I'm with you. I don't have a very good vocabulary for how I know the characters I like, but I'm very clear that it usually has more to do with the character's relationship to their fellow characters than the character's intrinsic qualities.
But, if a character's position in canon is not convincing to me, if the behaviors and qualities of the character that I observe don't match the relationship that the other characters on the show have with the character, I won't like a character. And if a character's relationship to other characters changes in a way where I don't find canon convincing, I will begin to dislike a character.
So, I think there is at least one additional way to interact with characters besides straight up identification.
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Date: 2007-06-22 12:39 am (UTC)From:But, if a character's position in canon is not convincing to me, if the behaviors and qualities of the character that I observe don't match the relationship that the other characters on the show have with the character, I won't like a character. And if a character's relationship to other characters changes in a way where I don't find canon convincing, I will begin to dislike a character.
So, I think there is at least one additional way to interact with characters besides straight up identification.