I personally use Chuck Norris (or maybe Chuck Norris uses me?). But I found this on the chucknorrisfacts.com website:
"Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building."
I'm sure y'all have heard that one, but I thought of this site and wanted to post.

Obama. Barack Obama.

#1012 - 何 - what

what? obama? yes we can!

Three people actually. They are each of different personality so I can choose the one that suits the story.

Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X
Mugen and Jin from Samurai Champloo

I wonder who Chuck Norris and Mr. T use for their Kanji stories. Maybe Vin Diesel.

OnT: Mr. T, been a huge A-Team fan back then. But I use Chuck Norris now and then for Kanji stories that need a superhuman protagonist but do not have the person primitive.

Evil_Dragon Wrote:I wonder who Chuck Norris and Mr. T use for their Kanji stories. Maybe Vin Diesel.

Bruce Lee of course .

Nii87 Wrote:Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X

My husband and I just started watching this anime! We rented the first volume tonight. I'm always a little amused at the slight corniness of samurai anime (I couldn't handle more than the first disc of Basilisk), but we like this one.

jmkeralis Wrote:

Nii87 Wrote:Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X

My husband and I just started watching this anime! We rented the first volume tonight. I'm always a little amused at the slight corniness of samurai anime (I couldn't handle more than the first disc of Basilisk), but we like this one.

That is my favorite anime
Actually I only watch two, Naruto and Rurouni Kenshin

I used Norman Osborn, with costume and without.

I'm a Mr. T guy, because, well, he's Mr. T. And I grew up on the A-Team, too.

Who would Mr. T use? Mr. T doesn't need to use anybody. He'd just glare at the kanji until they all jumped into his brain out of fear, and stay remembered.

Because I pity the kanji that doesn't stay remembered...

Neither. I didn't personify any primitives.

Jarvik7 Wrote:Neither. I didn't personify any primitives.

Now I'm really interested, what do you use for "person" instead?

Harry Potter FTW!

Mr T doesn't work for me. Sure I watched the A-Team as a kid, but that was basically the same episode over and over again and as a result there isn't much to associate with his character.

Harry on the other hand comes with a rich universe that can be a source of inspiration for stories.

No one uses Mr. T or Chuck Norris, they use you!

Maid Guy FTW =D

Evil_Dragon Wrote:

Jarvik7 Wrote:Neither. I didn't personify any primitives.

Now I'm really interested, what do you use for "person" instead?

I realize that you're probably joking, but a lot of people do pick a specific person to represent 人. I just kept it as "person".

Well, since I can't stand hearing Chuck Norris jokes (really, c'mon, any asian kung fu superstar could kick his butt), and Mr. T doesn't really do it for me...

I used L from death note. I thought I'd have some trouble making up 100+ stories about him, but every time I get to a new kanji with the person primitive, I get excited. I NEVER forget a story with L, it's too easy to make good stories about him.

Neither, I find both of them boring. I used my WoW character.

I'm proud to have introduced Obama as a personification of this kanji. I think more folks can use him for stories, internationally, than either T. or Norris. Of course, I'm not a fan of the prez, so those stories tend to get reported as if they were pr0n. lol.

crayonmaster Wrote:Well, since I can't stand hearing Chuck Norris jokes (really, c'mon, any asian kung fu superstar could kick his butt), and Mr. T doesn't really do it for me...

I used L from death note. I thought I'd have some trouble making up 100+ stories about him, but every time I get to a new kanji with the person primitive, I get excited. I NEVER forget a story with L, it's too easy to make good stories about him.

Heh. I used L too. It was fun. ^^

I couldn't use Mr. T or Chuck Norris 'cause I barely know who they are. I remember a commercial or something from when I was little with the guy I think is Mr. T. He had a lot of gold necklaces... Chuck Norris I only know about from all those jokes that float around the internet. ._.

I made up an ancient civilization and the important people in it - one o them happened to be a Chuck Norris equivalent.

Mr. T. Although I don't remember watching A-team, and I haven't seen much of Mr. T besides, he stands out so much for me that I still find it easy to remember which kanji he's in.

I use Mr. T

However it's really awesome how everyone is got a different point of view on this but we all make it through the Kanji anyway.

Stoked,
You changed from 魚 a few months ago because Phauna had it first and now you have another twin 幸　
Must be having an identity crisis

I used neither. Instead, I used Haruhi from the 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 series. The guy who though of using her for "person" is a genius.

I used Mr. T, I didn't want to at first as I've never watched the A-team and the only reason I knew his was because of the "I pity the fool" catchphrase. But I saw that almost every top story involved him so I just followed the crowd. In the end, I don't think it matters who you choose as long as you stick with one person, it should be fine.