@ami_angelwings it's an obvious one, but there's no contest. Jean-Luc Picard was and is my role model. A leader who prides himself on his own knowledge and experience, but also surrounds himself with experts, cultivates mutual respect, and welcomes challenge.

Not only is he a great officer, he values the arts just as much as his duties - he makes the flagship of the Federation a venue for plays, music, and painting (even if he's terrible at it himself).

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One Mr. Jack Jarvis, Esq of Still Game. One of the two most old Glaswegian men alive, and you can probably count on his pal Victor McDade being my choice for V. Jack's the more Everyman one of the pair, a retired shop keeper who's not as quick on the uptake as Victor, a retired engineer, and more gruff where Victor is witty and dapper. Because of that, however, he's far better at translating people's emotions than Victor is--

@ami_angelwings #FavCharacterJ is a mess everywhere, including in time travel. Jeffrey Sinclair (Babylon 5), Jack Harkness (Dr Who), Jennifer Scotts (Time Force Rangers), Jenny Kelly (Girl from Tomorrow)?

None of them, actually. I'm taking Jughead Jones for the double J (never mind about Forsythe please). Had his own "Time Police" comic series, which even got a brief reboot recently. Along with... damn, January McAndrews is another J. *edit: image #FavCharacterAtoZ

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Jamie from Harvest Moon Magical Melody. He is cute and mean and one of the first bigender/nonbinary characters I ever knew about.

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@ami_angelwings I've missed a few days, time to catch up!

J: This one's EASY. Jimmy the Hand, later "Squire James of Krondor," from Raymond E Feist's "Riftwar" saga which starts with Magician. (Spoilers for a half-century-old-ish fantasy novel series, I guess.)

Is he the Platonic Ideal of the "boy thief in a vaguely medieval fantasy story setting"? Oh, totally yes. Does he steal every scene he's in, from the time we meet him until death? Also absolutely yes.

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@ami_angelwings Good old Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Amazing character played by an amazing actor. He’s both badass and commanding, but also empathic and thoughtful.

Trying hard not just to do the right thing, but to figure out what’s the right thing is. Actually leading people, giving proper advice.

He’s what I wish our leaders would be, but frightfully few are.

Make it so.

(I hope I don’t have to tell anyone where he’s from.)

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