#XUE XIAN

[lush--lush]

i love this novel very much

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 1, Poll 16

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave here.

Xue Xian- Copper Coins / Tong Qian Kan Shi

Qualifications:

Protagonist of a danmei (Chinese BL) webnovel, in committed relationship with a man by the end of the story. Due to pre-canon injury, he is paraplegic for most of the story, though he slowly recovers his mobility during the course of it by returning his stolen body parts (it may make more sense in context: hes an immortal dragon).

Propaganda:

In short: paraplegic gay dragon :D Longer version: An immortal dragon paralyzed from waist down and stuck in the mortal world after someone attacked him and made off with half his body (dragon body parts all have uses in magic or medicine). Meets an amnesiac monk and they end up going on adventure together to recover lost memories (the monk) and lost body parts (the dragon). Their dynamic is significant annoyances to lovers <3 One interesting detail: though Xue Xian can change forms, his paraplegia remains in all of them, whether he is a paper doll, a human, a big noodle, a smol noodle... (yeah he has big & small dragon forms. that time he turned into a smol noodle and wrapped himself around his future bf's wrist lives in my brain rent-free tbh) Significant part of his drive to recover his stolen bones is to be able to fly again, btw, in his true (big dragon) form. ...To make sure I'm not misleading anyone: he does recover full mobility by the end of the story, BUT his disability is a very significant part of the novel.

Zuko-Avatar: The Last Airbender

Qualifications:

Zuko is sight impaired and has PTSD. Zuko is bisexual.

Propaganda:

Zuko is sight impaired and has PTSD. Zuko isn't queer in canon to my knowledge.

[drawulan]

[gaydragontournament]

ROUND 3: PART 1

Propaganda under cut

Xue Xian (Copper Coins (Tong Qian Kan Shi) (铜钱龛世))

● A literal dragon in canon m/m relationship. Got stuck in the mortal world after getting grievously injured (he's paraplegic for most of the story) and ended up going on an adventure to retrieve his missing body parts with this one amnesiac Buddhist monk he accidentally met. They butt heads a lot in the beginning, but slowly fall in love over the course of the novel. Also while Xue Xian does have a human form, he also comes in big noodle and smol noodle variants (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) As a smol noodle, he wraps around his bf's wrist like a bracelet!

● Is he a dragon? Yes! Xue Xian is a dragon god who got his spinal column stolen (yeah it's kinda complicated) and now journeys across the land searching his bones because he wants his spinal column back, damn it.

Is he gay? Yes! Along the way, he encounters this quiet, stoic, so-damn-annoying bald monk guy named Xuanmin whom he does not like, okay?!? He doesn't like him at all! Sure, he ripped out his dragon scale as a gift for him, but that's only because Xuanmin helped him first and he doesn't wanna be indebted! Sure, he feels compelled to annoy Xuanmin 24x7, but that's only because Xuanmin deserves it! Sure, he thinks Xuanmin's wrists look lovely, but that doesn't mean anything, he's just being objective, you know?!? He doesn't like this guy at all!!! (Spoilers: He totally does, and they end up spending the rest of their immortal lives together as lovers, bickering for all eternity.)

Whiptail Lizard (Real Life)

●this particular species of lizard is the gayest thing in the animal kingdom.

-they are all female and reproduce asexually

-but still have been seen performing mating rituals with other female lizards, and are more likely to reproduce if they do this.

-they exist in real life like that’s so incredibly gay

-no male lizards whatsoever and thus all of them are lesbians

-also so incredibly lizard adorable like look one up

[bellaroles]

That’s it. I can’t stand it anymore. I’ve gotta draw something of Xue Xian or I can’t sleep at night lol.

Copper Coins is so funny and a very unique read. I haven’t read a danmei that feels this refreshing in a long while.

[variouspolltournaments]

Propaganda

Xue Xian: Heavenly dragon stranded in the mortal world after someone stole his bones. He's disabled, he's gay, he's even annoying(affectionate)... AND he can make himself into a small noodle and wrap around his bf's wrist like a bracelet. Character of all time.

[fistfuloflightning]

[qoomakuma]

this is xue xian and xuanmin

[motivationisdead]

I finished reading a Danmei called Copper Coins last night and I am… SO fond of it.

I wouldn’t say it’s anything groundbreaking but the characters were charming and it made me laugh at so many different points. Some of those lines were just 👌. Especially at the end. And Xue Xian is such a fun character! He does the most out-of-pocket shit while acting like it’s common sense. Anyone would do this! (No they would not.)

R.I.P. Xuanmin. I salute you for dealing with him though I know you’re not too broken up about it lol.

And the ending just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I definitely don’t regret reading it.

[daeley]

[jooniely]

Kinda shocked how Copper Coins by Mu Su Li (author of global examination I believe?) Isn't as popular as it should be. It's well written and has amazing and fun characters with found family vibes. Great mystery and the MC is shameless dramatic tsundere who's so easy to love ngl with the ML being a "cold" mysterious quiet but also kind guy who puts up with the MC's shit.

Each arc has great pacing and emotional moments. It's hard to put down. I'm only 35% of the way through but it's so good so hopefully it doesn't disappoint and stays great all the way to the end.

[lush--lush]

fake cover for a novel "copper coins"

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Revival Round 1 Poll 5

The top two characters will continue onwards in the Revival Round. Check out the other polls in this round here.

[drawulan]

[gaydragontournament]

ROUND 1: PART 3

Propaganda under cut

Rhea

● Rhea is a dragon POPE and she's canonically bisexual! She's so ancient her dragon form has started to degenerate and when that happens fully, all her sworn knights turn into beasts. Fucked up bisexual women rights <3

Xue Xian

● A literal dragon in canon m/m relationship. Got stuck in the mortal world after getting grievously injured (he's paraplegic for most of the story) and ended up going on an adventure to retrieve his missing body parts with this one amnesiac Buddhist monk he accidentally met. They butt heads a lot in the beginning, but slowly fall in love over the course of the novel. Also while Xue Xian does have a human form, he also comes in big noodle and smol noodle variants (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) As a smol noodle, he wraps around his bf's wrist like a bracelet!

● Is he a dragon? Yes! Xue Xian is a dragon god who got his spinal column stolen (yeah it's kinda complicated) and now journeys across the land searching his bones because he wants his spinal column back, damn it.

Is he gay? Yes! Along the way, he encounters this quiet, stoic, so-damn-annoying bald monk guy named Xuanmin whom he does not like, okay?!? He doesn't like him at all! Sure, he ripped out his dragon scale as a gift for him, but that's only because Xuanmin helped him first and he doesn't wanna be indebted! Sure, he feels compelled to annoy Xuanmin 24x7, but that's only because Xuanmin deserves it! Sure, he thinks Xuanmin's wrists look lovely, but that doesn't mean anything, he's just being objective, you know?!? He doesn't like this guy at all!!! (Spoilers: He totally does, and they end up spending the rest of their immortal lives together as lovers, bickering for all eternity.)

[bellaroles]

Hmm I've found another MC rivaling Xue Xian in terms of "my defense mechanism to anger and despair is finding everything funny and eating delicious food."