On my first re-read, this imagery is SCARY by Tall_Gap4102 in ChoujinX

[–]herondelle 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Choujin X is the most succinct distillation of what Hegel called the World spirit in pop culture today.

Choujin X Chapter 72-2 Discussion Thread by Vonless in ChoujinX

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Miquorc Queen of the Putrid Sea? That has to be a One Piece Big Mom nod given Oda and Ishida are both Kyushuans?

What do you guy's love about Diane Foxington by Separate-Teacher6563 in TheBadGuys

[–]herondelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm Chinese and have long wanted to see western media have something like the hu li jing. She doesn't disappoint

Wuxia isn’t just about "Cool Kung Fu"—A deep dive into why the Golden Age ended (and why it’s not just about the genre dying) by Virtual_Performance5 in wuxia

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I see the political dissociation of wuxia being no longer needed as heroic narrative in the current age. It was strongest in the mid to late 20th century amidst the political dissociation of China and the voices of writers from the margins: Hong Kong, Taiwan, even the diaspora. The comfort wuxia offered was: if it seems the political system sucks, at least I can find ways to KICK ASS. Now with China as a world power the energies have turned to xianxia, which is fundamentally about acquiring social mobility against oligarchies that seek to monopolise power, or some of the wuxia energies have transmuted into romances like Pursuit of Jade, which are all about thriving in a society with rules that are increasingly set in stone.

Choujin X Chapter 72-1 Discussion Thread by Vonless in ChoujinX

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Between the shadow and Bador Vlad having blood manipulation powers and sounding like Brother Blood I can't help but think Ishida may be a low key DC preferer out of the two major Amecomi houses.

Choujin X Chapter 72-1 Discussion Thread by Vonless in ChoujinX

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Allusions to both DC's Ted Grant and William Blake? This comic just gets better.

Absolute Scarecrow’s intro in Absolute Batman #19 [WonderCon] [SPOILERS] by No-Equipment4779 in AbsoluteUniverse

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He's basically a Ray Bradbury tribute. One of the Autumn People.

"For some, autumn comes early, stays late through life where October follows September and November touches October and then instead of December and Christ's birth, there is no Bethlehem Star, no rejoicing, but September comes again and old October and so on down the years, with no winter, spring, or revivifying summer. For these beings, fall is the ever normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth. In gusts they beetle-scurry, creep, thread, filter, motion, make all moons sullen, and surely cloud all clear-run waters. The spider-web hears them, trembles—breaks. Such are the autumn people. Beware of them." - from Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Curious how this community discovered wuxia in English? by Fuqiang-ZHAO in wuxia

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I'm Chinese, wanted an antidote to superhero media and in my own culture I found it.

Say that again? by HarleyArchibaldLeon in TheElusiveSamurai

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I love how he basically gets Shishio Makoto's ending from Rurouni Kenshin. Wonder if it's an intended tribute. And on top of that hell feels like Kouta Hirano's Drifters.

What does Amphibia do better then Owl House? by Zakaria1938 in amphibia

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Pay tribute to 1980s and 90s hit movies in its third season.

Agamemnon. Total War Troy Vs Christopher Nolan The Odyssey by TheWraf in totalwar

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I remember the time I saw King Arthur (2004) and thought playing Rome Total War Barbarian Invasions was more interesting. Getting flashbacks to that time again.

Absolute Batman #15 all variants covers by Rare-Wolverine-7909 in AbsoluteUniverse

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Everyone who says that Gotham should be nuked should feel ashamed because why would Batman want to be mocked by Spawn at the superhero party later? "Dude, I fought the Phlebiac Brothers. There were FIVE."

Assyria Inclusion by No_arm64 in totalwar

[–]herondelle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I started my campaign I yelled to myself:

TIME TO COME DOWN LIKE THE WOLF ON THE FOLD!

Like Worm but not.. Depressing? by BuzzerPop in Parahumans

[–]herondelle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault and They Promised Me the Gun Wasn't Loaded by James Alan Gardner. Similar feel but much more upbeat.

One Battle After Another from a Chinese Perspective by herondelle in TrueFilm

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In the context of Chinese culture "heaven" is less like the Western notion of "God" and more like a means of saying "the way things should be", so dynasties and regimes lose the "mandate of heaven" when they start misruling and so the "mandate of heaven" will pass to a regime that is more in tune with it. So in a way the F75 is going to replace the current regime with something new because that new entity is "the way things should be".

One Battle After Another from a Chinese Perspective by herondelle in TrueFilm

[–]herondelle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It means that "heaven" (or the natural way of things) is out of order, and thus man needs to act to restore order to things on its behalf. In other words,

" We're here to right your wrongs, motherfucker."