World, Writing, Wealth discussion

After having survived a grueling week of deadlines at the office, imagine yourself on a Boeing 747 in flight over the South Pacific to your dream vacation in Tahiti. The full moon in your small window accompanies you through the story world of the book that you've been waiting to sink your teeth into.

Suddenly, the "Fasten Seatbelts" lights flash on and the oxygen masks drop from the overhead bins. The plane shakes and shivers and then the floor tilts forward. A plastic cup flies through the air and hits you in the chest. The back of your head pushes against the head rest for several minutes.

"Brace for impact!"

A loud crash; shrieks of ripping metal; lights cut out; screams of passengers. Your face smashes into the back of the seat in front of you. Then, everything stops. You sniff and smell the acrid smell of burning plastic. Without thinking, you unbuckle, pull the life vest out from under your seat, jerk it down over your head and yank on the cords to inflate it. Two rows ahead of you, the moonlight reflects off of black water. You grab your water bottle, stuff it into one of the life vest's pockets, climb out of your seat and step into the isle. Water splashes around your feet. You shake the shoulder of a man still in his seat.

"Hey! We've got to get out!"

His head lolls to the side. You quickly pull your hand away. You feel the ocean lapping against your ankles. You turn your head around to look for the other passengers. Black, with only the moonlight glinting off of the water a few meters behind your seat. There are no seats behind yours; there are no more passengers.

Water soaks through your jeans at the thighs. You push through the rising seawater towards the moonlight, step off the floor, float for a few seconds and then start to swim away. Your arms stroke the surface of the sea and your legs kick in a steady pace like an outboard motor. You spit out salt water and seaweed. Turning your head around to get your bearings, you spy the soft round shadow of the fuselage wreckage and watch it sink into the sea.

"Hello! Is anybody out there!"

Silence.

To your right, you spot the dark outline of trees against the sky and start to swim towards it. After what seems like hours of steady, strenuous swimming, you walk up onto a beach. You legs cramp up, so you sit down on the sand and massage and stretch them out. Even though your thirsty enough to drink a trough of water, you take only two small mouthfuls. Who knows when you'll be able to find fresh water and even if you did find it soon you'd have to boil it first. You stare down the beach without thinking much. You're just glad to be alive. You wonder if anyone else made it.

Two hundred meters away, you spot a prone body on the beach.

So, which hunk or hunkette from your favorite book would you want to that person to be?

Now, if you thought that I, as a writer, would make this choice easy for you, think again. Although this deserted island might be completely devoid of human life, it might have sentient life. And there's the usual wild animals, jungle, disease, and inclement weather, and finding potable water and edible food to deal with. Choose wisely.

Bear Grylls. I could make it work.

Tara wrote: "Bear Grylls. I could make it work."

good choice.

Mine would be Lt. Kanya from The Windup Girl. She's tough and disciplined.

The Windup Girl sounded fascinating so I went to check out the reviews. I'm tempted but some readers were turned out by the extreme violence. I'm such a wimp so i don't know...

Mine would be Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson series, or Harry Potter or Sirius Black or Fred Weasley from the Harry Potter Series, or Any of my fav characters from Percy Jackson or Harry Potter.

Ƙανу Jαcкѕση Ƒυℓℓвυѕтєя ~And now I see you've got something to prove, And nothing to lose, so let me tell you the truth.~ wrote: "Mine would be Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson series, or Harry Potter or Sirius Black or Fred Weasley from the Harry Potter Series, or Any of my fav characters from Percy Jackson or Harry Potter."

oh yea, Sirius Black can have my back any day. Same with Fred Weasley--he's a real solid fellow.

for Hunkettes, i think that Minerva McGonagall--technically not a hunkette, but still--would be great to have my back.

I have to rely on him for survival? I almost said John Oliver because he makes me laugh, but I don't know about survival. :) Plus he is a real person.

Gandalf. Not a hunk but he's smart, sense of humor, and he's a wizard so he can take of just about any situation--unless there is a Balrog on the island. :)

I was thinking Four from Divergent...he's got all the skills and talents:-)

I stopped reading the post after the Seat belt sign switched on because of acute aerophobia, but I peeped at the question and I think Angelina, divorced or not, seems fit for survival missions, or maybe my homie Milla Jovovich -:)

Alex G wrote: "for Hunkettes, i think that Minerva McGonagall--technically not a hunkette, but still--would be great to have my back...."

Minerva was young once...

I don' t know what it is about Milla Jovovich. Her movies are not the kind that usually appeal to me. There doesn't seem to be much too them, essentially just her kicking ass for an hour and a half, yet there is something stupidly fun about them. Ultraviolet was on TV just the other day, I've seen it twice already and couldn't turn it off.

I'm also a fan of Milla

So I walk up to this guy, and he stands up, looking pretty much unharmed by the crash, so I ask him, 'What's you name.'

He says, 'Kent, Clark Kent.'

Clark Kent is a good one, and it made me think I'm a little surprised no one has said God, since the Bible is, after all a book. :D

Probably not considered a Hunk/Hunkette.

Being a beach on a deserted island, one could find an old arabian lamp in need of a polish... (but that's another story...)

If it were Robinson Crusoe on the plane, I guess he'd complain before approaching Friday about extremely bad luck of ship and plane crasher but a good one of survivor -:)

They all sound good but - Gandalf can conjure! My order of priorities for him to conjure: food, water, blanket (if it's cold), shelter, stories (he's pretty old he must have lots), fireworks (for additional entertainment), and maybe a ride home on a great eagle (I don't want to be there forever). Can't beat that! :-)

LOL.

Chrestomanci! He's a nine lifed enchanter, so he probably won't mind risking a life or two to save me from the dangers.

And as he's an enchanter he can probably summon up anything we need and will eventually work out a way of using the related worlds to get us off the island.

In the meantime he will look lovely in his tailored suits or silk dressing gowns!

Anna wrote: "Chrestomanci! He's a nine lifed enchanter, so he probably won't mind risking a life or two to save me from the dangers.

And as he's an enchanter he can probably summon up anything we need and will..."

oh wow! it's a multiverse. that is so cool. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. 1 is a must read. i added it to my short list. sounds like the "magic bureau" in harry potter.

oh and Wynne wrote Howl's Moving Castle, which Miyazaki adapted into an animation. even more of a reason to read Chrestomanci!

UPDATE: i requested it thru interlibrary loan. What? vol 1 is 584pp! that's a massive tome. i'll have my daughter read it first.

J.J. wrote: "I don' t know what it is about Milla Jovovich. Her movies are not the kind that usually appeal to me...."

So I guess it's not the movies, it's - her -:)
Recalling 5th element - maybe a bit silly, but kinda fun

Definitely Four from Divergent
Jace from City of Bones
Aragorn from LOTR
And since comic books are technically books, I'm gonna say Superman...but can I have the Henry Cavill version, please? :)

M.L. wrote: "They all sound good but - Gandalf can conjure! My order of priorities for him to conjure: food, water, blanket (if it's cold), shelter, stories (he's pretty old he must have lots), fireworks (for a..."
FYI if you're ever in a survival situation, shelter is a higher priority than water. You can survive a couple days without water, but without shelter, you won't survive the night depending on the elements/weather.

Zee wrote: "Definitely Four from Divergent
Jace from City of Bones
Aragorn from LOTR
And since comic books are technically books, I'm gonna say Superman...but can I have the Henry Cavill version, please? :)"

Side note: Henry Cavill was in the Straight to DVD Hellraiser movie, Hellraiser: Hellworld. You could think of it as a loose Superman vs. Pinhead match-up, and Pinhead wins :D

J.J. wrote: "Zee wrote: "Definitely Four from Divergent
Jace from City of Bones
Aragorn from LOTR
And since comic books are technically books, I'm gonna say Superman...but can I have the Henry Cavill version, p..."

LOL! I need to check that one out :)

Fans tend to hate it because of the implications from the big reveal toward the end, but I thought it was fresh and clever, and frankly after knowing that reveal and what's really been going on, you have to go back and rewatch it just to spot all these bizarre scenes they threw in and go "oh, so that's what that was!"

J.J. wrote: "Fans tend to hate it because of the implications from the big reveal toward the end, but I thought it was fresh and clever, and frankly after knowing that reveal and what's really been going on, yo..."

You've now got me really tickled!

Tara wrote: "Bear Grylls. I could make it work."

I gave up watching Bear Grylls when he drank his urine. That was just too much.

Lilyn G. (Scifi and Scary) wrote: "And, uhm, well, lets be honest, if I'm going to be stranded on a desert isle, ... Well, there's a reason we read romance novels, and it's not always for the happy-ever-after!"

Haha! I am so totally with you there, Lilyn! :)

My first thought was Indiana Jones