Rating:Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category: M/M

Fandoms: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan

Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Case Fic, Virtual Reality, Detective Zhao Yunlan, Novel References, Comic Book Science, Minor Character Death, no redemption for Ye Zun

Summary:

Shen Wei still hadn’t turned up anywhere, and the only clue they had was this damn game he apparently sent to Zhao Yunlan. And Zhao Yunlan still had no idea why he did that, and how he knew Zhao Yunlan at all.

“So what’s the plan here?” Da Qing asked, mumbling slightly. He was obviously eating something, probably sprawled in a chair, while here Zhao Yunlan was, running his ass off. “You will level up enough to use that key, open a magical door, and then Shen Wei will come out clad all in white and swoon into your waiting arms?”

He sounded so amused, too. He was obviously getting a kick out of this.

“Sadly no, but maybe we will figure out why the last thing he did before pulling a Houdini was sending me an unreleased game,” Zhao Yunlan grumbled. “And I do not want Shen Wei to fall into my arms.”

“Oh please,” Da Qing snorted. “I’ve seen the pictures of this guy. You obviously do.”

Chapters: 1/14

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Our 70k+ longfic that we kept on memeing about for so long <3

Ahhh, I am so excited! Many thanks to:

- @the-marron for agreeing to write out this silly idea with me, even when I am calling her at 11 pm like “GET THIS”;

- @sasamelons for INVALUABLE beta, hashing out plot points, wrangling typos, and reminding us that we do need to make sense, actually;

- @baiyubai for being excited about this fic, general encouragement and sharing the gaming experience with us.

You guys are the best!!!

Waterdance Painting - Waterdance Fine Art Print

Waterdance by Kelly McNeil

literally any upper middle class tiktok self-identified ‘that girl’ in a pastel workout set with a thirteen step skincare routine and a green juice is a million times closer to being patrick bateman irl than any self-identified sigma film bro

op managed to swing a bat at 2 hornets nests in one go

Taylor on “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me” (Variety)

do they expect me to stop him somehow?

@dobranocka, @sasamelons

feed you local overworked men

"Intimacy is knowing about the almond milk"

"No one remembered my birthday-" Well, but did YOU tell anyone it was coming up and you wanted to celebrate it with them?

"I wish someone would see through it when I tell people I'm fine-" Well, but have YOU considered not lying when people ask you how you're doing?

"I am so resentful of my friend because they keep doing this thing that really bothers me-" Well, but have YOU directly communicated that the thing is bothering you?

"I am burning out because my friend keeps expecting me to help them with serious struggles-" Well, but have YOU tried to establish the boundaries you need to feel okay?

"No one ever asks me about this thing I really care about-" Well, but have YOU brought it up yourself?

"I miss my friend but they haven't texted me-" Well, but have YOU been reaching out to them?

Sometimes people are mean, uncaring assholes, in which case you get to be mad. But sometimes you just need to communicate better. Try communication before you assume someone doesn't care!

Having someone who knows you on such a deep level that they see past your mask, or sense you need a check in is such a deep satisfying fantasy. It's up there with living in a cottagecore farm, or buying all your friends houses when you win the lottery. But you have to make peace with the fact that this is also a fantasy. It is unfair to expect people to "just know" when to respect your boundaries or to push them.

Being cared for is not a fantasy. But you have to let people know you need it. And you have to understand that sometimes they will let you down. Just like you totally could live in a cute farm, but you still have to shovel shit, and the crops sometimes die anyway. Or maybe you win the lottery, but you still have to manage your money and learn real estate law.

The fantasy isn't the caring, the fantasy is not having to do the work. And it sucks. It's embarrassing. But like the meme says, it's not rotten if it's YOU. So do it for yourself.

"The fantasy isn't the caring, the fantasy is not having to do the work"! Thank you for that addition. Because it's not a naive expectation to want someone to care to treat you right. But it requires communication and mutual effort to actually get there

WIP Wednesday

No more sad writer hours, time for happy writer hours 😤

I am happy to announce I am working on yet another domestic crack featuring Weilan 🎉

Dogs literally like "FUCK YOU FENCE! YOU WANNA HURT MY LITTLE BUDDY? WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!"

Kenobi was luminous, a transparent being, a window onto a sunlit meadow of the Force.

Skywalker was a storm cloud, flickering with dangerous lightning, building the rotation that threatens a tornado.

——Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith, Matthew Stover

the weirdest fucking thing to me is how men will be like "it's so hard being a man. no one cares that i'm sad. the loneliness we experience could NEVER be understood by a woman" and then also be like "btw i never talk to my friends and i don't know their names and i love hanging out with men because they don't talk about their stupid emotions all the time. women could never understand a bond like this." like ???

I AM ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND AFTER READING THIS PLEASE READ IT

READ PART TWO AND THREE BELOW !!!!!

there is a VERY chaotic Cupid running around this village

^ that last comment 🤣

I never knew i needed this in my life, to believe there’s kindness that still exist in this world. Thank you God, i’m glad i lived

literally stoppp this "im just a girl!" shit. well grow the fuck up. be an adult

"omg op why do you hate fun"

So I’ve been teaching 6th grade since January, and one thing about my female students which made me upset to realize is how many of them are obsessed with skincare. I've heard the girls in my class discussing the EYE CREAM they use. Like tf you mean eye cream? You're ELEVEN!!! I'm a decade older than you and have never even touched eye cream!! The most skincare a middle schooler needs is cleanser and moisturizer, maybe some acne cream. Who tf is selling you all this other stuff? Who tf told you you needed all this?

It hurts me to see. Their brains are too young for these types of insecurities 😭 no 11 year old girl should be obsessed with wrinkles, I wanna beat tf out of whatever tiktoker made them believe they needed skin that perfect

Do you know how fucking miserable it is to watch a group of 11 year old girls obsessively check their skin on pocket mirrors? And hear them talk about how they need new products to fix “imperfections” created by tiktok?? I just taught them last week what the OCEAN TIDES are. I helped one of them spell the word “conduction” yesterday. They just learned what the atmosphere is. Who the fuck is telling these literal children that they need eye cream??!! When I catch you!!!

you ever have mutuals who are way cooler than you so you perpetually feel like a little kid who’s somehow gotten in the good graces of a really cool teenager and you want to talk to them whenever you can but youre still kind of terrified of them