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Right.
TOS Well...see, I thought about this one, and in the end it probably comes down to my two inevitable answers. McCoy, and Kirk. My favourite character in TOS for a long long long time was Kirk, I don't know, something about him, something about the way his shirts kept getting ripped, something that whenever he was hurt or in a bind my heart gave this little lurch, something about Shatner, and I do still adore Kirk. But then DeForest came along. I started focusing more on McCoy. And goshdarnit, if I didn't just fall in love with the curmudeognly ol' doctor. I love his grumping, I love his interactions with Kirk and Spock, I love his long suffering comments, but the way that you know, you just know that he cares so much about them, and about everyone, and that he'd do anything to help them, even to the detriment of himself...well. I just love him.
And I love DeForest, so, well, that kind of works quite nicely really.
Harry Potter Now, this one was more difficult. It's another one that's changed over time. When I first started reading them, and especially during the first few books, my favourite was Hermione. I don't know, maybe I liked to think I identified with her, or something. I was at school at the time, and constantly being called a "boffin" and feeling like I was telling everyone the answers all the time, and...yeah, I guess she just appealed to me. Now, well, I think I'd say Lupin. I don't really know why, I just really like him. Or Sirius. But not as much as Lupin, so Lupin probably wins that round.
Buffy Easy. Willow. Partly because I adore Alyson Hannigan, and also because I love Willow's character progression through the seasons, her struggle with dark magic, and Tara's death (oh! Tara *sob*)and I love early Willow, all shy and booky and then getting together with Oz...I just love Willow. I think I also wanted to be Willow. Or Alyson Hannigan, I'm not quite sure. Possibly both. :D
Sherlock Holmes ...I think it would have to be Watson. I thought about other characters, but none resonates so much as Watson. I think it's the faithfulness, and the never-ending acceptance of all of Holmes' idiosyncracies; the way he's always there for Holmes' when he needs him, even after he's got married to Mary and moved out of their flat. Then again, I love Holmes as well, but on balance, I'd probably just about tip my hat in favour of Watson.
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Re: Favourite Character Meme
Date: 2010-09-02 12:25 am (UTC)Right.
TOS
Well...see, I thought about this one, and in the end it probably comes down to my two inevitable answers. McCoy, and Kirk. My favourite character in TOS for a long long long time was Kirk, I don't know, something about him, something about the way his shirts kept getting ripped, something that whenever he was hurt or in a bind my heart gave this little lurch, something about Shatner, and I do still adore Kirk. But then DeForest came along. I started focusing more on McCoy. And goshdarnit, if I didn't just fall in love with the curmudeognly ol' doctor. I love his grumping, I love his interactions with Kirk and Spock, I love his long suffering comments, but the way that you know, you just know that he cares so much about them, and about everyone, and that he'd do anything to help them, even to the detriment of himself...well. I just love him.
And I love DeForest, so, well, that kind of works quite nicely really.
Harry Potter
Now, this one was more difficult. It's another one that's changed over time. When I first started reading them, and especially during the first few books, my favourite was Hermione. I don't know, maybe I liked to think I identified with her, or something. I was at school at the time, and constantly being called a "boffin" and feeling like I was telling everyone the answers all the time, and...yeah, I guess she just appealed to me. Now, well, I think I'd say Lupin. I don't really know why, I just really like him. Or Sirius. But not as much as Lupin, so Lupin probably wins that round.
Buffy
Easy. Willow. Partly because I adore Alyson Hannigan, and also because I love Willow's character progression through the seasons, her struggle with dark magic, and Tara's death (oh! Tara *sob*)and I love early Willow, all shy and booky and then getting together with Oz...I just love Willow. I think I also wanted to be Willow. Or Alyson Hannigan, I'm not quite sure. Possibly both. :D
Sherlock Holmes
...I think it would have to be Watson. I thought about other characters, but none resonates so much as Watson. I think it's the faithfulness, and the never-ending acceptance of all of Holmes' idiosyncracies; the way he's always there for Holmes' when he needs him, even after he's got married to Mary and moved out of their flat. Then again, I love Holmes as well, but on balance, I'd probably just about tip my hat in favour of Watson.