Minor character love
... is a weird thing. Reading Lord of the Rings for the first time I managed to fall in love with Glorfindel (and through him, with Elves in general), though he appears for all of three pages, perhaps. And does not do anything particular (I read Silmarillion much later). I even managed to develop a fondness for Gil-Galad, who does not appear at all! (except in a song)
And I keep doing it, now and again. Oh, I do love major characters; I cannot truly love a book or a move if I am not interested and charmed by major characters. But there's also usually someone who passes through one chapter, or a couple of eps, and does not do anything in particular - I look at my sneakily favourite minor Prince Tennis character and realize that he is not really that unique and memorable among other minor Prince of Tennis boys. He just... stays in my mind. As other such characters do.
Do I see a reflection of something important to me in those characters? Do I bring into my love for them something outside of canon? I wonder.
And I also wonder where to find fanfiction about the newest rare-favourite of mine.
And I keep doing it, now and again. Oh, I do love major characters; I cannot truly love a book or a move if I am not interested and charmed by major characters. But there's also usually someone who passes through one chapter, or a couple of eps, and does not do anything in particular - I look at my sneakily favourite minor Prince Tennis character and realize that he is not really that unique and memorable among other minor Prince of Tennis boys. He just... stays in my mind. As other such characters do.
Do I see a reflection of something important to me in those characters? Do I bring into my love for them something outside of canon? I wonder.
And I also wonder where to find fanfiction about the newest rare-favourite of mine.