Unforseen popularity of certain characters

[KathleenJ]

I think mine might be Jenny Damien. She was missing in action for most of the first series, but became totally central to the second. People seem to like her.
But I think her move to the center stage had more to do with the fact that I kind of fell in love with the character while redesigning her and figuring out what exactly her deal is.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

So my question is has anyone else had to revamp scripts to feature a character who by some odd reason gained some unknown popularity?

Absolutely. The exact same thing happened to both the Fonz and Steve Urkel. Ton is not alone. 8)

Oh my god, you are so right. Urkel was a one shot character that was supposed to be a blind date for Laura. And he ended up being the main character pretty much.

I haven't had anyone preffering any of the other characters in my comic over the main one yet. But we'll see what happens when I get more stuff in my archive.

[Dutch!]

Urkel was the only reason I refused to watch that show...even though the dad was the twinky cop in Die Hard!

[Radewagon]

I'm not really sure if this counts because i'm not sure if i have fans, but one of my friends told me that i should put "the martian" in more of my strips. he started out as just a visual gag at the end of my third strip. and now he has been in many more. I'm not sure why my friend liked him so much (or my other friends who later agreed with her), but i enjoy writing the character so i don't mind much.

[Fiore42]

People seem to enjoy Macar from mine, who has yet to actually speak a line. I suppose having Very Long Hair and a smirk helps his popularity with the fangirls or something...

[McDuffies]

Mmh, no, not really. When I asked people who're their favourite characters, answers were mostly whithin the main characters who are apperaing the most already.
I did put more of characters on my own iniciative: I squeezed in Slight who wasn't planned in the first place. I put much more of Blocky and Ray because I thought they had a natural charm that I didn't even plan. And I put a tad bit more of Voicey.

[K-Dawg]

So my question is has anyone else had to revamp scripts to feature a character who by some odd reason gained some unknown popularity?

Absolutely. The exact same thing happened to both the Fonz and Steve Urkel. Ton is not alone. 8)

I'm just glad I wasn't pressured into renaming the comic to "Tontaku Felipe Rodriguez D. Monkey...featuring Angry D. Monkey"

[Johndisko]

i am the most popular person in my... wait... what were we talking about now?

sorry...

[Mr Ekshin]

I've gathered that some people like at least one of my characters, but I don't believe I'm ever going to change a script due to a character's popularity / unpopularity.

[Leko]

My only fan is my dad, and the only thing he's said so far has been a correction for my Lingo page, so...

[Kevin Wolf]

I never expected Cissy, the hot, large-breasted nymphomanical lesbian to take off like she did, but I guess there's just no accounting for taste.

Um...Hamish MacCreagle, if anybody here has ever actually read my comic, became far more popular than I had ever planned, causing me to write him into a more prominent role and then actually write him out of the comic altogether.

[Alschroeder]

I never changed a storyline because of her, but Vicki, my character's artificial intelligence/hologram/best friend is the favorite of quite a few of my readers. ---
Al

[BrownEyedCat]

A large number of people have listed Toky, my obligatory cute thing, as their favorite character, even before I'd really done anything with him. Honestly, I keep forgetting he's there, and the number of times I've swapped his wings is just disgraceful.

But still, adorable cute thing. And I did try to make him more interesting than the usual sort of cute thing. So I probably shouldn't be too surprised.

[Tim]

I'm not sure about this "popularity" of which you speak...

I've been asked a surprising number of times (well, surprising to me) about the status of a certain ex-cast member. Sym seems to be a popular character - and I need to write more of him in anyway, being what I consider a main character - but judging by the fanart I've received, the most popular character is...me.

[Ghastly]

So my question is has anyone else had to revamp scripts to feature a character who by some odd reason gained some unknown popularity?

Freddy was originally pretty much intended to be a "one-shot" character but s/he became so popular and took on such a life of hir own that s/he became one of the main characters.

Drunk and Bitter Jesus was also another "one-shot" character who became for more popular than I had ever imagined.

[Toxic]

People seem to love Lily (the Asian female character in my comic), and my traffic seems to jump whenever I feature her. I also get the response that people find Toxic (the main character) to be very unique.

[KeenCrow]

This particular phenomenon isn't that strange, or uncommon. A quirky-cutesy-different character that a creator came up with as just a throw-away can easily be chosen as a fan favorite.

The reasons? People love cute things, especially if they look like little animals. Look at Pokemon! People also love characters with odd quirks, like a wicked sense of biting sarcasm in a perky, happy world, or something more physical, like a sexy girl with fur and a tail in an environment filled with simple, normal, not-so-sexy humans.

[JexKerome]

I'm not sure about this "popularity" of which you speak...

[MixedMyth]

Tamit. Without a single doubt. I'm not sure why it is....but yeah. o_O Although a year or two ago I had a popularity poll to see who the readers prefered and they all came out fairly even. Of course, I less readers back then. I wonder what it would be like now. Tamit still won, though.

[MrEff]

Surprisingly I've gotten a huge reaction over just the main character on my page.... I'm not even near introducing others yet....


-MrEff-