The King's Avatar

The King's Avatar (全职高手; pinyin: Quánzhí Gāoshǒu) is a webnovel by Butterfly Blue. The Donghua has two seasons and was aired on Tencent, and the Live Action adaptation is available on Netflix.
==Synopsis==
In the online game Glory, Ye Xiu is regarded as a textbook and a top-tier pro-player. However, due to myriad reasons, he is kicked from the team. After leaving the professional scene, he finds work in an Internet Cafe as a manager. When Glory launches its tenth Server, he who possesses ten years of gaming experience once again throws himself into the game. Bringing with him the memories of his past and an incomplete, self-made weapon, his return along the road to the summit begins!
== Mediums ==
The King's Avatar was published as a webnovel and is complete with 1,729 chapters. The English translator credited was Nomyummi and the editor Nomyummi and GravityTales, though there were more translators who helped out.
=== Donghua ===
A donghua adaptation began airing in September 2017(?) and was uploaded to youtube in 2019. There are currently two seasons.
=== Manhua ===
The work has been adapted several times to manhua. 
* 0.5) Only two chapters of this are around: one two
* 1) The first manhua was in black and white and was discontinued. 
* 2) The [second manhua https://www.webnovel.com/comic/the-king%27s-avatar_17959825305729101] is ongoing, with English translations uploaded on the site/app Webnovel.
* 3) This new work is updating concurrently and covers the challenger league.
=== Prequel Movie ===
The prequel movie had very mixed opinions. 
Many Chinese fans were vocal about their hatred, primarily disagreeing with YX's characterization. In the novel, Ye Xiu is a "god" at Glory. They felt he was not as strong in the prequel. In particular, they were upset that he was hesitant about becoming a pro glory player and hesitated in the final battle. When he overcame his hesitation by being inspired by remembering Su Muqiu's memory they did not like the framing of the quote 'Glory is not a single-person game' in Su Muqiu's notes, which they felt implied that Su Muqiu had said this sentence instead of Ye Xiu.
An opposing perspective:
Furthermore, people disliked the plot-holes (Excellent Era winning the championship with 5 people, treatment of XMK), strange pacing, changing Su Muqiu's motivations, Ye Qiu, and lack of team bonding. It is possible part of their discontent is a feeling of jadedness with the endless adaptations in general.
Other fans respond that these were simply adaptations made to a different medium. Some felt particular strengths were the depiction of grief, the fleshing out of Su Muqiu's characterization, and the character designs and effects. The author, Butterfly Blue posted their response to fan accusations.
Further Reading
* 部分粉丝觉得大电影里叶修人物ooc，如何看待蝴蝶蓝对此事的看法，疑似开除粉籍？
* Butterfly Blue's response screenshots, one and two
* critiques of the ftg movie by syncogon 
=== Live Action ===
Yang yang
== Pairings ==
Despite the work having no romantic subplots, shipping the characters is popular. In 2020, there were 18 QZGS ships in the 150 top pairings on Lofter. They were:
* 19. Jiang Botao/Zhou Zekai (148)
* 18. Ye Xiu/Yu Wenzhou (146)
* 17. Zhou Zekai/Huang Shaotian (125)
* 16. Ye Xiu/Su Mucheng Yechung (叶橙) (117) 
* 15. Wang Jiexi/Ye Xiu (111)	
* 14. Ye Xiu/Su Muqiu (109)
* 13. Yu Wenzhou/Wang Jiexi (97)
* 12. Lin Jingyan/Fang Rui (91)
* 11. Wang Jiexi/Yu Wenzhou (85)
* 10. Zhou Zekai/Sun Xiang (80)	
*9. Fang Shiqian/Wang Jiexi (70)
*8. Han Wenqing/Zhang Xinjie (69)
*7. Zhou Zekai/Jiang Botao (66)
* 6. Han Wenqing/Ye Xiu Hanye (44)
*5. Ye Xiu/Huang Shaotian (27)	
* 4. Ye Xiu/Lanhe (Blue River) (19)
* 3. Su Muqiu/Ye Xiu (15)
* 2. Zhou Zekai/Ye Xiu (14)
* 1. Yu Wenzhou/Huang Shaotian (3)	
Other popular pairings include:
* All-ye	
* Blossom Duo (Sun Zheping / Zhang Jiale)	
* Criminal Duo (林方) (LinFang)	
The fandom was very active during the posting of the novel(early-mid 2010s), with each new adaptation bringing in more life. The donghua was especially popular.
The fandom is most active in the following languages. Different pairings and tropes are popular depending on the language. There is a TvTropes page.
== Chinese-Language Fandom ==
Much of the fanwork and fanart is on Lofter. Some of the fanfiction is crossposted to Ao3. Due to the censorship in China, it used to be common practice to post the NSFW chapters on AO3 and include a link to those chapters in the Lofter post. Videos(such as songs, AMVs, edits, fanworks) are often posted on BiliBili and sometimes(though not commonly) cross-posted to YouTube.
Ship "dynamics" (who is the dominant one) is very important to many Chinese fans. For example, YuHuang (Yu Wenzhou(YWZ) dominant, Huang Shaotian(HST) more submissive) is the most popular QZGS pairing in 2020 and 2019 and the 3rd most popular on Lofter in 2020. YuHuang had 102079 Lofter posts, but HST/YWZ had only 9031 Lofter Posts. Non-explicit fic is usually just tagged with what the author prefers or who initially shows interest, and het ships are tagged with the man in front. The cultural emphasis on pairing order leads to loud and fervent complaints when dynamics are tagged "wrongly", including some wank about how AO3 only has one synlinked pairing tag for a pairing, preventing them from showing the dynamic in the tag. 
Allye, YuHuang, and ZhouYe are the most popular pairings in cfandom, but there is substantial activity for many rarepairs as well.
====Lofter Activity====
There are many pairing and fan-specific blogs, which organise fan activities. One common activity for these blogs is to compile all the new fanworks (oneshots, new chapters of multi-chaptered fic, and art) which is published that day -- this is as Lofter suffers from similar problems with tag navigation as Tumblr.
Some Examples
* YX ships where he is the bottom https://yipianyezi101.lofter.com/post/1eace6c4_1cbb5b49e
* Blossom duo https://1998224817.lofter.com/post/1e803e17_1cbaee7c8
There is a little bit of ambiguity in the pairing tags, as a pairing tag might simply indicate a close platonic or familial relationship. 双叶 (double Ye) is used to tag Ye Qiu & Ye Xiu gen fic as well as incest (which might also have 年下 or 年上 tagged, indicating who bottoms).
====Merch, Conventions, and Real Life Events====
Merchandise for this franchise is prolific on ecommerce-site Taobao.
To celebrate Ye Xiu's birthday, in 2023 an in-person fan event was hosted in China.
====Notable Fanwork Examples====
* 让专业的来 (fic)
* 喻王 Clear to Land by [Slhk https://archiveofourown.org/users/Slhk/profile](水流花開Shuǐliú huā kāi on Lofter). An English translation, Clear To Land, is being translated on AO3. CTL also has a radio drama which is also posted on bilibili.
* Yuhuang comic (2015) on Lofter
====Fansongs and AMVs====
* 全职高手OP&ED&同人歌曲串烧——十年热血写信仰，荣耀永不散场（朋友，你听说过K大吗？233333, a piano medley of (The King's Avatar) popular fansongs and the season 1 OP/Ed by Kyle钢琴
* a visual novel style video of ushinkari's art, featuring subtle allye
* 荣耀为名 notable as mario(马里奥), singer of the OP, also sings Ye Xiu's voice in this very popular fan song
* 但求一胜 ——记, a su mu cheng fansong (lofter post) by zhugejiuyou
* Ye Xiu Birthday AMV
* 永不散场 
* 有幸遇到你
* 【满汉】如我西沉"If I sink like a dying sun"/"If I sink west" by 裂天×特曼×小魂 
** YouTube Links: (YouTube Link, alt (Translated and subbed into eng/esp by ssh + earl grey boba respectively)) 
** Eng translation 1 by raindigo, Eng translation 2 by cloud-piercer (singable version)
* Kagefumi Etranger AMV by 氵少日日 (youtube link) is a fully handdrawn AMV
* [The King's Avatar - Along this Journey] translated by Nom Yummi (这一路走来 (Original) by 沉默的金鱼姬 on bilibili)
== Russian-Language Fandom ==
There is a perception in Russian fandom that LanYe is the most popular ship.
Most Russian Language fandom occurs on Diary. Registration is required, many diaries are closed from underage users. Activity has trailed off over time. 
* Overview
* anon-borda 1
* anon-borda 2
Russian Fandom also took part in the Fandom Kombat event, in which you form teams and complete "quests" which are fanworks. See the teams page here: [Аватар Короля. Визитка]
== English-language Fandom ==
There are two King's Avatar Discords. The King's Avatar Alliance Discord is one of them.
==== Difference Between Cfandom and Efandom ====
==== English-Language Fandom Events ====
There are many fan-events in English fandom, despite being a small fandom. 
QZGS was the fandom in which fan Gumi pioneered a Masquerade fandom event. During a masquerade, fandom authors have a time period to submit fics to an anonymous collection, after which the collection is closed and the fandom tries to guess which author wrote which fic.
Other fan events include
* Fan weeks: see 
* Birthday Celebrations : 
* Glory Pro Alliance (Account) events
** Secret Santa
** Big Bang
** Rarepair Week
In 2021, the TKAFanzine (tumblr) opened for preorders from March 13-April 13. 
=== Fan Translations ===
* Distance to the Ground by Jouissance, a translation of 落差 by 小魂
* 【全职高手】叶修中心向mad 这一路走来 by 沉默的金鱼姬 . Translated into English by Nom Yummi (translation link)
=== Fanworks ===
* World Champions by TheDefenestrator "In which Glory has been a government recruitment ploy for remote-piloted mecha operators all along."
* And I'll Return from the West, with Victory at my Back by maemaenad where after Ye Xiu dies young, he transmigrates into an alternate universe and joins Royal Style
* Fan Song Collection by multiple authors, featuring fan songs with English lyrics set to various tunes.
* Edits of characters (covers multiple adaptations)
==Fannish Resources==
*novel, donghua, and live-action tv fanworks on Archive of Our Own
*No Romance Rec List by unrivaled-super-hottie on tumblr (nickname, Gumi)
== References ==
Category:The King's Avatar