Well, if Anaamika manages to seduce Carrot away from Angua, I’ll swoop in to catch her on the rebound.
Only when he was taking his meds though.
Well, looking through my list, it seems I have a thing for the good ones, or at least mostly good. So together you and I can split them all up.
Ohhh yeah. Granted that Theoden is by nature a proud king, whereas Aragorn is more practical and modest, so Theoden’s actor had more material to work with, but Theoden in the LotR films was the best on-film king ever.
Aerin, from “The Hero and the Crown.” More competent than she knows, beautiful but not aware of it, concocts potions, fights dragons, deposes demons, and she’s a redhead. Mmm, redheads . . .
C.J. Cherryh’s Morgaine. Inhumanly beautiful, utterly driven, on a quest that may never end. It would be very uncomfortable to love her but it would probably be worth an attempt. Of course, she’d leave my ass behind in about a second if she had to, to find the next Gate, but I’d like to think she’d at least cry about it later.
Dirisha. True to my chosen namesake on this board, I’d like to tumble her. She could break me, but I’d like a chance to get past that tough-girl exterior. Boy, would it be worth it. What a woman. (Is it obvious yet that I like strong competent females?)
Molly Millions. Case needed to get his head checked. Besides burning out his skills with that drug, they must have saddled him with shitty memories of some useless slag that would mess with his ability to see what a great woman he eventually ended up meeting.
Aletys. Sure, the Diadem and the others trapped inside it made her into a kind of superhero, but inside she was mostly still that girl who was abandoned by her mother on a world where she felt like she never really belonged. Strong yet vulnerable. If they could bottle that, I’d be a repeat customer.
Miri. Val Con yos’Phelium, you lucky bastard. Smart, fast, tiny but dangerous, hell on wheels, yet another heroine who doesn’t realize how exceptional she really is. And, she’s a redhead. Mmm, redheads . . .
[hijack]
But Aragorn was a reluctant King! He was conflicted. Theoden was quite comfortable in his warrior king role (and very good at it).
Don’t be hating on Aragorn or Viggo–I’ll come through your CD drive and have words with you!
Colin out of the book The Secret Garden was much loved by me when I was little. I wanted to help him, like Mary did.
I could see why Jane Eyre fell for Rochester, but I didn’t share it.
I too have a crush on Tonks. I do hope they don’t mess up her casting.
OK-you browbeat me into it–Harry Potter (is size one smaller or larger?) too late now!
OK! Gandalf too. Just a bit. Just flirting, really. Really.
Drizzt Do’Urden
They’ve cast Natalia Tena.
I must protest. That praise is not *nearly * high enough. How about “Theoden in the LotR films was the best on-king film in history, now and in the future, and conceivable in human imagination”?
Hey, look! Skald said something nice about Pete Jackson’s World o’ Fantasy! The world is ending!
Well, praise be-she at least has that gamine look that I picture when I read about Tonks.
(l loved Scarlett in 4 Weddings, but sadly, she is no longer with us. That fey, zany streak is one I think that Tonks shares)
[sorry, hijack]
The Nice Boys: Richard III (Josephine Tey version), Lord Peter Wimsey, Herbert Pocket from Great Expectations, the apparently very popular Professor Lupin, Antonio Bologna from The Duchess of Malfi.
The Ones Who Are Nothing But Trouble, But I Like Them Anyway: Richard III (Shakespeare version), Sydney Carton, Edward Fairfax Rochester, Edmund from King Lear, Daniel de Bosola.
I remember having a mad crush on Simon when I read Lord of the Flies in school at the age of thirteen, but I think I’m a little old for him now.
pats Skald on the head Don’t worry, it’ll all be OK.
I was going to say Lord Peter Wimsey, but I see that he’s already been taken! So I’ll go with a more lowbrow choice: Lucas Davenport, of John Sandford’s Prey series. This guy is funny, smart, sexy, and rich. I’d be on him in a second if he weren’t married and fictional.
If we are going into the depths of depravity aka Lord Peter Wimsey–I will admit to a mild crush on Hastings, ala Agatha Christie fame.
And Dalgliesh and that other one–crap, forgot his name. British, ah-Jury.
Harry Dresden, from Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series.
In high school, I had a major thing for Jay Gatsby. I’m not sure I’d be into him now that I’m older than he was supposed to be, but he feels a little like an old boyfriend.
I’ve loved Robin Hood since I was about four years old.
No, no, no, you’ve got me backwards! I wonder what he sees in her!! As I said, I’m not all that far along in the series, and so far my impression of Diana is that she’s a self-centered shrew. Maybe she changes, and maybe my impression is wrong, though, I’ll have to keep reading to see.
Perhaps this is too sophomoric, but Cyrano will always have my heart. And if I could actually be a literary character, that honor would go to Kinsey Millhone.
oh…Alan Grant. Yum.
Drat that Marta Hallard! (if they ever did anything) and drat Miss Pym as well!
[brag]My best friend is the voice of Carrot in the English dubs. [/brag]
My literary crush would have to be Richard from Terry Goodkind’s Sowrd of Truth series (but I’d give Zedd a big hug, too).
Well, okay then.
I can’t really say much without spoiling it more for you, but yeah, I spent much of the series wanting to wring Diana’s neck.