What is this trope if it's third person rather than first person?
Catbert
04:10:22 PM Dec 1st 2012
If it is third person, than it isn't this trope.
Catbert
04:15:26 PM Dec 1st 2012
Basically, in a third person narration, the narrator is always someone other than a character, so the third person narrator can't be either the main character or a peripheral character.
nemui10pm
02:05:12 PM Feb 2nd 2013
Late reply, but a third-person protagonist who is less interesting than other characters is suffering from Designated Protagonist Syndrome.