1.   And with time and a few more departures and arrivals, it might even assume something like the fringe character it started with three decades ago.

2.   Depending on who you ask, the constituency for supernatural storytelling is either unbalanced fringe characters or Mr. and Ms. Middle America.

3.   For a while, she seemed to be specializing in weakly written fringe characters who, by all rights, should have been totally forgettable.

4.   Fringe characters interrupt with blase monologues on gay-bashing and parental neglect.

5.   He was left to the dark and dreary streets, just another fringe character in a place filled with them.

6.   Nevertheless, over the last several years, a handful of fringe characters from the Pizza Connection case have wound up dead.

7.   Quirk creates this subculture of fringe characters with affection and considerable detail.

8.   Their forte was combining jazz sensibilities with a pop aesthetic that featured odd and sometimes obscure lyrics about fringe characters and agreeable singalong choruses.

9.   And many of these truly are fringe characters, having so little to do with the action that they distract from the main story.