Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-4651179-20150320014112/@comment-61371-20150321005649

Jamie wrote: I support the idea, but I'm not sure I support the change as it is proposed. Perhaps we should even consider more broadly the elimination of heroes vs. villains altogether, in favour of a 'Featured' vs. 'Supporting' approach, or perhaps just a single grouping: 'Appearing'.

What value does separating them bring? How do our readers use this information?

I'd agree with ADour as far as a single grouping. I'm all for changing how the groups are presented, but I think limiting it to one would result in a crazy long list (in some cases) where ANY kind of break-up would be ideal. I'm thinking of...oh...any event ever. But things like Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Avengers vs. X-Men come to mind fairly readily (along with the Hickman Avengers mega-roster) where even dividing them by teams still makes for one hell of a crazy list. Breaking them up into Protagonists/Antagonists, or even Featured/Supporting would be something that would make it easier to get through.

And another way to look at this: Let's say I'm going through a comic and double-checking appearances. What can we do to make it a little easier to ensure we don't accidentally double up on appearances?