Rebirth of Character Love Meme

[caiusbackup]

Awhile back, cereta, I believe it was, started the character love meme. And it feels like my fandom could use some love currently, so I'm bringing it back.

Give me a character (hopefully a character you know I've at least heard of, and preferably like!). I will give you at least 100 words about why I love that character, and then give *you* a character, so you can tell me why you love *them*. (Unless I owe you from the previous iteration of the meme, in which case you get a freebie.)

Comments

[rayshell22.livejournal.com]

Barry Allen

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

I love Barry because he is so *Silver Age*.

He's smart and geeky and fanboyish and innocent. He's very afraid he's too *dull* for the world, which is part of his charm; Iris appreciated him! He loves Iris very very much, and (until Eobard killed her, of course) had one of the best of superhero marriages. Mostly, he was very very straight--except when Hal was in the room, but then, Hal has that effect on everyone. He became the Flash because he admired Jay (well, and because of a freak chemical accident, but he *could* have come up with a different name) and continued to have an extensive comic book collection through adulthood--making him a hero who's one of *us*. He had all *sorts* of weird things happen to him throughout his career, and stayed Barry throughout; until the end, when the Trial of the Flash broke him before he was allowed to go the future with his wife (briefly).

Hmm. Do Jim Corrigan?

[rayshell22.livejournal.com]

The version of Jim Corrigan that I liked the most was the Pre-Crisis one. The guy who went through the same horrific tragedy that the Ostrander version but still came to terms with it and solidered on. I like his close relationship with the JSA and the fact that they helped him to keep his emotion core relatively intact. I liked it that his relationship with Clarice improved in later stories. I also like it that Corrigan was a very sexy Irish Redhead, I'm Irish myself ;).