watching Clans of Intrigue today, a 1977 #wuxia movie.

the hero sees some shadowy person approach.

"who are you?"

"I came to kill you. But not here. Follow me!"

hero follows the assassin to a secluded spot and they commence a sword duel.

I like this movie.

My first reaction to opening the Far West PDF was that it looked pretty good!
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#ttrpg #wuxia #western

https://www.geeknative.com/160829/better-12-years-late-than-never-a-review-of-the-far-west-rpg/

Four sessions ago, we collected the evidence and the suspects before the Empress Dowager (emperor is a mommas boy. His mom is the one who gets shit done) and explained the whole plot. However, when my restraints failed the situation began to escalate. Lady Konflict managed to flee, summoning the local legion of the army to murder the other children herself. I beat Consort Lilled to death with the snake painting. A fun time was had by all

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #wuxia #xianxia #xuanhuan

FAR WEST is out. From Adamant Entertainment. 12 years after the kickstarter funded. It looks good actually. #ttrpg #wuxia #western #farwwst https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452473/Far-West

I feel compelled to tell you all about how badly our #dnd campaign is going. Just when we think it can't possibly get worse, it does.

Background info: we are in a setting heavily inspired by Han dynasty China mixed with heian period japan. Our party is an official body of advisors formed to investigate the murders in the imperial harem. Over 50 children were alive before we arrived. 12 remain.

#dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #rpg #xuanhuan #xianxia #wuxia

A friend is flying back from overseas and bringing me back some Chinese #books so I am excited to get more book mail soon. Among the books are a book about #jianghu as utopia for my #wuxia fiction research and two books by a contemporary poet that I am translating

You know it is a sign of a good #CDrama if you have binged up to 11 episodes in an afternoon. Meteor, Butterfly, Sword is as good as I remember it. Even better now that I can watch it with English subs (watched it originally without).

Ngl it is super weird watching the villain of #MysteriousLotusCasebook as a righteous hero (he's not the male lead). 😆

Show is on Youtube btw: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU39TFGUKRrNx5L35JKUaZENK_7O_ELtA&si=hBoXUWeJo6PyMk8I

#Cdramas #China #TV #Wuxia

I have watched a bazillion versions of the Laughing Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong, but this 2001 adaptation starring Li Ya Peng remains THE BEST IMHO.
I mean just listen to this song. Isn't this the most #Wuxia theme song ever.
Also makes me infinitely sad that very few #CDramas even approach this quality anymore. And these days so many subpar shows are ❤️ by international fans makes my 💔 a little because THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER 😭

https://youtu.be/jYnZn58pIL0?si=5NojiwifjHL7V59-

#CDrama #China #TV #Fantasy

#wuxia thought of the day no.2, re: #JinYong’s Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

This was in response to someone sharing this post about plot tropes created/popularised by Jin Yong: https://flamingwell.tumblr.com/post/727218062233927681

#wuxia thought of the day no.1, re: Snowblade Vagabond and its absolute best character. (https://wuxiawanderings.com/wuxia/long-chengfeng/snowblade-vagabond/)

Changed the cover of 12 Paths To Glory.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/254919168-twelve-paths-to-glory

#xianxia #wuxia #wattpad

Just created a video review of Mysterious Lotus Casebook. Have a look and tell me what you think :)

#China #CDrama #Cdramas #Dramas #Wuxia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELYxWdCI8OM

Instead of watching the rest of #BackFromTheBrink I decided to read this for closure. Lawd I am glad I didn't waste my time 😂

I guess I am not a fan of romance, especially in #xianxia settings. I prefer mostly serious classic #wuxia and high production quality & acting is very important or I won't even watch.

#CDrama #CDramas #China #TV

https://cyn-lynn.blogspot.com/2023/05/back-from-brink.html

And, in other news, I'm reading The Art of Prophecy, by #WesleyChu. It's quite good!

And it has me thinking about modern, English language #wuxia novels. If I were real pretentious I dare say I'd even label them "Neo Wuxia?"

See also: the Jade City novels by #FondaLee, or the Dandelion Dynasty series by #KenLiu. And several more great novels by great authors I've neglected to mention.

I've long resigned to "finger fu" in #CDramas where they twirl & wave their fingers about and things sparkle in the air (ie #BloodOfYouth). But #MysteriousLotusCaseBook has set a new bar for action scenes: Acrobatic, dance-like moves of old #wuxia shows, which I thought had long disappeared. I'm also quite impressed #ChengYi did most of the movements himself.
This is a 4.5/5 star show. Totally the best I've seen in a long time.

#CDrama #China #TV #television #Fantasy

https://youtu.be/GmzuujiVhSo

Yesterday I started reading Snowblade Vagabond by Long Chengfeng, a #wuxia novella from 1977 that’s just been translated in full: https://wuxiawanderings.com/wuxia/long-chengfeng/snowblade-vagabond/ There’s an ebook version too!

Long’s style was heavily influenced by Gu Long, and the translator Lone Crane has an essay about that here: https://wuxiawanderings.com/how-to-write-like-gu-long/

I'm closing out tabs and awnted to rec this (again) before I clicked out of this. Jeanette Ng's 2021 article for Tor.com, The History and Politics of #Wuxia. Situates wuxia as a genre in its diaspora roots and historical context, I really recommend it. https://www.tor.com/2021/06/29/the-history-and-politics-of-wuxia/

#LoveYouSevenTimes sounds like a show that will drive me insane. And not in a good way 🤣
It is the classic #XianXia love plot of "you are doomed to reincarnate and live 7 tragic love affairs" and these things drive me crazy.

The visuals though.

Still, after the writing, production and acting excellence of #MysteriousLotusCasebook, it is going to be hard to transition to this idol drama. MLC made me realise how much I miss brotherhood #Wuxia. They are too rare.

#CDrama #CDramas #China #TV

笑死我了 (Singapore made a very dramatic wuxia themed video about reducing sugar levels in foods) 😂
#wuxia #cdrama
https://youtu.be/phgccmPBwd8

What impressed me most about #MysteriousLotusCasebook, besides the excellent acting of the cast, especially Cheng Yi, are the fighting scenes. The best I have seen in a long, long while in #CDramas.
The cool thing is Cheng Yi did most of his stunts himself.

#CDrama #TV #China #Wuxia

https://youtu.be/bQdiUjpKTyM