Favorite characters in literature.
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Methinks someone needs a little refresher course in good manners. I could have blathered on about Dickens, Robert Heinlein or Nabokov, but none of their characters are particularly a favourite. Having eclectic reading taste doesn't mean I don't read anything snobbier, and certainly isn't grounds for you to talk down to me just because you think your books are smarter than mine.mark_n_b said:
"Literature" can mean any number of things, including any printed material whatsoever, any creative writing and the entire written works in any given language. If the OP wants to apply constraints in his thread, he's welcome to. You, however, are not welcome to waltz into someone else's thread, re-define the thread's parameters and then criticise anyone you feel doesn't adhere to them.
Nugoo said:
Above- and pretty much all other Pratchett characters.Abedeus said:
Also, Cyrano de Bergerac. <3
I have a few.
The recent one is Ciaphas Cain. Best commissar ever. Many parallels between him and myself. Goals of self preservation, gets by on dumb luck and strength of personality.
I have recently been on a villain kick. Iago and Edward I enjoy tremendously. EVERYONE is expected to be good. To bee the hero is to maintain the status quo so to say. But to be a good villain, the trolley needs to have left the track somewhere. You need to explain how the villain can feel what he is doing atleast makes sense in his own mind. And Iago and Edawrd really step it up a notch. The are positively DELICIOUSLY nefarious. They are the wittiest, most entertaining characters in their plays. (Othello and King Lear respectively)
And also something I need to add simply because it came up in a conversation that dominated my shift at work (and that is saying something because we were busy) Reboot was and ABSOLUTELY amazing show with an awesome cast of characters. All of my coworkers remembered the show, and it featured my favorite villain from TV. MEGABYTE! What an awesome villain he was, a great duality of civilization and savagery and even voiced by Tony Jay. Not necessarily in literature, but still needs to be put out there.
The recent one is Ciaphas Cain. Best commissar ever. Many parallels between him and myself. Goals of self preservation, gets by on dumb luck and strength of personality.
I have recently been on a villain kick. Iago and Edward I enjoy tremendously. EVERYONE is expected to be good. To bee the hero is to maintain the status quo so to say. But to be a good villain, the trolley needs to have left the track somewhere. You need to explain how the villain can feel what he is doing atleast makes sense in his own mind. And Iago and Edawrd really step it up a notch. The are positively DELICIOUSLY nefarious. They are the wittiest, most entertaining characters in their plays. (Othello and King Lear respectively)
And also something I need to add simply because it came up in a conversation that dominated my shift at work (and that is saying something because we were busy) Reboot was and ABSOLUTELY amazing show with an awesome cast of characters. All of my coworkers remembered the show, and it featured my favorite villain from TV. MEGABYTE! What an awesome villain he was, a great duality of civilization and savagery and even voiced by Tony Jay. Not necessarily in literature, but still needs to be put out there.
Mat Cauthon and Belgarath most definitely two of the best fanasty characters i have come across recentlyLewsTherin said:
Hm, for me?
I'd have to say Mortimer/BlueJay from The Ink Series(InkHeart, InkSpell, and InkDeath)
After him is Dustfinger from The Ink Series.
(As you can all tell, I love the Ink Series.)
I'd have to say Mortimer/BlueJay from The Ink Series(InkHeart, InkSpell, and InkDeath)
After him is Dustfinger from The Ink Series.
(As you can all tell, I love the Ink Series.)
I disagree. I have read my share of comics/manga, and while some of it rises above sheer entertainment, posing meaningful questions and providing an interesting look at the human condition, the simple fact that there are PICTURES undermines what literary merit may exist. That is not to say that there is any less inherent meaning/value in such a work, however, the dominant art form in graphic novels is the visual, not the written, and literature, by its definition, should be focused on words.ioxles said:
edit: I forgot to list Kylar Stern, from the night angel trilogy, on my first post. An amazing character, from an amazing series, I can't recommend it highly enough.
The character that I've used so many times as a screenname.
<-- Though in the Silmarillion, it's spelled Fëanor, but I'm too lazy to try to put that ë in there every time.
How many characters in any books have made something that the Gods themselves approve of them. Not even just approve of them, but they put the freaking light of the world into them. That's just about as high praise as one can get. And he wounded Morgoth. If only I were as badass as he...
<-- Though in the Silmarillion, it's spelled Fëanor, but I'm too lazy to try to put that ë in there every time.
How many characters in any books have made something that the Gods themselves approve of them. Not even just approve of them, but they put the freaking light of the world into them. That's just about as high praise as one can get. And he wounded Morgoth. If only I were as badass as he...
I like Yossarian from Catch-22. Even though he's totally insane himself in many ways, his character stands out as being the most reasonable among them all. And almost EVERYONE in the book who's given a name, and even some who aren't, become point of view characters at some point.
EDIT: And the nameless main character from Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. His character does a complete 180 out of left field, and it's still awesome.
EDIT: And the nameless main character from Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. His character does a complete 180 out of left field, and it's still awesome.
