Was it better to have more or less female confidants in the protagonists of Xianxia novels?

Personally, I think it's best to have two to three, one civil, one martial, and one unconventional. However, I always think that this will make the protagonist seem not loyal enough, so I want to ask the masters, how many female confidants should the protagonist have in the end?

Answer 1

There was no fixed answer to this question because the plot and setting of each Xianxia novel were different, and the number of beauties the protagonist made would also be different. Some novels might describe the relationship between the protagonist and many beauties, while others might only describe a few beauties.

Generally speaking, making friends with more beautiful women could make the novel more diverse and complicated because the protagonist could have emotional entanglements with many women at the same time, thus increasing the tension and conflict of the plot. However, this could also cause the plot of the novel to be too complicated. The readers might not be able to figure out the emotional lines of the protagonist and thus affect the reading experience.

In contrast, making fewer friends with beauties could make the novel more concise and clear, making it easier for the readers to understand and grasp the development of the plot. However, if the protagonist only established relationships with a few beauties, it might make the novel lack novelty and make the readers feel monotonous.

Therefore, the choice to befriend more or less beauties should be decided according to the plot and setting of the novel. Different novelists would have different writing styles and aesthetic values. They might choose to make different numbers of beauties to build their own novel world.