30DoA.05: Most annoying anime character: Louise, Familiar of Zero

Day 06 - Most annoying anime character: Louise, Familiar of Zero

I'm going to misquote Tolstoy here. He opened Anna Karenina with the quote "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." For this question, I'm going to say 'Every character I like is likable in its own way; annoying characters are all alike... and tend to break my suspension of disbelief when I rant at the writers'. I'm more likely to get annoyed at the writers for creating a character that I not only can't engage with, but isn't even someone who I can ignore or enjoy for her role in the story than to get annoyed at the character.

For example of characters I like, take Ruki Matsumoto from Digimon Tamers, Lina Inverse from Slayers, and Lafiel Abriel from Crest of the Stars. All three are tough girls who sometimes have problems showing their affection for their friends and loved ones. But, if you asked me to talk about them, I'd say a lot more than that -- I'd say how much I loved Lina's joie de vivre or how Lafiel's duty shaped her personality, or Ruki's character evolution through her friendship with Renamon and Takato and Li.

( But, take a character like this executed badly, and I'm all 'another tsundere, *yawn*'. )

30DoS.06: The best kiss? Sir Gerard/Eleanor, Get Medieval

Day 06 - The best kiss? Sir Gerard/Eleanor, Get Medieval

Watch me sit here and try to remember when people kiss. It's kind of funny, since I'm realizing that I don't put much stock in kissing, so I don't really remember it. I'm tempted to take something really silly, like the one in Super Mario RPG (if you play the game right, you can get Mario to kiss Peach... and Bowser and Booster to kiss one another -- actually Bowser in general was just awesome in that game). Novels are completely hopeless here. Maybe if you asked me when I was a teenager, and I could tell you stuff about the Animorphs.

Okay, when fans obsess over it, I do. I remember listening to anti-shippers whine about Katara and Aang. And Harry Potter.

And I do remember Lina and Gourry, but I'm trying to be good and not choose them twice in the same week. That's the kind of moment I want -- with pathos enough that I remember the scene as being significant, even if I'm fuzzy about kissing.

( It did come to me, eventually, from a webcomic. )