Help me, Lj-wan Kenobi.

[mrissa]

Ah! I remember what I was going to ask you lot now.

Can you think of Athos- or D'Artagnan-like characters elsewhere in literature? (The Phoenix Guards and further volumes do not count because I've already thought of them.) Gender is no object if the author doesn't make it one. Half-credit for Porthos- or Aramis-like characters. Quarter-credit for a) other characters that remind you of specific Dumas characters; b) other characters that seem like they belong in Dumas, even though you can't quite say where; or c) comparisons that make me giggle madly.

ETA: It occurs to me that my internal automatic mappings of this question onto Margaret Cho's proclamation about "The Sweet One, The Smart One, and then there's The Ho" may say very disturbing things about what I consider sweet.

Comments

[telophase.livejournal.com]

One of the people on my friendslist came up with a humorous interpretation of anime/manga foursomes that we called the Four Bishounen of the Apocalypse: Angsty, Snarky, Brooding, and Cute.

(and the amusing thing is that I think the four characters in Saiyuki map onto the Leader, Warrior, Mystic, and Clown quite well.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I am overcome with indecision trying to figure out which one I am. If someone declared me Cute, I would get Snarky at them. If someone decided I was Brooding, I would probably get Angsty about it. It's all very confusing.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I think I'm solidly Snarky, no matter what. Especially to the people who try to declare me Cute.

[kjc.livejournal.com]

Ha! Nice. Angsty, Snarky, Brooding, and Cute would work for a LOT of TV I've seen.

(and the amusing thing is that I think the four characters in Saiyuki map onto the Leader, Warrior, Mystic, and Clown quite well.)

It's a very popular construction, especially in TV shows, anime/cartoons, and movies because it provides a nice variety of points of view as well as distinct and separate personality types.