Yay! Internet meme time! The latest internet meme that I have found is to list the 15 fictional characters that have influenced you the most. Tricky one this. I find it really hard to remember specific characters. You’re supposed to spend 15 minutes thinking about it but I spent an hour. Also, I’m not sure about what is meant by influential, have any of these characters induced me to think or behave differently? I don’t think so. Some of the lists I looked at seemed to just go for their favourites. So, I’ve gone for the 15 fictional characters that resonated most for me, in the order in which I remembered them:
- Elric
- Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Sandor Clegane from A Game of Thrones
- Han Solo
- Roy Batty from Bladerunner
- Mendoza from Cities of Gold
- Aragorn from Lord of the Rings (the books not the films)
- Ivy from Soul Caliber
- Lara Croft
- Richard Sharpe
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (alright, historical rather than fictional, but any biography of a person that lived over 1000 years ago has quite a high amount of fiction in it)
- Red Riding Hood from A Company of Wolves
- Lisa Rowe from Girl, Interrupted
- Attia from Rome
- Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse novels
So, stats.
7 women, 7 men, 1 male cartoon character
6 from books, 3 from TV, 2 from games and 4 from films
Who are the fictional characters that stayed with you the longest?
Boudica Marginalia 
Atticus Finch, no question : )Lisa Rowe was incredibly compelling, though, and Han Solo? He was totally my first crush (before I knew he was fictional, of course ;))
Dr WhoSherlock HolmesMarine Boy (Cartoon)Roj Blake (Blake's 7)Job (Bible)Mr D'ArcyRik Dekkard (Blade Runner movie)Dilbert
Mmmm, Han Solo….Dilbert – yes! 🙂