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he had so much sex his biographers straight up gave up trying to document all of his sexual partners. he was reported to fuck up to 3-9 times a day. He had a secret sex diary written in code. He had “official” and “unofficial” mistresses. One estimate was that he had ~200 sexual partners in two years. 

Many articles make similar claims to those above. However, much of this information circulates without a clear source, and I have struggled to find reputable/high level sources for some of this information. Therefore, keep in mind that some of this may be exaggerated or potentially unreliable.

Obviously, I cannot account for the sexual of history of every human who has ever lived, but evidence does suggest that Victor Hugo had a… lively sex life.

From Medium: ‘Sex was so involved in Hugo’s daily life that one biographer wrote the following while describing a typical day in Hugo’s life:

“It was not unusual for him to make love to a young prostitute in the morning, an actress before lunch, a courtesan as an aperitif, and then join the also ­indefatigable Juliette for a night of sex.”

[…] Hugo claimed that on the wedding night, he and his wife had sex nine times.’

His encoded sex diary is referenced on Wikipedia, but when I found an English translation of the source, I couldn’t find where in it they were sourcing.

From Wikipedia: ‘He systematically reported his casual affairs using his own code, as Samuel Pepys did, to make sure they would remain secret.’

The source is listed as: ‘Hugo, Victor, Choses vues 1870–1885, p. 529, ISBN 2070361411, pp. 371, 521 (n. 1).’

I’ve found Choses Vues here in the original French and here translated into English. If anyone can find anything in here about the encoded sex diary, please let me know!

His 'official mistress’ is likely in reference to Juliette Drouet.

From EBSCO: 'Since 1833, Hugo had maintained a liaison with a beautiful female actor, Juliette Drouet, who for twelve years followed a cloistered existence relieved only by six-week summer holidays with her lover.’

His 'unofficial mistress’ is likely in reference to Léonie d’Aunet Biard.

From The Common Reader: 'Overlapping was a seven-year affair with travel writer and Arctic explorer Léonie d’Aunet Biard, whose husband finally brought a police officer to the Paris hotel and caught them in flagrante.’

I have found articles that circulate the '200’ claim, but none that give a source for the information.

From Medium: 'Not only that but he bedded 200 women in this hotel in just two years.’

The claim that brothels were closed on the day of his funeral is again circulated frequently without claim. The only sourced part of the claim I can find is a second hand report that sex workers had 'draped their gentials in black crepe’.

From The Guardian: ’[…] when Hugo died the brothels of Paris closed down for a day of mourning, allowing all the city’s sex workers to pay their last respects to a loyal client. Literary critic Edmond de Goncourt claimed a police officer told him that sex workers even draped their genitals in black crepe as a mark of respect.’

And an estimated 2 million people attended his funeral procession.

From Funeral Conflicts in Nineteenth-Century France: 'Two million people came to see Hugo’s body lying in state at the Arc de Triomphe’

Thanks to @dodger-chan for adding some new information on the source for the encoded sex diary! Apparently the versions I found were earlier editions, and it is the more complete 1972 edition that is the source.

Thank you to everyone got into contact to offer help! I can now confirm that the book in question does include reference to the code Viktor Hugo used to write about his sexual activities.

Here are the pages in question, thanks to @youredeadletsdisco

And a quote, translated into English thanks to @sakohakura:

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Good evening everyone! I'm all settled into my hotel, so that means it's report time. Shoutout to my Doordasher Charles for the bomb ass ramen.

I'll be in an appointment tomorrow morning, then driving again, so I will most likely be posting tomorrow's report in the evening as well!

7/22/2026 Report

First of all, let me reiterate this once again because I've had several people message me about it. The banner post on TikTok that includes all 6 LIs was never taken down. I check their socials everyday and have been since the 30th. It has always been there.

LADS following: — Instagram: 911k — X: 652.6k — YouTube: 324k (allegedly...) — TikTok: 880.8k

Petitions: — iPetitions: 245,700+ — Change.org: 97,400+ — JP Change.org: 8,400+

One of MY X posts has somehow gotten popular? 😭 I posted on here a few days ago about messaging Nici and they got back to me this morning!

Valko is ALL over the LADS Supertopic on Weibo.

LADS ranking on CN iOS App Store:

LADS CN revenue. Massive yikes. iPad revenue has PLUMMETED (top right graph). Wonder if the minors stopped using their parents' card...

Apparently, even LADS customer service workers are reaching out to big-spending players Actual insane behavior. Creds to the CN girls for holding the line. "Um, um..! I want to tell everyone 😆 no 🐺 no 💰 is really super effective!! There really was a customer service rep who proactively reached out to a big-spending player begging them to come back, looks like YZY Games really cares about the revenue 😎🫶🏻🫶🏻 But this young lady made it very clear! She only has one demand: Give us back our little wolf!! We have to keep pushing, guys 🫶🏻"

This user confirmed the information. The reps aren't asking people to spend money, but they ARE contacting whales and asking them to come back to the game. "All right, I have heard back from her directly. Translation: Sis, ever since customer service added me, they’ve only been apologizing to me. They never said anything trying to persuade me to come back to the game or encouraging me to top up (spend money) again. The idea that they were ‘trying to persuade players to return and continue spending’ is really just speculation that many dissatisfied players came up with based on the fact that customer service re-added former whale (big-spending) players as contacts. But at least in my chat history with customer service, they never expressed anything like ‘please come back to the game and keep playing’ or ‘please continue spending money on our game."

ANOTHER article, this one on Toutiao (Jīnrì Tóutiáo), ByteDance's news platform. This X user already provided the big points, so I'll paste them here! ➺ The article states clearly that LADS is a game designed for adults 18+. Age-appropriate governance should block minors from accessing it, NOT water down the content for adult players. ➺ It directly proposes a governance cycle: discover the problem, rectify within a deadline, re-evaluate, restore service. It argues that after a company completes rectification and passes review, it should have a clear and predictable path to resume normal operations. Simply removing products is not a mature solution. ➺ It acknowledges that during the LADS controversy, there were concentrated posting campaigns, mass complaint mobilization, and escalation from product issues to attacks on the company and player groups. And it raises the possibility that minors may have been pulled into these coordinated attacks as participants, not just as victims of inappropriate content. ➺ It states that protecting minors means BOTH keeping them away from inappropriate content AND preventing them from being used as tools to attack companies, creators, or other users through online group manipulation. ➺ And it says game companies deserve a normal operating environment free from false information, cyberbullying, and abnormal mass reporting.

(don't know why this link is being stupid, but anyway)

The Sina article was reposted by another CN news outlet. From this user on X (their summary is very similar to my own):

A new article from the Chinese business media outlet *China Civil & Commercial Network* addresses the controversy surrounding *LADs* within the framework of China's "Qinglang" campaign, aimed at combating malicious online manipulation. (Yes, I found it and verified the information). The article examines the evidence dossier compiled by players regarding the events that occurred between June 29 and July 1. It notes that many of the original posts subsequently became inaccessible, though the exact cause has not been confirmed: whether due to the author's decision, platform actions, privacy setting changes, or other reasons. It also indicates that documentation has been submitted to the competent authorities and that courts have admitted civil lawsuits for processing, although definitive legal conclusions have yet to be reached. The article does not claim that the existence of an organized online "army" has been proven. However, it maintains that factors such as the use of similar phrasing, the concentrated posting of messages, the repetition of content across different platforms, reposting after deletions, mass reporting, and moralistic labeling constitute serious red flags that warrant investigation. Its primary concern lies in how criticism of a product can quickly escalate into attacks on the company, its creators, and entire communities of players. According to the preserved screenshots, one post amassed 462 reposts, 875 comments, and 9,396 "likes" in just half an hour; from there, the debate escalated to demands for sanctions against staff and service shutdowns, in addition to labeling the company and its users with extreme moral tags. The article also focuses on the economic damages stemming from this type of pressure. Canceling content that is already nearly complete means wasting development costs, launch opportunities, and user attention, while invalidating the work of scriptwriters, artists, programmers, voice actors, localization teams, and other personnel. Moreover, this situation can push companies toward creative self-censorship: not only are truly problematic ideas eliminated, but innovation itself becomes viewed as too risky. The broader economic context is relevant. In the first quarter of 2026, China's domestic video game market generated approximately 14.3 billion dollars, while overseas revenue—from games developed in China—reached 6.33 billion dollars, representing a year-over-year increase of 31.76%. (These figures cover the entire video game market, not just *LADs*). The author argues that video game companies must compete based on technology, original content, service quality, the strength of their intellectual properties (IP), and global operations, rather than through generating negative traffic, mass reporting, repetitive labeling, or manipulated outrage. The article takes care to note that legitimate criticism, consumer opinions, and media scrutiny must remain protected. Its target is false information, decontextualized snippets, amplification that appears coordinated, online harassment, and pressures that supplant fact-based investigation. Overall, the article leans toward the idea that the controversy surrounding Valko may have been amplified by harmful mechanisms of the digital environment, rather than reflecting the genuine opinion of the entire market."

Things are looking good for us, friends! Especially considering INFOLD EMPLOYEES are asking players to come back. Does that seem a little pathetic to anyone else?

Let me remind you that we aren't working towards a deadline—we're working towards a goal. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourselves!

Sending my love <3

ZAYNE: I gave you that sword… And you wield it well. I've told you before. You must never show mercy to traitors.

LOVE AND DEEPSPACE — Throne of Eros

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SET 1: SYLUS-1 | XAVIER-1 | ZAYNE-1 | RAFAYEL-1 | CALEB-1

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New CN Article

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Would highly recommend reading the whole article. It's amazing.

First page: — Points out the increase in discussions surrounding media works (movies, books, games, etc.) — Different viewpoints and perspectives are important to the development of the industry — Specifically points out the discussions about Valko — "...fragmented and isolated content has been extracted and disseminated, detached from the complete storyline, leading to public misperceptions, generating online conflicts and controversies, and hindering the construction of a clean online public opinion environment." — "Industry experts believe that the evaluation of artistic works should be based on the overall narrative, advocating rational discussion and objective interpretation, and avoiding one-sided interpretations that lead to misinterpretations.

Second page: — Directly and clearly explains that Valko's story was misinterpreted — Points out that the scene on MC's balcony was in the Bond story, where there is already an established relationship between the MC and Valko — Points out that the "He will open the door for you" line was also misinterpreted. MC is the wolf in that piece of dialogue, while Valko is the prey — Explains that LADS is a fictional universe that cannot be controlled or dictated by real-world laws and norms — Also clarifies that LADS is for ADULTS — States that real-world perceptions cannot be applied to fictional universes — States that LADS announced its development plan back in 2023, and that everything they have developed and announced is expected for a game that plans to release long-term content — "Furthermore, according to feedback from the Shanghai Municipal Regulatory Bureau, the storyline related to Ao Yin in Love and Deepspace complies with domestic game content management regulations and does not contain any illegal content."

Third page: — Emphasizes the importance of player feedback — States that diverse opinions and preferences allow for the development of subcultures and are normal and expected in the industry — Emphasizes the importance of not listening to a single voice or group when it comes to corporate decision-making — Points out the loud overseas support for Valko, including the iPetitions site — Explains Love and Deepspace's importance in sharing Chinese culture with global players — Mentions the awards the game has won, and that it has been selected as a key national culture export project — "The value judgement of artistic works cannot rely on fragmented dissemination or emotional interpretations to define the overall content." — Heavily emphasizes the importance of looking at the entire storyline for context — States that a healthy online environment depends on collaborative efforts, and that differing opinions should be shared rationally and respectfully

Overall, really killer article. It clears up a lot of misinformation, emphasizes the importance of rational opinions and context, acknowledges global players, and talks about the importance of LADS in the Chinese international market.

I was genuinely kicking my feet reading it because it's everything we've been preaching for the last three weeks. It hits almost every single point. Salivating over this one too.

Sina News Article

The Sina News article was reposted by the China Rule of Law Network. From a CN user on X that I trust (oibaby1103), "Regarding authority, I think the most authoritative one is 'Rule of Law Network.' Everyone can judge for themselves—I think it's a step forward!"

Here's the link to the article on the Rule of Law Network website.

I agree with them, this definitely feels like a massive step forward for us!