What character in movies or books could you most relate to? And why?

[Blade]

This question was asked in the Dare to tell the truth thread. I thought it might make for a fun thread topic. I'm sure at different times of our lives we can relate to different characters.

So tell us What character in movies or books could you most relate to? And why? And at what time in your life was this, if you care to share.

[miss entycing]

This question was asked in the Dare to tell the truth thread. I thought it might make for a fun thread topic. I'm sure at different times of our lives we can relate to different characters.

So tell us What character in movies or books could you most relate to? And why? And at what time in your life was this, if you care to share.


off the top of my head....

most definately Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women-
just the way she is... she can be so loving that you wanna cry- then flip and burn your ass before you ever know it was burned..
and all with the most intelligent southern intellect, lol, I love her character!

[Hack]

I was Don Draper (Mad Men) in another life.

At work, totally Ari Gold (Entourage).

[FR]

walter matthau in grumpy old men 1&2--ask anyone im a grumpy old butch
and besides he ends up with sofia loren--i'm looking

[Rook]

yeah, matthau landed Loren, BUT !!! jack lemmon landed ann-margret :sadangel:
I'm gonna miss those two....

Anyways, For me... kinda sorta...

Tevye, from Fiddler on the Roof, trying hard as hell to hold on to cherished Traditions/values amidst a great big ugly Wave of inevitable Change

&

Jo, from Little Women...
her ambition, determination, frustrations with the limitations women faced in her time.

:hiding:

[AtLast]

I will be honest...

Alex Delaware in the Jonathan Kellerman detective series. He's a forensic psychologist that consults with the LAPD and has a French Bulldog!!!

When I practiced, I did a lot of forensic court testimony in child sexual abuse... and I have a Frenchie! Yup, I first learned about this breed from.. you guessed it... Alex Delaware!

Kellerman practiced as a child psychologist and has put forth an accurate Delaware as shrink. I do identify with this character's altruistic and compassionate nature along with his sleuth reasoning. LOL....

He also has been in love with one woman through the years and never wavers in how deeply he cares for her even during stressful times in their relationship. Just a monogamous gent that enjoys creating a history with a love and being faithful and honest. Yet, understands that they are very separate people. He is a sensualist and often has insomnia, both would describe me. The descriptions of how he feels for his wife (Robyn) reminds me of that old phrase Paul Newman was known for concerning his wife (Joann Woodard) of many, many years... Why eat hamburger when you have steak at home.

Isshhh.. feel a little silly posting this! Kind of a gooshy kind of character to identify with! He also is a true friend to the cop he works with, Detective Milo Sturgis, a gay man and one that does not fit the stereotype at all. This guy is overweight, sloppy with no sense of style in dress and has acne scars. Not much complexity going on at all!!

These books are of my purely for fun reading pleasure! I enjoy the who-done-it psychological meandering. And the French Bulldogs!

[Jess]

WALL-E and Forest Gump... Either one at any given time.. Always saving, looking for or making pretty for the girl... and both have very special dance steps

YouTube- Wall-E and Eve Kiss and Dance in the Space


YouTube- Forrest Gump - Elvis / Rick Roll

[Soft*Silver]

well, Madam Mim...lol....

oh wait, seriously....Roseann Rosannadanna

heh...ok ok (but both are parts of me, lol)

how about the baba yaga....

oh damn..I cant get out of this mode...I will be back later

but no really...the baba yaga IS who ID with..(and she isnt the wicked old witch of the forest, neither!)

but you want a media person...

[Apocalipstic]

In a way...Miss Marple.

[weatherboi]

Tom Builder from the book The Pillars of the Earth.

[adorable]

Houlden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye for sure!
"All morons hate it when you call them a moron."
~ Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye


There have been lots of books that have changed me. Really changed me. One of my favorites was The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. It changed how I thought about life and religion forever. It wasn't just one character - it was the whole book. Night, by Elie Wiesel was another book that did that for me too.

"A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave is angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell -- mouths mercy, and invented hell -- mouths Golden Rules and foregiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!"
~ Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger

Then of course Lieutenant Jimmy Cross from The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Stephen Dedalus from Ulysses by James Joyce. And Maya Johnson from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

[Soft*Silver]

ok...I got it...
Jonathon Livingstone Seagull...

"If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now, don't you think that we might see each other once or twice? " JLS

[Greyson]

There have been many books and/or movies that I have identified with the protagonist. I have identified with both the male and female characters.

Starting with my childhood memories there were two books and movies that touched me deeply. "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" and "Little Women." I identified with Mary Frances Nolan in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Jo March in Little Women.

Both of these characters were strong and creative. I was just a child but what I saw in them was some sort of message telling me that I was okay. There were other "Tom Boys" like me and we could and would thrive regardless of life circumstances and the opinions and ideas of others. (Below I have cut and pasted an analysis of the two characters from a site called "Spark Notes.")

Mary Frances Nolan - The protagonist of the novel. Francie is the daughter of second-generation Americans living in Brooklyn, New York in the early twentieth century. She is named after her father's dead brother's fiancée. Francie is poor, but bright, observant, and taken by the wonders of the world. She is a combination of her hard-working, practical mother and her imaginative, dreaming father. She has a great capacity to see beauty amidst material hardship. Growing up without luxury, and sometimes without friends, she loves to read, and creates new worlds through her writing.

Jo March
The main character of Little Women, Jo is an outspoken tomboy with a passion for writing. Her character is based in large part on Louisa May Alcott herself. Jo refuses Laurie’s offer of marriage, despite the fact that everyone assumes they will end up together. In the end, Jo gives up her writing and marries Professor Bhaer, which can be seen either as a domestic triumph or as a professional loss, since Jo loses her headstrong independence.

Because she displays good and bad traits in equal measure, Jo is a very unusual character for nineteenth-century didactic fiction. Jo’s bad traits—her rebelliousness, anger, and outspoken ways—do not make her unappealing; rather, they suggest her humanity. Jo is a likely precursor to a whole slew of lovably flawed heroes and heroines of children’s books, among them Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer.

[julieisafemme]

Dug from Up. He's a dog. He's pretty happy and up front about that. He's loyal, forgiving and loving.

Mandy by Julie Andrews. Julie Andrews wrote a few really wonderful children's books. Mandy had a secret life in her little discovered cottage. She cleaned it and decorated it and created a safe world of her own. She was an orphan in an orphanage and spent a lot of time alone reading and dreaming. She had to protect her secret life.

[SuperFemme]

Wednesday from The Addams Family.

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[Write14u]

I can't say that any one character just totally resonated with me because I was such an avid reader growing up. But I really, really got into the Louis L'Amour characters. They were always these rough and tough loners who were gentlemanly around women and seemed to attract them even when they weren't trying. They were always honorable and fought the good fight, you know? I just always dug that. I guess if there was one that I thought totally fit that mold and exemplified L'Amour's writing, it was a character he brought out for a three-book series. Lance Killkenny.
Killkenny, I could relate to.

[Apocalipstic]

I used to think Bond, James Bond.

But as I age, I see that is not so good.

[Soft*Silver]

OH! OH! I got it!!!

Betty White in the Proposal.

I went to that movie with my daughter. When Betty was out in the woods, doing a smudging and elemental circle, my daughter turns to me and whispers, "thats you in a few years"

ROTF...and she is sooooo right!!!

[Jet]

The Natural with Robert Redford. When I was young I was always told I reminded people of him. I've changed a lot now though. My hair and clothes etc. were ditto. The Natural mirrors what I have been through.

[AtLast]

This thread is great!

[Queerasfck]

http://static.open.salon.com/files/shaft_movie1234141873.jpg

[Gemme]

Kate Mosley in The Cutting Edge.

YouTube- The Cutting Edge

[Venus007]

My immediate response is Dagny Taggart from "Atlas Shrugged"
When I first read this book when I was 16 I felt like I wasn't alone in the world, that there were other people like me. I wish I could be so clearly a prime mover but the reality is I am more of an Eddie Willers.

[Corkey]

Capt'n Jack Sparrow
for obvious reasons.

[Martina]

My immediate response is Dagny Taggart from "Atlas Shrugged"
When I first read this book when I was 16 I felt like I wasn't alone in the world, that there were other people like me. I wish I could be so clearly a prime mover but the reality is I am more of an Eddie Willers.

Such a capitalist! :greendollar: :slapfight:

[Martina]

Fanny Price from Mansfield Park by Jane Austin

because i am such a good obedient girl!

[Darth Denkay]

I'm going with a TV sitcom - Leonard on Big Bang Theory. Nerd/Geek extraordinaire but, unlike Sheldon, he does have social skills. However, being around the women makes him nervous as hell. Yup, I'm Leonard.

[Blade]

Some days it's Wiley Coyote some days it's Superman

Movies.....
Noah in The Notebook

[Kobi]

Without a doubt....it would be Underdog.

[Sachita]

Renee Zelwegger in Cold Mountain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvzA5_nFa0

[Kenna]

for now, maybe Idgie Threadgoode from Fried Green Tomatoes? (I'll have to think about this more.... I LOVE all kinds of movies) 'cause she's a tough cookie, a survivor, and never takes crap from anyone.

[Glenn]

Jack-Titanic. Survivor. Strong unconditional faith, hope, trust, love, sacrifice, even againest all hope, in himself and for his partner.

[GoofyLuvr]

Goofy of course! (And yes, he has a movie, I own it! :) )
Why? Because I really AM like him. You know, try to help, make everything worse. Clutzy as hell. So honest I get myself in trouble. Do I really need to go on?

[Jess]

Lately.. Jane from Deadwood

YouTube- Calamity Jane - Deadwood Moments

[Emmy]

Like lots of girls, Anne of Green Gables was big for me. http://meganfollows.freepgs.com/imax/anne2.jpg

[katzietootle]

Forrest Gump----coz we are not smart ones... but we know what love is

[gotoseagrl]

movies

Iris (Toni Collette)- Clockwatchers
Muriel (Toni Collette) - Muriel's Wedding
Abby (Janeane Garofalo) - The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Bashful - Snow White

socially awkward

books

Laura - The Glass Menagerie
Jane - Jane Eyre
Molly - Wives & Daughters

family dysfunction, reserved outcast

[Hack]

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[Hack]

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[christie]

Lately.. Jane from Deadwood

YouTube- Calamity Jane - Deadwood Moments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKEZbgaqJWo)


I suppose I must be your Joanie.

I can hear you now, "I aint gonna open my eyes, but you can go ahead and kiss me if that's what you fuckin' do"

We so have to stop the Deadwood-a-thon. I might call someone a cocksucker.

If I had to choose my own character, it would be from TV - Julia Sugarbaker.

[Rockinonahigh]

When I was a kid I knew no matter what was going on in my life that was crazy as hell I could go to the saterday movies and lose myself from all the troubles.I wanted to be the lone ranger,to fight against all the bad guys,then superman for the same reason.As I got older I wanted to be someone who chnaged the world and make it a better place for everyone,so many folks I read about or saw in the movies I cant list them all.I gess I should have been in law inforcement insted I did something else.

[Kenna]

for now, maybe Idgie Threadgoode from Fried Green Tomatoes? (I'll have to think about this more.... I LOVE all kinds of movies) 'cause she's a tough cookie, a survivor, and never takes crap from anyone.


I thought about it.... I relate to a mix of Idgie Threadgoode and Eva Rojas from Sahara. Eva was spicy, sassy, could hold her own, bold when fighting to save the under-privileged with her medical skills, and determined. Both Eva and Idgie were witty, fiercely independent and stubborn.

Yeah... that's me "in a nut-shell", save missing a few traits like mechanical skills without breaking fingernails.

[Bard]

Have to say Stu Redman from Stephen Kings the Stand,," county don't mean dumb" guss i want to see myself the strong type with a good heart. also marshal dillon from gunsmoke ahh my drema just me and my horse saving people making a change for good. Finally from Radclyffe's books the justice serise Dell the rookie copwho is not all female she is like me a cross a stury in contasts..:knighthorse:

[Jess]

I suppose I must be your Joanie.

I can hear you now, "I aint gonna open my eyes, but you can go ahead and kiss me if that's what you fuckin' do"

We so have to stop the Deadwood-a-thon. I might call someone a cocksucker.

If I had to choose my own character, it would be from TV - Julia Sugarbaker.

This is why I love Julia and you, my most wonderous perfection!

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[Kätzchen]

Of all the characters in either a story from a book or in a movie, I know that I identify closely with "Rose" in the movie Titanic - mostly because of her social disposition (i.e., she was from a once well-to-do background, she's torn about being married - which she knows to do so is for all the wrong reasons, and because she's full of life and feels like her life will end if she keeps doing what her mother wishes for her to do) and how she actively chooses to live her life with purpose and defy social conventions of her day.

She's strong willed, feisty, sassy at times, funny, warm, sensitive and certainly an intellectual of her own accord - all things that I feel are aligned closely with who I percieve myself to be.

:blueheels:

[Miss Scarlett]

Scarlett O'Hara - her strength and fight

Scout Finch - she stood up for what was right, was what she believed in, and questioned authority all while having a huge heart for others

Celie - no matter how bad it got she kept her dignity and in the end emerged victorious

Jo March - her ambition, independence and compassion

Elizabeth Bennet - well-read, fiercly independent and strong

Hester Prynne - she didn't shrink from her sentence, she was compassionate and defied the oppressive authority of her puritanical society

[deb_U_taunt]

I would have to say the book I identified with the most as a kid was 'The Outsiders'. All the S.E. Hinton books has characters I could relate to.

I can also see myself in Novalee Nation in 'Where the Heart Is'.

[Kätzchen]

Lisabeth Salander

she is hired by Mikael Blomkvist (journalist) in
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (author, Stieg Larrson).

She's relentless, isn't fooled easily, stakes out her territory,
goes in for the 'kill' - absolutely loved the role she played in this story.
She's compassionate, gutsy, independent, intelligent as fuck and runs the fuck (so to speak).

[dark_crystal]

Cayce Pollard: protagonist of William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognitiona "one-woman school of anti whose very austerity periodically threatens to spawn its own cult"

[gotoseagrl]

Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte)

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad—as I am now. Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation . . . They have a worth—so I have always believed; and if I cannot believe it now, it is because I am insane—quite insane: with my veins running fire, and my heart beating faster than I can count its throbs.”