Dana, Helen:
second leads seem to have more fen than leads, even though you're "supposed" to root for the lead.
Is it because we, being imaginative, individualists, didn't 'fit in' when we were young and like characters who seem a little awkward sometimes?
That would be my guess. We might wish we were heroes, but we know we're really sidekick material (which is okay by me. Willow is more interesting than Buffy any day. Of course Wills has her own sidekick now; does that make Tara Vila?)
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