Fave King character

[chrismart83]

;...........

[MonteGss]

Roland. Hands down, without a doubt. :)

Honorable mentions:

Flagg
Jack Sawyer
Tom Cullen
Stu Redmen
Eddie Dean
Rev. Harrigan
Pere Callahan

[VolsToTheWall]

The mad dog of Gilead, 'ol long, tall, and ugly himself, Roland. Though I have to give a shout out to 'ol Flagg as well. :thumbsup:

[Matt]

This may sound strange but as much as I love Roland...its Mike Noonan. :beat:

I just really identified with the guy.

Jake is next
then Roland

then just about everyone else

[Darkthoughts]

Roland
Henry Leyden
Wolf
Flagg

...there are loads more - Jack Sawyer and Speedy Parker, I loved Dinky Earnshaw in EE, Ted in Hearts, Ralph and Lois in Insomnia, all the gang in IT, Peter and Thomas in EotD...favourites from every book if I carried on. But the top four are my stand out 4.

[Chassit]

Larry Underwood
Bob Gray
Flagg
Eddie Dean

Just a Few...
a couple others...Frannie Goldsmith and maybe Stuttering Bill Denbrough

[Mordred Deschain]

Jack Torrance, the Shinning, just kinda identified with the guy, ya know?

The second would be Eddie Dean, from New York. just kinda identified with that one too.

[Odetta]

hmmm... great thread, chris!

I've always liked Annie Wilkes and Pennywise.

[Ruthful]

Probably Cort, but there are so many I love.

Randall Flagg is definitely one that stands out as well.

[Jon]

Henry from "The Black House."

[Letti]

Roland and Dolores Claiborne.

[Jean]

Henry Leyden. Father Callahan. Larry Underwood. Richie Tozier. Ben. The girl (who loved Tom Gordon). Susannah, Eddie and Roland (of course). Many others, too.

[jayson]

Jake Chambers

[William50]

Mine by far is Jud from Pet Cemetary. Every book needs a character like him!

[Ruthful]

Patricia "Trish" McFarland
Jack Sawyer
Susannah
Dandelo
Eddie Dean
Sheb
Sylvia Pittson
The Crimson King
Ted Brautigan
Trashcan Man
Rainbird
David-the hawk
Roland
Jessie Burlingame
Leland Gaunt
Polly Chalmers
Mark Petrie
Fr. Callahan

[Matt]

I think my absolute favorite character has to be Stu Redman

[William50]

I change my mind. My favorite character is the Crimson King by far!

[stone, rose, unfound door]

my fave is Cuthbert ^^

[jayson]

I think my absolute favorite character has to be Stu Redman

stu is my fav character in that book, which def puts him up there on my list of king characters

[Malficeus]

Blaine
Randall Flagg

[Mist_on_the_Water]

oh holy cow..so MANY!

Main faves: Roland, Oy, Blaine

HM's:
Wolf (so cute!)
Jack Sawyer
Jake(DT series)
Susannah/Detta/Odetta/Mia(i like 'em all)

then..then there's Dean Koontz..my other favorite author...don't get me started X3

[ATG]

Harold Lauder from The Stand
Wolf from The Talisman

[obscurejude]

Jack Sawyer

[Daghain]

This may sound strange but as much as I love Roland...its Mike Noonan. :beat:

I just really identified with the guy.

Jake is next
then Roland

then just about everyone else

I can totally see that about you. :wub:

For me? Roland, hands down.

After that, hmmm, I'd say:

Ray Garraty, of The Long Walk

Trashcan Man. How can you not like Trashy? :lol:

Randall Flagg. Just for the evil fun of it. :)

Charlie Decker, of Rage. Too damn smart for his own good, but I like a good wily, crazy person.

[Ruthful]

Any other Dandelo fans out there?

[jayson]

Any other Dandelo fans out there?

I liked the idea of the emotional vampire. Not a fan of Joe Collins' stand-up routine though.

[Storyslinger]

Linoge, and if I can't use him because of the screen play bit, then Flagg, his a.k.a

[obscurejude]

I also became a very big fan of the Pere. I wish Callahan had shown up sooner in the series. I love that guy.

[jayson]

same here obscurejude. i never cared all that much for callahan the first time i met him in the lot, but when he reappears, i loved the guy.

[obscurejude]

The Pere's redemption has brought several tears to my eyes. Another scene that gets me every time is when he gives Jake last rites and they storm the dixie pig. I simply wept. Very powerful.

[Unfound One]

Bringing this thread back from the grave...

From my limited King repertoire I think I'd have to say:
Nick Andros, Ralph Roberts, Stu Redman, Eddie Dean.
Not in any specific order. Too tough to decide.

[Roland number 19]

For real, regardless of the cliche aspect, I never grew away from ROland. I mean, what a freakin' bad ass.

[Unfound One]

Okay, and now that I've finished Black House, Henry Leyden.
What an incredible character.

[Jean]

Okay, and now that I've finished Black House, Henry Leyden.
What an incredible character.
hear, hear!

[lophophoras]

Mother Abigail from The Stand.

[Steve]

Ben Hanscom is the most realistic character ever written by King.

[dori]

hmmm I think a shout out has to go to Cynthia Smith, she of tu-tone hair in Rose Madder and Desperation. Don't call her cookie she won't call you cake. Docs 1 and 2 in insommnia are great and you gotta have a good ole baddy in the line up and i think the Green Mile's William Wharton fits the bill nicely.

[Darkthoughts]

Yes, Cynthia is a good shout - King writes strong women very well :thumbsup:

But I'm utterly down with the Henry Leyden love :wub:

[Tiffany]

Rose Daniels/Mclendon
Gertrude Kinshaw (I love when she pissed on Norman after beating his ass).
Jack Sawyer
Speedy
Osmond
Pennywise
Leland Gaunt
Seth Garin

And of course, Jake and Roland.

[Hannah]

Roland
Henry Leyden
Wolf
Flagg

...there are loads more - Jack Sawyer and Speedy Parker, I loved Dinky Earnshaw in EE, Ted in Hearts, Ralph and Lois in Insomnia, all the gang in IT, Peter and Thomas in EotD...favourites from every book if I carried on. But the top four are my stand out 4.

I know this is like a year later, but dap. Seriously. I always hear people talk about how annoying Wolf is but ...

I cried like a goddamn baby when he died.

[obscurejude]

I'm really liking Edgar Freemantle and Wireman. I'm only 300 pages in, but I'm really digging them so far.

[jayson]

The characters are very interesting, but I was a bit disappointed with what I thought was a fairly anti-climatic "climax." Interested to hear what you think when you get there Ryan.

[obscurejude]

The characters are very interesting, but I was a bit disappointed with what I thought was a fairly anti-climatic "climax." Interested to hear what you think when you get there Ryan.

I'll let you know muchacho. Ryan likes to take his time when reading.

[Tiffany]

I know this is like a year later, but dap. Seriously. I always hear people talk about how annoying Wolf is but ...

I cried like a goddamn baby when he died.

Holy shit, I totally forgot about Wolf.

[mmagunslinger]

roland cort close second

[Darkthoughts]

Roland
Henry Leyden
Wolf
Flagg

...there are loads more - Jack Sawyer and Speedy Parker, I loved Dinky Earnshaw in EE, Ted in Hearts, Ralph and Lois in Insomnia, all the gang in IT, Peter and Thomas in EotD...favourites from every book if I carried on. But the top four are my stand out 4.

I know this is like a year later, but dap. Seriously. I always hear people talk about how annoying Wolf is but ...

I cried like a goddamn baby when he died.

:lol: How cool that we've been around long enough to be "so last year" :D

And ditto on whats in your spoiler tags :couple:

[Heather19]

I'm really liking Edgar Freemantle and Wireman. I'm only 300 pages in, but I'm really digging them so far.

I agree, I really liked Edgar.

[CyberGhostface]

Off the top of my head...

Dark Tower:
Randall Flagg/Walter o'Dim
Father Callahan
Jake Chambers
Eddie Dean
Pimli Prentiss
Finli o'Tego

Everything else:
Trisha McFarland
Wolf
Ben Hanscom
Pennywise
Jack Torrance
Barton Dawes
Clayton "Blaze" Blaisdell, Jr.

[Lily-sai]

I just love Stu Redman. And in my head he looks exactly just like Gary Sinise.
But surprisingly, many of my favourite characters are from Black House - Henry Leyden, Jack Sawyer, Armand St. Pierre, even all the villains, because they were so brilliantly written.

D'YAMBA. :)

[Sam]

One of King's most memorable characters for me has always been Charlie McGee. No matter which character's I meet (and that includes Roland), I will always remember her and her impact on me. Of course, I was fascinated by fire as a kid... maybe that has something to do with it. Firestarter was one of the first full novels of King's that I read. That may be another part of it.

[Jean]

I just love Stu Redman. And in my head he looks exactly just like Gary Sinise.
But surprisingly, many of my favourite characters are from Black House - Henry Leyden, Jack Sawyer, Armand St. Pierre, even all the villains, because they were so brilliantly written.

D'YAMBA. :)
Everything about Black House is brilliant! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

[bartonthegreat]

Donald Merwin Elbert (Trash Can Man).:pirate:

[pathoftheturtle]

David Carver -- Desperation

To me, he represents all of SK's best writing, as well as any one character ever could.

[cody44]

Andy Dufresne, Jake, and Cuthbert are all my favorites.

Followed by:
Larry Underwood
Dinky Earnshaw
Teddy Brautigan
Harold Lauder
Callahan
Wireman
Edgar Freemantle

So far that is. :evil:

[klio]

Of course,one and only Roland Deschain and maybeee....Pennywise,cause Im still afraid of him :D

[SigTauGimp]

It's really hard for me to choose, but if I had a gun to my head, I'd probably go with Henry Leyden, from Black House. The character always has stuck with me...I'm also a big fan of Andre Linoge, from Storm of the Century.

[bettinas.ashes]

Roland is definitely my most favourite, but I also have a soft spot for the following:

Jack Sawyer
Wolf
Speedy
Ben Hanscome
Doloris Claibourne (that books is also one of my favourites)
John Coffey
Annie Wilkes
Jake (of DT)
Oy


I should probably say that the above mentioned are not in a prioritized list. Except for Roland of course.

[Merlin1958]

I just love Stu Redman. And in my head he looks exactly just like Gary Sinise.
But surprisingly, many of my favourite characters are from Black House - Henry Leyden, Jack Sawyer, Armand St. Pierre, even all the villains, because they were so brilliantly written.

D'YAMBA. :)
Everything about Black House is brilliant! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

Yeah!!! Black House is definitely one of my favorites!!!!!!

As for the thread overall question, its so hard in that King is so great at creating characters Its tough to try to single out characters over all his books!!!! I suppose you could try to break it down Good/Evil, etc, but it is very difficult!!! Some Favs that come to mind:

Good:

Danny
Henry Leyden
Roland
Jake
Charlie
Larry Underwood
Ben Mears
Johnny Mansville (? From Desperation/Regulators)
And of Course, Jack Sawyer!!!

Bad:

Flagg (in all variations)
Burnsie
Mr. Munshun
Christine
Cujo (both good and bad I suppose)
Jack Torrance (yeah, in the end, though tragic, he would be on my "Bad" list)
Crimson King (in all variations)
Big Jim Rennie