Chapter 171-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation
[#1: You don't hate the Privileged Class at all; you are just afraid that Ye Zheng took away "their" privileges!]
[#2: In a worldview where men control the vast majority of power and wealth, you King of the Demonic Domain readers actually fired the first shot of class struggle at a woman. And at a moment when this woman chose to sever ties with her noble family and saved thousands of commoners. Are you really anti-Privileged Class? Don't make me laugh.]
[#3: First of all, what privileges does Ye Zheng actually have? She is a woman in a patriarchal society, a Saintess excluded from the power system by the Curia, a noble lady without inheritance rights. Any random male character in this work has more privilege than her. When the monsters kept by Sykes ate innocent servants, when Wen Jian sacrificed ordinary people to save nobles, when Kiran high-and-mightily deceived commoner girls into participating in the Hope Project, none of you noticed class oppression. But as soon as you thought about Ye Zheng actually living a good life of fine clothes and food for eighteen years, you shouted "oppression" and "class" as if your sore foot was stepped on?]
[#4: You turn a blind eye to male privilege, treating male characters as babies, husbands, brothers, or even fathers and mothers, but when a female character possesses power beyond your imagination, you regard her as an enemy.]
[#5: What stings you is not Ye Zheng's privilege, but Ye Zheng's rebellion!]
[#6: To achieve her goals, she can use friends, abandon family, and deceive the country. She is disloyal, unfilial, and unjust, extremely hateful—however, the most hateful point in the eyes of readers is that she rebelled against the gender order.]
[#7: If Ye Zheng were a male character, having already become a formidable hero, readers would not forget to praise his personality charm and achievements while criticizing his ruthlessness. But Ye Zheng happens to be a woman.]
[#8: Because she is a woman, you exhausted all means of judgment. You couldn't see Ye Zheng turning the tide to save the people in the entire square in the new chapter, only caring about using a magnifying glass to find her flaws. When talking about Sykes, you know "He is a villain, doing bad things is normal," but when it comes to the female villain Ye Zheng, you bring out moral standards higher than those for the protagonist to demand of her.]
[#9: Male readers loathe Ye Zheng because she genuinely shook the privileges of men in the manga. But I cannot understand female readers praising "Princes," "Young Masters," and "Emperors" on one side, while loathing the well-born "Princess," "Lady," and "Empress" on class grounds on the other. Subconsciously, have you already regarded yourselves as appendages of patriarchy and viewed male interests as your own interests, thus regarding the same sex as enemies?]
[#10: I know someone will definitely say this is just a manga and there is no need to escalate likes and dislikes of paper people to the 3D world. But think carefully, did you watch too many of these works growing up and break your brains?]
[#11: OP is simply my mouthpiece!]
[#12: If asked, just say paper men aren't men. Performative online feminists warning!]
[#13: Zheng stans are like Zheng. From logic, intelligence to independent thinking ability, they crush male babies and male baby daddies in all aspects.]
[#14: So-called male and female Privileged Class both getting the 18 Dragon-Subduing Palms. Clearly, facing women, you use a palm to slap, but facing men, you use lips to fan.]
[#15: I want to be fellow stans with everyone forever in this life. You guys are too strong, minna-san!]
[#16: If Zheng were male, she would definitely be the undisputed fragmentary top. Can be Top, can be Momo, can be Yume. Those cursing people would definitely be the first batch to kiss up.]
[#17: Hasn't the Zhao Mei incident already proven it? Missing two ounces of flesh is simply the sky falling for those who shout "Paper men aren't men" and "My bias's charm has nothing to do with gender." There are quite a few who turned back to step on Ye Zheng.]
[#18: This woman is a Female Overlord. Those who don't understand, farewell forever...]
[#19: Before following Ye Zheng, I really didn't realize this world was so double-standard towards male and female characters. But on second thought, isn't social reality the same? Just mutually influencing each other.]
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This counterattack post was quickly bumped to the top hot post. Under the situation where Zheng stans were in full control, there were still people clamoring as if they couldn't read, biting onto one point without letting go.
[#364: But Ye Zheng's background is just not suitable for leading commoners to resist. Even if she were male, it would be the same. Don't project your own gender double standards onto others.]
[#365: Ye Zheng is not suitable? This woman has already become the most revered Saintess of the people in the lower district. Your Percy is only fit to be an atmosphere team member in the crowd shouting 'Saintess is God'.]
[#366: Those who think Percy is suitable might as well move to the post next door. Someone compiled Percy's super double standards over the past two hundred chapters. A must-see for Percy stans!]
[#367: This male is silent, only blindly double standards.]
[#368: Percy just finished gossiping about the Privileged Class Ye Zheng in his heart, and turned around to eagerly open the letter given to him by the Emperor. Holy cow, what a super double-standard snob.]
[#369: So I wasn't the only one who noticed that humorous plot segment. What right does he have to gossip about my daughter?]
[#370: Orthodox hot-blooded shonen manga protagonist × Classic male-frequency generous daddy and want-it-all young male √]
[#371: Percy better not have any relationship with the Emperor in the later text, otherwise how awkward would it be for these anti-Privileged Class Percy stans?]
Ye Zheng stans not only quickly occupied the high ground of public opinion on the forum in a short time but also conveniently went to the manga creator's social media platform to defend their rights, slaughtering the front row of the comments section.
[Treat Ye Zheng better in the new year!] [3273 likes]
[Everyone, pick up your smartphones and like my Goddess!] [3021 likes]
[Old Uncle, you are really dead this time. You swallowed all of Ye Zheng's highlights and choked to death...] [2332 likes]
The controversy about Ye Zheng this time was clearly intentionally guided by him through the manga. A creator can convey their orientation and viewpoints overtly or covertly through their work. The readers' reaction can largely explain the creator's attitude. Although Ye Zheng stans were used to the creator's secret dragging and stepping, their combat power would only get stronger each time.
Tang Mingxi finished the charge. Looking at the time, it was already 1:30 AM. Her cerebral cortex was still in a state of excitement, and she couldn't sleep at all.
Because she supported Ye Zheng, there was a fight almost every week, but this intensity was nothing to her, a high-intensity fangirl. What made her sigh with emotion was that every quarrel made her think about some things.
Tang Mingxi picked up the Ye Zheng Plushie placed on the desk and poked it. It had short arms and legs, and the smiling big head was well-stuffed with cotton.
This was a doll made by fellow stans starting a group buy. The price was very low, with almost no profit. The character Ye Zheng really seemed to have magic, making people inside and outside the manga crazy about her.
In the past, she scoffed at sayings like "Love makes paper people struggle to grow flesh and blood," but now she felt that the crazy love and hate outside the screen were really watering her, constantly growing and breaking through layers of confinement.
Ye Zheng was too special. From the moment she was born as a character, it was as if she was meant to break something, to lead something.
Tang Mingxi washed up, put the Ye Zheng Plushie at the head of the bed, and thought to herself that she must remember to commission art tomorrow.
Ye Zheng's birthday, disclosed officially, was coming soon. Birthday congratulatory art should be prepared. At that time, she would also have to select images and locations with friends from the birthday celebration group to project on big screens for celebration.
Author's Note: Hehe, no money for screen projection, can only commission some art for Zheng.
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