The Poppy War
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Name: | The Poppy War |
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Creator: | RF Kuang |
Date(s): | 2018-2020 |
Medium: | books |
Country of Origin: | USA |
External Links: | Wikipedia:The Poppy War |
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The Poppy War is an adult dark fantasy book and book series by R.F. Kuang. Set in the empire of Nikan, the series is based heavily on historical China, especially the Song Dynasty era, the Opium Wars, and the Second Sino-Japanese War, along with Chinese mythology. The series is known for its harsh depictions of war, sexual violence and imperialism, along with its gray morality.
Books
- The Poppy War (2018)
- The Dragon Republic (2019)
- The Drowning Faith (2020)
- The Burning God (2020)
- The Drowning Faith (2020) (Short story collection)
Fandom
Ships
- Fang Runin/Yin Nezha
- Chen Kitay & Fang Runin
- Chaghan Suren/Altan Trengsin
- Jiang Ziya/Su Daji/Yin Riga
- Fang Runin/Sring Venka
Example Fanworks
Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanart
- Finally finished all four illustrations for RF Kuang's The Poppy War series! ✨🔥⚔🐉👑🌊, Archived version by mochidoodle, 2021
- Night in Arlong by polarts, 2023
- only divine thing by gracestudios, 2024
Fanfic
Common tropes in the fanfic scene are both Angst and Fluff, with a heavy amount of Modern AUs mainly of the latter, due to fans coping with the angst of the series.
- Break the Cycle, a highly regarded Peggy Sue fic
- Burn Everything You Love, then Burn the Ashes, a canon divergent Long Fic
- aim for my heart (go for blood) angsty post-canon fic
- anywhere you go lighter post-canon fic
- the 1 a canon divergent fix fic series
- my whole existence is flawed (you get me closer to god) the series' first smut fic
- all my yesterdays canon divergent post-canon fic
- row, row, row your boat arranged marriage AU
- let your god rebuild this roof first influential Trifecta fic
Vids
Other
Links
- The Poppy War Series - R. F. Kuang works on AO3
- #The Poppy War tag on Tumblr
- series link on Goodreads