Essay: It's So Hard To Find Good Help These Days
As my current icon may indicate, the best discovery I've made this month by far has to be the complete DVD set of a cartoon I adored when it was on the air, Pirates of Dark Water. Originally a five-part miniseries that eventually extended to 21 episodes, Dark Water was fun, colorful and entertaining, and while I'm upset that it was cancelled
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Oh, yes. Supporting characters are more than just fight fodder or a distraction to give the main dude/chick a "Look at me!" moment. They do so much. Like you said, some of our heroes were so awkward/power-limited/stubborn/naïve/not the brightest bulb in the box/unlucky (or in Lion-o case, a 10 year old, literally, trapped in a 20 year olds body) that if they didn't have the supporting cast, they'd be pushing daises with the evil overlord peeing all over their grave. When will sue-writers get the fact that; most writers already have a dynamic in play. And, they don't need your "Sue Army" to make things more interesting. If they did, they'd add the newbies themselves, thank you very much.
Or, heaven forbid... a sue-writer actually decides to use the dynamic of “an existing supporting character” to help out the hero! Aw, it's the end of the world, man!
Oh, and speaking of princess defending, don't forget... Sprite is also the crowned princess of the frikking fairies! Not that any sue-writer would remember that - but forget that and she'd electrocute ya with her royal fairy-power (like how she would zap Gannon in the ass - ah, memories). :D
You know...
If you'd teamed up the "Voltron" blue cat, Battle Cat, Byakune and that condecending toucan-koala thingy on "She-Ra"... they'd take over the world.
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That's right! Spryte's father was King Oberon of the fairies--that's how she was able to transform Link back to normal with a kiss when that witch turned him into a frog.
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Though I like Spryte, I have to admit... I think the only sane people in that show was Link's horse and the monster-thingy that orginized a strike agients Ganon. Even the Hylinians were nuts, man. Link beign the worse... remember when he dropped and BROKE the damn Triforce? :D
Link: Why did it stop glowing? Oh, man... Zelda's gonna KILL me!
I wasn't creeped out, though. But, I though Lion-o's flirting with any chick/animal-hybrid/Amazon was kind of disturbing. I mean, come on... he's younger then those Kit-Kat twins. But, for me - I loved Mum-ra mumblings to himself. They were halarious. Or his talking to Ma-Mutt (with his little dog house and all).
Mu-ha-ha-ha... good dog. Good Ma-mutt.
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LMAO Ma-Mutt...
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Gooooood, Ma-Mutt. Gooood, good... Ma-Mutt. Ha, ha... MU-HA-HA-Ha-HA!
Of course Mum-Ra built a little doghouse next to his sarcophagus, and all. Becasue the dog never screwed up. Once. He rivals that blue cat in usefulness. However, Ma-Mutt can fly. No, I'm serious... can.
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