Day 17

[changeyourstars8]

17. Favorite protagonist and why!

They're trying to brain-zap my poor indecisive self, aren't they?

At the moment, we have a tie-- very different characters, from different series, but equally awesome to me:

1) Rachel, from Jia's Charms and its sequel. She's the leader of a colony on a severed world, who unexpectedly has to deal with an influx of people who were not expecting to have to live in an area with no indoor plumbing and creepy predators hanging around. She's fair, independent, and dotes on her younger sister (though in true sibling fashion, she shows that mainly through teasing and sarcasm).

2) Thiare, from the Karavan series. She doesn't really fit in with the others-- most of them are hardened warriors or at least familiar with fighting and used to traveling. She's just out of school and while her knowledge makes her a valuable asset, her lack of real world experience and general naivete can make her a liability. Especially when some of the stray animals she insists on taking in would probably eat half the crew if given a chance.

Comments

[mrjournals.livejournal.com]

So do you feel you relate to either of them and can identify? Or are they the kind where they are so different from everything you are, that makes them fun to explore?

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

One of each, actually. LOL I can relate to a lot of Thiare's character-- did a little chart one time marking similarities and differences just on a lark and out of all my characters, had the most in common with her. Rachel, on the other hand, is very decisive and organized and an excellent leader; a lot of fun to explore but not things I'd use to describe me. :-)