Thread:Sonic2479/@comment-24573226-20170707190838/@comment-26882656-20170709125239

Listen. Sonic, alignment and apparence are not connected. shopkeep is a supporting character because he doesn't appear that much. he is neutral because he isn't on anybldy's side and is just there doing his job.

this is your problem, you don't really understand the terminology. it's not black and white. it't not "one or the other" it's not "this character is both therefore these terms mean the same thing". some terms overlap. a character can be a neutral supporting character, but that does not mean the words mean the same thing. a character can be neutral, an antihero and a deutragonist, but that does not mean the words mean the same thing.