I don’t even know the series, but I read that whole post with delight! Excellent stuff. Yeah, you can really tell these are fully realised characters, not narrative functions. I recommend it if you're in need of something new to read! (She's hedda62 on ao3 as well, I believe it's okay to cross the streams there, if you've seen her name.)
If they’re one-dimensional, they’re only briefly there; if they get more screen time, they’re more fully fleshed out. (Which one comes first?) Ah, good question! Did the writers realize they didn't need to use that much screen time to establish the one-dimensional characters? (Given how hugely the Rebel Chief affects the whole plot, he's literally on screen for something like five minutes? Maybe ten?)
Do you mean that as they’re more fleshed out, they should be able to find different solutions? Or just that the focus drifts away from the conflict qua conflict and towards to their individual struggles? Mostly that if the antagonists' viewpoints are reasonable in their own way, I don't have anybody who's actually evil, so if I want someone doing evil things I have to struggle ;). And it's harder to resolve "good vs evil" than "everyone has different perspectives and different needs/interests." But as you say, this should be able to work out through interesting tension! Still working on that...
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I recommend it if you're in need of something new to read! (She's hedda62 on ao3 as well, I believe it's okay to cross the streams there, if you've seen her name.)
If they’re one-dimensional, they’re only briefly there; if they get more screen time, they’re more fully fleshed out. (Which one comes first?)
Ah, good question! Did the writers realize they didn't need to use that much screen time to establish the one-dimensional characters? (Given how hugely the Rebel Chief affects the whole plot, he's literally on screen for something like five minutes? Maybe ten?)
Do you mean that as they’re more fleshed out, they should be able to find different solutions? Or just that the focus drifts away from the conflict qua conflict and towards to their individual struggles?
Mostly that if the antagonists' viewpoints are reasonable in their own way, I don't have anybody who's actually evil, so if I want someone doing evil things I have to struggle ;). And it's harder to resolve "good vs evil" than "everyone has different perspectives and different needs/interests." But as you say, this should be able to work out through interesting tension! Still working on that...