The First Grand Secretary of the Red Chamber
红楼首辅
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.2M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Alternate History
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
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[Starting a thread] Let me explain the female lead's question. I set this book up based on the Ming Dynasty, and the male protagonist's background meant that he could not casually choose a wife. The concept of "marrying someone of equal social standing" is still commonly used in marriage today, let alone in ancient times.
If you support Xue Baochai as the female lead, please cast your vote! Lin Daiyu is no longer an option; I support Xue Baochai as the female lead. What about you...?
After reading some of the comments, I found them both infuriating and laughable. Does writing *Dream of the Red Chamber* fanfiction necessarily mean taking all twelve beauties as women? Must all twelve be the protagonist's women? If they aren't the protagonist's women, is it just using *Dream of the Red Chamber* as a marketing gimmick?
I just saw a netizen say: Jia Yucun is loyal and righteous, then I'd also say Zhu Qizhen is the Great War God of the Ming Dynasty!!
1. Single female lead: Even characters like Jia Lian in *Dream of the Red Chamber* had several maids (later dismissed by Wang Xifeng, leaving only Ping'er). Not to mention You Erjie and Qiu Tong (whom Jia She had already had his fill), and other concubines. If you don't want a mindless harem, at least give all the female characters a decent ending. 2.
Deleting my comments, huh? Banning me until 2072, huh? I'm not going to argue with you anymore. The day you send Lin Daiyu away will be the day your book flops. See how many people stick with it until Yingchun is sent away. If you're not going to write about garden operas or the Golden Hairpins, why are you writing about Dream of the Red Chamber? Did you lure me in here just to disgust me? Okay, you succeeded, hehe 😄
The Dream of the Red Chamber is about love and romance, and it features more women than men in ancient times. How can you understand it without a harem?
A rare find—normal people, unlike some protagonists in Dream of the Red Chamber fanfiction who act like rutting boars, wanting to mate with every female they see. 😰
Seeing that Lin Shu's courtesy name was Jinyu, it's clear the author didn't do proper research. In ancient times, courtesy names were always related to given names, either synonyms or antonyms. For example, Zhang Liao's courtesy name was Wenyuan, where Liao and Yuan both mean far-reaching; Zhou Yu's courtesy name was Gongjin, where Yu and Jin both mean beautiful jade; Zhuge Liang's courtesy name…
If the goal is to create an original female lead, then the non-female lead characters should be downplayed, and their screen time should not exceed that of the female lead. For example, Lin Daiyu. If she cannot be included, then her screen time should be reduced. The fact that the female supporting character has more screen time than the female lead is a major cause of a novel's failure.