Thoughts on Xiao Hanguang (ashes and dust spoilers perhaps)

[bell94]

I will admit I was not sure if I was going to like him based on his introduction but he ended up being a favorite of mine. He kind of defied expectations for me, a lot of characters like him can be very one dimensional, but I found that his simplicity was charming (ironic enough, that is his martial arts philosophy).

What did you think of his role in the story and ending? I personally felt like he could have gotten more screen time. Him and Yuan Hui both. Yuan Hui is actually a very interesting character that we got so little time with, that it was a bit frustrating.

[Belforks]

I thought he was pretty neat. I love how he has different dialogue depending on who he duels at Mingjian, Either Yi if you've equipped a sword, Ye Fei or Shangguan Hong. And then he proceeds to criticise Hong and Ye Fei's swordplay lol.

a very talented swordsman with high swordsmanship skill but held back by his internal qi cultivation method, can't have it all like Yi huh.

Yuan Hui was pretty cool, his intro scene was pretty cool ngl seeing how he used sword qi to slash the building sign with his hand.

[Watashiwa]

I thought he was a really good rival for Yuwen Yi. Though he's still older, he's still part of the same generation, and his martial achievements are as impressive as Gu Sigui's.

All of his potential endings are really good, but it's interesting that his fate in the "best" path is the most tragic. I think the biggest shame is that he doesn't seem to pass on his martial legacy to anyone. I suppose his clan's fate just means his techniques are for his own use alone, now.

[Thorunn]

I think Xiao losing and dying to Mowen was retarded, both because Mowen got too strong too fast in the new endings and they didn't have any enmity between them, and because having him alive would be better than having him dead. Having his sect end with him was cool and all but having him die to Mowen did not sit well with me. Having him die in Buddha's Hollow makes more sense.

Yan Hui on the other hand was peak from start to end. If he had more screentime perhaps he would live long enough to become a liability, but fortunately he died as a hero. just a nameless one