What fictional character do you most identify with, and why?
Si_Crewe
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Just something I found rather thought provoking so I thought I'd share it with DS.....
We're having an "Arts Festival" in our town and they were looking for volunteers to help with stuff so I applied and this was one of the questions on the application form.
I thought it was quite a sneaky thing to ask because, as well as getting some idea about the personality of the person, it also provides an insight into what sort of literature, TV or movies the person is most interested in.
I assume that, for example, saying you identify with Jean Valjean from Les Miserables or Old Major from Animal Farm would be considered more impressive than saying you identify with Han Solo or Peter Parker/Spiderman.
So, faced with the same question, what would you say?
And, would it be an honest response or would it be one you'd constructed to impress?
FWIW, in the end, I put "Columbo", because I tend to be the sort of person who understands that success is often the result of apparently dull and tedious work rather than spectacular gestures.
Somebody must have appreciated my answer because I got in.
We're having an "Arts Festival" in our town and they were looking for volunteers to help with stuff so I applied and this was one of the questions on the application form.
I thought it was quite a sneaky thing to ask because, as well as getting some idea about the personality of the person, it also provides an insight into what sort of literature, TV or movies the person is most interested in.
I assume that, for example, saying you identify with Jean Valjean from Les Miserables or Old Major from Animal Farm would be considered more impressive than saying you identify with Han Solo or Peter Parker/Spiderman.
So, faced with the same question, what would you say?
And, would it be an honest response or would it be one you'd constructed to impress?
FWIW, in the end, I put "Columbo", because I tend to be the sort of person who understands that success is often the result of apparently dull and tedious work rather than spectacular gestures.
Somebody must have appreciated my answer because I got in.
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I also have similar pants!!!
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Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. I like the fact that she is thoughtful and stoical, and not attention-seeking or needy.
Sorry, that's sickening but true lol
Do you always move sideways?
Changed my mind btw. I am Marge Simpson. I watch Homer and Marge and it is like looking into a mirror.
on bad days - Philip Marlowe from Singing Detective .
A complete narcissistic dick but somehow still cool and loveable. To quote his creator: "A total douche. I think that remains the trick, to make him as dickish as possible but still sympathetic."
The one that I want the world to believe resembles me the most: Francis Crawford (from Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond series).
Or Jekyll/Hyde.
Cos I carry my nads round in a wheelbarrow..