Character Meme

[butterfly]

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

spiletta42 gave me the letter 'D'. Because she wanted to make it very easy for me.

Donna Noble (Doctor Who): I think that I fell for Donna when she calmed down on the rooftops of London and sat with the Doctor and talked with him. She gave him a moment to grieve, showed no interest in him sexually (which was nice because while I find Tennant incredibly sexy, not everyone does and it's good for the show to acknowledge that), and got miffed at him when he talked about her like she didn't matter. All the wonderful things that Donna 'becomes' in S4 she already is in that scene. Donna Noble is a good person, who is capable of standing up to (quite possibly) the most remarkable man in the universe. She's magnificent and always will be.

Dexter Morgan (Dexter): A funny and sympathetic serial killer. Before I actually saw the show, that description would have turned me off so hard. But he really is a very strong, interesting, compelling character. And, with Debra, he also has one of the few intense sibling relationships on TV that vibes as solely sibling-ekse, rather than borderline incestual. His relationship with Rita and her kids has been fascinating to watch. Brilliant show, brilliant character.

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): Oh, Daniel. SG1 is definitely 'the Daniel show' to me. Even S6 is defined in terms of his story arc. I love his mind, his passion for knowledge, his interactions with his team -- pretty much everything. I'm a canon serial monogamist -- I ship Daniel/Sha're, Daniel/Jack, and Daniel/Vala.

Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series): She was the first character on-screen to show us Joss Whedon's two BtVS rules: 1) the cliche is going to be subverted and 2) the female characters are never as helpless as you think they are. She ended up getting character depth and a great arc and some really fantastic lines. Darla was amazing and tough and a pretty damn good actress. She was true to herself when she was evil and when she wasn't. She told (what she believed to be) a priest scolding her for not going to church that maybe he should have visited her (as a prostitute).

Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter): I have a bit of a weakness for the bratty nemesis who was never as important to the hero as he wanted to be (see: MacDonald, Lindsey). While I think that JKR could have done more with Draco (and, in fact, any of the themes she brought up in the first six books), I'm pretty happy with what I got in Half-Blood Prince. He's snotty and racist and listens too much to his parents... but he isn't a killer and he isn't an irredeemable monster.

Debra Morgan (Dexter): I love Debra and her very foul mouth. I really love that she isn't the bombshell beauty described in the books, that she's a bit of a tall, skinny, awkward tomboy type instead. I love that she's trying to live up to what she thinks her dad would want (and I'm hoping that she'll grow past it). I'm amused that in S1, she dated the brother of her brother and in S2, she dated someone who was a lot like her father. She's got a lot of character and fight and she's so very much not perfect, but she tries so hard to be a good person. I love her.

Doctor, The (Doctor Who): There's a bit, up top, where I call the Doctor 'quite possibly the most remarkable man in the universe'. And, really, that kinda sums it up for me. For good or ill, he's definitely remarkable. He's dangerous and charming. He's deadly, but dorky. He's casually cruel, but can be attentively sweet. He's a complicated puzzlebox of a man who happens to be an alien. All of those things are true for him in any regeneration, though the mixture gets switched around a bit, depending.

It's also no shock to regular readers that I think that David Tennant (and David also starts with a 'D', though I suppose people might argue that he doesn't count as fictional), who plays the tenth Doctor, is a majorly talented actor and incredibly attractive and charismatic. I can't think of any other actor that I would fly to another country to watch in a play (across country, yes. another country, no.).

Comments

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

(and, in fact, any of the themes she brought up in the first six books)
That made me happy.

And I totally fell for Donna in that scene too. Okay honestly I liked her from the get-go, but I loved her in that. AND DARLA! <33

also gimme a letter please.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

That made me happy.

Hee. Yes. I'm one of the fans that found the last book to be very disappointing.

And I totally fell for Donna in that scene too. Okay honestly I liked her from the get-go, but I loved her in that.

Because Donna is wonderful. *hugs her*

AND DARLA! <33

I love Darla! She's so practical and efficient and totally cool.

also gimme a letter please.

I give you 'C'.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I hated the last two books. Though Draco was good in HBP making it slightly less revolting.

I love Darla! She's so practical and efficient and totally cool.
I liked her right from the beginning on BtVS - but god when I watched Angel I fell hard for her.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I hated the last two books. Though Draco was good in HBP making it slightly less revolting.

I read the sixth book and thought that I loved it... and upon reading what other people had to say, I realized that I only actually remembered the Draco bits and I loved them. People kept pointing out horrible bits and I'd go 'oh, yeah, I hated that, too... but wasn't that Draco plot interesting?'

Sadly, I didn't have a good subplot to focus on in the last book, so it was only horrible bits.

I liked her right from the beginning on BtVS - but god when I watched Angel I fell hard for her.

She really gets to come into her own later on (though I think I may have fallen for her in the 'Becoming' flashback... because I am shallow and her dress was hot).

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I read the sixth book and thought that I loved it... and upon reading what other people had to say, I realized that I only actually remembered the Draco bits and I loved them. People kept pointing out horrible bits and I'd go 'oh, yeah, I hated that, too... but wasn't that Draco plot interesting?'
LOL

I kinda loved her from Angel when she was mindfucking him. I was like twelve and never got to see tiny blond women doing that and I was a goner. And then she died and I mostly forgot about her. Then I watched Angel this year and fell HARD.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Darla is so much fun when she mindfucks Angel. She's so entertaining (and she's so good at it, especially in the early bits of S2).

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh god now I kinda want to dig out season two of Angel and just watch the two of them in their fucked up glory.

[sperrywink]

Interesting group of characters. I wasn't surprised by Donna or Darla, but you had my at Draco Malfoy! I'm pretty happy with what we got in HBP as well, especially since I hadn't thought we would ever get any resolution to his character arc at all.

Hit me with a letter. I am up at 2am for reasons unknown!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Interesting group of characters. I wasn't surprised by Donna or Darla, but you had my at Draco Malfoy! I'm pretty happy with what we got in HBP as well, especially since I hadn't thought we would ever get any resolution to his character arc at all.

Draco Malfoy is (and has been since I first read Book 1) my very favorite HP character. Despite this going against pretty much all of my general rules for figuring out who my favorite character is. I just love him.

Hit me with a letter. I am up at 2am for reasons unknown!

I shall give you the letter 'S'.

[adelate]

Excellent answers! (And excellent characters.) May I have a letter please? :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

How about 'B'?

[lookatmoiye7.livejournal.com]

Oh, great letter. And characters, too. Donna, the Doctor, Dexter, Debra... yes. (AND DAVID. DAVIIIIID. GUH.)

It's interesting to find out that Debra was like that in the books. I think she's probably a more interesting character, this way.

A letter, please? I hope I can be as coherent and in-depth as you when I do mine. I have a feeling I'll just degenerate into squee...

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to find out that Debra was like that in the books. I think she's probably a more interesting character, this way.

The series gets to be much more in-depth and complicated with the characterization than the books (which are very thin).

A letter, please? I hope I can be as coherent and in-depth as you when I do mine. I have a feeling I'll just degenerate into squee...

Hmm. I'll give you 'R', I think.

[jedi_of_urth]

Well I don't watch Dexter and I don't love Draco but besides that we have a lot in common. Well...I'm not sure I'd say I love Darla but I tend to enjoy her when she's around so I can't disagree with anything you say.

I'll take a letter if you please.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hee! Dexter is such a well-written show. And, for being about a serial killer, it's actual far less cynical than many non-serial killer-based shows. Oh! And Rita is played by the actress who played Darla and is such a different character. Amazing actress.

Draco is one of those characters (and Darla is another one) that I love in fiction but would never want to be around in real life (conversely, I would love Rose in real life and would probably like Martha more in real life than I have in the show).

I'm going to go with 'E' for you, I think.

[anonymous_sibyl]

May I have a letter, please. *g*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I think I will pick 'H'.

[thehornedgod.livejournal.com]

All the wonderful things that Donna 'becomes' in S4 she already is in that scene.

Oh yes, this! Yes also to your comments on Darla. I miss proper telly Angel lots. Maybe she'll turn up in the comics.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how strong first impressions are with some people, that they only imprinted on her first shouting scene and didn't notice all the neat stuff that she does in the rest of the episode.

Maybe she'll turn up in the comics.

That would be neat. Darla is always a lot of fun.

[thehornedgod.livejournal.com]

RTD has a knack for writing strong yet plausibly vulnerable female characters. Jackie comes to mind and I had high hopes for the development of SJA's Kelsey before she was vanished. It's one of the many things I love about his work, so it saddens me when people seem to see the characters I relate to as the great unwashed intruding into the story of the Doctor.

So many characters need bringing back in the Buffyverse comics though. We haven't seen Tara or Oz or Anya or Doyle or even MacDonald, Lindsey yet!

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Yes to Donna, yes to the Doctor, yes to Dex, and YES YES YES to Debra! She doesnt' get nearly enough love, IMHO.

(Just finished watching the leaked season 3 premier. Eeeeep. Excited.)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Debra is so much love. I saw that leaked premier, too, and she was just fantastic! She's such an awkward, imperfect and very lovable character.

*hearts Debra*

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Yup yup yup! Also I just got a haircut too, and yay for people actually noticing. :)

[carpenyx.livejournal.com]

I agree with each of your answers. :) Darla has always been one of my favorites vampires from BtVS/Angel. And of course, Donna and the Doctor!

Daniel Jackson, *swoon*

Could I get a letter? :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

'D' characters are so much fun!

Could I get a letter?

How about 'O'?

[carpenyx.livejournal.com]

O! Gonna make me work, huh? hehe

[coneyislandbaby]

I suppose one could include RPF David? ;)

And yes. To all the ones I know anyway :)

*editses* Forgot to ask for a letter, sorry!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I suppose one could include RPF David? ;)

Which I have read!

And... hmm... a letter... I give you 'J'!