Topic awaiting preservation: Historical characters

If you could be an historical character, who would you choose ?

PS : You may think lately I have began diggging in the inmates personalities, and to be frank, it is maybe the case

I can't choose just one.

Picasso - Never need drugs, get to be a prick to everyone and still be loved!
Atilla the Hun? Take?n it to da Romans! Yah death!
King Louie XIV ? Who wouldn?t want to be in France at this time in history?
Cleopatra IV - I have no idea who the 4th was but Egypt is cool and from what I know, the 4th didn't die horribly. Plus I get boobs! Always a bonus.
Aristotle - Need I really say why?

Edit: Now I know why I almost failed history... Atilla the Hun, not Ghandi... same difference, not really but... and King Louie XIV, not the XIII... man, you'd think even a king could get an original name...

Actually, now that I've had time to think about it. I'd probably choose Shakespeare.

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Sequoia - he brought a written language to my people.

Drac, unless I'm badly mistaken, Ghandi had nothing to do with the Romans...it was the English he 'took it' to.

Raziel

Queen Elizabeth I

Probably one of the most colorful British Monarchs ever... and an independant woman before the world knew independant women...


Bodhi - Cell 617

WebShaman - I don't know what history books you're reading, but Ghandi rode into Rome from Carthage on the backs of elephants. After that, he ravaged China as the Khan of a Mongol horde. Geez, get some learnin', you!

[Edit: Oh, I suppose I should have answered the question... Nikola Tesla, Abraham Lincoln or Leonardo da Vinci]

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I would have to say, Leonardo da'Vinci or perhap Issac Newton.

J. Stuart J.

For the sake of history, it might be interesting to be Hitler to find out what really made him so psychotic and generally evil. Either that or being J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the main creators of the atomic bomb.

erm,,,,historical character? let's see, perhaps Tecumseh (Shawnee elder), or Lau Tzu? Both of whom I respect greatly. I know, Merlin, so I can have some mischief as well!

Wangenstein...??

Uhhh...

What??

Gengis Khan is Ghandi?? I didn't know that... *scratches head*

There you go, WS... you just need to get yourself some education! Me and Drac? Entirely self-taught...

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Henry VIII of england: Man would i have saved shit loads of money in the divorce court.....

Darwin

Joan d' Arc --- A visionary lady who was a leader of armies...

For Me:
Ieyasu Tokugawa - the founder of a dynasty, unifer of japan- life would be good
Miyamoto Musashi or Jack Kerouac - an adventurous way to find oneself
Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Charles of Spain, or any of the Baghdad caliphs(that weren't putzes)- Hell, why aim small, give me empire, give me riches.
Jose Marti - The father of Cuba, not a bad life
Che Guevarra - running around the world, drinking, meeting women, and starting revolutions. Can't go wrong there.
One of the Medici Dukes - Florence, Reniassance, all mine: nuff said.
Overall- Teddy Roosevelt- all of life was an adventure, I think he was in to that "temperence" thing but I'd take care of that.



-tiki, cell 478

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Bruce Dickinson (he's not historical yet, but probably will be in a century or so ^_-)

and Wellington. Hah! To kick Napoleons ass!!

I would be Adam end enjoy being single for the rest off eternal life in paradise.



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"Art has to be forgotten. Beauty must be realized."
Piet Mondriaan

One of the onlookers during the time of Jeanne d'Arc. One of Christ's diciples (St.Peter most likely). A courtisan for Louis XIV. An actor in one of Shakespeare's many comedies. Or perhaps a general in the 2nd world war. I could go on, but you get the idea...

Orieneos, that reminds me alot of Mattis Cuvalier, a character (troubadour) from a book of Thea Beckman. He refers to himself as the "eternal spectator"

Rasputin

Kublai Khan

Peter the Great

Leif Erikson

Saint Patrick

Chaucer

Hmm... I've always wanted to be Mark Twain, just because of the way he wrote. But he wasn't really a very happy man. I imagine Terry Pratchett has more fun, but he's not dead yet. If I didn't mind being an utter scoundrel, I could be Josephus - he had an exciting life, lived his elder years in comfort, died old, wrote books that are still important today. If I'm thinking of whose life I would honestly prefer, I'd have to admit that I'd want a relatively quiet life, the life of a genius in a brilliant society that appreciated him but could still be a litle outraged by his more daring thoughts - say, Socrates. Or David Hume.

tikigod, have you read Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi? It's a truly wonderful historical romance, right up there with the best of Dumas.

Rakanishu

(+2 points to the person that first guesses that game)

Raptor- Rakanishu, also known as Rocks can Eat you! <Moon Dancer wanders down the hall humming the opening music to D2, pauses and says...>

"I'd like to be Erik the Red... Einstein... Hammurabi... mmmm.... Lao Zu... " <continues muttering around the corner>

Ghandi, C.S. Lewis (maybe not historical yet...), Einstein (just to see what he thinks), Pythagoras, Ceaser, Christ.

moon dancer got it..... minutesbefore me, hehe Rakanishu is a named monster in the bloody fields(?)(sorry, i havent played in 2 years) (the newbie area in act 1) of Diablo 2... looks like a little imp dude



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C.S. Lewis is a good one. The man had dignity and wisdom that shone through in his writing. He also had a lot of grief in his life - but maybe everyone does.

This is such a weird topic for me. I honestly can't think of anyone I would want to be other than me. I guess it would make more sense for me to think about whose lives I would like to emulate. People I really admire and such.

i wanna change mine to jesus.... would have been awesome to be jesus

Yeah, I'd loved to have been a smart-ass kid that got spit out by his own people and ended on a cross with a Roman soldier prodding my side with a spear to see if I'm really dead
I'm sorry, but really, if anyone had a bad life in his time, it was Jesus, wether you see it from a Biblical or any other point of view...

Hm..I prefer rolplaying though, then you can make your own historical figures But just once, and for a brief moment, I would like to be able to know what it is like to be one of the ultimate bad guys, like Torquemada for instance, or Hitler or one of the insane Roman Emperors.

Nero would be kinda cool. Maybe.

Mussolini, Hitler, yeah, those would be interesting.

I gotta agree with Fey here... I don't think I could handle being Jesus.

I've never really thought of which historical figure I would like to be. I've thought of figures I would like to meet, but not be. I definitely wouldn't choose a figure who made his living by fighting, as I would always have to be on the lookout for people trying to kill me. Heroes generally had a pretty rough time, too. Hmm... I guess I'll have to think some more about this one.





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