Hah hah, you probably won't believe me, but I DID consider Tris for the list! It's funny because I know Alanna is very on lots of other people's lists, but I have NEVER READ any of Pierce's books other than all the Circle of Magic books and the rest of the ones in that world... which I did love. And I looked at those books -- what I did when I was making the list, I skimmed down the list of All The Books I Ever Read and jotted down characters that were jumping out at me, that way I wouldn't forget anybody-- anyway I looked at those books and thought "I bet SOMEBODY there qualifies," and Tris was the one I thought of as loving/admiring best; but in the end, when I went through that list and started putting them in order, the CRUSHWORTHINESS wasn't jumping out quite as much as for the ones that made the final cut. I suspect she, and possibly some of her friends, would make a list of straight-up favorite characters, though.