Fictional characters and I have an intriguing relationship. And by “intriguing” I usually mean “squinting dubiously and judging their life choices”. Don’t get me wrong: I LOVE characters. I think they’re the best part of the story. They’re the CAKE OF LIFE. (You knew I was going to reference cake somewhere in this post, didn’t you? Yes. Yes you did.) A book cannot truly be good, in my opinion, without good characters. But I do often struggle to relate to characters. (I am a Vulcan.) So I’m often have thoroughly opposite opinions on who I LIKE* and who I DESPISE**.
Lucky for you, today is all about sharing these cantankerously opposing opinions.
I’m linking up with Top Ten Tuesday for their prompt “Characters Everyone Loves But I Don’t/I LOVE But Others Dislike“. And I’m doing 5 of each. And it was ridiculously easy to find ones I-hate-but-everyone-else-loves…APPARENTLY I AM A DISAGREEABLE GUAVA.
* And let’s face it: I always love the anti-heroes. Always. It’s probably a problem, but not one I’m sad about.
** And I’m also very unforgiving. So if a character does something that disgusts me to the very bones of my dragonish soul…I will burn them with fire basically. It’s all very DRAMATIC around here. Sheesh.
CHARACTERS I DESPISE (BUT EVERYONE ELSE LOVES?)
- RON & SNAPE: Oh calm down. LET ME EXPLAIN. I dislike bullies, okay? I truly do. I believe there is NEVER a reason to torment other people…even if you are hurting. Aka, Snape can go facedive into a cuttlefish for all I care. HE IS NOT REDEEMED. And Ron was also a bully, but worse, he was an immature, selfish, clueless bully for no reason. He didn’t even notice half the time, and that’s what made me furious. Also I DO NOT SHIP HIM AND HERMIONE AT ALL. Because let’s just get all my shocking Harry Potter confessions* out right now, eh? I dislike immensely people who hurt others in the name of “liking them”. No. No no no.
* My biggest Harry Potter confession is that I only started reading it last year and only just read the last book in January this year. SORRY. I did I like the series! But I have, um, many quibbles to pick. Like why didn’t Harry marry Luna Lovegood? #ishipit
- MAL: Mal was a moody mammoth. That’s all I can say. NO WAIT. I CAN SAY MORE. Mal irritated me because he couldn’t be bothered to tell Alina he had feelings for her until there was competition. And he sort of acted like he “owned her”…because they were childhood friends? NO. SIT DOWN, MAL. #TeamNikolai
- CELAENA SARDOTHIEN: You know what? I used to love Celaena. She was sassy, fierce, loved books and cake and puppies and pretty clothes, and could probably murder you with a toothpick. I WAS A VERY EMPHATIC FAN. But I am not anymore. Why? LEMME LIST THEM FOR YOU: a) she used to care about her friends but, pfft, not anymore because she can get new/better/stronger friends later and b) because promising to love someone apparently doesn’t mean anything to her, and c) she gives up on her “friends” in a heartbeat. FRIENDSHIP IS SACRED, OKAY? AND CELANEA SPITS ON IT IN QUEEN OF SHADOWS AND I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER. (Someone is emotionally damaged goods here, eh? Me. ME.)
- JEBEDIAH HOLT: Remember all the stuff I said about Mal above? It’s the same for Jeb. My biggest pet peeve is that he wouldn’t let Alyssa do anything. Protecting her? More like CONTROLLING HER, HMMMPH. If Alyssa wanted to get down a cliff, Morpheus would push her off and say “I believe you can fly” and Jeb would say “lemme carry you down because you can’t do it”. #TeamMorpheus
- ECHO: I’m not sure if “everybody” loves Echo from The Girl At Midnight. MAYBE??? From a cursory glance over Goodreads reviews, I saw most people loving her snappy one-liners and spunky attitude. As for me? Haaaaaa. NOPE. I honestly felt like Echo thought she was better than everyone and her sarcasm sneaked onto the “rude” category. I like polite sarcasm. IS POLITE SARCASM A THING? LET’S MAKE IT A THING.
CHARACTERS I ADORE (BUT EVERYONE ELSE DOESN’T?)
- SANSA STARK: I am constantly annoyed that Sansa* is the “ugh” Stark child. NO. NO SHE’S NOT. I feel like she gets dismissed so easily because a) she likes pretty things, b) she wants a handsome prince, and c) she doesn’t like to be dirty/rough/physical. In other words: SANSA LIKES TO BE FEMININE. Yay for her! I, admittedly, am nothing like Sansa — but I haaaaaate how the girls in literature who like pretty things are so often just called shallow and dismissed. NOT COOL, FOLKS. (Plus, I would be quite happy with Sansa on the Iron Throne, FYI. She has matured so much over being tortured for five books. Fun times. #not)
- KATNISS EVERDEEN: Okay, obviously a ton of people love Katniss. But honestly? Whenever I hear her mentioned on the blogosphere it’s when she’s being called “as emotional as plastic plate”. DID WE FORGET THE PART WHERE SHE WAS SCREAMING FOR THEM TO LET HER SEE PEETA? Katniss has tons of emotion. Also I connect to her like 100000% because a) food is everything, b) cats are not, c) if a boy says he loves you, it probably is a good idea to push him into a vase, to be honest…definitely what I would do, and d) suffering from mental illnesses PLUS having huge expectations on you is really hard and I admire Katniss 100000%.
- LUKE SON OF HERMES: Shhhh, this is my little sneaky one. ANTI-HERO LUKE I LOVE THEE. Okay, wait. Anti-hero? I think he was just an outright villain but…but he just wanted his dad to love him. (Also Luke was the only saving grace of the Percy Jackson movies. I mean, seriously. He’s adorable and the “get off my roof” line is something I use at least once a day. It’s applicable to all situations. Someone takes your cake: answer “get off my roof”.)
- THOMAS: I think Katniss and Thomas would get along famously since neither ever know what’s going on and are rather emotionally reserved. HENCE I LOVE THEM. (Although, again, sometimes I’m not sure if I love Thomas… or Dylan O’Brien playing Thomas in the movies. JURY IS OUT.)
PERFECT
- SAM & GRACE: Again, obviously not “everyone” dislikes these two because the series is a bestseller. BUT. I GOTTA SAY IT: I ADORE AND SHIP THEM MONSTROUSLY HARD. My favourite couple in the series, is, without doubt, Isabel/Cole. But Sam and Grace were sweet. And there aren’t enough SWEET couples out there. They are both poetry and books and origami cranes and coffee shops and promises of forever. Like, excuse me, that is too adorable for words. I’m having about NINE EMOTIONS right now and that’s intense. I hear people say that they’re “bland” and “boring”; but I think they’re real. I think they’d last. I THINK I SHALL SHIP THEIR CUTE WOLFISH HEARTS TO INFINITY.
Completely agree with you about Katniss! People seem to forget about the fact that a) she’s done plenty of things to redeem herself and b) just how much she’s been through! Let’s count: Two Hunger Games. Her father’s death. Her near starvation. The fact that she was the face of a rebellion when we don’t even hear if she wants to be apart of it. I accept that she is a bit emotionless at times, but people need to cut her some slack.
YES ALL OF THOSE REASONS, OMG. YOU ABSOLUTELY GET HER TOO. *flails in relief* Plus some people just as emotionally forthcoming as others, right? And I think Katniss lived in the HARSHEST WORLD OF EVER so of course she was guarding herself.
You are partly right about Snape. He neednt have taken his frustrations on the kids. But Ron, Oh Cait! You break my heart
I’M SORRY!!😭😂 I did like Ron better in bk7! He matured a lot then. hehe.
I totally agree with Celaena and Luke! I used to love Celaena and think she might be one if the best characters in recent’s YA. But then wen QOS arrived…I just wanted to tear her apart. As for Luke…personally, he was quite an interesting characters! (I love him especially in movie~)
Omgggg *hugs you* WE ARE THE SAME. *cries in relief* Celaena’s “change” literally broke my heart. She was one of my FAVOURITE heroines of ever and now? Now I can’t even bear to look at that series. 😭😭
(LUKE THO. <3)
I kept scolding while I finish the series…I just tried my best not to throw away the book. (Well…the beautiful book is innocent…and apparently…i read on e-book…XD)
Oh, hell, I’ve not read many of these but when we agree, we totally agree. WHY HERMIONE WHY?!!! I do not get Hermione!Ron at all. I haven’t read the books, but I was throwing popcorn at the screen. He’s going to bore her to tears when he isn’t behaving badly and then getting all apologetic when the penny finally drops that he’s been an asshat. Oh, Hermione.
Also, Sansa Stark <3 I ,emphatically didn't like her in the first book – she's whingy, she's immature, she's naive, she betrays her family for some flipping lemon cake (okay, and for Her Prince, but it's already clear he's not a Prince to swoon after) – but I love her journey. She certainly grows up and then some, and it's fascinating watching her. Also, re-watching the show (my beloved other is finally watching it for the first time; so much fun to watch first-time reactions!) the actress deserves a cake for the intensity of self-absorbed whining she achieves. (also Katniss: yes. YES. Thank you).
I couldn't think of any characters I had the wrong opinions about until I started blog-hopping this morning and someone said Mark Watney. YES. I thoroughly disliked Mark Watney, and his jock humour took chunks out of my enjoyment of the book. Obviously he's better in the film, because a) fewer mean jokes at the expense of other people who aren't even there and b) Matt Damon.
As for inappropriate love, I'm going to stand up for 2 tv heroines instead: I do not do not do not get the hate for Lori and Andrea in The Walking Dead. I think there’s some serious unforgiveness for sleeping with the wrong people (tch, interwebs) and a lack of serious consideration given to how the zombie apocalypse would mess you up.
OMG I’M SO GLAD I’M NOT ALONE IN THE ANTI-RON-NESS, IMYRIL. *collapses in relief* Most people adore him and I just…don’t…see it? At all? Hermione could’ve done a lot better. Single would even have been better. Ahem.
And I think the thing with Sansa Stark is also: SHE’S LIKE ONLY TWELVE. (Or thirteen? I can’t remember😂) And like that is NOT a very good age for making great decisions!! And I do love her character development and I DO think she was annoying and immature in the first book, but I also thought it was realistic. I’d probably sell my family for cake too…like. On accident. Of course. Never on purpose. AHEM. MOVING FORWARD.
AGH I HAVE NOT SEE THE WALKING DEAD YET. But it’s on my to-do list *nods*
fiNALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOESN’T LIKE RON. The reason I didn’t like him is because he just seemed so “blah” to me. Like, Hermione and Harry were multi-dimensional and Ron was just there. Also, Fremione for the win.
Okay, this isn’t a book, but idk if you watch Supernatural (I’m going to assume you at least know something about it from your repeated and awesome gif use???) but I actually really love Zachariah. He’s JUST SUCH A POOR LITTLE ANGEL BEAN JUST TRYING TO DO HIS OWN JOB, MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS, AND THEN THE WINCHESTERS COME ALONG AND MESS UP EVERYTHING FOR HIM. I mean, I would be equally pissed, if I were him.
I also really don’t like Balthazar. He seems to me as one of those characters who was supposed to come off as Jack Sparrow-esque, but ended up just being obnoxious.
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OMG STAND WITH ME, ELLIE. I FEEL RATHER ALONE IN MY ANTI-RON-NESS.😂 Also definitely yes; he was pretty dull compared to all the other characters. I honestly wasn’t sure why Harry and him stayed good friends? No other options? Ahem.
DUDE. I LOVE SUPERNATURAL. I ADORE SUPERNATURAL. I WANT TO HUG SUPERNATURAL. (Although I haven’t seen S11 yet because I’ve been too busy to watch *cries*) Ahem. But I’ll leave you to aaaal the Zachariah love. I LOVE MEG THOUGH. <3 *cries for Meg*
Just wanted to say, I don’t like Ron either, ‘specially as he grows older. I don’t ship him and Hermione AT ALL.
MEG YES MEG IS MY CHILD. Question: do you like original Meg or Meg 2.0 better? I like them both equally, but I definitely liked original Ruby better than Ruby 2.0.
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@Ellie: I LOVED ALL THE MEGS. Probably Meg 2.0 better though because HER AND CAS I SHIP IT.
YES I HATE SNAPE AND YES I SHIP HARRY AND LUNA LET’S BE BEST FRIENDS. Although I’d never really thought that about Ron. I guess because I grew up with the series??? Anyway. Yes, I also love Katniss. Her love for Prim is #sistergoals
And I’m also a jaded critical reader when I read HP for the first time soooo WE CAN BLAME ALL MY SNEERING ON THAT.😂 Ahem. BUT YES WHY DIDN’T HARRY/LUNA HAPPEN? WHY DIDN’T LUNA GET MORE PAGE TIME? WHY DIDN’T SHE GET A SPIN-OFF SERIES? I LOVE LUNA.
This is was so interesting!! And I felt you on some of those.
The one that surprised me most was Ron Weasley. Really?!! I also don’t like characters who abuse other characters to cover up that they secretly like them, but I don’t remember Ron being such an arsewipe. I mean, he was definitely an arsewipe for 50% of the series, but I faintly remember him having some redeemable qualities too. O_O Great post!!
AGH YES I’M SORRY ABOUT RON.😂 I just can’t stand him (although he does mature in book 7!!)
(I get you. He gets really bitchy in The Goblet of Fire, and then again in The Deathly Hallows. I was so irritated with him then)
I totally agree with the Snape thing. ‘I loved your mother so I was horrible to you for seven years’ doesn’t make much sense to me really. And I can definitely see where your coming from with the Celaena thing. She did go kind of weird in the last book!
I have to say, I still really don’t like Sansa Stark though (sorry!). For me it’s not that she is girly, it’s that I could see from the start that Joffrey was a little psycho, yet she still saw him as her handsome prince for so long, to the point where she drops her entire family in it so that she gets to stay and marry him. I think the mass hate of her is probably excessive though. She’s annoying and very naive, but definitely not a bad character when you look at the others in that series.
YES OMG THANK YOU FOR SEEING WHAT I MEAN.😂 And plus he was horrible to ALL students (that weren’t Slytherin, I guess). And I really am angry at Dumbledore for LETTING such blatant bullying go on, too. ARGH. Like I did like the series, don’t get me wrong, but it had issues. 😉
Plus, for Sansa, also I want to add: SHE’S THIRTEEN.😂 Which I think is easy to forget in light of the world being so harsh and also the show ageing her up and stuff. And like the Hound calls her the “little bird” because she just repeats what she needs to…but I think it’s also survival. Arya is stabbing people to survive — Sansa is being a parrot to survive. I DO like the contrast. 😛
I can agree with you about Ron, he is just so immature and really quite nasty. I just don’t get what Hermione saw in him.
I’ve not read Game of Thrones yet (I do own them at least). But I’ve seen a few series so far, and I completely get what your saying about Sansa. I really like her and I just don’t understand all the hate she gets. She’s a girly girl and knows what she wants. I can relate to her to an extent cause I’m pretty girly too.
Omgggg, GOOD. I’m glad I’m not alone in my Ron-dislike.😂 I mean, he grew up in the last book, which was great…but 6 books of his immaturity = AGRGHRGH.
I think Sansa is kinda written as a “weaker” character, too, which BUGS ME SO MUCH. I hate this idea of “if you’re feminine, you’re weak” and UGHHH. I WISH BOOKS WOULD STOP WTIH THAT. There is nothing wrong with liking pretty things. *nods emphatically*
Celaena/ Aelin?! NO! That is SO SAD! I think I haven’t actually thought about it THAT much (Oh, who am I kidding, at least once a day) but in still stuck in that scene where Aelin and Dorian are toasting each other and I was thinking – OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. They started off as mere CHILDREN and now they’re SO grown up and they have KINGDOMS! I want one – and I haven;t really thought about anything else.
That made no sense, but then, do we ever?
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It did make sense, don’t worry! 😂 😛 I’m honestly in the minority with disliking who Aelin has become? But I LOVED her in the first few books…and her and Dorian and Chaol were like the BEST FRIENDSHIP OF THREE. <3
Oh good, someone else who feels that way about Mal! Solidarity! (When I said this in my reviews, I ended up in a super long discussion about how Nikolai isn’t a great guy either, which was interesting but failed to convince me that Mal was any good.)
STAND WITH ME, NIKKI. We can be anti-Mal people together. *nods* (But but waaaaait. YOU DON’T LIKE NIKOLAI!??! *cries*)
I do like Nikolai! The other commenter didn’t (much). I’m not evil!
OHHHHH. I MIS-READ YOUR COMMENT. *facepalm* Okay. GOOD. I feel better now. *shares cake with you* (I must be more tired than I thought. 😂)
If you’re interested, the comment thread was here!
I do understand why you didn’t like Ron and Snape! 🙂 I love them, but I understand why you don’t. Also, yes Mal! Team Nikolai all the way cause he’s just too fabulous.
I used to love the Throne of Glass series, but then the love triangle got too much for me and in book 3, which I have started a record number of 5 times, there’s another possible love interest introduced which I know is a thing in book 4 because I read it in multiple reviews. And too many POV’s and stuff and gahhh I just… I’m just losing enthusiasm for these books.
Also, I do not hate Katniss! If I were in her shoes, I’d be crawling into a corner and cry.
I’m glad my Ron/Snape rages makes sense at least. 😂 AND FAIR ENOUGH. You can have them. I’ll have Luna and Neville. <333
I've quit on Throne of Glass officially basically😂. There are MUCH better fantasy series out there and I think Game of thrones has kind of ruined me for a lot of fantasy BECAUSE IT WAS SO HUGE AND DETAILED AND AFDKJLSAFD MY EMOTIONS. ahem.
If I was in Katniss' shoes, I would be dead. THE END.😂
Cait, I’m not gonna lie. WE ALL LOVE YOUR OPINIONS. I agree with you for most o thise… especially shipping Luna with the world. The world needs more Lunas, y’know? Sam and Grace are tres fabulous too. I really liked Lark from Shadowlark, though many people though she was cliched. I also thought that Parker from No If I See You First was adorably unlikably– I like her in a way… Also, Etta and Sophia from Passenger are both sorta cliches… but I liked them anyway 🙂
AWW, THANK YOU, SHANTI. *gives you cake* I’m actually really happy at how well everyone’s discussed opposite opinions in the comments without any one being offended. 😂 #maturity AHEM. BUT DUDE YES WE NEED MORE LUNAS. I also demand a series JUST for Luna basically. And I think Sam was sort of Luna-ish, while I’m thinking about it?
I haven’t read Shadowlark yet. Gah. It’s on the to-do list though. And I DID like Parker’s character development!
Completely agree with you with Celaena/Aelin in QoS. I get that she’s growing into being the queen and heir and whatever, but that’s no excuse for her to be horrible to everyone! (and for everyone else to be horrible back, to be fair)
Also Katniss? The whole third book is basically her having an emotional breakdown, isn’t it? I mean it’s been a while since I read it, but I felt like she was full of emotion, all the times she wasn’t being a survivalist bad-ass, that is.
Great list Cait!
AGH YES. I think everyone in that series is getting rather horrible, agreed.😂 I’ve basically quit on it though, but I hope you enjoy the rest of the books!
YES! EXACTLY! Well, I mean, Katniss in Mockingjay IS having an emotional breakdown, but she still does so much, I think…
Yes to everything you said about Celaena! I’m always so happy to find somebody else who feels the same way because I feel like such a black sheep. But she totally just cast her friends off for her better, sexier, stupid Rowan who of course couldn’t just be a friend because that would be ridiculous. And someone she was madly in love with is basically just dead to her now and that makes sense right? Ugh. I am also still emotionally damaged from QoS and I don’t even know if I will continue the series. I’m thinking no.
Omg I am totally with you as well Rebecca.. but I am desperate to see what happens next so I’ll be snapping up the next book asap xD Onwards with the train wreck of Celaena’s social life for the good of Terrasen!
@Rebecca: YES OMG YES. *cries because the books are so unfair* And plus I really do hate how EVERY guy in the book is in love with her. Like…why? She’s a jerk. omg. And Chaol was real. She SWORE she’d always love Chaol and then she was just like “nope! I have a hot fey dude that I like better now, see ya!” SO MUCH RRAAAAAGE FROM ME.
Totally with you on the Mal front, he was so moody he nearly drowned himself in his own broody stew. SHEESH. Also half agree with you on the Jeb front – I was sort of a bit meh about him and his attitude towards Alyssa for the first two books but then book three TORE. MY. HEART. OUT. for various reasons and convinced me he wasn’t so bad. I don’t know how I feel about Echo, I feel like she was the weak point to the whole story, but I did, overall, really quite enjoy the book (#DragonsRepresent).
One of my characters I picked for the ones I dislike was Chaol Westfall because I dare say I sit on the other side of the fence to you here. I never really found him attractive or a good match for Celaena BUT …. I hear what you’re saying about Celaena. She seems to hold fast to friendships and then POOF oops. But I feel like the main problem is how much her character changes in books three so that when she’s back where she is in book four she’s all clunky in her surroundings. Also, Chaol was totally a bitch in QoS, he was so moody it WOUNDED my mind. Despite that I really want to love him – what sorcery is this?! I think Maas just likes to emotionally destroy us and that’s all there is to it.
On The Hunger Games’ front – I chose Gale as one of my characters that I like and others don’t. In my mind Peeta was very average. BUT I don’t think Katniss needed no man, uh-UH! Anyway, anyway, before I turn this into an essay I shall stop – but this is my post if you feel so inclined to peruse my ranting :p
Great post!!
YUS. Mal was a moody mammoth that’s for sure. And it got SO IRRITATING after a while. -_- and I think Jeb and Mal are very similar characters actually, now that I think about it?! Hmm. But I did like how Ensnared turned out SO THERE’S THAT.😂
I did like the dragons in The Girl At Midnight too!! DRAAAAGONS!!!
DUUUUUUDE. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT PRECIOUS CHAOL!??! 😂 Just kidding. I’m quite fine. More Chaol for me. 😉 I actually loved Chaol in QoS and would’ve been behind him if he’d, um, like, smacked her in the face? But he did not. #sad. 😉 😂 OKAY OKAY. So we’ll probably just agree to have WILDLY different Throne of Glass feelings right?!? I won’t be reading the next book but I hope you like it!!
KATNISS DIDN’T NEED A MAN. But I do love Peeta. (But seriously she was WAY too emotionally damaged to settle down with a guy for a loooong time…)
The only one I can think of definitively for this is Mare Barrow. I know I’ve complained about her before on here, but, ugh, that girl was such a whiner. Every other word out of her mouth was a pity party and, honestly, I thought she made some pretty stupid moves. I also hated all the love interests and there were three, which I already don’t like love triangles but a love square? Just put me out of my misery. Bottom line is that everyone loved that book and I hated it. I’m ashamed to own it in hardback.
Oh, and this is not a character, but it’s a book so I’ll bend the rules. I actually don’t really like Pride and Prejudice. It’s a good book, don’t get me wrong, but through my life my mom’s watched the movie so much that I can’t stand the story any more. Thanks for ruining it, mom. :/
GOSH, MARE BARROW. She was so lame and lacked depth, haha! (IMHO) Some people are like, “She’s a strong heroine who takes no crap!” And I’m like, O.o Seriously? She’s whiny and forgettable, to me…
Goodness, yes. She was whining all the time! I mean, I get it, your life sucks, but that doesn’t mean I want to hear you moan about all every second.
I’m so poor, the Stilts are terrible, silvers are evil blah, blah, blah.
Haha YES!
@Katherine: DUDE YES. I WILL COMPLAIN INFINITELY WITH YOU ABOUT MARE. Plus her name is just ridiculous, omg. And the love interests all befuddled me….like, why? What did they even see in this girl? I DON’T KNOW. That book boggles me for being so famous, tbh. I’M ASHAMED TO OWN TWO COPIES.😂 Although in my defence, I got sent them by publishers so…at least I spent no money on this.😂
I haven’t even SEEN Pride and Prejudice. This is probably because I can’t spell it. And also because period dramas drive me crazy.
I spent twenty dollars on that dang hard back. :/ Some day I’m going to be a famous bean like you so publishers will send me books. #lifegoals
Period dramas drive me crazy too. All their tea and biscuits and long conversations and love interests, ew. So of course the woman in my home LOVE them and must watch them all the time. There is no BLOOD, Cait. I need BLOOD.
The exception to this is Jane Eyre, which should be watched because it is creepy and amazing and has people LIVING IN THE WALLS.
*jumps in*
YES YES JANE EYRE IS AWESOME
The newest one, at least… I haven’t seen any others.
Yes, please do jump in. 😀
I KNOW. You can never go wrong with people in the walls, right? Plus her childhood back story = epic and engaging. I really do love the character.
It’s one of my favorite books, BY THE WAY. X’D
AGH THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF SPENDING A LOT ON AN UNLIKED BOOK. 😭 *pats shoulder*
And omg, I so so concur with this. Books need blood. That’s all there is to it. MUCH. B.L.O.O.D.
Yes Katniss is the best! I don’t understand why people don’t like her 🙁 And yeah, I also agree with you – Celaena becomes overly dismissive of her old friends and only likes her new ones. She doesn’t even care about Chaol and Dorian anymore. The original three have parted ways 🙁
She is aaaaamazing! It always boggles me when people say she’s whiny or bland, I MEAN, SAY WHAT?!?! She is amazing and tough and emotional and damaged and YET STILL FIGHTING AND LOVING HER FAMILY AND OMG. <3
YES! ANTI-HEROES ARE THE BEST! THEY GET THINGS DONE! XD
…Ahem.
I agree with you on Snape (yeah, I get that he wasn’t all bad but, um, why does everyone act like he’s Saint Snape – just no) but not on Ron. Ron is too awesome, and I DID want him to get with Hermione. 🙂 I do see your side though.
I LOVE Sam and Grace too. They’re not bland at all.
I find it super easy to relate to characters. Observe.
Character *Sarcasms* (Totally a word.)
Me: I have found my spirit animal!
Double points if they’re really cute/innocent-looking until they open their mouth. 😉
ANTI-HEROES FTW!!! Um…also, ahem. okay. We might need therapy? WHO CAN KNOW.
It’s definitely not Saint Snape to me.😂 Bullying children SO MUCH that he literally psychologically scarred them?! (Hello Neville.) And then that creepy obsession with Lily, like even AFTER she was married?! Scary.
SARCASMS IS A WORD. AND I RELATE TO THAT EXPERIENCE YOU DESCRIBED. I always root for the witty one. :’)
I’m sorry Cait, I just can’t agree about Ron and Snape. I love them. I love them to pieces. And I’m a proud Ron/Hermione shipper. Opposites attract, and I think Ron was a realistic, dimensional character (AND I’M SORRY BUT DEAR LORD RUPERT GRINT VIA COS WAS MY FIRST CRUSH OKAY. WELL, ACTUALLY I DEVELOPED A REALLY BIG CRUSH ON HERMIONE AROUND THE SAME TIME. BUT NEVER HARRY. *shrugs*) Also Snape’s dry sense of humor IS LIFE FOR ME.
But it’s totally okay, I can see why you disagree. : )
Also, I can agree on HARRY AND LUNA YES YES YES.
Excellent post as always, Cait.
ALSO I LOVE KATNISS (AND PEETA FLIPPING MELLARK) I DON’T EVEN COMPREHEND HOW SOMEONE COULD NOT.
AHHH I MEANT CAIT YOU ARE NOT A CAT. *shakes head fervently* Apologies, my INTJ overlord.
Maybe I should just call you Cake.
ALL MY “I”‘s IN MY FIRST COMMENT DISAPPEARED I SWEAR THEY WERE THERE BEFORE WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE “I”S. *panics* They’re showing up for me?? I’ll try to fix this, omggg.
Call me Cake though. That also works. Ahem.
HEHE, okay!! We’ll agree to disagree on Ron and Snape. 😂 And honestly Harry is my favourite of the series. <3 Along with Hermione and then Luna and Neville and Fred/George. <333
Let me clarify, I always really liked Harry as a character, just not as much as the others. Also, little Em never developed a book boyfriend crush (or movie boyfriend) crush on him.
Okay, I never cared much for Mal, and I’m glad I’m not the only one! I just thought he had no depth. And his affection for her seemed sudden and random. Like… I couldn’t believe him.
As for Celaena: I can understand your feelings towards her. I had the opposite thing happen; I didn’t like her at first, but came to enjoy her. I forgive her for changing friends in HoF/QoS because her friends, um, kind of traumatized and betrayed her, soooo there’s that… O.O She’s been through a lot and has a hard time trusting people at that point! But I WAS never really content with the way she cut things off with Chaol. I think things could have worked between them, if she had a different attitude and was willing to see the big picture. :/
*can’t comment on too many other books here because hasn’t read them or is emotionally neutral*
OH, except Katniss!! YES KATNISS IS GREAT. And why would people say she is emotionless?? First: What is wrong with being emotionless? Second: She definitely has emotions. Anyone can see that. Sheesh. ;D
PLUS Mal spent like 2929894 chapters in a SULK because of something or other…and he wouldn’t want Alina to do anything because he was “protecting her” *snorts* Dislike. DISLIKE.
I feel like most people either didn’t love Celaena to start and NOW love her…or vice versa. 😂 Which is kind of interesting, right!??! I’m still of the opinion that Chaol did NOT betray her and I don’t understand how he did, when he went to SAVE her and didn’t even KNOW what was happening with Nessarina (that is not her name, omg, but I totally forget what it is😭 I’M TERRIBLE). Also I thought Rowan was Celaena’s cousin? So I think their thing is creepy…But maybe I misread and he’s not.
EMOTIONALLY NEUTRAL.😂 YOU’RE FABULOUS.
Yeah, he didn’t really betray her!!! He made a poor decision, I guess, but he was fulfilling his duty as Captain of the Guard. I was just like, GOSH, CELAENA, GET OVER IT.
Haha, Rowan I think is sort of distantly related to Celaena, but it’s pretty distant. And Aedion is her cousin! I think you got those characters confused. 😉 I saw in your review of QoS that you couldn’t remember who Aedion was from HoF. Haha, that’s probably why! ;D
AND THANK YOU, I KNOW. xD
Agh, I do know Aedion is her cousin and I don’t think I confused them… I think I just WAS confused. Because like she was meeting Maeve (omg I don’t know if that’s the right name either) in Heir of Fire who IS related (right???) so I thought that equalled Rowan being related? bUT WHO CAN EVEN KNOW AND I ADMIT TO FORGETTING DETAILS. SO I’LL JUST TRUST YOU.😂
Haha, I don’t know, it was complicated and I could still be wrong. x’D BUT OH WELL. I just can’t wait for the next book.
I refuse to talk about Ron in this context because to be Romione forever… But I totally understand about Snape. He may have been “secretly saving” Harry all that time, but that was never a queue for him to be a bully. I hate people who say that their favourite character in the Harry potter series is Snape becauseWHY. WHY WHEN YOU CAN CHOOSE POEPLE LIKE LUNA OR HERMIONE.
HAHA. OKAY THAT’S FINE.😂 All free to ship who they want here! And soooo much agreement for Snape. *nods* Also can we admit that his obsession with Lily (especially after she was then married) was a little creepy??!
I am with you on MAL! I never liked him. And I hated how he noticed Alina only after other guys noticed her as well. I never believed their love. #TeamNikolai forever.
And there is one character from Red Rising trilogy who received quite a lot of hate and negative opinions lately. But since you havent read Morning Star I am not going to tell who and why. But I will forever defend this person because I totally get this person and his/her reasons for everything (hopefully I am being vague enough).
YAYYAY #TEAMNIKOALI!! I’m forever angry at how that ended up though…I honestly think Nikolai was just shoved out of the way to make the love triangle less hard. 😭 GRRRR. Ahem.
Omg yes don’t talk about Morning Star to me yet. 😂 I was going to read it this weekend buuuut A Gathering of Shadows arrived?! AND it’s smaller and less daunting so I’m going with that.😂 I’ll come shriek Red Rising-ish thoughts at you when I’m done!!
Totally agree with you about Snape (He held a candle for a girl AFTER SHE MARRIED AND HAD A KID?! HOW IS THAT OKAY?!), Ron (love him but srsly dude take a chill pill), and Katniss (people forget how totally awesome she is – I’m just like, “Hello, you’d be messed up if you had to go through all of that, too!!!”) Oh and I love Thomas (and Dylan O’Brien. Both is good.).
I KNOOOOOOOW. Ugh. It was beyond creepy. Like people get so mad at Twilight for having an obsessive/creepy romance, but Snape totally did too! NOT OKAY.
I am ALL for Sansa, Queen in the North! She deserves so much retribution in the last two books and I think she is going to get it. My least favorite Stark is Bran, for the record. And I really want to reread The Hunger Games! I liked Katniss a lot. I can’t think of too many opposite characters right now but maybe the Scarlet/Wolf ship from The Lunar Chronicles. Most bloggers I know love them the most but they are my least favorite. I still like them, just not as much as everyone else!
DUDE YES. But then knowing GRRM..I’m trying not to hope she gets retribution. But if she like accidentally STABBED LITTLE FINGER IN THE EYE…I’d be so okay with that. Ahem. And Bran is really irritating, I agree. 🙁 Although Robb is an idiot so THERE’S THAT. (My favourite Stark is Jon Snow. <33 AND HE IS A STARK, NO ONE CAN SAY OTHERWISE TO ME. *cuddles precious icicle Jon*)
That is so true but HE HAS TO GIVE US SOMETHING. Omg so my pet theory, which is admittedly really messed up, is that she poisons Sweetrobin (because I hate him) and blames it on Littlefinger. And also yesssss, stabs Littlefinger in the eye hahaha. Hah. Hah. Oh Robb, too noble and stupid for his own good… JON IS TOTALLY A STARK. R+L=J, it is known.
OMGGG MORGAN. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. That would be wonderful if she poisoned Robin. (Omg I can’t believe I just said that, but seriously….) Or poisons Little Finger himself? I would love that too. Ahem.
I LIKE THAT THEORY SO MUCH THOUGH. HE IS TOTALLY A STARK. JON FOR KING.
I like Mal, but I LOVE Nikolai and honestly he’s a much more interesting character. I mean, he INVENTS FLYING SHIPS, and is a PRINCE who would kind of RATHER NOT BE A PRINCE and who has ALIASES. (I love Sturmhond.) And I also love the twins because they are awesome, but I’m getting off topic here. Anyway, there were moments in the books where I just wanted Alina to marry Nikolai, okay? (I would have married him.) #TeamNikolai
Sam and Grace are so cutesy and I love them too. And I have yet to read The Maze Runner but I have seen the movie and did very much like Thomas (maybe because of Dylan O’Brien. Maybe as in definitely). I’m going kind of off topic again, but I love him as Stiles in Teen Wolf!!! <3
I feel like everyone's least favorite Raven Boy is Adam, but I love his character for many reasons.
DUDE YES. NIKOLAI WAS SO MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND ADORABLE AND HILARIOUS. I mean, he was building flying things and aLWAYS had a witty comeback?! <3 But I guess if Alina doesn't want him...*moves into Grishaland and marries Nikolai myself* Ahem.
The Maze Runner book is different to the movie but it's still a REALLY good adaption! AND OMG STILES. <33 I'm a few seasons behind on that but AHHH I LOVE HIM. HE'S SO CUTE AND ADORABLE AND FUNNY. (Why are the funny ones always the best?!)
My least favourite Raven Boy is Adam.😂 BUT I STILL LOVE HIM. He's complicated and damaged and I appreciate that 1000% because omg, he just needs someone to love him.