22. A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?
This is almost too broad a question! Pick a fandom I've been in, and there's probably one or two, or a dozen, secondary or underrated characters I love!
I seem to be very hit or miss when it comes to favourites - either I'm on board with everyone else and the fandom's darling is also mine, or I'm sitting off to the side totally baffled as to why everyone is going nuts about that character when my favourite is clearly far more interesting! HP fandom was one of the latter; I was a Snapefan (and more specifically a Snape/Harry fan), and couldn't must up anything beyond a superficial interest in Weasleys or Malfoys.
Thankfully, HP fandom was so very vast that even as a part of a 1/100th minority I had plenty of company. :D
My first thought was that the difference was connected to the canon's cast size: if the cast is smallish and the focus tight, I tend to prefer the main character along with everyone else, while in sprawling megacast fandoms I'm more likely to get hung up on some minor nobody... but the facts don't really bear that out. If there's a pattern, I haven't sussed it out yet!
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I'm answering your second question separately.
Date: 2016-09-14 03:51 am (UTC)This is almost too broad a question! Pick a fandom I've been in, and there's probably one or two, or a dozen, secondary or underrated characters I love!
I seem to be very hit or miss when it comes to favourites - either I'm on board with everyone else and the fandom's darling is also mine, or I'm sitting off to the side totally baffled as to why everyone is going nuts about that character when my favourite is clearly far more interesting! HP fandom was one of the latter; I was a Snapefan (and more specifically a Snape/Harry fan), and couldn't must up anything beyond a superficial interest in Weasleys or Malfoys.
Thankfully, HP fandom was so very vast that even as a part of a 1/100th minority I had plenty of company. :D
My first thought was that the difference was connected to the canon's cast size: if the cast is smallish and the focus tight, I tend to prefer the main character along with everyone else, while in sprawling megacast fandoms I'm more likely to get hung up on some minor nobody... but the facts don't really bear that out. If there's a pattern, I haven't sussed it out yet!