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Third person limited but to more than one character?

Obviously it doesn't matter terribly because I'll do what I want regardless, but I'm curious as to if this has it's own name or something. I write in the third person, and it's certainly not third person omniscient- the vast majority of the character's thoughts are private from the viewers. However, you can see into the thoughts of two (maybe three but I'm not entirely decided) characters. One's an AI implanted in the other's body so usually it doesn't stretch the narrative too much since they're in the same place at the same time, but you can see what happens to one even when the other's unconscious or away and read both of their takes on situations. Is this just third person limited, and it's not actually specific to one character, is this just third person omniscient with a lot of information left out, or is it something else altogether?

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  • 7 years ago
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    I would say it's third person limited. Omniscient would be giving nearly all the characters thoughts and emotions when they appear rather than just showing their responses and such.

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