Thread:Mesektet/@comment-29414935-20190907103947/@comment-3581997-20190907225849

Sadly yes. I frequently need to not only prune the category, but take down whole pages of characters who don't have any agency in the story. People like Bakura at least go through serious risks to their self if only to warn others of impending danger, or Hestia engaging in next to no adventures but still maintaining a standard for their world. But say Keiko from Yu Yu Hakusho, is just a love-interest, she is good, but saves no one, offers no support passed main-character's social life. Merry and Pippin do not do much in the Lord of the Rings, but they at-least are willing to, so their lack of action is only due to the set-up of the story. In He-Man The Sorceress just sits around in a castle all day and talks to people in their head, but at-least her butt being firmly planted in said castle keeps the world turning. If you see anyone who violates these bare minimum of standards of agency in a story - let's call it the Bakura/Keiko line - I encourage you to not only take them off the Pure of Heart category, but put on the Candidate for Deletion category.