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I recall many fights over who got to be Starbuck, the loser being stuck with Apollo.So I call dibs on the suave, cigar-chomping Starbuck!
John wrote: "I recall many fights over who got to be Starbuck, the loser being stuck with Apollo.So I call dibs on the suave, cigar-chomping Starbuck!"
Are we talking about the original BSG? My friends thought Starbuck was so sexy, but I preferred Apollo. He was not only better looking, but he was a much better man.
I call dibs on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Original Starbuck. New Starbuck is more crazy than suave. Although I do find her pretty sexy myself.
Brad wrote: "In the book, the narrator describes how when he was a kid, his circle of friends would pick who they got to be in their play time. First dibs always got Han Solo, except for one stupid kid who pic..."Reminds me of the beginning of Free Enterprise (nsfw language).
Personally, I'd be Spock or R2D2.
Interesting question. I'm calling dibs on Evelyn Cyril (Oscar) Gordon from Glory Road. Get to do inter-dimensional travel, win a duel with Cyrano de Bergerac, and cohabit with the gorgeous Queen of the Universe.
First choice, Kimball Kinnison. No shades of grey, except the uniform. Shoot the bad guys first, decades before Han Solo. Interesting friends who have your back. Marry the strong hot redhead, who after five children, is still hot AND fine with her husband running off on adventures. Retire as the virtual Emperor of an entire galaxy.Second choice, John Taylor. With a best friend like Razor Eddie (Punk God of the Straight Razor), a girlfriend named Shotgun Suzie ("Oh Christ its her, RUN!!!"), and Hell is a vacation from the Nightside, it's always interesting.
Tarl Cabot from the Gor series would have been a good choice if I hadn't wanted to be clubbed over the head by the female readers.
Brad wrote: "Tarl Cabot from the Gor series would have been a good choice if I hadn't wanted to be clubbed over the head by the female readers."Jar Jar Binks for me!
I started reading WAY too young. I always wanted to be Case or Count Zero from the Neuromancer series.
Hmmmm, dibs on Duncan Idaho (Dune series). Multi-life, sword master, mentat, complete sexual control, and eventually Kwisatz Haderach and uniter of the machines and humans.
John wrote: "Original Starbuck. New Starbuck is more crazy than suave. Although I do find her pretty sexy myself."Blech! she is so nasty!
My dibs is for Hiro Protagonist. Pizza, Swords and Hacking--the perfect combination for a great night of fun.
I want to be a male Molly Millions, call me Magnus. Razor blade fingernails, enhanced nervous system and musculature, and built in mirror shades. Could i be Morpheus from the first movie, when he had a sense of humor? Corwin of Amber always seemed cool, consistent with my idea of the whole entirety of creation revolving around me...
Brad wrote: "Tarl Cabot from the Gor series would have been a good choice if I hadn't wanted to be clubbed over the head by the female readers."Bold choice!
Dibs on the Green Lantern. That's who I chose when we did this on the playground as a kid, I love the versatility of the ring powers and unassisted space flight would be mighty.
Yes Donald! The Green Lantern was my absolute favourite Super Hero when I was growing up in the sixties. Hal Jordan was my Green Lantern and of course I memorised the oath from an early age.Altogether now....
In brightest day and blackest...........
Dang, Sandi already called dibs on Buffy.I call dibs on Princess Leia.
I can't believe no one said Boba Fett yet. I think as a kid I would probably have said Tigra from the Thundercats. Dude has a retracting whip that makes him invisible and I think it shoots fire or something. Their furry society is kind of creepy looking at it as an adult. They probably all slept in some kind of freaky cat pile.
Hey! Some people don't mind 'furry' fun. ;-)
Stephen wrote: "Dibs on Worf."Worf is hot.
And on this week's episode, Worf gets beaten up by some boxes. Then they moved him to DS9 and he became mighty.
Mine fluctuates, I would say for most of my life it would have been Obi Wan Kenobi. He's an ass kicker, but still a bit reserved and conventional. However right now...I call dibs on Commander Shepard. (and this is my favorite store on the Citadel)
Dibs on Tito from Spook Country (Gibson). Just got far enough to understand this thread.
Dibs on Valentine Michael Smith. Can you grok that?
The Incredible Hulk. Just so I can go around, destroy things, and then blame it on my inner rage.
I was always trying to be the smart one of the group or the leader. Donatello as a ninja turtle and Cyclops as an X-Man.
Dibs on random Red Shirt.No wait...
Corey wrote: "Dibs on random Red Shirt.No wait..."
ROFL
I gotta go for Iron Man
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Dibbs on Belle! Unless we're playing superheroes instead of princesses, then I wanna be Robin.
Yo, whatever, man. I'll take Buck Rogers over Han Solo. The ladies all dug him.
i got dibs on Malcomb Reynolds from Firefly!