"This is my story, not yours. You must let me finish telling it!"
I guess the mice are okay, despite barely being in the movie - like, seriously, what's the deal there? Isn't this movie called The Rescuers Down Under? Aren't they The Rescuers? It is the titular role and yet they feel like weird side characters.
I have been a slave.
I have been turned to stone.
I have been a wayfarer.
I have been a collector of antiques.
I have been a herder of monsters.
And I have saved multiple kingdoms.
I am a son.
I am a father.
I am a husband.
I am a king.
But I am not the Hero.
I have been turned to stone.
I have been a wayfarer.
I have been a collector of antiques.
I have been a herder of monsters.
And I have saved multiple kingdoms.
I am a son.
I am a father.
I am a husband.
I am a king.
But I am not the Hero.
When it comes to writing stories, the protagonist and the main character are actually two separate entities, though most people do think of them as the same thing since, in most cases, both roles fall onto the same character. This is a completely valid way to tell a story, but when you’re breaking down the elements of a narrative like yours truly compulsively does, it is an important distinction to make since the protagonist and the main character both serve different functions. People smarter than me have explained this in better detail, but basically the protagonist is our point of view character, he is the medium through which the audience learns about the plot, characters and other elements in a story. The main character on the other hand, is the one the story is actually about; important plot elements and themes are tied directly to it and you cannot remove him/her from the narrative without fundamentally changing the direction of the story.
