best minor characters

POSTED BY: est120
UPDATED: Sunday, April 24, 2005 09:40
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EST120

Friday, January 21, 2005 3:21 PM

okay, we have had all kinds of "favorites" or "best of" lists but here is another one. who is your favorite minor character or recurring character from buffy, angel or firefly? you can pick anyone, just not "the guy in the bar" or "woman on the stairs". but they do not have to have had large parts. they may have only been in one episode. they may have had a recurring role for a number of episodes. no "official" cast members, though. this precludes characters like lorne (since he was eventually a cast member), connor or harmony.

since i am posting this thread, i will go first. i always thought skip was a lot of fun. of course, he was an instrument in cordelia's demise, but still, he was funny and he had quite a unique look!

CYBERSNARK

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:12 PM

I liked Skip too, and was disappointed when he turned out to be just another enemy conspirator.

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ZEEK

Friday, January 21, 2005 5:23 PM

I liked Lily/Anne. Man was she smokin.

Um...I think she had some sort of role in the shows too.

IMEARLY

Friday, January 21, 2005 5:58 PM

I think it's obvious here; I'll go with Early from Objects In Space. He's Early Fett, I mean he even has the space ship and the backpack. (Although in this case it's not a rocket pack.) He's tough and a little my side of the loony bin He was the perfect person to try and cowboy River.

So you're a bounty hunter.
No, that ain't it at all.
Then what are you?
I'm a bounty hunter.

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, January 21, 2005 7:40 PM

Gonna have to go with Two-Fry, from Serenity.

Poor sod didn't even get one line of dialogue.

"Nice hat...BLAM, thump."

Did a good job for a part that small, ya almost feel sorry for him.

-F

CAPNERIC

Friday, January 21, 2005 9:56 PM

For me it's Badger.

Of all the minor characters I really feel he's the most developed, the most interesting and the most likely to be seen again. He's a classic criminal middle-man in a position to give Serenity lots of business and cause them a lot of trouble.

My dream scenario would have Badger and his crew pulling a deal somewhere out on the rim (where the wheel never stops turning).

Normally, Badger wouldn't budge from his "gorram den". He hires Reynolds et al to do it on a percentage basis but then has 2nd thoughts - this deal is so sensitive, so sweet, that he decides to handle it himself and "forgets" to tell our BDH they're out of the picture.

Everything would be going just fine...until the Reavers arrive. Desperate scenes, desperate decisions to be made, all looks lost until our BDH arrive, double-crossed and looking for Badger. So many ways it could go - BDH save Badger, Badger has to choose between own skin and innocents, sacrifices made, somehow it has to turn out that Badger says "sorry" and "thank you" and Mal slugs him by way of accepting the apology.

Also, Jayne and Vera must feature prominently along with some wierd-ass weapon that Wash and Kayley cook up on the spur of the moment.

That's the way it should be....

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"I dunno, I passed out"

AMYEL

Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:09 PM

Holden Webster was the best one-episode character I've ever seen on television. Joss did a totally perfect job of writing dialog for the goofy psychoanalyzing vampire and Jonathan Woodward was brilliant in portraying him. Nearly every line was a memorable one without all the scenes being too hammy or OTT.

OLDFAN45

Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnEric:
For me it's Badger.

Of all the minor characters I really feel he's the most developed, the most interesting and the most likely to be seen again. He's a classic criminal middle-man in a position to give Serenity lots of business and cause them a lot of trouble.

My dream scenario would have Badger and his crew pulling a deal somewhere out on the rim (where the wheel never stops turning).

Normally, Badger wouldn't budge from his "gorram den". He hires Reynolds et al to do it on a percentage basis but then has 2nd thoughts - this deal is so sensitive, so sweet, that he decides to handle it himself and "forgets" to tell our BDH they're out of the picture.

Everything would be going just fine...until the Reavers arrive. Desperate scenes, desperate decisions to be made, all looks lost until our BDH arrive, double-crossed and looking for Badger. So many ways it could go - BDH save Badger, Badger has to choose between own skin and innocents, sacrifices made, somehow it has to turn out that Badger says "sorry" and "thank you" and Mal slugs him by way of accepting the apology.

Also, Jayne and Vera must feature prominently along with some wierd-ass weapon that Wash and Kayley cook up on the spur of the moment.

That's the way it should be....

So there's a great fanfic! Have you been to Wiccanslyr's thread about a contest? If not, please go. And even if you've never written squat before, try writing this! I would love to see it fully developed, it's a great idea!

OLDFAN45

Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:43 PM

And, I forgot to add, Badger is also my fave minor character because he's so well-drawn. I've been sad enough about losing the majors that the minors haven't really sunk in yet.

Close second: Adelai Niska. Mr. Fairman portrayed him so eloquently, and gave a minor moon some major glow. I hope we'll see more of him in the 'verse, too.

Aside: Has anyone else noticed the prevalence of Tiffany lamps in Whedonverse? One on Niska's desk; all the lamps in Rupert's house on Buffy; and there were some in Angel as well. What up with that?

THRAWN

Monday, January 24, 2005 6:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by amyel:
Holden Webster was the best one-episode character I've ever seen on television. Joss did a totally perfect job of writing dialog for the goofy psychoanalyzing vampire and Jonathan Woodward was brilliant in portraying him. Nearly every line was a memorable one without all the scenes being too hammy or OTT.

What you said.

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