15 Characters: Round 6 Results

[john_amend_all]

So, my fifteen characters were:

1. Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)
2. Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park, Austen)
3. Elita (Knightmare)
4. Astrid Ferrier (Doctor Who)
5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond)
6. Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races)
7. Helen Sherwood (The Face of the Abbot, L T Meade and Robert Eustace)
8. Inspector Bucket (Bleak House, Dickens)
9. Lord Percy Percy (Blackadder)
10. Isobel Watkins (Doctor Who)
11. Ardra the Evil One (Star Trek TNG)
12. Rufus Ruffcut (Wacky Races)
13. Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective! (The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, C L Pirkis)
14. Bluebottle (The Goon Show, Spike Milligan)
15. Shinwell Johnson (Sherlock Holmes, Doyle)

clocketpatch asked:

Eleven [Ardra] and Twelve [Rufus] go out on a date. What happens when Thirteen [Loveday] unexpectedly shows up?

I don't think they notice her, because Loveday is a detective whose main characteristic is being nondescript. So (assuming the other two are in a reasonably public establishment) she poses as a member of staff, makes sure of her quarry, and lays her plans. When the two emerge from wherever it is, Ardra finds several police officers waiting, who'd like to have a quiet word with her.

pedanther asked:

2 [Mary Crawford], 10 [Isobel Watkins], and 14 [Bluebottle] are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from 5 [Blofeld]. Do they succeed?

So, Meester pedanther, we meet again. I must congratulate you on your unerring choice of villain [strokes cat]. As you doubtless appreciate, the so-called free world has not the smallest hope against my master plan. Particularly not when its chosen champion was a Boy Scout from Finchley, whose gadgets were all made of cardboard and string. He was, of course, 'deaded' (as I believe you call it), in the explosion that demolished MI5's latest headquarters. Miss Watkins? Yes, you may certainly see Miss Watkins. She is being held in the detention block. She had ambitions to be a Bond girl, I hear. Possibly. But nothing more. She may qualify for a place in my harem, and wait for a more worthy secret agent. And Miss Crawford? Alas, my piranhas must eat.

Bring the good Meester pedanther closer to the window, Helmut. That is right. From here, you will have an excellent view of Armageddon.

Under what circumstances might 4 [Astrid] and 13 [Loveday] fall in love?

Astrid's from the very near future, and Loveday is from 1894. So the first thing to arrange is a meeting between them — still, that's what Weeping Angels are for. We then need to assume they're both somewhere above 2 on the Kinsey scale, but their respective canons are both silent on that score, so that isn't a problem. If Astrid's been thrown back in time she's probably having to steal for a living, so Loveday gets hired to track down this pestilential sneak thief, and sets out to reform her. Forbidden love inevitably blossoms, and 120-odd years later the showrunner of Professor X includes fictionalised versions of them in several episodes.

Which character on the list would you most want with you if your car broke down and the only place to go ask for help was the old mansion with the bats flying around it?

That's a surprisingly tricky question.

Given that Helen Sherwood's only canon appearance involves discovering the secret behind a supposedly haunted castle, she's quite a good candidate. Except for the slight issue that in order to find out whether the spectre is a real ghost or just a man in a mask, she fires her revolver at it. You can get into trouble for that sort of thing.

Sadly, my list is pretty short on people with actual supernatural abilities; even Elita, who's from a fantasy setting, has talents more geared to creative insults than exorcism. I think Johnson might be a good bet; he's big and tough, and if the old mansion happens to be locked against us, his burglary skills may come in handy too. Astrid has a similar skillset and would be a more congenial companion, but doesn't look so obviously threatening.

Of course, if Ardra's still got her spaceship at this point in time she can use its teleporter to get us to safety without going near the old mansion at all.

lost_spook asked:

1 [Liz Shaw] and 2 [Mary Crawford] are treasure hunting. Do they successfully follow the map and how are they at fairly sharing the treasure. And what do they do about 9 [Percy] who is hunting them?

I should think Liz can handle all the details of treasure hunting, though she doubtless gets annoyed that Mary keeps trying to set her up on a date with her brother. Harmonious division of the spoils might be more problematic, particularly if their haul is in the form of jewellery rather than something readily divisible such as pieces of eight.

They don't do anything about Percy, because he lost track of them before they reached the second waypoint on the treasure map.

6 [Penelope Pitstop], 7 [Helen Sherwood] and 8 [Inspector Bucket] get stuck in a lift. Where, how, why, what and do they get out again?

This is a bit difficult because of the time factor; Bucket is from somewhere between 1827 and 1842 and Helen is from 1900. Fortunately Penelope is one of those characters who doesn't seem to have a fixed point in history, so she can fit in with the others. Also, 1827 is a bit early for lifts, though according to Wikipedia one was operating in 1823 as a tourist attraction. So let's bring him forward and Penelope back.

Where: One likely place for a 1900s Londoner to encounter a lift would be leaving a Tube station, so let's use that.
How: The lift would probably have a human operator, who's been suborned by the mastermind behind this outrage.
Why: Helen and Penelope are both heiresses with evil relatives who want their fortunes for themselves. Whether the brain behind this particular outrage is Madame Sara or the Hooded Claw, the result is doubtless the same: Our Heroines are trapped in the lift, while the false claimants rush to the solicitor's office to secure the vital deeds.
What: It doesn't take Bucket long to smell a rat, so within minutes the lift operator has been placed under arrest. That just leaves the trio with the problem of undoing his sabotage and getting the lift going again before it's too late.
Do they get out again? I expect so. After all the times she's had to fix her car, Penelope can probably coax the lift into life with the contents of her makeup case.

Only 15 [Shinwell Johnson] can save the world from 3 [Elita]. How doomed is the world?

That depends, I think, where she is. If she's in 1900s London, Johnson can use his criminal contacts to track her down and then confront her in a back alley. Her tendency to hurl insults might let her down here; if Johnson decided to imprison her rather than just whack her with a cosh, he'd probably decide to gag her, and that would have the useful side-effect of hampering her ability to use magic.

If she's elsewhere or elsewhen, Johnson's going to be out of his element and probably won't stop her in time.

daibhid_c asked:

9 [Lord Percy] and 14 [Bluebottle] are lost in the jungle! Only 4 [Astrid] knows where they've gone! Will 4 [Astrid] do anything to help, or will they be left to make their own way back? And either way, do they make it?

It looks as if Astrid's having a busy meme. I'm sure as soon as she can find the time she'll set out to rescue the other two, but bearing in mind their combined incompetence I confidently expect them to have drowned or been eaten by leopards within minutes of setting out from base camp.

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