[ObMeme] Five Characters
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tbutlerFrom yhlee, who gave me R:
1. Rincewind, the original keystone of Discworld - but while he was funny at the start, over time he became more and more of a one-note character that had trouble supporting a book on his own.
2. Ranma Saotome - Coming to mind because I've been thinking of Ranma 1/2 as an introductory child-safe manga for my 9-year-old nephew. He makes a good comedy protagonist, mixing annoying egoism and genuine nobility in classic fashion for a Takahashi story. He's also one of the best examples of how fanfic writers took a cast of relatively shallow characters and read their own viewpoints and character development into them; I do wonder how much of that was Ranma being one of the first widely-available series in the US.
3. Roic, Vorkosigan armsman - Gets some flack from readers for being inserted just to give another viewpoint for some of the late Miles stories... but I rather like him. He didn't have the most prepossessing introduction in A Civil Campaign - poor guy - but proves his worth and competence in Diplomatic Immunity and Cryoburn. Full plaudits to him as well for his growth and development in "Winterfair Gifts".
4. Ruth Ortheris - Psychologist in H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy books, she's a good example of an attempt to write a strong female character in the 50s who still conforms to a lot of the prejudices of the period. She's a professional, a primary member of the team investigating the sapience of a new alien race, and [spoiler!] undercover agent for the Terran Federation - but at the end of the first novel, she's portrayed as being happy to give that all up to settle down and raise a family. Honestly, in some ways it's even more offensive than Heinlein's notorious problems in that area, because it's treated in an utterly matter-of-fact fashion - completely normal and what everyone should expect.
5. Rikkiki - A god of S'Rian in the Liavek universe, who happened to be turned into a chipmunk by an unspecified curse. Amusing because although He can talk and still has the power of a god, He's also not much smarter than an actual chipmunk and has a very short attention span. Which can cause no end of amusement in the stories he appears in, and even some moments of actual drama.
yhlee, who gave me R:1. Comment on this post with "MEEEEEE!"
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your journal.
1. Rincewind, the original keystone of Discworld - but while he was funny at the start, over time he became more and more of a one-note character that had trouble supporting a book on his own.
2. Ranma Saotome - Coming to mind because I've been thinking of Ranma 1/2 as an introductory child-safe manga for my 9-year-old nephew. He makes a good comedy protagonist, mixing annoying egoism and genuine nobility in classic fashion for a Takahashi story. He's also one of the best examples of how fanfic writers took a cast of relatively shallow characters and read their own viewpoints and character development into them; I do wonder how much of that was Ranma being one of the first widely-available series in the US.
3. Roic, Vorkosigan armsman - Gets some flack from readers for being inserted just to give another viewpoint for some of the late Miles stories... but I rather like him. He didn't have the most prepossessing introduction in A Civil Campaign - poor guy - but proves his worth and competence in Diplomatic Immunity and Cryoburn. Full plaudits to him as well for his growth and development in "Winterfair Gifts".
4. Ruth Ortheris - Psychologist in H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy books, she's a good example of an attempt to write a strong female character in the 50s who still conforms to a lot of the prejudices of the period. She's a professional, a primary member of the team investigating the sapience of a new alien race, and [spoiler!] undercover agent for the Terran Federation - but at the end of the first novel, she's portrayed as being happy to give that all up to settle down and raise a family. Honestly, in some ways it's even more offensive than Heinlein's notorious problems in that area, because it's treated in an utterly matter-of-fact fashion - completely normal and what everyone should expect.
5. Rikkiki - A god of S'Rian in the Liavek universe, who happened to be turned into a chipmunk by an unspecified curse. Amusing because although He can talk and still has the power of a god, He's also not much smarter than an actual chipmunk and has a very short attention span. Which can cause no end of amusement in the stories he appears in, and even some moments of actual drama.
