For some reason, in any ensemble TV show (DS, Lost) I tend to be more interested in the supporting than the main characters (female or male). Perhaps it's because the central characters are overexposed or because their personalities tend to become too fixed after a time while the peripheral players remain more mysterious. Has this happened to anyone else?
Raises hand. I have much the same reaction a lot of the time. I've always put it down to overkill. When any one character becomes the be all and end all of any series I have this bad tendency to kneejerk the other way.
My first fandom was Trek: Kirk was supposed to be the hero, Spock was the breakout secondary character. I liked McCoy and Spock's father, Sarek, the best. Same with many other fandoms over time, especially Star Wars. Luke was the hero, the one all the publicity materials focussed on -- Han was the scoundrel with the sarcastic sense of humor (similar type to Quentin come to think of it). Same could be said of my other interests, like Babylon 5, Blakes 7 and The West Wing. Forget the leads -- bring on the character actors!
I remember missing out on a number of fandoms because they had become SO popular that the kneejerk reaction kicked in. And, nothing against Tom Selleck, but I got SOO sick of seeing his picture on every magazine in the world that I had less than no interest in seeing anything he was in.
