What are some notorious instances of basically good, decent, honorable, and heroic wuxia characters who have pulled some surprisingly shady, morally dubious crap in their day?
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What are some notorious instances of basically good, decent, honorable, and heroic wuxia characters who have pulled some surprisingly shady, morally dubious crap in their day?
YBQ come first in my mind..
Yeah, but he didn't meet the "good, decent, honorable, and heroic" requirement. He put up an illusion of it, but that was never the real him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Western Eccentric
Huang Yaoshi (is he a true hero?)
Zhou Botong (deadbeat dad)
Xuan Ci (deadbeat dad)
Duan Zhengchun (lol)
Most of the Duan kings (like you can't avoid shady crap if you're a king)
Xiao Feng robbing someone
Yang Xiao
Xiao Feng
Yang Guo
Linghu Chong (stole wine or chicken from beggars)
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Originally Posted by EdenResident
Great selections. This behavior is more common than most people think among even generally virtuous wulin people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Misfit
Chu Liuxiang - Literary the King of Thieves
Li Xunhuan - Emotionally tortured the love of his life
I think we've established somewhere that most wulin experts are HORRENDOUS parents, both good guys and bad guys. It's like a child is a burden to their career so they decide to run off instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Cheng
In the event that they actually decide to keep the kids, they can't raise them worth crap and their children become spoiled little brats. (Huang Rong, I'm looking at you!!).