LIST FROM TWO YEARS AGO---REVISED AND AMENDED:
You
know
I’ve been a reader all my life, with books such a great part of the Who
I
Am, and though I DO know fiction from fact most days, I’m just posting a
list
of the folks who, by dint of character or spirit or heroic dedication or
plain
old good company or sheer brain power---though I think I might not LIKE a
few of them, I’d still want on MY SIDE, when I needed them. They’re all IN IT, Banner and Blade:
Charlie
Allnut
Samwise
Gamgee
Briene
of Tarth
Samwell
Tarley
Ree Dolly
Reacher
Gus and Woodrow
Ree Dolly
Reacher
Gus and Woodrow
Mal Reynolds and all the crew of Serenity
Ziva
Tyrion
Lenny Briscoe
Quigley--Orrin Sackett--Jesse Stone--Frank Reagan--Thomas Magnum
Catniss Everdeen
Lisbeth Salander
Ziva
Tyrion
Lenny Briscoe
Quigley--Orrin Sackett--Jesse Stone--Frank Reagan--Thomas Magnum
Catniss Everdeen
Lisbeth Salander
Merry and Pippin
Superman and Christopher Reeve
Ripley
Leon the ProfessionalRipley
Gibbs
Abby
Ducky
Neville Longbottom
Walt, Vic, Ferg, Henry and {Hector}
Alan Shore, Red Reddington, Dembe Zuma
Reese and Finch, Shaw, Root, Elias, and Marconi
Chuck Norris (and would HE not have made a splendid REACHER, for all 20+ movies, had the time been right)
Miss Shambala Green or anybody played by Lorraine Toussaint
Barney, Christmas, Trench, Gunnar 'n' 'em
Atticus Finch
Tom Joad
Marge
the Cop Ducky
Neville Longbottom
Walt, Vic, Ferg, Henry and {Hector}
Alan Shore, Red Reddington, Dembe Zuma
Reese and Finch, Shaw, Root, Elias, and Marconi
Chuck Norris (and would HE not have made a splendid REACHER, for all 20+ movies, had the time been right)
Miss Shambala Green or anybody played by Lorraine Toussaint
Barney, Christmas, Trench, Gunnar 'n' 'em
Atticus Finch
Tom Joad
Jaqen H'ghar
Opie Winston
Lucas McCain
Wile E. Coyote
Gunny Bricker
Poirot
J.B. Fletcher
Golly
Raylan Givens (or perhaps just his hat)
Boyd Crowder
Penelope Garcia
Boyd Crowder
Penelope Garcia
Dr.
Spencer Reid
Red
at Shawshank
Andy
Dufresne
John Coffey--Paul Edgecombe--Brutal
Nero, Jax, Bobby-Elvis, Tig, Chibs, and Miss Venus van Dam
Vincent/Hellboy/Clay Morrow
Ben Matlock/Andy Taylor
Lt. Dan
Aibilene Clark
Louis Litt
Bobby Goren
Inigo Montoya
Menolly
Idgie Threadgoode
Molesley
Rooster Cogburn
Nero, Jax, Bobby-Elvis, Tig, Chibs, and Miss Venus van Dam
Vincent/Hellboy/Clay Morrow
Ben Matlock/Andy Taylor
Lt. Dan
Aibilene Clark
Andy
Sipowicz
Vergil Tibbs Louis Litt
Bobby Goren
Inigo Montoya
Menolly
Idgie Threadgoode
Molesley
Rooster Cogburn
Michael
Westen and Fi
Summer Glau
Summer Glau
Clarice
and Hannibal
Mags
Bennett
Randall McMurphy
Jack Burton
The Goonies
Luke Danes
Jack Burton
The Goonies
Luke Danes
Jo
March
Mammy
at Tara
Edgar
Roy
Rumpole
Arya
Arya
Mozzie
Clete
Purcell
Ignatius J. Reilly
Tarzan
The Hound
Ignatius J. Reilly
Tarzan
The Hound
Peter and Elizabeth Burke-best marriage on TV
Jeeves, though in our last days, we'd hope for the comfort of a Hoke
Lorelai Gilmore
Lorelai Gilmore
Frank
Drebbin
Elizabeth
Bennet
Those four teenage boys, strangers to me, who surrounded me suddenly on a silent Eighties street, emerging from the dimness, walking around me like a phalanx of Palace Guards as I passed barred stores and grim faces in the dark, then melted away when I was safely locked in my car and on my way.
Those four teenage boys, strangers to me, who surrounded me suddenly on a silent Eighties street, emerging from the dimness, walking around me like a phalanx of Palace Guards as I passed barred stores and grim faces in the dark, then melted away when I was safely locked in my car and on my way.
And, of course,
the realest “Character” there is.
Chris.
I will always take Raylan Givens, hat or otherwise. He is perfection and perfectly cool! Actually, he is only enhanced by the fact that Boyd Crowder orbits his world.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Bennet, of course, yes. She's the epitome of a fun best friend.
My dear Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful list and one is absolutely spoilt for choice. Jo March is simply too romantic and earnest. Nevertheless, one would not say "no" to her if one was invited to sit next to her at the dinner table. One can learn so much about dedication and personal sacrifice from Jo. My perfect dinner table companion is Miss Charlotte Bartlett from E. M. Forster's A Room With A View. But the one characters out of all Forster's novels that I truly admire and adore is Mr. Cyril Fielding from "A Passage to India". Sending you my warmest wishes from a very cold and autumnal Scotland, ASD
So very long since I've seen you. I'm busy trying to get on top of what's going on here. Samwise definitely!! Who could want for more. Loyalty is #1 with me. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by!
Mona
Karen Blixen
ReplyDeleteLove the list. I recognize a LOT of them, but not all. I want Dorothy Gale as my tour guide to the best land in all the world. And I want Gladys Taber (she's real - is that cheating?) to show me her Cape Cod. I ALMOST have Father Tim as my priest. My Father Lee is CLOSE!
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