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fannish5: Name five qualities you always find attractive in fictional characters. Please note: fictional.
1. A complicated relationship with a surrogate father-figure. I think it's fair to blame this on Dick Grayson, given that I imprinted on him at, what? Age 8? Surrogate parental figures of EITHER sex do it for me, too--for instance, Meredith Grey? I love her relationship with the chief and her stepmother. This also possibly says something about me, but I'm not touching that. ;) Heck, ANY parent-child interaction works for me, really.
Please note: Also extends to sibling relationships (and the complicated part here is optional but pretty much guaranteed when involving siblings)--The Pevensies, Tim and Dick, the Weasleys, etc. Although I think the Pevensies also count as a surrogate parent relationship, because as far as I see it, Lucy and Peter have something more like a father-daughter relationship with the complication of Peter *really* being her brother thrown in. ...Guh. Love them.
2. A sense of humor--but not slapstick. Yeah, dry wit? Please and thank you. Vicious sarcasm? I'm a fan. Jokes no one gets because the teller is smarter than his/her audience? Check. Witty banter? Hell, yes. Quips used to throw off an enemy in battle? Amen!
3. An obscene sense of honor and loyalty--especially to family and friends. Hey, I *am* a Hufflepuff, aren't I? That whole willing-to-lay-down-your-life-for-your-loved-ones thing? REALLY works for me.
4. Self-esteem issues, especially when related to aforementioned parental figures. Guh, no defense for myself here. I just... yeah. Particularly if the self-esteem issues tie into making parental figures proud. Yeah. I particularly like this when it's a HIDDEN self-esteem issue that maybe only gets addressed with, say, a Best Friend. Which leads me to #5.
5. Strong friendships. I know, this feels like it shouldn't count, as it involves more than one character, but it DOES. I'm talking Tim-and-Kon, Meredith-and-Cristina, Mark-and-Roger, Harry-Ron-and-Hermione, Helga-and-Rowena, drop-everything-at-a-second's-notice-because-my-friend-needs-me friendships. I'm talking "shut up, I'm your person" friendships. I mean the type of friendship where one character knows the other character well enough to predict their reactions to things and where they both NEED each other. A symbiotic friendship. FRIENDS-type friendships, even. Works for me Every. Single. Time.
fannish5: Name five qualities you always find attractive in fictional characters. Please note: fictional.1. A complicated relationship with a surrogate father-figure. I think it's fair to blame this on Dick Grayson, given that I imprinted on him at, what? Age 8? Surrogate parental figures of EITHER sex do it for me, too--for instance, Meredith Grey? I love her relationship with the chief and her stepmother. This also possibly says something about me, but I'm not touching that. ;) Heck, ANY parent-child interaction works for me, really.
Please note: Also extends to sibling relationships (and the complicated part here is optional but pretty much guaranteed when involving siblings)--The Pevensies, Tim and Dick, the Weasleys, etc. Although I think the Pevensies also count as a surrogate parent relationship, because as far as I see it, Lucy and Peter have something more like a father-daughter relationship with the complication of Peter *really* being her brother thrown in. ...Guh. Love them.
2. A sense of humor--but not slapstick. Yeah, dry wit? Please and thank you. Vicious sarcasm? I'm a fan. Jokes no one gets because the teller is smarter than his/her audience? Check. Witty banter? Hell, yes. Quips used to throw off an enemy in battle? Amen!
3. An obscene sense of honor and loyalty--especially to family and friends. Hey, I *am* a Hufflepuff, aren't I? That whole willing-to-lay-down-your-life-for-your-loved-ones thing? REALLY works for me.
4. Self-esteem issues, especially when related to aforementioned parental figures. Guh, no defense for myself here. I just... yeah. Particularly if the self-esteem issues tie into making parental figures proud. Yeah. I particularly like this when it's a HIDDEN self-esteem issue that maybe only gets addressed with, say, a Best Friend. Which leads me to #5.
5. Strong friendships. I know, this feels like it shouldn't count, as it involves more than one character, but it DOES. I'm talking Tim-and-Kon, Meredith-and-Cristina, Mark-and-Roger, Harry-Ron-and-Hermione, Helga-and-Rowena, drop-everything-at-a-second's-notice-because-my-friend-needs-me friendships. I'm talking "shut up, I'm your person" friendships. I mean the type of friendship where one character knows the other character well enough to predict their reactions to things and where they both NEED each other. A symbiotic friendship. FRIENDS-type friendships, even. Works for me Every. Single. Time.
