The only two characters I can think of who I've gone, "Yes, that's me" were Tonks and Erica from Being Erica.
With Tonks it was a confluence of appearance, desires, and general personality.
With Erica, it was circumstance, family experience, loss, therapy, and regrets. (You'd have to see it to understand the full breadth of similarity, but it was a total o_O moment when I started watching it.)
Interestingly, I've been really glad I never watched Buffy until recently. If I'd watched it in high school, I would have been insufferable. I don't know if I would have identified with Buffy or Willow, but I would have irritated the piss out of everyone in a three mile radius with it.
I'm similarly glad I never watched Nightmare Before Christmas until I was an adult. If I'd watched it as a kid, I would have run around pretending I was Sally all the time. (My scars? Oh Christ.)
Oh, and I wanted to be Katchoo from Strangers in Paradise because I thought she was really fucking cool.
HOLY SHIT. ME TOO.
Except I was torn between wanting to be her and wanting to be with her. And wanting to be with Francine. Or both of them at the same time. GOD DAMN IT.
Oh hell yeah. I'm still infinitely curious as to what her special "Baby June" technique was. You know, the one to which Moore repeatedly alluded but maddeningly refused to disclose.
At the same time, I sympathize more with Francine and David regarding their approaches to sex - their believing that sex is this beautiful, magical, special experience - whereas Katchoo accepts that, but doesn't necessarily understand it because of the abuse, betrayal and desertion she has experienced in connection with sex. It's complicated.
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Date: 2010-03-23 12:39 am (UTC)With Tonks it was a confluence of appearance, desires, and general personality.
With Erica, it was circumstance, family experience, loss, therapy, and regrets. (You'd have to see it to understand the full breadth of similarity, but it was a total o_O moment when I started watching it.)
Interestingly, I've been really glad I never watched Buffy until recently. If I'd watched it in high school, I would have been insufferable. I don't know if I would have identified with Buffy or Willow, but I would have irritated the piss out of everyone in a three mile radius with it.
I'm similarly glad I never watched Nightmare Before Christmas until I was an adult. If I'd watched it as a kid, I would have run around pretending I was Sally all the time. (My scars? Oh Christ.)
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Date: 2010-03-23 12:43 am (UTC)Because at 14, I somehow thought being a female-oriented bisexual alcoholic retired prostitute living with her high school best friend was awesome.
I...what?
Somethin' wrong with me.
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Date: 2010-03-23 01:35 am (UTC)HOLY SHIT. ME TOO.
Except I was torn between wanting to be her and wanting to be with her. And wanting to be with Francine. Or both of them at the same time. GOD DAMN IT.
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Date: 2010-03-23 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-23 01:52 am (UTC)At the same time, I sympathize more with Francine and David regarding their approaches to sex - their believing that sex is this beautiful, magical, special experience - whereas Katchoo accepts that, but doesn't necessarily understand it because of the abuse, betrayal and desertion she has experienced in connection with sex. It's complicated.