The story will keep on going

[marycrawford]

I've seen all 40 episodes of Guardian. ;__;

The good news: I can now read all the fic and watch all the vids! And I saw some mention of an epilogue from the novel author, anyone have deets on that? (I haven't read the novel, though I've seen a couple translated excerpts.)

The other good news: I finished a story I was working on right after watching ep 40, in sheer stubborn self-defense, and it will go on AO3 as soon as I can figure out a summary for it.

Here's a bit of chat from very early on in my Guardian adventures:

I also feel like we need a way for shen wei to be vulnerable
so, kryptonite, basically
because right now it feels like zhao never would need to worry for him
only the reverse
and ofc I want it to go both ways

...welp. Naming calls, people. Naming calls.

Comments

[frith_in_thorns]

ETA: I haven't gone looking for the epilogue because I've heard it mostly makes sense in the context of the novel canon, and isn't nearly as satisfying if you've only seen the show. And I'm holding out hope that EVENTUALLY there might be a complete translation that's actually readable. Eventually. Maybe?

[naye]

I'm the same! I read the 70+ chapters that were translated this time last year, but haven't caught up with the dozen or so that's all that's been translated since. I do know that xparrot and others have read the epilogues? (Yes, there's several, including one Priest wrote in response to the show finale.) Hopefully they'll be coming by with details on where to find these!

The good news is that there's a new person translating later chapters! But not putting them on Wattpad, which is where the first chunk of the novel is.

[marycrawford]

Thank you for the info! Yeah, the one Priest wrote in response to the show finale was what I saw mentioned somewhere, I think. And that at least sounded like it wouldn't take a ton of novel knowledge to read?

[marycrawford]

And I'm holding out hope that EVENTUALLY there might be a complete translation that's actually readable.

Haa, yes, same here! I hope a kind fan or committee of fans will get there eventually, just like with the subtitles for the show. (I realize translating a novel is a TON more work though, and I applaud everyone who put work in already.)