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Terms You Might Want To Know For Your Wuxia/Xianxia Fic

MXTX's danmei are getting increasingly popular, and the fandoms are getting more fic-happy. I've noticed that some writers seem interested in writing their own fics but are concerned of making mistakes with niche honorifics and titles. I've noticed some that have jumped right in, but have made innocent errors that I'd like to correct but fear coming off as rude or presumptuous. And so I've made this list of terms that covers the basics and also some that are a little more niche since they're usually directly translated in cnovels.

DISCLAIMER: This is by no means a comprehensive list of everything one needs to know or would want to know concerning ancient Chinese honorifics and titles, merely what I myself consider useful to keep in mind.

Titles

Shifu: 'Martial father'; gender-neutral

Shizun: 'Martial father'; more formal than 'shifu'; gender-neutral

Shimu: ‘Martial mother’; wife of your martial teacher

Shiniang: ‘Martial mother’; wife of your martial teacher who is also a martial teacher

Shibo: elder apprentice-brother of your shifu; gender-neutral

Shishu: younger apprentice-brother of your shifu; gender-neutral

Shigu: apprentice-sister of your shifu

Shizhi: your martial nephew/niece

Shimei: younger female apprentice of the same generation as you

Shijie: elder female apprentice of the same generation as you

Shidi: younger male apprentice of the same generation as you

Shixiong: elder male apprentice of the same generation as you

Shige: elder male apprentice of the same generation as you, specifically one who has the same shifu as you or is the son of your shifu

Zhanglao: an elder of your sect

Zhangbei: a senior of your sect

Qianbei: a senior not of your sect

Wanbei: a junior not of your sect

Zongzhu: Address for a clan leader

Zhangmen: address for a sect leader

Daozhang: Daoist priests or simply a cultivator in general; gender-neutral

Daogu: Daoist priestess or a female cultivator; not as commonly used as 'daozhang'

Xiangu: Daoist priestess or a female cultivator; not as commonly used as 'daogu'

Sanren: a wandering cultivator

Xianren: 'Immortal Official'; a title of respect and power like 'General'

Xiuzhe: 'Cultivator', can be shortened to 'Xiu'

Xianjun: 'Immortal Master/Lord'

Xianshi: 'Immortal Master/Teacher'

Dashi: 'Great Teacher', address for monks

Xiansheng: Teacher/Sir; in ancient China, the connotation is very scholastic

Houye: address for a duke

Jueye: address for a noble lord, ei. a duke, marquess, earl, etc.

Wangye: address for king/imperial prince

Daren: address for imperial officials

Furen: Madam; the wife of an imperial official/nobleman OR a married woman granted a rank by the royal family

Nushi: Madam; the counterpart of 'xiansheng', connotation is scholastic

Taitai: Madam; address for an old married woman of the gentry, either wife or mother to head of household

Laoye: Old Lord; Address for an adult man with adult children of the gentry; possibly head of household

Nainai: Madam; Address for a married woman of the gentry, possibly wife of head of household

Ye: Lord; address for an adult man of the gentry, possibly head of household

Shaonainai: Young Madam; address for a woman married to a young man of the gentry

Shaoye: Young Lord; address for a young man or boy of the gentry, generation lower than head of household

Xiaoye: Little Lord; can be a synonym for ‘shaoye’ OR the son of a shaoye if ‘shaoye’ is already being used within the family

Xiaojie: Young Mistress; address for an unmarried woman or young girl of . . . the gentry and only the gentry, I believe. Correct me if you know for certain this is incorrect. (WARNING - It's an archaic term that should really only be used in an archaic setting if being used as a title instead of a suffix, because the modern vernacular has it as a term for a prostitute in mainland China. [Surname]-xiaojie is fine; Xiaojie by itself should be avoided.)

Gongzi: ‘Young Master/Lord/Sir'; ‘Childe’; young man from a household of the noble or gentry class

Guniang: 'Young Master/Lady/Miss'; ‘Maiden’; an unmarried woman or young girl from a household of the noble or gentry class

Laozhang: 'Old battle'; polite address for an unrelated old man of lower status than you

Laobo: polite address for an unrelated old man of a higher status that you

Laotou: 'Old man'; informal but not derogatory, implies fondness/closeness

Laopopo: 'Old woman'; informal but not derogatory, implies fondness/closeness

Please note that all of these listed above can be used as stand-alone titles or as suffixed honorifics.

Strictly Prefix/Suffix

-shi: 'Clan'; the suffix for a married woman, essentially means 'née'. (ex. Say Wei Wuxian was a woman and married into the Lan clan through a standard marriage. She would be called 'Wei-shi' by her husband's contemporaries and elders when not in a formal setting. It implies lack of closeness; used by acquaintances.)

a-: A prefix that shows affection or intimacy.

-er: A suffix that shows affection or intimacy; typically for children or those younger than you

-jun: 'Nobleman'; a suffix for a greatly respected man

-zun: 'Revered One'; a suffix for a greatly respected man

-ji: A suffix for a female friend

-bo: A suffix for an older man of your grandparents' generation

-po: A suffix for an older woman of your grandparents' generation

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So... Youku wake up today and chose violence 😂

[spoilers for Word of Honor finale]

It’s all started when they decided to open vip membership on theit youtube channel (something that int.fans begged for since day one… and they caved when it doesn’t matter anymore)

People started jokingly exchanging replies with them, as usual… and then they proceeded to write us a whole-ass post-canon domestic immortal husbands fic 🤣🤣🤣 

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one of my favourite twitter threads pt. 1

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I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isn’t a joke, and neither is someone’s life. If you didn’t know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.

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Okay, so I believe in Endeavor having absolutely no rights and I’ve spent the past few days reading a bunch of ATLA fanfics, since I really wanted to find a good crossover between BNHA and ATLA (I am sad that there are no fanfics where Uncle Iroh meets Nezu). Anyways:

So for those you who are fans of both shows, I’m sure you know that ATLA fanon usually has fanfics where if a bender gets cut off from their element, it turns into a great angst fest. There’s a really good Zuko-Gets-Adopted-By-The-Water-Tribe fic where Polar Winters get him super sick since he’s cut off from the sun entirely - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4414541/1/Another_Brother

Well I was thinking, cutting Shoto off from his ice would make a great angst fest as well. So... here’s what I’m thinking and feel free to use this as a prompt (drop me the link because I really want to read this but if I write it, I would literately never finish):

Essentially, what if Endeavor decided that Shoto wasnt going to stop his “teenage rebellion” of his own free will? In canon, we see that while Endeavor certainly hates Shoto refusing to use his fire and constantly tells him to use his flames, we don’t ever see him do anything drastic to make Shoto use his flames. Like, the training is probably super intense and certainly gets to abusive levels but there’s nothing that physically makes Shoto use his fire over his ice.

But what if there was? Science has certainly made strides in what exists to help or harm quirks, and Endeavor has money. Money certainly silences people, and black market dealers exist. Whose to say that there aren’t quirk suppressants that could potentially render Shoto unable to use his ice; only his fire? (Essentially, a quirk suppressant that only prevents the creation of ice, and not the creation of fire.)

Perhaps it‘ll come in the form of a bracelet or a collar: something that could easily be mistaken as part of Shoto’s clothes But also something that Shoto can’t remove himself

I just think it would be fun to apply the same principles of ATLA fanon to MHA’s elemental quirk users ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

and If there is already a fic with this plot, lemme know!

I’m Micky_The_Mouse on AO3!

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Sojiro: Nice work with the coffee, boy.

Akira: Thanks, dad.

Everyone, surprised:

Akira: Why is everyone staring at me?

Futaba: You just called Sojiro dad. You said thanks, dad.

Akira: What? No, I didn’t. I said thanks, man.

Sojiro: Do you see me as a father figure, boy?

Akira: No, if anything, I see you as a bother figure, ‘cause you’re always bothering me.

Ryuji: Hey! You show your father some respect!

Akira: I didn’t call him Dad!

Sojiro: No, no, no. I take that as a compliment.

Yusuke: It’s not a big deal. I called my lobster mom once.

Akira: Guys! Jump on that! Yusuke’s weird!

Ann: Old news. But you calling Boss daddy��

Akira: Hey. “Daddy“ is not on the table here.

Akechi: But… you did call him dad.

Akira: You shut up, you’ve done nothing but lie since you joined us.

Akechi: Alright, I lied about the intruder in the Metaverse, but the dad thing? That happened.

Akira: AHA! He admitted that he joined to destroy us. It was a trap. All part of my crazy, devious plan.

Sojiro: I believe you.

Akira: Thank you!

Sojiro: Son. You wanna talk about it later over a game of catch?

Akira:

Akira: I’d like that.

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Either way he is still a dramatic little shit that I love with all my heart.

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It had to be done.

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My contribution to the Supernatural fandom:

Of course I’m the friend who automatically makes a Supernatural reference while my other friend is actually checking to make sure she’s okay. 😂

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I am convinced that if Goro Akechi was given a hug, a pancake, a little bit of therapy and you know, a good father figure, he’d be fine.

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Ryuji didn’t like Makoto at first because she kicked him out of the library for asking for mangas.

Later when she joins them, she becomes a manga fan herself and the only two “vocal” students are actually just her and Ryuji.

You can’t tell me this isn’t what happened.

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The spread of the black death.

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“You had an entire oak tree shoved up your ass” is by far my favourite line from any character on the show ever

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I like his shoelaces. I wonder if he stole them from the president.

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So I just got this message literally few minutes ago

And if YOU get this message in the future DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE CLINK ON THE LINK I FUCKING SWEAR TO GOD I WILL CUT YOUR HANDS OFF

A warning to all of my followers there no such a thing as @exposingthoselosers I just thought any form of information is good and can protect my followers from getting their phone or any other devices hacked if you’re connect to the wifi they might hack all of the devices connected.

DO NOT FUCKING CLICK ON ANU LINK YOU GET NOT EVEN FROM UR FRIENDS ON TUMBLR BECAUSE THEY COULD GET HACKED 👀

Pls share this awareness ⚠

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actually dabi isnt homeless he still has endeavors credit card his ripped up clothes are all gucci he bought that trenchcoat himself he lives in a penthouse suite he buys his mom big expensive bouquets he owns armani suits he just likes the homeless aesthetic and now the league thinks hes poor and one day hes gonna show up to their shitty shelter with a venti latte with 3 shots of expresso and whipped cream and shigaraki will punch him and demand he buys him a house

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Why is Nico di Angelo writing Curious George books?