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I was wondering if any of you have any thoughts on which fictional character you would most likely be or would wish to be, in the realms of fiction and fantasy.


I have just finished a 24hour marathon read of a book, The End of Mr Y, which I loved. And I think the reason for really enjoying this book was that as I was reading it was almost like reading about myself, or the self I would be if I was fictional. Her background was similar to mine, the same views and beliefs; I even predicted her thoughts and actions in subsequent parts of the story, which was a strange experience. It was as though if I could write myself into a fictional character and story, that would be me? but someone out there wrote it for me.


So if you could be any fictional character from a movie, play, book, song etc? Who would you be and why?

Would you like to be the heroine, hero, the misunderstood hermit or the arch evil nemesis?


Can you think of a fictional character who you feel is similar to you, or leads some parallel fictional life?


Do you think Identification with the main protagonist is key to your enjoyment of a story, or do you prefer not to identify with them?

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mockney piers Wrote:

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> If it's any consolation (and it most certainly may

> not be) I did have rather a thing for Balckadder's

> Queenie ;)



What's rather worrying is that I rather like the comparison.... and more frightening my dear ex thought it was entirely accurate!

I've always rather fancied being Herbert Vernon-Smith, The Bounder of the Remove from the Billy Bunter books.

He was loaded, and always kicking Bunter up the arse for nicking provisions from his study. That's when he wasn't hiding in the cloisters for a smoke.

He'd always fall out of favour with the Famous Five (and yes I can remember all of their names without recourse to Google), for not playing up for the school, instead going off on an unsavoury jaunt, more often that not involving a race course.

He'd always come good in the end though, and was gruffly kind to his less well-off study mate Tom Dutton, even though he was 'a deaf ass'.

I always enjoy books more if I can identify with the main character. Never happens with super heros or anything like that though, just more believeable characters.


As a kid I always loved Anne of Green Gables, even though I wasn't an orphan so couldn't really say my life was similar. I think it was that desire to find a kindred spirit that she has, and the way she is so excited by new thing. Probably still one of my favourite fictional characters, re read the books as an adult and watched DVDs and certain bits still reduce me to tears every time, even though I know exactly what is coming.

I have identified wih Mike Gayles' male characters. His books are just "Bridget Jones for boys" really, but I think he writes good characters, and Mrs Keef said she thinks he writes a good girl, for a boy.


I am fond of Stephen Clarke's bumbling Englishman in France Paul West in the "Year in the merde", "Merde Actually", and "Merde Happens" (the last one set more in America than France).

I've always wanted to be Bruce Wayne. Not Batman though. If I had his sort of dough I'd hire someone to be Batman on my behalf. I'd still be fairly philanthropic, though I'd devote more of my time and attention to getting to know the likes of Catwoman when she's off Catwoman duties.

Now that's a proper flawed superhero.

Albert Finney in Saturday night and Sunday morning

Marlon Brando in One eyed jacks

Sean Bean in Lady Chatterly's lover

The man who starred in Dangerous Liasions

Nicholas Nickleby was a long suffering stoic

Sydney Carton in Tale of two cities

I fell in love with Fleur, Paul Dombey's sister in Dombey and Son, and Little Dorrit because she was a sweetcakes to everyone, yet very industrious.

SteveT Wrote:

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> Albert Finney in Saturday night and Sunday

> morning

> Marlon Brando in One eyed jacks

> Sean Bean in Lady Chatterly's lover

> The man who starred in Dangerous Liasions

> Nicholas Nickleby was a long suffering stoic

> Sydney Carton in Tale of two cities

> I fell in love with Fleur, Paul Dombey's sister in

> Dombey and Son, and Little Dorrit because she was

> a sweetcakes to everyone, yet very industrious.


I don't understand how you can want to be so many people all at once?

Your capacity alone makes me wonder. It really does.

I mean what's the bastard point?

Any Male character in Bleak House,Hard Times,A Christmas Carol,Ye Olde Curiousity Shop,A Tale Of Two Cities,Great EXpectations,The Pickwick Papers,The Mystery of Edwin Drood(can't remember the Guys name in that one-what the Dickins was it,anyone know?)or the lead in David Copperfield/Martin Chuzzlewit/Nick Nickleby/Olly Twist or Barnaby Rudge...:))

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