If you were a pre-18th century literary character,

Who would you be?

I'd like to think I'm Sebastian from Twelfth NIght. Pretty intelligent and capable, a little naive, maybe gay, and attractive to rich women.

Jesus.

Actually, fuck that, I don't want to be a carpenter.
Zeus.

[Edited on Apr 30, 2006 by MrStitches]

This is a serious topic, jerkface.

What's your point? I'm not allowed to want to be jesus?

It's not about who you want to be. It's about who you're like. Jerkface.

Pre-18th century? Like before (99.999% of) novels?

[Edited on Apr 30, 2006 by PointBlank]

Yes. The cutoff is pre-Enlightenment. Those are the rules.

Pre-20s, Tybalt
Post-20s, Don Quixote

I will bend the rules and say that you can say who you'd like to be, but only after you've reported and explained who you are like.

Because I want to be Faustus. Or Rosaura from Calderon's Life is a Dream.

Why does everyone think they'd be somebody famous or important?

In all likelihood...you would be Pointblank McCoy...dirt farmer....or MrStitches Brown...stable hand.

But none of these are famous or important people. Because they're not people. They're characters.

"Literary character" does not necessarily imply "novels".

[Edited on Apr 30, 2006 by _Sarah_]

I didn't know that those were literary characters...but thanks for the dig, i think.

Also, novels can suck my dick.

True, i was just seeing if he meant pre-18th century or pre 1800s, but I forgot it was Clov, who is pretty on the ball.

The reason behind my library revealed!!

Yer darned tootin'!

That was a gay joke, Sebastian!!!

Damn it, why don't I get to be the dirt farmer?

Any one of the random sarcastic travellers from the canterbury tales.

That's Sebastian. The emphasis is on the I.

And don't forget, Sebastian beat the crap out of Sir Andrew. He's a badass.

Merlin

Shit, I'm sub-literate.

Ummm.....Romeo. Because I'm a whiny bitch.

High comedy.

Viola from 12th Night. I think.

Polyphemus. 'Cause nobody done me wrong.