Guardian Bingo

A low-stress fest based on the novel by priest and the 2018 drama. AO3 Collection || Fest graphics by highlynerdy

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Want More Guardian Bingo in 2026?

While full Guardian Bingo might not be returning in 2026, here is a bingo card to provide inspiration to those who might want it.

Fill as many (or as few) of the squares as you'd like. If you post your creations on tumblr, @ this account for a reblog. You're also welcome to add your creation to the Ao3 collection. Creations can include dramaverse, novelverse, RPF, and derivatives based on other Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu characters. All ratings are fine; just tag appropriately for reblogs.

Whether you participate or not, I hope 2026 treats you kindly!

- mod @tehfanglyfish

[face--the--strange]

Angsty fic this time! For @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: lost.

After (255 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan Characters: Da Qing, mentioned Zhao Yunlan, mentioned Shen Wei Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Canon Compliant, Angst, So much angst, Grief/Mourning, Hurt No Comfort, Cat Da Qing, POV Da Qing Summary: He digs for the stupid-ass lollipop wrapper left under the pillow — he wants to bite it and kick it to shreds. He wants to sleep on it for years until it falls apart. He wants to frame it so that it never does.

[face--the--strange]

Crossover fic for intoabar and for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt investigation. :D

Out of Place, Out of Time (562 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lin Jing & Luo Fei Characters: Lin Jing, Luo Fei, Qin Xiaoman, Ben Jieming Additional Tags: Crossover, Time Travel, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Mistaken Identity, POV Lin Jing, Minor Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Community: intoabar, Guardian Bingo Summary: "And you are?" he asks. Lin Jing stammers for a moment, and then leans forward to give Chief Zhao a better view, pointing to himself with both hands. "I'm… me? Lin Jing." He gets a curious stare in response. Maybe the time travel is affecting Chief Zhao's memory? He has never felt particularly well after interacting with the Hallows.

[face--the--strange]

SID shenanigans fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: surveillance. :D Hear Me Out (607 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan Characters: Lin Jing (Guardian), Da Qing (Guardian), Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian), Cong Bo (mentioned) Additional Tags: POV Outsider, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble Shenanigans (Guardian), Episode: e015 Zhao Yunlan Begs Shen Wei's Favor, Suspicions, Misunderstandings, Innuendo, Light-Hearted, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan Summary: Lin Jing is convinced that Cong Bo's blackmail material is a sex tape.

[face--the--strange]

Zhubai fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: impulsive. :)

make for me a soft universe (657 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Additional Tags: Getting Together, First Kiss, Character Bleed, very lampshaded character bleed, Light-Hearted Teasing, Soft Summary: "An apology," he says simply and then adds, "I didn't like hurting you." "You didn't hurt me, though?" Bai Yu really shouldn't be explaining acting to Zhu Yilong of all people, but if that's what Long-ge needs right now, he will. He ignores the way his heart just did a somersault; it can wait. "It's not real."

[face--the--strange]

Zhubai fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: beard. :)

Come Closer (430 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Additional Tags: First Kiss, Soft, Tenderness, Getting Together, Facial Hair, Guardian Bingo Summary: He's struck by the paradox of it — their easy closeness in public, which they could never have behind closed doors because it would mean so much more there.

[face--the--strange]

Cracky Zhao Yunlan/everyone fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: kiss. :D

Mwah! (1165 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Zhao Yunlan/Everyone, Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Background Shen Wei/Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Lin Jing, Ye Zun, Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi, Wang Zheng, Sang Zan, Zhu Hong, Da Qing, Shen Wei, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble Additional Tags: Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble Shenanigans, Humor, Crack Treated Seriously, Kissing, Dubiously Consensual Kissing, but angst-free and everyone is okay, Kiss or Die, but low-stakes and no one is dying, Very mild body horror, Curse Breaking, Hand-Wavy Dixing Powers, hand-wavy post-canon, Ye Zun works at the SID, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies Summary: "Everyone needs to kiss Chief Zhao," Lin Jin announces, and the SID office fills with vague sounds of confusion. Mostly whats and hows, except for Da Qing who is more creative. "Like a frog?" he asks. Lin Jing points at him triumphantly. "Yes! Exactly like a frog!"

[face--the--strange]

Zhubai fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: learning. :) Entirely inspired by @boy-i-got-vision's wonderful tag on that Zhu Yilong photoshoot: did he take sitting classes from bai yu by any chance :D

How to Lounge Effortlessly (564 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Additional Tags: Bai Yu's lounging skills, Mild Sexual Content, ankle kissing, leg kissing, soon-to-be-resolved sexual tension, Established Relationship, this is probably more hard T than M Summary: "I didn't think there was anything that you could learn from me," Bai Yu says, and he's only half joking.

[china-shop]

The Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange is coming back for 2026!

520 sounds like "I love you" in Mandarin, so May 20th is a bit like Valentine's Day. To celebrate, we're back with the eighth annual 520 Day Reverse Exchange. As the name says, this is a reverse exchange: instead of making your request and that request being assigned to a writer/artist/fanwork creator, here:

You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating.

You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads.

You make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating.

You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offer.

You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.

(An updated rules/info post will go up before sign-ups open, but here is last year's for reference.)

This year's schedule

Sign-ups part 1 - offers: Sunday 15 March - Friday 27 March Sign-ups part 2 - requests: Saturday 28 March - Friday 3 April Assignments out: Wednesday 8 April at the latest Deadline: Wednesday 13 May Work reveals: Wednesday 20 May (there is no anon period)

This exchange is run on Dreamwidth and AO3, but you don’t need a Dreamwidth account to participate. We’d love it if you filled out or anon-commented on the interest poll on Dreamwidth, but that’s also not required. :-)

[face--the--strange]

Weilan fic for @guardianbingo 2026, prompt: gaze. :) Exposed (496 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan Characters: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Masturbation, Imagination, Sexual Fantasy, set after the scene where Shen Wei recognizes his benefactor, and gets asked to take off his mask as repayment, but before they have their first proper conversation, POV Shen Wei Summary: Would he want him to remove anything else? He would, Shen Wei decides, and the thought itself feels illicit. He imagines disrobing under the man's gaze — appreciative, rapt, strangely fond.

[face--the--strange]

Zhubai drawing for @ficwip Hey Sweetheart challenge, and for @guardianbingo 2026 prompt whisper. :)

Baobei~♡ by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationship: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Additional Tags: Cuddling & Snuggling, Sleepy Cuddles, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Endearments, Pet Names, Fanart, Drawing Summary: Early morning cuddle attack.

[face--the--strange]

Zhubai drawing for @guardianbingo 2026 (prompt: fashion). ♡

Sharing the Warmth by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong Additional Tags: Sharing Clothes, Holding Hands, Hand Kisses, Selfies, Fanart, Drawing Series: Part 13 of Zhubai ~canon~ but with more kissing Summary: Matching jackets and soft kisses.

[web-novel-polls]

WN Men Tournament

Round 2-B, Match 72

Wen Ning from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Zhao Yunlan from Guardian

See Results

Voting ended onFeb 4

[Anti-Propaganda is NOT allowed. Please be kind & respectful.]

[face--the--strange]

My first @guardianbingo 2026 entry (prompt: night out). :D

Red-Hot (342 words) by facethestrange Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei/Ye Zun/Zhao Yunlan Characters: Ye Zun (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan Additional Tags: Making Out, semi-public making out, Lipstick, Implied/Referenced Sex, Twincest, (not on-page but heavily mentioned), night out, Debauchery, everyone is having a very good time, hand-wavy post-canon, Guardian Bingo Summary: Ye Zun smears the red lipstick with his thumb — sharp, intent, weirdly gentle — from Zhao Yunlan's bottom lip down to the line of his jaw.

[face--the--strange]

I got my @guardianbingo badge! :D ♡♡♡

Thank you so much @tehfanglyfish and @highlynerdy for running literally one of my favorite events EVER, let alone this year. ♡♡♡

And I'm going to list all my fills here because why not. :D June (B): Chase | Door Key | Respite Cat-astrophe (fic, Weilan & Da Qing, T) Can't Get Enough of You (art, Zhubai, T) Almost (fic, Weilan, E) July (I): Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

But Love Is Long (art, Zhubai, G) Peace and Noodles (art, Ye Zun, G) Diplomatic Emergency (fic, Weilan & Guo Changcheng, T) August (N): Incoming Call | Free Space | Festival I [Heart] You (art, Zhubai, G) Not a Goodbye (art, Zhubai, G) Poems on Your Skin (fic, Weilan, E) September (G): Hands | Midnight | Good Fortune Held (fic, Weilan, M) Love, Spilling Over (fic, Zhubai, T) Good Fortune (art, Zhubai, G) October (O): Illumination | Worth It | Shameless Late (fic, Zhubai, G) Five More Minutes (fic, Zhubai, G) Ruby Insides (fic, Weilan, M)

[theworldisabrokenbonebutitishome]

Look at hiiiiim! Look at our chunky king of cats! 🥹 Thank you so much @highlynerdy for another gorgeous bingo badge and thank you to everyone involved in organising @guardianbingo bonus bingo, it's been a joy to get creative again.

Respite • Cake • Free • Hands • Illumination

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Guardian Bonus Bingo 2025 Bingo Winners

With Guardian Bonus Bingo 2025 behind us, it's time to give a shoutout to everyone who managed to earn a badge by filling all five prompts.

This year's winners were:

@face--the--strange @theworldisabrokenbonebutitishome

@forerussake @avaantares

They all received a fabulous Da Qing bonus badge, created by the ever-amazing @highlynerdy!!

Running this round was a blast! Thank you to everyone who participated. It was great to see all of your amazing Guardian creations.

This is the best fandom ever and while Bonus Bingo may have come to a close, The Story Will Keep On Going!!!! Thank you all so much!!!

- Mod @tehfanglyfish