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If the Star Wars Episode III trailer excited you and made you hope desperately that this might somehow be a good movie, this spoiler-ridiculously-light (much less so than the trailer)  paragraph from the novelization may help quench that anticipation: (from DailyKos)

( My frosh can write better than this... )

From apintrix and contrariety, expanded to other media and genres cuz wow do I not watch as much TV as they do...

I will list 10 TV shows/books/etc... which I particularly like. For each work, please comment with guesses as to my favorite character; when correctly guessed, I'll bold the show and write in why I love that character. Beyond the obvious common ones, I tried to pick works where my favorite character is a bit atypical. Posting now on the maybe guesses:

1. Chronicles of Prydain: Gurgi! Not because he's cute, but because he makes the tough choices when Taran's a wuss. And he's a beautiful exploration of what it means to try and be human and good.

2. Rulers of England (I've read multiple books about multiple of them - therefore, is too a fandom!) Elizabeth I is certainly one of the top two or three, though I don't know if she'd be first. I mean - she wore pants, and peacefully reconciled a 50-year religious crisis, and helped establish the modern English governmental system!

3. Star Trek: DS9 Jadzia Dax, with Contrariety right again. Competent, confident about her sexuality, and fun-loving, without all of Kira's neuroses. Plus the symbiont thing is really neat.

4. Six Feet Under:

5. Harry Potter: It used to be Hermione, but isn't really anymore.

6. Firefly: Nah, Inara's who I'd like to play if we were doing an RPG, but the actress isn't good enough to make her actually my favorite character on the show. I'm a big Shepherd Book fan - righteous, tough, and with awesome hair.

7. LOTR : Yep, Merry. I like the common sense and bravery. (tho Sam is close.)

8. Dark is Rising:

9. Little Women Yep, I'm the only woman our age I know who likes Meg best. I always admired her quiet courage and resourcefulness; she's much more practically helpful to the family when their dad is away than Jo is, and the section of her learning to deal with the early trials of marriage is really insightful and accurate.

10. Chronicles of Narnia