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If you could build the perfect feminist bloke from existing fictional characters ...

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JeanneDeMontbaston · 19/04/2015 11:31

Indulge me here. Where would you start with the perfect feminist (fictional) bloke?

I quite like Joss Whedon's men, but they all tend to have a worrying streak of misogyny/evil in them.

And if someone suggests Gilbert Blythe, I may have to become aggressive and silencing. Wink

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Grantaire · 19/04/2015 16:23

I think you could have shades of Enjolras from Les Mis. He didn't see sex, only revolution and equality. Obviously the era he was in meant some ingrained beliefs but I do like him. Jean Valjean didn't do too badly but I think Enjolras genuinely didn't see sex as relevant while Valjean was keen to 'rescue' women.

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JeanneDeMontbaston · 19/04/2015 16:16

Oh, that is sad. I've just googled.

But, but ... he is terrible. He does that classic 'being mean to show he likes you' thing and he turns Anne into a Stepford wife. There's some horrible patronizing bits about women and the vote in the later books.

Quite fancy the sound of Gordianus.

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tribpot · 19/04/2015 16:12

Oh. I was going to suggest Gilbert Blythe - particularly poignant today since the actor who played him in the 80s version of Anne of Green Gables died this week :(

What about Gordianus? Now admittedly he used to own his wife but that's hardly his fault, he was a Roman.

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JeanneDeMontbaston · 19/04/2015 16:03

Yes, it is really tough. I've never seen Sleepless in Seattle, so can't judge.

Clem is really sweet (but, why do I have in the back of my mind he isn't that way inclined).

zero - ye-ess ... though I don't think I would be able to take Lord Peter seriously in real life. I conveniently forget he's 5'9 and wears a monocle.

But we could have bits of Lord Peter without the peculiar details that obviously made sense to Dorothy Sayers.

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ZeroFunDame · 19/04/2015 16:03

Richard Hannay

Never imagined a clever woman was any less capable than a clever man.

Great admirer of beauty in old age.

ZeroFunDame · 19/04/2015 15:59

Would have to say Lord Peter.

Always wanted Harriet to be true to herself, even when it hurt each of them.

Constantly listened to what she didn't say and learned and revised his behaviour according to her actions.

(Not perfect obviously - a product of his time.)

BuffyEpistemiwhatsit · 19/04/2015 15:50

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MardyBra · 19/04/2015 15:12

That's really tough. There's a streak of sexism in most male leads imo.

The only one which has popped into my head was Tom Hank's character in Sleepless in Seattle. Lame, I know.

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