#jianghu

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: When you walk the Jianghu, be fast (cr 兜里有糖)

[kalehoneylettuce]

I want more of strategist Shen Jiu. Like yes he has issues, yes he's lovable, yes the ships are amazing but he's supposed to be fucking smart. I want fics where he's the puppetier. Where the sect knows his reach and is terrified of it. I want fics where he knows EVERYTHING. All the dirt, all the traps, secrets everywhere everyone, and everything. I want a crazy Shen Jiu who's AMAZING at being the strategist. I want him to control economies. Sway the entire Jianghu because he feels cute today. Fuck the scum villain I want a villainous strategist and his equally uncanny martial siblings who are just as efficient and terrifying.

I want a strategist Shen Jiu so scary that even heavenly demons stay away from Cang Qiong because honestly wtf is that.

[randomness-is-my-order]

another thing that is simply amazing about wei wuxian is that he doesn’t give a fuck about hoarding the knowledge he attains. in the cultivation world where clans jealously hold their resources close and have techniques unique to their families because progress is meant for them and theirs–wei wuxian utterly breaks the mould with his inventions. the products of his genius are spread far and wide and his way of doing things is disseminated within the cultivation society as crucial pieces of information. the spirit attraction flag and the compass are used not only by the clans but also the rogues–the bottom most people in their hierarchy. all of them benefit from wei wuxian’s knowlege in a way that the clans are simply incapable of replicating because they would never allow their own methods to leave the boundaries of their clans. and when wei wuxian is back, he takes to teaching instantly and has no qualms against sharing both his experiences and hard-earned wisdom with the juniors and i think it’s important to note that he has literally no affiliation to them prior to meeting them, except jin ling. he doesn’t know sizhui is a-yuan, he just knows they’re lans and later the boys he leads at yi city belong to several different clans–clans that were responsible for his own death and the death of the wen remnants, mind you. but wei wuxian would never make the children bear the sins of their forefathers, of course, just that painting the background helps in understanding how open and willing wei wuxian is about sharing his knowledge with others. it’s very lovely, really. the cultivation society only took from wei wuxian but he only ever gave them back.

[hanfugallery]

Chinese hanfu in wuxia style

[wepepe-draws]

The Goose Overlord have accepted me to join the goose gang. But it said I have to wear the goose head all the time, and they help me with boss fight sounds like a win win for me 😂

[hanashiz]

The Trio 🥀

[yilinwriter]

Look at this new work of art I made yesterday. 😂

One thing that often happens is people get very confused about what is wuxia, xianxia, and xuanhuan due to lack of understanding about the terms. So I made this venn diagram to help. 😂

Some folks know that I have spent a lot of time doing research on wuxia/xianxia fiction over the years (I wrote a deep dive on what is wuxia fiction for SFWA's Bulletin years ago). www.sfwa.org/2021/12/28/w...

Please note that genre lines are blurry so it is possible for a work to be bending genre or drawing on multiple influences.

Shared with thanks to friends from the Jianghu Discord for their helpful contributions and ideas.

[fiftysevenacademics]

Is Tumblr the jianghu of social media?