Updates, and Interests MEME
I've updated the lists here, and here for Everett Hughes, Eric Northman, Harry Dresden, and Asato Tsuzuki.
MEME gacked from ariestess
Look at your LJ Interests list. If you have less than 50 Interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between 50 and 75 Interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over 75 interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much.
*Note: I followed ariestess example and did them forward and backward to spread the love. Got both of my favorite vampires into the list that way, not to mention a certain former death god.
Going Forward...
BtVS: That's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I don't remember why I went with abbreviating it like that. I actually liked the movie, even if Joss didn't. I didn't get to see the first season and a half or so of the series when it first ran. We only got a WB feed half way through the show's second season. I still managed to develop a strong attachment to many of the characters. I watched Angel's series as well, I just haven't got it listed separately in my Interests list because I think of it as part of the "Buffyverse."
Emma Bull: The first book I actually read by her wasn't War For the Oaks, the classic I include in my Interests list. It was a book of the Borderlands called Finder. I loved it very much. Finder is on my Amazon Wish List. War For the Oaks I have in hardcover thanks to the good folks of the Science Fiction Book Club.
het: As in heterosexual. I am one, and as a category it's mainly what I like to read for fanfic, or any fic.
Jean Claude: My favorite character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books. I doubt I'd have picked up more than one of them if I didn't love him. I know I wouldn't have read as many of the books as I have if it wasn't for Jean Claude.
Mercedes Lackey: I'm not certain what the very first book of hers I read was. I think rather than a book out of one of her series which I have in my Interests, (Valdemar, Bedlam's Bards,) it was a Diana Tregarde book. A book I picked up because it had a vampire in it. His name is Andre Labrel, and I include him among my favorite vampires. The book's title is Children of the Night.
Rhys: Not my most favorite character from Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, that's Doyle. He is however my second choice, even if he is pretty short for my standards at 5'6". I love his love of noir films as well as his looks and True Name.
Seto Kaiba: My favorite Yu-Gi-Oh character. I'm not sure who the distant second is. I love Kaiba's looks, his drive to be number one, his attachment to his little brother Mokuba...
The Princess Bride: Which movie is my absolute favorite varies with my mood, but this is certainly one of my all time favs. It's got so many great lines, so many great characters. I've got it on VHS, but if anyone wants to help me upgrade to DVD...
Yu-Gi-Oh: Okay, so I'm not strictly Seto Kaiba obsessed. I'm not even restricted to the guys. I like Mai Valentine enough I included her in my Top 10 Anime Females. For guys besides Seto, and fleta's Atemu, I like Pegasus and Duke Devlin.
Going Backward...
urban fantasy: As in fantasy stories set not in their own magical world, or a magical past, but in a magical version of here and now. I suppose I could use "modern fantasy" or "contemporary fantasy," but those sound to me like stories written in the 21st century rather than set there. I don't know when the first urban fantasy story was written, or what it was called. I know War For the Oaks is a bench mark for the genre, and some people who have come since think of it as the first of its kind. But I don't know.
shojo: In The Complete Anime Guide the term is defined, "Term for Japanese girls' manga or anime. Lit., 'young girl.'" Viz which publishes a shojo manga line, and has begun the magazine Shojo Beat defines it as, "1. Manga appealing to both female and male readers. 2. Exciting stories with true-to-life characters and the thrill of exotic locals. 3. Connecting the heart and mind through real human relationships." I read it for the well written characters, exotic locals, drama, and bishonen (literally "beautiful boy").
Richard Sharpe: I saw a number of episodes of the television series done for the BBC with Sean Bean playing Richard Sharpe before I read any of the books. I got into reading them, and found I enjoyed them too. The books, written by Bernard Cornwell, follow the military career of the main character, Richard Sharpe.
Merry Gentry: It's more the series of books rather than the main character by that name that I've enjoyed. The members of the Queen's Ravens, her guards, named Doyle and Rhys are my favorite characters in the series. I liked the first three books, but I haven't read the fourth one yet. I don't know if it's as bad as I've heard. I'll read it sooner or later for Doyle, Rhys, and Galen.
Jim Butcher: Author of the Harry Dresden books, and I've heard a second series I've yet to read any of. I've only read the first three Harry Dresden novels, there are seven that have been published so far, but I enjoyed the first three immensely. I'm hoping the Science Fiction Book Club will publish the next three books in another 3-in-1 omnibus edition. I love my books in hardcover.
Highlander: As in the movie and television franchise. I adored the first movie, and was nervous at first about an attempt to turn it into a TV series. I loved Highlander: The Series as well as the movie. I'm not as fond of the later movies or TV productions. If only I could forget the cartoon series. My favorite of all the Highlander Immortals is Methos, the Really Old Guy.
Eric Northman: The latest vampire to join the ranks of my deeply loved vampires. This one is from the Sookie Stackhouse series written by Charlaine Harris. He's a 6'5" blue eyed blond Viking vampire. I'm not certain of his exact age, it's around a thousand, but I love how one of the characters describes him as "willful," and another gets a laugh out of his asking her not to cry anymore.
Captain Blood: I'm not certain if it's the movie that started my love of Errol Flynn, that might've been The Adventures of Robin Hood, but it certainly started my love of pirates. There are various other pirate movies Flynn did, my favorite is Against All Flags which doesn't seem to be out on DVD, but this is the classic.
Alaric Morgan: That's Alaric Anthony Morgan, Duke of Corwyn, Lord General, King's Champion... He's 6'2" blond, with grey eyes. It's been a long time since I first read Deryni Rising the first book in which he appears. It wasn't even my copy of the book it was my dad's. I fell completely in love with Morgan. I've bought and read a lot of deryni books since, but I've never gotten enough of him. I've read that he came to Katherine Kurtz in a dream, that she had to write about him immediately.
And, fleta not all of my vampires are French. Some of the American and British ones have pointed out I've got more than French and Viking. I do have lots and lots of vampires.
MEME gacked from ariestess
Look at your LJ Interests list. If you have less than 50 Interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between 50 and 75 Interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over 75 interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much.
*Note: I followed ariestess example and did them forward and backward to spread the love. Got both of my favorite vampires into the list that way, not to mention a certain former death god.
Going Forward...
BtVS: That's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I don't remember why I went with abbreviating it like that. I actually liked the movie, even if Joss didn't. I didn't get to see the first season and a half or so of the series when it first ran. We only got a WB feed half way through the show's second season. I still managed to develop a strong attachment to many of the characters. I watched Angel's series as well, I just haven't got it listed separately in my Interests list because I think of it as part of the "Buffyverse."
Emma Bull: The first book I actually read by her wasn't War For the Oaks, the classic I include in my Interests list. It was a book of the Borderlands called Finder. I loved it very much. Finder is on my Amazon Wish List. War For the Oaks I have in hardcover thanks to the good folks of the Science Fiction Book Club.
het: As in heterosexual. I am one, and as a category it's mainly what I like to read for fanfic, or any fic.
Jean Claude: My favorite character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books. I doubt I'd have picked up more than one of them if I didn't love him. I know I wouldn't have read as many of the books as I have if it wasn't for Jean Claude.
Mercedes Lackey: I'm not certain what the very first book of hers I read was. I think rather than a book out of one of her series which I have in my Interests, (Valdemar, Bedlam's Bards,) it was a Diana Tregarde book. A book I picked up because it had a vampire in it. His name is Andre Labrel, and I include him among my favorite vampires. The book's title is Children of the Night.
Rhys: Not my most favorite character from Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, that's Doyle. He is however my second choice, even if he is pretty short for my standards at 5'6". I love his love of noir films as well as his looks and True Name.
Seto Kaiba: My favorite Yu-Gi-Oh character. I'm not sure who the distant second is. I love Kaiba's looks, his drive to be number one, his attachment to his little brother Mokuba...
The Princess Bride: Which movie is my absolute favorite varies with my mood, but this is certainly one of my all time favs. It's got so many great lines, so many great characters. I've got it on VHS, but if anyone wants to help me upgrade to DVD...
Yu-Gi-Oh: Okay, so I'm not strictly Seto Kaiba obsessed. I'm not even restricted to the guys. I like Mai Valentine enough I included her in my Top 10 Anime Females. For guys besides Seto, and fleta's Atemu, I like Pegasus and Duke Devlin.
Going Backward...
urban fantasy: As in fantasy stories set not in their own magical world, or a magical past, but in a magical version of here and now. I suppose I could use "modern fantasy" or "contemporary fantasy," but those sound to me like stories written in the 21st century rather than set there. I don't know when the first urban fantasy story was written, or what it was called. I know War For the Oaks is a bench mark for the genre, and some people who have come since think of it as the first of its kind. But I don't know.
shojo: In The Complete Anime Guide the term is defined, "Term for Japanese girls' manga or anime. Lit., 'young girl.'" Viz which publishes a shojo manga line, and has begun the magazine Shojo Beat defines it as, "1. Manga appealing to both female and male readers. 2. Exciting stories with true-to-life characters and the thrill of exotic locals. 3. Connecting the heart and mind through real human relationships." I read it for the well written characters, exotic locals, drama, and bishonen (literally "beautiful boy").
Richard Sharpe: I saw a number of episodes of the television series done for the BBC with Sean Bean playing Richard Sharpe before I read any of the books. I got into reading them, and found I enjoyed them too. The books, written by Bernard Cornwell, follow the military career of the main character, Richard Sharpe.
Merry Gentry: It's more the series of books rather than the main character by that name that I've enjoyed. The members of the Queen's Ravens, her guards, named Doyle and Rhys are my favorite characters in the series. I liked the first three books, but I haven't read the fourth one yet. I don't know if it's as bad as I've heard. I'll read it sooner or later for Doyle, Rhys, and Galen.
Jim Butcher: Author of the Harry Dresden books, and I've heard a second series I've yet to read any of. I've only read the first three Harry Dresden novels, there are seven that have been published so far, but I enjoyed the first three immensely. I'm hoping the Science Fiction Book Club will publish the next three books in another 3-in-1 omnibus edition. I love my books in hardcover.
Highlander: As in the movie and television franchise. I adored the first movie, and was nervous at first about an attempt to turn it into a TV series. I loved Highlander: The Series as well as the movie. I'm not as fond of the later movies or TV productions. If only I could forget the cartoon series. My favorite of all the Highlander Immortals is Methos, the Really Old Guy.
Eric Northman: The latest vampire to join the ranks of my deeply loved vampires. This one is from the Sookie Stackhouse series written by Charlaine Harris. He's a 6'5" blue eyed blond Viking vampire. I'm not certain of his exact age, it's around a thousand, but I love how one of the characters describes him as "willful," and another gets a laugh out of his asking her not to cry anymore.
Captain Blood: I'm not certain if it's the movie that started my love of Errol Flynn, that might've been The Adventures of Robin Hood, but it certainly started my love of pirates. There are various other pirate movies Flynn did, my favorite is Against All Flags which doesn't seem to be out on DVD, but this is the classic.
Alaric Morgan: That's Alaric Anthony Morgan, Duke of Corwyn, Lord General, King's Champion... He's 6'2" blond, with grey eyes. It's been a long time since I first read Deryni Rising the first book in which he appears. It wasn't even my copy of the book it was my dad's. I fell completely in love with Morgan. I've bought and read a lot of deryni books since, but I've never gotten enough of him. I've read that he came to Katherine Kurtz in a dream, that she had to write about him immediately.
And, fleta not all of my vampires are French. Some of the American and British ones have pointed out I've got more than French and Viking. I do have lots and lots of vampires.