A meme. Suck it.

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Spotted on trovia 's LJ.  "List fifteen of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, if they're so inclined."  Once I got thinking about it, they kept coming, but I'll stop at 21, because I have to meet someone.

1) Elim Garak (Star Trek Deep Space Nine)
2) Parker (Leverage)
3) Cliff Steele (Doom Patrol)
4) Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)
5) Josiah Bartlet (West Wing)
6) Lee Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
7) The Doctor (Splendid chap, all of them) Dr. Who
8) Uncle Iroh (Avatar The Last Airbender)
9) Sam Axe (Burn Notice)
10) Hurley (Lost)
11) Veronica Mars 
12) Mr. Spock
13) Walter Bishop (Fringe)
14) Triana Orpheus (Venture Brothers)
15) Kaylee (Firefly)
16) Elan (Order Of The Stick)
17) Trinity (the Matrix)
18) Inigo Montoya (the Princess Bride)
19) Sam Vimes (Discworld)
20) Tyrion Lannister (Song of Fire & Ice)
21) Lisbeth Salander

(I can't pick one for Babylon 5; how did I choose between Ivanova, Garibaldi, Franklin, G'kar and Vir?)

Comments

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In part to make up for my brainfart/noshow, I will report what I immediately noticed about this list: many of the characters cited - hurley, kaylee, adama, spock, the Doctor, Inigo, Trinity, Josiah Bartlet, Iroh, Burn Notice Sam, Bab 5 cast and even Tyrion is that they are all people you would want covering your back in a crisis or emergency, even if their motives are at first shady or suspect or even if in many contexts they are right bastards. They are all powerful/skilled/competent in their own rights but most of all they are devoted and loyal to their friends and staff (if no one else).

This seems true of all of the characters I recognize. It's most likely true of a fair amount of the rest as well.