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Friday's fannish5: What are your five favorite redemption stories?
5. Jacob Black (Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse): Not a real redemption story in the classic sense, and it hasn't been finished yet, but I have high hopes for Jacob. He did act like a bit of a douchebag, but he keeps going back and forth between nice guy and idiot. (I blame this more on bad characterization than actual plot though)
4. Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood): He starts off as an ex Time Agent and con man, who cares only about himself, money, and getting laid. By the end of DW series 1 he's the last man standing in an impossible fight to protect people. His explanation to the Doctor of his reinvention of Torchwood in... one of the final three episodes of DW series 3 solidified him for me.
3. Boromir (Lord of the Rings): You really can't have a redemption list without Boromir. Come on.
2. Severus Snape (Harry Potter): See my explanation for Boromir. Snape was just... everything I could ask for in a redemptive character.
1. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars): Hands down. And not just because I just watched all 6 Star Wars movies in 2 days.
5. Jacob Black (Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse): Not a real redemption story in the classic sense, and it hasn't been finished yet, but I have high hopes for Jacob. He did act like a bit of a douchebag, but he keeps going back and forth between nice guy and idiot. (I blame this more on bad characterization than actual plot though)
4. Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood): He starts off as an ex Time Agent and con man, who cares only about himself, money, and getting laid. By the end of DW series 1 he's the last man standing in an impossible fight to protect people. His explanation to the Doctor of his reinvention of Torchwood in... one of the final three episodes of DW series 3 solidified him for me.
3. Boromir (Lord of the Rings): You really can't have a redemption list without Boromir. Come on.
2. Severus Snape (Harry Potter): See my explanation for Boromir. Snape was just... everything I could ask for in a redemptive character.
1. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars): Hands down. And not just because I just watched all 6 Star Wars movies in 2 days.