Thanks for writing out something that I feel very strongly but often have trouble articulating in these spaces. The song made me tear up. Incidentally, my main character/self-representation for my aborted Harry Potter long-form fanfiction was a hufflepuff.
You are not alone. I found The Importance of Sidekicks to be useful in helping me fit into this space better, despite not fitting most people’s first impressions of that archetype.
I agree a lot with the attitude of leadership through service/recognising the work of those who support others. Not sure that I would endorse the whole “hero/sidekick” dynamic. In my head it’s more like “a group of adventurers in a fellowship, each of which has a different role.”
Thanks for writing out something that I feel very strongly but often have trouble articulating in these spaces. The song made me tear up. Incidentally, my main character/self-representation for my aborted Harry Potter long-form fanfiction was a hufflepuff.
You are not alone. I found The Importance of Sidekicks to be useful in helping me fit into this space better, despite not fitting most people’s first impressions of that archetype.
I agree a lot with the attitude of leadership through service/recognising the work of those who support others. Not sure that I would endorse the whole “hero/sidekick” dynamic. In my head it’s more like “a group of adventurers in a fellowship, each of which has a different role.”
That’s a reasonable frame too. For whatever inscrutable reasons, the sidekick frame mostly* works for me personally.
*mostly. I have a small different angle on it I should write up sometime.