Three fantastic Guardian vids, plus a BONUS

[marycrawford]

(Wow, I tried to embed three Youtube videos into this post and every time the damn thing breaks. So here are some old fashioned links instead; sorry if you saw this post appear and disappear, this is the third...)

Big God by Scribdoodle - spoilers for later parts of the show. This is a delicious, dark, fairly angsty portrait of Shen Wei's supernatural side, as well as how much Zhao Yunlan is into it (not a spoiler: it's a lot), and I admire the choice for the last clip featuring Chu Shuzhi SO MUCH.

Make Me Feel by lola  - no spoilers, except for one angsty moment (from ep 33) that gets used for non-angsty purposes. Just so much fun, full of sparkle effects that work and add to the cheerful, sexy vibe. The way she recontextualizes the "bomb defusing" scene is fantastic, and every time the "lay your body on the shag carpet" moment comes up I just lose it. Oh Zhao Yunlan. <3
It doesn't hurt that the song is a Janelle Monae banger, and I may have watched this about 20-odd times already whenever I need a pick me up. The vid is on AO3 if you prefer to leave feedback there.

Fire's Gonna Burn by Nerjaveika - no spoilers, the perfect introduction to the bonfire of angst and hotness that is this show. If you're in the fandom, I suspect you've seen this vid. And if you're anything like me, you clicked on it anyway to watch it again, because it's just that good. (Okay, I could do without the text, but it's well done and that's just a personal preference.)

BONUS: leave the light on by bonibaru - no spoilers because this is an RPS vid about the actors. I just saw this for the first time ten minutes ago and now I am OUTRAGED because I have FEELINGS about L'Oreal commercials???!  (Zhu Yilong's little bitten lip at 1:44, kill me now) It's gorgeous and evocative and it makes me sniffly. Also: nobody should be as beautiful as Zhu Yilong, what even is his FACE.

Comments

[clevermanka]

nobody should be as beautiful as Zhu Yilong, what even is his FACE.
100% agreed. His is the first face that has ever made me actually angry because it's just so beautiful. HOW? WHY? WHO DARED?

Pretty sure Fire's Gonna Burn was my intro vid, too (and I, too, am not thrilled with the trend in putting lyrics on the screen but I feel like old man yelling at cloud about it, sigh).

[marycrawford]

HOW? WHY? WHO DARED?

AGREED. He is UNFAIRLY gorgeous, and it makes me mad. HOW VERY DARE YOU Zhu Yilong. And of course if he just was gorgeous and didn't also have 100 different devastating microexpressions and about seventeen differentiated roles in Guardian, I might be less mad, butttt.

The thing about the lyrics is that she times them well and they're beautifully done in terms of typography, but yeah, still don't want them. Though on the other hand I also tend to nope out of vids with mushy-mouthed singers whose lyrics I can't hear, so I'm just never satisfied I guess. :D But it's a gorgeous vid, and the perfect fan-vector, for sure.

[clevermanka]

if he just was gorgeous and didn't also have 100 different devastating microexpressions and about seventeen differentiated roles in Guardian, I might be less mad
He's that So Damn Annoying combo of outrageously gorgeous + talented + maybe kinda not all that bright but has a good heart that's just fuckin' catnip to my id.

[yantantether]

I just spent a happy two and a half minutes rewatching Fire's Gonna Burn. What an incredible vid!

[marycrawford]

Haha, I knew it wasn't just me! It's so satisfying, I love how she managed to make a completely spoiler-free, completely gorgeous vid that still tells a story.

[dancing_serpent]

Okay, I could do without the text, but it's well done and that's just a personal preference.

Yeah, same here. Most of the time I really hate text in fanvids. Except for crack vids, then I'm perfectly fine with it, especially when it's cute or witty. Like in this #1 Crack vid by Nerjaveika. *g*

[marycrawford]

Hee, yeah, that is fine with me too - anything goes if it's used for comedy, most of all, I think. Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that one yet! (I think the thumbnail on Youtube showed me Guo Changcheng, so I thought it was a vid about him.)

[dancing_serpent]

The thumbnail keeps showing me Guo Changcheng, too. I only clicked because it was by Nerjaveika, and I was curious.

[kat_lair]

Thank you for the recs. I had seen some of these but not all, and the 'Big God' is Very Relevant To My Interest as it offers the same dynamic as my amazing exchange gift vid from Lola did.

Also, just... 'you need a Big God, big enough to fill you up'. I mean... I just... Like, the vidder is Not Wrong. That's... pretty much exactly what is going on in Zhao Yunlan's head in every scene.

[marycrawford]

Ooo, thanks for the link! Man, I'm so glad that we have vidders for this fandom, because the Shen Wei thirst is real and I need all the vids, especially ones where he gets his Envoy murderface on.

I mean... I just... Like, the vidder is Not Wrong.

AGREED. That is just hot as hell, and watching it I go "yes accurate factual statement" and I'm sure ZYL would too.

[tassosss]

Thank you for the recs!

Fire's Gonna Burn was the second one I saw in this fandom, and yep, totally rewatched ebcause it's so good (though I could do without the text too).

leave the light on - new to me and guh. *fans self* Thank you for finding this gem.

[marycrawford]

Yay, more validation for my "everyone will just click that link anyway" theory. :D

new to me and guh. *fans self*

I KNOW RIGHT? You're so welcome, I'm glad you watched it! I'm still mad at Bonibaru for laying waste to my heart like this, just like I'm mad at Zhu Yilong for being unreasonably beautiful.

[umadoshi]

WOW. I hadn't seen the Big God vid before, and it's incredible. Thank you for the link!

(Fire's Gonna Burn is definitely the one I keep showing people when I'm trying to entice them into watching. ^_^)

[marycrawford]

Yay, glad to share! I was so impressed with Big God too, and I hope she makes more for Guardian.

FGB is so so perfect for enticing newcomers, not least because the clips are HD and they both look SO good, sigh.

[umadoshi]

I hope she makes more for Guardian.

She did at least one other one!

FGB is so so perfect for enticing newcomers, not least because the clips are HD and they both look SO good, sigh.

They really look ridiculously amazing. And the vid is so impressively low on spoilers!

[marycrawford]

Ooh, thanks for the link, I will check that out, I think I missed it.

Yeah, FGB is so the perfect introduction vid, and that is SUCH a boon to fandom. Plus I just love to rewatch it anytime.

[ranalore]

Thank you for the recs! I hadn't seen the first two of these, and I love Lola's work. Not to mention portraits of Shen Wei's molten core (and why someone needs to buy Zhao Yunlan a lifetime supply of those "I flirt with danger (sometimes he flirts back)" novelty tee shirts).

[marycrawford]

portraits of Shen Wei's molten core

YES SAME - in fact I think I may have used that exact phrase in my last story. Yum.

Oh, I want to see ZYL in one of those t-shirts! It could be the "I'm with genius" of this fandom.

BTW, thanks for getting me into this idfest of a show - you infected Kay, Kay infected Dorinda, Dorinda infected me, and so the story keeps on going :D

[tinny]

All very good vids! Big God is my absolute fave, and I once made an icon set for it:




Totally agreed on Zhu Yilong's face, he is impossibly beautiful. <3

[marycrawford]

Oh that's so cool! I love the last one especially, because hummina. ZYL is here for it and so are we.

Do you have any idea if the vidder is on AO3 or DW? If not I will have to go comment on Youtube.

[tinny]

Oi, sorry for not answering sooner. /o\

No, I don't know the vidder, I think they're only on youtube.

[lannamichaels]

Oooh, I hadn't seen Big God before. Thanks for linking, it's fantastic! :D

[marycrawford]

Oh yay, so glad to share! I really love this vid, it speaks to me.