Lets get Dangerous! (or, uh, nostalgic)
So I was doing a bit of self analyzation because I was bored on the busride home yesterday, and Rebecca more or less convinced me to make it into a meme (well, they all have to start somewhere!). This is a very good idea, since I would be interested in seeing how some of the people on my flist would answer this question. XD
List five fictional characters who had a direct impact on your childhood and, in turn, the person you are today. Explain what these characters mean to you and why you think they were important at that time in your life. Images are optional. Pass the question on to your flist!
Princess Sally Acorn - American Sonic Continuity (SATAM, Archie Comics)
It's an undeniable fact that (SATAM wise at least) Sally is simply the coolest Princess in the history of fiction. She's intelligent, capable, a born leader and kind hearted despite the fact that she knows when and how to be ruthless. Considering that Sonic was my favorite.... thing for the better part of my childhood (I collected those damn comics for ten years XD), it's no surprise the the story and characters had a huge influence on my creative mind (I like that whole Colonial Europe mixed with terrifying, pollucted techno-scapes thing quite a bit) and Sally herself is the closest thing I've ever had to a role model in a fictional character.
Darkwing Duck - Disney
This is more of a visual correlation than anything:
But seriously folks. Darkwing Duck is a flamboyant, egotistic, attention whore who wears purple and is prone to fits of intense melodrama. SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE YOU KNOW?
The BORG - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Yes, they count as one entity thanks to hive conciousness and all that. When I was little, The Borg were the only thing I was scared of besides Two-Face, flesh eating disease and annuerisms. I got over the Two-Face thing relatively quickly and although these days I find the Borg to be rather comforting, my prevalent sense of terror is instinctively based on that one night I spent shivering under the covers watching for flying cubes through my bedroom window.
Matilda - a novel by Roald Dahl
I read Matilda in first grade and remember thinking: "I could totally be that smart". This is the reason that I sped through the Chronicles of Narnia at the age of eight, started reading Dickens in fourth grade and marvelled over Orwell during Christmas Break, grade five. Thank you, Roald Dahl. ♥
Fox Mulder - The X-Files
So I was a popular little kid, but Fox Mulder taught me that it was okay to be an outsider. In fact, it was much "cooler" to be "uncool". I've always danced to my own tune, as the old saying goes, but I got into the X-Files at a time in my life when my geekiness was just starting to stick out like a sore thumb. Between my admiration of Mulder colliding with my adoration of dystopian fables, I grew out of being: "The smart twelve year old that everyone pays attention to because she does everything so damn well" to being: "The eccentric thirteen year old who everyone pays attention to because she's so unusual and can't keep her damned mouth shut." In other words, I went all anti-establishment and spent my Jr. High years giving my teachers lip for no good reason while reveling in what a fantastc social outcast I was. XD
That, and also Mulder is that special kind of adorable-pathetic than most of my original male characters have exihibited in my writing since sixth grade.
Could it be raining any harder? o__O I almost want to go outside and walk around in it, but I'm afriad that water is falling like fucking daggers out there. LOL, Atlantic Canada.
List five fictional characters who had a direct impact on your childhood and, in turn, the person you are today. Explain what these characters mean to you and why you think they were important at that time in your life. Images are optional. Pass the question on to your flist!
Princess Sally Acorn - American Sonic Continuity (SATAM, Archie Comics)
It's an undeniable fact that (SATAM wise at least) Sally is simply the coolest Princess in the history of fiction. She's intelligent, capable, a born leader and kind hearted despite the fact that she knows when and how to be ruthless. Considering that Sonic was my favorite.... thing for the better part of my childhood (I collected those damn comics for ten years XD), it's no surprise the the story and characters had a huge influence on my creative mind (I like that whole Colonial Europe mixed with terrifying, pollucted techno-scapes thing quite a bit) and Sally herself is the closest thing I've ever had to a role model in a fictional character.
Darkwing Duck - Disney
This is more of a visual correlation than anything:
But seriously folks. Darkwing Duck is a flamboyant, egotistic, attention whore who wears purple and is prone to fits of intense melodrama. SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE YOU KNOW?
The BORG - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Yes, they count as one entity thanks to hive conciousness and all that. When I was little, The Borg were the only thing I was scared of besides Two-Face, flesh eating disease and annuerisms. I got over the Two-Face thing relatively quickly and although these days I find the Borg to be rather comforting, my prevalent sense of terror is instinctively based on that one night I spent shivering under the covers watching for flying cubes through my bedroom window.
Matilda - a novel by Roald Dahl
I read Matilda in first grade and remember thinking: "I could totally be that smart". This is the reason that I sped through the Chronicles of Narnia at the age of eight, started reading Dickens in fourth grade and marvelled over Orwell during Christmas Break, grade five. Thank you, Roald Dahl. ♥
Fox Mulder - The X-Files
So I was a popular little kid, but Fox Mulder taught me that it was okay to be an outsider. In fact, it was much "cooler" to be "uncool". I've always danced to my own tune, as the old saying goes, but I got into the X-Files at a time in my life when my geekiness was just starting to stick out like a sore thumb. Between my admiration of Mulder colliding with my adoration of dystopian fables, I grew out of being: "The smart twelve year old that everyone pays attention to because she does everything so damn well" to being: "The eccentric thirteen year old who everyone pays attention to because she's so unusual and can't keep her damned mouth shut." In other words, I went all anti-establishment and spent my Jr. High years giving my teachers lip for no good reason while reveling in what a fantastc social outcast I was. XD
That, and also Mulder is that special kind of adorable-pathetic than most of my original male characters have exihibited in my writing since sixth grade.
Could it be raining any harder? o__O I almost want to go outside and walk around in it, but I'm afriad that water is falling like fucking daggers out there. LOL, Atlantic Canada.