#the pyritor

[firephoenix23]

Okay why has no one talked about how in Stuff of Legend it feels like Eli and Junjie are flirting with each other

Like they challenge each other in like the gayest way with Eli saying he hasn’t thanked Junjie yet for teaching him for being as great as a master as he is. And then Junjie replies with a well you can thank when you are one like what?!?!

And Eli accepts that as a challenge and they decide to try and hit a can off of a rock and there’s like…. so much tension 😂

And then they do THAT for the ENTIRE of the episode. Like against the Pyritor and then they are in like a life or death situation and they’re like oh I held up two pillars oh really I held up three. Well I held up 20 like boys boys please 😂

Thank god for Trixie though as she clearly is not having any of it and it’s so funny how she yells at all of them Can we go now?!?! 😂

And once again I have to give a shout out to some Eli faces in this. Now in gif form 😂

Honestly this episode was great and a lot of fun considering the other contenders are second chance and get pronto which are not my favorites. Shout out to the gays, gals, and nonbinary pals

[slugterra-twisted-ends]

Characters for Ask Series

So here's that list I was talking about... it's a long boy-

Shane Gang Related Cast: Eli Shane, Trixie Sting, Kord Zane, Pronto Geronimole, Will Shane, Junjie, Mira Serene, Katrina Drake

Allies of the Shane Gang: Honey Shane, Jimmo Shane, Dr Nathaniel Serene, Marie Serene, Dana Por, Tom Por, Brodie, Coop, Bartholomev, Katherine McGregor, Tobias, Grendel, Indra, King of Sling, Mario Bravado, the Gentleman, Millard Milford, Redhook, Sally, Shadow Clan Priest, Tharsos, Chief, Shadow Clan, Shanai, Vance Bolt, Dandelion Redwall

Blakk Industries Big Leagues: Dr Blakk, Twist, El Diablos Nachos, Maurice, Tad Blakk, Brimstone, Dark Bane Elites, Blakk Goons, Locke, Lode, C.C, John Bull, Quintin, Sedo, Ivor 'the White Bear' Lewis, Janice Lewis, Trip Lewis, Matt Holarctic

Enemies of the Shane Gang: Billy, Shorty, Glasses, Blite, Malvoilo Drake, Brutale Drake, Fang, Mr Watts, Fav, Gabe and Marcus Powers, Boss Ember, Straggus, Mongo, Lil Stevie, Munch, Mr Saturday, Spirex, the Game Master

One off Villains: Gar Revelle, André Geyser, Fire/Flame, Ice/Frost, Behemoth, Darius Yorman, Gerhard Stocker, Judge Logan, Primo Presto, Sergeant Slug, Shockwire, Viggo Dare

Citizens: Bob Johnson, Blast Vanderhuge, Bryce Estavan, Chief Lucius, Croesus, Cyrus, Desdmona, Dorium, Dr Harlan E Blakk, Howard, Sylvia, Jacques, Welder Walter, Max Jackson, Rubin Evern, Sid the Kid, Spinks, Thrasher, Trini, Trini's Mom, Waylon, Quill Wright

Eastern Caverns Heroes: Drucilla, Old Man, Lian, Hamangku, Flower, Hoshi, Swick, Sleade, Yang

The Emperor's Army: The Emperor, The Goon Doc, Jonny Mann, Underlord Holt, Underlord Yarry, Morv, Oogleby, Stone Warriors, Unbeatable Warriors

Other Eastern Citizens: Nathan, Symothy, the Pyritor, Orion, Celestia

Slugs: All of the Shane Gang's named All of the villains slugs/ghouls that are named All of the other cast's slugs/ghouls that are named

[verycorrectslugterraquotes]

It's not a navy. It's just... people.

Jonny Man seeing the Shane Gang and his allies coming to face the Emperor and his army

[askwenjing]

Finding Acceptance in Designing OCs

I always wanted to be part of a fictional universe, which led me to design my OCs. I am Chinese, living in Malaysia, a South East Asian country. I should be proud of my heritage - but I wasn’t when I was designing my OCs in the past. Seeing that the story consists of predominately white characters, I found myself designing my OCs as white, even though they all represent a part of me - but never my heritage.

I was ashamed to design my OCs as Chinese because I imagined that the characters in the story would not accept them due to having a different culture. I imagined them judging my OCs for eating different food like rice, noodles and dumplings, for wearing different clothes, or for just having a different set of morals and beliefs. I felt that being Chinese was inferior and if I wanted my OCs to be treated equally they must be white.

It also made me feel that I must be white if I wanted to be treated equally.

By the time I was 15, I became fed up of the fact that my OCs have to be white. I wanted to design an OC based on myself - based on my own heritage. I wanted to be myself - I wanted to be accepted for who I am. I already got an idea of my OC when I got into the Slugterra fandom, but I was still struggling whether to introduce her into the fandom. I knew that Shanai was Japanese but she only made one major appearance in one episode and she was deceased by the end of the episode. There weren’t much Asian representation in the series and I was feeling unease about letting non-Asian fans to know about my OC.

When Junjie was introduced in “Slugterra: Return of the Elementals”, I was surprised - they finally had a character that represents me - a Chinese. He does not have a stereotypical Chinese accent (his voice actor is Vincent Tong), he is a Slug Fu Master (the Slugterra’s version of Kung Fu), he speaks Cantonese, and his name means “hero” in Mandarin. He quickly becomes the fans’ favourite character, and his popularity even rivals the main character Eli by the time we are introduced to the Eastern Caverns, Junjie’s home cavern which is underneath Asia. 

I like how the people behind Slugterra have done their research on Chinese culture, such as the concept of Chi and the Peach Blossom Spring story for how Yang discovered the Eastern Caverns. Although most of the characters in the Eastern Caverns are usually white (though there are Asians who are white), they do have characters with Asian names like Lian (meaning “lotus” in Mandarin, and the surname of my grandmother), Hoshi (meaning “star” in Japanese), Yang (active, positive and masculine force) and Hamengku (not sure what it is but could be Korean? Not sure.) Though, I wish they could have referenced more of the creatures from Asian mythology rather than creating a new one like the Pyritor but I guess it was okay since it was the underground world, so it could be different. However, my main criticism for the Eastern Caverns is that almost all of the problems in the Eastern Caverns are solved by the Shane Gang instead of Junjie (Eli defeating the Emperor first time and saving Slug Day/Slugmas - okay, Asians do celebrate Christmas; Kord helping Drucilla to trust Junjie again; Trixie defeating the Pyritor; Pronto in luring out the bandits for the Shane Gang). Junjie’s main contributions are believing that Swick can change to be a better person, and pushing the Emperor down to the Guardian Gate. The decisions give a perception that Asians are inferior and need a “white saviour” like Eli to save us. Nevertheless, the season was overall good, and Junjie became a beloved character in the series.

Because of Junjie, I finally became comfortable in sharing my OC. Her name is Wen Jing, which is my name and she is Chinese. She is the first Asian OC, but she is not the last. After I finished watching the Eastern Caverns season, I went off to design more Asian OCs, and now I have more than 100 OCs, predominately Asians to expand the Eastern Caverns story. My favourite ones are the OCs in Team Phoenix, and they are all Chinese. There are also other OCs that are Russians, Mongolians, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Arabic, South East Asians, and many more.

Because of Junjie, I find acceptance. I find a place where I can be myself. I find a fandom that supports and accepts my heritage. I am no longer ashamed of my heritage. I am proud to be Chinese - proud to be Asian.

In the present day, I am in distraught, and deeply saddened to see an increase of hate crime towards Asians around the world. I was studying in the United Kingdom when the pandemic struck, and I heard white people mocked the Japanese and the Vietnamese students as “carriers of Covid-19″ (we had reported them to the university staff). I heard my Chinese friends getting weird stares from middle-aged white men because they were wearing masks. Although I never experienced it directly, I can feel their hurt. I can understand their fear of letting others know that they are Asians because they want to stay safe.

I am furious to see that racism towards Asians is still prevalent, and it is only getting worse. We only want to be accepted and be treated equally. And I hope that this will be a reality one day, and not just depicted in fictions.

#Stop Asian Hate

[verycorrectslugterraquotes]

The Emperor: I have Unstoppable Warriors. Junjie: We have a Pyritor.