Since we're discussing it I went back to the recommended SH starting page at http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/start-here.html and started reading, making a cast list as I went. The first thing it points me to is the canon page at http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/canon.html so I started reading links there in order. Having read the "About the Show" page and the articles in the "Characters" heading my cast list looks like this:
Alex - Leader, science genius, crap at social, ADHD-ish, rich. Asexual-ish. White woman with curly sand-coloured hair & glasses.
Ash - Research/computer geek, speaks many languages, calm/focussed, poor. Asexual aromantic. Native American woman with straight back hair and copper skin.
Bailey - Commonsense/down to earth, organises, good with hardware, builds stuff. Bisexual. Mixed-race man with wavy brown hair and tan skin.
Kay - Security guard, ex-military with medical training. Not monosexual, BDSM interests. Hispanic woman with curly black hair, fairly pale skin.
Morgan - Astronomer, very down to earth and somewhat sheltered compared to others. Vanilla, monosexual. Hawiian woman of mixed-race background with straight black hair and tinted skin.
Pat - Does social stuff, PR, negotiations, etc. Good cook. Pansexual, poly. Black man with nappy black hair and milk chocolate skin.
Quinn - Can deal with anything. Well travelled, much pop-culture/history knowledge. Dislikes labels & binaries - up for most things. French-Canadian man with fair skin and varying hair.
Kat - Pansexual, poly.
Tim - Tentacle monster. Alien baffled/fascinated by lots of earth stuff. Unclear sexuality. Tall pile of writhing tentacles of varying sizes, can change colour.
Chris - Muscle of the team. Good friends with Pat. White man, large, blond hair.
Dusty - Refugee from another dimension, ally but not team member. Lesbian. Woman with olive skin and dark wavy hair.
Jayden - Army officer. Straight, divorced, 2 kids. Tall black woman with tightly curled black hair.
Midge - Reporter with excellent research skills, can pickpocket and forge but not highly educated. Bi but prefers woman partners. Short white woman with freckles and red hair.
Schrodinger - Alex’s cat. Male with short black fur.
Vic - Ally not team member. Professor and writer, highly educated. Gay and kinky, currently dom, past sub. British man with wavy brown hair greying.
Having finished everything on the 'canon' page and all the 'what should I read first' on the 'start-here' page, I have Male!Morgan, Evil!Midge, and Evil!Schrodinger added to that list - I ignored all the other different forms on the assumption they wouldn't matter too much. But now I haven't read any stories yet and there are eighteen characters on my list ...
I'm guessing that some of those characters don't really show up much but I can't tell that from the cast lists and they don't seem to be in much significant order - I've heard a lot about Schrodinger but he's second last to be introduced, so I don't feel like I can assume I only need to know the top few.
Going to read all the fiction on the start-here page now, since I have the easiest time with following fiction generally ...
Re: Yes...
Alex - Leader, science genius, crap at social, ADHD-ish, rich. Asexual-ish. White woman with curly sand-coloured hair & glasses.
Ash - Research/computer geek, speaks many languages, calm/focussed, poor. Asexual aromantic. Native American woman with straight back hair and copper skin.
Bailey - Commonsense/down to earth, organises, good with hardware, builds stuff. Bisexual. Mixed-race man with wavy brown hair and tan skin.
Kay - Security guard, ex-military with medical training. Not monosexual, BDSM interests. Hispanic woman with curly black hair, fairly pale skin.
Morgan - Astronomer, very down to earth and somewhat sheltered compared to others. Vanilla, monosexual. Hawiian woman of mixed-race background with straight black hair and tinted skin.
Pat - Does social stuff, PR, negotiations, etc. Good cook. Pansexual, poly. Black man with nappy black hair and milk chocolate skin.
Quinn - Can deal with anything. Well travelled, much pop-culture/history knowledge. Dislikes labels & binaries - up for most things. French-Canadian man with fair skin and varying hair.
Kat - Pansexual, poly.
Tim - Tentacle monster. Alien baffled/fascinated by lots of earth stuff. Unclear sexuality. Tall pile of writhing tentacles of varying sizes, can change colour.
Chris - Muscle of the team. Good friends with Pat. White man, large, blond hair.
Dusty - Refugee from another dimension, ally but not team member. Lesbian. Woman with olive skin and dark wavy hair.
Jayden - Army officer. Straight, divorced, 2 kids. Tall black woman with tightly curled black hair.
Midge - Reporter with excellent research skills, can pickpocket and forge but not highly educated. Bi but prefers woman partners. Short white woman with freckles and red hair.
Schrodinger - Alex’s cat. Male with short black fur.
Vic - Ally not team member. Professor and writer, highly educated. Gay and kinky, currently dom, past sub. British man with wavy brown hair greying.
Having finished everything on the 'canon' page and all the 'what should I read first' on the 'start-here' page, I have Male!Morgan, Evil!Midge, and Evil!Schrodinger added to that list - I ignored all the other different forms on the assumption they wouldn't matter too much. But now I haven't read any stories yet and there are eighteen characters on my list ...
I'm guessing that some of those characters don't really show up much but I can't tell that from the cast lists and they don't seem to be in much significant order - I've heard a lot about Schrodinger but he's second last to be introduced, so I don't feel like I can assume I only need to know the top few.
Going to read all the fiction on the start-here page now, since I have the easiest time with following fiction generally ...