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Apr. 23rd, 2013 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skygiantsThis is a tribute post for posthumous characters.
By posthumous characters, I mean characters who were dead before the story began -- and whose death is probably somehow pivotal to the story as it stands -- and who then get enough attention in flashbacks/ghostly appearances/reminiscences from contemporary characters that they become your actual favorite character, which is REALLY UNFAIR because THEY WERE DEAD TO BEGIN WITH.
Some posthumous characters I personally would like to honor today:
1. Donkey from 20th Century Boys
This is really the character who inspired this post. Donkey's mysterious "suicide" is one of the events that kicks off the mystery of this manga, and I remember getting really angry when he showed up in flashbacks and turned out to be my favorite of the kids. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS! HE LOVED SCIENCE! HE GREW UP TO BE A TEACHER WHO WANTED TO HELP KIDS! Five million characters in this manga, and my favorite was dead by like page two. ;___;
2. Lilly Kane from Veronica Mars
She walks the dreams of the people she left behind until her murder is solved . . . and as a side project, she also dispenses fashion advice! Lilly was fabulous, and she knew it, and we all knew it, and I'm still kind of sad that Veronica Mars dd not end up as a show about a teenaged PI and her ghost buddy who fought crime with her.
3. Teresa from Claymore
I just had a conversation with a friend who had seen the anime of Claymore - which is shonen about angsty half-demon ladies who fight demons - but not read the manga. "You should read it!" I said. "IS THERE MORE TERESA?" he said. ". . . no," I said, "uh, Teresa is a flashback character? She's dead . . .? Her death is the heroine's character-forming moment and motivation, remember . . .?" "Yeah," he said, sadly, "but I keep hoping, because she was THE MOST AWESOME CHARACTER."
Honorable mention: Arang from Arang and the Magistrate
I'm not really sure this actually counts, because a.) I haven't yet finished the kdrama Arang and the Magistrate and b.) it's true that Arang is a posthumous character but she is also . . . the main character . . . which does not quite create the same dynamic of bitter frustration that I feel about, say, Donkey. But she's such an AMAZING ghost that I have to include her anyway.
And now I throw this open to the floor! Which posthumous characters would you like to honor today?
By posthumous characters, I mean characters who were dead before the story began -- and whose death is probably somehow pivotal to the story as it stands -- and who then get enough attention in flashbacks/ghostly appearances/reminiscences from contemporary characters that they become your actual favorite character, which is REALLY UNFAIR because THEY WERE DEAD TO BEGIN WITH.
Some posthumous characters I personally would like to honor today:
1. Donkey from 20th Century Boys
This is really the character who inspired this post. Donkey's mysterious "suicide" is one of the events that kicks off the mystery of this manga, and I remember getting really angry when he showed up in flashbacks and turned out to be my favorite of the kids. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS! HE LOVED SCIENCE! HE GREW UP TO BE A TEACHER WHO WANTED TO HELP KIDS! Five million characters in this manga, and my favorite was dead by like page two. ;___;
2. Lilly Kane from Veronica Mars
She walks the dreams of the people she left behind until her murder is solved . . . and as a side project, she also dispenses fashion advice! Lilly was fabulous, and she knew it, and we all knew it, and I'm still kind of sad that Veronica Mars dd not end up as a show about a teenaged PI and her ghost buddy who fought crime with her.
3. Teresa from Claymore
I just had a conversation with a friend who had seen the anime of Claymore - which is shonen about angsty half-demon ladies who fight demons - but not read the manga. "You should read it!" I said. "IS THERE MORE TERESA?" he said. ". . . no," I said, "uh, Teresa is a flashback character? She's dead . . .? Her death is the heroine's character-forming moment and motivation, remember . . .?" "Yeah," he said, sadly, "but I keep hoping, because she was THE MOST AWESOME CHARACTER."
Honorable mention: Arang from Arang and the Magistrate
I'm not really sure this actually counts, because a.) I haven't yet finished the kdrama Arang and the Magistrate and b.) it's true that Arang is a posthumous character but she is also . . . the main character . . . which does not quite create the same dynamic of bitter frustration that I feel about, say, Donkey. But she's such an AMAZING ghost that I have to include her anyway.
And now I throw this open to the floor! Which posthumous characters would you like to honor today?
