enduring fictional characters

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fanthropology asks today: What characters of today might be as well recognized and loved in 200 years as Holmes still is now?

Interesting comments. I think that Han Solo will endure more than either Luke or Leia. I don't know enough about the Star Trek franchise to know whether Kirk will endure as some sort of archetype in the future. I'm tempted to guess Malcolm Reynolds, but it's a fair argument that he is derived from Han Solo and/or any other number of noble characters adhering to Lost Causes(TM).

Thoughts?

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I'd say "Gandalf" ... a character who had wide recognition through the original books and many paintings, figurines, etc., even before Ian McKellan planted his excellent version in a broader public's minds.

And there's Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, X-men ... again, not because of recent movies, but because they've lasted a long time in the short-attention-span 20th/21st (so far) centuries in many different medias.