fictional characters you strongly identify with

[Logos]

As mildly pompous as Logos' approach is, Odysseus is best typed as LIE.

Do I really come across as mildly pompous? Hmmm...

[ArchonAlarion]

Actually both you and Ephemerous are quite pompous and haughty sounding.

[Logos]

Actually both you and Ephemerous are quite pompous and haughty sounding.

Thanks, good to know.

Anyway, my new condensed list:

• Paul Atreides (Dune)
• Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game)
• Simon Tam (Firefly)
• Andrew Largeman (Garden State)
• Horatio Hornblower (Horatio Hornblower)
• Keiichi Morisato (Oh My Goddess!)
• Prowl (Transformers)

[ArchonAlarion]

Thanks, good to know.

You are quite welcome, fine sir.

* also I agree with the LIE typing for odysseus

[Wynch]

I can't remember who I put down before, but most recently:

Juno MacGuff from Juno
J.D. from Scrubs
Belle from Beauty and the Beast
Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials book series

[Creepy-Pied Piper]

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[Wynch]

if you were there, before the walls of Troy, your ass would tremble in doubt and your mind would be overwhelmed with solutions of your specific personality.

ILE, for example, avoids using many resources, men, etc and it is always in search of the back door more than the LIE

I'm sorry, but this made me LMAO.

[Creepy-Pied Piper]

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[munenori2]

Lister from Red Dwarf
Ayane Matsunaga from Persona 4
Tohru Adachi from Persona 4
Nanako Dojima from Persona 4
Edward Ferrers from Sense and Sensibility
Billy from Severance
Dawn from The Office (UK)
Jeff from Coupling
Lemon and the Bar Man from Penelope

[rockclimber]

I usually identify with a character in most books I read and movies I watch, but here are the ones that stick out the most in my memory:

- Jo March* (Little Women)
- Eowyn (the Lord of the Rings trilogy)
- Ana Pascal* (Stranger than Fiction)
- Marguerite (L'Amant)
- Silvia (Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard)
- Martine (L'Auberge Espangnole)
- Mathilde* (Ridicule)

*these are the ones I identify most strongly with.

I don't see much of a similarity in the characters apart from most being fairly independent and free thinking.

[Creepy-Diana]

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[munenori2]

- Martine (L'Auberge Espangnole)

lol, I kind of liked the roommate situation in that movie. Pretty funny. Never watch the sequel though. Unless your insomnia needs a quick fix.

[Ritella]

lol, I kind of liked the roommate situation in that movie. Pretty funny. Never watch the sequel though. Unless your insomnia needs a quick fix.

awwww. i liked the sequel. it was sort of sappy, i admit.

btw, i really disliked Martine. she seemed like a narrow minded controlling bitch.

[rockclimber]

lol, I kind of liked the roommate situation in that movie. Pretty funny. Never watch the sequel though. Unless your insomnia needs a quick fix.

I think the roommate situation was awesome! I haven't seen the second one.

btw, i really disliked Martine. she seemed like a narrow minded controlling bitch.

I really empathized with her. Obviously her boyfriend was not to be trusted.

[Ritella]

I really empathized with her. Obviously her boyfriend was not to be trusted.

Well, he cheated which was shitty. But she was super negative and distrustful of him in any new situation. If you're going to assume a guy is a cheater, he probably will be.

[UDP]

I can't think of anyone off the top of my head.
I said "Darcy" in the past but that's not applicable anymore.
I remember saying "Li Mu Bai" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, before. And I suppose that's kind of true. In that culture, at that time, I could see myself like that.

But there is something missing. I've not seen a character that has both the drive and ferocity that I have combined with my take on spirituality, my world view, and other such things.

I've been looking, but I've given up really. I don't think there is anything is 'me' enough.

[Creepy-male]

Dude, Mario.

Just because Shigsy is Alpha, doesn't mean there isn't a Delta buried under the layers of cheery insanity and intense primary colours.

[Warlord]

Another one. Maximillian in Pi.

[Creepy-Diana]

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[Gilly]

I can't think of anyone off the top of my head.
I said "Darcy" in the past but that's not applicable anymore.
I remember saying "Li Mu Bai" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, before. And I suppose that's kind of true. In that culture, at that time, I could see myself like that.

But there is something missing. I've not seen a character that has both the drive and ferocity that I have combined with my take on spirituality, my world view, and other such things.

I've been looking, but I've given up really. I don't think there is anything is 'me' enough.

Heh, this is exactly how my Beta ST roommate views comparisons of characters. I attribute it to weak Ne: he misses the forest for the trees; when I compare him to other people or ficitonal characters, he blows the dissimilarities out of proportion. It's like he sees every detail about his personality as so significant that any fit that isn't perfect is irrelevant. Obviously the goal is to compare characteristics, which I try to explain to him, but he seems to think the process of comparing himself to other people is futile unless there is an unrealistically exact match.

One time I tried to compare the protagonist of one of his favorite shows, Lie to Me, to Dr. House: I showed him that they were both the distrustful, pessimistic specialist, the guy who has become so good at one thing that it colos his whole view of humanity, etc etc. The similarities are OBVIOUS to me, but when I said, "Come on, look at it: this guy IS House!" he just said, "No way, House is a doctor; this guy is in forensics...and he's not an addict or anything." "But they share that same archetype...(insert detailed explanation), you know?" "...No, they're not the same."

[Gilly]

Another one. Maximillian in Pi.

Man, I used to identify a lot with him when I was younger. I see myself differently now, but I definitely used to identify with the whole "misunderstood genius teetering on the brink of reality" thing. Then I went over the brink. Now life is easier

[Creepy-Pied Piper]

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[tereg]

bump

Updating my choice

[Logos]

So you slit your wrists over your unrequited love for your step-sister?

[tereg]

Uhhhh <.<

>.>

nnnnoooooooooooooooooooo

What...whatever gave you that idea?

[tereg]

In all seriousness, I mean his disposition and demeanor.

[Marie84]

Beth March in Little Women
Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre
Faramir & Frodo in The Lord of The Rings
Col. Robert Gould Shaw in Glory (although not fictional)

[Gilly]

I think I already posted here at some point, but I felt like doing it again

Howl from Howl's Moving Castle
Every protagonist in Herman Hesse's major works
Fat Charlie from Anansi Boys
V from V for Vendetta (he is more like a fully-realized version of me)
Cornelius from Fight Club (I know, cheesy, but seriously.)
Frank Abignale Jr. from Catch Me If You Can

[The Exception]

I can't think of any fictional characters I strongly identify with. I don't think there are as many LII fictional characters as there are some other types. I'll ask you, which fictional character do you see me as resembling?

[tereg]

I'm going back to my original choices

Greg Focker from Meet the Parents



Albert Brennaman from Hitch

[1981slater]

[Gilly]

You're way too nice, slater

[mu4]

From Gu Long Novels and movies based on them like
Fu Hong Xue
Horizon, Bright moon, Sabre = The Magic Blade
Bordertown Wanderer = A Warrior's Tragedy (really bad)

Ah Fei
Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword = The Sentimental Swordsman

From Jin Yong novels
Yang Guo
Lin Huchong

From Dumas novels
A mix of Aramis and d'Artagnan

[Cyrano]

OK, I put these in categories of strength, since putting all 16 in order would be kinda facetious/arbitrary. Obviously the cartoon ones (like Jazz) are lower on the list because I'm no longer the child I was at the time I formed the association.

1. Han Solo
1. the narrator from Dhalgren
1. Henry David Thoreau as himself in Walden
1. Phillip Lynx of the Flynx series
2. Mal of the series Firefly
2. Tony Stark in the Ironman movie
2. Retief from the Keith Laumer books
2. Dekard from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
2. Robert Redford's character in Out of Africa
3. Wolverine (X-men)
3. Jazz (Transformers)
3. Indiana Jones
3. Trinity from the Matrix movies
3. Tank Girl
3. Rock 'n Roll (GI Joe)
3. Maureen from To Sail Beyond the Sunset

I can relate to these that I know! Let me suggest a few more:

Cyrano (of course)
Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
Aeryn Sun (Farscape, Claudia Black)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jon Stewart (Daily Show)
Kathryn Hepburn

[Creepy-bg]

this question bothers me because I really can't think of any characters that I identify with

[Cyrano]

this question bothers me because I really can't think of any characters that I identify with

and yet you are such a colorful personality. What is your favorite all time TV show or Movie? Check there first and see if you liked it because it reminds you of...you.

[Creepy-bg]

and yet you are such a colorful personality. What is your favorite all time TV show or Movie? Check there first and see if you liked it because it reminds you of...you.

nah... I can little bits and pieces of myself in some characters but not nearly enough to strongly identify with.

[marooned]

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[Leader]

Riddick, chronicles of riddick.
Spike Spiegel, cowboy bebop...strongly identify with him the most.
Edward elric, fma.
Both the blonde that was murdered by nucky and The butcher from boardwalk empire.
Aizen, both of his personas, bleach.
Mugen, samurai champloo.

Some others can't think of right now.

[aixelsyd]

Suzuha from Steins;Gate (to a T)
Gintoki from Gintama, though my stupidity is less blatant
Amu from Shugo Chara (yes, I watched some of that, I admit it) though less likable and less cheerful
Movie-verse Utena from Revolutionary Girl Utena (almost to a T)
I'd add Shane from The L Word if that wasn't such a cliche thing to say since it seems 9/10 lesbians feel the same. And I can't relate to the general sluttiness, but whatevs.

to a lesser extent
Reinhard from Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Ellen from the 90's sitcom featuring Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres)


But I generally find it hard to relate to most any fictional character, really. I can empathize and sympathize with many, but to really identify with is a stretch.