kangeiko

Where single-person narratives dominate the folktale, the montage of characters now has strength in pop-culture. We have multi-character shows and tales, where it is unclear where our loyalties are expected to lie. I'm talking about shows, texts and films such as Deadwood, Rome, Star Trek (in its many incarnations, although perhaps not TOS), Babylon 5, X-Men, Serenity/Firefly, Carnivale, Fables, E.R., Third Watch and The West Wing. I am not talking about 'buddy shows' such as Supernatural or about texts such as Buffy, Angel, Alias, Harry Potter or Pirates of the Caribbean which have a central character around which the action revolves. Those would be examples of folktales or quests.

These are mainly notes for when athena25 and I actually get around to writing all of this up; if any scholarly work already exists in this area, please do point me in that direction. athena25, luv, do you want to add to this with the arcana stuff you came up with?

( the first lot )

If anyone comes up with any more or has comments on the ones above, please comment. I am rather interested in this whole thing.