Favourite Character types
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redfiona99Saw this sort of thing on a few ljs that I browse and I thought I might as well do it because I know I have a fair few. I've tried to keep to a single favourite character per fandom but I've failed miserably in that.
So yeah, character types that I always fall for -
Misunderstood heroes, prone to doing things that are wrong or stupid - Gambit (a hero, shady past, brooding and a sense of humour), Boromir (a hero, driven crazy by the ring and so hopelessly good and hopeless), Zechs Marquise (a hero driven by his beliefs to do deeply stupid and bad things) and Snape (a hero, well on the side of good anyway, with a shady past, who sulks and snaps). Athos.
Sidekicks, loyal to a fault Iolaus, Ron, Gimli, Kai in the King Arthur legend. Totally loyal to their cause. Given to bravery in unexpected and expected circumstance, and to cracking jokes. AMW even though they're each other's sidekicks. Horatio in Hamlet, who probably would have drunk the remaining poison if Hamlet hadn't stopped him. Little John, Alan a Dale and Will Scarlet. Porthos and Aramis. Lucrezia Noin who is also being put in the ass-kicking women section.
Skewered by love You know the ones, in love and hopelessly so. Devoted to a point beyond insanity. Marcus Cole, Lennier.
Wise old warrior Theoden, D'Argo, General Martok. Benoit probably fits in here.
The Outsider Strange, odd, unusual and the odd man out most times. Spock, Data, Odo. Murdoch in the A-Team. Liet Kynes in Dune.
Taking names, kicking ass and female Okay slight gender bias but if I see a female character who does this I tend to go slightly weak at the knees and love her dearly. Kira Nerys and Aeryn Sun are the obvious examples. I'm looking forward to the new Battlestar Galatica just for this. Lucrezia Noin like I've said.
So yeah, character types that I always fall for -
Misunderstood heroes, prone to doing things that are wrong or stupid - Gambit (a hero, shady past, brooding and a sense of humour), Boromir (a hero, driven crazy by the ring and so hopelessly good and hopeless), Zechs Marquise (a hero driven by his beliefs to do deeply stupid and bad things) and Snape (a hero, well on the side of good anyway, with a shady past, who sulks and snaps). Athos.
Sidekicks, loyal to a fault Iolaus, Ron, Gimli, Kai in the King Arthur legend. Totally loyal to their cause. Given to bravery in unexpected and expected circumstance, and to cracking jokes. AMW even though they're each other's sidekicks. Horatio in Hamlet, who probably would have drunk the remaining poison if Hamlet hadn't stopped him. Little John, Alan a Dale and Will Scarlet. Porthos and Aramis. Lucrezia Noin who is also being put in the ass-kicking women section.
Skewered by love You know the ones, in love and hopelessly so. Devoted to a point beyond insanity. Marcus Cole, Lennier.
Wise old warrior Theoden, D'Argo, General Martok. Benoit probably fits in here.
The Outsider Strange, odd, unusual and the odd man out most times. Spock, Data, Odo. Murdoch in the A-Team. Liet Kynes in Dune.
Taking names, kicking ass and female Okay slight gender bias but if I see a female character who does this I tend to go slightly weak at the knees and love her dearly. Kira Nerys and Aeryn Sun are the obvious examples. I'm looking forward to the new Battlestar Galatica just for this. Lucrezia Noin like I've said.
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Date: 2005-04-30 09:48 pm (UTC)I don't feel quite up to Boromir's last stand, I end up sobbing every time.