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marcopolo · 04-22-2003, 05:27 AM

Can be from book, movie, comic, whatever. Someone who's life you'd like to live.

I'll go fist:

Simon Templar, AKA The Saint. (not the t.v. movie Saint, but the Leslie Charteris novel version).

The robin hood of modern crime .

Reese · 04-22-2003, 06:39 AM

Althalus from The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings.

I love the character. I love the concept of the house and the doors. He was a thief and a good one too until his luck ran out.

rogue49 · 04-22-2003, 06:56 AM

I have too many I relate to.

Slippery Jim DiGritz - The Stainless Steel Rat series
Pug - Raymond E. Fiest sagas
Drizzt DoUrden - RA Salvatore stories
Polgara - Edding's Belgarion sagas
Vlad Taltos - Steven Brust's series
Raistlin - The Dragonlance sagas
Ford Prefect - The Hitchhiker series
Peter Parker - Spiderman
Bruce Banner - The Hulk

teflonian · 04-22-2003, 08:59 AM

James Bond! duh... Though his life would be painful, but oh so pleasurable as well....

NoCure · 04-22-2003, 09:00 AM

Bender from Futurama

holtmate · 04-22-2003, 09:02 AM

Edmund Dantes from the Count of Monte Cristo...one badass, vengeance driven man.

thecriminal · 04-22-2003, 10:00 AM

Alex De Large from A Clockwork Orange

LordEden · 04-22-2003, 10:43 AM

Tender Brandson
Tyler Durton
Raistlin and Caramon From Dragonlance
Drizzit Do'Urden
Artemis Entreri
Jarlaxle (Dark Elf Series)

dragonhawk · 04-22-2003, 11:04 AM

Skeeve (and Az) from the M.Y.T.H. books by Robert Asprin

Roark · 04-22-2003, 02:48 PM

That's a tough one..

I'm going to have to say at this current moment it's Repairman Jack.

HunterDevourer · 04-22-2003, 06:45 PM

Anomander Rake from Steven Erikson's series Malazan Book Of The Fallen...
An ascendant...or deity, an arrogance that is overwhelmed by the power he posesses. The complexity of his character is fantastic too, love how Erikson reveals small aspects of him in the new books.

vermin · 04-22-2003, 06:54 PM

Quote:

I'm going to have to say at this current moment it's Repairman Jack.

YES!! Glorius! Ditto! (another F. Paul Wilson fan)

Tophat665 · 04-22-2003, 08:02 PM

George W. Bush?

Actually, Croaker from the Black Company books, or Morrolan from the Taltos books.

finally · 04-22-2003, 08:23 PM

Andrew Wiggin, "Ender's Game."

hotzot · 04-22-2003, 11:40 PM

Mr. Wizard......drizzle,drazzle,dradle,drone..time for this one to come home.

KillerYoda · 04-23-2003, 12:01 AM

Han Solo, Brodie Bruce, and Hannibal Lecter

World's King · 04-23-2003, 01:22 AM

World's King (TFP)

warrrreagl · 04-23-2003, 01:10 PM

There can be only one: Jim Rockford.

At the tone, leave your name and message and I'll get back to you.

TaLoN · 04-23-2003, 01:24 PM

Micheal Corleone from The Godfather 1 & 2. The writer of the 3rd movie changed him too much

FunkyLamb · 04-23-2003, 03:01 PM

As far as classics I'd have to say James Bond and Micheal Corleone.

The cool fictional character of the here and now I think is Jack Bauer. That guy kick major ass.

boatin · 04-23-2003, 09:00 PM

I'm gonna stress at the beginning of this that I am talking about the books (there's about ten of them), not the movie.

Not the movie. Not the movie.

The answer is Fletch. Does his own thing, endlessly quick on his feet and creative. Compassionate and does what feels right. Often gets shat upon because he is so much his own person, but he doesn't let it get him down. At all.

Am still upset about the movie. Can't even bring myself to see the second one.

Also a big fan of Jake from Silverado (the Costner role). Childlike, but completely capable when the chips are down. "Jake fell off his horse???"

iktoweya · 04-24-2003, 03:17 AM

barry burton - resident evil
jack - fight club
tommy vercetti - GTA3

fizzledorf · 04-24-2003, 03:21 AM

Homer Simpson!!

but seriously, who doesn't want to be James Bond!

and bookwise, i'd have to say Rand al'Thor from WoT...

william_wallace · 04-24-2003, 06:17 AM

I'd say it's a tie between Gerald Tarrant (Cold Fire Trillogy) and Thomas Covenant (The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant).

NastyNorman · 04-24-2003, 08:54 AM

Tyler Durden - looks like I wanna look, fucks like I wanna fuck, plus I love how he doesn't chase the american dream.

WhoaitsZ · 04-25-2003, 07:22 PM

first off, this is hardhardHARD to answer and i cannot pick just one. characters that have hhelped me live are......

Rand alThor - wheel of time. this guy has been to hell and back and still fights for the good of all. you really can't get much of a more be-damned scenario than Rand.

Drizzit Do'Urden - drow from Dragonlance, mainly the Dark Elf Trilogy
he is born in a place as evil as hell... but he's good. he goes through so much, everybody hates him but her perseveres.

Cecil - Final Fantasy 4 this guy goes from a some-what evil black knight to a holy Paladin

fugue_life · 04-25-2003, 09:44 PM

Im gonna have to go with the nerdy answers of Goku and Vegeta from DBZ. And to be even more nerdy I will throw in an obscure character from ff7 by the name of Vincent Valentine.
OOO and that irish guy from Braveheart, Stephen is my name!!!

Zotz · 04-27-2003, 06:26 PM

Admiral Thrawn - Star Wars novels
Drizzt Do'Urden
Fitz - Robin Hobb's Farseer novels

Tophat665 · 04-27-2003, 06:43 PM

I was thinking about this the other day, and I have got to chance my answer to Vito Corleone. It would be wonderful to be a "man of respect" to that degree.

phredgreen · 04-27-2003, 11:37 PM

Hiro Protagonist from Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash

meanSpleen · 04-27-2003, 11:43 PM

LESTAT - the Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. Not the movie version, but the real book version.

Holy cow, if there wasn't another guy who was as messed up but so freaking great as Lestat, then I don't know what. He is the one guy I know who can sleep for years, go to heaven, go to hell, switch bodies, and still suck a few necks with gusto.

Mr.Deflok · 04-28-2003, 01:05 AM

Marius from the Vampire Chronicles for me, something about his doomed existance entralls me, he's beautiful, he's talented, he's powerful but he is still subject to human emotions, more often than not pain.

Blood and Gold is my favourite novel though many Anne Rice fans will disagree with me.

oane · 04-28-2003, 04:35 AM

Batman!

totalfarker · 04-28-2003, 08:02 AM

I have to go with Bond...James Bond.

I've been watching him for years....and we have all wished to be him at some point.

gco12586 · 05-01-2003, 02:49 PM

Lazarus Long
Jim DiGriz
Retief
John Blackthorne
Edmund Dantes
Remo Williams

that's more or less for starters . . .

bullgoose · 05-02-2003, 08:33 AM

Who else? Sherlock Holmes, the worlds first consulting detective; all others stem from him.

Radio Monk33 · 05-02-2003, 09:48 PM

Neo from the Matrix. Dodges bullets, knows Kung-Fu, gets the girl, and does it in style.

Sion · 05-02-2003, 10:40 PM

comic character: Spiderman

movie character: Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China)

book character: The Grey Mouser or Conan

Boris37 · 05-03-2003, 08:18 AM

i love Venom, extremely powerful, a lil insane, doesnt mind killing to make a point, and has all of spidermans powers.

i also love lightsaber battles, so any sith or jedi were great characters, especially Darth Maul, one of the greatest fight scenes ever

Realizm · 05-03-2003, 08:40 AM

Ender from Ender's Game.

04-22-2003, 05:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
marcopolo I am the anomaly. Location: Motown	Favorite Fictional Character? Can be from book, movie, comic, whatever. Someone who's life you'd like to live. I'll go fist: Simon Templar, AKA The Saint. (not the t.v. movie Saint, but the Leslie Charteris novel version). The robin hood of modern crime . __________________ Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

04-22-2003, 06:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Althalus from The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings. I love the character. I love the concept of the house and the doors. He was a thief and a good one too until his luck ran out. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

04-22-2003, 06:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I have too many I relate to. Slippery Jim DiGritz - The Stainless Steel Rat series Pug - Raymond E. Fiest sagas Drizzt DoUrden - RA Salvatore stories Polgara - Edding's Belgarion sagas Vlad Taltos - Steven Brust's series Raistlin - The Dragonlance sagas Ford Prefect - The Hitchhiker series Peter Parker - Spiderman Bruce Banner - The Hulk Last edited by rogue49; 04-22-2003 at 06:59 AM..

04-22-2003, 09:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
NoCure Crazy Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Bender from Futurama __________________ ...So I punched her in the cunt

04-22-2003, 09:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
holtmate Flailing White Boy Location: Cincinnati	Edmund Dantes from the Count of Monte Cristo...one badass, vengeance driven man. __________________ "Give her your coat" "Why me?" "Because you're perfect." "You have a point there."

04-22-2003, 08:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
teflonian Appreciative Location: Paradise	James Bond! duh... Though his life would be painful, but oh so pleasurable as well....

04-22-2003, 10:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
thecriminal Upright	Alex De Large from A Clockwork Orange __________________ Don't take any guff from these fucking swine!

04-22-2003, 11:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
dragonhawk Psycho Location: In Games.	Skeeve (and Az) from the M.Y.T.H. books by Robert Asprin __________________ ---------------------------------------------- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

04-22-2003, 02:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
Roark Insane	That's a tough one.. I'm going to have to say at this current moment it's Repairman Jack.

04-22-2003, 06:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
HunterDevourer Insane Location: Sydney - Australia	Anomander Rake from Steven Erikson's series Malazan Book Of The Fallen... An ascendant...or deity, an arrogance that is overwhelmed by the power he posesses. The complexity of his character is fantastic too, love how Erikson reveals small aspects of him in the new books. __________________ Viva La Muerte

04-22-2003, 08:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	George W. Bush? Actually, Croaker from the Black Company books, or Morrolan from the Taltos books. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

04-22-2003, 08:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
finally Upright	Andrew Wiggin, "Ender's Game."

04-22-2003, 11:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
hotzot We're having potato pancakes! Location: stalag 13	Mr. Wizard......drizzle,drazzle,dradle,drone..time for this one to come home. __________________ The Bully Boys are here!

04-23-2003, 12:01 AM	#16 (permalink)
KillerYoda The Original Emo Gangsta Location: Sixth Floor, Texas School Book Depository	Han Solo, Brodie Bruce, and Hannibal Lecter __________________ "So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team."

04-23-2003, 01:22 AM	#17 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	World's King (TFP) __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

04-23-2003, 01:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	There can be only one: Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message and I'll get back to you. __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

04-23-2003, 01:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
TaLoN Loser Location: MI	Micheal Corleone from The Godfather 1 & 2. The writer of the 3rd movie changed him too much

04-23-2003, 03:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
FunkyLamb Crazy Location: New Orleans, LA	As far as classics I'd have to say James Bond and Micheal Corleone. The cool fictional character of the here and now I think is Jack Bauer. That guy kick major ass. __________________ FunkyLamb There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

04-23-2003, 09:00 PM	#21 (permalink)
boatin Psycho	I'm gonna stress at the beginning of this that I am talking about the books (there's about ten of them), not the movie. Not the movie. Not the movie. The answer is Fletch. Does his own thing, endlessly quick on his feet and creative. Compassionate and does what feels right. Often gets shat upon because he is so much his own person, but he doesn't let it get him down. At all. Am still upset about the movie. Can't even bring myself to see the second one. Also a big fan of Jake from Silverado (the Costner role). Childlike, but completely capable when the chips are down. "Jake fell off his horse???"

04-24-2003, 03:17 AM	#22 (permalink)
iktoweya These pretzels are making me thirsty!! Location: 105B	barry burton - resident evil jack - fight club tommy vercetti - GTA3 __________________ i miss K-Wise

04-24-2003, 03:21 AM	#23 (permalink)
fizzledorf Insane	Homer Simpson!! but seriously, who doesn't want to be James Bond! and bookwise, i'd have to say Rand al'Thor from WoT...

04-24-2003, 06:17 AM	#24 (permalink)
william_wallace Crazy Location: either boston or upstate ny	I'd say it's a tie between Gerald Tarrant (Cold Fire Trillogy) and Thomas Covenant (The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant). __________________ I'm the Ninja Storm Trooper Division Commander in qpid's liberation army so we can take over the world before Microsoft does. Join the Revolution! “If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college...” - some woman that Lewis Black heard in IHOP

04-24-2003, 08:54 AM	#25 (permalink)
NastyNorman Upright Location: Canada	Tyler Durden - looks like I wanna look, fucks like I wanna fuck, plus I love how he doesn't chase the american dream.

04-25-2003, 07:22 PM	#26 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	first off, this is hardhardHARD to answer and i cannot pick just one. characters that have hhelped me live are...... Rand alThor - wheel of time. this guy has been to hell and back and still fights for the good of all. you really can't get much of a more be-damned scenario than Rand. Drizzit Do'Urden - drow from Dragonlance, mainly the Dark Elf Trilogy he is born in a place as evil as hell... but he's good. he goes through so much, everybody hates him but her perseveres. Cecil - Final Fantasy 4 this guy goes from a some-what evil black knight to a holy Paladin

04-25-2003, 09:44 PM	#27 (permalink)
fugue_life Insane Location: under the stairs	Im gonna have to go with the nerdy answers of Goku and Vegeta from DBZ. And to be even more nerdy I will throw in an obscure character from ff7 by the name of Vincent Valentine. OOO and that irish guy from Braveheart, Stephen is my name!!! __________________ ba-weep=gra=na-weep-nini-bon?

04-27-2003, 06:26 PM	#28 (permalink)
Zotz There's someone in my head, but its not me	Admiral Thrawn - Star Wars novels Drizzt Do'Urden Fitz - Robin Hobb's Farseer novels

04-27-2003, 06:43 PM	#29 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	I was thinking about this the other day, and I have got to chance my answer to Vito Corleone. It would be wonderful to be a "man of respect" to that degree. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

04-27-2003, 11:37 PM	#30 (permalink)
phredgreen who? Location: the phoenix metro	Hiro Protagonist from Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash __________________ My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine

04-27-2003, 11:43 PM	#31 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	LESTAT - the Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. Not the movie version, but the real book version. Holy cow, if there wasn't another guy who was as messed up but so freaking great as Lestat, then I don't know what. He is the one guy I know who can sleep for years, go to heaven, go to hell, switch bodies, and still suck a few necks with gusto. __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!! Last edited by meanSpleen; 04-27-2003 at 11:46 PM..

04-28-2003, 01:05 AM	#32 (permalink)
Mr.Deflok Blood + Fire Location: New Zealand	Marius from the Vampire Chronicles for me, something about his doomed existance entralls me, he's beautiful, he's talented, he's powerful but he is still subject to human emotions, more often than not pain. Blood and Gold is my favourite novel though many Anne Rice fans will disagree with me.

04-28-2003, 04:35 AM	#33 (permalink)
oane Insane	Batman! __________________ Make me Mad. Make me Sad. Make me feel Alright.

04-28-2003, 08:02 AM	#34 (permalink)
totalfarker Upright Location: OverThere	I have to go with Bond...James Bond. I've been watching him for years....and we have all wished to be him at some point. __________________ YUMMMM......

05-01-2003, 02:49 PM	#35 (permalink)
gco12586 Upright Location: Hudson Valley	Lazarus Long Jim DiGriz Retief John Blackthorne Edmund Dantes Remo Williams that's more or less for starters . . .

05-02-2003, 08:33 AM	#36 (permalink)
bullgoose Insane Location: Central N.Y.	Who else? Sherlock Holmes, the worlds first consulting detective; all others stem from him. __________________ "If I had it to do all over, I'd do it all over you."

05-02-2003, 09:48 PM	#37 (permalink)
Radio Monk33 Psycho	Neo from the Matrix. Dodges bullets, knows Kung-Fu, gets the girl, and does it in style. __________________ "Punk rock had this cool, political personal message. It was a bit more cerebral than just stupid cock rock, you know" -Kurt Cobain