Discussion Why are female cultivation novels so short? :(

Discussion in 'Novel General' started by Inute, Jul 16, 2017.

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Do you feel the difference in length between female protagonist and male protagonist novels?

  1. Yes I do :(

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  2. No I dont, what are you talking about???

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  1. Inute

    Inute Daydreamer

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    Ive been reading most of the translated chapters thus far for the female xuanhuan novels here, and all the novels are about 1/2 as long as chapters of other cultivation novels.

    Im not sure if its only the ones that these lovely translators picked up, but im always so sad when I reach the end of the latest updates and the chapter seems really short. :(

    What do you guys think???
     
  2. polokoi

    polokoi TVPropaganda

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    Yeah. I know what you mean. Its pretty sad. I am really pissed off recently at cannon fodders short chapters. Ahhh. Just fuck her already and say what you think you moron
     
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  3. CyberCypher

    CyberCypher Air Breather

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    MALE PRIVILEGE !!!!

    edit : this was a joke, pls don't be offended :)
     
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  4. Aizael

    Aizael Well-Known Member

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    It's just coincidental

    Its not like these authors are holding a meeting and all decided as a group to make their chapters shorter for their novels
     
  5. Cite

    Cite 『Procrastinator』

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    Maybe they have less to write about?
     
  6. Adze

    Adze Active Member

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    The way I see it is, very few girls are as interested in the genre so they make em brief.
     
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  7. TotesMyGoats

    TotesMyGoats yeetle the teetle

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    I guess they just have different standards for them. And some of those female MC cultivation novels reach upwards of 6000 chapters, while male MC cultivation novels almost never get above 2500 or so
     
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    yea but the chapter length is shorter but seems more often the chapter numbers are longer... like a male mc may have a 1200+ chapter story whereas a female mc is 3k or more
     
  9. Artesia

    Artesia Well-Known Member

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    Not much to write about honestly because in most novels they play the role of a cultivating furnace
     
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  10. Artesia

    Artesia Well-Known Member

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    I have a way to fix your problem

    Step 1 choose any long novel with Male MC
    Step 2 edit it and rename MC name to female and females names to male
    Step 3 you have new novel with female MC
     
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  11. asomeCokkies

    asomeCokkies [Eternal Quest for Epubs]

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    context needed
     
  12. GuldTasken

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    I think it has to do with the lack of interest toward female lead novels. Most of the novel readers tend to be Men and we can generally only relate to our own gender and how the dick goes hard at the sight fo any attractive woman.

    Anyhow, with the lack of populace for these type of novels. It will be hard for the Authors to gauge how to expand their novel and what direction. Which makes them potentially skip out on stuff or keep the story brief.
     
  13. StuffedDuck

    StuffedDuck Stuffed with Fluff

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    Males tend to inflate the size ... even if there is nothing to support the claim ...
     
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  14. DocB

    DocB "I see you, little mouse! Run along"

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    allow for better topic repetition, fake and real cliffhanger and other methods of word padding
     
  15. Luxadia

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    When I read thos Female Xuanhuan , I just feel like the girl is here just to help the male lead , not reaching the apex or thing like that..
     
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    Artesia Well-Known Member

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    I use to like them but almost all novels with female mc, why do they have to fall in love or have someone stuck to them within the first 50 chaoters, I need my female MC to be cold bloodied killers and only find maybe one person at the end of the novel
     
  17. Reindeer

    Reindeer RynDeeVuo

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    Yes! Someone who understands. There was this really good female mc xianxia on rrl, all fkin ruined by the male lead who somehow fell in love at first sight to mc back when they were children. Later on, he keeps pestering the mc and fkin MC heart beats everytime gdi
     
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    Yeah ! Exactly , they always find their love too soon , I want a female MC who don't have any love interest until the end and just follow her story , not the story of her following a man..
     
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  19. SilverxCalibur

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    CN authors all seem to be stuck writing the same stereotypes in their novels. The "Female Leads" are interchangeable with random harem member X from novels with male leads. They try to make them different with the illusion of independence/agency but the plot never gets anywhere without some guy, who is far more interesting, holding their hands to get things done.
     
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  20. SnowTime

    SnowTime Busy Busy Busy, I Dug Too Many Holes

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    Most of them are short... though I found one that has 10k long chapters... >_>
    //hiding in stash and slowly working.
    God, 10k is too long.
     
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