...they're not casually disposable, to her. Like Sherlock Holmes wasn't to his fans, or many other popular characters to theirs.
The difference was that Holmes was disposable to his creator/writer, if not casually so (but then, Holmes wasn't Doyle's Mary Sue...).
Also, IIRR, Tarzan was supposed to be retired after the fourth or fifth book, but Burroughs brought him out of retirement (as seen in one of the B. Custer books) with ill grace. I suppose at least he didn't write himself into the books, Hitchcock-like, to moan about what a damn pain in the posterior they were, unlike Agatha Christie. And Burroughs, remember, had the sense to set up two series right at the start of his career, so the possibility of boredom was less to begin with.
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The difference was that Holmes was disposable to his creator/writer, if not casually so (but then, Holmes wasn't Doyle's Mary Sue...).
Also, IIRR, Tarzan was supposed to be retired after the fourth or fifth book, but Burroughs brought him out of retirement (as seen in one of the B. Custer books) with ill grace. I suppose at least he didn't write himself into the books, Hitchcock-like, to moan about what a damn pain in the posterior they were, unlike Agatha Christie. And Burroughs, remember, had the sense to set up two series right at the start of his career, so the possibility of boredom was less to begin with.