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10-25-2009, 07:29 PM
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Not really an inspirational character .... 
but an enjoyable series...
Sir Harry Paget Flashman Harry Paget Flashman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cannot help but laughing out loud when I read these... 
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10-26-2009, 12:07 AM
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David Lee Roth. Hands down. 
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10-26-2009, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Bloodstalker  David Lee Roth. Hands down. | BS: did you ever see the Sopranos episode where he guest starred as himself?
the rock and roll lifestyle must be rough....
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10-27-2009, 03:23 AM
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Also from Disworld: Sam Vimes, because he has such a sense of justice and doing the right thing. (Which, despite him being a cop, doesn't alwyas equate with following the law.)
To a lesser degree: Vetinari's sheer intellect and cynism by which he rules Ankh-Morpork, and the fact that he, in fact, has the wellbeing of his city in mind.
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10-27-2009, 08:00 AM
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All Discword characters rock.  But yeah, Sam Vimes, specially since he got a kid...
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10-27-2009, 04:32 PM
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Jesus or Drizzt. Both broke the mold and inspired a loyal following of anti-intellectuals, and in doing so achieved everlasting fame. I'm leaning towards Drizzt because he had scimitars.
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10-27-2009, 04:48 PM
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I've always admired Lord Flashheart from Blackadder. Unfortunately I do not really resemble this character. 
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10-27-2009, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by endboss Jesus or Drizzt. Both broke the mold and inspired a loyal following of anti-intellectuals, and in doing so achieved everlasting fame. I'm leaning towards Drizzt because he had scimitars. | Jezus was a historical figure. (I'm not saying anything about the regilion or so, just that that person really existed.)
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10-27-2009, 04:58 PM
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10-27-2009, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GawainBS Jezus was a historical figure. (I'm not saying anything about the regilion or so, just that that person really existed.) | Yeah, but Drizzt is more ... romantic.  | | |
10-27-2009, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Fljotsdale Yeah, but Drizzt is more ... romantic. | True, but they both had a crush on a redhead. | | |
10-27-2009, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by GawainBS Jezus was a historical figure. (I'm not saying anything about the regilion or so, just that that person really existed.) | Which one really existed? Jasus Alou certainly does/did, but the one portrayed in the new testament is a matter of personal belief. There's certainly no empirical proof that he existed at all.
For a male example of an inspirational character I'll opt for Kunta Kinte from Roots. There was an awful lot wrong with the series, but his determination and tenacity to retain is identity and dignity were inspirational.
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10-27-2009, 06:48 PM
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Jesus is referenced a couple times in Tacitus where he is said to have been a condemned criminal and I think Suetonius as well. Josephus also wrote about him. The name comes up here and there in ancient writings dealing with that particular time period, and he's always treated as having been a real person regardless of whether or not the particular author agreed with the religious ideas about him.
@Bluesky, I never say Roth in Sopranos, but I wish I had now.
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10-28-2009, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by galraen Daughter of the Empire is actually the first book of a trilogy Quengalad, continued in Servan of the Empire and finished in Mistress of the Empire.
They are a spin-off from Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, but IMHO are much better than the books in that saga.
You should be able to get them through Amazon if nowhere else. | Excellent books, and the the only ones that were in that setting I have reread in the past few years. There is an element of my lost childhood right there.
I'll add my own strong fictional female character here. Sister from Swan Song by Robert R McCammon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Song_(novel).
The very short description given does not d o her justice. A woman so tough a nuclear holocaust made her sane.
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10-28-2009, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by GawainBS Jezus was a historical figure. (I'm not saying anything about the regilion or so, just that that person really existed.) | Actually it was Drizzt who was a historical figure until they changed his name to Jesus because the early Christians had a vendetta against the Drow.
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