*flail* *heart-clutch*

[schmerica]

A short list of characters I love beyond all reason and who tend to reduce me to crazy flailing:

+ Benton Fraser (due South)
+ Sam Vimes (Discworld)
+ Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
+ George O'Malley (Grey's Anatomy)
+ Hope (Twitch City)
+ Duck MacDonald (Wilby Wonderful)

(Other characters who live just on the other side of the borderline include Lindsay Weir, Titus Pollo, Ray Kowalski, Izzie Stevens, River Tam, etc.)

In theory, I think there was must be some kind of organizing principle that I could point to for what these guys all have in common, but I can't really identify what it is. Except for the obvious bit about how complex good people are much more interesting than villains, of course.

Tonight I am staying up very late to finish a paper; I apologize in advance for the spammage that may ensue.

Comments

Re: and Havelock Vetinari, too.

[aukestrel.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I have just started reading these books - Guards! Guards! and, on the flight back yesterday, Men at Arms - and I swear that while I find the books wonderfully funny and I love Vetinari, Lady Sybil is the reason I kept reading Guards! Guards! OMG!

Uh, sorry. I just had to share.