Favourite fictional character

[Lacedaemonian]

Viruk the mad killer (Who loved his horticulture). Alan Tittmarch with a sword! I vaguely remember Echoes of the Great Song, there was a character called Talaban and the king was called Ammon. Not very original names. Does Viruk redeem himself in the end?? I fail to remember, the Gemmell books tend to blur into one as time passes. I love him though.

[erickad71]

My favourite character is Edmund from the Chronicles of Narnia.

Really? Why him? I loved those books when I was growing up. But if I remember right his was not the nicest character. Not that you have to be nice to be a good character. I haven't read those in a really long time, so my memory is not the most reliable.

[Lacedaemonian]

Rest in peace Erickad, it was a joke. Edmund was a vile little character from the Narnia series, I remember hating him from start to finish.

[Dead Riverdragon]

I wouldn't say Viruk was redeemed as such, but he was such a happy chap that I think he got away with being a villainous guy anyway. He was in the last charge of the Avatars and of course fell bravely in battle, but then that's to be expected of him, and while the act redeemed the Avatars in general I don's think it applied so much to him. Then the book finishes with a great little scene where one of the servile class finds Viruk wounded and is tempted to finish him off, when Viruk angrilly tells him either to kill him or help him up as his legs are broken, and the servant thinks to himself 'who could kill such a man' and Viruk lives on

[erickad71]

Originally Posted by Lacedaemonian

Rest in peace Erickad, it was a joke. Edmund was a vile little character from the Narnia series, I remember hating him from start to finish.

Whew!
You know, when someone says "rest in peace" over here(in America), they are usually refering to someone who has died.

[Lacedaemonian]

Yeah same in England. I play with words and phrases at will. In this instant I was referring to letting the notion (of me liking Edmund) die.

[Lacedaemonian]

Thanks for the rejog Dead Riverdragon. I may have to read that book again soon.

[erickad71]

Sorry I didn't catch that the first time.

[Lacedaemonian]

............

Yeah I lost myself.

Current favourite fictional character: Osama Bin Laden.

[Hypes]

I find Dubya to be full of laughs, myself. Unfortunately, he isn't as fictional as we might have wished.

[Lacedaemonian]

He could become fiction.......

All the best assassins lived in the sixties.

[Hypes]

Originally Posted by Lacedaemonian

He could become fiction.......

All the best assassins lived in the sixties.

His foray into the real world has been regrettable thus far.

[Lacedaemonian]

Maybe somebody could serf back through the whispy clouds of time and bring back Lee Harvey Oswald. Now there is a man with a good track record.

[Hypes]

I recall a forum post I read shortly after Dubya wrested control of the US government:

Where's Oswald when you need him

[Lacedaemonian]

It is an obvious solution. Shame we don't have a time machine....