Discussion Friday
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cnovelsTime for Discussion Friday again~
Transmigrations recently came up as a topic on here so let's talk about transmigration stories! Are there any settings/time period you think are under-utilized as a setting for the transmigrator to come from? Are there any settings/time period you think are under-utilized as a setting to transmigrate into? What are some of the things you wish these type of stories will do better? Have you read a particularly good story that uses this trope/this story setting really, really well?
Transmigrations recently came up as a topic on here so let's talk about transmigration stories! Are there any settings/time period you think are under-utilized as a setting for the transmigrator to come from? Are there any settings/time period you think are under-utilized as a setting to transmigrate into? What are some of the things you wish these type of stories will do better? Have you read a particularly good story that uses this trope/this story setting really, really well?
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Date: 2024-12-15 05:43 am (UTC)The trendsetter of modern transmigration novel was a romance novel published in 1993 in Taiwan. It was a big hit when published, and influential to the romance genre.
Chinese web novels in mainland China roughly started in 1997 and started to get popular in 2000s. The first JJ transmigration romance that became a great hit was published in 2004 and was hailed as among the 3 classics of Qing Dynasty transmigration romance. I would say mid-2000s was a starting point.
As late as 2011-13, transmission to the other world was huge in BG romance, when the heroine was often a spy/hitwoman and had a large reverse harem. You can see the influence in book transmigration romance
An early BG book transmigration romance was published in 2012 and a reaction to that.
Dudebro transmigration novel was greatly influenced by the popularization of A Step to the Past (published in 1994 Taiwan) on the web in early 2000s. It has have become popular in mainland China since mid to late 2000s.
Transmigrated into the World of “Demon Lord Wu Zun” and The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love (both 2013) established the BL book transmigration romance. They both both satirize/react to the Gary Stu harem tropes in dudebro novel. That's why I included that bit.
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Date: 2024-12-18 04:05 am (UTC)I remember A Step Into The Past! I loved that show, though my memory of what happened exactly is a little vague now. ... the only thing I very clearly remember is the main character introducing chocolates to this old couple and wondering why ppl in ancient times liked to talk facing away from the people they are talking to XD
What's the title of the 1993 Taiwanese novel that started this trend?
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Date: 2024-12-18 03:54 pm (UTC)