12 Characters in Search of a Meme

[qos]

Via the highly literate vicarchori
(I listed my characters before I read the questions)

List 12 Characters:

1. Antigone
2. Tracy Lord (The Philadelphia Story)
3. Corin Kiel (A prince from the Star Wars universe, one of my own characters)
4. Princess Leia
5. Guinevere (Parke Godwin version)
6. Delenn (Babylon 5)
7. Richard Sharpe
8. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly/Serenity)
9. Salustra (The Empress of Atlantis from Taylor Caldwell's The Romance of Atlantis
10. Dorothy Gale
11. Jack Sparrow
12. Jehanne bet Ishak (from The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay)

(I changed some of the even less familiar ones. You should all go out and read The Vesuvius Club and meet Lucifer Box, whom I deleted.)


1. Who would make a better college professor, 6 or 11? What subjects would they teach?
Delenn would be much better than Captain Jack. She would teach ethics.

2. Do you think 4 is hot? How hot?
I think of her as a Fire Princess, but not "hot" in the way I think this question suggests.

3. 12 sends 8 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
The medieval female Kindath (read "Jewish") physician sends the space mercenary on a mission to rescue some of her adventurous friends who have gotten into trouble. He succeeds in rescuing them, but causes all kinds of additional trouble she never dreamed of.

4. What is or would be 9's favorite book?
The Empress of Atlantis would favor a philosophical tome by an author now lost to history.

5. Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 6, or the other way around?
The universe would implode first.
Tracy Lord, a Yankee blue blood, would not bend her knee to anyone.
Delenn serves her people, not any individual.

6. For some reason, 5 is looking for a roommate. Should she share a studio apartment with 9 or with 10?
The Queen of Camelot would get along well with the Empress of Atlantis, although the knives might be drawn over closest space. I'm sure Miss Gale, formerly of Kansas, would be easy to live with, but she'd bore Guinevere to death.

7. 2, 7, and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
The Yankee Blue Blood, the low-born British rifleman, and the Kindath physician would dine at Miss Lord's home and talk about their adventures. Neither of the highly educated and aristocratic woman would flirt with Major Sharpe, who would wonder what in the hell he was doing there.

8. 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Warrior-prince Corin Kiel would surrender immediately rather than cause harm to a Kansas farm girl. He would then go in search of whoever had set up the duel, and teach him a lesson.

9. If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would he get it back?
The tragic Greek princess steals Serenity? Captain Reynolds would gather his crew, shanghai another ship, and run Antigone to ground.

10. Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
"Peace on the Continent"

11. What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Antigone and Princess Leia both have the same plot device already in place: opposing an unjust and tyrannical regime!

12. If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
Major Sharpe and I would visit pubs together.
Depending on chemistry, we could get along very well.

13. If you could command 8 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
Take me for a ride on your ship, Captain Reynolds!

14. Does anyone on your friends list write or draw 11?
I don't think any here writes Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic -- although I know there are a few piratical types.

15. If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
How to choose between Leia and Guinevere?
Probably Guinevere, because Miss Lord would be a bit more old fashioned.

16. What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
Help me, Lion!

17. If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
He already has a theme song. . . I don't care, I'm still free. . . You can't take the sky from me.

18. 1, 6, and 10 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
Antigone, Delenn and Dorothy scrupulously divide it into thirds.

19. What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
Miss Lord to Miss Gale: "Darling, where did you get your shoes?"

20. What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
Adultery.

21. What is 6's secret?
Delenn sometimes spends the night with Commander Ivanova.

22. If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Jack Sparrow would definitely get there before Salustra.

23. "1 [Antigone] and 9 [Salustra] reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4 [Princess Leia]'s sinister secret organization. 11 [Jack Sparrow] volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that 11 is actually a spy for 4 [Princess Leia]. Meanwhile, 4 [Captain Sparrow] has kidnapped 12 [Jehanne bet Ishak] in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5 [Guinevere], they seek out 3 [Corin Kiel], who gives them what they need to complete their quest."
The adventure is called "Royal Web"

24. If you had to walk home through a bad neighbourhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 8?
A real toss-up. Both are very street wise and tough. I'd probably choose Captain Reynolds over Major Sharpe because his weapon fires more rounds without need of reloads.


This really is fun to do, even if I'm not sure how many people will read it.

Comments

[aerden.livejournal.com]

QoS--That's a fun meme! I did it and posted my answers here.

Chantal

[bodhibird.livejournal.com]

I have written one piece of PotC fanfic, "A Little Lost Sleep", featuring Jack/Will/Elizabeth. It was written mainly to please pentimento and might be somewhere in my old journal (http://saskia139.livejournal.com).