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On the nature of secondary character:.........
Tobias Christopher, at the beginning, was written, by his poster, as being ALWAYS followed by the cat Lil' Jo. If TC would be in the lost in space story, and written right, would the cat be allowed to come? I guess so, being it something that doesn't talk or even think, a mere presence, like a walking piece of equipment.


You mean the same cat Tobias left behind on the island for several months that one time?

No. The cat is a pet for character development only. It cannot, does not, and has not ever helped the team on missions. It's TC's Shirley. The cat stays behind.


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Chance
Chance, altough the thing was used very sparingly by TTT, had the ghost of Pete as a companion (or a nuisance), following him closely. He talked, though, and was able to make decisions, altough it was bonded to the Swedish chemist. Would he be allowed in the story or not?


If Pete is also used to do things like walk through walls and tell Chance what's on the other side or posses Chance's body, then yes. If Pete's just there to take up space and not progress the story, then his use makes him a secondary character only being used for character development. See Tobias and lil' Jo example.

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Sir Justin (from the old Universe)
Sir Justin, a TTT character form the original MBL, was a medieval warrior from a fairy land, that traveled the country riding a talking hawk-pigeon.
Would that animal be considered a secondary character and not be allowed in the story, if Sir Justin would be the actual TTT hero? It talks, it is able to do things on his own. But, I guess, not allowing it in the story, it would "alter" the nature of the character......

A guy with his own pet giant robot, is one character, two characters, or one main and one secondary character? And what is the main, and what the secondary one?


These are both examples of something that is part of the gimmick of the character. It's like the Lone Ranger and Silver. Characters that are inherent and affixed to another's abilities can be used if they aren't simply there to be for character development. The new rules don't say that we can't do character development, they just say that we shouldn't make that the primary focus of stories. You can pepper posts with bits of character development as long as you also help progress the story along too.

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A man and a woman that mistically merge to create an androgynous uber-mage, what are? Two characters or just one? Or three? How mains, and how secondaries?


Something like this would fit under the one character/two personalities header like Danny, Drax, and our previous concept of Mxy. This is kinda weird, man. If this is one of your fetishes, please don't let me know. I'm still trying to wash my brain out from Sammitch's.

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But Eddie could be really considered a secondary character? Do you really think he could be exist separated from Euro?


Does Raptor need little Eddie to access his powers? No. Then he is a secondary character used by you for character development. Besides, what kind of father would Ed be taking his son on dangerous missions? Don't make me call Child Services on your ass.

Also, from what you've written so far, it doesn't seem as though little Eddie is very needing of his father. And I'm sure that the support staff left behind on the Vanguard Lost story would take care of the little bugger. Plus, wouldn't that be a good character motivator for Ed to get back home? To get back to the son he rescued, killed, and was reunited with after the kid's resurrection?.................... My head hurts after that. I think I might have to lay down in a minute.


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And even if he would not come, do you think that Euro wouldn't think to him constantly? Or Phil not thinking about Leslie? The presence of Eddie wouldn't be felt less if he was phisically present, of that I am sure.


This is allowed. You just can't make ever fucking post in the story about it. You have to interweave it with something, action or simple occurence, that will also move the story past the point where it was before you made your post.

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