Liu Cixin’s the Three-Body Problem book trilogy is one of the world’s bestselling Chinese sci-fi series, being read and endorsed by figures such as George R.R. Martin and Barack Obama. In Chinese public debates, however, critics highlight the series’ social Darwinist, misogynistic, and totalitarian tendencies, raising concerns about how the trilogy has been used by […]
I don't really agree with this and totally fucking love these books. However, it is a fairly interesting essay.
a time travel machine to hold Liu at gunpoint and force him to delete the stupid fucking imaginary waifu subplot that takes up half the book and goes nowhere
I always imagine it was a boomer’s reaction to K-pop and K-drama that were getting popular among Chinese youth in the early 2000s lol. It’s the kind of romance plot you’d expect. It’s also likely where the whole “future human beings are feminized” trope came from.
a time travel machine to hold Liu at gunpoint and force him to delete the stupid fucking imaginary waifu subplot that takes up half the book and goes nowhere
I always imagine it was a boomer’s reaction to K-pop and K-drama that were getting popular among Chinese youth in the early 2000s lol. It’s the kind of romance plot you’d expect. It’s also likely where the whole “future human beings are feminized” trope came from.
The waifu stuff is also present in Ball lightning and he also approved that 3BP fanfic which is basically incelcore literature
oh my god I read the fanfic and it was SOOOOOO CRINGE AHHHHHHHH
ruined the trilogy for me tbh