Signal Boost: AO3 Update, Guardian good things

[marycrawford]

naye posted: AO3 Update relevant to C-drama fandom

Finally, no more "English as default" for new fanworks! I was one of the people who wrote in to the AO3 Support to request this, and I'm very happy with this update.

There's a new recs comm for Guardian fanworks, which is great, and which asks people who post recs to actually talk a bit about WHY they want to recommend something, and that is my jam. I love reading recs even for stories and vids I already am familiar with, just to see what others think about them.

merit_brush_recs

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.

For my first rec, I posted Fanvid: Honey Meta Edit by @lola

 This is a gorgeous vid using Zhu Yilong's commercial and behind the scenes footage, set to lovely ethereal sensual music that fits him to a T, and including that amazing Time Engraver commercial. The mood is a little subdued and pastel/black&white until 0:36 where the beat kicks in, the color explodes gloriously, and the lyric is "I got your honey, baby" - well YES. Yes, I do believe you do.

Comments

[yantantether]

I'm excited about the recs comm! I have a couple of recs written and up my sleeve and I'm going to post them in the next few days.

The usual recs I post on my journal tend to be super short, so it's been a really good exercise for me in thinking more about *why* I like a fic and how to communicate that.

[bonibaru]

Yes give all the good meaty juicy recs. I see MBR comm as a place future fans will come to when they are trying to figure out where to start in fandom, so I'm hoping to get to the "oldies" day soon so I can rec the ones I've been clutching for a long time <3

And also feel free to comment on other people's recs to add your own thoughts because as a newbie I always read the comments (hoping not to be TOO spoiled) to see what else others have to add.

[sakana17]

I'm hoping to get to the "oldies" day soon so I can rec the ones I've been clutching for a long time

I'm pretty sure you can rec older fanworks on MBR at any time, it's just that there is a monthly showcase day (last Wednesday of the month) to spotlight older fanworks. (A little different than showcase Sundays, which are meant for non-fic recs only.) But if you heard differently from ranalore, let me know! (Since I'm one of the mods...) In any case, a week from today will be the first older fanworks spotlight day, so have your recs ready! :D