#xiran

[xiran]

Does anyone still use this website? I drew that one scene from Frieren.

https://xiran.carrd.co/

#frieren fanart #sousou no frieren #frieren: beyond journey's end #frieren anime #fanart #anime art #drawing #art #illustration #water #xiran

[jayblanc]

Chinese Censorship of the 2023 Hugo Award Nominations

Back before the 2023 Hugo Nominations were conducted, I noted that the Chengdu Worldcon Hugo committee had inserted a worrying clause indicating that local government officials could invalidate nominations for breaching the norms and standards of China. I suspected this would result in arbitrarily applied censorship to control the ballot. I am sad and unsurprised to discover I was correct.

The 2023 Hugo Nomination vote data has been published (https://www.thehugoawards.org/2024/01/2023-nominating-and-final-ballot-statistics-published/), and includes notation where nominations were excluded from the ballot. Those with normal reasons, such as being in the wrong category or not being published in 2022 are identified with their reasons for exclusion. This time there are a number of nominations that are merely marked at "Not eligible".

Here is the list of those nominations, that would otherwise have been placed on the final 2023 Hugo Award Ballot.

Babel - R.F. Kuang - Best Novel: Very likely excluded for referencing student revolution, and the use of language and translation as coercive tools of oppression. Color the World - Congyun "Mu Ming" Hu - Best Novellette : A story about perception of, aid of, and discrimination against disability. Congyun Hu has left China and now lives in New York. Fogong Temple Padoga - Hai Ya - Best Story : Either there is something in the original Chinese that was not translated, there's a taboo subject that elides my reading, or this otherwise innocent looking near future tale of cultural building restoration was written by the wrong person. The Art of Ghost of Tsushima: Dark Horse and Sucker Punch Games - Best Related Work : The video game Ghost of Tsushima was subject to directed social exclusion for it's depiction of the Mongol invasion of Japan. Sandman, Amazon Studios: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long and Short) - A diverse and divergent cast, includes subject matter and social issues that are currently taboo in China. Paul Weimer - Fan Writer: Publicly Critical of holding a Worldcon in China. Xiran Jay Zhao - Astounding Award: Qualifying work "Iron Widow" is reimagined story of Chinese Empress Wu during a fantasy/mechanical alien invasion.

This raises a lot of questions as to if this basically taints the process, and what can be done about it.

#hugo awards #babel #r.f. kuang #color the world #mu ming #congyun hu #fogon temple padoga #hai ya #Ghost of Tshuima #Sandman #neil gaiman #paul weimer #xiran jay zhao #iron widdow #censorship #china #chengdu 2023 #worldcon

[lamaery]

soooo, on a vacation trip a week ago, I stumbled over @xiranjayzhao's Iron Widow in a book shop in Copenhagen and devoured it last weekend. It was quite the fun read. (And I am not that inclined to mechs 😄 but the rage filled female power fantasy and the setting felt rather refreshing to me) And after finishing the book I had to get at least some art out of my system. As usual it didn't end up what I really intended it to be in my head initially, but also, as usual it has to suffice for now or I'll never post it.

#iron widow #character art #always the next step #I gotta go and do more practice... #but also #triangles are the most stable form #:D #thank you for that Xiran #spoiler #iron widow spoilers

[high-quality-tiktoks]

🤷‍♂️publishing can’t ask us to write bestsellers for them on no money

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #story time #wtf #publishing #book #books #writer #writers #author #authors #iron widow #heavenly tyrant #zachary ying and the dragon emperor #xiran jay zhao #xiranjayzhao

[kajaono]

The German edition from Iron Widow printing Zhaos cow picture extra large on the inner cover 😂

#xiran jay zhao #Iron widow

[lecoindecachou]

Half the people who claim to have lost jobs "because they're pro-Palestine" didn't actually lose those jobs bc of Palestine at all...Like, I'm sorry but if you're even a little familiar with Amanda Seales then you know her reputation was shot to hell long before that and I'm willing to bet you if anything got her dropped by agents it was her bad fucking attitude and godawful personality. Edit bc I know nobody on tumblr has watched The Real since it doesn't involve straight white guys fucking each other but just look at the comment section from when she was co-hosting. Amanda was the worst host they ever had by far, she was just steamrolling everybody bc she loves the sound of her own voice so damn much. If I was her agent I'd have dropped her too.

Then there's Susan Sarandon, who everyone and their mother said was dropped by her agency for "supporting Palestine" and because tumblr can never be bothered to research anything they just bought it wholeheartedly when the truth is that she was dropped for her antisemitic remarks, that included, "There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country." Cause Jewish people have never been scared for their lives right? She also went on to share posts from Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who has been criticized over the years for his antisemitic remarks...But of course it's not as glamorous to be antisemitic trash as it is to be a crusader of freedom, eh, tumblr?

And then there's tumblr's favorite YA author, Xiran Jay Zhao, who's been claiming everywhere that their publishers are ghosting them "for being pro-Palestine" but also straight-up admitted that they missed their agreed-upon deadline for actually writing the book lol. That one is so obviously a cop-out I didn't think I'd have to spell it out for you but here we fucking are.

Must be nice to have Israel to blame for your own ineptitude huh. It couldn't be that you're losing jobs because you're either unprofessional or bigoted, oh no, it must be because Jewish people secretly control the world! Give me a freaking break.

#israel #palestine #antisemitism #tumblr politics #amanda seales #susan sarandon #xiran jay zhao #when in doubt just blame jewish people! a trick that has worked for thousands of years.

[gabiioartist]

just posted another short positive review:>

#Xiran #xiran jay zhao #zachary ying #zachary ying and the dragon emperor #short positive review

[robinsversion]

Between the James Somerton saga, Cait Corrain and her review-bombing on alt accounts, and that author who tried to copyright claim the sun, December 2023 is definitely a lesson in “the year’s not over until it’s over, and there’s always more chaos to be had before new years”

#like holy shit #even this past week alone has been buckwild #just #damn #james somerton #cait corrain #reviewgate #hbomberguy #xiran jay zhao #<<the two heroes that exposed shitty people #why are you booing me i’m right

[fdelopera]

LMAOOO Xiran Jay Zhao is now complaining on Tumblr that they have a "smear campaign" against them.

Give me a fucking break.

Xiran. My dude. There is no "smear campaign." You have been harassing Jews online, encouraging your HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of followers to harass Jews online, blaming everything on (((Zionists))) (aka Jews), and using the "blood libel" canard against Jewish people. (See the above screenshot.)

You posted that screenshot to your Tumblr, Xiran. That's where I found it. You were PROUD of accusing a Jew of "blood money," which is the same accusation that Christian Church Fathers used against Judas, and is the accusation used against us Jews when Christians blame us for "killing Jesus."

Christians used to yell "Christ-killer" at me when I was younger. You are doing the same thing.

JEWS HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY THE MILLIONS FOR THAT ACCUSATION OF "BLOOD MONEY," XIRAN.

And now you are being called out for antisemitism.

That is not a "smear campaign." That is Jewish people calling you out for your BLATANT Jew-hate.

FUCK YOU.

#jumblr #jewblr #jew-hatred makes you stupid #Xiran Jay Zhao is a Jew-hater who would rather spend their time harassing Jews online than writing their book and making deadline

[throuple-tournament]

Li Shimin/Wu Zetian/Gao Yizhi created by @xiranjayzhao.

Nathan/Vlad/Ursula created by @thebibliosphere.

Description provided by @mochithewondercat.

Description provided by @powerpolyculeshowdown 's submissions.

#throuple #tournament #polls #hunger pangs: true love bites #joy demorra #captain nathaniel j northland #captain nathan #captain nathaniel northland #nathan j northland #nathaniel j northland #viscount vlad blutstein #vlad blutstein #lady ursula #iron widow #xiran jay zhao #wu zetian #li shimin #gao yizhi

[thebisexualwreckoning]

i think the funniest story i have about my adhd memory is that once right after the mulan life action was released id gone on youtube to find out what actual Chinese people were saying about it and I found this one video on every single cultural inaccuracy in the movie and at the end of it they advertised their book and I was like that sounds interesting and ill read when it comes out and 3 years later I find the book through completely unrelated means and immediately flash back to when xiran made a whole ass youtube channel because they hated the movie so much and wanted to drag it through the dirt. and I knew. i knew I had to read that book simply for the level of pettiness that they displayed that day. so I got an ebook and now 6 months from that incident later I'm finally buying my physical copy.

So at least the fucking live action mulan movie did something right.

Ps: go read Iron widow by Xiran jay zhao for queer people being angry and taking down the government!

#iron widow #xiran jay zhao

[high-quality-tiktoks]

The screenwriters are my comrades and I fully understand how they feel🫡

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #book #books #movie #movies #film #films #strike #strikes #writers guild of america #iron widow #xiran jay zhao #xiranjayzhao

[kajaono]

„Don’t get invested in a love triangle, Zetian“

Zetian: „don’t you know basic physics? A triangle is the most stabile shape“

Zetian: *keeps on bringing up that argument and dates two boys*

Xiran Jay Zhao really looked at this 👇 and said: hold my beer, I am gonna reference that in my book“

#xiran jay zhao #love triangle #Iron widow #ot3 #holla kaja is live blogging books again

[drawitblargit]

"Welcome to your nightmare!"

Finished reading @xiranjayzhaos book Iron Widow recently and can't say enough good things about it. Thought I'd try making a cover for it.

#iron widow #wu zetian #book cover #illustration #xiran jay zhao

[via-rant]

As excited as I am for the PJO show I am going to ALWAYS beg people to pirate it!! Every single time!! I love the series just as much as anyone but I'm not gonna pay for these piles of shits!! Yes I'm also talking about Rick!! Him being "Neutral" about the Palestine Genocide is absolutely disgusting!! The idea that people don't care that innocent lives, including infants, are dying day by day is honestly concerning for them!

That being said there are many other authors who do support Palestine 100%!!!

. Andrew Joseph White - Author of "Hell Followed With Us" + "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth"

. Xiran Jay Zhao - Author of "Iron Widow"

. Aiden Thomas - Author of "The Sunbearer Trials" + "Cemetery Boys" + "Lost In The Never Woods"

All books are very Queer and POC also so you'll be supporting those communities as well!!

Please please please feel free to add any authors you can think of that support Palestine!! FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸!!!

#free palestine #palestine #free gaza #gaza #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heros of olympus #rick riordan #andrew joseph white #the spirit bares its teeth #hell followed with us #xiran jay zhao #iron widow #aiden thomas #the sunbearer trials #cemetery boys #queer #lgbtq+ #poc characters #poc #people of color

[mendingbone]

i keep seeing people in their late teens/early twenties having a "[X] content intended for younger audiences does not feel satisfying to me anymore but i don't know where to start to branch out into adult fiction" moment and i thought i would give some recommendations for adult fiction for my fellow creepy crawly queer people. all or at least a LOT of it will be on the darker and more fucked up side bc i primarily engage with horror and thriller media personally but feel free to add on with more or recommendations from other genres :)

edit: i am continuing to add to this list so there might be new recs (highlighted in pink) in here every once in a while! also want to add that there's a variety of POC, queer, and disabled authors in here as well, i am also all of the above (asian, bi/aro, poly, disabled) and tried to incorporate as many of their wickedly talented, compelling narratives as possible. that's all, happy reading!

A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. Summers

A Darker Shade of Magic, V. E Schwab*

A Dowry of Blood, S.G Gibson

Animal, Lisa Taddeo*

A Ripple of Power and Promise, Jordan A. Day*

Bunny, Mona Awad*

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi*

Cursed Bread, Sophie Mackintosh*

Dark Places, Gillian Flynn

Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry, Alex Ritany*

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk*

Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh*

Fruiting Bodies, Kathryn Harlan*

Goddess of Filth, V. Castro*

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski

If I Had Your Face, Frances Cha*

Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao

Jackal, Erin E. Adams*

Juniper and Thorn, Ava Reid*

Kindred, Octavia Butler*

Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin*

Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee*

Rabbits, Terry Miles*

Scorched Grace, Margot Douaihy*

Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn

She is a Haunting, Trang Thahn Tran

Slewfoot, Brom*

Sorrowland, Rivers Soloman

Summer Sons, Lee Mandelo

Supper Club, Lara Williams*

The Centre, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi*

The Change, Kirsten Miller

The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling*

The Dreamer Trilogy, Maggie Stiefvater

The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher*

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter, Soraya Palmer*

The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri

The Locked Tomb, Tamsyn Muir

The Luminous Dead, Caitlin Starling*

The Red Tree, Caitlin Kiernan*

The Unfamiliar Garden, Benjamin Percy*

Vicious, V. E Shwab

Wake, Siren, Nina MacLaughlin*

We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson

What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher*

#the * means i have not read it myself but have heard good things and/or have it on my to read list!! #wanted to add little blurbs on each book but i am disabled and exhausted and truly don't have the energy for anything other than listing #please do ur own research for content warnings etc! be safe. enjoy <33 #adult fiction #adult horror #horror #reference #queer lit #queer adult lit #horror fiction #thriller fiction #book recs #horror media #book list #book recommendations #iron widow #xiran jay zhao #the locked tomb #tlt #tamsyn muir #the dreamer trilogy #tdt #maggie stiefvater #gillian flynn #gone girl #sharp objects #house of leaves #shirley jackson #haunting of hill house #v. e. schwab