Great Character Writing: Héctor Rivera

“You can help me! I can help you! But most importantly of all, you can help me!”

I never expected it to be endeared to a skeleton man in the way I am to Héctor Rivera, but here we are! It’s amazing how our expectations of this character are set-up and later subverted. So, he is my topic of discussion for today!

When Miguel and the audience first meet Héctor, he comes off as a selfish, yet lovable trickster, trying to get past security so he can visit the world of the living…