character identification poll

[rm]

Quick and dirty, but of interest due to random convo with copperbadge:

[Poll #1541697]

Comments

[methleigh.livejournal.com]

I think it is also, and perhaps universal, that one identifies, rightly or wrongly, with those who do things. No one wants to think of themselves as boring or lacking identity. I know I don't, and Rene Girard says this. I identify characters who know this and, like me, endeavour to ensure their lives are unlikely. And though this leads to beauty it also leads to pain, and I identify with characters who know and can sympathise.