Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
| Name: | 墨香铜臭 (Mòxiāng Tóngxiù) |
| Also Known As: | MXTX |
| Occupation: | Writer/web novellist |
| Medium: | Web novels |
| Works: | Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation), Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing), Ren Zha Fan Pai Zhi Jiu Xi Tong (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System) |
| Official Website(s): | 墨香铜臭 author page on jjwxc (Archive link), 墨香铜臭 on Weibo |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (墨香铜臭, Mòxiāng Tóngxiù) is the pen name of a Chinese danmei writer and the author of three highly popular web novels that have acquired large fandoms, been translated into English (officially) and have been adapted, or are in the process of being adapted, into other media.
Her works are:
- 人渣反派自救系统, Rén zhā fǎnpài zìjiù xìtǒng (English: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)
- 魔道祖师, Mo Dao Zu Shi (English: The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation or The Founder of Diabolism), which was adapted into the popular live-action TV drama The Untamed
- 天官赐福, Tiān Guān Cì Fú (English: Heaven Official's Blessing)
The original serialized versions of MDZS and SVSSS were reported to Jinjiang Literature City for content violations in January 2019 and have been locked ever since.[1] TGCF was locked on October 29, 2021.
Both international and domestic fans refer to Mo Xiang Tong Xiu as MXTX. The fandoms for her three popular danmei novels are also sometimes collectively known as MXTX fandom, as people often become fans of more than one work. Some fans write crossovers, and "MXTX" challenges and zines have been organized.
Rumors have circulated online that MXTX was arrested in May 2019 for illegal publishing/distributing pornography (that is, selling uncensored physical copies of her BL novels[2]). The rumors remain unconfirmed, with many fans disputing them, but the author was not heard from for over two years. According to one fact check, her weibo became active again around the same time as the person thought to be her was released on parole late October/early November 2021.[3]
AO3 Challenges
- The MXTX Exchange - gift exchange (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- MXTX Diaspora May (2021-2023)
- MXTX Remix - remix challenge (2021, 2022, 2023)
- MXTX Bang - big bang challenge (2019)
- MXTX Reverse Big Bang - reverse bang (2019)
- MXTX_novels - AO3 user account for tracking Russian MXTX challenge submissions organized by a team on twitter
Zines
See List of MXTX Zines for zines containing content for all three of MXTX's works. There are also a number of zines focused on individual works of MXTX's; see List of Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Zines, Mo_Dao_Zu_Shi#Zines, and Heaven_Official's_Blessing#Zines.
Meta/Further Reading
- A light overview of some Chinese-media fandoms by brownbetty: An explainer of some popular Chinese-media fandoms, including Mo Dao Zu Shi, with a section explaining Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, her other notable works, and her preferred tropes.
- Is MXTX in Prison? A Fact Check, Archived version by mercyandmagic on tumblr, 23 March 2021. Revised and updated version on medium, 29 June 2021: Was MXTX Arrested? Fact Checking Rumors Regarding the Wildly Popular Chinese Author, Archived version
- I have a story to tell., Archived version by tumblr user bacchanta, 5 September 2020
- *MXTX timeline* Where has she been?, Archived version by twitter user reviewsnana (17 February 2022)
Other Fannish Links
References
- ^ "Today, because someone reported MDZS as horrible and cruel online work which is harmful to the underage, so the fiction platform, Jingjiang, locked two of her works, MDZS and SV." tweet by YSFYC_CRT, Archived version, 16 January 2019. (Accessed 28 August 2021.)
- ^ Re: Cnovels & other webnovels - wank, Archived version, fail_fandomanon anonymous thread, 2022-12-22.
- ^ Was MXTX Arrested? Fact Checking Rumors Regarding the Wildly Popular Chinese Author, Archived version, by mercyandmagic on medium.com