#weilanzun

Okay so I realised my list of WIPs is growing alarmingly close to 200. I've told myself I should try to write some of them, instead of starting new fics. But the list of WIPs is long. I don't know what I want to write. I always have a handful of things I'm poking at more or less actively and it's time to chose at last one WIP to get back to.

So, I looked at the list. Narrowed it down to things at least 5k long. Then skimmed through and removed everything I didn't vibe with in that moment. And yet I'm still left with so damn many choices.

I thought, "hey why not at least try to outsource the choice?" So, you know, help me pick out something. Ask about a WIP, and I'll very excitedly tell you about it. That would be very helpful because talking about the WIPs helps rekindle my own enthusiasm for them.

Anyway, here's a list of some WIPs. Yes those are the titles in my WIP folder. Yes, the premises seem to be varying levels of absurd. Idk, apparently that's what I write? Some day it'll be something serious.

Weilan

baby animals, ~5.5k, weilan

The Black Cloaked Envoy keeps showing up with baby animals all over him, like that's normal. Zhao Yunlan is charmed, everyone else is confused or vaguely horrified. No one ever says anything about it.

Gifts, ~8.2k, weilan

Vaguely supernatural AU where Shen Wei has been stalking Zhao Yunlan for a while and leaves him weaponry (mostly knives) as gifts for reasons.

ZYL time travel, ~5.3k, weilan

Post canon (I think) Zhao Yunlan time travels and finds himself an outsider to that scene where kid!Zhao Yunlan lost his dog. He decides to interfere 

acquiring ZYL, ~8k, weilan

Zhao Yunlan was kidnapped at some point when he was younger and taken to Dixing and sold into some kind of sexual slavery. A lot later Shen Wei finds him and kills everyone and takes Zhao Yunlan with him. Except Zhao Yunlan now thinks Shen Wei is his new master.

space pirate AU, ~6.1k, weilan

Shen Wei is a space pirate (really, some kind of freedom fighter) and Zhao Yunlan is stuck policing some backwater planet that Shen Wei is supposed to meet someone on. It's a trap, there's fighting, Zhao Yunlan ends up in the middle. Shen Wei kidnaps him, as you do.

bb!SW modern, ~7.2k, weilan

bb!SW time travels into modern time

SW and HPS different, ~5k weilan (but with two SWs basically)

SW and HPS actually split into two people at some point in the past

marriage, ~14k, weilan

A younger Zhao Yunlan digs Shen Wei out of the ground and accidentally proposes marriage. Shen Wei of course thinks it's the best idea, even once he finds out Zhao Yunlan has no idea who he is.

Weilanzun

lake dragon, ~6.9k, weilanzun(?)

Totally a dream I had. Zhao Yunlan wakes up in a strange place with temporary amnesia. He finds some weird town, and some weird people. And then there's a lake, with a dragon, that people warn him not to go close to. There's a portal at the bottom of the lake somewhere.

mermaid love triangle in the forest, ~6.2k, weilanzun

Very random fantasy AU. Zhao Yunlan is some kind of errant hero, and there's monsters in the forest. Well, mermaids. In a forest. Thank you random prompt.

ot3 arranged marriage AU, ~12.3k, weilanzun

It's the old the Treaty says they need to get married thing, but instead of just marrying the Black Cloaked Envoy, Zhao Yunlan needs to marry both of the twins.

Derivatives

Chen Yiming/Han Chen, ~8.6k (HC saves a pocket sized CYM)

Luo Qingeng/Jiang Yang/Luo Fusheng, ~6.4k

Mao Hou/Lin Dayu, ~5.1k

Jiang Yang/Han Chen/Luo Fusheng (android thing), ~6.6k (LFS is the android)

rating: E

category: F/F

fandom: Guardian

relationship: Shěn Wēi/Yè Zūn/Zhào Yúnlán

Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei/Ye Zun (Guardian)

The World We Meant To Make by starandrea

The White Robed Envoy swiveled around to point at him. “You,” he said. “Don’t know who I am.”

“That is… largely true, yes,” Zhao Yunlan agreed.

“And you don’t know who he is,” the Envoy said.

Zhao Yunlan reviewed their brief conversation and found no clues. “Who?”

“Exactly!” the Envoy exclaimed. “This is all wrong! I don’t understand what’s happening.”

This is such an interesting idea and it’s sweet and sad and hopeful all at the same time. 

Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling (The Lost Tomb)

Change of Circumstance by teyla

Wu Xie is fine, his lungs fixed by whatever happened in Thunder City. So when the hospital calls to ask if he'd undergo some tests against compensation to be used in scientific research, it's free money, right?

This is so good! A wonderful bit of emotional hurt/comfort dealing with the aftermath of Wu Xie’s sickness

Gen (The Lost Tomb)

Cold and Dark and Deep by frith_in_thorns

"Do you have any dry clothes?" Pangzi asked.

"No," Liu Sang said. His lips felt numb, but at least he managed to speak clearly, without any trace of a stammer. "I lost my pack in the water."

This author has an amazing knack of repeatedly writing exactly the sorts of fics I love to read and this is no exception. There’s a load of Liu Sang and Pangzi friendship in this coupled with some fantastic hurt/comfort. I loved it. 

Liu Sang/Kan Jian (The Lost Tomb)

Good For What Ails You by fox_of_nine_tales

Kan Jian may not be quite sure why he's in the hospital, but there's one thing he's absolutely certain about:

That gorgeous stranger by his bedside? He needs to Lock. That. Down.

How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'A' and 'T'.

I'm only doing one fandom (Guardian and Guardian RPF) because I can. :D I didn't look at any art until I did all the letters, and then I added art for the two letters that didn't have fics (J and V). (And whenever there were options to choose Zhubai, I chose Zhubai, ngl. :D Many letters had 5+ fics to choose from btw, asdfhdjkl;)

I have nothing for U (I have no idea how, it's such a useful letter, and now I want to name a fic un[something] asap ;D), X (even though I've possibly started actual fics with 'Xiao Bai' or 'Xiao Wei', but not titles) and Z (I have definitely started fics with 'Zhao Yunlan' and possibly 'Zhu Yilong' too). (I'm getting a kick out of the fact that these four names are 4 out of 4 of my blorbos. :D)

So 23/26! And now onto the actual list:

Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei (Guardian)

mens rea by synonymous

What do you do when you fall in love with someone you shouldn’t? Do you cut and run or do you stay and fight?

I absolutely loved this. It’s a really interesting take on the characters, and everyone feels like themselves despite the fact it’s a no powers AU and Shen Wei dispenses justice via murder. If you liked Hannibal I think you’ll love this. 

Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei/Ye Zun (Guardian)

obscura by synonymous

"Hei Lao-ge. I think there are some things you might have been keeping from us."

A wonderful bit of canon divergence that shows how much would have changed if Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei had talked about Ye Zun sooner.

Hong Yizhou/Lu Xiaojin (Cloudy Mountain)

After the Rains by elenothar

Lu Xiaojin and Hong Yizhou, after.

(Follows on directly from the movie. Spoilers ahoy.)