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Author:	ethelfleda [ November 5th, 2006, 6:52 am ]
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i get waaay too into books and end up feeling really strongly about the characters. i really do love/hate them as if i know them and i have a bad habit of talking about them as though they're real, which freaks people out slightly. my most loved characters are: - faramir (most women want their mr darcy, but i want my faramir - totally in love with him) - eowyn (one of the most well-written women in literature) - sam gamgee (totally adorable) - jo from little women (character i identify with most) - joe in rule brittania (don't ask why, but i fell in love with him too) my most hated characters are: - susan in the chronicles of narnia (intensely irritating cuz she thinks she knows everything) - amy from little women (such a brat) - houlden caulfield in cather in the rye (it's a fantastic book, but he's the most slapable protagonist ever) how about you guys? you ever fallen in love with a characer in a book? is there any fictional person you really can't stand? do share.

Author:	Wingfoot [ November 5th, 2006, 8:41 am ]
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I have an overly active imagination, so tend to slightly obsess over certain characters...in an ever-so-slightly-fangirlish way I just caught up with human beings in general and finished both Eragon books, and I love Durza's character there. I always fall for the bad guys....Aragorn and Faramir are my favourites in LOTR, Grant in Jurassic Park (the book rocks over the film) and before I got into my Harry Potter hating mindset, Lupin, cos werewolves are just. that. cool. I hate Harry Potter. With a vengence. In my opinion, he is the most irritating character in the entire history and future of literature. But that's just me I haven't read many books lately, aside from Eldest...I must read some more...

Author:	Aramel Elyanwe [ November 5th, 2006, 2:54 pm ]
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Wingfoot wrote: I hate Harry Potter. With a vengence. In my opinion, he is the most irritating character in the entire history and future of literature. But that's just me Me too!!! Most Hated: Harry Potter Count Olaf - A Series of Unfortunate Events Most Loved: Violet, Klaus, Sunny Baudelaire -Series of Unfortunate Events

Author:	Guest [ November 5th, 2006, 5:31 pm ]
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Loved: Aslan Lucy Pevensie Peter Pevensie King Tirian Faramir Eowyn Aragorn Caspian Rilian Hated: Jadis Gollum Miraz Uncle Andrew

Author:	Caunion cyn Britannia [ November 5th, 2006, 8:44 pm ]
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I loved: Dagny Taggart Howard Roark Dominique Francon Boromir Remus Lupin Sirius Black I hated: Ellsworth Toohey Professor Umbridge Wormtail

Author:	Star Gazer [ November 5th, 2006, 10:00 pm ]
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Loved: Terence - The Squire's Tale Gawain - The Squire's Tale Rhience - The Lioness and her Knight Elrond - The Fellowship of the Ring (PJ ruined him in the movies!) Ganscotter - The Squire's Tale Robin - The Squire's Tale (I like that book...) Shasta - The Horse and his Boy Aravis - The Horse and his Boy Bree[!] - The Horsea nd his Boy Hated: Lanclot - The Squire's Tale Sauron[duh] -LotR Nancy - Nancy Drew Bess - Nancy Drew Eustuce - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Author:	Larael [ November 5th, 2006, 11:45 pm ]
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I find it very hard to love or hate a book character. However there are some that have captured my heart or earned my hatred. Loved: Aslan- Chronicles of Narnia Lucy Pevensie- Chronicles of Narnia Jacky Faber- Bloody Jack Adventures Robin Raeburn- Bloody Jack Adventures Severus Snape- Harry Potter Albus Dumbledore- Harry Potter Remus Lupin- Harry Potter Frodo- Lord of the Rings Legolas- Lord of the Rings Elrond- Lord of the Rings Sabriel- The Abhorsen Trilogy Mr. Darcy- Pride and Prejudice Hated: Raoul- Phantom of the Opera [by Gaston Leroux] Wormtail- Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange- Harry Potter Neville Longbottom- Harry Potter The Shape Changer- The Shape Changer's Wife Mr. Wickham- Pride and Prejudice Denethor- Lord of the Rings Count Olaf- A Series of Unfortunate Events Eustace- Chronicles of Narnia Professor Umbridge- Harry Potter Gilderoy Lockhart- Harry Potter Cornelius Fudge- Harry Potter Clarissa Worthington Howe- Bloody Jack Adventures Amy Trevelyne- Bloody Jack Adventures Jaime- Bloody Jack Adventures

Author:	Raven Sparrow [ November 6th, 2006, 12:05 am ]
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Loved: Peter Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie, Mr. Tumnus, Aslan - Chronicles of Narnia Eragon, Saphira, Murtagh, Brom - The Inheritance trilogy Aragorn, Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Elladan and Elrohir, Faramir - Lord of the Rings Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Fred and George Weasley, Remus Lupin, Luna Lovegood, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore - Harry Potter Chiyo/Sayuri, Auntie, Mother, Mameha, Chairman - Memoirs of a Geisha Rand al'Thor, Elayne Trakand, Aviendha, Min, Mat Cauthon, Moiraine, Lan, Nynaeve al'Meara - The Wheel of Time Hated: Jadis, Ginnabrik - Chronicles of Narnia Galbatorix, Arya - The Inheritance trilogy Sauron, Wormtongue, Gollum - Lord of the Rings Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew(Wormtail), Severus Snape, Professer Umbridge, Ginny Weasley, Percy Weasley - Harry Potter Hatsumomo, Pumpkin - Memoirs of a Geisha Perrin Aybara, Faile - The Wheel of Time This is just a basic list, I'm going to be updating in the future.

Author:	Kess [ November 6th, 2006, 1:37 pm ]
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Loved- Tony Hill-Simply amazing character, and the the actor on the TV series actually did him justice! Tonks- Who could not love her? Murtagh- Why? Why did you have to go evil? Bartimaeus- Havem't laughed so much in a long time Bridget Jones- Ditto Hate Harry Potter- Far too shallow for my liking Eragon- Too predictable Orchid- Love obsessed freak. Really bugs me.

Author:	Fencing Maiden [ November 6th, 2006, 4:41 pm ]
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Woah!! Goodness, I never thought I'd find HP haters on here. in a state of shock Oh yeah, and I can't include any LotR characters in here... because I like them ALL! And it would be a list half a mile long. Loved Mr. Tumnus - Chronicles of Narnia Edmund Pevensie - Chronicles of Narnia Professor Challenger - The Lost World Sydney Carton - A Tale of Two Cities Marianne Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility Rupert Psmith - Leave it to Psmith Hated Cluny - Redwall Series Miss' Bingley - Pride and Prejudices

Author:	Aerandir [ November 7th, 2006, 11:00 am ]
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Why don't you like Perrin, Raven? He rocks! Even if he's not as cool since he met Faile. Anyways, my favorites are (not in any particular order): 1. Aragorn, Faramir, Frodo, and Sam from The Lord of the Rings 2. Beren, Luthien Tuor, Glorfindel, Ecthelion, Finrod, Fingon, and Mablung from Tolkien's stories about Beleriand (i.e. The Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales) 3. Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Egwene al'Vere, and Lan Mandragoran from [i]The Wheel of Time. 4. Jacen Solo from the pre-Dark Nest books; Han, Leia, Jaina, and Anakin Solo; Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker; Wedge Antilles; Obi-wan Kenobi; Darsha Assant; Mitth'raw'nuruodo; and Lorana Jinzler from Star Wars. 5. Taliesin, Arthur, and Merlin/Myrddin from The Pendragon Cycle. --- My most hated characters: 1. Maeglin and Morgoth, from Tolkien's tales about Beleriand (especially The Fall of Gondolin) 2. Sauron. He destroyed Eregion, and, indirectly, Numenor as well. From The Lord of the Rings(mostly), for those who don't know. 3. The High Lord Weiramon, Elaida, Alviarin, Graendal, and Moridin from The Wheel of Time.

Author:	Kess [ November 7th, 2006, 4:08 pm ]
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Fencing Maiden wrote: Woah!! Goodness, I never thought I'd find HP haters on here. in a state of shock But Harry's just so shallow and predictable and just too, well good to be honest. People need a darker side to be interesting, Harry's our typical, save the world, chosen one orphan.

Author:	Nauriel Rochnur [ November 9th, 2006, 11:18 pm ]
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Most loved: Numair. (He's mine, ladies!) Liam Shang Dragon (Also mine) George. (He's pretty darn cool. Mine) Valec (who doesn't want a sexy assasin? He too is mine) Janco and Ari (They go togeather and are in my possesion. Meaning they are mine) Nawat Crow (Touch him and you die! I'm dead serious. He's all mine!) Most Hated I don't really have any most hated. I'll have to think of that. Sorry if I came on a bit strong about the guys that I liked (Wow, they are all men.) I tend to get a little...possesive of my literature men. "A little possesive" doesn't even begind to cover it.

Author:	Starlight [ November 10th, 2006, 12:10 am ]
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Whoas! (Yes, that was meant to be plural. It's not a typo.) Smashing idea for a thread! I tend to get VERY attached to the characters in books. I have an overactive imagination. If I listed all of the characters I love and dislike strongly (:P), we'd be here for eternity, but I can post a few. [s]Hate[/s] I hate to say hate (lol. Oxymorons are fun.) I think it implies a stronger emotion than most people think. I'll say....... dislike strongly instead. Dislike Strongly Beth -Little Women (I'm sorry, but no one is that perfectly good.) Mr. Collins -Pride and Prejudice (He was hilarious, but he gave me the creeps.) Mr. Wickham - Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen writes very hateable villains.) Eragon -Eragon (For some inexplicable reason, he annoyed the heck out of me.) Love! Frodo Baggins -The Lord of the Rings Samwise Gamgee -The Lord of the Rings Practically every other LOTR character. Even the baddies are fun. And even characters like Gollum and Boromir have their merits. Frodo's my favorite though, always. Mr. Darcy -Pride and Prejudice Edward Rochester -Jane Eyre Jane Eyre -Jane Eyre (:duh:) Sirius Black -Harry Potter Remus Lupin -Harry Potter Mr. Tumnus -The Chronicles of Narnia Lucy Pevensie -The Chronicles of Narnia The BFG -The BFG I know there are more. I'm just too befuddled to think of them all at the moment. One other thing: What character do you feel you relate to the most from a story? I know everyone's going to say this, but for me, it's Lizzy Bennet from Pride and Prejudice.

Author:	ethelfleda [ November 10th, 2006, 5:06 am ]
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^ yeah, i know what you mean about beth - she's just too good and too bleh, by which i mean there's just nothing interesting about her. i fund her mildly irritating, but it's amy i really hate. i mean, when she throws jo's manuscript on the fire... in answer to your question, the character i identify most with is jo in little women - it's like reading about me, which is a little freaky. i really love the way winona ryder plays her in the more recent film.

Author:	Nurrantiel Mashiara [ November 10th, 2006, 6:49 pm ]
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Quote: 3. The High Lord Weiramon, Elaida, Alviarin, Graendal, and Moridin from The Wheel of Time Ugh!! I hate all those High Lords who smile in front and then try to stab you in the back. Evil. I don't like quite a few people in those books. RJ makes wonderful evilishness. Well, I love waaay too many characters to list them all here. Mainly all characters I love. Hated: Gavril - Sword, Ring, and Chalice Trilogy Mr. Wickham - P&P Miss Bingley - P&P Professor Umbridge - HP: I hate her with a passion. The Twins - Eragon Denethor The Sacksville-Bagginses (Well, Lobelia does turn out all right in the end.)3 And I strongly dislike Susan - Narnia It's the whole "I'm better than you attitude" that makes me hate characters. Ted Sandyman

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