MINOR CHARACTERS YAY! You know how much I love Lotte. *grins* I have not met Kyoko, but from your description I am fairly positive I will love her LOTS. *_*
Hee hee sure, why not! It is not like Otherland does not have lots to choose from. :D
Sam Fredericks: Oh, like this was going to be a surprise. Sam is pretty much my favorite character in the books! Because she really has no backstory angst - she's got all the necessary social skills, a supportive family, and so on - but she feels like she wants something more out of her life, even though she doesn't know what yet; because she thinks making gender a big deal is kind of stupid; because she read Lord of the Rings and didn't tell Orlando, but she knows she's totally the Sam. I love how at first that plotline is totally all about Orlando, but in the fourth book it becomes Sam's story. (I also love the fact that she's biracial, and it's not a big deal or a source of massive angst or whatever. And one of the things I love about Otherland is that it is not a story full of white people!)
Renie Sulaweyo: I don't know if there's a better word for Renie than FIERCE. She is totally the hero of this story, in the classic sense - the one who charges into danger, who protects her friends and family, who kicks ass and takes names and everything else. On top of that, she's smart - she works at a university! - determined and loyal, but she's not at all perfect. She can be short-tempered and headstrong and totally bossy, and I love that about her too, for her flaws as well as for the things that make her awesome.
Calliope Skouros: Not a main character, but I love her a lot! Most of all I love how in the middle of all this futuristic virtual fantasyland stuff, Calliope's storyline is baaaaasically a straight-up police procedural. *laughing* And let me tell you, if there were a police procedural starring her on TV, it would be so much higher on my list than any of the ones we have now. SO MUCH HIGHER.
Okay, if we are still going . . . Sunshine!
(Also: I got your letter! :D It DID INDEED make me beam all the way through. You will be getting a response soon!)
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Hee hee sure, why not! It is not like Otherland does not have lots to choose from. :D
Sam Fredericks: Oh, like this was going to be a surprise. Sam is pretty much my favorite character in the books! Because she really has no backstory angst - she's got all the necessary social skills, a supportive family, and so on - but she feels like she wants something more out of her life, even though she doesn't know what yet; because she thinks making gender a big deal is kind of stupid; because she read Lord of the Rings and didn't tell Orlando, but she knows she's totally the Sam. I love how at first that plotline is totally all about Orlando, but in the fourth book it becomes Sam's story. (I also love the fact that she's biracial, and it's not a big deal or a source of massive angst or whatever. And one of the things I love about Otherland is that it is not a story full of white people!)
Renie Sulaweyo: I don't know if there's a better word for Renie than FIERCE. She is totally the hero of this story, in the classic sense - the one who charges into danger, who protects her friends and family, who kicks ass and takes names and everything else. On top of that, she's smart - she works at a university! - determined and loyal, but she's not at all perfect. She can be short-tempered and headstrong and totally bossy, and I love that about her too, for her flaws as well as for the things that make her awesome.
Calliope Skouros: Not a main character, but I love her a lot! Most of all I love how in the middle of all this futuristic virtual fantasyland stuff, Calliope's storyline is baaaaasically a straight-up police procedural. *laughing* And let me tell you, if there were a police procedural starring her on TV, it would be so much higher on my list than any of the ones we have now. SO MUCH HIGHER.
Okay, if we are still going . . . Sunshine!
(Also: I got your letter! :D It DID INDEED make me beam all the way through. You will be getting a response soon!)