# What fictional characters would you actually want to be friends with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234 "2006-06-26T17:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/41 "2006-06-27T02:50:16Z")
**Sherlock Holmes** and **Dr. Watson**. I love all of the perception puzzles! I’d want to be friends with Watson too so we can rant to eachother about how frustrating it is to be friends with Holmes. **Jeeves** from _Jeeves & Wooster_. He is indeed a gentleman’s gentleman. All the guys from _ **Trailer Park Boys** _, including J-Rock. As long as they never caught wind of the fact that I had a paycheck. I would drive them places for the free weed, get my smokes from Corey and Trevor, and hang out at Kitty Land with Bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/42 "2006-06-27T12:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I think the android Data, from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” would be a fascinating person to have as a friend. Hmmm, maybe even a “friend with benefits.” Gotta check out that “fully functional” claim of his. [/QUOTE] Maybe [THIS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=376566&highlight=rise) will help, **pinkfreud**. Although, I must admit that R. Dorothy Wayneright leapt to mind (and other bodily functions) as soon as I read your post. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/43 "2006-06-27T12:56:51Z")
The Dude, from _The Big Lebowski_ Harold and/or Kumar. Trent Walker from _Swingers_. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/44 "2006-06-27T12:58:10Z")
And Homer. Definitely Homer. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/45 "2006-06-27T13:39:15Z")
The Weasley’s. Mr. Darcy. Marcus Didius Falco & Petronius. Robin Hood. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/46 "2006-06-27T19:07:30Z")
Elizabeth Bennett, or Elizabeth and Darcy as a couple. Bridget Jones, or Bridget and Darcy as a couple. Jay and Silent Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/47 "2006-06-27T19:51:44Z")
Elizabeth Bennet (though Darcy does nothing for me - what a stiff) and her father. Anne of Green Gables. Elinor Dashwood would be a great friend to have. If she can be that loyal to Lucy Stone - who she doesn’t even like, she is the kind of friend you want. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/48 "2006-06-27T20:00:49Z")
The first two that come to mind are Stephen Maturin and Kilgore Trout. And maybe Hagbard Celine. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/49 "2006-06-27T20:15:07Z")
Greg House. Yes, _that_ Greg House. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/50 "2006-06-27T20:30:19Z")
Books: Dirk Gently would be great company, in a maddening, what-won’t-he-do-next kind of way. Movies: I’d like to be Fletch’s drinking buddy. He doesn’t seem to have any. I’d’ve enjoyed working with Mike Connor and Liz Imbrie from _The Philadelphia Story_, and probably would have made a play for Liz. Television: I would love hanging, platonically or otherwise, with Roz Doyle (of _Frasier_), or being a weekend guest at the Solomons’ (of \*3rd Rock from the Sun/i]). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/51 "2006-06-27T20:39:36Z")
Off the top of my head, quickly. 1. Gil Grissom CSI 2. Owen Meany from A Prayer for Owen Meany 3. Sara Sidle CSI 4. Al Swearengen Deadwood 5. Trixie the Whore Deadwood 6. Thelma and Louise 7. Han Solo 8. The Blues Brothers 9. I have to second \*\*Nice Pete’s \*\* selections of Kilgore Trout and Hagbard Celine. 10. Hurley from Lost 11. Elliot Rosewater God Bless You Mr. Rosewater That’s all for right now. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/52 "2006-06-27T20:41:34Z")
Jack Aubrey and/or Stephen Maturin Jack’s a disingenuous, straightforward, happy guy. He’d be the guy I’d like to dine and drink with. Stephen’s a complex, brilliant moody fellow. I’d hang with him to talk about books and philosophy and bugs and birds ‘n’ things. But not intelligence. He’s too close-lipped to let one word drop. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/53 "2006-06-27T21:10:55Z")
Daisy Duke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/54 "2006-06-27T22:22:17Z")
**Gus McCrae** from _Lonesome Dove_. Just to hang on the porch on a hot summer day, trading pulls from a jug, watching the stoats chase snakes, talking about life. And maybe later, mosey into town for a beer and a poke, and a few hands of cards. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/55 "2006-06-27T23:15:43Z")
[QUOTE=Strinka] Greg House. Yes, _that_ Greg House. [/QUOTE] Me, too! Especially if I could say mean, catty things to that insipid Dr. Cameron. I can’t stand her. Abbie Carmichael, former Law & Order ADA ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/56 "2006-06-28T00:57:02Z")
Rae, Aimil, and Mel, from _Sunshine_ Claire, from _Outlander_ I think the original Lissla Lissar might be a bit difficult. I don’t really like dogs that much. Takver and maybe Shevek, from _The Dispossessed_ The Disreputable Dog, from _Lirael_ If I were arranging a party, I think I’d invite all of the above, plus Mr. and Mrs. Darcy, Asher and Devorah Lev, and maybe Rosie (from _Spindle’s End_), plus Rupert Giles and Shepherd Book. And Wash. It would be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/57 "2006-06-28T01:06:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] …Rae, Aimil, and Mel, from _Sunshine_…and maybe Rosie (from _Spindle’s End_)It would be interesting… [/QUOTE] I thought that I was the only person in the world who likes Robin McKinley. It’s cool to know that she has other fans. She’d better right a sequal to _Sunshine_. 'Cause if she doesn’t… ::shakes fist:: On topic, I’d like to be friends with Titus from the _Gormenghast_ novels. I think that we’d get along. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/58 "2006-06-28T05:26:48Z")
Um. If it is even possible for him to make friends in the way I think of “friends,” then Q. If he can only make friends in the “I’m going to abuse you every once in a while but I really don’t mean it and I’ll change it all back at the end of the episode,” then… well, maybe still Q. If not, then probably the Magician Trent from Xanth. He _does_ know how to make friends, even though he is a bit of a bastard about it sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/59 "2006-06-28T09:11:51Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] 4. Auron - **Final Fantasy X**. But only if by “be friends with” you mean “violently rape”. [/QUOTE] I just have to quote Auron : “Some just can’t wait to die !” 🙂 Some I’d like : Emperor Colin McIntyre of the Fifth Imperium, although I’d avoid going into battle with him. Interesting universe, impressive technology ( warships bigger than the _moon_ ! ), and you can live for centuries. Plus, he’s a good guy, and as my friend he’ll let me play with his cool toys. Victor Cachat from the Honorverse. Interesting guy, we agree on a lot, and I’d never need to worry about enemies again - or not for long. Plus, unlike Honor Harrington, his friends tend to live. Captain Picard would be nice to know, if a little dry. Kirk would be better to go out for fun with. Flinx would be a good friend, I think, and he can use some. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234/60 "2006-06-28T13:49:46Z")
Lady Chatterly. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-actually-want-to-be-friends-with/362234.md?page=4)