Character Love Meme

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gakked from bastardsnow

Name a character, and I will tell you in no less than 100 words why I love that character.

Fandoms you may question me on are: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI (Vegas), Firefly/Serenity, Harry Potter, Jane Austen (any of the books/adaptions), The Lord of the Rings, The Mummy/Mummy Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek (Original), Star Trek (TNG), Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1

Of course, you could also ask about any of the other fandoms I've written for or admitted to watching, but I can't guarantee being able to come up with a love-paragraph about any given main character for every one of them. =)

Comments

Dawn & Lydia

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Dawn Summers (B:tVS)

I was as "bwa?" about the appearance of Dawn as anyone, but I never disliked her like a lot of people did. With all her diary-keeping right at the beginning, she reminded me a lot of my early fascination with the "Harriet the Spy" books; that was a nostalgic point in her favor. And her relationship with Buffy reminded me a lot of the cat-and-dog behavior my brother and I indulged in before he got old enough that we actually had interests and beliefs in common that we could talk about.

Later on, she grew into an interesting character in her own right. I sympathized with her acting-out phase, because much as I love Buffy she would be difficult to live with, especially in season 6. And she had a lot of raw potential in the academic/magical fields that I'd have liked to see developed further-- too bad I've heard most of the novels are trash. And of course there's the dangling fact of her having been the Key, that has all kinds of hooks to write stories around. =)

Lydia Bennett (P&P)

You had to pick the brat of the bunch, didn't you? *grin* She's actually my third favorite of the Bennet girls, as she has more personality than Kitty and at least is able to live in the moment, something Mary never managed. Of course it was tragic that she got trapped into a marriage with an opportunistic rake-- but with her sunny disposition, maybe it won't matter and she'll still be happily blind to his misfortunes for years into the future. (Another side to Charlotte's not wanting to know too much about her spouse, I suppose!). And she's so young; even if she doesn't remain happy in her marriage, she's still got room to grow as a character (which is the fic-writer in me speaking).

Re: Dawn & Lydia

[scarlettlily.livejournal.com]

Yes I had to pick the brat because I wanted to know what you would say. Very interesting explanations though.