Is Wuxia Fiction dorky?

[Candide]

Well, CC honey, I can guarantee you that I will not disappoint with my portrayal of Madam Ma.

[sarah7647]

I think in American it might be dorky ,but in Asia I thing it was very popular .

[redbluebonnie]

I like chinese Wuxia.Because it is full of different character.
Mybe the character have magic,he can do some special like flying on the house or let people cannot move from touching his body.Chinese history is very long.There were many old tradition.Maybe ture or not,Chinese Wuxia is very interesting.

[hashow]

Originally Posted by Irene
The wuxia novel is popular with many people. The peopel love to read the wuxia novel. The plot of novels appeals to people.The wuxia is fantastic. When I read the novel,I want to become the hero.The heroes always are full of sense of justice. They have kung fu well.They rescue the people from bad guy. The events described in the story are imaginary. The story bring us into fantastic world.

[BEBEcat]

[SIZE=3]In my honest, I don't really understand Wuxia. I don't like te read, but I like to watch. It is the fast way to understand what story talk about! In my childhood, there are so many people like to comic books store to read lot novels. My brothers read a lot Wuxia xiaoshuo. They also play games. It is very cool![/SIZE]
Sometimes,our teacher told me stories about Wuxia. Ha ~~~ they love it so much. But I know books are better than TV. It can read more details. I think Wuxia's hero is very similar spider man and superman. They all have a big ability to protect people, right?

[Son of Light]

I loved WuXia, my only problem is the lack of strong heroines or heroine centered stories.

[Ivanna]

Actually I am hooked on wacthing the novels. It's' better to see the real story before see it on TV or movies.Although it really takes time to finish all of them.But i believe it really worth it

[sarakoth]

I loved WuXia, my only problem is the lack of strong heroines or heroine centered stories.

Ever read Sword of Yue Maiden?

Actually I am hooked on wacthing the novels. It's' better to see the real story before see it on TV or movies.Although it really takes time to finish all of them.But i believe it really worth it

Watching novels???

[sarakoth]

Of course they guy has to love me and treat me nice and can communicate well with me. But the most important expect of the guy will be that he is confident enough with himself to not feel inferior when he is with an invincible girlfriend and go into depression or develope self-esteem problem. That will not be good for the relationship. But it will not be easy to find such a guy given the current believe system on gender roles (what a guy or a girl should be like). Intelligent and knowledgeable people also impresses me. So, an intelligent and knowledgeable guy (like a doctor or a scholar) will be good.

I never knew you were a girl!!!!!!!!!!

[Son of Light]

Ever read Sword of Yue Maiden?

Only one story.

[ghostdarTeal'c]

Only one story.

Make that two. Legend of White Haired Maiden is a heroine oriented novel too, right?

[CC]

I never knew you were a girl!!!!!!!!!!

*cough*upsidedowncat*cough*, you know how it sometimes goes.

[Candide]

Only one story.

White Horse In The West Wind.

What's up with those kid spammers?

[Snafu3721]

I loved WuXia, my only problem is the lack of strong heroines or heroine centered stories.

I think Wuxia, like many Western adventure genres (such as LOTR), is not fit to have too many lead heroines. It just sort of ruins the story. Perhaps it is the society or culture most of us have grown up in.

Personally, I would not want to read about some buff chick with a gigantic axe hacking away some trolls. Nor would I want to read about some girly super powerful wench blast people away with awesome LDA plam strikes because she is moody. It just doesn't fit the genre to have very feminite characters doing very masculine and violent things =P. Wuxia is built on the premise of revenge, brotherhood, random acts of violence, and taking over the wulin world. Without these elements, you're not reading wuxia.

[Ren Wo Xing]

Wuxia cosplay would be a nightmare/eyesore!

If those big budget (relative to fans, not Hollywood!) serials get us so upset with the lame depictions of our favourite characters, what more some DIY costumes?

Anyone dressing as XLN will get instant "Yeeks! So ugly! The chutzpah!'

Ditto for YG.

Any XF cosplayer who is not Bolo Yeung sized will get sarcastic remarks too.

I think I'll stick to cosplaying minor characters with no rabid fanbase like SWORD GOD Zhuo Bufan.

Bahahaha. You remind me, suddenly, of the 'Yang Guo' and 'Xiao Long Nu' in Kung Fu Hustle.

Anyhow, if they are ugly, they can just say they are Xu Zhu!

[kidd]

I heard that Liang Yu Sheng's novels have many kickass heroines (most famous is of course the White Haired Demoness).

I heard that Wo Long Sheng's work also have many awesome females, but the male lead is often kinda weak (as a character). I've only read 4 chapters of 'New Mythical Crane Magic Needle' and I've to agree with that comment.

[Candide]

I heard that Wo Long Sheng's work also have many awesome females, but the male lead is often kinda weak (as a character).

Strong smart females accompanied by males whose balls are in a well-hidden jar? That's like the ultimate dream of dudes like SoL. Do recommend him the books.

[Ken Cheng]

To turn totally serious for a moment, wuxia fiction is "dorky" in the sense that it has its sometimes painfully predictable conventions, but all genres are like that to some extent. If you have a taste for it, you don't mind it so much...consider it part of the pleasure, as a matter of fact. If you don't have the requisite taste for it, these conventions can quickly become annoying.

[kidd]

Strong smart females accompanied by males whose balls are in a well-hidden jar? That's like the ultimate dream of dudes like SoL. Do recommend him the books.

He doesn't need my recommendation.

His story is Movie like.
The way the story flows is very intersting.
Very unlike old school WuXia story.
But personally, I like LYS' and WoLong Sheng's stories more.

[Son of Light]

Make that two. Legend of White Haired Maiden is a heroine oriented novel too, right?

White Horse In The West Wind.

Well... I said a lack of, but not non-existance of...

Strong smart females accompanied by males whose balls are in a well-hidden jar?

Yeah, these are the best kind of WuXia, don't you think so?

I think Wuxia, like many Western adventure genres (such as LOTR), is not fit to have too many lead heroines. It just sort of ruins the story. Perhaps it is the society or culture most of us have grown up in.

This is the reason why I don't like most Western adventure stories either. I think the lack of lead heroines who are strong is what ruins the story.

Personally, I would not want to read about some buff chick with a gigantic axe hacking away some trolls.

How about a cute litte girl doing that with a gigantic mallet then?

Nor would I want to read about some girly super powerful wench blast people away with awesome LDA plam strikes because she is moody.

What's LDA? Anyway, I think this sounds rather cool.

Wuxia is built on the premise of revenge, brotherhood, random acts of violence, and taking over the wulin world. Without these elements, you're not reading wuxia.

How about forgiveness, sisterhood, random acts of care and making the WuLin a better place for everyone?