18 Feb
2001
18 Feb
'01
7:32 p.m.
Helen said:
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;
For one thing, they're played by much better actors
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?
The "hero" is often hampered precisely by the burden of being heroic all the time and white-bread handsome when quirks and self-doubt are often more interesting to the fen.
-(Y)