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Fictional character meet and greet

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Tryphena Absent

21:15 / 03.09.03

Oh darn, I left out Darrell Rivers. Enid must be rolling in her grave. God rest my soul!

21:40 / 03.09.03

Shakey from Bowie's "Watch That Man". He throws parties that last all night, where an old fashioned band of married men would look up to me for encouragement... and every bottle battles with the reason why.

And, since I'm in party mood, Margot Channing from "All About Eve". We were probably separated at birth anyway but she would be the ideal companion for any party. Queen bitch.

Tiring of the badinage, I'd like to bump into Jean Luc Picard. Memories of Locutus and seeing four lights. Hours, nay days of Trek babble, then we could have a shag and sort out his unhappy sexual life at last. If everybody drank a lot of something nice, I might occasionally catch a glimpse of Gurney Halleck or Professor Xavier too.

Genly Ai from "The Left Hand of Darkness" would have such Winter wonders to describe about my favourite fictional world ever. Plus, he would have lots of insights into masculinity, how to appraise it with dispassionate eyes and how to triumph over it.

Tough when you reach the last vacant slot, no? So many men, so little time... Jonathan Harker, the Werner Herzog version, taking the plague over the desert to freedom in new, exciting lands, a rabid and pitiless new vampire on a blood binge. I'd sup with a medium sized spoon, dining with a panther.

Goodness Gracious Meme

22:20 / 03.09.03

Ziggy Stardust. Just because.

ooh, yes, 'Dennis Cooper', definitely. Although i'd probably find him a bit terrifying..

along the same lines, the 'Ray Davies' of Lola/ Waterloo Sunset/ X-Ray etc

Elana from Sylvia Engdahl's 'Far Side of Evil'. Not just 'coz of the crush thing, honest! she has a mean way with a 'torture; scene too. no, really, she's the first female character that i really clicked with/was fascinated by. there's all that 'woman in a man's world' stuff

Am tempted by HP chars(waiting for Mono on this one

) but again the whole slash/'real' thing is too confusing. and the JKR versions would be boring...

22:53 / 03.09.03

Be fair - I don't think Snape could ever really be boring.

Some (even most) of JKR's characters would be, undoubtedly, but the point is that you don't see *all* of any of them in JKR's books. Or all of anyone in anyone's books (or all of anyone ever in real life either, for that matter).

It might be interesting to find out where JKR's 'knowing more than she knows' actually leads the actual characters as they appear in canon though, is what I mean.

23:22 / 03.09.03

Though, thinking about it, perhaps I'm being too kind. However, from a fannish point of view, there's definitely something in that idea.

In our heads, the characters have lives that the original creator never would've dreamed of (perhaps). I imagine, if they could, the characters themselves would have plenty of ideas about how their lives should be, too. I'm almost inclined to think it would be interesting to meet a named but otherwise blank slate character like Blaise, for a non-JKR based view of Hogwarts and its denizens, etc. I wonder how that would work. I mean, Blaise gets like one mention or something in the books. Presumably, JKR had some idea in her head about at least what gender ze was if nothing else, but there's nothing in canon. So Blaise would be like a free spirit, not tethered to JKR's worldview, and thusly could give a more interesting, useful view of JKR's world as ze sees it. Possibly.

Or possibly it's too late, and I'm a bit fucked on painkillers, and I'm talking bollocks. Ah, well.

05:37 / 04.09.03

Actually, my favorite fictional characters are the ones I've invented myself, but I would like to meet:

1. Conan the Barbarian (The Howard, or possibly the Marvel Comics, version, but not the Arnie version because I'm very cross with Arnie right now and really he was much less cool than the literary versions anyway). I thnk I could really party with that guy and do some serious skull-smashing by his side; I'd have his back against the degenerate hordes. I'm somewhat ashamed to say it, but it would be a relief to be free of this modern liberalism and feel perfectly entitled to crush anyone who opposed me or was different from me. I'd like to accompany him on some adventures and possibly double-cross him for the favours of a winsome sorceress--however, I'd like to avoid the usual fate of Conan's sidekicks (sudden, grotesque demise).

2. Tyler Durden, the movie version, so that maybe some of his way-out fashion sense, not to mention his abs, would rub off on me and, once again, the prospect of smashing skulls. He's really just so very, you know? And he was totally right about everything. I think I would rise very quickly in his organization, and would be a very special Space Monkey indeed. Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out, in the water, see it swimming... [COCK]

3. Judge Fang from The Diamond Age, because, if you didn't figure it out, he becomes the ruler of the world at the end. I'd like to be a member of his Post-Diamond Age Middle Kingdom court, as a scribe pr something, or possibly in charge of the Greater New York Region. I might, however, succumb to temptation and become corrupt, in which case he would probably have me killed. And rightfully so.

4. Nabu, Hermes' Babylonian (?) forebear. He was more hardcore than Toth and more independant than Hermes, and he had a good relationship with his wife. I'd like to learn his wisdom and be his sword-bearer or something.

5. Mordant C@rnival, for reasons that should be obvious to everyone here.

11:24 / 04.09.03

Ok, choice #4 is R2-D2. Because R2 is god. No, really, think about it. He's always there when he's needed, he knows far more than anyone else, and knows more than anyone else knows that he knows. Godlike attributes, right? He's not well-treated, particularly, but he's got a sense of humour, and no superiority complex. That's what I'd like God to be like.

I'm deadly serious about this. R2-D2 is god.

Also, I want Snape to teach me potions. And magic in general. I meant to mention that earlier.

11:49 / 04.09.03

You're toally right, Cholister, I have always wanted R2D2 to be my friend. Not so much for the godlike stuff but because he is such a good friend. A much better friend than Tyler Durden, abs or no abs. Can we share?

11:54 / 04.09.03

'Tis true - he would be a great friend. Sure, Q, we can share. (If R2D2 is god, then I'm sure he's here for all of us, anyway.)

19:55 / 04.09.03

Samwise Gamgee. You know, I was never a big fan of Sam, but I realised today clearly for the first time that he's actually wonderful. I think he could teach me a lot about loyalty and friendship and perseverance. (And perhaps in meeting him I would get to say hi to some of the other members of the Fellowship, etc. I kind of see it happening like Bagenders the fanfic series, with them all living forever and in proximity, but in a way that owes less of a debt to The Young Ones. Yes.)

And I know this is cheating, because I already have 5, but, if you notice, I said 'say, 5 characters', which I think indicates you can have a bit of latitude if you like. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin - together in a quiet moment. I know and all right thinking people know that they're together. I think they're a lovely couple and I'd dearly love to see them both happy and relaxed, and not constrained by the stupid shite that JKR puts them through. Perhaps Jim'll fix it for me.

20:58 / 04.09.03

Tyler Durden wore great shirts tho. I need some fashion input.

04:22 / 06.09.03

Xoc, you've thrown me into confusion and self-doubt once again. Tyler Durden would be such a great guy to be friends with, because everyone's on his jock and everything, and the whole fashion sense thing and the abs. But R2D2 would be such a great buddy! I mean, he'd always be there for you, no matter what, unlike Tyler, who would drop you like hot turd the second someone hotter came along.

I can't possibly take Conan or Mordant C@rnival off the list, and that leaves Nabu. Surely you don't expect me to ditch the god of knowledge? I couldn't do that, I'd feel like such a jerk afterwards, ditching Nabu for Tyler Durden.

No, Tyler's got to go. I'm sorry.

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