Categories are slippery: one of the respondents told me that she meant horses specifically as characters, as in Black Beauty, rather than ... er, elements in the setting? - for want of a better word. Which is sort of why I put 'werewolves' in 'characters' as well - the thought that the werewolf in question would probably be treated as a character instead of some sort of background or setting element - Remus Lupin, as opposed to Fenrir Grayback, who is as of HP book 6 still mostly vague and backgroundy. Animals as background/setting would be more like the raptors in Hawkmistress, where they don't function as characters but are elements that support the characters and the actions. If that makes sense.
I've combined some things already; it's just hard to find them, especially when I've managed to sling them into two different categories. XD
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Categories are slippery: one of the respondents told me that she meant horses specifically as characters, as in Black Beauty, rather than ... er, elements in the setting? - for want of a better word. Which is sort of why I put 'werewolves' in 'characters' as well - the thought that the werewolf in question would probably be treated as a character instead of some sort of background or setting element - Remus Lupin, as opposed to Fenrir Grayback, who is as of HP book 6 still mostly vague and backgroundy. Animals as background/setting would be more like the raptors in Hawkmistress, where they don't function as characters but are elements that support the characters and the actions. If that makes sense.
I've combined some things already; it's just hard to find them, especially when I've managed to sling them into two different categories. XD