There's nothing wrong with being caught up in it.

Maybe when it comes to things like minor characters, you could write about a different minor character (if they exist) or something like that so you don't end up feeling like you're just re-writing the same thing?

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."-Nietzsche