By “favorite fictional character” I don’t mean “favorite character of your favorite fiction”, consider the media itself to be irrelevant.

Just consider the character itself and how it changes throughout whichever segments of its timeline, regardless of how the world moves around it (unless it’s relevant);
the show / book / comic / game / political campaign itself may be absolute trash, but you love some character from that more than any other character from anything at all.

Like Magnifico from Wish, or the driver from Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.

  • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Probably the Doctor of Doctor Who because he’s basically a large handful of characters in one, but with an overarching spirit of curiosity, adventure, and trying to do the right thing

    William Hartnell is my favorite

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Yeah that was my first thought too! I think Steven Moffat summed up the appeal pretty well:

      It’s hard to talk about the importance of an imaginary hero. But heroes ARE important: Heroes tell us something about ourselves. History tells us who we used to be, documentaries tell us who we are now; but heroes tell us who we WANT to be. And a lot of our heroes depress me.

      But when they made this particular hero, they didn’t give him a gun–they gave him a screwdriver to fix things. They didn’t give him a tank or a warship or an x-wing fighter–they gave him a box from which you can call for help. And they didn’t give him a superpower or pointy ears or a heat-ray–they gave him an extra HEART. They gave him two hearts! And that’s an extraordinary thing.

      There will never come a time when we don’t need a hero like the Doctor.

    • hbar@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      This is my answer too. I think each version of the doctor shines in a fun unique way. My favorite was my first (Christopher eccleston) but they are all wonderful.

      “Never be cruel, never be cowardly. Hate is always foolish…and love is always wise. Always try to be nice and never fail to be kind”