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Talk to me about supporting characters. When you're supposed to fall for the heroine, and instead it's the second spear-carrier from the left who turns out to have the thorniest moral dilemma or the most fascinating backstory. This happens to me all the time; I can't be the only one. So who are your scene-stealers? Movies, books, operas—your own work—which character roles do you remember long after you've forgotten who played the protagonist?

(This post brought to you courtesy of Eleanor Cameron and L.M. Montgomery.)

Comments

[kraada.livejournal.com]

First: I love the Fool.

But I'm not sure he qualifies as a supporting character in Assassin's Quest (or any of the Fool's Errand trilogy), at the very least. Though I suppose one could argue that the Fool got more important because he was interesting rather than vice versa . . .

If I had to pick a Hobb character who was a supporting character the whole way through I'd go for either Chade, Burrich, or possibly Kettle (whom I liked far more than is probably appropriate) . . .

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I'd go for either Chade, Burrich, or possibly Kettle (whom I liked far more than is probably appropriate) . . .

Yay, Chade. : )