Merit Brush Recs

Fanfic: If you're near, it's quiet by A (mumblemutter)

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:24:29 GMT

Posted by: naye

If you're near, it's quiet (13912 words) by A
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Kneeling, Anxiety, Kissing, Pillow Talk, The Softest Exploration of Kink, Dom/sub, Orgasm Delay/Denial
Series: Part 1 of (a quiet place)
Summary:

"Stay," he says, and gently presses down until Zhu Yilong's forehead is resting on his shoulder. "Stay," he says again, quieter. There's still a tension to Zhu Yilong that he doesn't like. "Your body stays here," he murmurs close to his ear. "Your mind can go wherever."

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Fanart: Aftermath by rlyqueer_art

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:46:41 GMT

Posted by: naye

Aftermath by rlyqueer art
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Fanart, Hurt/Comfort, Minor Injuries
Summary: Zhao Yunlan embraces Shen Wei as they sit on the floor together. His expression is pinched, while Shen Wei appears bashful—yet unrepentant—and covered in minor wounds that have been treated with a first aid kit.

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Guidelines & Optional Posting Template

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 04:44:00 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Welcome to Merit Brush Recs! We are a recommendations posting community for fanworks of all kinds (fic, vids, art, etc.) for 镇魂 | Guardian (both the novel and drama), related RPF, and other projects starring the lead actors, Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong. This includes commercials in which they play characters clearly separate from their own public personas.

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Fanfic: Endless Clarity of the Perfect Design, by ShippersList

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:57:33 GMT

Posted by: clevermanka

Endless Clarity of the Perfect Design (53760 words) by ShippersList
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble & Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei (Guardian), Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian), Zhao Xinci, Snake Tribe's Fourth Uncle (Guardian), Ya Qing (Guardian), Ying Chun (Guardian), Ye Zun (Guardian), other guardian characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Cyberpunk, cloak and dagger, Mindfuck, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Flashbacks, Psychological Trauma, Zhao Xinci's A+ Parenting, Team as Family, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS, dreams and visions, Slow Burn, grey morals, Canon-Typical Violence, Ambiguous/Open Ending, (can be read as happy ending)
Summary: Zhao Yunlan has it all figured out. He’s the youngest Director of Standardized Information Deconstruction unit—SID for short—he has a dedicated, hardworking team (at least for the most part), and a handful of very good friends. True, he doesn’t have a social life outside his work, his relationship with his father is nonexistent, and all his friends just happen to be in his team but…that’s semantics. He’s happy. Ish.

And then the visions start pouring in.

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Fanart: Sweet on Your Tongue by rlyqueer

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:48:46 GMT

Posted by: imashoe

Sweet on Your Tongue by rlyqueer art
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Li Qian/Zhu Hong (Guardian)
Characters: Zhu Hong (Guardian), Li Qian (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Fanart, Kissing, Rare Pairings, Ice Cream, Established Relationship
Summary: Zhu Hong and Li Qian share a kiss as they eat some ice cream on their date.

Why I like this: It's gorgeous and incredibly sweet, and I'd recommend it as a mood booster.

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Fanfic: A Tolerance for Pain by marycrawford

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:35:03 GMT

Posted by: yantantether

A Tolerance for Pain (18470 words) by marycrawford
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Presumed Dead, Not Really Character Death, set after Episode 23 (the one with the Kitchen Scene), Canon Divergence, Magical Exhaustion
Summary: Shen Wei faced the storm and let it break around him. In the center of catastrophe, he closed his eyes. He could hear no heartbeats, could feel no life around him other than his own.
Zhao Yunlan. Where are you?

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Fanfic: Letters to Loved Ones by tupperwaregoods

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:46:39 GMT

Posted by: imashoe

Letters to Loved Ones (8078 words) by tupperwaregoods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei & Ye Zun (Guardian), Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Ye Zun (Guardian), Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian)
Additional Tags: POV Third Person, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Microaggressions, Emails, Postcards, Text Messages, Image Descriptions, indirect expressions of love, mentions of incarceration, ye zun was not in a pillar, No Beta, relationships being healed, Character Study, mentions of OCs - Freeform
Summary:

When Ye Zun is finally released from his imprisonment in Dixing, he decides to make a new life in Haixing. It's away from the baggage of home that Ye Zun can heal his relationship with Shen Wei. Told entirely through third-person avenues such as emails, social media and documents.

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Admin: Quick update

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:37:50 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Thank you to everyone for voting and commenting on the most recent polls! Based on the feedback we received, ranalore and I are revising the community guidelines. This is still underway but we hope to be finished very soon.

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Reminder: Follow-up polls on templates & tags

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 02:13:04 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Reminder to vote in the follow-up polls about templates and tags here. Thank you to everyone who's voted and commented already! The polls close on 10 February (Pacific timezone).

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Admin: Follow-up polls to (re)shape the community!

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:28:19 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

This is follow-up to the earlier polls about modifying merit_brush_recs. Thank you to everyone who voted in the polls and left comments! ranalore and I have reviewed all the feedback.

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Community poll closes in 2 days

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 23:05:18 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

The poll to determine the future of the community closes in 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's already voted and commented!

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Admin: Fill out the polls & join the discussion!

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:51:23 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

This is a reminder post to fill out the polls to determine the future of the merit_brush_recs Dreamwidth community. Polls are here. So as not to lose momentum, I'm bringing forward the closure date to 12/13 January. Vote now!

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Admin: Polls to determine the future of @merit_brush_recs

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:10:56 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

merit_brush_recs is over a year old, and while Guardian and its adjacent fandoms are still going strong, this community isn't being used much. With ranalore's blessing, I've put together a poll to see how the comm might adapt.

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Fanart: In the Park by x_art

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:46:25 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Title: In the Park
Creator Link(s): x_art, xworks
Canon: Drama
Type: Fanart
Characters/Ships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Rating: Not rated
Warnings: None
Themes: romance, flirting, happiness, spring
Summary: In a beautiful park setting, Zhao Yunlan presents Shen Wei with a lollipop.

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Fanvid: Zhu Yilong : Searching for emogis by pervertenvoy

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:19:17 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Title: Zhu Yilong : Searching for emogis [emojis]
Creator Link(s): pervertenvoy
Canon: RPF
Type: Fanvid
Category: gen
Runtime: 0:49
Characters/Ships: Zhu Yilong
Rating: General
Warnings: no warnings apply
Themes: character study, happiness, emojis
Summary: Zhu Yilong clips to match emojis. Song: Happy, Artist: Pharrell Williams
Note: In the comments, pervertenvoy says the idea (emojis + clips) came from Kpop Twitter, but the creator made this Zhu Yilong version.

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FANART: Dream by @goss

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:20:30 GMT

Posted by: no_detective

Title: Dream
Creator Link(s): goss
Canon: Drama
Type: Fanart
Characters/Ships: Shen Wei
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Themes: Character study
Collection: drawesome's Drawtober 2020 challenge
Summary: Shen Wei asleep for ten thousand years.

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Fanart: One Day by 噫！

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:47:24 GMT

Posted by: marycrawford

Title: One Day
Creator Link(s): 噫！

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Canon: Drama
Type: Fanart
Characters/Ships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, plus the rest of the SID
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings apply
Themes: character study, slice of life
Summary: A day in the life of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, from waking up to SID to casework to going home.

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Final theme week: Showcase!

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 07:06:13 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

The theme for the final theme week (3-9 October) is Showcase! Rec non-text-centric fanworks such as fanart, fanvids, etc.!

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Fanfic: Traveling Companions by GuardianGirl

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:45:25 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

Title: [WeiLan Derivative AU] Lian Chengbi x Pei Wende - Traveling Companions
Creator Link(s): GuardianGirl
Canon: Guardian-adjacent (Fa Hai x Shaw Eleven Lang)
Type: fanfic
Category: M/M
Length/Size: 3494 words
Characters/Ships: Lian Chengbi/Pei Wende
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: No warnings apply
Themes: getting together, fluff, sharing a bed, traveling together, pining, hot springs
Author's summary: A young martial artist with high aspirations and a stoic and grumpy swordsman are traveling together.

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Theme week: Rarities!

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 07:06:22 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

The theme for this week (26 September-2 October) is Rarities! Rec fanworks about rare pairs, rare characters, uncommon adjacent canons, etc.!

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New theme week: Derivatives!

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:54:21 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

I completely dropped the ball and forgot to post a reminder about the Week 3 theme. So I'm moving the themes by a week and starting Week 4 now:

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September theme weeks: Week 2

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:03:32 GMT

Posted by: sakana17

This week's theme is Throwback! Rec fanworks posted in 2018 or 2019!

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Fanvid: Look What You Made Me Do by findmeinthealps

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:12:32 GMT

Posted by: extrapenguin

Title: Look What You Made Me Do
Creator Link(s): findmeinthealps
Canon: Drama
Type: Fanvid
Category: Gen
Length/Size: 3:31
Characters/Ships: Ye Zun
Rating: M
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death
Themes: character study,
Summary: A Ye Zun-centric vid, set to Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do.

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Fanfic: "The Titles Lie Like Shen Wei" series by PresidentPlant37

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:28:12 GMT

Posted by: glymr

Title: "The Titles Lie Like Shen Wei" series, which currently includes "Blind Date" and "First Date"
Creator Link(s): PresidentPlant37
Canon: Guardian Drama
Type: Fanfic
Category: M/M
Length/Size: The full series is currently 5440 words
Characters/Ships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Misunderstandings
Themes: AU: No powers, Blind date, AU: different first meeting, mistaken identity, (first story); mild canonical hurt/comfort, light angst (second story)
Collection: Guardian Week 2020 (second story)
Summary:

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September theme weeks: Week 1

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 03:00:46 GMT
Posted by: sakana17

The theme for fanworks recs this week (31 August-6 September) is Brand New! Rec fanworks posted since 1 June 2020!

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