We are all Slave now.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Some people say that Penelope is just the wife who sits around waiting for Odysseus to return, but I think she is her own character with her own story.

And it's being told.

But it wasn't being told - by your own admission in that pope analogy - until one of the characters was nominated for SCOTUS.

So like it or not, as with most stories, and all stories in which there's a he said/she said dispute, there's more than one character.