In Louis Cha's novels, for example, Zhang Wuji, Linghu Chong and Yang Guo constantly vacillate, struggling with right and wrong. For Kung, "The minor characters who dare to love and hate, such as Zhao Mei, Ren Yingying and Xiao Long Nu, are much more interesting." Knightly love Nonetheless, the wandering knights of the stories get into all sorts of romantic predicaments.
以當代武俠大家金庸筆下主角為例，張無忌、令狐沖、楊過，都不時掙扎於正、邪之間，搖擺不定，「他們身旁敢愛敢恨的女性如趙敏、任盈盈、小龍女，角色都比他們來得精彩，」龔鵬程以為。