Priest
| Name: | Priest |
| Also Known As: | |
| Occupation: | author |
| Medium: | Webseries |
| Works: | Word of Honor Guardian (webseries) Legend of Fei |
| Official Website(s): | |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Priest is the pseudonym of a Chinese author whose works are published online. She has been called "one of the top five writers of works [of Chinese online literature] catering to female readers."[1]
She has published web novels in several genres, including danmei, wuxia, and science fiction.
Works
- Lord Seventh (七爷)
- Faraway Wanderers (天涯客) - adapted into the TV series Word of Honor
- Guardian (镇魂) - adapted into a webseries of the same name
- Bandits (有匪) - adapted into the TV series Legend of Fei
Locked on JJWXC
Her web novels were serialized on Jinjiang Literature City. On or before September 30, 2021, three of Priest's novels were locked. A fan on twitter shared Priest's social media post and explained that "she was required to lock and edit a few of her novels (tyk, zhenhun, spl) that became very influential due to their aired and to-air drama adaptations"[2]. Fans speculated that homophobia was a factor because the novel Legend of Fei was adapted from (featuring an m/f couple) did not receive the same treatment.
It's possible that the Chinese government was worried about the television adaptation causing too many people to want to read the original novel and getting introduced to danmei. One fail_fandomanon commenter noted, "It makes sense to me that they would want SPL censored in advance. Once SPL airs, viewers will want to check out the novel it's based on. So censors want it de-gayed before that happens."[3]
In June 2022, Sha Po Lang was unlocked after Priest made additional edits, "to tone down the BL content" according to redditors.[4] A fan on twitter posted a translation of the new material.[5]
Fannish Links
- Sweet Universe: a priest fanzine, a digital zine with fic and art based on several different Priest novels
- Priest Major Arcana Zine, another digital Priest zine
- Priest zine, a Russian-language zine
- PriestZine twitter account that started boosting other Priest-related fan activities after the zine finished
- Novel Update Forum threads tagged with Priest
- priest carrd
External Links
References
- ^ "Here Are the Top Reads From China's $5 Billion Online Literature Market". 2021-01-05.
- ^ tweet by noodesoup, Archived version, Oct 1, 2021.
- ^ Re: Cnovels - Priest, 2021-10-01.
- ^ Sha Po Lang raws on JJWXC have been unlocked, Archived version, post by u/sweet_cinnamon7 in DanmeiNovels subreddit, 29 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by chunwei74, 29 June 2022.