So the funny thing is that this list is quite different from my Five Fictional Characters I Will Love Forever and Ever Till Death Do Us Part list. I'd never realized just how many of my favorite characters have craptastic lives - lives I definitely don't want, even for a day.

Here are my picks:

This one was a no-brainer. She gets to spend a year in France! She has her very own English French American boy masterpiece! She has great friends. It also helps that she's smart, funny, and interesting.

It is a universally acknowledged truth that every princess movie must contain a Jewel Room scene. You know the one...sweet, naive princess is led into a basement of some sort and just when you're beginning to wonder whether you've accidentally stumbled into a slasher movie....behold! A jewel room: 

It happened in The Princess Diaries movie, The Prince and Me, and...well, I'll stop there. The last thing I want is to give you the impression that my cinematic tastes are anything less than refined, high-brow, art.

Jewel room aside, though, Mia (especially in the books) is intelligent, hilarious, and completely relatable. Her life is crazy, but a good kind of crazy. She's a princess! And SHE HAS A JEWEL ROOM.

(This pick, by the way, has nothing to do with my ongoing and inexplicable fascination with the royal wedding. But April 29, you guys. Two weeks.)

I lied. I totally picked this character simply because I love her (and not her life). She is butt-kicking, but vulnerable. She's blunt, slightly abrasive, and you can't help but love her anyway. Oh, and two words: Jonah. Griggs. P. S. If you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it.

Maybe I wouldn't want her life, but I'd totally want to be her. Quick, loyal, fearless. It doesn't hurt that she's won the heart of the kind, equally fearless Peeta. 

So this counts, because technically, she's a character from a book. But technically, I only want her movie-life. 

This is why:

*cough*

I think it's safe to say that I cannot resist a hot fictional boy (see #1-5). But I'm curious to hear which characters you'd trade places with. Anyone on my list?

Happy Friday! Thanks, as always, for reading :)

14 Responses to “Friday Five”

1. 
   Frankie Diane Mallis
   April 15, 2011 9:16 AM

   HAHA! WIN! Love this!

2. 
   Rachel Star
   April 15, 2011 10:15 AM

   I've seen Anna being picked a lot- clearly she has some kind of dream life (I'm still getting around to reading Anna and the French Kiss. I really want to though).
   Also seen Katniss getting chosen a fair bit too. I can kind of see where you're going with it... but being in the arena? Forced to kill your friends? Suzanne Collin's has clearly made her into such an awesomesauce character that her lifestyle has become weirdly desirable... :)

3. 
   Kristin
   April 15, 2011 10:37 AM

   For me, it would probably be:
   
   -Lucy Pevensie, from the Chronicles of Narnia. I would really love to trade places with her when she was in Narnia, but I would settle for England.
   
   -Lizzy Bennet. Preferably on one of the the days when she and Mr. Darcy were on good terms instead of verbally sparring. :)
   
   -Emma Woodhouse. I would like to be handsome, clever, and rich, with nothing to distress or vex me, for a day. :)
   
   ~Kristin

4. 
   Shannon Whitney Messenger
   April 15, 2011 11:11 AM

   YES! All of this is totally made of win!
   
   Though I'd probably add Evie from PARANORMALCY to my list. I mean, her boyfriend is a SHAPESHIFTER. He can be a million different kinds of hot. Plus she has a bedazzled taser. 'nuff said. ;)

5. 
   Logan E. Turner
   April 15, 2011 11:51 AM

   I had the same thoughts about Katniss. Fun for a day, but probably not the whole life. :)

6. 
   Megan
   April 15, 2011 12:20 PM

   I was so desperately trying to think of a Princess but came up empty! Definitely want the jewels and crowns and pretty dresses. *sips from Kate and William commemorative mug* Really wish I didn't have to work on the 29th and am hoping I can watch it on iTunes or something...

7. 
   Nicole L Rivera
   April 15, 2011 12:45 PM

   Love this! I think I'd want to be Hermione Granger, love her :)

8. 
   Holly Dodson
   April 15, 2011 1:09 PM

   I considered Katniss, but then I chickened out. If a Muttation came after me, I'd DIE OF FEAR. For real. ;)

9. 
   Ashley
   April 15, 2011 1:34 PM

   Allie from the Notebook is a fantastic choice! I'm wishing I picked her now!

10. 
    Katie
    April 15, 2011 3:05 PM

    Dude, yes on Anna! And Taylor? Oh my word, that is the most beautiful book. I love how well Collins wrote Katniss. I mean, if you think about it, she's a jerk...but we like her nonetheless.

11. 
    Katie
    April 15, 2011 3:08 PM

    Also. My prom is on the same night as the royal wedding.
    
    I think it's fate.

12. 
    Hannah
    April 15, 2011 4:17 PM

    Fabulous list! I'd trade places with everyone on your list. Well, maybe not Mia. I've never really wanted to be a princess :P

13. 
    Serenity Bohon
    April 16, 2011 10:03 AM

    Wait a minute, what is inexplicable about our fascination with the Royal Wedding. I mean - um - YOUR fascination with it? I find this extremely explicable.
    
    Also, and unrelated, does Kate Middleton count as a fictional character?
    
    Other ideas - Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean, Elizabeth Bennet so I can live in Pemberley. Wow - could those characters LIVE more different lives?

14. 
    Icy Roses
    April 16, 2011 5:29 PM

    YES, YES. Definitely Anna from ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS.
    
    Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia.
    
    Annabeth from Percy Jackson. Obvious, lol.
    
    Ginny from Harry Potter. Even though I think she's a giant trophy wife, she does get to live in the world, she doesn't even have to fight in the last battle, and she gets to marry the main character. Total win.
    
    Great list!

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