Minor character love

[taelle]

... 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

Comments

[asakiyume]

I think minor characters have potential, and your imagination can ride on them--and especially if what little you see of them has some attention-catching detail.

[taelle]

I just wonder if I am not putting too much of my own imagination into characters shown very sketchily.