Considering that right now my favorite fandoms are tied pretty equally between Harry Potter and Doctor Who, I run the risk of ending up in one or the other.

Harry Potter, if I can become a witch for the duration of my stay, then yes, yes, absolutely yes. I wouldn't be able to keep myself from crying if I met Lupin in real life, so I'm sold.

Doctor Who, on the other hand... considering my favorite character is the Doctor, hands-down, I'd basically end up getting killed off as an extra to show how dangerous the Monster of the Week is. Not getting to be a companion, and never even getting to say thank you for being awesome to the Doctor? I'll pass.

Gimme now.

Upon being chucked into Middle-earth, I wouldn't be able to interact with Nienna, but that's not much lost, honestly; she wouldn't have spoken to me anyways.

Now, here's a question: what do I do? I can't go the classic Mary Sue route and recklessly join the Fellowship (I have no useful skills in a medieval context. Literally none. I can boil water: that's it), but if I managed not to die straight off I might be able to find a way to Rivendell (hey, it could happen. Maybe. If I have an immense amount of Valar-given luck on my side) and give Elrond some relevant info. Pretend to be a Seer, write down some cool-sounding stuff in private to spout off later as prophecy, and bam! I'm in business. Course, he'd have to trust me, and I hopefully wouldn't doom all of Middle-earth by getting something wrong and/or changing the plot so much that new and unforeseen dangers overcome the Company, but if all goes well I've saved countless lives and might even get to stay with the Elves for a while. Or in Gondor, maybe. Just anyplace remotely civilized.

But I'd probably just die; Middle-earth isn't exactly the safest place in the multiverse. Just watch: I'd get some crucial verb or noun wrong and end up getting myself killed. I'm horrible with foreign languages.

It'd be totally worth it, though. ^_^

-Alleb

The World of Ice and Fire sucks to live in, and without the consolation of Tyrion's razor-sharp wit? Yeah, I'll pass.

The MonMusuverse, though... that's a good one. While Polt is my favorite character, she's also the one I'd probably get along with the least (I'm lazy). I'd press the button there.

Hey, I might even meet a minotaur...

Especially if it was red, with 'Do Not Press' written all over it (I'm assuming I'm not the only person here that immediately wants to press such buttons to find out what they do).

As for the downside, it doesn't seem that bad in comparison for what you get out of it. I can't think of any series that I like solely because of one character, so there'd be plenty of other shiny things to see and do.

Hmm, if I had to pick just one series to be my favourite, at the moment it'd be Star Wars, - my anticipation for the new film is slowly building, and The Old Republic is one of the few games that I keep coming back to. But that means that I wouldn't be able to hang out with Vette (the Sith warrior's first companion), and she's brilliant! Not impressed with you, little button. Still, I'm sure I could find interesting things to do to pass the time.

... wait, do I get to return home after this visit? I guess I'll only find that out after pressing the button, right? Why do I get the feeling this button is the worst kind of schmuck bait?

- Irish

I mean, my favourite character in Middle-earth is probably Finrod Felagund, but that's fine - there's loads of other stuff to do. But... there have been several convincing arguments made that Middle-earth itself is the main character of large parts of Tolkien's writing, and if so, it's definitely my favourite. In which case I'd just get chucked into the Void to hang out with Morgoth, or maybe (if the button is feeling nice) onto Vingilot to chill with Earendil. Neither of which are worth the trouble.

(Also, does the button let you come back? Because, while obviously I'm immortal and would get back to the present eventually, it'd be a long journey, and there's people I'd miss. Also there's a lot of wars back there to die in.)

hS

I'm leaning more toward pressing the button - after all, as others have said before me, actually meeting a favourite character would most likely result in a lot of unwanted awkwardness (and that's in a best case scenario), so it probably wouldn't be that much of a loss.

However, it also depends on exactly where and when you end up in the world: for example, my favourite series at the moment would probably be Doctor Who. However, if I were to press that button, and then simply ended up in modern-day Earth (with no way off it, given that it's impossible for me to interact with the Doctor, and presumably his companion(s))... well, that would probably make for a rather disappointing experience. I mean, certainly there are the various alien threats, and organisations such as UNIT or Torchwood, but I somehow doubt I'd be able to get as near to them as I'd like.

But if I were to end up on Gallifrey instead...

... what good would be to meet you favourite character that way? Weird explanations would ensue.

And, depending on the character, they might not take a liking to you. Or even kill you outright.

So... I'm gonna mash that button.


(A point: I think it's supposed to be "favourite character from that series", but what for people like me whose favourite character doesn't match their favourite series? See, my favourite character is Homura Akemi, but I prefer Detective Conan, Card Cator Sakura and other series over PMMM. That way, it would be a win-win situation as the favourite character isn't part of that world.)

Wait!

Would this turn me into a wizard? Being a Muggle in the Potterverse wouldn’t make much difference to where I’m now.

HG

It is probably the safest option for me.

My favourite series is the SCP Foundation, and interact with one of my favourite super natural objects......I am going to be doomed for sure.

Watching at the side during a testing as a nameless level-2 researcher is already the best thing for me.

My favourite series? Worm. It counts shaddap.

Worm is very much Not A Happy Place.

I don't wanna go in there unless I can pull Skitter out and feed her candy and give her a spot on the Titans roster. =]

...would kinda be for the best, both for their sake and for yours'. I'd either make them upset by acting a fanbrat around them or end up being killed when bad things happen to them and I'm in the vicinity.

As for actually lasting long enough in the continuum to enjoy it, well, that depends on what continuum it is. Pokémon? Since you can potentially make everything you come across like you with a good battle and a couple dozen Poké Balls, probably. Jurassic Park/World? Unless you enjoy being snatched up by a pterosaur or eaten alive by a raptor/T. rex/whatever, I rather doubt it.

Ah, well. Whatever happens to me after the fact, Imma mash that button anyway like there's no tomorrow. XD

Let's face it: getting close to a main character in the middle of their plot could be fatal for background characters like us. Just getting to go to another world would be worth everything to me.

—doctorlit would never come home, honestly.

I see almost no downside. Even if you can't interact with your favorite character, you can talk to LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE or just go along for the ride as a normal Hogwarts student.

Visiting other worlds, like RWBYverse? Hell yes! Not interacting with our favorite character could be harsh, but it's not keeping anyone else out, right? Besides, it's also an opportunity for having your own story.