Discount_Blade
Sent Here To Piss You All Off
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So, I'll be honest and say I'm normally one of those in the front lines ready and willing to talk a lot of shit about the xianxia genre. I used to do the same about Wuxia and Xuanhuan before I realized the subtle differences....though I still find Xuanhuan practically the same as Xianxia and think it absurd it's even considered its own thing. (I mean come on, adding a little western aesthetic and then justifying it getting a brand new genre is just....stupid. It's still Xianxia...just with a little western-ism.)
Anyway, I have two questions, one is, while I've come to understand how Wuxia differs, being less magic-y and more "realistic" in whatever ways, can someone give me a decent description in their own words, what Wuxia is. Also...don't just drop links. If I wanted to look up links explaining the differences, I could do that myself. I wanted someone to say it in their own words.
Also, my next question is about Xianxia. If someone, for example: me but not neccessarily me, wanted to write one, what are THE BIGGEST NO-NO'S in your opinions, for the genre as a whole? I have a few ideas, but what are yours?
Just a few of mine for example, is the piss-poor worldbuilding that usually goes into it. The pitiful antangonists. Oh man I've gotten to where I drop manga if I see "Courting death" in the dialogue even once. That and some of the obnoxious metaphors that seems to be used in pracically every xianxia I've noticed. Apparently a lot of those guys have a sort of metaphor database they all pick and choose lines from. I'd love to peruse such a thing myself. Like "Does the frog know how big the well is?" is a common one I used to see alot. I mean...just stop...
Anyway, I have two questions, one is, while I've come to understand how Wuxia differs, being less magic-y and more "realistic" in whatever ways, can someone give me a decent description in their own words, what Wuxia is. Also...don't just drop links. If I wanted to look up links explaining the differences, I could do that myself. I wanted someone to say it in their own words.
Also, my next question is about Xianxia. If someone, for example: me but not neccessarily me, wanted to write one, what are THE BIGGEST NO-NO'S in your opinions, for the genre as a whole? I have a few ideas, but what are yours?
Just a few of mine for example, is the piss-poor worldbuilding that usually goes into it. The pitiful antangonists. Oh man I've gotten to where I drop manga if I see "Courting death" in the dialogue even once. That and some of the obnoxious metaphors that seems to be used in pracically every xianxia I've noticed. Apparently a lot of those guys have a sort of metaphor database they all pick and choose lines from. I'd love to peruse such a thing myself. Like "Does the frog know how big the well is?" is a common one I used to see alot. I mean...just stop...