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 To give examples: Indiana Jones can probably be placed into //any// context and he'll mostly be fine. Meanwhile, the antagonist and protagonist of Daybreakers //cannot// be placed into any context, because their characterization is directly tied to the plot and theme of that film.\\
 This may or may not be a useful means of classification and, in fact, I'm not really that sure about whether a ‘tethered stable character’ could exist.
+I've come to the conclusion that this is a mostly pointless way of categorizing characters. The reason being that an untethered character doesn't technically exist: every character is tethered to a differing degree.\\
+I'll use the example of Indiana Jones. Indy is a mostly untethered character: the setting, location and what's up can vary wildly, but he'll continue being Indy. However...Indy cannot be ‘native’ to the stone age...because professors and whips (presumably) did not exist back then. Neither did anything else surrounding his character. So, if you want an Indiana Jones who exists in the stone age...you //will// have to adapt him until he fits into that context.\\
+This shouldn't be confused for plopping a character into a setting. Basically...if Indiana Jones suddenly appeared in the stone age, you could still theoretically predict his actions...even if he isn't ‘native’.