I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

I seem to have a Type of character that I fall for, inevitably. Even though, logically, if I met any of them in real life, I wouldn't like them, and they wouldn't like me.

It started with Kerr Avon (Blake's 7).
Anti-hero, cynic, brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, who rolls his eyes at heroics. But also faithful, with a dead girlfriend that he's willing to be tortured for in order to avenge her... only to turn out that she'd betrayed him all along. He needs a hug.

Then there was Methos (Highlander).
Brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, survivor, who rolls his eyes at heroics. Oh, and a mass-murderer who played mind-games with his girlfriend. But he grew up. Probably. He's just this guy, y'know.

Severus Snape (Harry Potter) is next in line.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, spy, but also a nasty piece of work, a bully who holds a grudge like it defines his identity. And faithful. With a dead girlfriend whom he betrayed, but switched sides for and is willing to die in order to avenge her. He needs a hug.

And now Loki (Marvel). The most dangerous and unpredictable of them all.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, manipulator, betrayer, survivor, mass-murderer, with a love-hate relationship with his brother that is as tangled as a hundred balls of yarn that have been played with by a thousand cats. Or possibly that's his mind; he isn't quite sane. And yet he has helped save the world.
He needs a hug too.

They are all quite rude (except possibly Methos). In real life, that would annoy me, if they were rude to me.
They all consider idealists to be morons. In real life, that would mean they would consider me a moron too, and I would not like that at all.
They don't play well with others. In real life, that would also annoy me, if I had to work with them. I much prefer cooperation to confrontation.
Every single one of them is a killer. In real life, that would terrify me. Loki especially.

So why on earth do I like them in fiction?

The thought has occurred to me before, that since in one of the universes I write in, Cally is off with the Ninth Doctor, who is there for Avon? I originally suggested Romana, but I have been persuaded that, while he might respect and admire her, she wouldn't do the same for him.

So... in all the multiverse, who would be a perfect match for Avon?

Title: Who's Got the Button?
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7
Category: Challenge
Characters: Vila, Jarierre
Size: 400w
Date: 2004-8-28
Elsewhere: http://community.livejournal.com/b7friday/41455.html
Summary: Vila temporarily teams up with the last person you'd expect.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/WhosGotTheButton

Title: Turning a Corner
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7/Doctor Who
Series: Cally and The Doctor 8
Category: AU, Crossover, Remix
Characters: Cally, Ninth Doctor
Size: 900w
Date: 2005-11-17
Elsewhere: b7friday and at Teaspoon
Summary: Sometimes you turn a corner, and meet someone you don't expect.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/CallyDoc/TurningACorner

Title: Small Stones
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7
Category: Challenge
Characters: OFC
Size: 250w
Date: 2004-9-17
Elsewhere: http://community.livejournal.com/b7friday/49653.html
Summary: Ficlet on theme of "original characters". It is the small stones that start an avalanche.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/SmallStones

Title: Resonances (The Out Of The Blue And Into The Black Remix)
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7
Category: Ficathon, Remix, AU
Characters: Avon, Cally, Vila, Dayna, Tarrant, Docholli
Size: 3700w
Date: 2005-3-27
Elsewhere: http://remix.illuminatedtext.com/dbfiction.php?fiction_id=336
Summary: Cally is caught between hope and despair. ("Ultraworld" AU)
Remix of "The Ultramarines" by Mistral Amara http://www.mistralamara.net/Fanfiction/ultramarines.html

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/Resonances

Title: Passing Fair
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7
Category: Ficathon, Post-Series
Characters: Avon, Vila, Soolin
Size: 1800w
Date: 2004-8-8
Summary: Gauda Prime, survivors, torture, escape, and... something strange.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/PassingFair

Title: The Other Tenth Time
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7/Doctor Who
Series: Cally and The Doctor 2
Category: AU, Crossover
Characters: Cally, Ninth Doctor
Size: 175w
Date: 2005-7-1
Elsewhere: http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=17789
Summary: Cally and the Doctor have a quiet moment.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/CallyDoc/OtherTenthTime

Title: Opposites Destroy
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blake's 7
Category: Challenge
Characters: OFC
Size: 175w
Date: 2005-1-14
Elsewhere: http://community.livejournal.com/b7friday/86579.html
Summary: Ficlet on theme of "opposites". Some B7 prehistory.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/OppositesDestroy

Title: Moonlight and Vodka
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Blakes7
Characters: Vila, Tarrant
Size: 1500w
Date: 1986-06-06
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5373328/1/Moonlight_and_Vodka
Summary: Based on the song of the same name by Chris De Burgh; Vila is sent to steal passes on a very cold world.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/MoonlightAndVodka