Top Ten Tuesday: Lord of the Flies fantasies

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a top ten list every Tuesday (obviously) centered around a book-related topic. If you’ve got a blog and did a list for this week, feel free to link in the comments so we can chat! If you haven't, feel free to discuss anyways!

Without ado, my first ever TTT topic: Top Ten Characters I Would Want With Me On A Deserted Island

This is evil. I mean, how on earth am I supposed to choose only ten?

1. Daenerys Targaryen (and her dragons)

Mainly the dragons, actually. They can hunt food, look awesome, and oh wait, they can fly us off this deserted island. Gotcha. Downside: those dragons might try to roast us, which is why Dany is needed (also, because she is all-around awesome), but also ...

2. Oberyn Martell

I do hope that stuff about Dorne having a few tricks up its sleeve to deal with dragons is true. Even if it isn't, Oberyn is hot enough to keep around. *sighs* Also, his travels in Essos (and Citadel poison-studying) may help us with the weird plants and mushrooms. (And, he's hot. Did I mention that?)

3. The Baudelaires

Sorry, I know that's three, is that cheating? But Violet (elder sister) can invent a boat back to civilization, I can exchange book recs with Klaus (brother and bookworm), and Sunny (baby sis) is adorable. Also, she can cook!

If I have to choose only one, it'll be Sunny. Because I can't cook to save my life and I already have dragons for escaping.

4. Spock

We could totally use Star Trek technology to call for help. It would also be helpful to know when we're being illogical to increase our chances of survival.

Kirk and McCoy are right though, terrible bedside manner.

5. Sherlock(s) Holmes

... I dunno. I think Sherlock Holmes was my first literary crush (and no, that was not starting from BBC Sherlock, that started from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories). His mere presence should also forestall any murder attempts and keep us safe from serial killers.

6. Celia Bowen

Because magic is awesome. Magicking all sorts of survival stuff (or maybe just a plane) would be great, but really, just magic. Also, her father "Prospero" should have some experience with stranded-on-island situations, no?

7. The author avatar in World War Z (not Brad Pitt)

Having interviewed so many zombie apocalypse survivors (and maybe written a survival guide), he should be able to handle being stranded just fine. Besides, I'd love to see him interview all the other literary characters we're with.

8. Romeo (from Romeo and Juliet)

Just to throw him off a cliff and see him drown in stupidity. Actually, I spent some time deciding whether I preferred R or J, but considering that J could have had a perfectly happy life with Paris without R, I chose R.

9. Puck

Because he gives the. best. monologues. ever. Also, I need him to make Romeo fall in love with a fish so he'll jump off aforementioned cliff willingly. Flip side: he might play pranks on us.

10. Captain Jack Sparrow

Again, he should have plenty of experience with being stranded on an island. He can also amuse us for the sake of morale. And if we ever get a ship, we do need someone who can steer ...