Ti Yi, the author of a number of chivalric novels, says this is because the novels were originally serialized in the newspapers. The longer and more overblown they were, the better. As a result, these knights-errant spend little time cultivating their lonely, tragic air through long, solitary journeys, singing sad songs, or practicing their swordcraft in the dead of night.
不過，現代武俠小說筆下的俠客之所以情感生活多采多姿，寫過多部武俠小說的作家荻宜不諱言，早年武俠小說在報章連載因而篇幅越寫越長，加油添醋，大俠也就少有千山獨行、衣袂飄飄的孤絕感與白晝悲歌、深宵彈劍的悲壯氣。