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    Default Characters who appeared in the same novel, but never met?

    Wuxia stories, particularly Jin Yong's, tend to have large casts of characters. Often, two characters who appear extensively in the same novel somehow never cross each other's paths. Some examples:

    DGSD:

    Kiu Fung and the Siu Yiu Sect Elders

    Chung Man Sau and Kau Mor Tze

    LOCH:

    Genghis Khan and East Heretic Wong Yerk See

    Muk Lim Chi and Princess Hua Jeng

    The Gong Nam 7 Freaks and South Emperor 1 Deng

    ROCH:

    Gwok Jing and Gung Sheun Tze

    Fok Do and Lee Mok Sau

    Dat Yee Ba and West Poison Au Yeung Fung

    HSDS:

    Cheung 3 Fung and Tse Tsun

    Granny Golden Flower and Mo Dong 7 Heroes

    Mit Jeut See Tai and Yan So So

    These characters had extensive appearances in the same novels, but somehow never encountered each other.

    Which other non-meetings between characters in the same novel do you think might have been interesting?

    Caveat: don't pick meetings between characters whose appearances in novels were so brief that it isn't at all noteworthy that they didn't meet (how could they if they got a page or less of facetime at opposite ends of a novel; for example, there's no possibility that Gwok Siu Teen could ever have met Muk Lim Chi during LOCH because Gwok Siu Teen died before Muk Lim Chi was even conceived). Choose characters who had many appearances in the same novel, were alive at the same time, and *could* have met, but somehow never did.

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    LOCH: YD and HYS.

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    LOCH: Yeung Hong's mom and Princess Hua Jeng.
    Yeung Sit Sum and Wong Yuek See.
    Yeung Hong's Mom and Wong Yuek See.
    Both Yeung Sit Sum and his wife never meet any of the great.
    Yeung Hong and 1 Deng.
    Yeung Sit Sum, his wife, Yeung Hong, and Munianci didn't meet Genghis Khan.
    Mei Siu Fung and 1 Deng.
    Au Yeung Ke didn't meet 1 Deng, Genghis Khan, Gwok Jing's mom.
    Gwok Jing mom didn't meet any of the great, Munianci, and most of the people in the central plain.

    There is a lot more in LOCH.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis Chen View Post
    LOCH: YD and HYS.
    The best of the lot. Both were either friends or at least close acquaintances, and were on the same mountain on the same day, but never met in the text. It might just be conceivable though that Yideng going down might have passed Huang Yaoshi going up.

    LOCH: Qu Lingfeng and Qiu Chuji

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    Quote Originally Posted by pannonian View Post
    The best of the lot. Both were either friends or at least close acquaintances, and were on the same mountain on the same day, but never met in the text. It might just be conceivable though that Yideng going down might have passed Huang Yaoshi going up.
    I can almost see those two Greats giving each other a fistbump en rout.

    1 Deng: Yo, Wong.

    Wong Yerk See: 'Sup, monk!

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    DGSD:

    Xiaoyao Pai Elders and almost everyone in the novel.

    Duan Yanqing and Bai Shijing

    Grandfather Tan/Zhao Qiansun/Granny Tan/IMPARTIAL JUDGE Shan Zheng and Xuzhu (these guys appeared in multiple chapters)

    Zhong Ling and Xiao Yuanshan/Murong Bo

    Jiumozhi and Madam Ma
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    yttlj: Qing feng & Ming yue -- the yellow dressed biatch.
    dgsd: Zhou bufan -- Supermonk.
    madam Ma -- Supermonk (i wonder how the biatch would hit back at Supermonk if he/she ignored her voluptuous exterior)

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    Quote Originally Posted by forgot password View Post
    yttlj: Qing feng & Ming yue -- the yellow dressed biatch.
    dgsd: Zhou bufan -- Supermonk.
    madam Ma -- Supermonk (i wonder how the biatch would hit back at Supermonk if he/she ignored her voluptuous exterior)
    From the original post:

    Caveat: don't pick meetings between characters whose appearances in novels were so brief that it isn't at all noteworthy that they didn't meet
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Quote Originally Posted by PJ View Post
    DGSD:

    Xiaoyao Pai Elders and almost everyone in the novel.
    But the most notable misses must be Duan Yu and Wuyazi and Li Qiushui, given he's read Wuyazi's writings to "Qiushui mei" and followed the instructions of Li Qiushui. Also Wuyazi and Wang Yuyan, the doppelganger of the heavenly goddess he was infatuated with. The most notable misses should be those where there is a big plot link or what-if if they did meet, but they don't.

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    Even though they didn't appear extensively, one could assume WCY and DGKP was around a similar time frame, that would be nice showdown.

    SPW: Feng Qingyang and Ren Woxing, I think RWX only heard about Feng Qingyang, but they never met, not sure about this one.

    Feng Qingyang and Dongfang Bubai

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    Quote Originally Posted by pannonian View Post
    But the most notable misses must be Duan Yu and Wuyazi and Li Qiushui, given he's read Wuyazi's writings to "Qiushui mei" and followed the instructions of Li Qiushui. Also Wuyazi and Wang Yuyan, the doppelganger of the heavenly goddess he was infatuated with. The most notable misses should be those where there is a big plot link or what-if if they did meet, but they don't.
    very true
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    HSDS:

    Ji Xiaofu and Yang Xiao (ok, they met offscreen, but never onscreen)

    Jinhua Popo and Fan Yao (again, offscreen years ago, but not onscreen)

    Xuanming Elders and Du-generation monks

    Zhang Sanfeng and Du-generation monks

    Xie Xun and Miejue (HS vs DS)



    ROCH:

    Hong Qigong/Ouyang Feng and Golden Wheel Monk (the 2 Greats had wanted to meet Wheelie, but died too soon)

    Hong Qigong/Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi/Yideng

    Qiu Qianren and Gongsun Zhi



    OTG:

    Xie Yanke and Bai Zizai

    Xie Yanke and Zhang San/Li Si



    ADS:

    Ding Dian and Grandmaster of Blood Sabre
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Quote Originally Posted by pannonian View Post
    But the most notable misses must be Duan Yu and Wuyazi and Li Qiushui, given he's read Wuyazi's writings to "Qiushui mei" and followed the instructions of Li Qiushui. Also Wuyazi and Wang Yuyan, the doppelganger of the heavenly goddess he was infatuated with. The most notable misses should be those where there is a big plot link or what-if if they did meet, but they don't.
    Never thought of that. That would have been so interesting to see Wuyazi meeting Wang Yuyan..."Mei Mei, is it really you, after all these years, you have not changed one bit. I myself, am now an old man."

    Hmm, has it been really that long since a Survivor game. Those choices above would make great candidates for a "Who you wish would have met each other in the novel" game.

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    It's a shame that 3 DGSD men who represented the epitome of pussywhipped woman-attachment did not have a chance to meet:

    1. HE WHO KILLS OTHERS AT SIGHT Zhong Wanchou
    2. IRON HEAD You Tanzhi
    3. the nameless Zhao Qiansun

    Although Zhao and You were both present at Juxian Manor, You's father was ashamed of him and may not have introduced him to Zhao.
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    I've always found it interesting that in SPW, many people seem to know who Feng Qingyang is, but almost no one in the book actually meets him.

    Hopefully his appearance won't be considered too brief to meet Ken's criteria, since it's a very pivotal point in the novel.
    你看这些云彩,聚了又散,散了又聚,人生离合也是一样。

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    Quote Originally Posted by sniffles View Post
    I've always found it interesting that in SPW, many people seem to know who Feng Qingyang is, but almost no one in the book actually meets him.

    Hopefully his appearance won't be considered too brief to meet Ken's criteria, since it's a very pivotal point in the novel.
    Makes Feng Qingyang more mysterious and likable in a hard-to-get way.
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Quote Originally Posted by Felix View Post
    Never thought of that. That would have been so interesting to see Wuyazi meeting Wang Yuyan..."Mei Mei, is it really you, after all these years, you have not changed one bit. I myself, am now an old man."
    Wang Yuyan: Wassup, gramps.

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    LOCH: Huang Rong and Guo Jing's mom

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    LOCH: Huang Rong and Guo Jing's mom
    This was quite sad, as Li Ping never did get to meet the girl who captivated her son so, even more so than the Mongolian princess who was devoted to her family. My favourite part of LOCH 2009 was the extra filler scenes between Huang Rong and Li Ping, and how they got to know each other and having started off on the completely wrong foot, learned to respect and love each other. Li Ping was portrayed as being more aggressive than I pictured her, but it was very touching, culminating in that sad parting scene where Li Ping acknowledges Huang Rong as her future daughter in law by teaching her how to communicate with animals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Liew View Post
    This was quite sad, as Li Ping never did get to meet the girl who captivated her son so, even more so than the Mongolian princess who was devoted to her family. My favourite part of LOCH 2009 was the extra filler scenes between Huang Rong and Li Ping, and how they got to know each other and having started off on the completely wrong foot, learned to respect and love each other. Li Ping was portrayed as being more aggressive than I pictured her, but it was very touching, culminating in that sad parting scene where Li Ping acknowledges Huang Rong as her future daughter in law by teaching her how to communicate with animals.
    LOCH '82 (TVB) also gave Wong Yung and Lee Ping one token scene together, and they really didn't interact. They just happened to be inside the same tent when Gwok Jing and Lee Ping were offering incense to Gwok Siu Teen and "reporting" to him that his killer, Yeun Nan Hung Lit, had been brought to justice.

    From things that were said immediately afterwards, however, I discerned that Lee Ping didn't have a very good impression of Wong Yung.

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