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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.)

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Which L.M. Montgomery?

Dean Priest, from Emily of New Moon. See my rather lengthier than planned response to muchabstracted's comment.

One of my favorite things about Madeleine L'Engle's books is the way her cast of supporting characters keep wandering in and out of multiple books.

I am very fond of Canon Tallis.

but not enough to read godawful contemporary continuations of Pride and Prejudice.

This was the one that scared me . . .