Minor character love and a post-series roleplay suggestion
Some questions for all of you, and my own answers.
1. Who are your favorite minor characters (basically characters who aren't in the main four)? Why? Do you think they could be/need to be developed beyond their roles in the series?
I'm a giant fan of Autor, Femio, Drosselmeyer, and Raetsel. Autor because he's a well-rounded, interesting character who goes beyond "creepy fanboy". His interactions with Rue are heartbreaking. His heroism at the end is surprising and fascinating.
Femio is crack on legs. Drosselmeyer appeals to the sadistic wordsmith in me, and his story's gruesome and tragic and wickedly wonderful.
Raetsel seemed to have one of the more complex one-shot characterizations and her struggle with Fakir, Charon, and Hans is great, since she's selfish and indecisive. She's the pure heart that's allowed to be wrong.
In fanfic and roleplay, I've explored what could've happened to these people to make them this way, save Femio.
2. What's your opinion of how the PT fandom treats minor characters? Which ones are neglected? Just how awesome is Femio, anyway, that's he's the only one-ep character elevated to main-cast status? What fanwork would you like to see more of for minor characters?
I think that the show's focus on the main four causes a lot of forgetting that others exist, and I'd love to see more fanfic, fanart, AMVs, and roleplay focused on others. Femio DESERVES his own tag on this comm and everything else he's gotten. To quote someone on TV Tropes, he defeats the villains through sheer narcissism.
3. Let's focus on roleplay. What minor character muses do you think deserve kudos, and who isn't played enough/is played too much? Would you be interested in RPing someone who isn't Fakir, Ahiru, Mytho, or Rue? Why or why not?
I enjoy working with characters and situations that aren't as charted-territory, so I've RPed Drosselmeyer, Autor, and Femio before. I have lots of minor character players I admire, including the majority of Autors and Lilies, as well as an Edel or two. I don't think one-episode characters are played enough.
4. If you'd like to play a minor character, how would you feel about an after-series RP comm with none of the main four roleplayed and perhaps some unobtrusive (a.k.a. no raven children, magical waterfowl, or siblings) OCs?
I read back on the after-series RP ideas, and thought about this. There would be a clear storyline but the focus was on how those influenced by the story that forgot about it at its end begin to reawaken, and it'll probably have a lot to do with the Bookmen and the remnants of the story left in the town. Any OCs would need application and would probably generally encouraged to be normal students who had their lives changed indirectly by the story.
Without the coveted main four roles, it would be easier to see "who gets what" without fighting over who's going to be Fakir. Is this something people are interested in?
1. Who are your favorite minor characters (basically characters who aren't in the main four)? Why? Do you think they could be/need to be developed beyond their roles in the series?
I'm a giant fan of Autor, Femio, Drosselmeyer, and Raetsel. Autor because he's a well-rounded, interesting character who goes beyond "creepy fanboy". His interactions with Rue are heartbreaking. His heroism at the end is surprising and fascinating.
Femio is crack on legs. Drosselmeyer appeals to the sadistic wordsmith in me, and his story's gruesome and tragic and wickedly wonderful.
Raetsel seemed to have one of the more complex one-shot characterizations and her struggle with Fakir, Charon, and Hans is great, since she's selfish and indecisive. She's the pure heart that's allowed to be wrong.
In fanfic and roleplay, I've explored what could've happened to these people to make them this way, save Femio.
2. What's your opinion of how the PT fandom treats minor characters? Which ones are neglected? Just how awesome is Femio, anyway, that's he's the only one-ep character elevated to main-cast status? What fanwork would you like to see more of for minor characters?
I think that the show's focus on the main four causes a lot of forgetting that others exist, and I'd love to see more fanfic, fanart, AMVs, and roleplay focused on others. Femio DESERVES his own tag on this comm and everything else he's gotten. To quote someone on TV Tropes, he defeats the villains through sheer narcissism.
3. Let's focus on roleplay. What minor character muses do you think deserve kudos, and who isn't played enough/is played too much? Would you be interested in RPing someone who isn't Fakir, Ahiru, Mytho, or Rue? Why or why not?
I enjoy working with characters and situations that aren't as charted-territory, so I've RPed Drosselmeyer, Autor, and Femio before. I have lots of minor character players I admire, including the majority of Autors and Lilies, as well as an Edel or two. I don't think one-episode characters are played enough.
4. If you'd like to play a minor character, how would you feel about an after-series RP comm with none of the main four roleplayed and perhaps some unobtrusive (a.k.a. no raven children, magical waterfowl, or siblings) OCs?
I read back on the after-series RP ideas, and thought about this. There would be a clear storyline but the focus was on how those influenced by the story that forgot about it at its end begin to reawaken, and it'll probably have a lot to do with the Bookmen and the remnants of the story left in the town. Any OCs would need application and would probably generally encouraged to be normal students who had their lives changed indirectly by the story.
Without the coveted main four roles, it would be easier to see "who gets what" without fighting over who's going to be Fakir. Is this something people are interested in?