love without lies

shiguang, shown to be very domestic and caring, go to bridon and their relationship is riddled with lies and secrets (nobody ever tells cheng xiaoshi anything)

meanwhile veifei (veinfei?), initially introduced with a power imbalance in their relationship, has vein hating lies and xia fei being pretty open with their communication, to the point where he even keeps him up to date with his side gig with liu xiao

[whispersoflullaby]

"Breaking" the gendering of media: A case study on Shiguang

A question kept coming back to my mind again and again, that why do we tend to criminalize whenever we see a media which was "canonically" (the term canon icks me to the core) built to portray a broader political or social issue being used to deconstruct personal emotions? For example, a song used to portray the pain and horrors of partition being used to reconstruct the grief of personal loss and also about loss of identity. As if talking about personal loss is making a topic less serious or not respecting the depth of a subject. As if it is the continuation of the gendering the places being implicted upon media. The "oikos" (the personal space) , the "non serious" personal emotions are not meant to be dragged into the "polis" (the public sphere). When we take the journey from the home to the world, our personal journey becomes a palimpsest of many others which give us a feeling of community. When we get the feeling that our dilema is not only ours but a shared feeling of many, we tend to raise questions and break the boundary of the "home and the world", it tend to give us a vocabulary to curate.

Link Click as a series breaks this notion of differentiating between the the struggles. The suffering of the world is mine as well as my sufferings are also a matter to discuss, to analyze and to deconstruct, it's of everyone. For example the the incidents of sudent suicide due to excessive educational loan or even if it is about trying to save one's mother or about spreading the word of love, even if it is about the very domestic banters of Shiguang or it is about taking a step further to help Xu Shanshan and not taking money from her and just mere "helping" her to unite with her beloved .

As a very close friend of mine once mentioned " Shiguang through their love creates a brand new "vocabulary" of love" (if they gives me permission I will definitely tag them), the vocabulary enables them to question the normativity. And questioning the normativity makes you a threat to the authority - cause when you ask the right question at the right time , it makes your identity identifiable and then the authority can't treat you like a mass, a mass to be dismissed, to be discarded. I can't control my urge to quote Derek Walcott's "The Schooner's Flight" here- "I am either nobody or I am the nation" .According to me, probably this is how censorship also works - they fear the creation of the new vocab. The love which revolts but don't conform: a love which doesn't leave , but questions the normativitives. We try our best within our capacity - but what love does it doesn't know the capacity. ( They just don't know, how much love is too much love). That's what is so unique about the love of Shiguang. Here I am gonna quote TGCF " Your Highness..do you know why I refuse to leave this world?... because I still have a beloved in this world." - বিনা যুদ্ধে নাহি দিবো সূচাগ্র মেদিনী - ( I will not leave even a pinch of soil, without a fight). The guts to challange the person in control even though one is not sure about the price he has to pay, even self anhilating from each and every freaking time is probably a better option. You are not someone I choose over everything, you are the one who is inseperable from the concept of "being" of mine- you are the "I" of my eye.

The abilites here not only stand for the ability to change, but taking away the ability also stands for usurping one's ability to try, the silencing of emotions. Once your voice is strangulated you are creating a "destiny" for the opressed it is no longer their fate. Here I am gonna refer to a Bengali song "মোদের কোনো দেশ নেই,মোদের কোনো ভাষা নেই" (We don't have any country, we don't have any language)

But do you know where link click breaks the very gendering? When it identifies the silencing, the numbing. Many media portrays the consequences of the silencing, how the torture affects the people etc etc. But Link Click does is, it identifies where the mess ups are and it doesn't promise that "everything will be ok" and life will be "a bed of roses". No, it never will be- that's not what post modernism teaches us. Rather, Link Click teaches it may not be a smooth walk but still we will take the path as there is no "correct" path. As the author of the Ronxi chronicle mentions - it may not be the easiest path but you will never regret it. The concept of "correctness" is a construt, the "originality" is a mere myth and "TIME"!! … As we all know " Time is a hypocritical construct"...

[doublxpresso]

Memories

[evangelineiiimoscovia]

I've finally watched Link Click s2 and Yingdu arc. I won't talk about the actual writing and foreshadowing of the show since there are a lot of people already on the topic. I personally enjoyed it and I'm in for the ride. I'll instead give my thoughts on specific details of the show that caught my eye.

More under the cut

First off, something I thought was general knowledge but apparently isn't. The Chinese name for the show, ShiGuangDaiLiRen, is a pun. Much like any Chinese/Japanese series, all names are puns. Cxs means (Cheng) Process (Xiao Shi) Hour. Lg means (Lu) Land (Guang) Light, and don't take my word for this, but I think this is a double pun. Lu(land) sounds the same as Lu(path), making his name "Path light" as in literally lighting the way. Of course I could be wrong because although Lu(path) is not a common Chinese surname, if the creators had wanted to call him Path Light they totally could have.

ShiGuang, the first part of the title and the ship name of the MCs means "time", but not just any time, it's usually used in a positive context, like the times that you appreciate, or moments to treasure. DaiLiRen, the second part of the title means emissaries or agents. So the title means "(Treasured) Time agents", and for the shippers out there it can literally mean "ShiGuang agents"

Moving on. I'll always love the voice actors they do an amazing work. Chinese voice actors have really stepped up their game these past few years. The characters seem alive and the delivery of some lines is hilarious! I also appreciate how each character's dialogue and voice gives them life. Cxs speaks more informal and youthful (Sha' instead of shenme, using geme'r as in bro, general slang), Lg always uses serious dialogue. One of the villains (Xiao Ma obv) spoke in dialect and although the racism in China is inevitable and clearly appears in the show, it's still a bit of representation and I actually liked him and I thought he was quite funny and a bit sympathetic.

Shout out to Wang Juan, she only did a little but I appreciated her just existing. Western shows are used to including these types of representation ("strong female characters", girls with short hair, women in male dominated fields) so we kinda take them for granted at this point, but I have to give props to the writers because they absolutely didn't need to make a character like Wang Juan but they did.

Link Click in general is quite good in that sense. It's not based on an existing novel (as far as I know) and it's not danmei or bl (who are genres more notable for boundary breaking) but Cxs has semi long hair in a pony tail, the two noodle girls in s1 were obviously together, the women are well written (although the spotlight still always falls on the men) and in no point are the girls inferior to the men in combat. It's little things that maybe aren't groundbreaking for a lot of people, but the teens and maybe some children (the show is also meant for them because of the PSAs that sometimes appear) are seeing representation that is rare in chinese cartoons.

Speaking of the PSAs and the ads, I don't know why they're all so funny to me, just by existing. Especially the one about domestic violence. Obviously we know it's bad, and the show clearly frames it as a horrible thing, but they HAVE to add it, it's just a thing that they have to do. In a sense our MCs are influencers and they just, have the responsibility to say it's bad, and ask the viewers to fight for a world without domestic violence. The same goes for the Yingdu arc. They have to say the "everything is a work of fiction" or whatever, even though it's obvious given that Yingdu doesn't exist in real life (Obv London since Ying is for England and Du is for capital but still), and they have to say "don't attempt to carry out any of the reprehensible actions shown" like the classic "don't try this at home"

Moving on to Yingdu. I'll be honest I didn't like the opening song, the rhymes feel flat and the lyrics just aren't it. It feels like someone's best attempt at writing an English song when they haven't really mastered English. It's not bad at all, it's just not for me.

I was shocked at the hour long opening movie! I was actually so happy Link Click is getting that type of treatment. Well I'm happy about it existing in general. I'm used to Chinese shows popping out the first season of something promising but also setting up to be very long and just, never continuing. But after MDZS basically revolutionised the industry in 2018 and got western attention, Chinese animation has gotten so much better, the production is more organised, everything is more polished, voice actors are getting the recognition they deserve and it makes me very happy!

The art style has changed a little bit, mostly the faces, the backgrounds too. I don't think I'll be able to hold Chinese animation up to western or even Japanese standards in this decade still, it's currently just not possible, so I won't even try. I appreciate the characters moving normally, they do feel alive and have little movements that aren't 100% relevant to the story but give them characterization, and that's already so good! That wasn't too present in s1, but in s2 I really scrutinized the first few episodes because usually second seasons have a drop in quality, but I was pleasantly surprised to see those little character animations.

A thing that I've always liked about Link Click is how they portray subtle details of Chinese life, like your parents showing care through food, a spice native to a certain village, a mother's silent support in a rural area... All small things that just remind you this is (fantasy) China and for the Chinese viewers seems relatable or even nostalgic if they're overseas. Foreign viewers get a little bit of what (fantasy) china is like, mostly for young, urban middle class people though. It's like when people watch anime and learn a bit about Japan, people watch donghuas and have to learn a little bit about China, it's only fair.

In the Yingdu arc I really loved the moment when LiuXiao stopped the robber. I just really liked it because Cxs (not Lg, Lg is living in another dimension rn) is your typical Chinese tourist, he speaks limited English he has no idea wtf is happening, and he's so happy to meet another Chinese person. Just meeting someone who speaks a language he understands, and has just helped him. He says that even overseas it's best to rely on compatriots, and it's really true. People who travel somewhere else be it for tourism or actually emigrating will always be happy to meet someone they "know", and immigrants usually first find their footing among compatriots.

On that note, I also appreciate the detail of Yingdu actually being shown to be a different place. The people don't automatically speak Chinese for the Chinese viewers to understand, they all speak (a very broken ch)english, and it really feels like we've moved location. Every time the MCs meet someone who speaks Chinese it's treated like a little gem. And then there's Vein, speaking chinglish and saying Nihao (hello) with an accent even though mfer knows mandarin.

SOMETHING I FORGOT. I just find it hilarious that the guns in this show never have the accurate amount of bullets. That gun Xiao ma pulled out shot at least 10 times. You can tell the average Chinese person has never seen a gun before. And the one Vein has? I don't know what type of gun that is but it sure doesn't look like it can shoot 8 times idk.

Overall I'm happy to have caught up to Link Click. I liked the first season but I don't know why it never hooked me, even though it ended on a huge cliffhanger. But now I'm hooked and pleasantly surprised by the general quality of the show

[saelterlude]

I did a thing last year where I listed all of the fics I've written in 2023 to celebrate reaching 50k words and it was a fun thing to do. Which is why I'm doing it again this year!

So happy new year and welcome to sael's ao3 fic recap 2024! With a total of 69.201 words across 23 works. Link Click fics galore!

(listed in chronological order)

January

Like Dreaming of Angels (< 1k, Link Click)

Just a short "how Lu Guang sees Cheng Xiaoshi" fic based on the song "Angels" by The xx. Very light and feel good, read before bed type thing.

February

Shattered Reflections (14.5k, Link Click)

Power swap AU between Shiguang and the twins. I have to subtract 8k from the ao3 statistic because only the (6k long) last chapter was posted in 2024.

Softly, Brush it Back (< 1k, Link Click)

Another short domestic fluff fic of Cheng Xiaoshi dying Lu Guang's hair. Contains my personal LG with poliosis headcanon.

March

Time in a Tin Can (12k, Link Click)

My longest oneshot and an actual case fic! Also doubles as a camping fic! With tons of Link Click trio moments as well as Qiao Ling's dad! A bit of our heroes looking back at the events of S2.

The Right Word (1k, Link Click)

Humor sells, y'all. My most Kudo-ed fic of 2024 is just Qiao Ling asking "Who tf is Lu Guang to me?" for a thousand words. Go ahead and read to find out the answer!

The Bad Ending (2.7k, Link Click)

So right after a funny fic, I followed up with what's probably my saddest and most tragic fic. One that follows Lu Guang who is stuck in a timeline where both Cheng Xiaoshi and Qiao Ling has died. Read at your own risk. Oh, I'm also really proud at the non-linear narrative I did!

April

Us, In(tense) (3.4k, Link Click)

Everyone!! My favorite fic of they year, my Magnum Opus, is here. And it's just highschool Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang doing homework. What's angst and tragedy? Definitely none of that here. It's domestic fluff only. (I lied)

I join the Shiguang Fluff Week 2024 event thus the following 7 works are from there. Guaranteed fluff, ain't that nice? Though due to time constraint, they're not my most thought out or longest works.

Hour to Midnight (1k, Link Click)

Not gonna lie, probably my weakest fluff week entry? Just Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang on a case an hour before Cheng Xiaoshi's birthday.

Beachwalk (< 1k, Link Click)

Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi takes a walk on a beach, that's literally it. Nothing more, I don't know what else to add.

Blue of Your Eyes (1.3k, Link Click)

Confession fic? Does it count as a confession fic if the confession technically never happened? There's fluff, but the humor is more prevalent. LC Musical inspired.

Sent (< 1k, Link Click)

Highschool Cheng Xiaoshi writes (he does not send!) a letter to Lu Guang. It's for a school assignment. What should you write to your new friend about?

Familiari(tri) (1.7k, Link Click)

Just some hugs, hair ruffles, and kisses between Cheng Xiaoshi, Lu Guang, and Qiao Ling. Less shiguang, more LC main trio but fluff all the way!

Coma Berenices (2.4k, Link Click)

My personal favorite entry. Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang stargazes for a case. They search and ponders over constellations together. Coma Berenices is an actual constellation and is in fact my favorite constellation.

A Strip of Regret (1.7k, Link Click)

Once again, humor prevails. It's just shiguang on the tail end of their date deciding to go to a photobooth. Shenanigans ensues. Why wouldn't it? Cheng Xiaoshi literally has the ability to dive into that photobooth in the past.

May

Kick-off (2.6k, Link Click)

Pre-canon childhood shiguang anyone? Well here you have it. A chance encounter in a park only leads to more encounters. It's a good thing they like each other.

His to Believe (1.9k, Link Click)

Just answering the question. How did Lu Guang learns of Cheng Xiaoshi's missing parents. It's a good thing Qiao Ling is around.

July (Oops, I didn't write in June)

tick, tock (Goes The Grandfather's Clock) (1.6k, Link Click)

Long title, I know. Shiguang talks about a grandfather clock and I somehow connected it with Lu Guang's determination to save Cheng Xiaoshi.

August

It's All I Have (3.2k, Link Click)

Cheng Xiaoshi who realizes he's going to die decided he's going to give it all to Lu Guang and stops him from diving back in grief. It's uhh pretty domestic if you ignore like the last 300 words.

For the Soul (2.6k, Link Click)

It's literally just Cheng Xiaoshi cooking and eating chicken soup over and over again, through out the years.

September

Down to Zero. (2.6k, Link Click)

Okay, this one is also sad, though domestic. A countdown to Cheng Xiaoshi's death, though not in a way you might think.

October

In Ever-Changing You (8.1k, Link Click)

For the sgdlrminibang event where I hyperfocuses on keys and I compare those to many Cheng Xiaoshis across the timelines. With awesome art by Dx too!

Patri(steal) (8k, 2 chapters, DCMK)

Oh look, the only non LC fic I wrote this year, surprisingly one of my most beloved fic of this year. Kuroba Toichi and Kaito have an inheritance fight and the Kaitou Kid task force is sick of them. Kid task force and Kid (Jr.) feels here because I need more of those in my life. Toichi bashing.

November

If, (592, Link Click)

Just a short introspection into CXS's thoughts as he helps LG try to save himself (but not really himself? its him? in another timeline? he wont remember this evening he shared with LG. oh no, existentialism)

None from December I'm afraid, but here's to another great year of fic writing in 2025!!

[imaginarylungfish]

Link Click fic recs

i am obsessed with shiguang, alright? (favorites in purple.)

sfw

I'll Always Find You: cute 800 word fic about shiguang finding each other in every lifetime

Call It What You Want (But Don’t Call It Love): 1K ambiguous shiguang with drunken kisses

Right Here I Belong: cute 1.3K fic with shiguang cuddles

No Child of Mine (I'll Love You the Same): cute 1.6K au kidfic with LG taking LTC and XiXi to their first day of kindergarten. CXS is their teacher.

Easy to Please (Even Easier to Love): cute 2.2K shiguang slipping into domesticity

I Lower My Head, Thinking of Home: 2.5K fic connecting shiguang's story to the myth of chang'e and houyi

Beautiful: 2.9K LG walks in on CXS cross-dressing fic

Each Season Feels So Warm When I'm Here With You: 3K established relationship domestic fluff

Rationality: 3K love confession fic

Overexposure: 4K fic about CXS commenting as women on LG's thirst trap pic form the chibi shorts

Love Me Tender, Love Me Good: 4.7K festival first date

Affection: 6K CXS finds out about LG saving him slow-ish burn (Broken is the sequel)

When Did 'Me' Turn into 'We?': 8K oblivious shiguang getting together

Love Me Like This: 9K very well written fic about shiguang realizing their feelings for each other. characterizations are spot on and we get some friend group scenes which i love

The Hardest Thing About Love (is Noodles): 11K lu guang-centric fic of shiguang realizing their feelings for each other

Like the Moon Embracing the Sun: 12K post-s2 hospital fic where CXS and LG start sleeping in CXS' bunk together

nsfw

Moonlit Passion: 3.3K CXS can't sleep so LG helps him

Love's the Death of Peace of Mind: 5K silly fic about cheng xiaoshi walking around shirtless and lu guang feeling some type of way about it

Broken: 8K sequel to Affection where CXS tries to give LG some happiness on his birthday

Field of Chrysanthemums: 10K post-s2 fic where the gang has ptsd and CXS and LG realize how important they are to each other. very beautifully written

Wouldn't Mind Being Yours: 12K fic with a cool premise for how Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi's powers could connect them even more

Falling in Love at the Photo Shop: 29K beautifully-written fic of cheng xiaoshi realizing he is in love with lu guang and lu guang is in love with him

[hermanoga]

people who talk and discuss how human emotions, bondings and sufferings are central to link click

>>>>>>>>

when they talk about how Cheng Xiaoshi deeply feels the essence of love, hope, sacrifice, memory and remembrance AND all of these are also directed towards him >>>>>>>>>>>>

when they take lu guang as a complex human character with flaws (without bashing him morally) and love him for these flaws because THAT is what makes him very human>>>>>>>>>

people when they cry for shiguang trusting each other with life and death>>>>>>>>

people when they keep the vignettes of everyday life of domestic shiguang in the core of their hearts>>>>>>>>

people who are in an emotional crisis after the yingdu episode 1>>>>>>>>

I JUST WANT TO SAY I love you all, I love you all from the bottom of my heart. You will get a happy shiguang year. Love you all!

[peachy-lemon83]

If you’re somehow getting to this point in the post without seeing SEASON 2- up to EPISODE 5 as of right now and not wanting to be spoiled (idk how you made it this far without being spoiled but whatever) THIS IS YOUR SPOILER WARNING as well as a small trigger warning for hinted domestic violence even if it isn’t specifically mentioned

This is going to be a lot of rambling but I wanted to add some of my own opinions! Before season 2 it definitely seems like Lu Guang is more knowing about what Cheng Xiaoshi is going into. It would also make sense that before hand he’s also more in tune with how Cheng Xiaoshi will react. Cheng Xiaoshi is very empathetic, he can feel the same emotions as the people he’s taken over. Therefore his reaction to things seem pretty predictable.

However, when the jump into a photo in season2 it’s after Lu Guang is injured and after there are a few seconds where I would say we may not know 100% what happened to Lu Guang (specifically talking about the cliff hanger on episode 2, where it’s shown in the next episode he was given the photo, but if I remember correctly even then there’s a few seconds were something could’ve happened). Both of these could affect Lu Guangs power. I feel like he would given some warning if he saw that the girl could’ve been hurt or her brother hurt? It also would explain why Cheng Xiaoshi jumped in to begin with. So far it seems like he should’ve seen it all without Cheng Xiaoshi jumping in (unless it was simply to get the address and stuff, but then I would think that Lu Guang would’ve also tried to convince Cheng Xiaoshi to come back.) Something messing with his powers also works with Cheng Xiaoshi describing the connection as cutting off during the sign language scene.

Even with the few theories I’ve seen explaining that silence further add to Lu Guangs power being messed up. Someone said (a little jokingly) that Lu Guang didn’t know sign language, and was looking them up. But that implies that he couldn’t see what the sister was going to sign before Cheng Xiaoshi came into play. It could also mean that Lu Guangs powers are messing up and he’s not seeing the right outcome. Pretty much the only one that would work with his powers being fine (at least that I know of) would be if he simply explained it a little too vaguely for Cheng Xiaoshi (which is honestly possible, both are definitely stressed out about all of this.)

I would also like to add that is seems like either Cheng Xiaoshi has truly understood his impact (I mean he saw/heard was happened to Emma there, so not far fetched what so ever) or he’s acting slightly different because it’s a child, who’s not in instant danger when he arrives. Honestly, in my opinion it’s probably a bit of both. Seeing as Cheng Xiaoshi doesn’t argue when Lu Guang tells him things that he needs to fix (he tries to look like he’s struggling with the bag, he tries to follow Lu Guangs lead about the sign language) as well as being a child (the look on his face when he won the stuffed animal, before Lu Guang could even tell him to be excited, he also looks very happy and content to have s family meal… right before it all goes very wrong.)

Tbh I think one of the only things that could explain why Lu Guang did say anything IF he did know what was coming, would be seeing how happy Cheng Xiaoshi is being a child with mom and a sibling, and for a short time being just a family and having dinner together. Even more so when it’s happening at a time when Cheng Xiaoshi is stressed and still worried about Lu Guang, and what this girl and her brother have to do with everything else. It’s a welcome distraction while also trying to piece together images. I think it could be possible that Lu Guang just simply wanted Cheng Xiaoshi to enjoy those moments before the all too real reality of that family’s life kicked in. (Even more so since it could 100% possibly the little girl didn’t speak because of trauma effecting her like that).

Completely different topic. I’m falling in love with this shows way of pointing our attention to one specific thing/person, and then throwing in something else you didn’t fully see coming. They did it with the season one finale. Almost the whole fandom was preparing to mourn Lu Guang, and in most shows after the scare is over it leaves a feeling of “well it was clear they weren’t going to” or “well they definitely aren’t going to do that again”, kind of just a disappointing revelation because it’s either they went back in time/got revived or something very stupid that leads to it not being them. I really didn’t feel like with Link Click. Even knowing, I’m still like “that was the logical conclusion that we all came to accept was possible”, I think they did a good job of making it look like him while also making it clear that it wasn’t him after you see everything else.

I’ve also heard several people talk about how they thought the neighbor was going to be the problem the whole time, and a couple others who said they didn’t even realize it wasn’t the neighbor until the Dad flipped out. Litteraly up until the Dad came home I was almost glaring at the neighbor. Was fully imagining before episode 5 came out that he was going to attack the mom and daughter and that was somehow going to lead to something with her brother. That feeling only got further with the brothers reaction. I was so sure he was going to say something that the neighbor had done. And even after watching it, those are like the sight lines that direct you, and even looking back you can connect “oh the boy didn’t want the neighbor near them because he knew the dad would flip out”. Like this obviously wasn’t the first time, and all the dots just always seem to line up after you have all the information. It’s not some crime show that provides crucial evidence only to finish the case while leaving that piece unsolved.

Truly one of my favorite shows. I was honestly a little scared that season 2 wouldn’t be as great as the first season was, that it would start sloping down a bit since it was in high demand, and there was more pressure for it to come out, and come out soon. It has absolutely not. The only disappointment for me, has been the frustration of cliff hangers as a viewer watching when the episodes come out, and even that I completely understand from an author/creators perspective. It’s been amazing, they haven’t stopped the tension they built up, while also giving us sweet moments like Cheng Xiaoshi being so excited about a stuffed animal.

THANKS FOR TELLING ME YOUR THOUGHTS !!

i don't have many thoughts about the ep but it was. Something. to watch. i sorta knew what was about to happen because i saw you talking about it on the dash but My Fucking God. i don't know whats up with link click and their fifth eps but they sure do like putting all the strong topics into them. i did liked? enjoyed? a lot the realism it was treated with though

also my brain sort of died halfway n i spent a nice hour trying to figure out what was happening with lu guangs ability in this ep

that theory about one of the siblings taking control of him during that brief time period sounds very interesting?? i wonder if that's what happened or if the bad connection is due to lu guang's current health or a third secret thing

also another thing but i?? really like the way link click distracts you from the culprits. i spent the ending of ep4 n half of ep 5 thinking that the culprit was gonna be the cat ears dude n they also seemed to be playing onto it at first. i don't know. it's cool

wahh thanks for asking about my thoughts in turn newayz !! you're very cool

bro omg youre so right LINK CLICK AND THEIR FIFTH EPISODES. thanks for reminding of THAT one in s1 😭✌️ nah but fr it was A Lot. s1 ep5 was absolutely devastating made me cry like a baby and then we have s2 ep5 which is just. on a whole other level of hard to even watch.

I AGREE WITH THE CONFUSION ABOUT LU GUANGS ABILITY THOUGH. like its sooo... inconsistent. we dont know a lot about it from the get go anyway but i also sometimes wonder abt the logistics of the dives and if lu guang is surprised like cheng xiaoshi by what happens but then in other instances we see him knowing exactly what happens?? idk. suspension of disbelief ig. it is a time travel show after all so theres bound to be some inconsistencies. i try to just enjoy the show and not think too much abt the logistics of lu guangs ability.

also to your last point i knowwwww right?? the first time i saw this man and noticed the beard shadow i immediately thought it was that henchman guy from qian jin, just in the past. and thats also how the siblings have this connection in the present to him now. im still kinda sus abt him though. bet on link click to first make us think hes the bad guy, then the good guy, and then it turns out hes the bad guy again and actually that henchman dude. it is an interesting choice to give him the same beard shadow as him. link click, istg ur making my hairs turn grey.

anyway thank YOU for asking my thoughts on this ep too, i love talking about this show!!! tickles my brain in all the right ways GAHH. im so excited to see whats in store for us next week