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You're allowed to be friends with three fictional characters...

187 replies

TheProseccoAlwaysWins · 12/02/2023 16:25

I'll start...

  1. Catherine Cawood ❤️
  2. Liz in Motherland
  3. Roxy / Daphne in After Life
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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 12/02/2023 21:07

This could change with more thought but

Demelza Poldark
Cormoran Strike
Luke Alderton

LadyWentworth · 12/02/2023 21:09

Jo March
Jackson Brodie
Robin Ellacott

Winnet · 12/02/2023 21:12

Zippy from Rainbow
Elvira
Tommy from 'Early Doors'

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 12/02/2023 21:12

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 12/02/2023 21:05

Damn.

Maybe the Librarian?

Actually, now that I think about it, I'd quite like to be friends with the Patrician. Vetinari would definitely be an interesting friend!

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Vetinari would be a good friend to have if any other friends needed taking out of your life for some reason. Permanently.

pointythings · 12/02/2023 21:17

From Rivers of London I'd want Nightingale, not Peter!

Other than that I'd go for Chrestomanci (from Charmed Life onwards) and Li Morris (J.D Robb's In Death series).

Putyourhandsintheair · 12/02/2023 21:22

Lord Peter Wimsey
Miranda
Granny Weatherwax

TrobadoraBeatrice · 12/02/2023 21:22

Maud Bailey, from Possession
Hild, from The Last Kingdom
and Raven, from Teen Titans Go

I think they would all get on. Not sure what the combination says about me though...

twinkletoesimnot · 12/02/2023 21:26

What a great idea for a thread!

Claire Fraser
Finan from The Last Kingdom
Molly Weasley

Mysmallgarden · 12/02/2023 21:27

Liz from Motherland
Lydia Bennett - such fun!
Annabel Fritton from St. Trinian's.

Chicheguevara · 12/02/2023 22:14

Thursday Next from the Jasper Fforde books.
The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.
Westley/The Dread Purate Roberts from The Princess Bride, one of my all time, favourite books.

Awumminnscotland · 12/02/2023 22:29

Lady Briann ( the tall blonde Knight woman) from game of thrones
Miranda
The woman in IT crowd and the one in black books

honestlyno · 12/02/2023 22:32
  • BC's Sherlock
  • Samantha sex in the city
  • Roger (American dad)
Logicalreasoning · 12/02/2023 22:35

Sirius black
brooke davis
damon Salvatore 😋

smileladiesplease · 12/02/2023 22:44

Mr knightly

Joey Maynard

Mollie Weasley

smileladiesplease · 12/02/2023 22:45

We are re watching GOT now and love love Brianne of Tarth what a fabulous woman. She would have made Jamie Lannister too :)

Soozikinzii · 12/02/2023 22:46

Pam from Gavin and Stacey
Gloria from modern family
Julia from motherland

JimnJoyce · 12/02/2023 22:50

Doctor Who
Hannibal Lecter
Dowager Countess of Grantham

louderthan · 12/02/2023 22:54

Kitty Scherbatsky from Anna Karenina
Amy March (not bloody Jo 🙄)
Dobby from Peep Show

PerilousCorridor · 12/02/2023 22:55

Latenightreader · 12/02/2023 17:13

Francie Nolan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Aunt Augusta (Travels with my Aunt)
Harriet Vane (Dorothy L Sayers)

Honorable mentions to a number of L M Montgomery characters including Jane (of Lantern Hill), Valency (The Blue Castle) and the female doctor in Magic for Marigold.

I would like to come to your LMM character parties, especially with Harriet Vane there, probably wondering why Jane of Lantern Hill is mummying her dad.

What is the appeal of The Faraway Tree’s annoying Moonface, you nutters?

I’ll have Lucy Snowe, Ralph Touchett and Janice Scott.

louderthan · 12/02/2023 22:56

FairytaleofNewHampshire · 12/02/2023 16:43

1 Lorelai Gilmore
2 Roz Doyle in Frasier
3 Dorothy Zbornak, obviously I'd get to be friends with the other ones as well.

Ooh Roz is a great shout! Not Daphne though...🙄
Also Elaine and George from Seinfeld

trythisforsize · 12/02/2023 22:59

The Grinch (Jim Carries one)
Pat from Ghosts
Anne from the bench in Afterlife

AiryFairy1 · 12/02/2023 23:00

PuttingDownRoots · 12/02/2023 16:43

Alison from Ghosts
Dr Who
Peter Grant from Rivers of London. Or maybe one of the Rivers.

Aw I was going to say Alison from Ghosts too 👻🥰
Miranda
Emma Woodhouse

Lunaloud · 12/02/2023 23:03

Severus Snape - Always ❤️
Dr Who - Who wouldn’t a time machine to travel anywhere in the universe
Daenerys Targaryen - She’s the mother or dragons 🐉

Certainly would turn down friendships with Arya Stark, Jane Marple and Captain Olivia Benson either.

EveSix · 12/02/2023 23:04

Saul Berensen (Homeland)
Malcolm Polstead (La Belle Sauvage and The Secret Commonwealth)
Toby (The Year of the Flood and Madaddam)

...and Phil Dunphy from Modern Family.

Nat6999 · 12/02/2023 23:06

George Carter The Sweeney
Rosie Lilley Problem for the Chalet School
Polls Holmes The Waterways Girls.