Character meme

[litlover12]

1. Comment -- intelligently or in a nonsensical fashion, requesting to play. General comments are welcome too!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.

2theriver2pray gave me the letter E.


1. Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

She's been my role model since I was about eleven. She's strong, smart, ambitious, and beautiful. And even though she's in love with Higgins, she doesn't take any crap from him.

2. Erik/The Phantom, The Phantom of the Opera

(Note: My Erik -- my mental Erik, if you will :-) -- is sort of a composite of the character from the book and the stage musical. Not the movie. I haven't seen the movie and don't plan to.)

Strictly speaking, I don't count Erik as one of my fictional boyfriends. I prefer that my fictional boyfriends not go around strangling people. Still, I feel deeply for him, and go to pieces a little when he makes his great sacrifice. And always end up longing to comfort him.

3. Estella, Great Expectations

I find her quite fascinating. What would it be like to have your heart stolen away and have ice put in its place? (Figuratively speaking, of course, but still it's a striking idea.) I once started to write a novel from her POV for NaNoWriMo, to explore this theme -- and wrote for all of two days before I gave up. It seems I wasn't made for month-long novel-writing challenges. Still, I'd like to write about her sometime.

4. Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

What can I say about her that hasn't already been said? She's witty, clever, thoughtful, playful, honest, loving, kind; flawed in some ways, but able to learn and grow. A delightful heroine all around.

5. Eugene Wrayburn, Our Mutual Friend

My friend Christy and I agree that we shouldn't like Eugene as much as we do. He definitely has caddish and self-centered tendencies, at least for a while. But there's something underneath that you just know has great potential, if it ever comes out. And fortunately, it does.

Besides, he's just so wonderfully snarky.

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Let me know if you want a letter!

Comments

[2theriver2pray.livejournal.com]

I prefer that my fictional boyfriends not go around strangling people.

*giggles*

Estella's P.O.V. would be awesome and insightful. I can totally see how that would be hard to write though.

I'd love a letter. :)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

That's true, you haven't had a letter yourself yet! :-) I'll give you L.