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[oneiriad]

Why is it always so - that the characters I like the best in a given series are at best recurring guest stars? At least there are more Tesla episodes in Sanctuary than there are Gabriel episodes in Supernatural, but still...

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[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Probably because recurring guest characters don't have enough episodes to be the focus of the truly *bad* ones?

Sometimes, the main characters suffer because they're always center stage, and when the good writing is superb, the bad writing makes them look really repulsive, where a lucky recurring character might only show up for good episode?

I mean, Gabriel got four episodes -- three of which were awesomely good (and Mystery Spot is usually cited as the best episode), and only one of which was bad.

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

Not sure that's the entire explanation - for instance, my favourite Star Trek character is Q and sadly, he did have some pretty bad episodes along the way. I suspect it has more to do with the fact, that the kind of character I tend to fall for - Gabriel, Tesla, Q and others - are simply not the sort of character that's easy to make a show for. Heroes who go forth and explore and save the world and have moral conundrums and stuff, that's easy. Straightforward. But tricksters? Morally ambiguos mad scientist vampires with plans for world domination? Snarky and evil and only being helpful because they happen to like the hero (or just plain evil, really - but at least there's Dexter)? Probably not so easy to think up stories for. Alas.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Tricksters are hard to write for -- especially in a medium like tv.

Comic books and prose are probably better mediums for them.