#Star Wars wuxia

[revenge-of-the-shit]

There's a planet where the Force isn't called the Force (in the same way the Nightsisters don't call it the Force, but magick), but here they call it cultivation, and here their connection to their blades goes far deeper than the connection that Jedi have with their sabers

#head empty only #star wars wuxia

[kajira-kreations]

Wuxia (Chinese medieval fantasy) AU, anyone???!!!

#star wars #the bad batch #sw tbb #tbb hunter #wuxia #wuxia au #xianxia #rkgk #star wars fan art #doodles

[daisyachain]

There are works which are not [genre] but works made that have read a lot of [genre]. YJ is not an anime but it is a cartoon that has watched a lot of anime. MTMTE is not a comedy but it is a space opera that has watched a lot of sitcoms. I’d like to learn the term for a work that is deep in conversation with a genre without belonging to that genre even as a hybrid. Specifically works that address, lampshade, satirize, employ genre signposts without obeying genre conventions.

#or another example. oofuri is a sports manga and it is also a bl and that’s perfectly fine #ao no flag is a romance and is not a bl despite hitting a lot of the bl tropes. it is a manga that expects you to know what a bl looks like #and it consciously evades that classification. the resolutions it chooses and the framing it uses aren’t right. aren’t the same #MTMTE is comic (hah) but unlike a true comedy the resolution never comes from irony or fun or a twist #discworld is a deadly serious fantasy AND a pure comedy because every book’s resolution is a trick of irony and deception. #each book is a 400 page joke that ends with a hell of a punchline. #MTMTE on the other hand resolves its arcs in a very straightforward way #there’s not necessarily a gotcha or a ‘you thought!’ even the plot twists are an act of drama rather than cleverness #so while MTMTE has a sense of humour it’s just a story with jokes rather than a comedy #I know I know Greek comedy blah blah in this post I’m using the modern sense of the term #kelsey rambles #or Star Wars—it’s a space western action series that has watched a lot of samurai movies (OT) and some wuxia (PT/EU)

[difeisheng]

*han solo voice* that's not how the jianghu works

#sorry this is a shitpost but i am seeing Takes on my dash #also it could literally apply to star wars canon #star wars is space wuxia #ashton originals

[loveoaths]

anyway, SW: The Acolyte sounds like it’s gonna be BOMB 💣

#Star Wars #Star Wars: the acolyte #yeeeeeees wuxia yeeees reversal yeeeees back to martial arts roots

[tenderizedjestersteak]

playing more with jedi robe build

#misc #star wars #tbh with the focus on swordfighting the lack of fabrics on those guys is a crime #you dont understand bullshit tv wuxia choreography like I do. you need FABRICS. you need LAYERS #the kashaya-adjacent wrap I kinda imagine to be more formal. perhaps passed down in lineages #I really like the idea of a furisode-esque sleeves on the robes but it Does make figuring out the coat harder #it plays nice with the wrap but otherwise. bit of a headache

[cerulianvermillion]

What if Obi-wan grows out his hair to be like, really long after the war, and he ties it back half-up ala historical fantasy drama, letting the glorious strands fall free

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #i just have so much obi-wan thoughts today for some reason #Star wars IS space wuxia let obi-wan grow out his hair to ridiculous lengths #he'd be gorgeous

[mysteriouslypleasantcat]

A lot of peopel say the jedi are just space samurai but I would argue they and force sensitives in general are more akin to cultivators from wuxia stories than they are samurai.

#star wars #jedi #sith #force user #cultivators #wuxia

[sandu-zidian]

Just gonna say, if Star Wars decided to make wuxia style fight scenes in their stuff with Jedi, Star Wars would become 100 times cooler

#katantalks #god CQL has me frothing at the mouth I want wuxia or xianxia style shit in my Star Wars

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Yvette Mimieux (Dark of the Sun; Joy in the Morning; Where the Boys Are)—She is so enchanting on screen... that ethereal presence paired with her dark, sparkling eyes gives her an almost dream-like quality...

Xia Meng, also known as Hsia Moog or Miranda Yang (Sunrise, Bride Hunter)—For those who are familiar with Hong Kong's early cinema, Xia Meng is THE leading woman of an era, the earliest "silver-screen goddess", "The Great Beauty" and "Audrey Hepburn of the East". Xia Meng starred in 38 films in her 17-year career, and famously had rarely any flops, from her first film at the age of 18 to her last at the age of 35. She was a rare all-round actress in Mandarin-language films, acting, singing, and dancing with an enchanting ease in films of diverse genres, from contemporary drama to period operas. She was regarded as the "crown princess" among the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", the iconic leading stars of the Great Wall Movie Enterprises, which was Hong Kong's leading left-wing studio in the 1950s-60s. At the time, Hong Kong cinema had only just taken off, but Xia Meng's influence had already spread out to China, Singapore, etc. Overseas Chinese-language magazines and newspapers often featured her on their covers. The famous HK wuxia novelist Jin Yong had such a huge crush on her that he made up a whole fake identity as a nobody-screenwriter to join the Great Wall studio just so he can write scripts for her. He famously said, "No one has really seen how beautiful Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) is, I think she should be just like Xia Meng to live up to her name." In 1980, she returned to the HK film industry by forming the Bluebird Movie Enterprises. As a producer with a heart for the community, she wanted to make a film on the Vietnam War and the many Vietnam War refugees migrating to Hong Kong. She approached director Ann Hui and produced the debut film Boat People (1982), a globally successful movie and landmark feature for Hong Kong New Wave, which won several awards including the best picture and best director in the second Hong Kong Film Award. Years later, Ann Hui looked back on her collaboration with Xia Meng, "I'm very grateful to her for allowing me to make what is probably the best film I've ever made in my life."

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Yvette Mimieux:

Xia Meng:

#Xia Meng #Yvette Mimieux #hotvintagepoll #ladies 1 #fuck that old woman

[revenge-of-the-shit]

Think it'd be pretty fun if in s3 of Star Wars Visions (if it happens, hopefully) we get a full-out wuxia episode by Chinese studios. T-pose jumping. Running on walls and rooftops. Beautiful gorgeous scenery. Phenomenal costumes. Dramatic plots involving at least one evil concubine, a scheming eunuch, and a malleable emperor. The worst CGI known to man. There's so much potential here

#sw visions #star wars visions #wuxia

[zykamiliah]

one of the best things about getting into star wars in the year of 2023 is that when i faced with the question "but what ARE the jedi?" my mind just goes "it's a cultivation sect. it is literally functions as a cultivation sect, the dark side is similar to demonic cultivation and the Force is just like the Qi. end of story".

meanwhile when I read posts about the jedi there a lot of people who compare them to Catholics and I'm like :/ dudes. I'm so sorry you've never been exposed to wuxia/xianxia stories in which cultivation sects get wiped out all the time not because they were bad but because some fucking asshole couldn't stand them

#star wars #the beauty of being a svsss fan #i've been thinking about this for a while #it's really interesting how they way you perceive things is shaped by your knowledge of the world #sometimes u understand stuff a certain way because your reference horizon doesn't include the necessary information for you to get it right

[shuttershocky]

if arknights were to get a proper full fledge game spinoff, who would you want as the protag?

There's a lot of stuff they could do.

An XCOM game starring Theresa from when Kazdel was invaded multiple times by multiple nations, where Theresa earned the hero worship of the Kazdel Sarkaz by leading their defense despite often being outnumbered and outgunned.

A wuxia action game about the True Lung's war with the Yan Feranmut, and his eventual betrayal of Sui.

A casual sim game about Kirsten and Saria's early days in Rhine Lab, acquiring funding, attracting new hires, dealing with corporate sabotage, and balancing their limited resources on multiple different projects. You also get to see Saria and Kirsten's relationship deteriorate in real time from living in an apartment together to being so emotionally distant Saria feels like she has to address Kirsten by her code name at work.

The Cabaret Club Czar minigame from Yakuza but its Midnight running a host club

#Arknights

[open-hearth-rpg]

Hearts of Wulin Now at Age of Ravens

Hearts of Wulin, a PbtA game of wuxia romance and melodrama is now at Age of Ravens Games. Written by Joyce Ch*ng and Lowell Francis (me). This game and its expansion, Hearts of Wulin Worlds, offers a range of playstyles by focusing on the powerful heroes trapped by a web of obligations and personal desires. 

It’s pretty awesome IMHO. It draws on the literature of writers like Jin Yong and Gu Long, in particular adaptations of those stories in dozens and dozens of TV series (Laughing in the Wind, The Proud Twins). It also works to include things like more recent web novels and their adaptations, with rules for xianxia and the fantastic. The core book includes ideas for various genres, narrating fight scenes, building entanglements, and handling historical/courtly games. 

Hearts of Wulin: Worlds includes several settings: 

Shadow of Joseon, set during the Korean Joseon Dynasty. (Yeonsoo Julian Kim)

1905: San Francisco, presents a Chinatown just emerging from the shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act. (Banana Chan)

Cour de l'Eppee transports Hearts of Wulin to swashbuckling France. (Cat Evans)

Academy of the Blade offers a dueling academy inspired by Revolutionary Girl Utena. (Alison Tam)

Fight Me IRL is a unique take on cyberpunk. (James Mendez Hodes) 

Silk & Steam gives you a wondrous silkpunk setting. (Kienna Shaw)

It also includes two major rules add-ons:

The Villain, a new playbook. Not all wulin "Heroes" are heroes with a capital H. Some start in a darker place... 

Numberless Secrets, a new set of rules for telling mystery/investigation stories in Hearts of Wulin. 

These can be found on Drivethrurpg– both are part of the ongoing GMs Day sale happening right now. 

Personally I’m really excited about the future for Hearts of Wulin. Though I never learned the print run, I do know that the last of the physical copies recently sold out at Indie Press Revolution. I have a short list of things I’m hoping to accomplish. 

Get it up on itch.io. I know some folks prefer to get their ttrpg pdfs via that site. 

Figure out how to get Print-on-Demand versions up on Drivethru. I’ve been told this is a challenging process to get right, so I’m hoping to talk to some folks who have done it before. 

Publish the Names & Entanglements deck. This was a self-print add-on for Hearts of Wulin. It's a useful resource for character creation and I’m hoping to have physical copy available for sale. 

I’ve always said folks should feel free to hack and rework Hearts of Wulin as they wish. But I’d like to get a clear Creative Commons license out there for everyone and encourage folks to play around with the system.

Eventually I might do a 1.5 version bringing some of the HoW: Worlds material over into the main book, as well as a couple of rules updates.

I want to publish a collection of Numberless Secrets mysteries along with guidance for running detective wuxia games. I love the series Ancient Detective and this is the best way I get to play out those kinds of stories. 

Get an online keeper which has easy to use set ups for all of the expansion worlds. We have a solid one– newly automated thanks to Agatha– but it doesn’t have all the expansions. 

Some folks have done from amazing things with HoW so far (inspired by media like Scott Pilgrim, Cobra Kai, Star Wars and beyond). It would be great if I could assemble a collection of new hacks and settings, maybe with some additional play options.

Finalize the one translation agreement I’ve been offered. 

I want to thank everyone who has read and/or played Hearts of Wulin. It remains a game I love to run and it would be amazing to have more people try it out.

#ttrpg #rpg #age of ravens #hearts of wulin

[madamadragon]

I thought about the ending for a long time and although it is open to interpretation, I realized that Li Xiangyi is really there, that he is not a mirage or a ghost

the drama is a wuxia and does not include mistical or magical elements like in fantasy dramas (for example The Untamed) so what they see on the beach cannot be a ghost, during the series they have always given scientific explanations clinging to alchemy therefore the element fantasy of force ghosts like star wars is to be excluded

could be a mirage of Fang Duobing and Di Feisheng? probably but I don’t think it makes sense. Is it a manifestation of them of Li Xiangyi to put their soul in peace? I don’t see it plausible to the way they look at him, the expression on their faces that indicate that they are shocked to find him there

I think Li Xiangyi found a way to cure himself but he wasn’t sure it would work, he didn’t want to give them false hope so he left

When they met on the beach he was finally who he wanted to be

Initially it was neither Li Xiangyi nor Li Lianhua then he understood

There on that beach with those cloths so different from those of Li Xiangyi and Li Lianhua, with hair that seems to be a mixture between the two, there he is finally himself

This is obviously what I think, I am a person who always sees the positive side in things because in life we need a happy ending so call me disillusioned but for me Li Xiangyi is alive

#mysterious lotus casebook #li xiangyi #li lianhua #cheng yi #cdrama #mlc #chinese drama #this is what i think #i need hope in my life #everyone deserves an happy endig #CAN WE GIVE AN HAPPY ENDIG TO THIS MAN PLS

[baoshan-sanren]

best cdramas I’ve watched since the last one of these posts in 2022 (and some I’m still looking forward to seeing)

Heroes (watch on WeTV VIP | watch on bilibili) Adapted from the novel "Shuo Ying Xiong Shei Shi Ying Xiong" (说英雄谁是英雄) by Wen Rui An (温瑞安) starring Zeng ShunXi, Yang ChaoYue, Liu YuNing, Baron Chen and Meng ZiYi. I would’ve watched this thing for the cast only. Everyone is queer vibes. Not a flashy drama, but will emotionally shred you. The character development is totally worth it. Throughly entertaining, even when it punched you in the gut. 8/10

The Wind Blows From LongXi (watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) Adapted from novel "The Wind Rises in Longxi" (风起陇西) by Ma Bo Yong (马伯庸) starring Chen Kun and Bai Yu. I’ve been waiting for this drama for two years and it was worth every second of the wait. The cinematography in this thing is bonkers. The use of light and shadows, the muted colors, the indoor shots opening up into well-lit courtyards, the gritty sound mixing, the whole thing just blew my ass away. Chen Kun and Bai Yu are masters of their art. Fckn masterpiece. 11/10

Who Rules The World (watch on WeTV VIP | watch on Netflix) Adapted from the novel "Qie Shi Tian Xia" (且试天下) by Qing Ling Yue (倾泠月) starring Yang Yang, Zhao LuSi, and Xuan Lu. One of the rare romance dramas that really appealed to me. A well-balanced mix of court intrigue and martial world heroics. Unlimited blorbo potential. It’s hard to outshine Yang Yang (who gives major Mei Changsu vibes through like the first third of the drama) but Zhao LuSi and Xuan Lu together? Magnificent. Breathtaking. Brilliant. 8/10

The Legend of Hao Lan (watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki | watch on tubi) starring Wu Jinyan and Nie Yuan. So this was like, The Story of Yanxi Palace cast, remixed. Was it great? Not really. Did I watch every episode? Yeah. I honestly think that Wu Jinyan could just make faces for 50+ sixty minute episodes, and I’d still watch every minute of it. Still, a fascinating take on the Warring States Period, and actually based on a woman who helped her son become the King of Qin, then ultimately the First Emperor of China. I think 99% of the budget went to costumes, and tbh, it was totally worth every penny. 7/10

(yeah, after all this, I rewatched Nirvana In Fire again)

The Silent Criminal (watch on Apple TV | watch on Bilibili | watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) starring Li Jiaming and Wen Sheng. So incredibly gay. Hilarious, yes, but predominantly gay. Murder, intrigue, suspense, pining; this little drama literally has everything. Did it impact my life and leave a long-lasting impression? Not really. But I was most throughly entertained. 7/10

My Heroic Husband (watch on Amazon Prime | watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) Adapted from the novel "Zhui Xu" (赘婿) by Fen Nu de Xiang Jiao (愤怒的香蕉). Starring Song Yi and Guo Qilin. Actually, the majority of Joy of Life cast is in this drama, including a cameo by Zhang Ruoyun in the very beginning. Cast aside tho, I fckn love this drama to pieces. Song Yi and Guo Qilin have amazing chemistry, and they’re so goddamn adorable together I can’t even stand it. The plot is far from complex but immensely satisfying. Excellent drama on a mediocre budget, one I plan to regularly rewatch. 8/10

Still waiting on: 

Immortality - based on danmei novel The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by 肉包不吃肉 starring Chen Feiyu and Luo Yunxi (you can think I’m a clown but you’d be wrong bc I’m a wholeass circus)

Winner Is King - based on the danmei novel Sha Po Lang by Priest starring Tan Jianci and Chen Zheyuan

Step By Step Lotus - based on historical novel Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince by 月关 starring Zhang Binbin and Luo Yunxi

Eternal Faith - based on danmei novel Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu starring Zhai Xiaowen and Zhang Linghe

Joy Of Life Season 2 - based on wuxia novel of the same name by 猫腻 starring Zhang Ruoyun and Li Qin

A League of Nobleman - based on danmei novel The Society of Four Leaves by Da Feng Gua Guo starring Song Weilong and Jing Boran

Flying Phoenix - based on danmei novel of the same name by 風弄 starring Dai Jingyao and Shu Yaxin

The Story of the Bat - based on danmei novel Bat by Feng Nong starring Mao Zijun and Zhang Yao

The Longest Promise - based on xianxia novel Zhu Yan by 沧月 starring Xiao Zhan, Ren Min, and Zhang Yunlong

Song of The Moon - based on wuxia novel 奔月 by 蜀客 starring Zhang Binbin and Xu Lu

Story of Kunning Palace - based on the the web novel 坤宁 by Shi Jing starring Bai Lu and Zhang Linghe 

Under the Microscope - based on the novel 显微镜下的大明 by 马伯庸 starring Zhang Ruoyun and Qi Wei

Till the End of the Moon - based on the web novel 黑月光拿稳BE剧本 by Teng Luo Wei Zhi starring Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu

#cdrama #cdrama recs #long post #m