I've been reading The Wind in the Willows to my four-year-old nephew.
One thing we both agree on: It'd be really cool to spend a day just "messing around in boats" with Rat and Mole.
Which fictional characters would you enjoy hanging out with?
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
Nick Carroway, man knows how to party.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Theresa Wiggin.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Willow Rosenberg
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Theresa Wiggin.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Anne Shirley
Posted by Gecko (Member # 8160) on :
Holden Caufield. We could complain about people all day.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Elizabeth Bennet.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Zaphod Beeblebrox
or Stephen Daedalus, because that would be the longest day ever.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Anne Shirley
Seconded, although I think I'd prefer her when she was married a decade or two, so I'd say Anne Gilbert. Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Just wrote a list, then saw that it was enjoy spending a day with. I know a lot I'd like to meet, but a day with them could be kind of annoying. For instance, I would like to meet Wolf Larsen, but I wouldn't likely enjoy being around him for any length of time. The sad truth is that I enjoy spending time with females much more than males, but most of my favorite literary characters are male. Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Originally posted by jehovoid: or Stephen Daedalus, because that would be the longest day ever.
Tyrion Lannister.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Does Jason Fox count?
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Who I'd like to spend a day with...
1) Arya from Eragon 2) Stephanie from the Evanovich books 3) Stripe from 'hope for the flowers' 4) I can't remember her name but the main character from 'A Handmaid's Tale' 5) Pete Hallam from 'A Separate Peace' + 'Peace Breaks Out'
: )
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:4) I can't remember her name but the main character from 'A Handmaid's Tale'
She didn't really HAVE a name, that was one of the points of the book. But she was known as Offred, at least during the time we knew her. We never learn her real name.
Oh, and Faramir. *dreamy fan girl sigh*
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
10)Sherlock Holmes for the logic 9) Gandalf for the fireworks 8) Ender--the elder--to talk about life. 7) Q for the fun of it. 6) Superman, just for the opportunity to possibly save the world. 5) Humphrey the Magician of Knowledge, because a day in Xanth would be the ultimate vacation. 4) Hiro, and I haven't even watched Hero's yet. 3) Emma Peel. Class, romance, and tight leather. I could spend a day with that. 2) Merlin from T.H. Whites the Once and Future King. 1) Richie Rich. Hey, the kid knows how to have fun, and can afford it.
Now, the one fictional character I'd like to spend the night with? Paris Hilton.
Come on. She has to be fiction.
Posted by fiddle_stix (Member # 9941) on :
Peter Pan
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: Oh, and Faramir. *dreamy fan girl sigh*
Seconded. Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: 7) Q for the fun of it.
Yeah! Him too!
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Definitely James Bond.
...
*glances round furtively*
I'm not looking for a one night stand with a fine specimen of a man, I swear...
Posted by General Sax (Member # 9694) on :
Valentine Micheal Smith
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
The Little Prince
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: Humphrey the Magician of Knowledge, because a day in Xanth would be the ultimate vacation.
Yeah, but Humphrey is such a grump! I'd pick Princess Ivy instead. She's fun, and she relates well to Mundanes. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Tyler Durden
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Belle - Good Call on my not remembering the name... Also a great point!
fiddle_stix - Who said Pan was fictional??!! They were lyin'!! ; ) WELCOME TO HATRACK!
Posted by fiddle_stix (Member # 9941) on :
why thank you cmc.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Tyler Durden, Q, Tyrrion Lannister, and Sherlock Holmes are all right up there with Novinha as literary characters I would not want to spend time with.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Atticus Finch. (umm, yeah, and Faramir too)
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Miles Vorkosigan or Phèdre nó Delaunay
Phèdre is one of the few characters from fiction who I think if we met, would like me. Or at least, not find me insufferably annoying, the way Miles would.
Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
Gandalf or Aragorn Long John Silver Julian, Benidict, Merlin, Ghostwheel and possibly Random Dr. Moriarti
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Oh, and Edmund Dantes. Talk about a specimen of man (in the books! NOT the movie!)
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Calvin
(and Hobbes)
:-)
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Falstaff. I don't think I have to justify it.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Anne Shirley
Seconded, although I think I'd prefer her when she was married a decade or two, so I'd say Anne Gilbert.
I believe Gilbert was his first name. But I'm with you on the wait until she's married part, so I'd say Anne Blythe.
My other choices would include Gandalf, Oy (from The Dark Tower), Luet (from the Homecoming series), and Rama and Sita (from the Ramayana series by Ashok K. Banker.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Luet13: I believe Gilbert was his first name. But I'm with you on the wait until she's married part, so I'd say Anne Blythe.
Time to reread those, clearly. Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Legolas.
Oh, I'd also like to spend some time with the women of genesis as portrayed by OSC in his series.
Posted by Dark as night (Member # 9577) on :
My nephews and I would like to have tea with Mr. Tumnus!
And I would most definitely enjoy spending a day with Pippi Longstocking, Emile from Lenneberga and Carlson-Who-Lived-Up-On-The-Roof -- my favorite Astrid Lindgren characters.
Posted by Homestarrunner (Member # 5090) on :
The Stainless Steel Rat.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
quote:She didn't really HAVE a name, that was one of the points of the book. But she was known as Offred, at least during the time we knew her. We never learn her real name.
We sort of learn her name. It takes some obsessive rereading, though. She lists about half a dozen names during one of the 'Night' interludes when she is remembering her time at (what was it called...the compound? Whatever- ) the place with the Aunts and all the other girls training to be Handmaidens. Over the course of the book, all the names are mentioned except June, so one can assume that it is Offred's real name.
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Who would I spend time with? Such a long list...here's a couple.
-Gilbert from What's Eating Gilbert Grape? by Peter Hedges -both Diane and Mark "Rent Boy" Renton from Trainspotting and Porno by Irvine Welsh -Travis from Almost Like Being In Love by Steve Kluger -Sibilance T. Spooner from Midnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks -Dirk Gently from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (Because, for the record, I can be easily won over by punning).
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Dr. Watson (Holmes' companion) because he seems like good people.
Anne Blythe (I'll ditto Rivka on this one, she was a little more mellow after having kids, but maybe we could get her away from Susan for the day?)
Corran Horn because, duh, he's hot and awesome. I suppose Mirax would be okay, too. And our kids could hang out. Oh, along the same lines, Wedge Antilles. Let's just make it a group get-together and include Tycho, Winter, and their kids in there, too.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
- Greyboar, the philosophical strangler. He could teach me self-defence, whilst chatting about the deeper issues in life.
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
Wow, what a question to start the day...
I think that myself, Mrs_maven and the Toddling Tornado will opt for a ride behind Ivor the Engine, and then have a fish and chip supper on Tewyn beach listening to the Grumbly Town Choral Society (soprano lead, Idris the Dragon).
If I wasn't feeling so family minded, I agree that a day with Valentine Michael Smith would be an eye-opener!
Right, back to work - but with a smile on my fizog!
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Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
Sherry from a book nobody has read but me and my mother, called Greensleeves. I am so very in love with him.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
David Lister from Red Dwarf. I probably wouldn't remember it, but I'd have one hell of a good time.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Helprin's Alessandro Guiliani Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Lady Galadriel. Or heck, why not Manwe himself!
I would love to spend a day with Ender or maybe Ansset.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Can I just spend the day at Callahan's Crosstime Salloon?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Helen of Troy Aenea from The Endymion books by Dan Simmons
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I'd pick Dante, but man that day would be hell...
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:Phèdre nó Delaunay
You know, I'd like to meet Phedre too. And Joscelin. Phedre is definitely a compelling character, I thought I'd hate those books and several times questioned why I was still reading them (as I'm not normally a fan of graphically portrayed violent sex scenes) but I find them to be well written and just plain intriguing. Besides, Phedre knows the name of God!
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I was going to give you grief about him being an author and not a character, and then I remembered...he's both!
And I agree with mph; that list (Zaphod Beeblebrox, Tyler Durden, Q, Tyrion Lannister, and Sherlock Holmes) consists of interesting characters, but none of them are the kind of folks I'd like to spend time with. I'm pretty sure I'd want to kill Zaphod within about five minutes.
Albus Dumbledore!
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
The hobbits, some time when they weren't in distress.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Ah, but that's when the hobbits truly show their mettle! Read the last chapter of Return of the King!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I think that Elinor Dashwood and I would get along famously. I think that I am her real life incarnation. I'd also like to hang out with Ivan and Katharina Smetzski. Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:The hobbits, some time when they weren't in distress.
In the same vein, I'd love to visit Rivendell in its height as the "Last Homely House" and drink wine and tell stories and listen to poetry with the elves.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Narnia, that's interesting; I'm not sure I'd want to hang out with any of the Dashwoods (except for maybe Margaret)--too extreme one way or the other. I wouldn't mind hanging out with Col. Brandon, but only if it was the movie version.
(Also, I owe you an email, which I promise you'll get once the stupid semester is over...)
Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :
Leto II, God Emperor of Dune. If you can't have fun with an omniscient worm, who CAN you have fun with?
Larry Darrell may, or may not, be fictional (The Razor's Edge, Somerset Maugham) but he changed my life more than anyone else, real or imagined. I ache to show him what I have done with his insights the way a son might want to show his father what he has accomplished.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: In the same vein, I'd love to visit Rivendell in its height as the "Last Homely House" and drink wine and tell stories and listen to poetry with the elves.
Oh, yes, definitely. 'Cept maybe not the wine part. Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I just love really good wine, and I have a feeling the elves cultivated and pressed some good wine. Not to mention, they lived long enough and were patient enough to age it properly.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Jo March.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Kay Scarpetta, especially if she's cooking.
Lupin and Tonks Snape (but really I just want a few minutes alone with a big stick)
Why can't I think of any more? Must be the allergy meds I'm taking.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
C'mon, Zaphod is a great partier! I'd love to hang with him for a day, as long as he takes me to the Restaurant and I get one of those brain asploding drinks. Either Z.B. or Ford Prefect.
But even higher on my list of Kick-A people to hang out with would be the Big Friendly Giant. I love that guy.
At the very top of my list would be... no, nevermind, my entire list would be made up of Tom Robbins characters. To spend the day with the Chink, or Sissy, or the Magician, or any of all of his wonderful characters would be a bout the best day ever.
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
Bokonon Posted by bluenessuno (Member # 5535) on :
Verily Cooper
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:C'mon, Zaphod is a great partier! I'd love to hang with him for a day
Remember the party that Arthur, Zaphod, and Trillian all attended before the book started? It wasn't much fun for Arthur.
Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
i would kinda like to try a gargleblaster as well... i am curious at just how getting your brains bashed out by a golden brick wraped around a lemon feels like.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote:I think that myself, Mrs_maven and the Toddling Tornado will opt for a ride behind Ivor the Engine, and then have a fish and chip supper on Tewyn beach listening to the Grumbly Town Choral Society (soprano lead, Idris the Dragon).
I love that book. I'm amazed someone else knows about it .
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Remember the party that Arthur, Zaphod, and Trillian all attended before the book started? It wasn't much fun for Arthur.
Nothing really sounded like much fun for Arthur. If that were the ruler against which I measured what I would like to do, flying would be about all that was left.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
You've got to ask yourself when you're considering hanging out with Zaphod -- am I more like Arthur, Ford, or Trillian?
Personally, I'm more like Arthur.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Kama thinks I'm the bee's knees though. I think she has a bug in her software
-Bok
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: You've got to ask yourself when you're considering hanging out with Zaphod -- am I more like Arthur, Ford, or Trillian?
Personally, I'm more like Arthur.
That not ... a horrible thing.
I'd go with either Ford or Trillian. probably closer to Tril. There should really be an internet quiz about this.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:probably closer to Tril.
In that case, Zaphod will find you pretty, he'll hit on you, and you should have a fabulous time.
Oh, and I really don't like those internet quizzes. Too many seem like 20 variations of the quesiton "Who are you more like? Napoleon, Pedro, Summer, or Uncle Rico?" and then when you answer that you're more like Napoleon, it turns around and tells you you're more like Napoleon.
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