Favourite characters
Many of my faves fall into one of the following categories:
- Morally dubious, probably posh and/or blond guy to whom bad things happen, may be well positioned to take the master role in a master/servant relationship.
- Serious, competent, probably dark-haired (and often long-haired) guy who may carry a big sword and/or be associated with the colour red, may be well positioned to take the servant role in a master/servant relationship.
- Competent woman who does things not expected of her gender.
Key
- ★★★★★ – category reserved for my number 1 boy
- ★★★★☆ – large quantities of fanfiction have been written
- ★★★☆☆ – hits the right spot in my brain
- ★★☆☆☆ – merely among my faves from this particular canon
- ★☆☆☆☆ – I appreciate the aesthetic
Adaman
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Great design and a sweet guy, no. 1 bakumatsu Pokémon trainer.
Angeal Hewley
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII
A serious guy with a massive sword and exacting moral standards, sign me up.
Arven
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
He just cares a lot about his dog and is unusually emotionally expressive.
Ashe B’nargin Dalmasca
Final Fantasy XII
The true FF12 protagonist, fite me! I love giving her big swords.
Auron
Final Fantasy X
My 24/7 guy. What a gamechanger. More blithering about how much I love him here.
Banquo
Macbeth
Something about this lad endeared him to me when I first encountered Macbeth in primary school. Real master/servant (Gone Wrong) vibes.
Baralai
Final Fantasy X-2
He’s gentle until he has an excuse to whirl that staff around. Any silver-haired blue-bandanna-wearing Final Fantasy character gets to skip to the front of the blorbo queue.
Basch fon Ronsenburg
Final Fantasy XII
Kept in a cage for two years for his twin brother to laugh at and all he wants to do is join a resistance run by people who think he betrayed them … what a deliciously miserable situation.
Braska
Final Fantasy X
I’ve constructed so much background for him that he’s basically my OC at this point, but look. He’s my problematic fave. Auron loves him, thus so do I.
Celes Chère
Final Fantasy VI
Military prodigy, principled traitor, mental health advocate (right?), and, despite claims to the contrary, opera floozy.
Cheren
Pokémon Black + White
Love his design, love some nerd representation.
Cissnei
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII
Look, she wears a suit and Cissnei isn’t even her real name. My international girl of mystery.
Clavell
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
A master of disguise and an icon.
Cor Leonis
Final Fantasy XV
Finally someone who isn’t twenty years old and has some idea of what’s going on! Also a serious big sword guy, so it had to happen.
Coriolanus Snow
The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes
What a terrible young man. How gloriously he suffers. Serve him to me on a plate.
Dion Lesage
Final Fantasy XVI
Constantly in my thoughts during my hot Dion summer of 2023. The most tragic of all (and, conveniently, Beautiful).
Draco Malfoy
Harry Potter
Possibly the first of my succession of questionably evil posh blond faves. As an eight-year-old I blu-tacked a Malfoy pencil sharpener to the wall by my bed so I could gaze at him.
Drayton
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
A fuckboy with a heart of gold. I love how chaotic and yet how successful he is. Big Jecht vibes tbh.
Edgar Roni Figaro
Final Fantasy VI
He has lovely long hair and he cares about his brother a lot.
Edward Edge Geraldine
Final Fantasy VI
Just love his design! It’s the silver hair that does it, probably.
Ernest Satow
Rise Of The Ronin
My poor little meow meow … the nineteenth century’s foremost weeb … no. 1 rocket boots wearer …
Freya Crescent
Final Fantasy IX
Dragoons are great, characters who have tragic pasts are great, also what’s not to love about being some kind of humanoid rat.
Fujin
Final Fantasy VIII
ICONIC.
Fumi Sugi
Rise Of The Ronin
She’s just so cute! (clenches fist)
Gordon
Final Fantasy II
A posh dragoon who hates himself and not the only one of those on this list.
Hajime Saito
Rise Of The Ronin
I respect him deeply. The true Auron of Rise Of The Ronin probably.
Hanzo Hattori
Nightshade
I love his gruff nature and his messy hair (and also the unwavering loyalty to his master).
Hassel
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
Hello there old dragon guy who is also a teacher and cries a lot. Despite some interest in a few of the human characters from earlier generations of Pokémon, this is the man who finally convinced me they were generally owrth paying attention to.
Henry Higgins
Pygmalion
Reading Pygmalion at school made me want to have superhuman knowledge of phonology like this guy … shame (not really a shame) he’s a terrible human being.
Isaaru
Final Fantasy X
I love how his redemption/apostasy arc results in his becoming a sort of theme park attendant. (Also I love his ponytail.)
Jack Merridew
Lord Of The Flies
A truly awful boy.
Jecht
Final Fantasy X
I wasn’t that taken by Jecht to start with, but after several years of thinking about him a lot merely because of his proximity to Auron and Braska, I found myself appreciating the complexities of his character.
Jinshi
The Apothecary Diaries
Love how he is competent and regal on the outside and stressed and immature on the inside.
Jules Brunet
Rise Of The Ronin
Nineteenth-century Japan’s token Frenchman.
Katamori Matsudaira
Rise Of The Ronin
A hidden gem who I didn’t really pay attention to until I replayed some parts of the game for the third time … the way his personality contrasts with his master’s really hits the spot.
Knuckles the Echidna
Sonic the Hedgehog
A big strong red guy, also I love his lack of social awareness.
Koto Nakazawa
Rise Of The Ronin
Sword lady!!!
Lacey
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
She’s extremely cute. I love her “no” gesture.
Laguna Loire
Final Fantasy VIII
Kind of gorgeous and also the kind of person who thinks he’s really cool but is actually a big nerd, which would usually be annoying but is somehow endearing in this case. Also you’ve got to be a great guy to get such a banger of a battle theme.
Lasswell
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Admittedly I never played this much and don’t know that much about his character, but … I mean, look at him.
Leila
Final Fantasy II
As if being a lady pirate wasn’t enough, her devotion to the queen is quite exciting.
Locke Cole
Final Fantasy VI
Principal FF blorbo before a certain Mr A came along. In my thoughts constantly throughout the second half of 2020. How can you be so cool and so tragic at the same time.
Looker
Pokémon
I love how he has such an important job but is also a bit clueless. I especially love the bizarre way he talks in the games. Shoutout to multilingualism mon meilleur pote.
L’ubor
Final Fantasy XVI
Just a really competent and somewhat enigmatic guy whom everyone briefly turns on.
Minwu
Final Fantasy II
The party wouldn’t get particularly far without him, admittedly. Also a great design.
Natsume Hyuuga
Gakuen Alice
It’s the usual story of a secretly angsty bad boy.
Paine
Final Fantasy X-2
Sword lady who also has inexplicably grey hair? Please.
Patch
101 Dalmatians
My first ever blorbo at the age of c. 5. I loved him and wanted bad things to happen to him.
Prompto Argentum
Final Fantasy XV
My favourite of the four lads, probably because of the contrxast between his happy personality and his backstory.
Quinten
Final Fantasy XVI
A true mastermind. I think he’s secretly in charge of Sanbreque and I have no problem with that.
Red Guy
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
I think I find him quite relatable, but fundamentally he is also just a big red guy.
Reeve Tuesti
Final Fantasy VII
He’s the only somewhat good guy working for Shinra, he’s overworked, and he makes weird cat robots in his spare time … honestly great stuff.
Rei Kon
Beyblade
He’s just a nice and gentle guy!
Rika
Pokémon Scarlet + Violet
I played the game and thought she was hot, then I heard her voice in the anime and thought she was even more hot.
Roche
Final Fantasy VII Remake
What a ridiculous man. He’s so extra.
Rydia
Final Fantasy IV
There’s just something about green hair.
Ryoma Sakamoto
Rise Of The Ronin
The true protagonist and also a nice cute guy.
Sabin René Figaro
Final Fantasy VI
Local teenage prince runs away to avoid facing his family issues and somehow becomes incredibly mature and chill. What a lovely man he is.
Sana Chiba
Rise Of The Ronin
Combat lady and also a bit nuts, what a great combination.
Shinsaku Takasugi
Rise Of The Ronin
I love his sarcastic nature and his penchant for playing the shamisen at every possible moment.
Silver
Pokémon Gold + Silver
Quite the contrast going from gen 1 where the rival is “er this guy is your frenemy I guess” to a Genuinely Morally Compromised Child.
Soji Okita
Rise Of The Ronin
Idk what was going through the developers’ minds when they chose to make one of the era’s foremost swordsmen so small and soft, but I like it.
Sonon Kusakabe
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
My beloved himbo. He has no brain I think.
Tifa Lockhart
Final Fantasy VII
An icon! Love how down-to-earth she is in the face of whatever the fuck is wrong with Cloud (a lot).
Tobli
Final Fantasy X-2
It’s my self-insert lol. A weird guy who runs around embarking on ambitious creative projects … I know what it’s like man.
Tseng
Final Fantasy VII
Crisis Core was what made me properly appreciate Tseng. He’s a morally complex dude who also happens to conveniently have lovely long hair.
Ukyo Kuonji
Ranma ½
Ticks the box instantly with the way she dresses.
Wade
Final Fantasy XVI
He’s just so nice and so loyal, what an underrated character!
Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Rise Of The Ronin
Love how he is slightly nuts and whacks the counters onto the Go board with such dramatic gestures.
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Rise Of The Ronin
Look at his why do it be like it do pose … truly the thinking man’s samurai.
