One main point of disagreement: Ever heard of tv tropes? It has a massive catalogue of archetypes for media of all sorts, including video games. After browsing for a bit, you'll notice that every entity ever is a collection of archetypes mashed together. Meraxis, arguably one of the more fleshed out characters in LT (not saying much), is a
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who serves as a
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and a
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. Pretty sure you do something simular yet more setting appropriate in BDCC to make some NPC's.
Also keep in mind that consumers of some niches will pay top dollar to see more, negating the potential losses from cutting out the common masses. Seriously, the number of mysteriously wealthy people throwing tips at furry and loli artists...