#askdjlfh the moment i *really* knew they were all pretty much the same was when i kept defaulting to the same expression

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just poking some fun at myself because i realised that a lot of my favourite characters (if i had to pick ONE per series) have similar personalities. 

i think it can be summarised quite succinctly by Jewel’s words “provoking wretch!” towards Sky (Towers of Illica, Ch 7)

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extended quotes below the cut:

When he saw Lindal’s grim face and straining arms above him, he shrieked.

‘Be quiet!’ Lief whispered.

‘But the woman of Broome is lifting me!’ cried Rolf in horror. ‘How could you let her lift me? She and her kind are demons who dance on the bones of Capra! She is not worthy to—’

‘Shut your mouth, Rolf! hissed Lief.

But Lindal had heard. ‘I am happy to drop you if you wish, Capricon,’ she called.

Deltora Quest 3: Dragon’s Nest // Ch 17

... there was a tap on the door and Sky sidled into the cabin.

‘I have come with an urgent message for Britta the pearl thief,’ he drawled with a mocking smile. ‘Or should that be Britta the turtle witch, terror of the Silver sea?’

Star of Deltora: Towers of Illica // Ch 16

[Allun] dragged Rowan’s pack towards him. ‘You can spend your time usefully by holding the map for us while we look at it again.’

‘We have seen the way we must go,’ frowned Bronden. ‘We do not need the map.’

‘Ah, youth, youth! You must not forget that I am three years older than you, Bronden,’ smiled Allun. ‘And my poor memory is failing fast.’

Rowan of Rin // Ch 6

‘Rescuing your prisoners was not my main task, you know. The slays on the lower floor are all dead, Kyte—as dead as the real Vrett, whose name badge I used to make a fool of you.’

‘As dead as you are about to be!’ Kyte shrieked, her eyes blazing with rage.

‘Ah!’ Sholto raised one eyebrow. ‘Does this mean your kind invitation to breakfast no longer stands?’

The Three Doors: The Silver Door // Ch 26

One of the guards rode close to Gilan. He had lost three friends to the Rangers’ arrows during the attack that morning and he took every opportunity now to crack his spear shaft painfully across the Ranger’s shoulders and back. The fourth time he did so, Gilan turned and looked up at him with a peculiar smile.

‘What are you looking at, foreigner?’ the guard demanded roughly. The smile was a little unsettling. A prisoner shouldn’t smile at his captors like that, he thought.

‘I’m just making sure I can remember you,’ Gilan told him. ‘Never know when that might be useful.’

Ranger’s Apprentice: Erak’s Ransom // Ch 36

Tsukishima: *pulls off an insane block*

Hinata: Tsukishima :D!!! That one point was worth one hundred points!

Tsukishima: If you’re a middle blocker, you try it too :)

Haikyuu! // S03 E04

Cyber Controller: What is your name?

Ten: I’m The Doctor

Cyber Controller: A redundant title. Doctor’s need not exist. Cybermen never sick.

Ten: Yeah but that’s it! That’s exactly the point! Oh, you’re a clever man. I��d call you a genius, except I’m in the room—but everything you invented you did to fight your sickness, and that’s brilliant! That is so human!

Doctor Who // S02 E06 

Viren: We are here to discuss some rather weighty matters. Will your regent be joining us soon?

Aanya: I speak for myself now, and for my people.

Viren: Yes... this is a very serious situation... I intend no offence, but these issues require an adult perspective.

Aanya: It seems I’m a crown without an adult, and you’re an adult without a crown.

The Dragon Prince // S02 E05

Obi-Wan, hanging on a ledge: *shoots Grievous until he dies*

Obi-Wan: So uncivilised.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith