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For Voodoo, it's Ellen and Korra. Ellen because they're pretty much morails by now - their time searching for Dave solidified that - and Korra because she reminds him of himself when he was younger. While he'd be willing to die for Adrian or Tommy, he figures that the former is a capable enough fighter that he won't need much in the way of protection if it comes to that and that the latter will, more likely than not, die in a situation where events are out of his control, i.e., in a different world.

For Mako, right now? Bolin. No question.

(Korra'll get a spot later on in canon.)

For John, it's Abigail and Jack. He feels concern for Kate and Jim, but he still doesn't know them well enough to sacrifice himself for them.

Joshua: Claudia. Without even a second thought. She almost did the same for him.

Helena: At the point I have her currently in canon, Christina without question.

Eventually, things will change for both of them, but for now.

For Yugo, it's probably everyone, regardless of whether he knows them or not. It's not the kind of thing he'd really think about, he'd just do it. He's just kind of like that - which, in a way, suggests potentially disturbing things about his self-image. (For Phoenix, it's nobody. Absolutely nobody. This may change in the future, although he can't die anyway.)

Atton - a few people! Anyone who's his friend, really. He doesn't discriminate between them, in that regard.

Leonardo - Mac, Lisa, Lorenzo, Verocchio, his father. Not in that order, really, they all stand about equal (maybe his father is a little further down the list). That said, if anyone was in life-threatening danger, Leo would probably at least take the risk.

Leo Fudou - um. Kaoru? Kaoru.

Seamus - Dean, definitely Dean.

Teddy - Victoire and the Potter-Weasley kids.

Mac would die for Lisa more than Leo would die for Lisa. So there :-P

Mac would probably knock Leo out and hide his unconscious body before he'd let Leo die for... well, anyone. But if it was Lisa, at least Mac would take his place.

Henry, depends on when in canon, but he does risk his life to prove a point/keep Emma alive, so presumably family as a rule. May be wider, it's hard to tell.

Lois risks her life for stories, some of which protect people-in-general by exposing, so that line is shady. Starting next season she'll get protective to the point of risking her life for heroes--one in particular being the catalyst and primary focus. She's been willing to die for her cousin for years--family in general, really, which now extends to Martha and Clark.

For Tavi, in a personal sense, family and friends and generally his home. That kicks off the series. This now extends to anyone/anything he considers his personal responsibility or is required for his end or immediate goal. Right now this means his Legion and Alera; soon non-Vord life. But his relationship with fatal risks-his and others'-is complicated.

To borrow Gen's wonderful phrase, the answer is Yes for Will, Charles, Sameth, William. Tumnus and Jane aren't the ones who will go into a fight but will stay beside you. Demeter's a goddess and has her version of yes to this. Moist will be somewhere across town or he might stay to help but violence makes his feet itch. The Pirate King has a much more conditional yes.

Will-Robin, the men of Sherwood, any of his friends in Milliways, most people in Milliways, he'll fight beside and for those he believes in. Every day he knows he might end up dying for Nottingham, its part of how he approaches the world.

Charles-Raven, Erik, Hank, any mutant he's met, his friends, but he'd much rather live than die for them.

William-his mother, Mark, Thalia, Katya, Michael Westen, other friends I'm forgetting, but he'd rather not die.

Sameth-His family, the Old Kingdom, Nick, Kait, many of his friends in Milliways.

Demeter-She's a goddess so can't easily die but she would risk herself for any of her friends and some of her family.

Jane-Her family, Tom, but dying for someone isn't a way she likes to think of the world.

Moist-No one, he'll help people out in a number of ways that aren't always obviously helping but he doesn't want any violence. If he has to say I'll die for you to prove his loyalty then he'll leave.

Tumnus-Lucy, the Pevensies, Narnia, Aslan.

The Pirate King-Maybe Ruth and some of his men but he'd rather not have dying be an option.

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Ha. The easy answer for most of mine is just YES.

Thor: Loki, his parents, any of his friends, just-met comrades in arms, innocent bystanders.

Trowa: Cathy, any of the other Gundam pilots, innocent bystanders. (He doesn't want to, but in a them-or-me he's fine with stepping forward. Although so are the other Gundam pilots, which he respects, so how that one played out would be very situational.)

Clare: It's harder to think of people she wouldn't be willing to die to protect. Clare's life is pretty much 'protect humans until you die in the process,' and she'd sacrifice herself for a comrade too. So pretty much the only people she wouldn't die for are the ones she's trying to kill instead.

River: Her family, her crew, her friends, innocent bystanders. (It's a theme.)

Regan: Her family. Anyone else, it's highly situational, because Regan doesn't live the kind of life where this is the kind of choice she faces much.

I like your first line as that's true of a few of mine as well.

Yeah, me too.

Felix fully expects to die saving the world, does that count? Apart from that, the only currently-living individual he'd willingly die for is his sister Jenna.

I have no idea on the others at the moment.

The only character I have who wouldn't ever do that is Gibbs. He wouldn't even die to protect Jack.

Cy and Charlie are heroes. It's sort of in the codebook that you die to protect innocents. As well as your partners/teammates. As well as anyone you love.

Knox would die to protect children. And Rapunzel, though she really doesn't need him protecting her.

Kirk would die to save Spock or Bones. He would not, however, die to protect his crew. He hates that he's sent so many to their deaths, but it's part of being a captain. You have to let the crew die if it's necessary for the mission. He would also die for the lives of innocents, and loved ones, especially his son. He would have gladly treated his life for David's.

And Howard...someday, he would be willing to die to save wife and son. And he would die in the line of duty for the greater good and for victory over the Nazis or HYDRA. But the only person in his life during WWII he might sacrifice himself for is Peggy Carter.

Lydia - Jackson.

The Ice King - the Simon Petrikov part of him would still die to protect Marceline.

Bilbo - his friends.

Merlin - Arthur, Gwen, Camelot in general.

Steve - his team, Orpheus, Bucky, his friends, the world in general. It's a superhero thing.

Oswin: ... Chin-boy, evidently, though she wouldn't have said yes until those last few minutes.

Katya: Bear, Yulia, Seymon. Olga, though that'd be highly unlikely to be needed. Boris Ivanovich, though that'd be a statistical impossibility. Anton, maybe, later in the series. Any one of her personal trainees. Skellig.

Glorfindel: Any one of the members of the house of Turgon. Others he'd fight hard for, might put himself at ridiculous risk for, but anyone descended from his king? He'll gleefully put himself between them and harms way until he can no longer do so.

Haymitch: Currently: Hee. You're funny. Dying for someone is easy. It's the living for them that sucks.

Balthazar: Dave. Veronica. Rae. .... The last two are debatable, actually. Moreso after canon. Prior to end of canon... mostly just Dave.

Ace: Prior to M-ways: The Doctor, full stop. Afterwards.... the list is so looooong, and kind of loses its impact when you realize she'll be back for tea anyway.

Bones: Will protest as long as he has breath and anyone cares (or doesn't care, whatever) to hear that he plans on living, thankyouverymuch. The answer is: pretty much for any other living creature he can logically save by doing so. Kirk and Spock make top billing on the list in his current situation.

*looks at all three of mine*

Ahahahaha so much yes.

Mia was willing at sixteen to die protecting the world. As far as specifics go, if she counts you as family or friend, you're on the short list.

Lucas doesn't think of it in such specific terms but he is willing to put himself in situations where death is most certain, such as going up against restroom signs that know PK Starstorm. Again, this is another protect the world scenario.

Lohengrin is willing to die to protect Siegfried and, though he doubts he would need to, his parents. ~~And eventually Tutu.~~

restroom signs that know PK Starstorm

And suddenly Ellen is thinking that combat laser turrets inside the National Archives are no longer the worst case of zone defense overkill she's seen.

There are very few people Elle wouldn't put her life on the line for to help or protect. A lot because on any hierarchy-of-human-life-worth, she considers herself to be very close to the bottom.

Asami almost does die trying to protect benders in Republic City, so I'll just... put that out there.

Hiccup, it turns out, would willingly run into danger, including to protect others. He just doesn't always do it in the... very straightforward way that other vikings do.

Katara is the standard innocent (and sometimes not-so-innocent) people, her friends, and her family. She even has that line about never turning her back on people who need her.

Manny would protest that he's already dead, though he does risk death-within-death to protect Mercedes Colomar.

Marceline... it's more just that she's really good at not dying, so it's hard to imagine this scenario. Though an AU Marceline does die trying to stop people from disturbing Simon Petrikov's body and stealing the Ice King's crown, because she knew it would lead to the apocalypse. (Good job, Finn.)

And I don't want to think about Leslie dying.

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Maybe? If Scorpius exhausted every other option and trick, and it was his child or spouse/significant other. But anyone else? His family wouldn't let him.

And so that's the answer we're going with.

Ben - The world, or anyone really, and without a second thought.

Jess - Without a thought: Carol. In the amount of time to think, "Aw, hell": Wolverine & the other Avengers. After a second: The world or anyone else.

Andrea - Anyone. It's what she's trained for.

Thalia - Annabeth and Percy without hesitation.

Quinlan - His wife and son. He might react without thinking to save innocents but right now I'm not seeing it.

Hank - Hate to say it but right now in canon, I don't think anyone. He hides behind Raven when Shaw attacks Division X. I have plans for this but after, he will not hesitate to risk himself ever again.

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Mel would die to protect pretty much anyone. She'd die to protect you, and she doesn't even know you. She just considers her life that disposable. Except murderers. Some people deserve to die, and she'll let them.

Dinah would die to protect - anyone and everyone from the world to an innocent bystander to... well, if one of her friends was about to kill the person who killed his parents, she would put herself in the way because we don't kill and allowing people to die is killing.

Renee would answer this question with 'No one. Okay, Helena. Okay, Helena and Charlie. And Ben, and my family. And any of my old colleagues. And... look, shutup.' (The answer is anyone)

Robin Yep, see Dinah's answer. YAY DC HEROES I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Robin would, actually, die to protect Tony Zucco, the man who killed his family, because that's what Robins do. Dick? His parents. (AHAHAHAHAHA)

Mac - Leo. No, no one. Definitely no one.
(Leo, and Lisa. Any one of his urchins. Maybe Lorenzo but he won't admit to that.)

Teresa - Clare. Actually if there was a level above just 'dying,' Teresa would probably take that level up to 11, to save Clare. And that's it. She's done with risking her life for people who don't deserve it.

Marguerite - Percy and Armand, without question of hesitation. Anyone else - no. She'd do a lot to protect other people, but not willingly die.

Korra - this answer is sort of complicated? While it comes down to 'everyone,' Korra doesn't actually think of herself as mortal and hasn't really addressed her fears in a way that means she's ready to answer this question yet. She'd fight to save the world, but she's not really come to terms with the price, yet.

Will - Elizabeth Turner and Will Turner jnr. The end.

Death doesn't understand the question.

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Cata: Maybe Medic, maybe no one. Trusting someone with your life is different from being willing to die for them, after all.

Sam: Kaylana, and maybe Arcie depending on how much Arcie's pissed him off that day.

(Both of them have also accepted that their job means they might be on the receiving end of a contract. Occupational hazard.)

Claudia: Joshua, without hesitation, and the rest of her Warehouse family.

Apollo: Artemis and Orpheus. That may be about it, but he's pretty hard to kill regardless.

Imp and Regulus are not currently in positions where they have to think about it that hard, but Regulus has decided he's not willing to die for his cousin's idea of a good time.

Red: Snow and Charles. And maybe her grandmother.

Medic would like it noted that he would not be offended in the slightest if she opted not to die to protect him, but that if she did, he has been working on bitchslapping Death for a very long time and would like to know if Cata would be interested in an attempted resurrection. He's aware that some people find this kind of thing to be problematic, which is why he asked.

Well, coming from him it's highly unlikely to be a spell, so she'd probably take him up on it. XD

(And this is why I love these two.)

Yeah, no, just blasphemous science. Magic's not his thing.

Joshua would be rather grumpy if it came to death again to save his sorry ass.

She did it once, he wouldn't expect, or really want her to do it again.

... but he knows she would.

Whether he wants her to or not, it would totally happen again, if it came to that.

Oh, he knows. He'd just be really grouchy about it.

Gordon: Gordon accepted a long time ago that he was going to die. Not at some point in the nebulous future, but right then and there, in Black Mesa, while he was trying to put right everything that his experiment had put so horribly wrong. And again, when he made it to the teleporter to Xen in Lambda Complex and was basically told 'yeah, you're not coming back'. He didn't actually die to protect anybody those two times, but I think accepting that he was about to probably counts... these days he would probably just say Alyx and his family and leave it at that, but between Black Mesa and the Combine Overworld missions he's already come within a hairsbreadth of dying to protect quite a lot of people several times.

Adrian doesn't count the same way. Gordon's incidents were basically Gordon agreeing to die because it would accomplish at least some degree of protecting or saving somebody. Adrian's incidents basically involved doing a risk-vs-reward calculus and saying 'okay, good chance I might die, but I don't think I'm gonna' and going ahead. That's not the same as consenting to your death even if it does involve jumping down an alien worm monster's throat in order to get at its voolnerables, because he expected to come out alive and would've greeted death with "Well, shit." That being said, he'd probably be willing to lay down his life for the folks at the Greenbrier or in Rowlesburg, although again, it wouldn't be so much consenting to a certain death as 'yeah, I think I can do this, and if I'm wrong then I die'. Probably Voodoo, too, although if he did he'd insist with his dying breath that "SUCK IT, FROGBOY" or some other statement about the Marines stepping in where the Navy couldn't be put on his tombstone.

Varric: mmph. He'd take a lot of injuries for Hawke but I don't know about dying just yet. Possibly for his brother, although with the way canon goes that may change.

Mordin: To protect someone? No. To- well, let's just say that there is something he would willingly die to accomplish and leave it at that because SPOILERS.

Medic: Do you mean die die, or die-on-the-job die? Because respawners kind of change things.

Ray: Romana, Ecto, the guys, probably Janine assuming Egon didn't get there first. And his sister's kids.

Santo: Risk his life, yes; we saw him do that at the end of Santo Vs. the Martian Invasion. I don't know him well enough yet to say accepting a certain death is on his dance card for anybody.

Ellen: Voodoo, for the reasons given above, but she's also already done the Gordon thing at the end of her main canon story arc; she knowingly walked into a lethally irradiated area to prevent an explosion that would have killed everyone on site and probably quite a lot of other people as well. She was very surprised when she woke up after that; people who pass out on the site of their radiation exposure generally don't live longer than about 48 hours. If that.

Romana would be so unbelievably pissed at Ray. Like, incandescently wrath of the time lords wtf no really did you think about this pissed off.

And then she'd break a law of time or two to freaking fix that mess.

And Ray would do that turtling thing where he pulls his head into his torso and his shoulders up around his ears, because no, he probably did not think about it. He's kinda stupid that way sometimes.

As firefighters, Tommy and Lou both risk their lives for countless, nameless individuals every day, so yes, in a life-or-death situation, pretty much anybody.

But specifically, for Tommy it would be his wife and children, and anybody on his crew but especially Lou. Lou would do the same for Tommy and their crew as well.

Mark throws himself into situations that would kill other people as a matter of course. He didn't just choose "Invincible" because he's 18 and full of himself. He is, pretty much, for almost all situations, invincible. There are only a small number of things that can actually kill a Viltrumite, and he hasn't run into any of them yet. (Viltrumites can (and do) kill other Viltrumites, but it's hard work, a lot harder than it is for a human to kill another human. It takes serious effort for a Viltrumite to be killed by another Viltrumite; they're that tough and heal that fast.)

So, he doesn't really think about dying when he fights alien invasions, giant monsters, and his dad. He thinks more about just stopping them. He doesn't consider dying as part of the equation. (After all, he's 18; it's in his job description to think he's immortal.)

If he bothered to think about it (which he generally doesn't at this point in his life, though that will change), he would admit that he's pretty much willing to die to protect Earth from the Viltrumites. (He hasn't met anyone at this point that he considers that kind of threat, except for his father, and by extension the rest of Viltrum.) But, given that he pretty much goes all out once he's in a fight, if an opponent is capable of taking what Invincible can dish out and give it back likewise, he'd likely end up dying in any fight he goes into as a superhero. The boy doesn't know how to quit.

Um.
Well.
Artemis will rush into ~~near~~ certain death for complete strangers, but if you gave her a choice between saving, say the Joker or giving up her lunch she'd actually have to stop and think about it. Despite her best efforts she is still her father daughter in some ways.

Ako is more likely to give herself up for large numbers. A good 'needs of the many' speech does wonders, but in a one for one trade the list is a lot shorter. Babies, her classmates (though that's fading with time and lack on interaction) and probably Jordan.

Robo has trouble thinking about dieing. Personally anyway.

Janet has no problem dieing for (roughly in order) Hank, the rest of the Avengers, the World, random bystanders.

Tyler will die for his daughter and Sam. Anyone else is on their own.

In canon? Oddly enough, Autor does fight to protect Fakir, the person that he believes stole his life and makes him consumed with envy.

Been there, d0ne that.

Much like with Medic, Thurlow needs clarification about whether this is a permanent death or just an average run-of-the-mill death. Where they come from, to kill someone and make sure they stay dead, you have to hack them into chunks or use a very specific and rare variety of poison. (Old age and disease will also do the trick, but those are rather harder to inflict on someone else.) They'd face a standard Neath-death for all kinds of things, some of them utterly frivolous. It just hurts a lot and incapacitates you for a while; they'd rather avoid it, but it's not so big of a deal.

A permanent death, though, that'd be either a) some kind of danger you can't recover a body from, or b) assassination. (Or maybe c) death in someone else's world; I haven't decided if that protection from death extends outside their door.) They're of the opinion that you should never just accept that you're going to be (permanently) assassinated; as for the first one, all I'm getting is a resounding "maybe".

*looks at characters*

Cordelia: Either of her sons and any of her grandchildren, though it would be a very strange situation indeed if there weren't a good half-dozen Vorkosigan Armsmen beating her to the punch. Prooobably not anyone else, although there's a chance that Gregor and his family fall into the same category as her kids.

Andrew: Jonathan, without question. There are other friends he would risk death for, and under certain circumstances he would risk death for innocent bystanders, but he would voluntarily step into certain death to protect Jonathan.

Simon: River or Kaylee, absolutely. His parents and the crew of Serenity, possibly. Certain other friends.

Charlie: ... I'm not sure. The kids under her protection, if anyone.

Cavilo: ahahahahaha not a chance in hell. I don't think there's anyone she would even inconvenience herself to save.

Kali: ... that's really hard to say. There isn't much that could kill her.

Nepeta: She's ... sort of done that? Only not so much protect as avenge. She might for Karkat. Or Kanaya.

The Aeslin Mice: My guess is that the warriors of the colony will die to protect the others, that any of them will die to protect the high priest, and that under the right circumstances the entire colony would die to protect their god/s.

I think only Fixit has even the remotest chance of wanting to protect anything. Though what that would be... maybe family? I haven't gotten any family vibes off of her. Maybe she was hatched out of an anonymous pile of eggs. Maybe I should make that headcanon just to up her alienness and OurFairiesAreDifferent factor. I have a feeling she has a protective urge about the things she creates though, and she is protective of her community. I don't know if she would sacrifice herself for those causes, though,

Emmett Cullen :Family but mostly Rose
Ginny Weasley :Oh yes she would anyone
Jameson Rook :Nikki I think
Mozzie :Neal

Sam Axe :He was a SEAL so yes

Mooooooooooooooozzie. ♥

Clementine: Sam.

Dixie: Brisco. Liberty.

Juliet: Law, order and honesty.

Pinkie: Equestria! Also sugar and slapstick comedy

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Despite the icon, the sentiment actually applies more to Robo-radia.

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