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Nikola Tesla
I can't remember when or why I heard about Tesla - the real Tesla - the first time. He kind of - crept up on me? David Bowie making steampunk matter-duplicating machines in The Prestige, the Mythbusters busting the earthquake machine, being old and talking to pigeons and hotel maids while time travel happens elsewhere in The Invention of Everything Else, teaming up with Mark Twain to build steampunk mecha and fight lovecraftian horrors conjured up by Edison - for world peace! (as you do). And then there's Sanctuary!Nikola, and perhaps it's the actor and perhaps it's because he's a vampire (and I'm kind of a sucker for vampires, no pun intended) and perhaps it's just because he's himself, snarky and clever and too-clever-for-his-own-good and adorable and I am still convinced that he's asexual, but that's probably just me (real!Nikola's celibacy aside). I adore Nikola, I'd love to see even more of him (and all the Five - and interactions with the rest of the Five) - maybe next season? Is there even going to be a next season, does anybody know?
Commodore James Norrington
Oh James. Poor, sweet, honourable James. You did not deserve the fate that Disney gave you. Break your heart, drag you through the mud, make you sell your honour - make you sell your heart to get your heart's desire (to steal a quote from another guy on this list) and then - as you finally take it back - impale that heart with extreme prejudice. Oh James. It's funny - the only person in the original movie to come across as capable of being selfless, as being motivated by something other than his own desires (I can't imagine Will being half as gracious about stepping aside if their roles had been reversed), by something above and beyond himself - and that was how they treated him. Funny, in a sad kind of way.
Namor
Staying at sea - well, under it. When I was a kid, Danish television was showing these ancient not-technically-animated-at-all animated series with various Marvel characters - Thor, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man - and Namor. Which was where I fell for the character - which is slightly unfortunate, actually, as the Namor of that series was the hero, a basically good guy, a noble lord protecting his domain, going on quests, and having an epic love story with Lady Dorma. Compared to the appearances he usually makes, where he is sometimes a bad guy, sometimes entangled with Sue Storm, and sometimes just a bit of a dick. *shrugs* I do wish my Namor would show up more often...
Nemi
Nemi, well, the thing about Nemi is, well - she's kind of the fangirl. Not in its natural element, not in a herd (is there a plural for fangirls - like pride for lions etc?) or at cons or anything, no. She's the fangirl - goth, heavy metal loving, dragon loving, Johnny Depp and fantasy and all manner of such things loving - alone in the wilds of so very civilised Scandinavia. And while her interests are not mine (well, not all of them) and while her personality is not remotely mine - I kind of love the way we see the world through Nemi's eyes, how her world is the normal and the normal people are the strange ones.
Miles Naismith Vorkosigan
Miles - I fell for Miles pretty much as soon as I finally managed to get around to trying to read the Vorkosigan Saga - how else can I describe breaking down not even halfway into The Warrior's Apprentice and ordering the whole bloody series from Amazon? I think perhaps it is because Miles manages to combine the trickster - because if someone who manages to go off on a vacation as a teenager and sort-of-accidentally steal an army of space mercenaries does not qualify as a trickster, I don't know who does - with the truly good man. Because Miles is. A good man. Oh, sometimes he does stupid things - for such a clever guy, he can be awfully stupid - but in the end, he really is a good man. And such a clever, clever trickster. As far as tricksters go, he sort of reminds me of Sun Wukong, actually - in that, while his smarts will usually carry the day, but if not, he can fight (admittedly, with certain limitations, but still) and more importantly - like Sun Wukong - he knows the trick of getting people to help him. Because half the fun of Miles is the evergrowing number of pretty awesome people he manages to not-technically-recruit to his side. But still, in the end - Miles Naismith Vorkosigan - trickster and good man. You don't actually see that combination around too often. Pity, it works.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.
For
icarus_chained:Nikola Tesla
I can't remember when or why I heard about Tesla - the real Tesla - the first time. He kind of - crept up on me? David Bowie making steampunk matter-duplicating machines in The Prestige, the Mythbusters busting the earthquake machine, being old and talking to pigeons and hotel maids while time travel happens elsewhere in The Invention of Everything Else, teaming up with Mark Twain to build steampunk mecha and fight lovecraftian horrors conjured up by Edison - for world peace! (as you do). And then there's Sanctuary!Nikola, and perhaps it's the actor and perhaps it's because he's a vampire (and I'm kind of a sucker for vampires, no pun intended) and perhaps it's just because he's himself, snarky and clever and too-clever-for-his-own-good and adorable and I am still convinced that he's asexual, but that's probably just me (real!Nikola's celibacy aside). I adore Nikola, I'd love to see even more of him (and all the Five - and interactions with the rest of the Five) - maybe next season? Is there even going to be a next season, does anybody know?
Commodore James Norrington
Oh James. Poor, sweet, honourable James. You did not deserve the fate that Disney gave you. Break your heart, drag you through the mud, make you sell your honour - make you sell your heart to get your heart's desire (to steal a quote from another guy on this list) and then - as you finally take it back - impale that heart with extreme prejudice. Oh James. It's funny - the only person in the original movie to come across as capable of being selfless, as being motivated by something other than his own desires (I can't imagine Will being half as gracious about stepping aside if their roles had been reversed), by something above and beyond himself - and that was how they treated him. Funny, in a sad kind of way.
Namor
Staying at sea - well, under it. When I was a kid, Danish television was showing these ancient not-technically-animated-at-all animated series with various Marvel characters - Thor, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man - and Namor. Which was where I fell for the character - which is slightly unfortunate, actually, as the Namor of that series was the hero, a basically good guy, a noble lord protecting his domain, going on quests, and having an epic love story with Lady Dorma. Compared to the appearances he usually makes, where he is sometimes a bad guy, sometimes entangled with Sue Storm, and sometimes just a bit of a dick. *shrugs* I do wish my Namor would show up more often...
Nemi
Nemi, well, the thing about Nemi is, well - she's kind of the fangirl. Not in its natural element, not in a herd (is there a plural for fangirls - like pride for lions etc?) or at cons or anything, no. She's the fangirl - goth, heavy metal loving, dragon loving, Johnny Depp and fantasy and all manner of such things loving - alone in the wilds of so very civilised Scandinavia. And while her interests are not mine (well, not all of them) and while her personality is not remotely mine - I kind of love the way we see the world through Nemi's eyes, how her world is the normal and the normal people are the strange ones.
Miles Naismith Vorkosigan
Miles - I fell for Miles pretty much as soon as I finally managed to get around to trying to read the Vorkosigan Saga - how else can I describe breaking down not even halfway into The Warrior's Apprentice and ordering the whole bloody series from Amazon? I think perhaps it is because Miles manages to combine the trickster - because if someone who manages to go off on a vacation as a teenager and sort-of-accidentally steal an army of space mercenaries does not qualify as a trickster, I don't know who does - with the truly good man. Because Miles is. A good man. Oh, sometimes he does stupid things - for such a clever guy, he can be awfully stupid - but in the end, he really is a good man. And such a clever, clever trickster. As far as tricksters go, he sort of reminds me of Sun Wukong, actually - in that, while his smarts will usually carry the day, but if not, he can fight (admittedly, with certain limitations, but still) and more importantly - like Sun Wukong - he knows the trick of getting people to help him. Because half the fun of Miles is the evergrowing number of pretty awesome people he manages to not-technically-recruit to his side. But still, in the end - Miles Naismith Vorkosigan - trickster and good man. You don't actually see that combination around too often. Pity, it works.
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Other than that, I have to say I adore Nemi. Being of goth aesthetic persuasion means I've known her for a very long time - since we all read her in Norwegian and she was just on a small website. I should pick up and read again. I kind of lost track. But she is amazing <3
This reminds me that it seems one should read that Vorkosigan saga thing… A lot of people of good taste seem to like it.
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I don't know about people with good taste, but I like it. And I'm quite looking forward to the next book. Anyway, most of it's available for free legally online: http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/24-CryoburnCD/CryoburnCD/index.htm, so if you wanted to give it a try?