Character Focus Issues

I'm often confused by stories that dont focus on the hero or have a main hero. Take Venture Bros for example which seems to deviate from the titles implied focus. I've only started watching the series which focuses on a bitter middle aged man named Rusty Venture who regrets the Johnny Quest style adventures he had with his father. He's joined by his sons Hank and Dean who always act as if they're in a Hardy Boys/ Scooby Doo mystery. Rounding up the cast is my favorite, Broc Sampson who's voiced by the impeccable Patrick Warburton who is a few hits away from being a full stereotyped Vietnam survivor psycho. Maybe it's me or the autism but I never got the joke behind the show. I didn't watch a lot of Johnny Quest or cared for Hanna Barbera's type of humor. It must be a good show because it got seven seasons, someone must be in on the joke. But I never felt like I could root for anyone but Broc which weirds me out since the show is titled after the boys. 

A similar response came from when I read Spin by Robert Wilson. An absolute fantastic read but the story is told by an almost purposefully middling guy. Not only does the book go out of the way to make the narrator average but the character makes no efforts to do more than be average. Usually a protagonist, even if they aren5 the hero, want something or strive for something. 

It's a nitpick to look at small things that bother me but to quote a youtuber, I noticed it and it's a nit I'd like to pick.

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