Meme

[runespoor]

stolen from etrangere

Give me a fandom, and I'll tell you:
favorite male:
favorite female:
least favorite:
who resembles me:
most attractive:
three more characters that I like:

The meme "give me a DC character, and I'll give you a snippet from a WIP/abandoned WIP" is still open, so people who've already requested something can request again.

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[etrangere.livejournal.com]

DCU

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

favorite male: Bruce (http://runespoor7.livejournal.com/81573.html#cutid1). Batman is my hero. He’s an emotional mess, he makes mistakes, he hurts the people he loves and he hurts himself, and his goal is nothing else than protecting all the innocents from crime and protecting all the lives he can. His place is the city. He’s surrounded by so many people who love him and of whom he expects the best, because he thinks they can be better human beings than he is. He knows he will never succeed at his goal and every night he tries he fails, but he never, ever gives up, he’s the Failure Hero at its finest. He’s the angry idealist. He has a stringent moral code, but he’ll make exceptions if he loves you. He’s a bundle of contradictions.To me, he embodies the concept of “second best” – he’s a hero but he’s no Superman, he’s a good man but he’s not a nice man… He’s also Fail!Bruce (the DC equivalent to AtlA’s Failko): he sucks at charisma and social relationships. That makes him funny.

favorite female: Cass. She made herself a hero. She’s loyal to the Bat – she’s the only person aside from Bruce to think of the Bat as akin to a religion. She’s even less likely to kill than Bruce. I’m going to use a word I hate to describe a quality, but she’s the most truly pure character I’ve ever met. She’s the best martial artist in the DCU. She’s compassionate even though she doesn’t believe in exceptions to justice. She wants to be Batman. I could go on about all the relationships she has that made me love her fiercely, the stuff with her abusive dad, Bruce and Steph, her disability, her selflessness, but if I had to sum up my reasons for loving her as much as I do (I’m tearing up as I type this, ALL THE FEELINGS), it would be with this: She’s a hero.

least favorite: Heh. Among the heroes and the characters I know well, Tim. I guess like geeky fanboy Tim well enough, but I’ll never be able to view him as unrelated to the icky social issues of the way he was created. I also take issue with the fact that he’s supposed to become better than Bruce at what Bruce does best. I don’t see his weaknesses or vulnerabilities very well. I like him best when he’s Fail!Tim (early Tim being oblivious to Steph’s flirting, awww), but other than that, I’m… at best lukewarm, and generally hostile. Let’s not even get in the issue of when he’s badly written (i.e.: more perfect than everyone ever), at which point I hate him as much as other hate Bruce. My reaction to Tim is very kneejerk.

who resembles me: :-/ Answering that question would be horribly vain. They’re heroes! They’re better and more special than I am! I know who I identify with, but I wouldn’t say they “resemble” me – see the “horribly vain” part.

most attractive: That’s a toss up between Lois Lane and Barbara Gordon. Lois is more my type (I don’t that much for red-heads IRL, plus Lois’ voice is the DCAU is whimper-worthy), but Babs is Oracle. As far as I’m concerned, these two are the sexiest beings in the DCU. In the “attractive and not totally terrifying” square, Anissa.

three more characters that I like: Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, Rose Wilson. AWESOME KIDS OF HORRIBLE PARENTS – not the reason I like them, but that’s one thing they have in common. And many, many, many more.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

It's the first time I hear about "Failko" XD

it would be with this: She’s a hero.
yeah she is :D

:-/ Answering that question would be horribly vain.
Haha, it's why I always hate this question XD It always feels so presumptious, and often a very bad fit as well.

AWESOME KIDS OF HORRIBLE PARENTS
that is an interesting narrative kink, granted XD

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Failko = ♥ ♥ ♥

that is an interesting narrative kink, granted XD
It is? I don't know, I guess it's just such a common trope that I never really questioned it. It goes hand in hand with the "damaged people" narrative kink I proudly display, and since family is one of my very favorite themes...

[(Anonymous)]

Naruto

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favorite male: Naruto. What can I say, I’m a sucker for the underdogs. I like that he’s unashamed of his emotions, that he’s kind of a mess, that he tells what he thinks no matter the rank of the person facing him. That he never ever ever gives up. “I’ll drag you back to Konoha, even if I have to break all the bones in your body!”

favorite female: Sakura. Of all the characters, I’d say that Sakura had the most satisfying development. The first time I really liked her was when she was crying over Sasuke’s body on the bridge, and spoke the rule that ninja don’t ever cry, even as she was bawling her heart out. That’s when I first saw her contradictions. Among Team Seven, she’s the “average normal one”, but that only means her fucked-upness isn’t as blatant or all-encompassing as the boys’. She’s grown since the shallow, by-the-rules girl she was at the beginning; she’s grown to be insecure about herself, and then she grew up to be a strong, complex young woman. “I’ll keep you alive until you tell me what you know about Sasuke!”

The reason I love them both to death, though, is Sasuke. Naruto’s devotion and Sakura’s doubts. That Sakura has learnt about compromise and Naruto refuses to. That they shaped their lives with Sasuke in mind. That’s the heart of the manga to me.

tl;dr: ICON.

least favorite: Hyuuga Hiashi DIE MOTHERFUCKER. Abusive dad who went and made amends with his nephew, because apparently wishing your twelve-year-old daughter gets killed so as to make room for a worthier heir does not warrant making them.

who resembles me: They’re heroes, they’re better than I could ever hope to be! But I guess I’m like Shikamaru in that I’m a slacker, like Hinata in that I’m painfully shy, like Inari in that I cry too fucking much.

most attractive: uh. Tsunade or Temari? Maybe?

three more characters that I like: Sasuke, Ino, Temari.