My faves for both the Circle and the Alanna series - Favorite Characters Forum

Am I the only one who's favorite Tortallian character is George without having a crush on the guy? He reminds me of my dad. ^-^ I also like Aly and Nwat. (Is that how you spell the name?)

And my favorite Winding Circle people are Briar, Rosethorn, Lark, and Daja.

I've heard Daja gets a girlfriend in a later book I haven't read. Is that true?

#4 Mar 08th 2006, 2:46pm . Edited Dec 14th 2006, 9:12am

Yeah, Daja gets a girlfriend in WotE, can't remember her name right now...

My favorite characters in the Circle books were Briar and Sandry. I also really liked Tris too. As for the books set in Tortall, my favorite characters were Numair+Daine=...NUMAINE!!!!! (a bit sugar-high here...)

#5 Mar 26th 2006, 1:59pm

Cool. I'll make a note to get a hold of that book sooner. I've never really liked Namair and Daine together. It just feels wrong. I'd been thinking of him like he was her father up to TRotG.

#6 Mar 26th 2006, 6:42pm

Hilsonplz.kthxbai

hmm... my fave characters from the circle books are Briar and Rosethorn. My fave characters from the alanna books are...Alanna, George, Daine, Numair, Kel, Neal, Rikash, and Tkaa!!! Tkaa is my most favorite character and I don't know anybody else that likes him.

#7 Jul 22nd 2006, 5:12pm

Lol, Tkaa's awesome...

Ha, I know Daja's girlfriend's name now: Rizu. But then they broke up...

#8 Jul 23rd 2006, 5:01pm

Hilsonplz.kthxbai

Heh, I've never read WotE... or any of the Circle opens books. I've read Sandry's book and I started Tris's book, but I'm going to finish PotS first... and re-read RotG...

#9 Jul 27th 2006, 6:46pm

apocalypse09

in the circle books, i like both brair and rosethorn, mostly because of their attitudes.

#10 Sep 04th 2006, 11:06am

Maior

um... correct me if I'm wrong but... isn't Daja a GIRL????

I just don't see Tamora Pierce going all lezzie on us... (no offense...)

do you mean like Friend who's a girl kinda thing and then they have a fight? i'm confuuuuuseeed

#11 Dec 14th 2006, 8:24am

Maior

wait... I'm still new to the books. what do all the WotS and PotS mean?

whaah i'm such a n00b

--0_o--

#12 Dec 14th 2006, 8:25am

PotS is Protector of the Small. And you mean WotE. Will of the Emperess. It's the latest book in the Winding Circle series.

And in it, Peirce does 'go lezzie' as you put it. Daja gets together with a girl named Rizu, and.. Gee! There's another one, too. ^^ My favorite. I supported it even before it became canon! xD But I'm not going to ruin the surprise for you.

#13 Dec 14th 2006, 9:09am

*waves arms wildly at Gawain* What?!?!? Is this in WotE?!?!?!

#14 Dec 16th 2006, 5:18pm

What? You haven't read WotE, Sarra? Yes, it is. Two 'lezzie' couples in WotE. xD I'm so proud of Tammy.

#15 Dec 16th 2006, 6:58pm

*shakes head wildly* No, I HAVE read WotE! But I completely missed the second one!

#16 Dec 18th 2006, 6:03pm

Ah. Well, not surprising, really. ^^ You have to read carefully to catch it. It's only mentioned once, and the characters don't appear in the story as such. It's Lark and Rosethorn. When Briar walks in on Daja and Rizu, he tells her that she should have told them about it. After all, she should know they wouldn't have a problem with it, what with Lark and Rosethorn.

Wish I could give you a page number, but I only borrowed it from the library.

#17 Dec 18th 2006, 6:21pm

*lightbulb flashes on over her head* Oh, that one! I remember that--I knew about that one. It just completely slipped my mind...I guess I thought it was revealed in earlier books or something...

#18 Dec 18th 2006, 6:36pm

xD Nope. It's a WotE revelation that made me jump around the room yelling.

#19 Dec 18th 2006, 6:47pm

I cheered wildly. ^^

#20 Dec 19th 2006, 4:22pm

^^ And told all my friends/family members who would know what I was talking about. xD

So, Maior, does that answer you question about the lesbians?

#21 Dec 19th 2006, 5:50pm

...Maior?

#22 Dec 20th 2006, 6:10pm

Posts #11 and #12. S/he's the one that originaly asked about the lesbians.

#23 Dec 20th 2006, 7:11pm

I know. Ah...I think I'd better reword my last post.

...Maior? Where are you?

Better? :)

#24 Dec 21st 2006, 6:03pm

Ah. Right. ^^

Maybe we scared her off with our enthusiasm for the 'lezzies'?

#25 Dec 21st 2006, 6:20pm

*nods sagely* Most likely.

*calls out* Come back, dearie! We won't eat you!

#26 Jan 02nd 2007, 7:40pm

Daja rocks, it's true. I'd like to date Briar though (swoon). Gotta say, though, Rosethorn's pretty cool too... I always liked her.

As for Tortall, Kel come out on top of everyone. She's the best! Right after Kel comes Owen of Jesslaw (I can't help it: he's so cute!). Then there's Raoul of Goldenlake (I think that's his title; it's almost 2:00 in the morning and I'm really sleepy) and then comes Buri. That's all that I can remember in my sleep deprived state right now...

#27 Jan 05th 2007, 10:56pm

I thought that Tkaa was a cool character. I wish we'd seen more of him.

#28 Jan 05th 2007, 10:58pm

Oh. You 2, huh? Daja's too cool for that!

#29 Jan 05th 2007, 11:00pm

Daja's too cool for what?

Although, what ever it is, I'm sure you're right. Or, since she works with molten metal, maybe she's too hot. ^-~

#30 Jan 07th 2007, 8:33am

Sorry 'bout that; first real time I've ever gotten into a forum. I relpied to a bunch of different posts at once without realizing it. Oopssss....

What I meant was that Daja's too coll to go lesbian on us. Dude, she was fine the way she was! I've gotta get Will of the Empress and read it now; I'd like to know what Madame Pierce is doing while I'm not paying attention.

#31 Jan 07th 2007, 1:45pm

xD As a member of the homosexual community, I don't quite agree with you on that one...

#32 Jan 07th 2007, 5:23pm

*raises hand* Me, too. (But just to clear things up, I am not a homosexual. I've had too many crushes on boys for that.)

#33 Jan 07th 2007, 8:01pm

Oh. Sorry. Homosexuals are alright in general, but for some reason I can't quite picture Daja as one.

#34 Jan 13th 2007, 12:04pm

S' fine. It's almost cute when people get all embarrassed when they're told. xD They tend to get all awkward.

Well, it takes some getting used to for some people, a charcter turning out a way you weren't expecting. I, personally, thought it fit her like a glove. If I were told one of the four were gay, Daja would have been my first guess. Briar would be the close second, but that changed with WotE. xD All his girl-chasing.

I also love Tammy for working one of us into her books without making it a big deal, or the focus of the book. That doesn't happen often. Either it's a book /about/ homosexuality, or it's all straight. xD And it's her way of proclaiming her support. I love supporters. Like Sarra here. *hugs*

#35 Jan 14th 2007, 5:28pm

Yeah, I do get kinda akward. I know what I wanna say, but I don't want to seem insensitive and make people angry!

And I don't see why you would have guessed Daja first if you were told that one of the four was gay (personally, my first guess would have been Tris!) And Briar was your second? What the shoot are you talking about? He couldn't be father away from being gay than a lemon trying to be the sun! (or at least I think so).

Who's Sarra?

#36 Jan 15th 2007, 12:01am

*shrugs* I dunno? My gaydar? ^-~ I think Briar because... Well, it's hard to explain. But he has this aura of responsibility, calmness, and maturity that I've seen in more gay boys than straight. You know what they say, "All the good ones are gay." xD (...oh, god. I just rhymed.) It makes the other gay boys happy. But I think it might also be wishful thinking on my part. xD

And don't worry about getting me mad, hun. I don't. It's one of my Rules For Life. “Don't get mad about important things. It never helps.” xD Right up there alongside 'Never ** of a pregnant Latino lady.' All of them learned through experience...

Sarra is Sarralyn Numairsri. The other one who's been posting on this thread. ^^

#37 Jan 15th 2007, 8:42am

Responisbility and maturity? A lot of time must have passed between TCO and WotE, because I never really saw Briar exhibiting either of those traits. How old were they in WotE?

Whew... That's a major relief. I'll carry that advice with me forever.

Okay, now I see who you were talking about. I thought it was someone completely unrealated.

#38 Jan 15th 2007, 2:23pm

Think about it. In Briar's Book, how old was he? Thirteen, fourteen? He helped try and fight off a plague, dealt with death on a daily basis, and saved his teacher's life - almost at the expense of his own. In Street Magic he took on the responsibilities of teacher and caretaker for a girl off the streets, and followed through with them to an extent many adults wouldn't have. And he's trusted to control his magic. xD Seems rather responsible and mature to me.

One doesn't have to be serious or grim to be responsible. xD

#39 Jan 15th 2007, 3:07pm

In the first quartet, he was 10. In Street Magic, he was 14. But I guess you have some valid points. He was still an average kid in some ways. I mean, come on: a teenage boy can be really stupid sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes, deffinetly. Responsible, a lot of the time, yeah; mature... I don't know if I'd go that far.

#40 Jan 16th 2007, 12:33am

*waves to Freida* Hi!

*hugs Gawain back*

Mature...for Briar's age at the time, he was. But in general, not -that- mature.

#41 Jan 16th 2007, 5:47pm

Hm... You've got a point, now that I look at it in the right context.

#42 Jan 17th 2007, 1:06pm

Venuspixie

in the circle i dislike sandra coz of her way of seeing things. in alanna i dislike thomas alanna's brother coz of the same reason. ill talk to everyone later some more now i got to go to sleeep.

#43 Mar 24th 2007, 5:11am

Sandry, hun. ^^

What don't you like about the way Sandry and Thom see things?

#44 Mar 25th 2007, 2:47pm

Venuspixie

i dislike thom coz of his want for power and all he thought of was himself in his past time. and sandra i disliked her coz she thought she could help everyone and anyone most of the time yes the rest of the time she just made it worse.

#45 Mar 25th 2007, 9:42pm