Discussion Midevel fantasy vs xianxia

Basically which ones you prefer and why ?.


point out atleast 3 pros for your choice.

 

I'm just more familiar with Medieval fantasies and Xianxia has more filler due to how authors get paid on chinese sites.

 

Not going to give any reason because it is just personal preference.

 

Which xianxia?

 

I want a xianxia written like a medieval fantasy*
(published and printed full novel type, not webnovel or lightnovel type)

 

I prefer both; why?

1. They're both fantasy genre.
2. They're on demand and there's a large supply of them.
3. They're an escape from reality... sometimes.

 

Aren't they basically the same just a east meets west type thing, both cultures are primitive usually a dog eat dog world where monsters & religion ( higher cultivators ) rule and the rest of the world suffers due to some imagined flaw. Usually seperate world ( dungeons ) where the protag and others can get stronger or die trying. Magic artifacts and weapons, Annoying some rich powerful dude ( the young master / noble slave dealer trope). some sort of female protag that is usually endebted to the master somehow.

 

Medieval are not exaggerated as xianxia and are somewhat believable. They tend to be short and tightly written.

 

Xianxia

1: I prefer the power system. The whole cultivation thing just grabs me more than normal magic.

2: I like the part of the story where the mc trains as a disciple under a master or in a sect. This doesn't really happen in medieval fantasy novels in that way.

I think more generally, I just like the way civilisation (and level of technology, I guess) is set out in xianxias as opposed to medieval fantasy.

3: In xianxia the power scaling makes it so there are plenty of peers and rivals at the mc's level, as well as people he looks up to and people who seem like vast entities he will never reach. In medieval fantasy the scaling between people tends to be much more realistic. I prefer the former.

4: The conflict in medieval fantasy is often between people and monsters, rather than between people and people. I prefer the latter, since mind games and stuff are fun.

 

Neither, because they are not really comparable, "medieval fantasy" is such a generic term that it holds nearly no meaning to me while xianxia has a much more narrow definition with specific conventions.
And a Xianxia story can also be medieval fantasy at the same time.

 

I prefer Xianxia setting over Western Medieval setting. I felt like the world-building of Xianxia are much better than the Medieval Fantasy.

 

The spelling of Medieval is wrong...

Well aren't all unique in their ways? Unless the xianxia is filled with science and levelling up futuristic shit in history wherein I will prefer medieval western setting... Not just that, there is Greek, Arabian, Indian, Egyptian and so on... Even if "transmigration" is there, there should be no dumb AI in the head threatening to kill the MC if he doesn't gain "points" as if he is a game...