Tencent Gets Bilibili Creator's Pokemon 'Duck Sit' Video Taken Down for 'Inciting Gender War' — But They Don't Even Own Pokemon?!

A video of a Pokemon anime character doing the 'duck sit' pose got taken down by Tencent for 'inciting gender antagonism' — except Tencent doesn't even own the Pokemon IP.

On May 28, a user on the NGA forum posted about a Bilibili creator who uploaded a clip of Serena (莎莉娜) from the Pokemon XY anime doing the 'duck sitting' pose (鸭子坐 — a seated position where both feet tuck inward, often associated with cute or feminine aesthetics in East Asian media). The video was reportedly taken down after being flagged for 'inciting gender antagonism,' with the reporting party allegedly linked to Tencent.

The comment section erupted immediately. The top-voted reply read: 'Tencent's reach is this insane? They can get content taken down over characters they don't even own? Classic established predatory corporation (老牌初生厂商).' Players were baffled — The Pokemon Company Shanghai holds the Pokemon copyright in China, so how does Tencent have any authority here?

Some users connected this to a similar recent incident: 'Don't forget, a Seer (赛尔号) video also got reported and taken down by Tencent just yesterday.' It appears Tencent has been on a reporting spree on Bilibili, targeting videos featuring the 'duck sit' pose across different franchises.

To understand the full picture, you need to know the backstory of the 'duck sitting' controversy. Tencent's own game Roco Kingdom (洛克王国) previously removed the 'duck sit' character animation, claiming the pose 'incites gender antagonism' — a decision that drew massive backlash from the community. Now Tencent appears to be applying the same logic to content involving IPs they don't even own, which has pushed players' frustration to a whole new level.

One commenter nailed the hypocrisy: 'When they ban it, it's gender antagonism. When they change it themselves, it's gender equality.' Another sarcastically added: 'Technically this is internally consistent — if duck sitting causes gender conflict, then posting duck sit content is promoting conflict, so it must be deleted...' The sheer sarcasm speaks volumes about how fed up players are with this reasoning.

Worth noting: Bilibili itself is partially backed by Tencent investment. As one player pointed out: 'Doesn't Tencent own a stake in Bilibili? This is pretty normal for them.' Combined with Tencent's influence on platform governance, many are questioning whether there's a VIP fast lane for content moderation requests.

Some players tried to be rational, speculating the creator may have tagged the video with Roco Kingdom keywords, which would give Tencent a technical foothold: 'Maybe they tagged it with Roco Kingdom? Otherwise Tencent literally has no jurisdiction here.' But even so, using 'gender antagonism' as the official reason still feels absurd to most.

From Roco Kingdom censoring the duck sit pose, to Seer videos getting nuked, to now Pokemon anime clips being targeted — Tencent's pattern of wielding 'anti-gender-war' rhetoric as a blanket content control tool is becoming increasingly visible. As one veteran player lamented: 'Back in the day, we used to say Tencent didn't care about gender politics at all — just a cold, emotionless money machine. Who knew the old-school megacorp had this much fight in them?' The irony is that Tencent has now become the most aggressive actor in weaponizing the very 'gender war' narrative it used to ignore.

As of now, Tencent has made no public statement on the matter, and the taken-down video has not been restored. The community discussion continues to rage, and it seems the meme of 'the heavy hand of capital (资本的大手)' is about to get yet another round of mileage.