Ooooh, I don’t think I’ve ever participated in a meme before, but I simply couldn’t resist the one I found on Sara Donati’s website.
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I had to think about this for a second, and then it hit me: The Jungle Book. Actually, both Jungle Books, if possible. Those books had it all: adventure, comedy, pathos, social commentary, really cool characters, poetry. I have read and re-read those books a million times and I still get goosebumps when I read “Now Chil the Kite brings home the night that Mang the Bat sets free…”
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Heh, going back to the Jungle Books: as a little girl, definitely Mowgli. And, oooooh this is embarrassing, but also
Asterix. Yes, as a little girl I had a crush on a diminutive cartoon Gaul sporting a winged helmet and a walrus mustache. AndandAND, I’m not done humiliating myself yet: the second-in-command elf in Elfquest. Can’t remember his name. Silver hair, was the astrologer/astronomer guy.
I haven’t had any crushes on fictional book characters as an adult, but a few years ago I discovered Cowboy Bebop and promptly fell in love with Spike Spiegel. Don’t worry, I haven’t sunk to the level of doing shit like typing “LOL SO KAWAIIIII!!!11 ^_^ “… YET.
The last book you bought is?
I bought three books at the same time from Amazon.com: The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley, Duchess In Love by Eloisa James and Worlds Enough and Time by Dan Simmons. God knows when I’m going to get to them. I mean, y’all seen those pictures of my TBR shelves, right??
Five books you would take to a deserted island:
I HATE THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. Expand the list to about 50 and we’ll talk. And yes, the Jungle Books will be among them.
I loved Asterix but the mustache was such a turn-off. But I like that you have the guts to admit to such love.
One of my very predictable book/cartoon caracter loves was Alistair in Candy. Know it?
Expand the list to about 50 and we’ll talk.
Yeah, my five were just off the top my head.
Oh yeah…Spike. Love Cowboy Bebop. I’ve watched all the episodes except the movie and have about have the dvds. But you know, I kinda like Jet too.
I had a crush on Cole Cash from the WildCATS comic. Ahh….Grifter…hell, I still lust after that character.
the second-in-command elf in Elfquest. Can’t remember his name. Silver hair, was the astrologer/astronomer guy.
Skywise! I can’t remember his ‘soul’ name at the moment, but his Wolfrider name was Skywise and I thought he was much cooler than Cutter! Just never could get too hot and bothered over any male who had better hair than I did.
Arielle: Forget Asterix’s mustache—d’you see his schnoz? I mean, it gives new meaning to the term “potato nose.” But who the fuck knows what was going through my 6-year-old head? My three big loves when I was that age were Ricky Schroeder (I was a big, big fan of Silver Spoons), Andy Lau and Asterix. Of the three, I still think Andy looks eminently boinkable. Check him out: RROWR. No idea who Alistair in Candy is. A quick Google Image Search for “alistair candy” turned up some really random-looking results….
Jorie: Your restraint is to be commended. My mind started skipping all over the place when it came to the “favorite 5 books” question, going from Orwell to Kinsale to Twain to Laura London, and I thought fuck it, I’m not going to list any. Oooo-weee, lookit me buck the system!
Nicole: Jet is adorable too. But Spike is all wisecrackey and cute and tall and skinny and he idolizes Bruce Lee and… *slaps self* I have to stop talking about an anime character as if he’s real.
Callie: THANK YOU. Skywise that’s it. And yeah, besides Cutter’s unrelenting prettiness, he was such a sullen asshole too. My older brothers tried to hide the issue of Elfquest from me in which Cutter and his light o’ love do the humpty-hump, but I ferreted it out and read it anyway, HA HA. Not that my eight-year-old self understood what was going on, anyway. I remember thinking “Eeewwww, she’s sleeping with him naked. Gross” and wondering what the fuss was all about.
You mean Spike isn’t real? *cry*
At long last! Another Elfquest fetish-ist! Skywise’s soul name was Fahr, by the way (call me an excessive dork if you like for knowing that one off the top of my head). I never cared for Cutter myself. He spent too much time pouting or chasing after the self-important Leetah.
Now my favorite was Strongbow (speaking of assholes…)
Wow, this is such a sad conversation! 🙂
Dude how did I miss this entry? I am slackin’ I tell you.
Fahrenheit 451: I’d be Genesis. If someone already has that one, then I’d be Blaze Wyndham by Beatrice Small. Or the Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss!
I’m kidding. I’d totally be a Danielle Steele.
Crush? On a character? OH HELL YEAH. I had a wicked crush on Anthony from “The Viscount Who Loved Me,” and on more than a few of Nora Roberts’ heroes.
The last book I bought… as in paid money for? Crap. I can’t remember. Oh – “She Drives me Crazy.” Meh.
And Candy is SO right. There’s no way I’d limit myself to just five. No freaking way.
Dear Candy,
Google the theme from the cartoon and found a site dedicated to her:
http://www.candyneige.com/
Also discovered it was a manga and is currently being sued over by the coauthors.
Warning: the site is entirely? in french.
But there is a clip with Alistair, my fictional first love.[sighs]
Arielle