What Three Characters Are You?

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

There's a meme that shows up from time to time that asks people to post pictures of 3 characters they think most communicate who you are as a person.

What are they for you?

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I think I'm Archimedes the owl from The Once and Future King, Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice and ...hmm. Third is hard. Probably Daine from Wild Magic. Or maybe Sirius Black.

[Leticia]

I won't post pictures now because I'm in a hurry, but I think, and got this results from quizzes ;-) that would be Galadriel, Jon Snow and Obi Wan Kenobi.

[Jemppu]

Ah, I've been faced with this before, and though I can't say I've spent much thought for it (or am yet to meet all the characters out there to say for sure), at least these three characters I've related to for various reasons:

Sebastian Flyte
Paul Stamets
Edna Mode?

...and Donatello. Isn't that one of the nerdiest most basic persona indicators - esp between siblings: "which Turtle are you?" 8)

[Anna]

I am Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle, Ren from Planetfall, and Tenar from The Tombs of Atuan, hoping to one day become Tenar from Tehanu.

[Jemppu]

Anna wrote: "...Ren from Planetfall..."
!!! I didn't account for such recent acquaintances. They'd def be another one *carefully waves at you from afar in acknowledgement*

Anna wrote: "Tenar from The Tombs of Atuan, hoping to one day become Tenar from Tehanu."
This is nice <3

[Anna]

Well, as long as you don't expect Ren to invite you to her house for coffee or anything!

[Jemppu]

Anna wrote: "Well, as long as you don't expect Ren to invite you to her house for coffee or anything!"

Absolutely not! Wouldn't think to visit or invite!

[Anna]

OK, you've proven you're a Ren, too! ^_^

[CBRetriever]

Arya from Game of Thrones
Cat from Game of Thrones
Jon Snow from Game of Thrones

part of me is in part of them

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

CBRetriever wrote: "Arya from Game of Thrones
Cat from Game of Thrones
Jon Snow from Game of Thrones

part of me is in part of them"

Wow! All from the same series! You must resonate a lot with it.

[CBRetriever]

they're just the ones who sprang to mind (I'm just waking up) and it's the different point of views that helped the book resonate

Arya = the tomboy part
Cat = older woman / family focus plus her love for her husband
Jon Snow = the outsider who doesn't want to be the center of anything but who will step up when needed

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

That makes sense to me! Sometimes these are best when they're the first things that come to mind :)

[Gabi]

If I stick with books, then there is only one character that springs to mind (since I rarely feel myself represented in any form): that, too, would be Ren from Planetfall.

[Anna]

Ren Club!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Wait, wait, I have a play on words here!

You all could have a Ren Faire!

ETA it occurs to me that you all are from European countries and therefore may not have a pretend history you dress up for that mimics your real history. Ren Faire is short for Renaissance Fair (e added for authenticity! ;-) ) and people pretend it's some made up time period between the Bronze age and the Victorian era, which is apparently all Renaissance.

[Jemppu]

Now, that would be quite UnRen-like to gather in such crowds ;)

(We do dress up for "Ren Fairs" - just had our Turku Medieval Festival couple weeks ago - what better place than between era accurate buildings of local churches and castle to arrange jousting matches and gather for street market along the town crossing river. Theatre town as we are: local students and graduates are many on the move around that time, playing the parts of royalty, clergy, tricksters and peasants.)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Haha! That sounds like a lot of fun though, Jemina! Ours are uh...not quite as accurate.

[Gabi]

:D Nostalgia! I earned my first money as a dancer in a Renaissance ensemble.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Ha! I am getting off topic, but I was always lead to believe that it wasn't a real "thing" done in Europe.

[Micah]

Billy Pilgrim from Slaughterhouse Five
Ford Prefect from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Martin Silenus from Hyperion

I'm not telling why. Only my psychologist knows for sure.

[Jemppu]

Gabi wrote: ":D Nostalgia! I earned my first money as a dancer in a Renaissance ensemble."

Heeey! Nice :D

Allison wrote: "I was always lead to believe that it wasn't a real "thing" done in Europe."
Could be that it blends in so well with cultural history, that it doesn't get regarded as such a novelty, but rather an acknowledgement of local history (or perhaps just another fair weekend among several in summer times?). Around here at least it means increasing tourism to museums and the aforementioned historical landmarks (and theater?) So, one could say, perhaps even more of a 'real' thing ^^'

[Wen]

Somehow I feel if Ren invites us, (view spoiler)[we might need to help her to clean the room:) (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

Wen, can you hide that in spoiler tags please? :)

[Gabi]

Micah wrote: " … Martin Silenus from Hyperion ..."

Now this sounds interesting, indeed!

[CBRetriever]

Allison wrote: "Ha! I am getting off topic, but I was always lead to believe that it wasn't a real "thing" done in Europe."

it is, but there are also Medieval festivals in France and it's so much more interesting when they're set in a place that has actual buildings from the era. Here's a good site to check out European historical festivals

http://allexciting.com/medieval-histo...

we even went to a Napoleon Bonaparte festival that had reenactments of battles, soldier's camps, etc in Rueil-Malmaison one year (it's the town where Josephine's Chateau Malmaison is located and where she and her daughter Hortense, mother of Napoleon III, are buried)

[Wen]

Anna wrote: "Wen, can you hide that in spoiler tags please? :)"
AHH, I AM SO SORRY!!! -_-

[Anna]

It's all OK, Wen! Thanks for editing! :)

[M.L.]

Lessa, a Dragonrider of Pern. That was someone's opinion.

[CBRetriever]

ooo, here's the site for the Medieval festival I went to in France (sorry, it's in French):

https://souvigny.com/26e-foire-mediev...

if you look at the Gallerie (2014 & 2016), you'll see it looks a little bit like a Renaissance festival but it's also quite a bit different in that the have lots of people dressed up as the local elf types with pointed ears and characters on stilts and both the food (no turkey legs) and costumes are more implistic

[Wen]

Allison wrote: "I think I'm Archimedes the owl from The Once and Future King, Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice and ...hmm. Third is hard. Probably Daine from [book:Wild Magic|138..."

Elizabeth is so elegant^^

[Wen]

Forest from Books of the Raksura

[Leticia]

CBRetriever wrote: "Jon Snow = the outsider who doesn't want to be the center of anything but who will step up when needed."

Yeah, I like so much his whole weariness with humankind that always treated him like a bastard and then wants him to take care of all the problems. The face he makes when everybody wants him to be the leader, it's a "why me? why can't I take a break?" face :-)
Just love it because I can understand all that.

[Cheryl]

Never thought about this before.
Let's go with Mary Lennox, Mary Ingalls, and Annika Settergren.
I'd like to be more like Princess Irene (Curdie's rescuer).

Yes, it's true, I've never actually grown up.

[Trike]

Buck - The Call of the Wild

Murderbot - Artificial Condition

Laura - Little House in the Big Woods

[Anna]

Trike wrote: "Murderbot - Artificial Condition"

I wish I was as sane as Murderbot! Maybe it's another goal, to become a hybrid, a MurderTenar!

[Wen]

I want to say Murderbot too! But then (view spoiler)[ I don’t think I am not that nice as Murderbot, aww.(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

Wen, I don't it's *humanly* possible to be as anything as Murderbot! :D

[Arthur]

Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever (Stephen Donaldson), Flashman (George MacDonald Frazier) and Yossarian (Joseph Heller's Catch 22)

[Wen]

Anna wrote: "Wen, I don't it's *humanly* possible to be as anything as Murderbot! :D"

I want new adventure for Murderbot but sitting in the box and watching entertainment feeds is also very cute. :)

[Beth]

This is a fun topic!

- Arthur Dent of the first two Hitchhiker books

- Any of the female characters in Akiko Higashimura's manga, except the glamorous ones

- Mark Twain as a persona in his non-fiction

(there are definitely aspects that all of these characters entirely miss and that I can't immediately think of someone who fits. why are 2/3 of these men though? )

Maybe I'll join Club Ren whenever I get around to reading that book!

[Trike]

Beth wrote: "why are 2/3 of these men though?"

Don’t sweat it. Mine are a dog, a genderless cyborg and a 6-year-old girl.

[Micah]

Mine are men because I'm not that in tune with my feminine side.

[Bruce]

Peter Parker, the creature from Frankenstein, Holden Caulfield

[Hank]

BRITTLE from Sea of Rust

Breq from Ancillary Justice

Peter Grant from Midnight Riot

[Jan]

Allison wrote: "people pretend it's some made up time period between the Bronze age and the Victorian era, which is apparently all Renaissance."

Ha ha ha.

[Sarah]

Hank I love that two of yours are AI. But I thought Brittle from Sea of Rust was great. Loved her humor.

[Jan]

I'm with you, ML. I want to think there's a bit of Lessa in me too.


Definitely Lirael.


Also, if we're swapping genders, Prince Arren from The Farthest Shore.


This is fun.

[DivaDiane]

Of course, now having read the entire thread, I’m influenced by all of your choices! I’m also feeling quite influenced by what I’m reading at the moment or by the characters that inspired me as a kid (Trixie Belden, Laura Ingalls, Harriet the Spy). I think I’ll have to give this some serious thought and get back to you!

Allison, they have medieval fairs in Germany all spring/summer/fall long. People dress up, reenact battles, make and sell appropriate goods, crafts and food and play medieval and folk music. For a period about 20 years ago I gave voice lessons to a girl who sang with a medieval band for these festivals.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Ok, so I'm gonna cheat a little

Hermione Granger, Cassandra from Dragon Age, Death of the Endless... but with a dash of Tonks and Delerium thrown in.