josephk wrote on 06. Aug 2017 at 04:26:
I'll take Barret Oliver over Noah Hathaway any day. I think he's much cuter and his character was my favourite in Neverending Story. I think it's because I identified with him more than Atreyu.
I'm not sure I understood the question that started this thread, but here's what that acronym B.O.Y.A.C.T.O.R. would mean for me:
I always identified with Bastian more too, I was bullied a lot in primary, but I like both boys equally, but same as you, if I had to choose, I'd have to go with Barret, I watched Noah in Battlestar Gallactica, years before the NES movie was made. So he was already a fave, I was searching for a show to watch one evening after I got home from work, way back in 1987, I found this movie as it was starting, by pure chance, by the end of the film, I was in total awe of Noah and Barret, but at first I didn't know that Atreyu was Noah Hathaway! in fact, when Atreyu first appeared on screen, by climbing the steps, I first thought he was a girl!, then of course it didn't take long before I was releaved that he was 100% B.O.Y.!
As for your interpretation of the acronym, you were right on target, that was what I meant, to define what they mean to you by defining the acronym!