I see you driving 'round town with the girl I love

[lostinapapercup]

If anyone's out there today and feels like having a meme:

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and either reply here with their names and your comments on the characters or post them to your own journal.

Comments

[alemara]

Why the hell not?

Although, clarification: are we making up these characters or are they pre-existing?

[lostinapapercup]

I think it's probably up to you, lady! I assume it means pre-existing, but if you feel inspired to make some up yourself I don't see why you can't. I'll certainly read it!

How about C?

[alemara]

C! What a great letter. Right off the bat, there's Caspian, who is and always will be one of my most favorite characters ever. Why not? He's a prince motivated by loyalty and and a king with a conscience and a sailor. That's a pretty potent combination right there. Narnia doesn't have a lot of admirable adult figures, but Caspian maintains his qualities even after growing up. Also, 'the Seafarer' is a badass nickname.

Then we've got Cassie Sandsmark, the feisty blonde leader of Young Justice. I dig her costume with its jeans and tanktop and boots, and the fact that she manages such a boys club and is a total tomboy. I don't know much of her story past Young Justice, but she kicks ass in that series and has the strongest character arc. Yeah, she's a smartass, but you know I love that.

How about Lost's resident drug-addict-turned...well, ex-drug-addict, Charlie Pace? I always kind of enjoyed him, when he wasn't being a horrible human being. But maybe I just have a soft spot for guitar players. Or perhaps I just find

[lostinapapercup]

Aw, Charlie Dalton! It's been so long since I've seen Dead Poet's Society, but I always vividly remember how much I felt about it.

I only ever read a few of the Narnia books while I was a kid but I remember Caspian being one of my favorite characters, and I always kind of enjoyed him, when he wasn't being a horrible human being --> haha, this sentence made me laugh knowingly.

And you know what? I think the uniform has always been my favorite Charlie Brown moment too.

I like your choices!

[alemara]

I thought about doing a list of five Charlies -- Top Gun's love interest and Charlie the Unicorn come to mind -- but there you go!

(Here's another C: Cinderella's Prince.)

Hah! Did you also feel that way about dearly departed Mr. Pace?

That was fun! Thanks!

[lostinapapercup]

C was an unexpectedly great letter for you!

You know, I my feelings about Charlie were in limbo for a long time. I mean, I liked his sense of humor, but I felt like I was so often thinking Charlie no, no Charlie over stuff he did that I couldn't quite like him. I didn't like him as much as I know a lot of other people did and I didn't miss him terribly once he was killed off, but I really loved his relationships with Hurley, Claire, and Desmond.

[alemara]

I wouldn't have liked him as much as I did if he'd stuck around, I think, but you're definitely right that his relationships with those three were fantastic. I always loved him being BFFs with Hurley.