(Am I supposed to reblog this ? won't it become way too long ? But there's worse problems to have than an line up of cool characters I guess)
Viceroy of Zunidh, Tanà of the World - from the Hands of the Emperor (and sequels/prequels)
(he's a book character, so no official picture, here' the book cover instead)
Always tending to the fire. <3 I can't begin to say how much he means to me. He was the first accurate representation I've read of some of traits that are very personal to me and he got me genuinely crying over it. Representation matters and you understand it when you read your own thoughts on a page a realize you never had before. But Cliopher is also very diferent from me, he has depth, and I loved to explore his culture and his relationships as his story unfolded. I hold him close to my heart.
He's also a god-damn competent government official and I dream of a Kip Mdang as a president really.
Scientist with both a strong sense of ethics and duty - From Outer Wilds
(showing what I believe to be his skeleton would be a spoiler so here's a picture of a non-specified Nomai as they are represented in the game)
My favorite nomai from Outer Wilds (one of the best games ever, a puzzle/exploration game with one of the best story that can be, best experienced blind so if that's your jam please don't look up and go for it!!). I've never met him, as he's long dead when the game begins, I've only ever found his writings, but the strong sense of morality and duty in his interactions struck me. He was against a project, but when the community voted for it, he did his duty and worked as one of the lead engineers. The context of the game paints a portrait of him I like very much.
(illustration : official artwork, that's his card illustration in the tcg in game)
He's a 4 star character so I pulled him when I was pulling for another character, probably a 5 star, I don't remember who. And look, he was from a region I was far from (Fontaine) story-wise, I had no idea who he was and I wasn't interested. But I had pulled him so I browsed his character profile as I always do and listened to his voice lines. And ... I just fell in love ! He's such a sweet boy, I went from "idk who's that guy" to "if anything happens to him i'll kill everyone in the room and then myself" in the span of 5 minutes, just listening to his voice and what he said. He's one of my mains !
Sollicitor-sacrosanct from the Temple of the White Rat - From Swordheard and other novels in the same world
(they're also a book character with no official representation that I know of so here's the cover from the book I first discovered them in - and I think their first chronological appearance)
Zale is a religious lawyer from my favorite fictional religion, the Temple of the White Rat (their whole thing is to fix problems and appoint lawyers to people who can't afford them, and I genuinely think that was I living in this world, I may have taken the cloth). I love them as a character, and they were also one of the first non-binary characters I read in a novel (gender identity is not a topic of the book and the world is queernormative, they were just "they/them" not questions asks the same way a woman is called "she/her" immediately as we meet her character even without her saying so).
I have kinda in mind to do a Zale cosplay at some point <3
Happily married crow shapeshifter - From Crow Time webcomic
(official Crow Time merch, I own this poster I hung it up above my bed ! I love secondlina's art style. Take a look at her shop ! )
Ok so I have 2 main avatar characters, Welgan, and Edwin. I love this name, I would call myself that was I looking for a new name. And I love Crow Time, one of my favorite webcomics of all times (by artist secondlina) ! So at one point this little crow arrives in a strip, helps an elf and as a reward the elf promised to marry the crow, so he give the crow a magical human shapeshifting pendant. So enters Edwin, the crow shapeshifter fiancee to the elf Dumas, they're non-binary, I love what they look like, and they're so cute and they're having a sweetest love story and I can't wait to be able to purchase the whole series as a physical comics ! Edwin is gender goals.
I also want to make a cosplay of Edwin, really badly. That's my first cosplay goal, because it's not overly complicated. I have the right hair color for that and I think I would look very cool in their clothes.
5- Francis Rawdon Moïra Crozier (the series character)
Captain of the Terror. Loves his men more than God love them. - From The Terror (AMC series)
Ok, so Crozier is not my blorbo from The Terror per se, but I think he's the most interesting (and I'll let @stupefox pick Fitzjames :p). He's got such an incredible evolution and characterization throughout the series, I was genuinely impressed and I hold him as an example of character depiction that's still making my heart ache my I think about it. The Terror (the AMC series) is an amazing experience from a narration and character development point of view, and I beg you to discover this masterpiece. Crozier is one of its more important characters and he's holding this role perfectly.
I haven't read very far in Witch Hat Atelier so I am a bit wary of all the wonderful art I keep seeing there, because I'm afraid to spoil myself ! But I already love the this story and these characters. I resonated with Olruggio a lot from where I am ; I like his quiet devotion to their home and the theme of duty in his character, and even from the like third half (where I'm from) his relationship with Qifrey is so interesting.
Can't wait to be able to binge read the whole series and catch up with the art !
April Fools "Dragon" (?) - From Flight Rising
Ok so I noticed there were only men & enbies on this list, so I tried to think especially of female characters and for very mysterious reasons, this was the first one to come mind. Why ??
(she's silly and I love her concept :p I'm glad I thought of someone from Flight Rising, I love this dragon browser game pet simulator to bits, I've been there for 9 years and I have nothing but praise for the dev team and their work)
Young old lady. The most terrifying witch to ever exist. - from Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle
I'm talking especially about movie Sophie. I love Hauru's concept and design, but he can be kinda obnoxious. Sophie is the best and I love her as a person <3.
10-Flora (May for you english speaking people)
Pokemon trainer - from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
(this is the artwork for my figure !)
So. I've played a lot of Pokemon. I think the first game I decided to ditch the female character for the male one was a Pokemon game : in Black and White, if you picked the female character, your menu UI was all pink with hearts shapes, while if you picked the boy it was blue hexagons, and I was so mad about the pink hearts that I restarted my game to have a less egregious UI XD. Years after, I'm picking the male characters by preference if non-binary is not an option, even if for some of the later Pokemon games I've been picking the female one purely because they had more interesting clothing options lol. But when I played Saphire Alpha, I picked Brendan. However, I've always been very attached to May as my player character. Sapphire on GBA (well technically, a GBA cartridge on a Nintendo DS lite) was one of my first games and one I still like very much to this day, and I was May at that time. I currently have a figure of her on my desk, and I own a cute postcard with a fanart of her. I don't have that with Brendan. As hard as it is now to choose a female character in a game as it feels like signing up to be misgendered and a betrayal of my identity (I think this visceral reaction is calming down but it's taking its sweet time), May seems to get a pass.
Some people that didn't fit the rule because I think of them as a bundle due to their relationship dynamics that make the pair of them a greater whole than the sum of the two of them :
Aziraphale & Crowley from the Good Omens series (I am not caught up on season 2&3 yet, but these two left me a lasting impression)
Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji from Mo Dao Zu Shi / Grandmaster of demonic cultivation (I really debated about putting one of them on the list because they are STELLAR characters but I can separate them really ;w;)
So here it is, I am done ! Thanks @oneeyedoctogod for tagging me, it was so interesting to see your picks and even some we never talked about
And please @stupefox and @greetingsprogramms, tell me about your blorbos from my fandoms-in-law :3
prguitarman
titsay
jbbartram-illu
gummygunk
andulkaphoto
vaporwave
