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ying-an-sanren · 1 year ago

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TGCF AU IDEA

I have an idea for a modern AU... do you know those classic cop shows where there's always a detective and then someone who isn't really a cop and more like a consultant...

Imagine detective Xie Lian, who during the investigation of a complex murder case gets lead all the way to the city's most infamous and feared mafioso's doorstep.

At first Hua Cheng seems to be the likely culprit - he has the means, and if Xie Lian dug deep enough he would surely find a handful of motives! But when upon further investigation it turns out that the case leads a different way, and Hua Cheng is not the killer after all. Oh well, the best Xie Lian can do now is apologise for the inconvenience and hope that the head pf the Crimson Rain syndicate won't take it too personally. Surely he understands that Xie Lien is just doing his job.

Truth to be told, this was Xie Lian's first case after a years-long hiatus. In the past he used to be an aspiring and ambitious detective. But as such he seemed to have made enemies.

It tends to happen that after a string of victories, a failure is bound to come one day, and Xie Lian got to experience that too. At first it seemed that it was his own 'incompetence' that caused the failure. However, after some further investigation, the police found evidence that all pointed to foul play; fingerprints, personal belongings with pieces of DNA - all Xie Lian's.

Xie Lian naturally defended himself, and after arduously describing where he was, what he did, who could vouch for him, etc., he managed to clear his name. It was clear that somebody must have framed him. But the damage was already done.

The fact that one of the department's most aspiring investigators was now investigated on suspicion of murder and sabotage made the headlines, and Xie Lian's reputation was tarnished. The relatives of the victims demanded for him to be taken off the case - some even called for him to be fired - and there was just nothing that could be done. In the end, the head of the police department, Jun Wu, had no other choice but to strip Xie Lian off his badge.

Years have passed. Xie Lian has worked diligently, and finally he got a second chance. He knew that he was being carefully observed, so he couldn't make any mistakes for now.

But who could have predicted that this young, diligent detective would pique Chengzhu's interest? And the crime lord can't deny that solving crimes seems like an amusing pass-time activity.

And so, the next day when Xie Lian comes to work, he's greeted by the policemen that were supposed to secure the new crime scene and make sure that no civilians get close, clearly distraught, and explaining that they couldn't do anything! Xie Lian is confused at first, but when he steps behind the yellow tape, he finds the city's most infamous mafioso already waiting for him with two fresh hot cups of tea, and casually looking over the corpse and evidence.

The moment he spots Xie Lian, a charming smile that sends chills down the policemen's bones spreads on his face. "Good morning, detective Xie!"

Oh... Xie Lian is so dead... or fired. He honestly couldn't tell what was worse.

Feng Xin and Mu Qing were Xie Lian's former deputies and friends. After Xie Lian ended up fired, the two of them continued to climb higher, until they too earned their badges. Their specialisation was organised crime, and for months to no end they had been trying to bring down the notorious Crimson Rain syndicate. So imagine their surprise when they entered the office that day, only to find the head of the syndicate right there in flesh and blood - leaning over Xie Lian's desk!!!

Such an outrage! The city's most notorious crime lord invites himself right onto the police grounds and the whole building of officers can do nothing about it because, as Xie Lian awkwardly explained - with Hua Cheng smirking smugly from behind him - "Oh well, he's here as the new police consultant. He'll be my partner now."

Truth to be told, having Chengzhu himself on his side turned out to be quite useful. All it took was for the suspect to catch a glimpse of him, standing right behind that little twink of a detective, Xie Lian was able to get any information much quicker than usually. And if even then they were hesitant to talk - well, detective Xie might have been a law-abiding citizen, but Hua Cheng wasn't above using more unconventional means whenever Xie Lian wasn't looking. Aside from that, Hua Cheng was also the reason why Xie Lian could now walk freely through the crime-oriented areas unscathed.

For Hua Cheng this was at first just a way to pass time, and get closer to the pretty gege, but deeper into the investigation he started noticing that something was clearly on Xie Lian's mind.

The truth was that even though Xie Lian's friends told him to get rid of all the notes and files connected to that old case that got him fired, he didn't do it. He kept them all as a memento. And now, although he wasn't sure about it at first, more and more it appeared that this new case is somehow connected to the old one.

Hua Cheng noticed it. He had been spending so much time with Xie Lian that he could already tell when he was troubled.

None of them noticed at first, but the time they were spending together was starting to influence both of them. Xie Lian used to view the world in black ad white, but Hua Cheng opened him a whole new view. Hua Cheng himself, who was so used to being a hard and ruthless criminal, got to experience some completely mundane things, like brainstorming together, or sharing a lunch. He would also often drive Xie Lian home, because Xie Lian couldn't afford a new car after his old one broke down.

It was one of those evenings when they both sat in Hua Cheng's car, that the crime lord noticed the cloud of worry casting its shade on the detective's face. And that night he decided that instead of throwing Xie Lian at his apartment as usual, he would take him to his residence. After all, it looked like the last thing Xie Lian needed right now was to be alone.

Xie Lian was surprised at first, but he allowed Hua Cheng to invite him in. Just for tonight. They had some wine, and Xie Lian ended up telling Hua Cheng about the old case, and about the suspicions he had, that it could be somehow connected to the new one. For the first time Xie Lian had someone who had listened to him, other than the walls of his flat.

Xie Lian wasn't used to alcohol. He did drink after he lost his job, but he has been abstaining ever since. The thing was that at this moment he couldn't help it. Hua Cheng's presence and proximity made him feel a little flustered, which prompted him to drink more and more.

His colleagues had actually commented that sometimes it almost seemed like Hua Cheng was flirting with him. Xie Lian always dismissed them. It just seemed foolish. But he couldn't deny that sometimes he was enjoying Hua Cheng's presence a bit too much.

He didn't know whether it was just his imagination, but whenever some of the informants and suspects tried to flirt with Xie Lian, Hua Cheng would turn outright wicked with them. He would stand so close to Xie Lian that the detective could feel his breath on his nape, and his hand snaking around his waist.

Whenever that happened, Xie Lian could feel heat rising into his face, but he silently reprimanded himself. He shouldn't think like that! San Lang is just... being San Lang... he shouldn't take it seriously, or he might get the wrong idea.

But this time the alcohol did its wonders on both of them, and before Xie Lian knows it, his lips are captured by Hua Cheng's in a heated kiss. The kiss was passionate, yet tender, Xie Lian couldn't help but succumb. His thoughts melted away, and with them the weighed that has been burdening his shoulders for so long melted as well...

I don't know how tumblr would like me sharing nsfw content here, so if you wanna know how their night went on, I uploaded it to ao3 as well, but pls read the note for the chapter in case theres something you don't like reading about :) (I hope the link shows the right chapter... Its a collection of short fics and the cop drama AU should be chapte 9 Good Cop, Bad Mob)

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #modern au #detective xie lian #mafia hua cheng #fanfic idea

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mrcformoso · 10 months ago

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Chapter 3 of And The Show Goes On is now up!

We find out a bit more about Where Xie Lian Was in the past 8 years as well as his relationship with Hua Cheng, while Feng Xin and Mu Qing try not to argue with him.

However, Xie Lian has changed, and in the background the police are in a race against time as one of the murders hits too close to home.

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boilingcoldtea · 2 years ago

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I have a modern au idea that I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna write it so will left it here for everyone

So, it's been 15 years since destruction of Xianle business umpire and scandalous dismissal from FBI (or something of sort) it's heir Xie Lian. His friends turned from him, his former boss Jun Wu was merciful to drop all charges, but nobody could blame Xie Lian more than himself.

After years of picking up garbage Xie Lian is suddenly found by Ling Wen (president's secretary, why on earth is she doing this) who offers him a position of a war history professor in FBI Academy and Xie Lian is willing to try, hoping he'll not meet his former colleagues. Besides, he's always loved to tell people about ancient wars, to be paid for it seems tempting. First few days are alright – then Xie Lian finds himself in a middle of a mess with some maniac kidnapping young engaged girls.

Mu Qing and Feng Xin, of course, are partnered (not by their will, believe me) FBI agents whose case it is. They choose to ignore Xie Lian at first but he comes with new and new clues and evidence that really help (and sometimes they fight so much they miss obvious things. he doesn't). Some of them he definitely couldn't find without serious shadow word connections.

And soon enough they see Xie Lian in some incredibly expensive boutique with a man whose face they know all too good. Hua Cheng is convincing Dianxia that the clothes he's buying for him is not costly untill Xie Lian yields. Next time Xianle trio see each other, Xie Lian has a brand new phone with a two black dice trinket, new white hoody (Hua Cheng actually bought about a dozen for they're definitely gonna be torn, stained or something else), new jeans and Xie Lian seems to be absolutely okay with it.

Long story short, Four Great Calamities are four great crime lords: White No-Face is a drug lord, who, everyone believes, Xie Lian killed – with dozen other people; every smuggling operation is related to Black Water (no idea who he is, what he wants, what he looks like); Hua Cheng has greatest casino network in the country (there definitely are illegal ones too, but police can't find them) and he is closest to mafia cause he's protecting those who works for him and their families; Qi Rong is kidnapping people for money, he's not a big deal but quite a pain in the ass

Jun Wu is a president (former FBI director) with his exhausted secretary Ling Wen, Pei Ming is a present day FBI director. Shi Wudu is a treasury secretary, whose brother Shi Qingxuan finally stops escaping from bodyguard. Though new guy Ming Yi is gloomy, they seem to become friends

soo, that's it. what do you think?

#hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #tgcf novel #tgcf #modern au #heaven's official blessing #tgcf au

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mvsicinthedvrk · 2 years ago

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"What would be the consequences of exposing ourselves?" he asks rhetorically. It's not as though they would get in trouble for it. Other gods, and immortal cultivators, and magicians, and beings from all sorts of places showed their hand last Halloween. So it's not as though they have to keep secret, really, when it's obvious that people who aren't mortals are living in this place. "The mortal police aren't doing anything, Feng Xin," he notes with earnest determination. "There'll be mass casualties at this rate, if no one attempts to do anything about it."

closed starter for xie lian!! ( @mvsicinthedvrk )

"your highness, wouldn't it be better to let the mortal police handle this?" because as much as he wants to help people, they have bigger problems than this right now! and they very often make things worse when they get involved in mortal affairs. and xie lian's luck has only gotten worse, so poking around a crime scene seems to be a terrible idea. "i don't know how much we can do without exposing ourselves to the mortals."

#hwevent15 #;; xl ;;#;; xie lian speaks to feng xin ;;#murder tw #death mention tw #[ pre death ]

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mollymauk-teafleak · 2 years ago

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Hi! First off welcome to the mxtx fandom! Second, i absolutely adore that hualian lady and the tramp au fic! Cutest name for an au, and id love to hear some more about this au if you have some additional thoughts!

Thank you so much, thats so lovely of you to say!! I'd Love to talk about this AU honestly and as always huge amount of credit goes to @minky-for-short as basically every single Hualian AU I have is also hers :')

So the way I envision this modern AU working is that rather than being royalty, Xie Lian's family is very rich and his father is the head of a mega corporation that their family have been building up for a long time, called the Xianle Corporation. So Xie Lian is high society and has a lot of the same pressures and weighty expectations on him that he experiences in canon

Xie Lian came out as trans when he was about eighteen (mostly because he thought if the worst came to the absolute worst he'd have his trust fund and his mother wouldn't let his father freeze it). And his father certainly wasn't happy about it but Xie Lian is very close to his mother and she did a lot of the smoothing over, frightened of losing her son. It helped that Xie Lian was a straight A student, getting into the best universities and making sure he was the perfect child, as far as his parent's definition went. His father allowed him to present as he wanted and start HRT and get top surgery and change his name. But now Xie Lian is terrified of letting him down because he can just feel that sense of disappointment and resentment looming over him and he's really starting to chafe against his father

He meets San Lang after meeting him in an alley, seeing him getting attacked by some older kids. Xie Lian didn't hesitate to run in and help him, despite the fact that they'd still be outnumbered. San Lang is hugely grateful for him helping though he's evasive about Why exactly they were attacking him. He offers to buy Xie Lian a drink in thanks, then a coffee when Xie Lian admits he doesn't drink. They spend the whole time chatting and getting to know each other, so long that Xie Lian has to run off home when he realises he's late. Though he leaves San Lang with his number

Feng Xin and Mu Quing are instantly cautious when they hear about this new friend Xie Lian has found and after some digging they tell him why, the young man is Hua Cheng, an up and comer in the seedier business that goes on in the city. He's currently climbing the ladder at the famous Ghost City Casino which is known for its owners being all but criminal gang leaders. They warn Xie Lian to stay away but he's not so sure San Lang is all that dangerous? But it does teach him not to tell his parents about his new friend

Their friendship shifts to something more when San Lang steals Xie Lian away from his parents New Years party which is just a networking event. He takes him to the Ghost City casino for the first time, up to the roof where San Lang likes to come and sit on his breaks and as the fireworks go off from his parent's manor up on the hill, Xie Lian kisses him.

I think it all falls apart when his parents find out about Hua Cheng and his father is up waiting to confront him along with police officers as they're sneaking back in. Xie Lian doesn't hesitate, he just kisses Hua Cheng and tells him to run, jumping out of the car and letting Hua Cheng drive away.

I'm also considering it might be further complicated by Xie Lian realising one of the Hualian kids I have in my AUs is on the way...

But things all come to good when Xie Lian stands up to his father and tells him that he's done living a life he isn't happy with, he doesn't want to follow him, he wants to be happy and be with Hua Cheng. His mother stands on his side and they end up living happily ever after in a tiny little apartment, Xie Lian teaching martial arts to kids and Hua Cheng still...well still being kind of a criminal but he's hiding it pretty well

#hualian #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #lady and the tramp au

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spockandawe · 4 years ago

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I’m so unbelievably weak against characters who make terrible choices because they’re hurting and upset. I love the subtler resentful decisions that quietly build up ill will, and I love the big dramatic choices that end with everyone going down in flames. But more than anything, I love love love hurting myself with the emotional flavor of a character struggling with the tension of simultaneously realizing that people hate/mistrust them (or how much people hate/mistrust them, or which people hate/mistrust them), while also realizing that those people just have... no idea where they’re coming from.

I was thinking about this first because of Mu Qing, who is honestly a very low-key version of this scenario (and it’s also quieter since he’s not a lead character and rarely takes the spotlight himself). But the first big tgcf flashback honestly made my heart ache, seeing him trying to walk a line between maintaining his own independence/pride and not belonging to someone he wants to be peers with, but when he tries to be tactful, people decide he’s being shady. He was picking cherries, to bring a treat to his poor mother (and the poor children around his home), but then got accused of stealing, and then didn’t want to say that it was because his only remaining parent was living in poverty. And it continues through the present day! He knocks out Feng Xin so he can save him from a burning city, because Feng Xin refuses to leave, and people are like ‘>:OOO MU QING ATTACKED FENG XIN??’ In some ways, this character hurts me more than the others, because he rarely does anything wrong, he has a bad attitude, but his most significant “missteps” tend to be like ‘you could have been a little more kind, tbh.’

But also too, I’ve been working my way through the svsss extras again, and... Shen Jiu. God, Shen Jiu. This character is agonizing, and I love him so much. He makes terrible choices! He does terrible things! He tries to set up an actual literal child to die horribly, because he resents that this child had a parent who loved him, and that he found his way to Cang Qiong young enough to reach his full potential! It’s absolutely unforgivable! But nobody except Yue Qingyuan has any clue how much Shen Jiu has been through and how to possibly help him grow or heal or how to support him into better decision making. And Shen Jiu is so hurt by the way Yue Qingyuan left him that he refuses to let Yue Qingyuan help him now. Like! This child was a slave, begging for food on the streets, then was sold to a rich boy who abused him in sexually-flavored ways and planned to marry him to his sister so he could keep him forever, and then his “rescuer” was a scumbag adult who taught him to steal and murder.

And while Shen Jiu was suffering, he thinks Yue Qingyuan, who came from the same beginning and who promised to come back for him, was living in careless pampered luxury in a prestigious cultivation sect. Shen Jiu’s own self-evaluations are incredibly harsh, from the moment he’s reunited with Yue Qingyuan. He calls himself terrible, he calls himself a thing, and once it’s clear that he’s going to pay the price for his bad decisions, he tries hard to shove away the one person who cares about him and find some way to protect him. Yue Qingyuan never stopped loving him and defending him, but literally nobody else in the world has any sympathy for him whatsoever. How am I not supposed to be heartbroken? Shang Qinghua sighs over how his readers used to hate on Shen Qingqiu for having no motivations, which, sure, that’s understandable from what’s on the “Proud Immortal Demon Way” pages, but seeing the trauma driving his choices in svsss and seeing his own self-awareness and self-loathing and knowing that one (1) person in-universe has any inkling of his internal world (and that person died trying to help him), I’m! In pain!!!

Plus, in svsss proper, I saw a post in passing once that was something like... ‘readers are hard on luo binghe, because he’s the only mxtx protagonist where we see the worst decisions of his life and aren’t in his head to understand why he’s making those decisions.’ Which I still find fascinating, and think about often. It makes sense to me. And as far as my terrible-decision-making children go, he’s very interesting to me because he doesn’t really deal with the widespread distaste/mistrust that mu qing and shen jiu experience, it’s very much targeted on one person. I live for the parts of svsss where all Luo Binghe has to do is breathe, and Shen Qingqiu flinches and bolts. And Luo Binghe is not acting in kind or well-considered ways, a lot of the time! But he was seventeen, and his beloved teacher had told him that ‘humans can be good or evil, demons can be good or evil,’ but the moment Luo Binghe turned out to be half demon, even though he’d just been fighting desperately trying to protect Shen Qingqiu, that teacher he trusted more than anything immediately turned on him, stabbed him in the chest, and threw him into hell.

That’s agonizing!!!! Even without the aftermath, that’s agonizing to read! And when Luo Binghe comes back, years later, he’s upset, he’s hurt, he’s lonely, he’s still stinging from that betrayal, of course he’s not making good decisions. I follow good blogs, because I haven’t seen any terrible Luo Binghe takes on my dash, but I’m kind of :c that these takes apparently exist. Again, it’s not that I think he makes good decisions, but I can see why he makes bad decisions, and I can see other characters missing that context, and I am rolling in terrible, glorious pain. Luo Binghe shows up secretly in Huan Hua Palace and starts taking it over and generally acts shady as heck? Well, Shizun wouldn’t let him beg for forgiveness when he was a disciple, and he’s afraid to face Shen Qingqiu until he can meet him on a semi-equal footing. Luo Binghe gets angry and spiteful when Shen Qingqiu asks if he’s responsible for the sowers? Yes he does! He’d always, always tried to do right by Shen Qingqiu, and trusted Shen Qingqiu when he said demons could be decent people, but the moment he turned out to be half-demon, Shen Qingqiu immediately started expecting the worst from him at every turn. It hurts! I don’t blame him for acting on that hurt! And I am so endlessly compelled by the way that Shen Qingqiu completely fails to recognize the context for where Binghe is coming from.

And like... I cannot leave out Xue Yang and Jin Guangyao. Xue Yang is fascinating in his own way, because the steps are... a lot more explicit and clear-cut than some of these other characters. Shen Jiu’s downward spiral is very internal and he curls up tight to hide his weak spots even with the person who values him most in the whole world, but Xue Yang very plainly tries to lay out his reasoning for his most important person. His whole world is crumbling by the time things reach that point, and it was probably beyond salvaging, but god! He tries so hard to explain the position the world placed him in, from childhood onward, helpless and vulnerable, and that nobody was going to defend him except himself.

But when Xiao Xingchen doesn’t understand what he’s trying to communicate, when he realizes that the person he values most isn’t willing to hear what he’s trying to say, he starts lashing out again and trying to hurt. It’s the same lesson he learned when he was young, in some ways. ‘If I’m stupid enough to trust you, you’re going to use that to hurt me.’ And then the logical next step, ‘If you’re going to hurt me, all I can do is try to hurt you worse.’ You can see the trauma playing out right there on the page, and it’s agonizing. I can understand some people not enjoying reading things that make them hurt that way, but I have trouble Getting it when people don’t at least find that kind of dynamic compelling as hell. I’ll sometimes avoid media that I know is going to make me sad, but if I’m in the mood to Experience Sadness, I know a dynamic like this is going to grab me by the heart and shake me like a ragdoll.

And... Jin Guangyao. He was on my mind too, partly because I’ve seen a few takes on his motivations lately that honestly kind of baffle me? Like, to each their own, especially since mdzs never takes us inside his head. But I see posts that like... he was bullying Nie Mingjue, or what if Lan Xichen could Tell he was never genuine and mistrusted him on some level, and how to put this. It’s not that I agree with the choices he made, though I really don’t want to play fandom purity police in any way, shape, or form (murder is good, actually), but I understand the choices he made enough that those sort of interpretations that skew towards the cruelty-for-the-sake-of-cruelty territory honestly kind of upset me.

There’s some interesting comparisons to be made with Mu Qing, in some ways. They both grew up poor, without a father, in “shameful” single-parent situations (a sex worker mother vs. a father being executed for being a criminal). They were poor boys with ambition, but no matter how they tried to carry themselves with dignity, those poor beginnings were rubbed in their faces, years after the fact. I think it does make a real difference that Mu Qing’s shame is mostly based in his own history (sweeping floors) while Jin Guangyao’s is more external (son of a whore), and that Jin Guangyao’s also insulted a parent who he loved dearly, and that Mu Qing was seeking the respect outside of famiial structures while Jin Guangyao was desperate to be accepted by his father.

There’s so much of Jin Guangyao’s early life that’s like ‘I’m Just Trying To Live My Life, My Dude,’ and it hurts me to watch. He really didn’t have goals that were all that excessive! If his goals were excessive in some way, it’s only by virtue of how highly ranked his father was, which isn’t his fault. His goal: ‘I want my father to accept me into the family.’ What the world saw: “oh my god, this son of a whore SERIOUSLY wants to be brought into this noble family, lmaooooo.’ There are characters who are more compassionate than that, and a lot of that reaction is down to the nature of the setting, but LORD, man! It’s honestly a pretty restrained goal for a kid to have! Especially when his father totally promised to come back for him someday, and he waited patiently for years before setting out on his own.

And even once he gets kicked down the steps of Koi Tower and dials back his ambitions, he gets so little space to breathe. He’s learning cultivation late, he takes a position as a nobody in a different cultivation sect, he’s just trying to live. But no matter how he rolls with the punches, no matter how he smiles and bears it, he’s being constantly, constantly prodded in that old, painful bruise. I’ve been finally working my way through The Untamed, and it was painful to watch, in Gusu, when he’s trying to present the Nie Sect’s gift to Lan QIren, and people just start focking gossiping about him, right there, perfectly audibly. And when we see him back in Qinghe, he’s perfectly polite and deferential, and that one disciple is still like ‘fuck you, ur mom was a whore.’

He makes bad decisions, but even when he makes good decisions, he can’t win. I don’t get anything from him at all that suggests he had Hugely Lofty Ambitions from a young age, he just wanted some kind of decent life, but almost nobody would cut him a break. Nie Mingjue did cut him a break, and Lan Xichen was gentle and kind to him, and that made such an impact on him. But I also think it made it that much worse, when he made later questionable decisions, and Nie Mingjue refused to let him explain himself. Nie Mingjue’s rigidity breaks my heart in lots of ways, but especially when it comes to Jin Guangyao. I don’t want to make this all about personal attachment, but it’s kind of inescapable in this situation. Nie Mingjue sends him a loud, violent message that if he’s not perfectly morally upright, he’s Done. But by now, Jin Guangyao has years of history of people being cruel to him based on a history he never was able to control. Nie Mingjue protected him, but hes made it clear that protection was... conditional. There could be arguments about how conditional, and what the non-murdery limits would have been, but the murder has been done, and it was already clear that Nie Mingjue never had the power to protect him from everything.

I can’t read Jin Guangyao’s later actions without also reading that fear and insecurity into his decisions. He even tries to say it outright, that he’s afraid of everyone and everything, and Nie Mingjue misses the point. Jin Guangyao hurts me a lottle, because he suffers both in terms of the general public’s judgment of him, but also in the judgment of someone he cared deeply about. I can see the reasoning and trauma, but so many other people in the story can’t. Jin Guangyao gets pushed to the edge by how his father holds him at arm’s length from the family, the atrocities he tells Jin Guangyao to commit on his behalf (and then maybe I’ll treat you like my actual son, maybe), but when he tries to express that, Nie Mingjue is like ‘can’t you just endure more, though??’ He builds a temple with a statue with the face of his dead beloved mother, and the public is like ‘omg, he made that statue with his OWN FACE, can you believe it??’

In some ways, the way Lan Xichen determinedly loves and trusts him makes it all hurt even worse. I absolutely believe Jin Guangyao when he says that he never once wanted to act against Lan Xichen. So many of the terrible decisions Jin Guangyao makes tie so directly to him seeking either safety or security. But he works hard in social gatherings to keep the peace and people think he’s two-faced. He endures years of mistreatment before hitting back and people judge him for hitting back at all and say that well, what else could we have respected from someone with that background. Nie Mingjue threatens to kill him multiple times, and he was a very straightforward, honest man, of course Jin Guangyao was frightened of him and decided it was safer to see him dead. I live for the pain of seeing a character I love make decisions I strongly disagree with, understanding why they’re making those decisions, and seeing other characters not understand, and simply hate them for the decisions.

This isn’t exactly new, this is why I’ll never be able to shake my love for Starscream, even if his quality of motivation... varies by continuity. And Pharma and Prowl are two of my favorite characters in all of idw1 for exactly this reason. I’ve got at least three fics brushing up against Pharma’s resentment over ‘yes, i got ordered to run a hospital on a garbage planet I was sharing the most violent, sadistic decepticons in existence, I SURE WONDER WHY I WAS DRIVEN TO THIS DESPERATE POINT, BUT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE THINKS I’M JUST A TERRIBLE PERSON, SO I GUESS THAT’S THAT.’

And in the murderbot books, I genuinely get reduced to tears when murderbot has to deal with people compassionately interpreting its behavior instead of giving it no credit, the way its used to. I find the raksura books intensely, intensely satisfying in how Moon struggles to fit into a highly social, close-knit society after growing up so traumatized and alone, and how his colony gradually adapts to him and gets used to his quirks, instead of driving him out, the way he’s experienced so many times. No real conclusion here, I was just spacing out during a work training call, and got overtaken by how much I love characters who experience this particular flavor of emotional isolation.

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coldwind-shiningstars · 5 years ago

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xie lian is deeply deeply faceblind (comments a few times that there are so many people he can't tell who's who, doesn't recognize mu qing, doesn't recognize shi qingxuan) and I'm convinced that's how he's so good at picking out when people are trying to pull a fast one on him with shapeshifting/clone making.

he has NO FUCKING IDEA what mu qing and feng xin look like, he could not describe them to a police sketch artist but he knows their body language and their speech patterns, which is why when they change their outside appearances but not anything else he's not fooled At All. they spend all their time crafting these super detailed disguises that make their physical appearance totally different, and xie lian could not tell you what they'd changed if his immortal life depended on it

#im real and i beat myself up behind the blockbusters #body in abyss heart in paradise #tian guan ci fu

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twin-heroes · 6 years ago

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i rlly should be studying but pls consider this concept,,,,a modern au crossover btwn the three mxtx novels,,,(even tho i rlly gotta catch up on sv n tgcf)

• luo binghe, wei ying, and hua cheng are a trio of criminals, but if u ask them, they prefer the term antiheroes

• if any of u r batman fans, this is inspired by the red hood’s ideology!

• their intentions are understandable, but their methodology are morally gray and conflicts with the law

• no one can really stop crime, so why not just control it? become a drug lord and control the flow of drugs (and make sure no one is selling to kids), become a pimp to ensure the girls are being treated right— only kill those who deserve to die

• but then again, who gets to dictated who deserves to die?

• they’ve been at this game for a while, but it’s the murder of a high profile person that has everyone’s eyes set on them, three people in particular find themselves working together to solve this crime

• xie lian is an ambitious police officer who really just wants to protect the common folk! his partners in solving crime are feng xin and mu qing !!!

• lan zhan is a private detective with a very respectable reputation— they say that where ever there is chaos, he’ll be sure to be there

• shen yuan is a doctor of law that teaches at a big university, honestly he doesn’t even know how he got tangled up in this mess and frankly he just wants to cry (also pls imagine sqh and lqg as his co workers too 😩)

• I DONT GOT A PLOT IN MIND OR ANYTHING N IM NOT SURE OF ALL THE CHARACTER DYNAMICS YET BUT I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS !!!!!!

• someday when i finish the other two novels i will come back to this n it’ll be great

#mo dao zu shi #tian guan ci fu #scum villain #au where #headcanon #crossover au

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The road to secrets

by bjyx_turtle

Some secrets are meant to stay in the dark . . .

Xie Lian is called on duty to the hospital and when he arrives another man is brought in on a stretcher. The man grips on to Xie Lian, muttering to him before the man is brought away.

The next day, Xie Lian goes to visit the man; Ming Yi, but he doesn't remember anything, he crashes his car and then everything becomes black.

Some days pass by, but Ming Yi's health seems to only go back while the reports show that nothing is wrong with his health, slowly Ming Yi also loses his eyesight and his memories.

Xie Lian suspects foul play because of what Ming Yi had said to him before his operation, but no one heeds Xie Lian's call.

In the end, Xie Lian decides to go and find the truth on his own with the only lead Ming Yi had given.

Xie Lian had to visit a place he would have never gone to on his own, gamblers' den.

Words: 728, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Webcomic)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Huā Chéng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Qī Róng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Gǔzi (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Péi Sù (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Péi Míng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), banyue, Líng Wén (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Shī Wúdù, Shī Qīngxuán, Hè Xuán (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Lord Earth Master Míng Yí, Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Jūn Wú (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)

Relationships: Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Quan Yizhen/Yin Yu, Hè Xuán/Shī Qīngxuán, Bàn Yuè/Péi Sù (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Líng Wén & Péi Míng & Shī Wúdù, Feng Xin/Mu Qing (Tiān Guān Cì Fú)

Additional Tags: Mystery, Doctors, Police, I suck at tagging, Happy Ending, Angst, no real spoilers for the book ig??

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/37305955

#IFTTT #ao3 feed #fanfic #hualian #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #hua cheng

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On Hong Kong Comics (in Indonesian)

SEPTEMBER 2018

Komik Hong Kong di Indonesia: Kian Elit, Kian Sempit

Oleh Ade Irwansyah

Jika bertandang ke Hong Kong, sempatkanlah mampir ke Kowloon Park, sebuah taman dekat kawasan Tsim Sha Tsui yang sibuk. Di salah satu sudut taman terdapat surga kecil buat pecinta komik, terutama komik Hong Kong. Di area sepanjang 100 meter terdapat 30 patung karakter tokoh komik Hong Kong setinggi 1,8 hingga 3 meter berderet rapi.

Patung-patung yang dipamerkan di situ merentang dari karakter komik era 1960-an hingga dekade 2010-an. Di sana, Anda bisa puas berswa-foto dengan karakter Old Master Q, Wang Xiao Hu dari komik Long Hu Men, Dragon Lord, Cloud alias Angin dari komik Awan dan Angin (Wind and Cloud/Storm Riders) sampai yang kurang dikenal di sini seperti Miss 13 Dots, K si James Bond Hong Kong atau Ding Ding Penguin yang imut.

Tempat yang dinamakan Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars ini juga memuat sejarah perkembangan komik, pengaruhnya ke negara lain, termasuk Indonesia. Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars resmi dibuka September 2012 dengan tujuan merayakan budaya komik negeri bekas koloni Inggris itu.[1] Pembukaannya diresmikan Tony Wong Yuk-long, Presiden Hong Kong Comics and Animation Federation dan Gregory So Kam-leung, Menteri Perdagangan dan Pembangunan Ekonomi Hong Kong.

Tony Wong, tentu saja, legenda hidup komik Hong Kong. Ia layak disejajarkan dengan Osamu Tezuka di Jepang atau Stan Lee di Amerika. Seperti Stan Lee pula, Tony Wong beberapa kali muncul di film layar lebar. Ia pernah main film Project A (sebagai polisi), All’s Well, End’s Well (sebagai diri sendiri), New Police Story bareng Jacky Chan (sebagai kepala penjara) dan film adaptasi komik karyanya Dragon Tiger Gate (sebagai tabib Qi).[2] Membicarakan komik Hong Kong tak sahih tanpa menyebut Tony Wong. Namun, sejatinya pula, nama itu baru muncul sekitar akhir 1960-an di rimba persilatan komik di sana.

Bila ditelusuri muasal komik Hong Kong akan jauh sekali hingga ke masa Tiongkok kuno. Seperti Indonesia, orang China telah mengenal budaya gambar sejak ribuan tahun silam. Jejak lukisan tertua yang terselamatkan menunjuk ke masa abad 11 SM dan gambar-gambar di guci dari masa 5.000 sampai 3.000 SM. Di masa Dinasti Ming (1368-1644) muncul gambar dengan teknis kuas, sedangkan di masa awal Dinasti Qing (1643-1911) lahir gambar satir karya Zhu Da serta Luo Liang-feng sekitar 1771.[3]

Perkembangan gambar modern di China tak bisa dipisahkan dengan teknik cetak murah dari Barat. Teknik cetak ini membuat penerbitan koran dan majalah menjamur. Termasuk juga kartun dan karikatur yang muncul dalam koran dan majalah tersebut. Selain di media cetak, lahir juga apa yang dinamakan lianhuantu, buku cerita bergambar seukuran telapak tangan. Lianhuantu berformat 30 halaman. Setiap halaman berisi gambar dengan kotak keterangan di bawahnya. Komik format lianhuantu banyak diterbitkan di Shanghai awal abad ke-2o, serta diekspor keluar, di antaranya Hong Kong. Lianhuantu biasanya mengisahkan cerita kepahlawanan pahlawan atau legenda Tiongkok kuno.[4]

Di buku Hong Kong Comics (2002), Wendy Siuyi Wong menyebut komik Hong Kong pertama lahir di akhir abad ke-19 dan awal abad 20. Komik Hong Kong awal berjenis kartun satir dan karikatur. Majalah kartun satir pertama The China Punch terbit 1867 oleh seorang wartawan Inggris. Namanya sendiri diambil dari The Punch, terbitan Inggris dan mengadopsi karikatur politik, lustrasi dan kartun satir.

Siuyi Wong menganggap peran The China Punch sangat berarti karena mengenalkan kartun dan humor politik di Hong Kong.[5] Orang China pertama yang melukis kartun politik di Hong Kong adalah Tse Tsan-tai lewat karyanya The Situation in the Far East yang diterbitkan di Jepang. Tse pendukung Sun Yat-sen, Bapak Republik China. Ia menentang ambisi negeri asing di China. Lewat karyanya, ia bermaksud memberi kesadaran politik pada rakyat China.[6]

Dari Komik Humor ke Kungfu

Dalam bahasa China, komik disebut “manhua”. Sejumlah sejarawan meyakini kata itu dipinjam sejak permulaan abad ke-20 dari bahasa Jepang, manga yang berarti komik.[7] Menginjak 1920-an dan 1930-an, komik Hong Kong jarang memuat pesan politik. Topik yang sering diangkat kebanyakan tema sehari-hari. Selepas Perang Dunia II, komik jadi hiburan orang banyak. Komik strip muncul di setiap koran menggambarkan keseharian orang Hong Kong, dengan dialog sehari-hari dalam bahasa Kanton alih-alih Mandarin.[8]

Tahun 1950-an terbit Uncle Choi karya Hui Guan-man. Awalnya, kisah Paman Choi ini bernuansa humor, tapi belakangan jadi serius saat fokus cerita beralih soal kepahlawanan perang lawan Jepang. Di masanya, Uncle Choi jadi manhua terlaris di Hong Kong selama beberapa tahun, terbit selama satu setengah dekade. Komiknya dikatakan membawa pembaruan dengan gaya bertutur modern yang membedakan dengan model lianhuantu. Wendy Siuyi Wong mencatat manhua ini mengikuti tren—misal, ketika film spionase James Bond populer, sang tokoh jadi mata-mata--walau tak selalu disambut baik pembaca. Pada pertengahan 1970-an penerbitannya dihentikan.[9]

Sebelum 1970-an, manhua populer lainnya adalah Old Master Q karya Wong Chak yang terbit pertama tahun 1964. Formatnya komik empat panel yang mengisahkan petualangan kocak Old Master Q, pria tua berkumis tipis dan kostum tradisional China, bersama kawan-kawannya (“Big Dumb”atau “Big Potato” dan Mr. Chun). Manhua ini masih terbit hingga hari ini membuatnya jadi serial komik China paling lama.[10]

Yang kini juga jadi klasik di masa itu adalah Miss Thirteen Dot yang muncul di komik 13-Dot Cartoons karya Theresa Lee Wai-chun. Manhua ini disebut komik mainstream pertama yang menyasar pembaca cewek. Dikatakan, komik ini terinspirasi karakter Richie Rich. Ceritanya sendiri tentang petualangan seorang gadis putri jutawan.[11]

Seiring popularitas film kungfu akhir 1960-an dan tahun 1970-an yang antara lain melahirkan sosok Bruce Lee, imbasnya juga sampai ke manhua. Tahun 1971 terbit manhua kungfu berjudul Lee Siu-lung yang merupakan nama China Bruce Lee karya Seung-gun Siu-bo. Akhir 1960-an, tepatnya 1968, terbit Little Vagabond karya Tony Wong berkisah tentang petualangan dewa mabuk Vagabond.

Namun, tak sah mengulas manhua kungfu tanpa menyebut karya Tony Wong yang lain, Little Rascals (1970). Manhua ini mengisahkan petualangan preman-preman muda yang tinggal di pemukiman rumah susun (public housing) Hong Kong. Penggambaran adegan duel di komik ini begitu brutal dan mengundang kritik. Pemerintah lantas menerbitkan Indecent Publication Law tahun 1975 untuk mengatur gambar kekerasan vulgar di komik. Tony Wong patuh. Mengubah judulnya bernada positif Oriental Heroes (Long Hu-men). Tahun 1980-an, gaya gambar ala kartun di manhua ini berubah jadi lebih realis seiring popularitas The Chinese Hero karya Ma Wong-shing.[12] Pada akhir 2000, Wong me-remake Oriental Heroes dengan judul Xin Long Hu-men (New Oriental Heroes), memakai karakter yang sama seperti Wang Xiaohu, Wang Xiaolong dan Shi Heilong, tetapi dengan cerita yang lebih memikat dan adegan laga yang jauh lebih mantap.[13]

Pengaruh Komik Hong Kong di Indonesia

Di buku Komik Indonesia (pertama terbit edisi Prancis, 1976; edisi Indonesia, 1998) Marcel Bonneff mencatat komik silat kita bermula dari cerita silat (cersil) China. Ia tak menyebut komik melainkan karya sastra. Sebelum Perang Dunia II, surat kabar Melayu-Tionghoa Keng Po dan Sin Po menerbitkan seri silat China, yang kemudian terbit dalam bentuk buku. Setelah perang, Koran Star Weekly sangat diminati karena memuat cersil China.[14]

Dikatakan juga, cersil China di Indonesia dapat digolongkan ke dalam dua kelompok: cersil Tionghoa terjemahan buku yang diterbitkan di Hong Kong dan Taiwan serta gubahan penulis Indonesia keturunan Tionghoa. Yang disebut terakhir pelaku utamanya adalah Kho Ping Hoo alias Asmaraman.[15]

Dalam format komik, salah satu cersil pertama adalah kisah legenda Sie Djin Koei pada 1954. Komiknya tak mengadopsi model lianhuantu ala cergam Shanghai awal 1920-an, namun sudah sepenuhnya mengadopsi format komik modern dengan panel-panel terpisah dan balon kata.[16] Menginjak 1960-an terbit komik Buku Angin Kuning atau Pendekar Piatu yang mengambil ilham dari cersil China. Di pasar Indonesia, kata Bonneff, komik Hong Kong mendapat tempat sejajar dengan buku cerita.[17]

Yang turut pula berpengaruh pada komik silat kita adalah film kungfu Hong Kong, Taiwan dan samurai Jepang yang tayang di Indonesia di masa awal Orde Baru, akhir 1960-an dan awal 1970-an. Ganes TH yang mencipta Si Buta dari Gua Hantu dikatakan meniru komik Hong Kong, atau setidaknya film Jepang. Ganes membantah, mengatakan yang menginspirasinya adalah film Amerika tentang koboi buta yang beraksi dengan tongkat.[18]

Masa keemasan komik Hong Kong alias manhua di Indonesia berlangsung tahun 1990-an. Saat itu industri komik lokal tengah terpuruk oleh serbuan komik impor. Bila dekade sebelumnya orang Indonesia akrab dengan komik Eropa (Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke) dan Amerika (Batman, Superman dll), pada 1990-an mulai menjamur komik Jepang dan Hong Kong. Komik Jepang alias manga ditanadi oleh Candy Candy, Kung Fu Boy dan Doraemon yang diterbitkan Elex Media Komputindo milik Kompas-Gramedia; sedangkan manhua ditandai kehadiran dua karya Tony Wong: Tiger Wong dan Tapak Sakti juga oleh Gramedia. Tiger Wong judul aslinya Oriental Heroes versi 1980-an, sedangkan Tapak Sakti adalah Buddha’s Palm terbitan 1982.

Tahun 1990-an pemainnya bukan hanya kelompok usaha Kompas-Gramedia. Generasi ’90-an penggemar komik pasti akrab dengan manhua terbitan Garuda Mas. Penerbit ini menerbitkan banyak komik terjemahan Hong Kong macam Street Fighter, Crazy Guy, 3 Pendekar, Killer Sword dan macam-macam lagi. Di kebanyakan terbitan itu hanya disebut nama penulisnya, Chris Lau (Lau Ding-gin), padahal komik-komik itu dihasilkan macam-macam komikus: Fung Chi-ming, Li Chi-tat, dan lain-lain.

Jelang pertengahan 1990-an, Garuda Mas menghilang digantikan Rajawali Grafiti. Penerbit ini menerbitkan komik Hong Kong bajakan seperti Dragonman (Dragon Lord) hingga Awan dan Angin (Wind and Cloud) dan Pedang Bara (The Chinese Hero) dua karya legendaris Ma Wing-shing. Selain itu penerbit yang sama juga banyak menerbitkan manga terjemahan tak resmi seperti City Hunter, Dragon Ball, Ranma ½ hingga Tinju Bintang Utara (Fist of the North Star karya Burunson). Tidak sampai akhir 1990-an penerbit ini tak terdengar lagi kiprahnya.

Nasib Manhua Kini di Hong Kong dan Indonesia

Masa keemasan komik Hong Kong baik di negeri asalnya maupun Indonesia berlangsung hingga 1990-an. Di Indonesia malah rasanya masa emas itu lebih pendek: hanya setahun, tepatnya 1992 ketika Gramedia menerbitkan Tiger Wong dkk serta Garuda Mas membanjiri pasar dengan judul-judul beragam.

Penyebab kemunduran relatif sama: serbuan manga ke pasar. Di Hong Kong, dari segi format, manga yang terbit bulanan, hitam-putih, dicetak di kertas biasa dengan tebal 200-an halaman dianggap lebih memuaskan. Sedangkan manhua terbit mingguan, dicetak di kertas art-paper warna dengan tebal 30-40 halaman. Pembaca rupanya lebih memilih baca manga.[19]

Penyebab lainnya adalah abad digital yang mengubah kebiasaan orang membaca di kertas ke perangkat digital, baik komputer hingga handphone. Internet jadi biang keladi utama lantaran menyediakan komik hasil pindai (scan) gratis. Seorang pelaku bisnis komik dan animasi Hong Kong dikutip media setempat mengatakan pada 1995 hingga 2000 industri itu menghasilkan 700 juta dollar HK. Pada 2010, tinggal 300 juta dollar HK.[20]

Meski tak segurih era 1990-an bukan berarti industri manhua mati. Dari abad digital ini malah lahir komikus indie yang tak menggantungkan diri pada penjualan buku komik. Karena tak mengandalkan selera pasar pula, ekspresi kesenian mereka lebih personal. Yang lahir dari tangan mereka bukan lagi komik kung fu dengan jurus-jurus spektakuler, namun kisah keseharian dan keresahan hidup.

Yang patut disebut di sini antara lain How Blue was My Valley karya Yeung Hok-tak. Komik ini diterbitkan mandiri pada 2002. Kisahnya semacam memoar pengarangnya tentang kehidupan di rumah susun pemerintah (public housing) pada 1970-an. Gaya gambarnya berlainan sekali dengan manhua umumnya. Di komik ini manusia umumnya digambar seperti bayangan.[21]

Sayang beribu saying perkembangan komik Hong Kong kiwari tak sampai ke Indonesia. Manhua masih dijual di toko buku. Namun kebanyakan komik kung fu gubahan Tony Wong dan Andy Seto. Manhua Long Hu Men dan beberapa judul lain bisa ditemukan di toko buku kita. Kini pun yang tersisa tinggal manhua terbitan Gramedia. Sempat hadir Kumala Komik dengan judul-judul beragam, tapi menghilang juga tanpa kabar.

Manhua yang tersisa untuk dinikmati dalam bahasa Indonesia, selain hanya berjenis komik silat, juga harganya relatif mahal. Satu eksemplar dijual sekitar Rp 100 ribu. Bukunya memang tebal (hampir 200 halaman) dan dicetak di kertas art paper kinclong. Bandingkan dengan komik Jepang yang dijual di kisaran Rp 25 ribu.

Harga mahal itu menandakan yang disasar penerbit mereka yang berkocek tebal. Terutama generasi X dan milenial kelahiran awal 1980-an yang ketika kecil tumbuh membaca komik Tiger Wong dan Tapak Sakti yang dijual Rp 2.000 pada 1990-an. Mereka kini memang telah berada di puncak karier masing-masing, berpenghasilan berlebih. Membaca Long Hu Men kini buat mereka punya nilai nostalgis.

Bahaya dari strategi pasar model begini adalah penerbit tak hendak menyasar pembaca baru: mereka yang tak mampu beli komik seharga Rp 100 ribuan. Ini membuat pasar komik Hong Kong jadi elitis dan sempit. Amatilah toko buku. Manhua menyempil di rak sempit, terdesak puluhan judul manga. Begitulah nasibnya kini.***

[1] "Avenue of Comic Stars opens in Kowloon Park with statues of characters", South China Morning Post, 29 September 2012, dengan URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1049718/avenue-comic-stars-opens-kowloon-park-statues-characters (diakses 29 Agustus 2018).

[2] Lihat Long Hu Men Guidebook, PT Gramedia, Jakarta, 2013, hal. 87.

[3] Lihat Wendy Siuyi Wong, Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2002, hal. 11.

[4] Ibid, hal.103.

[5] Ibid, hal. 12-13.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Ibid, hal. 11.

[8] Sally Gao, “An Introduction to Hong Kong Comics”, Culture Trip, 29 Oktober 2016, dengan URL: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/hong-kong/articles/an-introduction-to-hong-kong-comics/ (diakses 6 September 2018).

[9] Lihat Wendy Siuyi Wong, Hong Kong Comics…,hal. 107.

[10] Ibid, hal 67 dan lihat Sally Gao,…

[11] Wendy Siuyi Wong, Hong Kong Comics…,hal. 73.

[12] Ibid, hal. 115.

[13] Lihat Long Hu Men Guide Book… hal. 3.

[14] Marcel Bonneff, Komik Indonesia, Cet. 3, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Jakarta, 2008, hal. 115.

[15] Ibid.

[16] Ibid, hal. 118.

[17] Ibid, hal. 120.

[18] Ibid.

[19] Lihat “Japanese Elements in Hong Kong Comics: History, Art, and Industry”, dimuat di URL: http://www.cuhkacs.org/~benng/Bo-Blog/read.php?456 (diakses 6 September 2018)

[20] Lihat Nan-Hie In, "Hong Kong’s comics industry is proverbially in the shreds. The biggest saboteur? The internet", Coconuts Hong Kong, 30 Agustus 2014, dengan URL: https://coconuts.co/hongkong/features/hong-kongs-comics-industry-proverbially-shreds-biggest-saboteur-internet/ (diakses 6 September 2018).

[21] Lihat Jeffrey Mather (2017), “Hong Kong Comics: Reading the Local and Writing the

City”, Wasafiri, 32:3, 79-86, DOI: 10.1080/02690055.2017.1322325, di URL:https://doi.org/10.1080/02690055.2017.1322325 (diakses 6 September 2018).

CATATAN: Esai ini adalah versi belum diedit dari esai yang dimuat Jurnal Ruang dengan URL: https://jurnalruang.com/read/1537275375-komik-hong-kong-kian-elit-kian-sempit.

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