r/Multifandom • u/AgitatedOne57 TAWOG, TADC, Cuphead, DW, 5SOS(BS), SPRUNKI, MLP, and NNSG • 6d ago

Question❓ Fandom you feel is like this?

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Nobody gets to make fun of my ms paint drawings shhh

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u/Anti_Spedicy 6d ago

Main characters gonna main character 🤷🏾

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u/Yushi2e Fnaf/Utdr/ddlc/omori/Stp 6d ago

Right but once again, we return to my original point, Pomni is also a main character and it's not an equal split. Despite the fact we spend the show looking through her perspective jax is far more important than she is.

Hell even the other characters have more than her and they're not main characters. We know more about kinger's left ass cheek than we ever do for her

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u/NoGround 6d ago

I'm pretty sure /u/Anti_Spedicy is talking about a common thing that happens with main characters: they often are seen as less interesting than side-characters. Another example of this is Black Lagoon, also mentioned in this thread.

This is a common side-effect of presenting a main character as rational and balanced for the audience to be able to insert themselves. They end up less of a character and more of a narrative tool to tell the stories of those around them without being completely detached from the narrative.

Writing a story about the main character where they are truly the center of the story requires significant focus, and making interesting side-characters that have their own stories and not just play a role is a challenge. One way to do this is separation, which TADC doesn't have the luxury of.

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u/Anti_Spedicy 6d ago

It's very funny you say this cause I JUST commented talking about that lolz

You beat me to it by a minute