Kulha Nah!! I guess our feelings in this point differ. I write for myself and feel happy to see others liking my work having the same taste in novels.
Too Much "HOMESICKNESS!" In WebNovels
Hi, as a Chinese webnovel reader for 5 years, I'd like to explain it a little bit.
First, the nationalism and racism in webnovel hit its summit between 2000-2008. China was kind of weak then(the economy is worse than Japan and the US bomb our embassy). So the trend was "slaughtering Japan and annihilate the US" because people need to find some compensation in the fantasy world which they cannot get in real life. This trend quickly change after 2008. The newly translated novel on International QI is not necessary newly written novel. If you read a novel started before 2010-ish, it's likely to find some nationalism in the novel.
Second, the income of writer is directly from readers. Most of writers would not risk their bread to say something bad about China. If the reader don't like it, the number of your monthly ticket(monthly powerstone) and recommend ticket would drop dramatically and your income drop to ground. It's more a economic issue than a political issue. So even in new novels, it's hard to see author criticize China.
YEP YEP YEP!! ABSOLUTELY. r these authors sick or something. cant they think that they r killing their audience by showing THIS much patriotism. i sometime kind of feel like im living in a different world where chinese is the almighty and all other people r stupid pigs waiting to be slaughtered. man.... i've dropped too many novels for this. sigh.... hope they change it a little bit. this is kind of sick. [on the side note, every time i see this kind of bloody patriotism, i feel like slaughtering a bunch of them and showing them what true TERROR is, just kidding. dont ban me from webnovel tho]
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Well, considering their actual audience is China, I suppose it is natural for them to show nationalism. Besides the trend has decreased drastically nowadays(2011~)(not talking translation but date at which novel was written)
I drop highly nationalistic novels or novels which openly target a certain nation(for eg: I dropped Shura wrath, God and devil world, hacker etc etc).
UnhingedTaboo Dayuum sir If you ever start any novel with this Idea Let me know I sure as hell would wanna read that :O
Immortal_Simo he has written a novel- "great exotic food critique"
DaoMasterTianLong It is the translator being lazy. The Chinese term for East China Sea can also mean Eastern Sea which is part of Chinese mythology. Some dumb translators like those of Martial God Space are idiots who don't know such basic thing.
To be fair they can't say anything, their internet is heavily monitored and if their caught bye?
On a off note the chineese propaganda is hilarious. Watch somwthing covering ww2 when japan invaded. You'll basically be watching martial arts experts with bows and swords slaughtering hundreds of modern japeneese soldiers. If you need a laugh anyways.
I just seriously feel..that this patriotism wave is gonna kill all the good repo which we readers ever had of china.. It is just like "Its ok When U cut fish for soup..but its Blunder when u Mincemeat it and mix it with broth"..that is what happening, I hope this issue seriously gets discussed in academic world..China Has really got aggressive these days..I am not one who Can literally comment what they should do..it is the people their..but As A common Reader I hope our voice reaches the author and they Kill this Suicidal trend.
bachingchung Authors somehow manages to overcome that problem, in Otherworldly Evil Monarch, the author made an enemy race who are UGLY and DISGUSTING, they use Katanas and words like "Baka".
XD..BUT THE READERS ARE NOT FOOLISH AIN'T THEY? We still got it, RIGHT? If Authors Playing Politics..I hope its Time to Change the Government
True_Seeker Most translators & editors here on Webnovel don't know what consistency & quality are. They keep on changing terms every few chapters & fail to edit even basic spelling mistakes.
I have encountered this nationalistic and racism trend several times already. I stomach it for some time, until I can't anymore.
Take "I'm Really a Superstar" for example. It was so super ultra nationalistic that I eventually dropped it, and it's still one of the more popular novels here in quidian international. I'm not Japanese or Korean, but when the mc starts to trash talk these countries I feel badddddd, and I'm not even the target of those insults ...
MMORPG : Rebith of Legendary Guardian
In here the MC also bullying gamer from Japan and Korea
SweetsTomato Even I would bully those Korean gamers......*sigh. If I have greater skill than them...... They own the competitive market!!
Well it is like All Chinese MC are born to be conquerors and oracles...and they will tend to settling all grudges which will occur in future..like..This guy is a foreigner..he will cause trouble..let me face slap or kill him..problem solved.
This guy...he is a foreigner..hence he is a spy...hence will hurt people..kill. I was recently reading SPARE ME,GREAT LORD...IT IS VERY SAD TO SAY..IT GOT INCLUDED IN THE SHITTY HERD. There is AN ARC of RUIN EXPLORATION..where the cultivators of SACRED LAND OF CHINA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD "TRAMPLE OVER" cultivators of some place called "LAOS"..anyone knows where? And then Next Time when their turn comes, yes SACRED LAND OF CHINA'S...Russia SENDS A BIG 'B' GRADE.JAPAN SENDS ONE 'B' GRADE AND FROM WEST SOME COUNTRY ALSO SENDS ONE...BUT ONLY INDIA WAS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO SEND 12 'C' GRADE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 'B' GRADE(WHAT THE FUCK ..121 MILLION PEOPLE AND NO 'B' GRADE?)..AND THE CULTIVATORS OF SACRED LAND OF CHINA KILL 10 OUT OF 12 'KILLING CHICKEN TO WARN MONKEYS' AND SURELY ROUTING THEIR NEAREST ENEMY...WOW! THE MC IS SAID TO BE NOT CARING ABOUT SUCH SHIT BUT HE KILLS EVERY 'SPY' WHICH COMES IN HIS WAY.
JunkieOverThe_Moon True! Art is A Bird...will become Phoenix in Free Skies..will remain a Chicken in the cage...eating worms..and maybe degrade further than that
Hoho2000 Its oki..if someone wants to not criticize their country through i feel the calculative and cold methods described are criticism itself..but, webnovels should remain a source of motivation, enjoyment and understanding. If it goes something more than like..half-axs propaganda it does not remain webnovel...it is like Politically/Corporate funded buxlshxt published to creep out normal readers..only fanatics will remain readers os such novels
DaoMasterTianLong Actually it was the normal readers who support this kind of nationalistic web novels before 2008. The writer just wrote what they want. There is only one rule in web novel community: the writer is paid to satisfy the readers. If the readers are tired of these things, the writer would not write that (like what is happening now, the pure nationalism is not welcome anymore).