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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2005-09-26 04:50 pm

Neologism of the day

Tagonist

A fictional character that is important to the story. Whether they are sympathetic or not, whether they are "good" or not, and whether their primary function is to generate or resolve conflict is undefined.

Useful for RPGs.

[identity profile] nikotesla.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been using *tagonist for a while now. It's actually in the text of Shock:.

On the other hand:

agonist
Activator; an agonist at a given neuroreceptor activates that receptor.


That's a pretty good word. I might wind up using it in Shock: for its scientistic awesomenity.