Who is your favorite fictional character of all time and why?

Without a doubt, Sherlock Holmes. The man had an amazing mind; and, his powers of observation were legendary.

Without a doubt DR WHO of the BBC classic tv sci-fi show. He was smart as a whip,knowledgeable, ignorant, eccentric, odd, or warm as toast with friends and harder than nails on his enemies. THIS character (with 2 hearts) is an alien from Galifree a fictional planet in a faraway galaxy.

He has been brought to life for over 40 yrs. Now, has at last count over 30 series made and has been played by at least 11 different actors so far. He's found in our comics, books, movies, live theater and plays, conventions, fan clubs, children's audiences and even chatlines and still is in the everyday conversation of every Dr Who lover anywhere Some say its counted in the 3 millions.My *favorite Dr Who is #4* (there have been 11 rebirths or incarnations so far) and is played by Welsh actor Tom Baker.

He as the Doctor, aloof, steadily chewing and offering jelly babies (candy) to all he met, had a tin fake dog called K9, wore a humongous body wrapping outer scarf, had the most beautiful female companions alongside him, and wore a farmer's hat that was uniquely his own. Often duplicated but never imitated he brought the DR.To life, making him extremely popular world wide (check out the Dr Who fan clubs globally) and you got to enjoy his antics, exploits and travel in his time machine the TARDIS, at least once a day or a week. Far better than any cowboy, poet, pirate, indian chief, or famous person alive or dead, you could always count on the DR to arrive and save the world in the nick of time.

Check out www.drwhosdw.com and learn about my hero. You won't be disappointed.

Pinochio - While most people want to be a 'cartoon character' he wants to be a real boy.

Cassandra, of Greek mythology. She prophesied the fall of Troy, but no one believed her and thought she was insane.

Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote The Firebrand as Cassandra's story (spelled Kassandra). My favorite interpretation of the legend, and an amazing book!

Brendon Small from Home Movies, Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, and Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. So awesome.

Paul, the lead character from Dune. S evolution (literally) from a boy into a universal (literally) figure makes the Dune idea among the best ever devised by mice or men......

Cos I do the sound so well LOL but he always facinated me... I even made some woody wood pecker books years ago that I wanted to send away to get publised, but I lost them. I even drew all the pictures haha.

Hell.. that was 25yrs ago.. forgot I wrote those till I saw this question LOL.

Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series. He's dark, tortured and brilliant. I just wish JK Rowling hadn't killed him off so tragically.

Since Doctor Who and Sherlock are taken though I agree with both of them I will have to say Deadpool from the Marvel Comic books world. In his early issues though still a nut case as he is in current comic books he had a great level of depth and complex emotion. He had scars on his heart and just like those on his face.

Deadpool also is a character with such a vast personality (due to his being insane) that just about no matter how a new writer takes the character there is the sense that you can still believe it is the same guy.

Also as for the newer Deadpool he has grown a lot since his early version into a character that is the definition of crazy fun. He breaks the fourth wall all the time and even talks back to the writers and readers. Though this newer Deadpool has lost that clear heart he had before 2005 he is still the same guy and there is a hint at that real depth to the character.

But due to his humor, depth, breaking of common literary rules, and always being one to surprise the reader, he is my top fav.... well as long as an episode of doctor who with David T. Isn't on.

I didn't think I would have an answer to this question, but Pinocchio is actually a really good one for me (thanks klarawieck! ). The Pinocchio character can be seen as recurring in different manifestations as the character who wants to be real like everyone else or fit in.

We see the Pinocchio character type in a number of robot stories such as the film Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg) and the anime Android Kikaider. The Pinocchio type character, the character trying to become "real" or fit in (not necessary a robot or puppet), has always interested me.

As far as a specific character in fiction that has become one of my favorites, I'd have to say Grendel from John Gardner's Grendel. It doesn't get much better than an existential monster.

I like the anti-hero. The one who isn't the most obvious choice in the beginning and may be misunderstood or disliked.

He or she is distinctly "human" and truly individual. It does takes some time to get to know him and to discover his admirable and good traits, but well worth the effort.

I'd say I have 2: dexter morgan from shotime's "dexter" and darcy from "pride and prejudice". 2 very different anti-heros in totally different eras but both bad-ass and interesting in his own way.

Cool, Gemmah! I , too, love Dexter the cable series and the books.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.