It was tactful of Neil not to mention: (n) Fan has crush, perhaps slightly embarrassing crush for being on the "wrong" person--i.e., second leads seem to have more fen than leads, even though you're "supposed" to root for the lead.
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Interesting you should mention that. Is it common among fandom to prefer the supporting cast? I know I prefer Giles and Xander to Angel or Riley; Willow to Buffy. Blake's 7 did the unprecendented thing of removing Blake-- would Avon be nearly as popular in fandom if he'd led from the beginning? I doubt it. Is it because we, being imaginative, individualists, didn't 'fit in' when we were young and like characters who seem a little awkward sometimes? Or is it that writers inadvertantly make main characters too self-centered?