When the one driving the plot is not the Main Character, they often are the Obstacle Character.
In Dramatica, the Protagonist is defined as the character who drives the story towards resolution. When this character is not the the Main Character, they often are the Obstacle Character (the one challenging the Main Character to reconsider their justifications).
This question popped up on Discuss Dramatica this week and I thought it would be great to keep a list of all of them in one place. So here we go:
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