I just want to second what @mlucas said. I did, I think, have in the back of my mind that the RS is not necessarily between the MC and IC. But I never really got it until I read that article that Jim wrote about Back to the Future based on your discussions. That was absolutely a game-changer in my understanding of Dramatica and had immediate benefits in both story analysis and storyforming. I see now that rather than being the exception that proves the rule, having the MC/IC separate from the RS is actually extremely common. (See our Hunger Games analysis for what I think will be another example if I’m right). So thank you!
Okay me too I think.
I never thought about doing it this way at all! It makes sense – I’m going to have to think through more practically it means to encode meaning without characters.