Who would be the best and worst characters to be stuck inside with?

[petra]

Please tell us who you would love and hate to be stuck with, day in and day out. Remember to include the fandom they're from, too.

Comments

[petra]

I think the winner of "best indoors companion" would be Arthur Shappey of Cabin Pressure. Fortunately for me, his creator thinks so too and has been doing a series of vlogs on the subject.

The worst indoors companion I can think of (barring homicidal maniacs) would be Miles Vorkosigan of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. Canon says that when he's cooped up in a small place it only makes him more likely to take it over. Given how much time he spends on spaceships, as well as his physical limitations, he ought to be better at small-space living, but his refusal to go with the flow would drive me up a wall in short order.

[cynthia1960]

Oh dear sweet Jesus, Miles would be the absolute worst! We've got canon showing how shitty he would be in Diplomatic Immunity. On the other hand, Ivan Vorpatril would probably do just fine because he would have official permission to chill out.

[petra]

We have a lot of canon on how bad Miles gets when he's cooped up. He starts plotting immediately and if there was nothing to plot against or organize, what would he even do with himself?

Ivan would probably be fine, yes. He has a much more stolid mentality than his manic coz.

[cynthia1960]

Yeah, DI came to mind to me first because it was one of my last re-read books.

[via_ostiense]

OMG you are 100% right about Miles.

[petra]

He should be so much better at inactivity than he in fact is, given his life experience. But nope.

[via_ostiense]

He gets worse at it with practice, not better!

[desireearmfeldt]

Cordelia and/or Aral would probably be above average quarantine companions, though.

[petra]

True, they both have the training and temperament for staying in a limited space for an extended period of time.