One of the projects that consumed a lot of my time in August, this was a binding of priest's novel Guardian (specifically the published translation, though I made a few edits to the text) for a small private binding exchange. I stressed about this way too much in the process but I'm ultimately pretty happy with the result.

(forewarning: anyone who starts copyright arguments is getting instabanned. Do Not.)

( Process notes )

( Pictures! )

- Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan have big switch energy, which I love. Like, to the point where I'm not sure who was originally written as the 'top' (though if forced to guess, I'd say Shen Wei). Leaving aside the 'are these tropes homophobic' argument (which is a can of worms I don't want to open), I find a lot of the strict top/bottom tropes just... boring, at this point in my life.

- I appreciate that our protagonists are actual grown-ups with relatable Boring Grown-Up Problems like 'keeping the apartment clean' and 'figuring out what to eat when you've spent all day working'.

- I also appreciate Zhao Yunlan's inability to sit on furniture normally (some spoilers in the images/text at that link). Again, extremely relatable.

- I am nearly done compiling this translation epub. I think I've got about fifteen chapters I still need to format the footnotes properly on, and then it's beautification and sending DMs asking for permission to share this. And I guess maybe trying to track down the secret 5th extra (is it porn? is that why it's secret? idk)