Characters Meme

[mllelaurel]

Ganked from nevacaruso.

Ask me my opinion on any character from any fandom, and I will say. If I do not know the fandom, I will say what I think I know based on fannish osmosis.

Be warned that I tend to like characters more often than not. I'm just perverse that way. I'll try to answer in-depth, so as not to be boring.

Comments

[nevacaruso.livejournal.com]

Right, then. As you so sagely pointed out, so many characters argh.

Here's one: Sarah from The Dead Zone (book version, since I don't know so much about the others).

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

When I started the book, I expected to be totally neutral on Sarah; thought she'd be the 'hero's girl', and that's it. But say what you will about Stephen King - he's smart about his characterization. Because there was a section from Sarah's point of view toward the beginning, I actually got to understand how her mind worked, and why she loved Johnny, specifically. And I liked that there was more to her than just that. She makes the tough decision not to leave her family, even though she's sure he loves Johnny. (And here's another reason to like her - conflict, but no waffling!)

She's a good person; life gave her a shit deal; and in the end I felt bad for her, but kind of respected and admired her as well.