Mr. Lu Xun’s writing style is sharp, his insight into the world is profound, and he is good at exposing the dark side of society and the distortion of human nature. In this increasingly complex modern society, the skill setting of the game character Ju Fufu is virtual, but its details are deeply hidden in metaphors and reflections on real life. Through her “popcorn pot” weapon and combat skills, we may be able to glimpse the shadow of contemporary people facing social pressure, spiritual dilemma and struggle.
Ju Fufu’s ordinary attack movements are coherent and fast, and the continuous strikes in the first three sections seem to symbolize the mechanical repetitive life of workers day after day. Whether it is farming in the fields or typing on the keyboard of urban white-collar workers, the rhythm of life is extremely boring and runs like a machine. The ordinary attack movements seem flexible, but they are nothing more than the embodiment of mechanical repetition. Just as Lu Xun criticized the numbness and enslavement of people in feudal society, these unconscious movements indicate the living state of modern people shackled by social structure.
The imbalance value setting attached to the attack implies the subtle changes in social relations. The slightest fluctuation of an individual will trigger a chain reaction. The injustice and pressure in society, like the continuous accumulation of imbalance values, lead to the intensification of social contradictions and eventually the outbreak of conflicts. This is exactly the turbulent era in Lu Xun’s eyes – the slightest injustice will arouse group resistance, and the social contradictions are sharp, which deeply reveals the resentment and resistance under oppression.
Ju Fufu’s dodge skill, tap for short-term invincibility, long press for high-speed rotation, can also be regarded as two choices for people in real life: escape and counterattack. The short-term dodge is like the numbness and retreat of modern people in the face of pressure, temporarily preserving themselves; and the explosion of rotation is the instantaneous burst of suppressed anger and resistance. In Lu Xun’s writing, it is such a psychological process from endurance to resistance. Long-term oppression accumulation eventually responds to injustice with a fierce explosion.
The “heat” mechanism in the skill symbolizes the accumulated emotions and mental pressure in the heart. As the attack progresses, the heat rises, representing the anger and dissatisfaction in the heart that is becoming more and more difficult to control. Excessive heat consumption also reflects the exhaustion and powerlessness after emotional release. The feudal ethics and social oppression criticized by Lu Xun are the heavy reality that makes people burn with unextinguishable anger in their hearts, but have nowhere to vent.
The design of the flame wrapped around the popcorn pot in the special skill is like the violent power hidden under the seemingly soft shell in life. Under the calm appearance, there are constantly burning social contradictions and the flames of resistance of the oppressed. The enhanced transformation form of Tachibana Fufu brings a surge in explosive power, but also implies the danger and uncertainty behind radical resistance. Many characters in Lu Xun’s works struggle on this dangerous edge, with both disgust for the old society and hesitation to resist.
The joint skills emphasize teamwork and sharing hardships, symbolizing the inseparable fate connection between individuals in society. Ordinary joint skills provide protection for the whole team, showing the importance of collective strength; and the individual burst of the final skill reveals the loneliness and struggle of the individual in the whole. Lu Xun knows that personal destiny is often influenced by the social environment, and individual struggle is both lonely and necessary.
The quick support and parry support in the support skills reflect the mutual help and dependence between people in society. Although not conspicuous, they are crucial. Ju Fufu’s quick response when his teammates were knocked away is just like those neglected unsung heroes who silently guard each other in the cracks of society. Lu Xun has deep sympathy and praise for these people at the bottom of society. They are the forgotten but tenacious forces of society.
The core skill “Popcorn Pot Automatic Attack” linearly increases the attack power as the level increases, implying the experience and strength accumulated by people in constant struggle. Although it is not easy, only by perseverance can we obtain the basis for survival in difficult situations. Lu Xun also emphasized the importance of education and self-improvement, believing that this is the basis for struggle.
The constant dancing of flames in the imagery shadow skill symbolizes the struggle and resistance of the spiritual world. Flames are both destruction and rebirth, anger and hope. Many of the images in Lu Xun’s writings are suffering souls struggling to survive in the flames. They ignited the fire of social awakening with their brushstrokes.
In general, although the skill setting of Ju Fufu is a design of a virtual game, it reflects the struggle and resistance of individuals in contemporary society in the face of power, pressure and fate. Her “popcorn pot” is not only a combat weapon, but also a microcosm of social reality, a symbol of ordinary people using limited power to resist oppression in difficult environments. As Lu Xun revealed, social darkness and distorted human nature are inevitable, but resistance and awakening are still the only way to change fate.