@anthracite @CoyoteTraveller I think the appeal for me is more;
the protagonist is from the world of the normal and mundane as a relatable point of contact in a weird magical (or sci fi) world. Frequently they're an 8-12 year old boy, and as an 8-12 year old boy, I wanted to be a swashbuckling archaeologist, a musketeer, a barbarian swordsman or any number of things WAY more than an 8-12 year old boy.
By comparison the magical sidekick is ALREADY part of the AWESOME world.
@Chip_Unicorn I wound up doing 3!
@ziphi see you in heaven if you make the list,
yeah yeah yeah yeah
well andy did you hear about this one
tell me are you lost in the punch
@CoyoteTraveller i realized this morning I have the same “the character I want to be in the story/movie is the magical sidekick, NOT the protagonist” thing as you. I think it’s a tangle of narrative style meets gifted child experiences.
One #drawing today. I look and I go, THAT’S what you so desperately needed to make, o sensitive artist? Yep. Yes it was.
@LilahTovMoon well of course, 'cause they're flavored with...
... O'regano
coyote sing along hour, drug reference, dog-doo-sno-cone reference
a vigorous circular motion
hitherto unknown to the people of this area
but destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology
here it comes now, the vigorous circular motion,
RUB IT!
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