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fannish5: Five Favorite Fictional Kids
Sep. 26th, 2009 01:10 pmName your five favorite fictional kids.
1.) Addie from Paper Moon. Played by Tatum O'Neal when she was eight years old. Catch phrase: "You still owe me 200 dollars. Paper Moon, a comedy shot in nostalgic black and white by Peter Bogdanovich, is one of my favourite movies, and Addie with her sceptical stare, ability to con people even better than Moses (Ryan O'Neal) and her eye on the cash box is a big reason why.
2.) Nog from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nog starts as a bit part in s1 - Quark's nephew, someone for Jake to interact with - and gradually becomes one of the most important recurring characters who given the sheer number of scenes he had might as well have been a title credits featured regular. His arc from small time thief to first Ferengi in Starfleet to battle-scared young veteran is great; all the more so because while he was industrious, he was never too good to be true, or lost his own cultural background (Nog could quote the Rules of Aquisition just as well as Quark if it suited him), and the subversiveness of the Ferengi child making it big in Starfleet while the Starfleet brat chooses the civilian bohemian route was delightful, as was the Jake-Nog friendship in general. (More in a second when I get to Jake.) We saw Nog grow up on the show, and by the time the seventh season rolled along, he was the subject of one of the most touching episodes dealing with the personal fallout of the Dominion War, It's only a paper moon. (In which Nog deals, or tries not to, with the loss of his leg.)
3.) Jake Sisko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jake, like Nog, was a realistic teenager, good in his chosen field (writing, in his case) but not on a genius level, which prevented him being hated like Wesley Crusher was. Jake was also the first offspring of a Starfleet officer we were introduced to who had no ambition whatsover to end up in Starfleet himself, and this did not change throughout the show, nor did the show imply that it should, thereby making a great case for civilian pursuits being just as nifty. (The one episode dealing with a future where Jake has given up being a writer presents this as exactly the wrong thing to have done, albeit for a touching reason.) Jake and Nog together were fun, Jake and his father, station commander Benjamin Sisko, have the honour of being the first harmonious father/son relationship being presented in a Star Trek show or movie, and Jake was the focus of two great character episodes, one of which ends up on most people's "best of DS9" and "best of Star Trek" episodes: The Visitor and ...nor the battle for the strong. While I'm usually more prone to focus on Cardassians and Ferengi in my DS9 fic, I found myself writing two Jake pov stories, and he was a very enjoyable voice to explore.
4.) Molly Walker from Heroes. Molly - and Matt's and Mohinder's relationships with her - was one of my favourite things about the second season, and the way Molly was basically written off the show with these relationships made pretty much non-existant was one of many reasons why I broke up with the show for good in the third season. Like Addie, Molly was a very matter-of-fact little girl who could be something of a smart-ass, but unlike Addie, she had also the serial killer from hell murdering her parents in one season and a telepathic psychopath menace her in the other, and she dealt with both in an appealing mixture of realistic fear and bravery. I loved her dearly, and she's the pov character of the Heroes story I'm still proudest of, Dreaming.
5.) Savannah Weaver from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Savannah is one of the highlights of the second season, and the scenes she has with her "mother" Catherine and with ( the spoilery creature ) are great twists and counterparts to the Connors-Cameron-Reese household as well as being wonderful to watch for their own sake, alternatingly suspenseful, scary, funny and affectionate, or everything at once. Like Molly, Savannah is both realistically scared and brave in the situations she's thrown in, and one of many regrets that cancellation of the show brought was that we won't see her again.
...in not meme related news, I'll be scarce this weekend online, for real life related reasons.
1.) Addie from Paper Moon. Played by Tatum O'Neal when she was eight years old. Catch phrase: "You still owe me 200 dollars. Paper Moon, a comedy shot in nostalgic black and white by Peter Bogdanovich, is one of my favourite movies, and Addie with her sceptical stare, ability to con people even better than Moses (Ryan O'Neal) and her eye on the cash box is a big reason why.
2.) Nog from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nog starts as a bit part in s1 - Quark's nephew, someone for Jake to interact with - and gradually becomes one of the most important recurring characters who given the sheer number of scenes he had might as well have been a title credits featured regular. His arc from small time thief to first Ferengi in Starfleet to battle-scared young veteran is great; all the more so because while he was industrious, he was never too good to be true, or lost his own cultural background (Nog could quote the Rules of Aquisition just as well as Quark if it suited him), and the subversiveness of the Ferengi child making it big in Starfleet while the Starfleet brat chooses the civilian bohemian route was delightful, as was the Jake-Nog friendship in general. (More in a second when I get to Jake.) We saw Nog grow up on the show, and by the time the seventh season rolled along, he was the subject of one of the most touching episodes dealing with the personal fallout of the Dominion War, It's only a paper moon. (In which Nog deals, or tries not to, with the loss of his leg.)
3.) Jake Sisko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jake, like Nog, was a realistic teenager, good in his chosen field (writing, in his case) but not on a genius level, which prevented him being hated like Wesley Crusher was. Jake was also the first offspring of a Starfleet officer we were introduced to who had no ambition whatsover to end up in Starfleet himself, and this did not change throughout the show, nor did the show imply that it should, thereby making a great case for civilian pursuits being just as nifty. (The one episode dealing with a future where Jake has given up being a writer presents this as exactly the wrong thing to have done, albeit for a touching reason.) Jake and Nog together were fun, Jake and his father, station commander Benjamin Sisko, have the honour of being the first harmonious father/son relationship being presented in a Star Trek show or movie, and Jake was the focus of two great character episodes, one of which ends up on most people's "best of DS9" and "best of Star Trek" episodes: The Visitor and ...nor the battle for the strong. While I'm usually more prone to focus on Cardassians and Ferengi in my DS9 fic, I found myself writing two Jake pov stories, and he was a very enjoyable voice to explore.
4.) Molly Walker from Heroes. Molly - and Matt's and Mohinder's relationships with her - was one of my favourite things about the second season, and the way Molly was basically written off the show with these relationships made pretty much non-existant was one of many reasons why I broke up with the show for good in the third season. Like Addie, Molly was a very matter-of-fact little girl who could be something of a smart-ass, but unlike Addie, she had also the serial killer from hell murdering her parents in one season and a telepathic psychopath menace her in the other, and she dealt with both in an appealing mixture of realistic fear and bravery. I loved her dearly, and she's the pov character of the Heroes story I'm still proudest of, Dreaming.
5.) Savannah Weaver from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Savannah is one of the highlights of the second season, and the scenes she has with her "mother" Catherine and with ( the spoilery creature ) are great twists and counterparts to the Connors-Cameron-Reese household as well as being wonderful to watch for their own sake, alternatingly suspenseful, scary, funny and affectionate, or everything at once. Like Molly, Savannah is both realistically scared and brave in the situations she's thrown in, and one of many regrets that cancellation of the show brought was that we won't see her again.
...in not meme related news, I'll be scarce this weekend online, for real life related reasons.
