Ah Bik - DGSD character with untapped storytelling potential?

[Ken Cheng]

Ah Bik was a fairly minor character in DGSD. Nevertheless, with a charming personality and being reasonably capable in different aspects of wuxia heroine competency, she seemed to have a great amount of potential as a more fully developed character had Jin Yong planned to use her that way. We know that her counterpart Ah Chu became a *very* important character in the story (due to her connection to Kiu Fung), but Ah Bik seemed to be a character whose potential was never fully utilized in DGSD.

[Dirt]

Better that she never got to know Qiao Feng better, she might have ended up dead.

[Ken Cheng]

Better that she never got to know Qiao Feng better, she might have ended up dead.

Ah Bik's father wasn't the notorious Prince Deun Jing Tsun, who got framed as the "Leader Big Brother" who was the source of Kiu Fung's troubles.

[pandamao]

i enjoyed the limited character development ...

they already had a lot going on in DGSD. it was hard to keep up with who slept with who already.

[PJ]

As is, she is a useless character. There are other minor characters I want to know more before her.

[Ken Cheng]

As is, she is a useless character. There are other minor characters I want to know more before her.

It's true that she's sort of useless in DGSD. The story would not have suffered at all if there had been no Ah Bik in DGSD.

Which makes the way that Jin Yong portrayed her especially strange, because he seemed to invest a good amount of creativity in making a very viable character...only to not really use her much at all.

In many ways, Ah Bik was "ready made" to be the female protagonist of another wuxia story, despite her relative uselessness in DGSD. I quite like the character, actually.

[wkeej]

Actually, Ah Bik can become an important character if JY wants.

Remember Xiaxia princess's servant. Athena has informed us that she becomes DY's concubine/wife in the latest edition. How's on earth one will expect that? Maybe Ah Bik can too.

[Ken Cheng]

Actually, Ah Bik can become an important character if JY wants.

Remember Xiaxia princess's servant. Athena has informed us that she becomes DY's concubine/wife in the latest edition. How's on earth one will expect that? Maybe Ah Bik can too.

If I remember correctly, Ah Bik's final fate in DGSD was to spend the rest of her life caring for the deranged Mo Yung F'uk somewhere in Dali, correct? She remained his faithful maid, despite the fact that his Happy Meal had lost its entire package of french fries.