[ SECRET POST #5551 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5551 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao]



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03.
[Venom]


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04. https://i.imgur.com/M0aDyxc.png
[OP warned for NSFW image]


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06. [SPOILERS for In Sound Mind]
























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #794.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The author actually addressed this question, since it apparently comes up a lot: https://www.tiktok.com/@xiranjayzhao/video/7065056992443878662

[(Anonymous)]

... not sure that clears it up for me. She cites Chinese literary history and points to historical figures being included in other narratives, but that isn't what she's doing. She's just taking the names of famous people and using them for her OCs.

[(Anonymous)]

The examples she cites are basically OCs with the names of historical figures. The Sanzang in JTTW is nothing like the historical figure Xuanzang, but is without a single doubt based entirely on his existence.

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't the JTTW version a historical fantasy AU of the real monk? Like the Abraham Vampire Hunter example below? So at least there is a shared context?

[(Anonymous)]

There's at least 50 anime that do this exact thing (OCs named after historical figures, not fictionalized versions of real people) so I could not possibly care less.