Letter and character meme
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castironG characters:
1. Leave a comment to this post.
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.
Meme viaoursin, who gave me G.
1. Gregor Vorbarra, from Bujold's Vorkosiverse novels. One of those dangerous people who can make you think that absolute monarchy is a fine idea, because he's so damn good at the job. (And the Barrayarans who remember that actually, not every Emperor of Barrayar had done as well, and not everyone in line for the job would have been as good for the Empire as Gregor? Attrition is decreasing their numbers.) I have utterly adored Gregor ever since reading the bit with the plasma cannon in The Vor Game -- intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate, with a hard-earned wisdom and integrity. The ideal man, if it weren't for that pesky job that's part of the package deal.
2. Galadriel, from Tolkien's Middle-Earth writings. Highly underrated. One of the most amazing people in Middle-Earth. I didn't really grok her age until I took a class on linguistics in Tolkien and the teacher pointed out that a conservative estimate would be 32K years. Holder of history and lore, wielding power that preserves her territory for long years.... The LOTR movies don't do her justice. The book barely does her justice. That frisson at that one character's appearance towards the end of Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? I really should feel that when reading about Galadriel, because she's even more deserving of it.
3. Dr. Grant, from Austen's Mansfield Park. He's puzzled me since I first read the book; what we see of him contrasts greatly with what Mary Crawford says about him. Is he simply one of these people who's perfectly pleasant in public and a total jerk in private? Or is there something else going on?
4. Inspector Gregson, from Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Poor Gregson. Right there in the first story, making occasional appearances thereafter, the man who Holmes himself says is the best of Scotland Yard -- and yet, it's Lestrade who's in the popular consciousness. Not even a mention in the reboot, unless Greg Lestrade's first name is intended as a nod.
5. Georges Munier, from Dumas père's Georges. A mulatto who rebels, not entirely successfully, against the position whites force him and his people into. I'd never even heard of this book until I found it in a used book store ten years ago; while it's not Dumas's best-written work (or at least best translation), it's a fascinating story, and he's an amazing character.
1. Leave a comment to this post.
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.
Meme via
oursin, who gave me G.1. Gregor Vorbarra, from Bujold's Vorkosiverse novels. One of those dangerous people who can make you think that absolute monarchy is a fine idea, because he's so damn good at the job. (And the Barrayarans who remember that actually, not every Emperor of Barrayar had done as well, and not everyone in line for the job would have been as good for the Empire as Gregor? Attrition is decreasing their numbers.) I have utterly adored Gregor ever since reading the bit with the plasma cannon in The Vor Game -- intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate, with a hard-earned wisdom and integrity. The ideal man, if it weren't for that pesky job that's part of the package deal.
2. Galadriel, from Tolkien's Middle-Earth writings. Highly underrated. One of the most amazing people in Middle-Earth. I didn't really grok her age until I took a class on linguistics in Tolkien and the teacher pointed out that a conservative estimate would be 32K years. Holder of history and lore, wielding power that preserves her territory for long years.... The LOTR movies don't do her justice. The book barely does her justice. That frisson at that one character's appearance towards the end of Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? I really should feel that when reading about Galadriel, because she's even more deserving of it.
3. Dr. Grant, from Austen's Mansfield Park. He's puzzled me since I first read the book; what we see of him contrasts greatly with what Mary Crawford says about him. Is he simply one of these people who's perfectly pleasant in public and a total jerk in private? Or is there something else going on?
4. Inspector Gregson, from Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Poor Gregson. Right there in the first story, making occasional appearances thereafter, the man who Holmes himself says is the best of Scotland Yard -- and yet, it's Lestrade who's in the popular consciousness. Not even a mention in the reboot, unless Greg Lestrade's first name is intended as a nod.
5. Georges Munier, from Dumas père's Georges. A mulatto who rebels, not entirely successfully, against the position whites force him and his people into. I'd never even heard of this book until I found it in a used book store ten years ago; while it's not Dumas's best-written work (or at least best translation), it's a fascinating story, and he's an amazing character.