All cheap and debonair

[sovay]

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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[sovay]

Especially with my loyal retainer obsession.

Don't even get me started on Bothari. So far I've read Shards of Honor, Barrayar, The Warrior's Apprentice and whatever the novella is that comes between that and The Vor Game in the omnibus your household has so kindly loaned me, and he and Koudelka are my favorites. Which is impressive, considering that I actually like Aral Vorkosigan: he hits all the right moral blurs.

[zdenka]

I thought about mentioning that I was obsessed with Bothari for a while, but then I forgot . . .