Original question by: @JoMiran@lemmy.ml

Have you ever read a novel, comic, manga, watched a movie, play, TV show etc., and you found yourself invested in a side character? Ever cared for and felt more intrigued by that side character than the mains? If so, what character was it and what are some.things that make you so interested in them?

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    17 days ago

    Tom Bombadill. To the extent that one of my main goals in life is to be as chaotic and inexplicable to people as possible, but benignly so.

  • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
    4·
    17 days ago

    Megan from Bridesmaids totally stole every scene she was in for me. Such a fun chaotic character.

    Not sure if this counts but Elizabeth from Bioshock Inifite was such a better and more interesting character than Booker. She’s not playable so I figure she’s a side character even if the entire plot of the game revolves around her.

    Also not sure if it counts but Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender is one of my favorite characters in any medium. She’s not introduced until partway through season 2 (why she may count) but is part of the core group of main characters (why she might not count).

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      Ok, Toph is just one of the best characters in fiction, she’s fantastic! And yeah, that totally counts.

  • Monster@lemmy.world
    4·
    17 days ago

    In Animal Crossing Wild World I had a white duck in my town that I adored. I don’t know why I liked her

    • underline960@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      17 days ago

      If “manual community bridging” means quoting a post instead of reposting, I’d guess it has something go do with defederation, since a lot of instances have defed from lemmy.ml.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        oh! I see, thanks. I thought it was only a user movement, it seems I missed that even lots of instances blocked ml recently

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
    English
    3·
    17 days ago

    I’m going to cheat and say that with the exception of everyone’s favourite space-racist, most of the side characters from the Mass Effect Trilogy are far more compelling than Commander Shepard.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

      And somehow Ash is still more likeable then Kaden. But Kirrahe is the best outside the usable characters.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
        English
        2·
        16 days ago

        I’ve played the trilogy multiple times with multiple different agendas for the character (today I’ll be a racist like Ashley. Today I’ll be smart-ass, etc…)

        And the only hard-and-fast rule is “always…kill…Alenko”.

        I’ve actually gotten all the way up to Virmire multiple times with the intention being “okay…not this time.” only to have the thought strike me right at the moment of truth that i still have two more games to go with him hanging around and at least the space racist has boobs to distract me.

        Poor poor Kaiden.

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    16 days ago

    Gale from Breaking Bad. He was just a geek earning a living and when Jesse went to him at his front door and he said “you don’t have to do this” and BLAM. It really bothered me.

  • NegentropicBoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

    Lieutenant Lopez (Greg Bryk) in first season of The Expanse, barely lasted an episode, wished he had stayed longer.

  • otacon239@lemmy.world
    1·
    17 days ago

    Otacon from the MGS series. Always there to help the team, a bit afraid of combat, and a total nerd. My kind of guy.