Identity and Characterization

I have a post up at Tor.com on Identity and Characterization


But there's another kind of character I run across in my viewing and in my reading—and, yes, in my own writing, if I'm not paying attention—who may hold a more important role in the actual narrative (at least in terms of time spent "on screen") but whose definitional identity remains as singular as if there is only one over-riding characteristic about him/her/it/yeye that matters in defining who they are. This singular identification, i