Happy Tuesday, Bookworms!
I simply adore making lists, and I’ve always been fond of tertiary characters. This week, The Broke and the Bookish have challenged the blogosphere to list the minor characters we feel deserve their own books. Let’s do this thing!
1. The Cheshire Cat from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: I need answers here. Just how does one disappear while leaving a smile in place? So many mysteries…
2. Professor McGonagall from the Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling: I need some back story on everyone’s favorite badass teacher.
3. Tyrion Lannister from the Song of Ice and Fire Series by George RR Martin: I know he gets plenty of words, but dangit, he’s my favorite… Well, that, and we all know how Hodor’s book would go…
4. Gavroche from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: He is my all time favorite street urchin! He gets a ton more back story in the novel than he does in the musical or movie versions, but I want MORE!
5. Melanie Wilkes from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Okay she HAD to know about Scarlett. HAD TO. And yet, she was so nice and so strong and such an awesome human being. I want to know what was going on in her head, I really do!
6. Young Ian from the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon: I love him. Love him. I would love to know all the things that went on while he was living with the Native Americans and whatnot.
7. Marmee from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: The voice of reason and everyone’s steady hand. Seriously though, what kind of stress must she have been under? Her husband was away fighting in the Civil War and she had a house full of teenage girls. Oye!
Seven feels like enough for today, don’t you think? What about you, Bookworms? Are there any minor characters you feel deserve their own book?
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Gabriel
McGonagall! I knew there was someone I missed while scrolling through my mental HP Rolodex for people to include in my top ten list! Would love to see a book featuring her.
Words For Worms
Her back story must be fascinating…
Leah @ Books Speak Volumes
How did I know Gavroche would be on this list? Ha!
I also want a book about McGonagall! And Luna would really be fun, especially if she narrated it first-person.
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Because you know I’m obsessed with him?!
Ashley Z
Young Ian! He has my heart!
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Siiiiiiiigh. He’s great, isn’t he?
Megan M.
I would love to hear McGonagall’s story! You just know it’s amazing.
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Right?! I mean, can you imagine the shenanigans when she learned to become an animagus?
ThatAshGirl
OMG yes to all.
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Thank you dearie!
Charleen
I think you could probably do a top ten consisting solely of HP characters… not all of them would be good POV-characters for the whole series, but so many who deserve at least a novella dedicated to them. My preference would be for Neville… and you know what I would really love, is an alternate version where Voldemort goes after him instead of Harry (though I guess if he didn’t survive the initial attack it would be an awfully short alternate history).
AMB
“I think you could probably do a top ten consisting solely of HP characters… not all of them would be good POV-characters for the whole series, but so many who deserve at least a novella dedicated to them.”
I completely agree! I was going to say something really similar. I’d love to read a novel or novella about so many of the HP supporting characters, starting with the Weasley twins.
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YES! All the shenanigans Fred and George were into? You know that would be a fun book!
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You are SO right about that. I can’t recall when exactly Neville’s parents were tortured. If they’d been of sound mind and body, I have no doubt he’d have survived. You know one of Neville’s parents would have sacrificed themselves for him.
Loralie
McGonagall’s story would be so great!
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She is so feisty!
Tiffany @ Avid Reader
Ahhhh, Gavroche would be an awesome story (and by awesome I mean terribly sad). But I love that little guy.
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I know, right? He’s such a plucky fellow. Never too upset that he was abandoned by his horrible parents to live on the streets in an elephant statue… Enough good to try and take in orphans. Love him.
Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader
Goodness yes to all of these! (Especially McGonagall!)
How does Tuesday keep sneaking up on me? I keep meaning to do TTT but every Tuesday arrives as if it hasn’t been doing so for eons. Derp, I need to get it together!
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Tuesday is the sneakiest day of the week. I’ve always thought so.
Monika
Yes!! I want to know the same things about Marmee! Great list. 🙂
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Indeed! I want to know about her girlhood.
Emma White
Wow never thought of the Chessire cat, nice choice 🙂
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Thanks! The Cheshire Cat has always been a favorite of mine.
Christy
Yes! to the Marmee book and how you put it.