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Anonymous writes...

Which characters can you tell us are supporting characters?

Greg responds...

Wow, it's a weird day here at ASK GREG. I don't understand this question either. Supporting characters are, I suppose, by definition, any character that is significant (i.e. not a small bit part) but also not a lead. Deciding who is a lead vs. supporting is often subjective, but is most often based on (a) who has an important emotional arc in a story and (b) to a certain extent, screen time.

So given all that, why do you need me to create a long list of who the supporting characters are? What am I going to tell you that you can't figure out yourself?

I suppose an easier task is listing who I perceive to be the leads this season. So, I'd say the only true leads for the entire season are probably Aqualad, Artemis, Miss Martian, Nightwing and Blue Beetle.

All others, I guess, are supporting players when perceiving the season as a whole, though in individual episodes one or more might have a significant role to play - and even be the lead of that episode. For example, Robin in "Happy New Year", Wonder Girl in "Beneath" or Arsenal in "Satisfaction", etc. Others are always only supporting players.

If that helps any. (None of this is an exact science.)

But as I've said before, the characters used (and the amount of screen time they received) this season were based entirely on STORY. In contrast to Season One, YJ:I was, by design, a STORY-DRIVEN season.

Response recorded on March 06, 2013