I liked the idea of the emotional vampire. Not a fan of Joe Collins' stand-up routine though.Originally Posted by Ruthful
I liked the idea of the emotional vampire. Not a fan of Joe Collins' stand-up routine though.
Linoge, and if I can't use him because of the screen play bit, then Flagg, his a.k.a
I also became a very big fan of the Pere. I wish Callahan had shown up sooner in the series. I love that guy.
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.
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.
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.
For real, regardless of the cliche aspect, I never grew away from ROland. I mean, what a freakin' bad ass.
Okay, and now that I've finished Black House, Henry Leyden.
What an incredible character.
hear, hear!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mother Abigail from The Stand.
Ben Hanscom is the most realistic character ever written by King.
"I aim to misbehave."
-- Malcolm Reynolds
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
-- Hoban Washburne
"What does that make us?"
"Big damn heroes, sir."
"Ain't we just."
-- Malcolm Reynolds and Zoe Washburne
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.
Yes, Cynthia is a good shout - King writes strong women very well
But I'm utterly down with the Henry Leyden love
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.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
I know this is like a year later, but dap. Seriously. I always hear people talk about how annoying Wolf is but ...
Spoiler:
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I'm really liking Edgar Freemantle and Wireman. I'm only 300 pages in, but I'm really digging them so far.
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.
Holy shit, I totally forgot about Wolf.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
roland cort close second
I know this is like a year later, but dap. Seriously. I always hear people talk about how annoying Wolf is but ...
Spoiler:How cool that we've been around long enough to be "so last year"
And ditto on whats in your spoiler tags
I agree, I really liked Edgar.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
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.
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
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.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
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