I have a special place in my heart for Randy (Randy Random is his full name). He or she turns up in every story, be it book or film and every time they die I cry ‘Randy nooo!’ (Ideally while kneeling in the rain with a camera zooming away from above my head but that’s not always possible).
Sometimes the main character will have to fight their way through a group of Randys, killing mercilessly until they find the big baddie. Once they reach the bad guy with a name they’ll pause, have a conversation or even a crash of conscience meaning they can’t bring themselves to pull the trigger. But no one ever cares about killing Randy!
At other times Randy will be helping the main character, only to be shot down next to them. They will probably earn themselves a line to mention their passing but will never be thought of again.
Often Randy has no official name, no actual speech and no real description beyond perhaps male or female, dark or blonde. So I name them Randy and I salute them!
Susanne Valenti 
You’re welcome! And no worries, no rush. 🙂
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Haha yeah that’s a great one! I’m always chickens get out of killing characters and I have to really plan in advance so that I don’t just find a way out lol xoxo
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The ‘red shirts’ from Star Trek…you know they are going to die the minute you see them. I hate killing characters but sometimes they have to go….:-)
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Oh I forgot about the Randys I could think of – top of my head I’d go for all the tributes who Katniss never directly communicated with in the training during The Hunger Games (they’re pretty much all dead in the first five mins). The Gladers who Thomas didn’t know in The Maze Runner (this gets especially amusing in The Scorch Trials) and you’ve gotta love all the James Bond henchmen! xoxo
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Thank you so much 😊 I’ll definitely get on to this as soon as possible! 🏆 xoxo
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It’s like a running joke in my house whenever we are watching/reading something and we’ll see a background character coming along and turn to each other and say ‘oh no – Randy!’ Then we’ll try and guess how long they’ve got and when it will happen and when they die we shout ‘Randy noooooo!’ (we might be a bit odd). We did it last night and I decided to do a post about it lol xoxo
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Thanks ☺️ we can appreciate their sacrifice for the greater good! xoxo
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They will live on in our hearts forever (or for at least thirty seconds until the story move on) xoxo
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Lol I’m always so aware when I write one too! xoxo
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If I had a penny every Randy I cried over…😭
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It’s sad how true that is! 😦
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This was hilarious! And so true!!
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OMG! I’ve never thought about this before. 😉
What inspired this post? And what Randys can you think of on the spot?
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Hello, I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! (if you’d rather not be nominated or participate, no worries, you don’t have to!)
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