[meme] One letter, five characters

[rex_sun]

1. Leave a comment to this post, specifically saying that you would like a letter.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.

shirogiku gave me an "A", and I think I know why. I was so tempted to deny her just to be a buttface

1. Aberforth Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Albus Dumbledore's younger brother. He runs a bar in Hogsmeade which members of the Order of the Phoenix use to travel or hide. He's a secret aide to the rebellion, but when we meet him he has mostly given up hope. He reveals to Harry an' 'em the painful past of the Dumbledore family, over which he still angsts. After questioning Harry's faith in Albus and receiving a solid answer, Aberforth helps Harry sneak into Hogwarts castle.

...he's a goatfucker.

This amuses me endlessly.

Also, him being known to be a filthy person, I was kind of worried when Harrry an' 'em ate his food. Seriously.

But mostly I think he is pathetic for being so butthurt 100 years later. He served his purpose for the books but I didn't care for him as a character. I suppose he did some semi badass things?

2. Andrea
The Walking Dead

A survivor of the zombie apocalypse. She was on a road trip with her younger sister when the apocalypse happened. She has since lost her sister to the zombies and tried once to end her own life. Recent exploits include being an ass to the man who saved her life, having sex with the antagonist, shooting my favorite character in the head even after people told her to just sit tight, and leaving a suicidal girl alone to break a mirror and slit her wrists.

Can't stand her!

I'm don't think there is a character out there I dislike as much as this character. Even Aberforth, mentioned above, I never 'hated'. I don't condone character bashing. I have never actually just purely hated a character before.

...but this woman. Fuck. I don't even know. I loathe her.

...I hope she dies next. ):

3. Amy
Soulcalibur

A young orphan er, somewhere in France in the 1500s. She covered for Raphael, a nobleman, when he was being pursued. In gratitude he took Amy in as his own daughter and uh. Became obsessed with her, frankly. In a sort of Lelouch-Nunally dynamic, Raphael sought out an evil power to secure a future free of the manipulative politics of their surroundings, while Amy would have been perfectly content just living with him. He returned from his quest injured and infected with the Evil Seed. Amy cared for him and became infected herself. The two transformed into evil creatures and sought refuge elsewhere in Europe, where Raphael has been amassing great legions of brainwashed evil minions.

I think her design is pretty and cute. I like her role in the story. As for gameplay, she's just not my style. (I usually use Taki, Cassandra, or Seong Mi-na, and sometimes Astaroth.) I personally think they should have left her voiceless-- it went well with her little gothic princess theme. I also liked the ambiguity-- when she was a side character as opposed to a more central character --as to whether she even liked Raphael. But nowadays I love that exquisite pain in her expression, as pictured, as her adoptive father descends further and further into madness.

4. Alphonse Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

The younger brother of the series' titular character and the second main character. As boys the Elric brothers lost their mother and afterwards honed their skills in alchemy in order to try to revive her. However, the attempt at human transmutation backfired. As punishment, said to be a "toll" for "learning the Truth", God took away Edward's leg and Alphonse's entire physical body. For the vast majority of the series, Al's soul is bound to a temporary body-- an empty suit of armor --as he and his brother try to uncover the legendary Philosopher's Stone and get sucked into a nationwide government conspiracy in the process. Pictured here is Al's physical body, found to be stuck in limbo after many years.

I fucking love Alphonse. He is so adorable. I just want to tuck him into bed and feed him apple pie with a tall glass of milk. Alphonse is so amazingly gentle and pure-hearted. And yet he is also a total BAMF, kicking ass left and right. I love how he is secretly snarky, and how he's very tender towards women, and how he can be so firm and solid without being a butt like his big brother. I admire people/characters that are gentle as well as firm, as opposed to not being anle to STAND characters who are supposed to be represented as gentle and come out totally meek (I.e., Fluttershy)

Also, a lot of both his trials and his aesthetics really speak to me. His loneliness, his doubt of self, being powerless to save someone he was asked to save, and being caught between his father and brother-- these trials in particular make my heart hurt in empathy. Also, that scene where he was travelling through the snow and his body called back his soul? That was just neat. Aesthetically speaking. I like the way that scene was done.

So in short. He is my favorite character of that particular series, and part of my top ten favorite character list of all time.

Akira Touya
Hikaru no Go

First and foremost... He is PRETTY.

Moving on.

Akira is a talented young Go player that gives even veteran pros a run for their money. He began playing at an extremely young age under the tutelage of his father, Japan's number one professional. He is only seriously challenged by people much older than him, and kids his age tend to suck, so he doesn't have any real competition. Then enters the main character, Hikaru, a kid his own age who completely blows him out of the water, despite his claim to have never played the game before then. Akira suddenly feels his passion reignited and delves deeply, desperately into the frustrating mystery of Shindo Hikaru. ( Whilst Hikaru himself feels passion for the first time and strives to be the man Akira expects him to be. )

Also my favorite character of this series and one of my top ten!

Akira is... intense.

Polite. Distant. Cool. Calm. Collected. ......yeah right.

Emotional. Fierce. Passionate. Fiery.

I just love how he shakes off everything he was ever taught and everything he's become accustomed to, all that his circumstances have told him he must be, to charge after the thing he wants more than he's ever wanted anything in his life: Shindo Hikaru. From a bored young genius with no path in life to a wild and reckless force of nature. Control to chaos.

And I love the rest of him, too. His poor fashion sense and his dorky social awkwardness. The way he totally throws his everything into what he loves. How he has such complete and utter confidence in himself. How he sometimes embarrasses himself. His cool intimidation techniques. How he's so deceptively sweet anywhere but in front of the go board.

I think you have to read him to see what I mean. Do it. Read Hikaru no Go. It is my absolute favorite series ever ever.

happy Shiro?

Oh my god I am so sleepy. I dunno how much sense this made towards the end. ZZZZZ

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Re: Hikaru no... Go? Is that a pun or something?

[elarielf.livejournal.com]

VERY WELL.

I think I'll probably watch it in Japanese this time, though. XD