The Emperor's New Clothes

Most folks are probably familiar with this little tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Two rogues convince the vain emperor that they can weave beautiful clothes from an amazing cloth that has "the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarily simple in character."
As the story progresses everyone, of course, can "see" the suit of clothes as it is being created.
When the day arrives for the emperor to show off his new suit the scalawags convince him to show off their work in a procession before all the assembled people.
Once again everyone comments on the beauty of the suit of clothes for fear of appearing foolish or inept at their office.
Then one little child steps off the curb and says “But the Emperor has nothing at all on!”
In the made for tv cartoon versions of the story everyone begins to laugh and emperor runs off embarrassed.
In the actual version written by Hans the story ends thus:
The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now! And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold.

So here's the question of the day:
Which character are you?

Are you the emperor?
Easily duped by your own vanity.

Are you the rogue tailors?
Con-man (person) par excel lance.

Are you one of the royal advisers?
Fearful of being thought foolish.

The crowd?
Following along.

The easy answer is to say, "I'm the child"
But if all of us were the child then the story would not have ever been popular.

Maybe the safest bet is to claim to be the narrator.
All seeing, all knowing but disaffected by any of the goings on...a simple witness with or without report.

More oft than not I find myself in the role of the child in the story and I can say from experience that THAT role doesn't always play out so well. The parade typically does continue, leadership unmoved, a fair amount of clamor on the sidelines but with little immediate impact on the central goings on.
I sometimes wonder what happens in the aftermath of the story.
Does the emperor have the child secretly arrested?
Does he put down any opposition violently and go on parade again?
Does he slink off into the shadows and pretend it never happened?
I think we've probably seen every conceivable version of the "sequel" played out in real life.

SO...
Which character are you?

I know I am destined to be cast as the child but upon reading the story again I'm not sure there are any other roles in which I'd want to be cast.