Moose River Regular – [10] Shea Marerra
I can’t exactly remember if I intended Shea to be just another one-off character like Theodore Cook and every other character introduced in Anne’s stories… but the fact that I kept using her means that maybe I intended to have maybe ONE character be the main character within a single story arc. Consider that after this we don’t see Shea ever again in Moose River Regular, while another main character shows up to lead the next arc. Hmmm…
Anyways, may I introduce to you Shea Marerra, Anne’s best friend. This is her first appearance ever… and yet I don’t think much of her depiction here has made it into her later/current characterization. Consider how none of these jokes or elements ended up in the mainline Moose River series. I also don’t really see Shea coming from a religious family or being all that religious herself (except for that one time). However, the one thing about her that DID stick was her desire to rebel for its own sake, if not for irony’s sake.