Totally agree with you, though toning it down a level will help greatly in a wuxia forum.Because this was not the reason why people love wuxia.
They love it for GJ and XF's powerful 18 Dragon Palms. They love it for the cool Top Five....
I doubt you learn these things first hand from wuxia novels. At best, they just serve as examples to reassure you of the same learnings gotten elsewhere. My point is, as the rest have said, the main reason for wuxia reading is still entertainment, escapism, being able to pretend for a little while...etc.Guo Jing the character taught me a few things:
- The price for seeking revenge is huge.
- The world is lots of shades of grey and not black & white, but take a stance and believe in it.
- If you're stupid enough to get married, find a woman who can cook (which basically excludes most modern women).
ROCH taught me:
- Don't be a whiny pu$$y like Yang Guo when he was young.
- Do not waste your youth for a melodramatic socially retarded starfish....
Yes, they may be. But it is essential in helping to sell the story, maintain reader interest and so on. It's just like dressing up for an interview. Do you only see it as fluff, knowing that you have what it takes for the job, thus rendering it unnecessary?For me, beautifully written lines are just fluff.