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#沈星回：无论多少次,无论你在哪……我都会找到你。 — fan translating for xavier shen | indefinite hiatus.

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🌟 chronological thread of every fan translation / rambling / analysis / review I've created of xavier shen

💛 all written and typed by rika aka flcwerchlld aka the professional xavier yapper and shen xinghui no. 1 yearner

🌙 some are more casual or professional than others!

[Symphony of Deepspace - Xavier Song Zine! @SymphonyofDS]

𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 🔦

Introducing Writing Moderator and Writer @flcwerchlld, whose page will be based on 星辰大海 - 黄霄云!✨

Only 16 more days until the release of our Xavier centric zine, Symphony of Deepspace: Luminary Aria! Mark your calendars🗓️!

[Kyouki 🍁🌙 @kyowouki]

I made good on that promise :3
Happy birthday Xavier!!!! (It took a lil more than a day but pretend this was done ytd💜)

MADE THIS WITH MY BESTIE @FLCWERCHlLD !!!! We met through Xavier and now we're the bestest of friends and we're both married to Xav
Xavier count ur blessings.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

i will love you so fiercely it will be felt in every universe that lies between us.

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xavier shen

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i got six five stars in 150 pulls including r1 kod yippee

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a flex thread cause my luck scares me a little... i have yet to spend money on pulls in lnds, never had an aurum either, i got 2 bps for succumb and winter's sun and i skipped out on the two oracles (starry witness, kind words) so somehow with under $30 i have every xavier 5*...

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so remember when i got c0 lumiere in 60 pulls last year...

it may or may not have happened again

wishing everyone who sees this a very happy ⤵️

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@ryznyaa mine was bandung

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@ryznyaa babe why are u doing the sg quiz oh my god

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@xavibaobei @ryznia das me

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dont let the fan translations fool you i am not that intelligent im just a silly little guy

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@Tomochiichan it took like ten years )-)o my b

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@nightvowed hey im the lead translator for this piece and im very happy u felt comforted knowing he said those lines and knowing its never about fixing something chronic just staying by ur side as you find the strength within to keep going :] thank u for reading through my work!

[LADS Translation Project @ladstranslation]

Did you know that it's possible to analyze MC and every LADS LI with Chinese archetypes from Classical Chinese Literature and genre literature?

Let's start with Linkon Xavier, since his myth is coming!

✨ Linkon Xavier's Chinese Archetype is the Knight-Errant 游侠 (yóuxiá) ✨

*Linkon Xavier = Everything we presently know about Xavier.

(Disclaimer: this is just literary analysis based on Chinese character archetypes!)

The Knight-Errant is an archetype found in the wuxia genre in Chinese Literature.

Wuxia is a martial arts historical romance fiction genre that is philosophically Confucian (with sprinkles of Daoism and Buddhism), featuring a chivalric, heroic swordsman.

Wuxia stories take place in the human world—specifically “the martial world” or jianghu (江湖), which literally translates to “river and lakes.” The martial world exists parallel to and outside of “official” society. Wuxia heroes are often known to “wander the martial world” 行走江湖 (xingzou jianghu), where they wander the world and fight for justice while carrying a sword.

Like all Wuxia heroes who typically train under a martial arts master or within a martial sect, in Shooting Stars, Xavier trains under the Grandis Knight's sect alongside MC—they are both martial disciples to the same grandmaster and refer to each other as "senior brother" and "junior sister."

Universal Wuxia Heroic Traits:

⭐️ Altruistic - Genuinely seeks to help others solve difficulties and resolve disputes without expecting anything in return

⭐️ Righteousness - Even at the cost of their lives, wuxia heroes will always choose righteousness above any personal or external interests

⭐️ Idealistic Moral Code - Adheres to chivalric principles even if it leads to them paying a significant price

⭐️ Utopic Counter-Society - Creates utopian counter-society built upon relationships forged through shared gallantry (See Uluru for reference)

⭐️ Marginalized but Noble - Exists outside corrupt official society but maintains high moral standards, epitomizing the concept of “noble hero” despite being marginalized

In addition to the above universal wuxia traits, wuxia archetypes also have defining traits and characteristics.
The Knight-Errant is a wandering hero who:

💫 Travels alone, following their own personal moral code over institutional loyalty.
💫 Protects the innocent
💫 Values personal freedom as the highest virtue
💫 Rejects social conventions

The knight-errant typically embodies Confucian virtues: benevolence (仁 rén), justice (义 yì), loyalty (忠 zhōng), courage (勇 yǒng), truthfulness (信 xìn), disregard for wealth, desire for a righteous/moral reputation, and individualism.

What makes Xavier a Knight-Errant?

Once Xavier discovers the horrible truth about Philos in Shooting Stars, he condemns the cruelty and the injustice, and chooses to follow his own personal moral code and save MC, instead of upholding his duty as the Crown Prince of Philos. He departs on Operation Traceback to return to the past, where he spends the next two hundred years as a solitary hero, who asks for nothing in return, as he fights to protect the innocent from Wanderers in his quest to uphold his own personal brand of justice for MC.

All of the above makes him quintessentially a knight-errant when we analyze him from the perspective of Chinese literary archetypes!

Additionally, in When Shooting Stars Fall (Anecdote 3), Xavier is literally described as "世外高人 shì waì gāo rén", which refers to a reclusive master or expert with profound cultivation powers and knowledge who, like many wuxia heroes, lives and operates outside of society and is unconcerned with the trivialities of the mortal world.

This is an idiomatic term originates from and is overwhelmingly used in wuxia, though it does sometimes appear in xianxia, and xuanhuan, as well as historical dramas and Buddhist or Daoist-influenced poetry and literature. It does not usually appear in modern or sci-fi settings, which makes its appearance here particularly interesting!

Let's count the ways Xavier fits the knight-errant wuxia hero archetype:

✅ Altruistic - Xavier genuinely seeks to help others without expecting anything in return. Whether it's a little kid who's lost or a Wanderer that needs to be killed, Xavier is altruistic to a fault. He’s paid for damages for the city subway, willinging gives to good causes, all under “Anonymous.”

✅ Righteousness - Even at the potential cost of his life, Xavier always chooses righteousness above external interests, such as his duties to the Philosian Crown. His sense of righteousness propels him over filial duty into rejecting his father’s philosophy and choosing not to walk the same path.

✅ Idealistic Moral Code - Xavier pays a huge price, willing to sacrifice everything to uphold his chivalric principles of saving MC and restoring justice to her. His moral code is so strong that he even kills ex-Traceback members who are turning into Wanderers. (“No one should go near her, not even me.”) He also sacrifices his identity in Anecdote 2 and fakes his death in order to ensure that he can carry out a dangerous operation by himself and protect his team from potential harm.

✅ Utopic Counter-Society - Both MC and Xavier dream of a utopia on Uluru in Shooting Stars, and in Linkon, MC dreams of “a world with no Wanderers” with Xavier as the perfect ideal. Xavier also seems hellbent on finding a solution to saving Philos that doesn’t come at the cost of MC’s life force, including promising Jeremiah that they’ll get to go home, despite it being 200 years.

✅ Marginalized but Noble - Xavier's not really part of "official society", he always stands aloof and apart from it, yet remains a noble hero.

✅ Travels (mostly) alone. While he does have a whole team on Operation Traceback, he operates in a very solitary manner apart from them.

✅ Follows own personal moral code over institutional loyalty. Quite literally is willing to give up his crown and even an entire planet in the name of justice and morality. Instead of upholding his duty as Crown Prince, he instead upholds his morality over loyalty to an unjust throne.

✅ Protects the innocent, which includes MC.

✅ Values personal freedom as the highest virtue

✅ Rejects social conventions. Anecdote 1 seems to show that he doesn’t care what others think about him or how his actions may affect people not related to MC. Instead of going out of his way to show off and be a good role model, he refuses to do what the kid wants him to do simply because it’s expected of him. Xavier does not operate according to what society expects of him, but according to his own code of conduct.

What do you guys think? Does this sound like Xavier to you?

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Read the annotated retranslation of When Shooting Stars Fall (Anecdote) here: https://t.co/EOiO97jc6d

Read the annotated retranslation of Shooting Stars (Myth) here: https://t.co/VErZ3NBQWF

Read the annotated retranslation of Fallen Crown’s PV here: https://t.co/kNjmVbR45A

#xavier #loveanddeepspace #ladstwt

[LADS Translation Project @ladstranslation]

When Shooting Stars Fall - Xavier Anecdote Annotated Retranslation

@FLCWERCHlLD & @kyowouki bring you Xavier's Anecdote 3 retranslation! Be sure to read it ahead of Xavier's new myth! ✨

Read: https://t.co/EOiO97jJVL

A few notes:
- There is a line 100% missing from the original version in Chapter 6.

- There are a number of direct references to Daoist texts such as Zhuangzi. There are also a few idioms/terms typically found in wuxia! 🤩

#xavier #loveanddeepspace #ladstwt

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@ryznyaa m gonna eat u alive u r so precious

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@xavisbbq smart idea

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if this is what it takes for people to switch to the chinese original dubbing then so be it

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@kyowouki yipe

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@ryznyaa med!