Thread:The S/@comment-995426-20160813194043/@comment-995426-20160814040541

What you said was unclear. Your "disagree with the discussions" seems either overly vague or overly broad. Are there specific points you disagree with? (Many different points are raised in discussion and analyzed. Not all of them are a matter of agree vs. disagree, either.)  Or is it that you disagree with having the discussions, or that you don't want to participate in such a discussion (which is a personal choice)?

But as for choosing a clearer, more inclusive term, that's something I can help with: I think I'm leaning closest to "fellowship." I'd prefer "allies," but you've taken that option away.
 * Protagonists might work, but then there's some disagreement whether it can apply to "all the good guys" or just to one "good guy". Still, an advantage of "protagonist" is not defined as specifically good or evil.
 * When I wikied "good guys" on Wikipedia, it redirected me to (hence heroes), but I realized I wasn't sure if that was what I was looking for.  Many characters we'd call "good guys" don't have much of an active role in story, but clearly form part of the allied group's moral support network.  I also tend to associate "hero" more specifically with a character who rescues someone; that could possibly be overly specific of me, but it's just difficult for me to call Mrs. Jones (Mirage) or Little Girl (2012 TV series) "heroes."
 * There's also good guys, which is just vague enough, but it also presumes that the main characters are themselves good. As seen in both Mirage TMNT and in MNT Gaiden, this is not always the case (again, Michelangelo and Shadow being Mirage TMNT examples).
 * There's also fellowship, which very accurately describes a group of characters in common agreement towards a goal, including heroes, allies and friends, even if not all have an active combat or active backup role.
 * There's also comrades, which is similar to "allies" has more of a sense of camaraderie to it. "You are my comrade.  I am your comrade.  We are comrades."
 * There's also support network, and no one would question whether an allied noncombatant is part of that.
 * I suppose there's also crew.

And yes, "Antagonists" does sound better than "Villains."