Both Liking And Liking

[kerravonsen]

Prompted by a comment in this post: Which characters do you fall for who you think you would like to meet in life and be comfortable with?

(Note that I'm treating this (and, indeed, the previous post) as "fall for" in a completely platonic way. So's we're clear, yeah?)

• I want the 12th Doctor to be my personal university tutor. Problem is, I'd probably get dragged off on adventures and get killed. But before that, it would be awesome.
• Faramir. Wise, faithful, overlooked, a bit of an intellectual (at least in comparison to his brother). I don't think we'd have anything in common that we could talk about, too much of a culture gap, but still...
• Daniel Jackson. Brilliant, loyal, dead wife angst, determined, compassionate, thoughtful, totally geeky. What's not to like? We could talk about the difference between Cuneiform and Hieratic. And other stuff.
• Cazaril (The Curse of Chalion). Intelligent, and by golly, talk about faithful! Even more, faithful suffering. That gets me right there.

I think I'll stop there. Looks like my most important criteria are intelligence, angst, and faithfulness. Which probably means that Rory Williams should get an honourable mention.

What a fascinating exersize. So what would your answer to that question be?

Comments

[watervole]

I'd forgotten Cazaril until you mentioned him. Time to reread an old favourite.

[jaxomsride2]

Merriman Lyons in the Susan Cooper series - my favourite Merlin.
Spock from Star Trek, oddly enough my first crush but I would still be comfortable talking to him, especially about growing up different.

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

A fellow Faramir fan!

I've always loved that his passions weren't limited to the "lore of his city" like Denethor's were. (Who to be clear, I also have a true soft spot for.) He took up with Mithrandir and was ready to ride off for Ithilien - he strikes me as an intellectual adventurer and someone who'd love to hear your stories and share one or two of his own. So I can see him getting along quite nicely with people not from his own world. Nice pick. :-)

[kerravonsen]

A fellow Faramir fan!

8-)

he strikes me as an intellectual adventurer and someone who'd love to hear your stories and share one or two of his own. So I can see him getting along quite nicely with people not from his own world.

Ooh, good point!