One aspect of how people react to characters in fiction is that, when they aren't real people that you actually have to spend time with, usually people who are a little (or a lot) twisted are more interesting. And you're prone to sympathize with/invest yourself into interesting people.
On Alias, for example, Francie was the nicest and most normal person on the show, which, in show purposes, meant she was really boring compared to Sloane or Jack Bristow. The latter two are characters you'd probably run screaming from in real life, but removed from that they're the best characters on the show.
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Date: 2010-02-21 09:59 pm (UTC)On Alias, for example, Francie was the nicest and most normal person on the show, which, in show purposes, meant she was really boring compared to Sloane or Jack Bristow. The latter two are characters you'd probably run screaming from in real life, but removed from that they're the best characters on the show.