Major Charlie Shea, as I described yesterday, is an interesting character with all his quirks and foibles. But what I was most interested by was the archetype that he represents.
Major Charlie is a bystander. In a world with heroes seeking adventure, he was a peasant that paid no mind.
He is the kind of character that stories aren't written about.
To spend pages talking about Major Charlie would waste a reader's time. He has nothing to do with the actual story. The closest he comes is running into the main characters by happenstance, and not even realizing they are main characters.
And yet, there is still something compelling about him. Maybe it's because he is just a bystander. His view on the world and its events is far different. It's normal. It's realistic. It's human. And although the audience may see the bystander archetype as simple-minded or foolish or ignorant, we are more likely to end up in that position than any other.
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