This week’s topic is really difficult for me. Beforehand: Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, if you want to know more about it, you can just click on the name!
So, we were supposed to list places in the past or future that we would like to visit, but I don’t want to do that. I love electricity and decent hygienic standards, so most the past sort of falls flat … and the future? I don’t know about you, but a lot of the futuristic books I read are dystopians with people dying left and right. I WOULDN’T STAND A CHANCE! So, instead I am going to list characters from the past and the future that I would like to meet and they are all going to be boys because I want them to be. Easy as that and it makes much more sense to me!
Darrow – Red Rising
I think my obsession with Red Rising/Golden Son has shown through the past couple of weeks. I ADORE THESE BOOKS! Darrow is a great main character with many flaws. He seems real and someone I would want to follow into battle … maybe … I am not much for fighting, but I have a feeling he might be able to spark that in me.
Bellamy – The 100
I LOVE BELLAMY. There is so much more goodness to him and a certain leader quality than meets the eye. I am obviously talking about TV Bellamy, because I am not sure how I feel about book-Bellamy. He changed his mind in a matter of seconds and I hated that.
Jay Gatsby – The Great Gatsby
There is just something about him. I don’t even think that I particularly like him, but I like the idea of him. The determination and drive behind his actions! Also, he’s from the 20s – a glorious time!
Max Vandenburg – The Book Thief
He is one of my favourite people ever and if we ever meet, I would want him to have the best day ever. He’s so kind and smart and brave! We’d do a lot of star gazing I think. Do something in the fresh air! I’d dig that.
Paul – A Thousand Pieces of You
There are a couple of Paul’s I could choose from, but I think I want to meet Russian guard-Paul most of all of them, simply because he was the one we got to know most. (And I will continue to imagine him looking like Nico Tortorella simply because I can!)
Marco – The Night Circus
Marco is another example for someone from the past. The Night Circus is amazing and he is part of the reason for that. (And again, I am just casting him the way I want to … and because I am a massive fan of Aaron Taylor-Johnson!)
Henry Tilney – Northanger Abbey
Persuasion is actually my favourite Austen book (not meaning that I have read all of her novels), but I just love JJ Feild. This one maybe just made it into the list because I love JJ Feild … yep, pretty sure that’s it. But there was some fun bantering with Tilney.
Edmond – How I Live Now
Granted by the end of the story he might not be in the best of places (WWIII sure wasn’t fun …), but I think he is such a unique person. Depending on when in his timeline I would meet him, our get together would go very differently. Either it would be a lot of bonding and chatting or silence from his side and me getting emotional. I guess I could run with both somehow.
Maxon – The Selection Series
There is not much about the Selection series that I really love, but Maxon is great. I was angry about him being indecisive, then again, I also got it because America was just as indecisive, but for all the wrong reasons.
Finnick – The Hunger Games Series
I just love the guy! I want him around all the time. He could have had his own book if not for an entirely stupid turn of events!
What does your TTT look like? What do you think of mine? Leave a link below and I will gladly check out your list!
I LOVE your idea for this topic! 🙂 And oh, how I would LOVE to meet Paul from A Thousand Pieces of You. And Nico Tortorella? EXACTLY how I pictured him 😮 Maxon was the best thing in the entire Selection series, if you ask me. And Finnick, yes. Loved him so much! ❤
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Thank you! I just couldn’t think of any places and I am amazed that my brain still works at this hour hahaha work has made me tired.
Right? Nico fits Paul’s profile so well! And he is super hot!
Maxon was the best in the Selection series. America was just annoying.
Finnick will always have my heart!!!!
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Haha, work was exhausting? Well I hope it went well anyway! 😀
He is SUPER HOT, yes, I love Nico!! 🙂 And I have to agree, America was kind of annoying, but Maxon really was the reason I liked this series a lot, haha 🙂
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It always is! Standing for more than 8 hours will do that to you … but it’s fine. I’ll get used to it. Tomorrow isn’t an early shift at least.
Maxon is great 😀
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Awww, I understand, I once had to do that, too. Good luck Kat!! ❤
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Thanks, Marie!
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Great idea for a topic! I’d love to meet Finnick and Bellamy too. But they’d have to come here, I’m not going to either of their worlds XD
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Thank you! That was basically the idea behind it, because I am sure I would die within a matter of second in any of those places except for maybe the Gatsby and Austen realms.
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I guess Rip was too surly to make the list, huh?
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Sorry, but I don’t think I want to meet him hahaha I would have no idea how to handle him and kind of doubt we’d get along.
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Yeah, I’m not so sure we’d get along either, but the important thing is that he doesn’t like talking too much, so comfortable silences are good for him. He’s a bit of an introvert that way, now that I think about it.
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I don’t know … maybe. But I just imagine him being very hostile towards me
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He’s hostile towards everyone he meets! It’s once he decides you’re not going to annoy him to death that he starts to act his version of nice.
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Yeah, but I am not so sure I wouldn’t annoy him hahaha I am a little scared of him.
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You know, that’s probably very smart of you. The people who aren’t usually have some sort of advantage that’ll save him from his claws…or they’re Zahara, and they don’t really care.
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I loved your choice for the topic and the characters you choose. I would love to meet all of them too, except Edmond because I never read How I live Now and Henry Tilney because I can’t remember him (I’ve read Northanger Abbey years ago XD )
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Thanks! The only places I want to see are sort of magical realms not historical places hahaha at least none that I’ve read about in books.
I had a phase where I watched all sorts of itv and BBC Austen movies and JJ Feild just stuck with me hahaha but glad you want to meet the rest of the bunch. How I Live Now is a strange book, definitely not for everyone!
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I wouldn’t want to be in historical places too. I love the confort we have now. And how was I supposed to live without internet and a phone? I wasn’t XD
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Yep, same here! I could live without it I guess, but I just don’t see why I should hahaha
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Oh my, I’m fanning myself here… is that Josh?! oh oh oh… HOT! I love your take on the subject, totally different ;), well done
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Thank you! And yes that is Josh ;D
My brain was too tired for places, but it is never too tired for good looking guys. I really only half-assed it though
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it was fun 😀
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Yes, loved this! I would go anywhere with Max and Marco, they are brilliant characters! The pictures of all of the good looking guys really helped me…um, remember why I love them so much.
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Hahaha the right visuals are key 😉
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Exactly 🙂
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Perfect list! (But no Sevro? Haha)
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Tomorrow’s Top 5 Wednesday’s topic is “Biggest Badasses” and that’s where I want to put Sevro 🙂 But I definitely thought about him here!
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YEEES to Finnick. I’ve always found him to be especially charming both in the books and the movies. ❤
This is a great spin on the weekly theme! Here's my TTT.
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Me too! ALL THE LOVE TO FINNICK!
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I would really love to meet Jay Gatsby as well! He really seems awesome and I would LOVE to go to one of his parties! 😀
YEEEES to Marco and Finnick! ❤
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That would be such an epic party! Definitely one that we would never forget 🙂
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This was such a good idea Kat! I love your list and I’m especially glad you included Maxon and Finnick. 🙂
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Thank you! I am glad so many people are showing their love for Maxon and Finnick !
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Fun topic! I totally agree with you on the hygiene thing! 🙂
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Thanks! I am quite happy with the comfort of our current time hahaha
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I am glad that I am not the only one that’s like, “oh hell no” to the past because you know… no showers or tampons or hairdryers. I mean the 70’s even sounds scary to me.
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YAS! I cannot deal with the past. I like the idea of the 20s, but really only because of the fashion I think.
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I’m super embarrassed to admit that I haven’t read any of these books! I’m super curious about Red Rising and I’m thinking of starting that soon, so hopefully I’ll like Darrow! Also, is How I Live Now a tv show?
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Don’t be embarrassed! There are SO many books coming out all the time, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the releases!
How I Live Now is a movie. Visually quite stunning, but I don’t think the topic is for everyone.
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