Fictional Characters you relate to most?
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Ororo Munroe (Storm) of X-Men
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (I'm not so sure if she's fictional or not but I liked her role in the movie 300)
If I was 5 yrs old now and seeing what has happened in my country recently, I'd probably pray to God He'd make me like her. I'm sure you guys know why.
Gorgo because of her strength and composure.. I loved how she respected her husband and how her husband loved and listened to her.
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (I'm not so sure if she's fictional or not but I liked her role in the movie 300)
If I was 5 yrs old now and seeing what has happened in my country recently, I'd probably pray to God He'd make me like her. I'm sure you guys know why.
Gorgo because of her strength and composure.. I loved how she respected her husband and how her husband loved and listened to her.
Gr, I've been thinking about this for quite a while. Initially I would have to say the characters I most like (and therefore most read/watch) are ones who are far greater, or at least far different, than myself. So I wouldn't immediately say that I relate well to any. I guess at some level to feel a part of the story, I must be able to relate to them. So, based on that I guess I would have to go with Brennen Caldwell on a personal level, and Ender Wiggins(of course! ).
With Ender, I think I have to thank the author for that relatability because I certainly could never truly relate to someone like him. So, the "why" is simply because Ender's character was extremely well written. In some ways, I think the book is such a hit because in Ender's ability to be inhumanly empathic, he becomes that much more relatable to each of the readers.
With Brennen, I can relate to his struggles and desires more directly. He's seeking to balance his faith with his desire for a woman with his life's duties. Well and who wouldn't want to be a christian luke skywalker?
It's too bad we can't make living polls. It would be interesting to throw up a multiple choice poll about people's favorite fictional characters and allow people to add their favorites and pick from existing ones and see how that played out.
).With Ender, I think I have to thank the author for that relatability because I certainly could never truly relate to someone like him. So, the "why" is simply because Ender's character was extremely well written. In some ways, I think the book is such a hit because in Ender's ability to be inhumanly empathic, he becomes that much more relatable to each of the readers.
With Brennen, I can relate to his struggles and desires more directly. He's seeking to balance his faith with his desire for a woman with his life's duties. Well and who wouldn't want to be a christian luke skywalker?
It's too bad we can't make living polls. It would be interesting to throw up a multiple choice poll about people's favorite fictional characters and allow people to add their favorites and pick from existing ones and see how that played out.
I want to say Laura Ingalls Wilder, but she isn't really fictional. Loved the books, though!
Second best would be Jo from "Little Women", or, more recently, Mrs. Jo from "Little Men"
If we have to pick someone with super-powers, I'd have to say Mary Poppins. Except for the bursting-into-song-at-the-drop-of-a-hat part. I would never do that.
Second best would be Jo from "Little Women", or, more recently, Mrs. Jo from "Little Men"
If we have to pick someone with super-powers, I'd have to say Mary Poppins. Except for the bursting-into-song-at-the-drop-of-a-hat part. I would never do that.
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Disney's Rapunzel has got me down fairly well. Cooped up at home, left to do things like drawing/painting/guitar playing/cooking/baking/singing/playing with pets/moping about online/making youtube videos/reading/chores.... etc.
Oh- and I have been known for bursting into song and dance... in public.
Except I don't have a fake evil mother and I'm not a princess(that I'm aware of)
*looks at responses like Batman*
Ummm -coughcough- I've always considered Spiderman to be like a big brother. That or I felt like I was in his shoes. Things rarely seem to go our way.
Oh- and I have been known for bursting into song and dance... in public.
Except I don't have a fake evil mother and I'm not a princess(that I'm aware of)
*looks at responses like Batman*
Ummm -coughcough- I've always considered Spiderman to be like a big brother. That or I felt like I was in his shoes. Things rarely seem to go our way.
I suppose it is time for me to chime in seeings as I am the OP I do have an answer.
My question actually stems from a conversation I had with a good friend of mine recently. We were talking about TV shows and I stated how Mystery Science Theater 3000 is my favorite, partially because I find the characters relateable.
Maybe it isn't so much the characters as it is the spirit of the show as a whole. I am, believe it or not, quite the jokester. That and I have the creeping feeling that my life is a series of weird observations that you have to laugh at or else you realize you are trapped alone on a satellite at the whim of some diabolical scientist. There are times I also relate with the crazed scientists (be it Pearl or Clayton). It might not be the healthiest way to approach life. Some things are meant to be taken seriously, but it is a show I can relate to and a place I would love to go in my darkest days were it ever to exist.
The sad part is that the friend I told this to in a fit of laughter nodded her head and said. "You know, of all the people I've met, you're the only person who I would believe if they told me this."
Great, I've just derailed my own thread.
I'll second Ender, but at Lightningclap obsered, it is probably because the character is so well written I feel as though he is empathizing with me. After reading Speaker for the Deadthough I have come to admire the fact that he and I have similar arcs to our story. I just don't know what I'll do after my equivalent of the final Formic War, but it will be different. Something of a more intellectual/observatory/clerical nature.
Boromir for his internal struggle concerning the power of the Ring. While reading LOTR, I could not help but more or less reach out to the character. I understand what it is like to be so blinded by fighting for the ultimate good that one loses sight of the process. He wasn't necessarily Machiavellian as some would accuse him of being. I say he was the most human and believable character of the bunch.
Many of Dostoevsky's characters. Crime and Punishment was an interesting experience for me relating to both Roskolnikov and Razumikhin (his foil) simultaneously. The protagonist of White Nights was a total blindside to me. I too feel like I see St. Petersburg under a different sun. I too have dreamed of intense romance that would never come to fruition of scenes so delightful that they could not possibly be true and are not. They shatter when I come to grips with what is real. A sad but necessary process.
Data from Star Trek. No, not Spock. Spock, while perplexed by humanity, is not a real participant in it (by Spock I mean Leonard Nimoy's Spock, not Zachary Quinto's, they are different characters in some ways and for good reason). Data wanted to understand the parts of humanity he was not programmed to understand. He is generally affable and a great member of the team to have when one needs an explanation given or an alternative solution offered, but rarely takes command of the ship itself. That said, I can also relate to Q for reasons I would rather not share.
Finally, Gabriel Syme of Chesterton's Man Who Was Thursday. How many times in my life have I felt as though I was in a struggle for something great when it turned out I was here for something greater in the midst of all the confusion. That all the darkness I see is a prelude to something brighter.
There are others. I find I relate to too many of them.
My question actually stems from a conversation I had with a good friend of mine recently. We were talking about TV shows and I stated how Mystery Science Theater 3000 is my favorite, partially because I find the characters relateable.
Maybe it isn't so much the characters as it is the spirit of the show as a whole. I am, believe it or not, quite the jokester. That and I have the creeping feeling that my life is a series of weird observations that you have to laugh at or else you realize you are trapped alone on a satellite at the whim of some diabolical scientist. There are times I also relate with the crazed scientists (be it Pearl or Clayton). It might not be the healthiest way to approach life. Some things are meant to be taken seriously, but it is a show I can relate to and a place I would love to go in my darkest days were it ever to exist.
The sad part is that the friend I told this to in a fit of laughter nodded her head and said. "You know, of all the people I've met, you're the only person who I would believe if they told me this."
Great, I've just derailed my own thread.
I'll second Ender, but at Lightningclap obsered, it is probably because the character is so well written I feel as though he is empathizing with me. After reading Speaker for the Deadthough I have come to admire the fact that he and I have similar arcs to our story. I just don't know what I'll do after my equivalent of the final Formic War, but it will be different. Something of a more intellectual/observatory/clerical nature.
Boromir for his internal struggle concerning the power of the Ring. While reading LOTR, I could not help but more or less reach out to the character. I understand what it is like to be so blinded by fighting for the ultimate good that one loses sight of the process. He wasn't necessarily Machiavellian as some would accuse him of being. I say he was the most human and believable character of the bunch.
Many of Dostoevsky's characters. Crime and Punishment was an interesting experience for me relating to both Roskolnikov and Razumikhin (his foil) simultaneously. The protagonist of White Nights was a total blindside to me. I too feel like I see St. Petersburg under a different sun. I too have dreamed of intense romance that would never come to fruition of scenes so delightful that they could not possibly be true and are not. They shatter when I come to grips with what is real. A sad but necessary process.
Data from Star Trek. No, not Spock. Spock, while perplexed by humanity, is not a real participant in it (by Spock I mean Leonard Nimoy's Spock, not Zachary Quinto's, they are different characters in some ways and for good reason). Data wanted to understand the parts of humanity he was not programmed to understand. He is generally affable and a great member of the team to have when one needs an explanation given or an alternative solution offered, but rarely takes command of the ship itself. That said, I can also relate to Q for reasons I would rather not share.
Finally, Gabriel Syme of Chesterton's Man Who Was Thursday. How many times in my life have I felt as though I was in a struggle for something great when it turned out I was here for something greater in the midst of all the confusion. That all the darkness I see is a prelude to something brighter.
There are others. I find I relate to too many of them.