"Mika-chan?"
"Yes, wise old Sensei?"
"Has anyone ever explained to you the difference between a main character and a lead character?"
"The difference between ... Sensei, does that mean I might have a normal life after all?"
"Probably not, but at least you have a chance of not being ultimately responsible for everything that happens to everyone you know."
"... It's a small victory, but I'll take it."
(ten minutes later, when Mika is http://allthetropes.orain.org/wiki/Fridge_Logic]at the fridge)
"Wait a minute - main characters who aren't lead characters end up dead early! Maybe that isn't a victory after all."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
"Yes, wise old Sensei?"
"Has anyone ever explained to you the difference between a main character and a lead character?"
"The difference between ... Sensei, does that mean I might have a normal life after all?"
"Probably not, but at least you have a chance of not being ultimately responsible for everything that happens to everyone you know."
"... It's a small victory, but I'll take it."
(ten minutes later, when Mika is http://allthetropes.orain.org/wiki/Fridge_Logic]at the fridge)
"Wait a minute - main characters who aren't lead characters end up dead early! Maybe that isn't a victory after all."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012