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soltianI've actually done this before, but I'm really off my rocker and doing it again. For some reason.
Please throw anything at me! I would LOVE to talk about characters endlessly.
Pick a fictional character from a fandom I know and I'll answer the following questions to the best of my abilities:
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Please throw anything at me! I would LOVE to talk about characters endlessly.
Pick a fictional character from a fandom I know and I'll answer the following questions to the best of my abilities:
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
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Date: 2009-02-05 07:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-05 07:59 pm (UTC)Some history here, actually...I used to LOVE him. Like, ridiculous over the top drooling love. And then that faded out, and then Kishimoto butchered him, so unfortunately, I'm coldly neutral now :(
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
I do think so, in fact, he started to become more and more important up to the point where he was at his best, and then continued to be important even though (in my opinion) Kishimoto was robbing him of his charm.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Yes, I can totally relate to being a lazy reluctant fucker XD But since he stopped being that, it was harder. Oh god I'm so full of negativity I'm sorry.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
VERY tricky question-! I got my start in the Naruto fandom, it's where I first really got my hands dirtied. From day one I was hardcore for the series, back in the ToryiamaWorld days, and watched it slowly evolve to a huge hulking mass of GUUUHHHHHHHH.
I owe a lot to the fandom and I'm never gonna forget it <3 But for the most part, peace out.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Am I ever not interested in ships~ My favorite relationships for Shikamaru are Ino, Chouji, Asuma, and Temari. I'm so boring and standard, I guess. Temari is probably my top favorite, I think they could make each other really happy.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
I'd keep him from going all badass and unrelateable like Kishimoto made him do :\ He needs to stay sympathizable, he didn't do that for me.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I don't know if I'd even notice him in real life, funnily enough. He's the kind of guy that just falls under the radar.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Nope, not one or the other. He was one of my favorites in the long long ago, in the beforetime, but not anymore.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
Hmm, no...I'd tell anyone I was recommending Naruto to to stop after part one, and let them form their own opinion about what they're seeing.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Yes, I do think so! Or at least, he used to be. He's got a great stigma to him, I'll give him that :)
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-05 07:52 pm (UTC)And um, I would say Kabuto but I am rather sick of all things Naruto at the moment until things get less shitty, so how about Aang? I think you're into Avatar, right?
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:14 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
I love Ryouga, he's got like...some of the most enduring charm I've ever encountered.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Yeah, since Ranma loves him so much :) I REFUSE TO CENSOR MYSELF. But he's also Ranma's main rival for Akane and blah blah blah.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
He's adorable, and very very pitiful. Since the series is so comedic I'm normally laughing at his misery, but his situation is genuinely sad thought of realistically.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
Er, what fandom?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Ranma/Ryouga. There's not all that much more I take away from the series, in the end.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
I do sometimes wish Ranma characters were given the chance to expand a bit more, but that's what fandom's for, right? :)
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I think I'd be mean to him and pull the seduction trick. I mean come on, it's just too easy.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
After all this time, yeah XD He had better. He's long lasting fun in a cute pig-shaped package.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
Eh, I guess? Different spokes for different folks. But I think he stands out as one of the best developed.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Sure, I think so? (What fanbase?)
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:05 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Kabuto is my number one in Naruto and will never fail to be :| Butchered and chopped as it is.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Er, no, not really. He COULD have been.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
I guess so...oh god after years of obsession it'd be unnatural if I couldn't. He definitely grips me emotionally, even being such a bastard as he is.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH :| A more succinct answer above, though.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
OOOOHHH the fun question. Uhm...well, lots and lots and lost of loving over the years but number one still has to be Orochimaru. Sasuke is a close second. Kakashi nipping in at third. Two much fan-created development for me to ever not love those.
ALL OF THOSE AS FULL OF SEX AND SCANDAL. That's just how these people roll.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
Part two = nonexistant. Other than that, no.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I would most definitely make his life hell; he would be so sick of me after five minutes and I'd never leave him alone. He would, in REALITY, most likely kill me off very early. I always have to imagine I'm untouchable when I pretend to interact with him.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Tried and true he most certainly does.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
Nahhhh, I usually don't like people who like him (hide me).
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
NOPE.
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:12 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
He's fantastic, a great dirty feral little boy. I have a long history with him and the fandom so he has tons of sentimental value, too.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
I don't think so?? (What plot). He held off Ukon and Sakon until Kankuro came along to gut them.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
He's VERY easy to relate to, very natural and warm and passionate. I love this kid.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
SEE ABOVE AND ABOVE.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
EEEEEEE in several ways over the years, naturally. Neji is my top, even though it makes no sense. Screw sense. Hinata is second, Shino third.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
MMMM I would give him a horrible mullet, no one should talk to me.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I'd ruffle him and try to tease him because that's what I do.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Hmm, sort of and sort of not? He's on the list of people I'm not going to ever forget.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
NOPE this question is kind of silly most of the time.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Sort of...er, well, not relative to the top runners, but he's well-liked.
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:20 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Aang is great. He's not someone I'm immediately drawn to, but he has a very impressive composition as a character, and they carry him really strongly through to the end. He's a perfect focal character, that's for sure.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
WELL YEAH.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Yeah, he can really get to me at times. I like it when he kicks Azula's ass in the Drill.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAAHA there isn't even japanese fanart to console myself with.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Katara and Zuko.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
Mmmmnope, he's good!
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I don't know if I would hang out with him too much, really. He reminds me of a kid brother and I have a lot of that.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Nah, but still good :)
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
Not especially.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
I sure hope so, right?
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-05 07:53 pm (UTC)Oh and let's go with Kabuto anyway what the hell :]
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-02-05 07:55 pm (UTC)if you feel like doing grimmer from monster or tenma for this :) that too yep
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:09 pm (UTC)ULTIMATE LOVE UNAVOIDABLE AND UNSTOPPABLE DEAR GOD THE MAN IS PERFECT.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Yes, very, thank god.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
I cry. Seriously. I throw myself into a frenzy. He makes me all giddy and mushy inside :( I think about hypothetical situations where _______ and ______ happens and I see hamsters at the pet store that make me think of him and spend the rest of the week giggling with my roommate about it.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
Plenty, so far! Mostly because it's SO SMALL. And likely to STAY that way! I really do like small fandoms, and sad as it is to say this beautiful, brilliant series is not for everyone.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
OH HOW YOU MAKE ME BLUSH.
I can never resist, ever. I have passing crushes on Grimmer/Tenma and Grimmer/Lunge but I am
going to stay very faithful
to Roberto/Grimmer
because
oh
my
goodddddddddd
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
NO.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I would be weak at the knees and babble like an idiot. And I'd actually respect him too much to assault him, but if at all possible I'd wrap my arms around him and mumble "IloveyouIloveyouIloveyou" rapidly and incoherently. He would be confused.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
All time favorite list check check and triple check.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
I would and have XD I introduced a friend of mine to a series and we were crushing on Lunge (naturally) but I said to her AND CAN YOU BELIEVE..THAT LATER..COMES SOMEONE EVEN BETTER.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
I do think so, as far as the fanbase goes, anyway.
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-05 09:28 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Ups and downs and all arounds aside, I really love Kirihara. He's awful, he's violent, and he's just a really bratty little boy. It makes him awesomely fun to play around with, and in the end he's got heartfelt emotions. He's a winner.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Er, yeah, actually, now that I think about it. He's a Konomi favorite.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Way too much, actually XD I've OD'ed on Kirihara many many times. Love him <3
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
Really great crowd, lots of friendly people <3 Part of the appeal of the series in the first place.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Hooboy..this keeps changing around a lot all the time...but for as brief a list as possible, Sanada, An, Ryoma.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
I would skip that bit at the end where he turned red and his hair turned white. That was just silly XD
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I would beat him up wo much and he couldn't do anything because I'm a girl HAHA.
Technically I should be able to kick his ass based on his age, anyway.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Yes he most certainly does.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
I don't know if that's necessary, but they'd be able to tell how much I like him myself XD
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
I think so? It's hard to tell. Not UNpopular!
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Date: 2009-02-06 12:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-15 02:08 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
I have kind of mixed feelings on Mai? I LOVED her when she was first introduced - I was really enthused to see her type of character (in an american cartoon, no less) being used in a non-stereotypical way...then it seemed like they kind of diverted from that.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
In small ways, yeah? I mean she pretty much gives it up so the main cast can escape prison, that's pretty important.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Half-half, she'd be easier for me to access if a few things were different, but I don't dislike the concept of her.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
HARD TO SAY. I have not really sunk into the Avatar fandom that much but there are some really fucking AWESOME examples of it here and there, which I indulge in, and then seem to ignore the bulk of it I might find more upsetting XD;;;
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Here we go...
Tai Lee/Mai all the way. I was really intrigued by this right off, they have all the right chemistry and the right level of comfortable affection versus okay not-THAT-comfortable-am-I setup. I hate to sound gay but they go together like sunshine and rain, and in the end I'd think they'd make each other really happy.
Mai/Zuko, sadly, WAS interesting to me BEFORE it actually happened. Her relationship with Zuko was the beginning of the end for me, it wasn't at all the back and forth tension I was envisioning, they both kind of fell into it, and I found that hard to swallow and harder to support. I guess you could say I ship Mai/Zuko, but I would have to see the awkward development stage that I (in my bastard way) think SHOULD have been there, given the really fretfully socially inept aspects to both their personalities.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
The whole Mai/Zuko thing, again. Nothing else really needs to change, in essence I do love her :(
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I think I'd be friends with her, actually. I'm toned down enough that I wouldn't get on her nerves, and I'd find her pretty cool. Provided I'm fire nation wait I'm earth nation okay she'd hate me.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Nah, but that's not really her fault...
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
I don't think I would do that with most characters...
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Yeah, I think so? Yeah. Yeah, she is.
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Date: 2009-04-17 02:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 07:07 pm (UTC)1) What is your opinion of this character?
I love Cecile <3 At first she doesn't stand out, but she's a wonderful combination of stable, calm, cheery, violent, and iron-fisted, I guess is the best word. She's very sweet but has everything she needs to survive as a woman.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Um...it..depends on your point of view? I haven't watched all of R2, but she keeps Lloyd from going crazy and taking over a lot more territory than he should. So I guess without Cecile we'd have an unfettered Lloyd? No one really wants that.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Yes, she's easy to identify with...all her emotions are very direct and human, and she's so genuinely sweet.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
That's so impossible to say, being as I've never been immersed in Geass fandom.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Well, obviously!! My top ship for Cecile is Lloyd, but I also really love her with Suzaku (platonic or otherwise), or a Lloyd-Cecile-Suzaku triad, OR Cecile and Laksharta (oh god so hot), or, again, Lloyd elbowing his way in for a glorious Laksharta-Lloyd-Cecile triad.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
No...well, er...I'd give her...more screen time. But then again maybe not since Geass is very cruel to characters that get a lot of screen time. I'd write her in a different series, THEN give her more screen time.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I'd probably want to be good friends with her...especially if I was in that crazy Geass world, I'd cling like hell to the most normal person around. Plus she has nice breasts.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Not exactly, but hey, that's a majorly exclusive list.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
I don't...do this...unless I knew someone who was particularly interested in a character like her?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Er...yes and no...she's one of those girls of Geass, so I guess she gets featured in porn and such about as much as the rest of the minor female characters, but I don't think there's a wide variety of people who actually care about her.
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Date: 2009-11-10 04:51 am (UTC)Mad Men, Peter Campbell PLZ
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Date: 2009-11-10 05:21 am (UTC)I love Pete intensely, while acknowledging all of his faults. He's...strangely helpless and vulnerable in a way no one else around him is. I actually wrote an essay about masculinity and Mad Men and included bits and pieces of Pete's emotional inability to fit in as a man. And the truth is, he never gives up, and he's open to change. It's a very bizarre mix, makes him seem real, and it helps that Vincent is a damn show-stealer when it comes to portraying him!
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Yes, thank god! And after that finale, all the more so...HOORAY!
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
It's hard for me not to feel gripped by his childish selfishness, honestly. It's about more than just unseemly fits and bad behavior...he wants a real family, and he deserves it, and he hasn't gotten it yet...so he has to figure the world out on his own, little by little.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
Getting more and more on my good side day by day!
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
I...am pretty sure I would give any pairing with Pete a fair chance. If it's written well, I'll believe it and love it. So whenever he's in any kind of close or romantic situation on screen, I'm all eyes and ears. (That said, he and Trudy have just been the cutest THING.)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
He's doing it already! Granted, I do think he needs to continue growing up (and match Trudy's maturity), but I trust the writers to make it happen!
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
In all honesty (because I thought it over, go me), Pete is exactly the type of guy I would seriously go for, so.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
Pretty securely! He's my favorite character in Mad Men, and Mad Men is getting to be one of my favorite fandoms, so, pretty high up there!
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?
No, I wouldn't - not because he doesn't deserve it, but because everyone should get the opportunity to pass their own judgment. I know a lot of people who intensely dislike him!
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
I...think so, yeah! Uh, as popular goes, right?
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