*jumps off bridge*

[me_llamo_nic]

Well, everybody else is doing it.

Stolen from...several people on my Flist.

List fifteen of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, if they're so inclined.1. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter

Comments

[ever_neutral]

Hmm. I spy a lot of 'geeky' intellectual types (3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12).

Ha. Would you care to explain 14? I'm fairly curious, I must say...

[me_llamo_nic]

Would you care to explain 14?

Twilight is my quasi-secret pleasure. (Referring to the books here; the movies are pretty terrible.) I really empathize with Bella in a lot of ways. She's sort of socially awkward and she doesn't quite fit anywhere. That changes in the fourth book, but I see it as uplifting. She doesn't so much change as find close friends who accept and enrich who she is. I really like her character and her story in a lot of ways (sociological concerns aside).

[ever_neutral]

Hm hm hm. I sort of agree in that I like Bella's character in theory (in that I was expecting a major self-actualisation arc, preferably ending with her choosing to seek independence over what she actually did end up choosing...), and I think she had some very interesting character flaws for the first 3 books - being an unreliable narrator, not knowing herself very well, etc. Where I disagree is that I think Bella is mostly not well-executed, and poorly serviced by Meyer, especially in terms of her narrative arc... I have too many of those concerns regarding the ending of her story to find it satisfying. Really, I thought she deserved better (in a narrative sense). But anyhow. Yeah. I feel your love in theory! *g*

[me_llamo_nic]

Interesting. I definitely have issues with Bella in a broader sociological sense. But as a character, and on the narrative level, I don't really have any complaints.

[poxydoo]

They are all from things I have seen/read, except for three: 2, 6, and 15. Three is a divine number, meaning that I have divined the answer to your riddle. Thus, I win.

[me_llamo_nic]

Congratulations!

You win three points, which (I'm told) is divine.