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1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.
She gave me a K.
So we have:
Kai/Kay: King Arthur's right hand man and oldest companion, a character who has become many,m many things through many retellings of the Arthurian corpus. He can be a loving friend, a brave and loyal ally, a challenge, a jealous master, an out-and-out villain. One of the most complex and nuanced of the knights and one of the most interesting: few writers can resist him (he's front and centre in Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Carr; Exiled from Camelot, Cherith Baldry; The Sword in the Stone, T H White; and in the tv show Arthur of the Britons. He's one o my favourites.
Kitty Charing: Kitty is the heroine of Cotillion by Georgette Heyer, which is probably my very favourite of all her books. She's the ward of a sour old man, who longs for a London season and the way to the heart of her dashing cousin Jack: the story of how she achieves the season and comes to see Jack clearly is sparkling fun, and its true hero, Freddie Standish, is the best of all Heyer's roster of men-about-town.
Kaori Makimura: (or, more properly, Makimura Kaori). Kaori is the heroine of Hojo Tsukasa's long-running and hugely successful manga series City Hunter which ran through most of the 80s and early 90s, and spun off into a tv show, several films and lots and lots of peripherals. The City Hunter is Saeba Ryo, a handsome and dashing city sweeper, who makes a living protecting the vulnerable from threats. He's brave, tough, brilliant with his guns and knifes, and the world's biggest lech. Kaori is is assistant: smart-mouthed, loud, sometimes violent, kind-hearted and very brave. Her job is to keep Ryo on the straight and narrow and to ensure they make enough money to live on. It's one of the best of the comedy manga and Kaori is a fabulous heroine. It's still hugely popular in Japan and never out of print. You can find some of the anime with English subs or dub second hand (they are long deleted) and the first five volumes were translated into English by a small publisher who sadly went out of business. If you want the whole thing, along with its thoughtful, mature and dark-themed sequel/spin-off Angel Heart, they're available in an excellent French translation from Panini Manga, under the English titles -- which are their titles in Japan, too.
King: King is the antagonist of the 80s Hong Kong kung fu soccer comedy The Champions, which was an early star vehicle for my beloved Yuen Biao. King is the top player in 60s Hong Kong, handsome, talented, dashing, proud and corrupt. It's a terrific portrayal from the underrated Taiwanese actor and martial artist Ti Wei (Dick Wei) and a highlight is his witty performance of a kung fu tango duel.
Klay: Klay is part of the supporting cast in Don't Bite the Sun and Drinking Sapphire Wine, my favourite books by my favourite fantasy author. These are books that I've read so often that they're part of my inner landscape, along with Anne of Green Gables and The Three Musketeers and a handful of others.
inamac1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.
She gave me a K.
So we have:
Kai/Kay: King Arthur's right hand man and oldest companion, a character who has become many,m many things through many retellings of the Arthurian corpus. He can be a loving friend, a brave and loyal ally, a challenge, a jealous master, an out-and-out villain. One of the most complex and nuanced of the knights and one of the most interesting: few writers can resist him (he's front and centre in Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Carr; Exiled from Camelot, Cherith Baldry; The Sword in the Stone, T H White; and in the tv show Arthur of the Britons. He's one o my favourites.
Kitty Charing: Kitty is the heroine of Cotillion by Georgette Heyer, which is probably my very favourite of all her books. She's the ward of a sour old man, who longs for a London season and the way to the heart of her dashing cousin Jack: the story of how she achieves the season and comes to see Jack clearly is sparkling fun, and its true hero, Freddie Standish, is the best of all Heyer's roster of men-about-town.
Kaori Makimura: (or, more properly, Makimura Kaori). Kaori is the heroine of Hojo Tsukasa's long-running and hugely successful manga series City Hunter which ran through most of the 80s and early 90s, and spun off into a tv show, several films and lots and lots of peripherals. The City Hunter is Saeba Ryo, a handsome and dashing city sweeper, who makes a living protecting the vulnerable from threats. He's brave, tough, brilliant with his guns and knifes, and the world's biggest lech. Kaori is is assistant: smart-mouthed, loud, sometimes violent, kind-hearted and very brave. Her job is to keep Ryo on the straight and narrow and to ensure they make enough money to live on. It's one of the best of the comedy manga and Kaori is a fabulous heroine. It's still hugely popular in Japan and never out of print. You can find some of the anime with English subs or dub second hand (they are long deleted) and the first five volumes were translated into English by a small publisher who sadly went out of business. If you want the whole thing, along with its thoughtful, mature and dark-themed sequel/spin-off Angel Heart, they're available in an excellent French translation from Panini Manga, under the English titles -- which are their titles in Japan, too.
King: King is the antagonist of the 80s Hong Kong kung fu soccer comedy The Champions, which was an early star vehicle for my beloved Yuen Biao. King is the top player in 60s Hong Kong, handsome, talented, dashing, proud and corrupt. It's a terrific portrayal from the underrated Taiwanese actor and martial artist Ti Wei (Dick Wei) and a highlight is his witty performance of a kung fu tango duel.
Klay: Klay is part of the supporting cast in Don't Bite the Sun and Drinking Sapphire Wine, my favourite books by my favourite fantasy author. These are books that I've read so often that they're part of my inner landscape, along with Anne of Green Gables and The Three Musketeers and a handful of others.
