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there have always been those characters in books, television, and movies that you relate to. either their journey speaks to you, or it's their personality, or something.

these are mine.

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)
she was one of the first characters that i truly ever related to. she's strong willed and able to look at the world as it truly is. she knows that marrying for any reason except love is ridiculous, and she's not afraid to share her opinion, if asked. yet, at the same time, she's likable. she naturally draws people to her.

Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girl, 2007-present)
i've been told often that i'm similar to Blair for many reasons. she can be an absolute bitch at times, with sharp wit and sarcasm, but she can also be this hurt, scared, and wounded child that is in need of a hug or a shoulder to lean on, although she would never admit it.
in episode 19 of season 2, she talks to another character about why she watches her favorite movies over and over again. her reason is that she likes to know how everything is going to end. that is exactly me. i hate going into things if i don't know how they're going to end. i have to be in control.

Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote)
although the following quote is from the film version and not spoken by Holly Golightly, it rings so true
"You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-You-Are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you're terrified somebody's going to stick you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somaliland. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself."
every time that scene occurs, it hits home so hard for me.

Mary Lane (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, 2005)
i've had quite a few people tell me i'm basically the "brunette Mary Lane." for those of you unfamiliar with the character, she is basically the most sexually/worldly innocent person in the universe.
"Little Mary Sunshine with her hem cut so low
Little Mary Sunshine with her ducks in a row
Little Mary Sunshine needs a change in her life
Little Mary Sunshine needs a man

Now come on, Mary Sunshine
It's time that you learned to be bad!
You make a charming armful
So snuggle up, my buttercup, 'cuz you been had"
many friends of mine want to break me out of this and get me to "let loose," although we have different definitions. i don't want to spend a good chunk of my life in a drunken stupor. you can have just as much fun sober and clean (if not more fun).

these are all that i can think of at 2:19 in the morning, but i know there are more. i spent quite a few hours thinking about this last night.