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Spitfire, I find your preference for fictional characters from literature interesting. You must really get involved with the stories you read.
I do! Certainly not all books, thought I find it happens more with series books. You spend enough time in a setting and you sometimes feel like you know characters as well as real friends.
I'll give an example to show just how ridiculously nerdy I am. Anyone who has read any of Anne McCaffrey's (R.I.P, she'll be greatly missed!) Dragonriders of Pern novels would probably know Master Robinton. In "The Masterharper of Pern" we learn Robinton's story.
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In it, he falls in love with a young woman and she is the love of his life. We already know that Robinton is not married or attached to anyone in later life, so I already knew something was going to happen. On their honeymoon, she becomes very ill and dies from a fever. Let me tell you, I have never been as heart-broken about a character death as I was with hers. I honestly cried for two days and couldn't finish the book for a couple of weeks.
So, yes, I do tend to get involved in epic setting books. :lovestruc You can invest as much or as little into a book because you rely completely on your own capabilities to visually flesh out the world and its inhabitants using only the guidance of the author. Like I said, I'm weird like that.
You can certainly invest as much or as little with movie, TV, and video game characters, too. But here everything is already done for you and nothing is left to the imagination. TV and movies more so because it's real people you're seeing, not an artist's rendition, if that makes any sense.
Don't get me wrong, I love TV and movies, animated or live-action. I have shows I won't miss under any circumstance.
And video games? Psh, I might as well not have a computer if I didn't play video games.
Well-written characters in these instances can be intriguing and evoke all kinds of feelings. But even a well-written character can fall horribly flat if the actor isn't any good or is a poor choice (movie, TV); or can't seem to get their voice to relay the appropriate inflections needed to get across whatever emotion is important for the scene (video games, animation).
You don't have these issues come up in books (unless the book/author just sucks, but that's beside the point) And that's why, for me, reading will always be more engaging.
Now, please ignore my inane ramblings and continue with the listing of all characters who've tugged at your heartstrings.
A game character finally came to mind. Gabriel Knight. The Tim Curry voiced version.
Please don't feel badly, you were making some good points! But, seriously, hasn't any fictional character, including ones in TV shows or movies ever appealed to you?
well like I said not in a physical way....I'm obsessed with so many characters but they're all platonic interest
the only ones are Josh from Sabrina and the one I don't want to mention because it's too embarrassing
since I already mentioned Josh in my other reply, I guess if I had to say one, Drake Parker since even though I was obsessed with the real Drake in general all I had to go on for some time was his character.
I'll give an example to show just how ridiculously nerdy I am. Anyone who has read any of Anne McCaffrey's (R.I.P, she'll be greatly missed!) Dragonriders of Pern novels would probably know Master Robinton. In "The Masterharper of Pern" we learn Robinton's story.
She died?
I totally didn't know. That's sad.
I really liked Robinton. He's way old, but I was smitten by his character. The teasing about him and Menolly was really great sexual tension.
I, too, get really invested in (well-written) characters. I know I've had lots of minor crushes on book characters, but nothing much happened to come to mind when I wrote my list a few pages back. Tanis has the distinction of being my second fictional crush, though (I read the Dragonlance books for the first time when I was 10), after Dracula. I was a weird child. I suppose I should count the thing I had (have) for Batman, but it was less a crush and more wanting to be him.
sadly I hear mccaffrey's son is now writing the pern books, and is busy destroying the franchise if the scathing reviews on amazon are any indication. I liked them as a youngster.
since I'm such a Dragon age Origins fiend,
I admit that part of the reason Ive played it so much is the fact that
trying to get all the endings has proven difficult.. I hate having to kill off or betray Alistair
and i guess also, that after not playing for a while i start to miss that accent!!
"something you need my Dear?" I click on him just to hear him say that :lovestruc
I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT.
I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT.
When i was really young i remember having the hugest crush on Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon, a couple of years later when i was a bit older i had another huge crush on InuYasha. My faveorite book series of all time is the Night Angel Trilogy, and i'll admit i had a crush on the main character Kylar the first time i read it through.