A Meme

[deelaundry]

So... there was a meme about... fictional characters? Or something? I've forgotten, but nightdog_barks gave me a B, so here you go:

Olivia Benson - I am watching all the L&O:SVU episodes in order (why? no man can tell) and Benson is on my mind. I like her as a character, think she's interesting, and unique. She dressed like a guy in the first season, but I think all female detectives were dressing that way in that era (see also Melissa Leo from Homicide: Life on the Streets), so it's probably not a queer identity marker. Though I wouldn't say no to fanfic that explored that idea. She screamed in a perp's face in one episode in a way that made me feel she owned her anger. That was awesome. She also pushed a ton of my kink buttons by knocking Elliot around while he was duct-taped to a chair. Mmmmmmmm.

Tobias Beecher - While we're on the subject of partners to Chris Meloni characters, let's say hi to Beecher, fucked-up everyman dude. Weak in very interesting ways. Most awkward coming-out to a parent ever. While I'd wanted him to have a happy ending on Oz, I am not dissatisfied with the way things actually went down.

Bonnie Wilson - This is who I still think of as Wilson's type (the type he's drawn to, not necessarily the type that would be best for him): nice, loving, with hints of emotional fragility. If she hadn't met Wilson in Boston, I think House would have stomped her flat before she ever got to a first date.

Brian Kinney - Sexy as hell, good God. His final arc on Queer as Folk: US was fascinating, in that he was dragged kicking and screaming into growth, but he did it; he became a full, functioning adult who cared about more than just himself. AND THEN THE FUCKFACE TPTB TOOK IT AWAY AND SHOVED HIM BACK TO WHERE HE'D BEEN IN THE FIRST EP just so Michael could feel satisfied that everything in his world was where he wanted it to be. Fuckers.

Sam Beckett - Speaking of angry-making ends, Sam got so royally screwed by the end of Quantum Leap that I am still in apoplexy about it over nine years later. What happened to him offends my sense of what is decent and right about the universe.

Comments

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Awww, I haven't thought about Beecher in simply ages! Of course, I never made it through the last season of Oz. It probably should have ended after S4.

Yes, judging from the show Wilson likes those teeny-tiny fragile women, well at least three instances that I can think of. Which is sweet, if not necessarily a good thing for him. But Sam seems to bely that a bit, as does of course Amber. RSL did seem to have more spark with the latter two.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Amber was awesome for Wilson. RSL didn't have many scenes with Grace -- and all his scenes with Bonnie were post-breakup -- but he did get much more of a spark with women toward the end of the show. Greater comfort? IDK. My husband says that being in a relationship with me makes him much more comfortable flirting with other women (yeah, I know it's weird), so maybe getting married to Gaby helped?

I think I've told you before that I suspect a large part of the reason "Wilson as lady-killer" was toned down on the show was due to an honest analysis of RSL's strengths and weaknesses as an actor. :D

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think I've told you before that I suspect a large part of the reason "Wilson as lady-killer" was toned down on the show was due to an honest analysis of RSL's strengths and weaknesses as an actor. :D

LOL, oh Dee, only you could get away with saying that (but I completely agree!). I've always thought Wilson was more of an 'oops, I seem to have gotten married again, how did that happen?' sort of guy than a calculated 'lady-killer'. Sure, House says that to tease him, but he's really not. Although the show did kind of try and push the other angle, which was generally excruciating to watch XD

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I've always thought Wilson was more of an 'oops, I seem to have gotten married again, how did that happen?' sort of guy than a calculated 'lady-killer'.

Yep, I agree. Certainly what Bonnie said he was like. Fans make a big deal of the "panty peeler" forgetting, or not realizing, that the one time Wilson said that he was referring to a line (asking about dreams, hopes, aspirations) and not himself. And he was talking to House who needed a crude incentive to follow through on social niceties.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the times - well, once that I can remember - where he tried to chat up people in bars and apparently succeeded (even though iirc nothing happened - or I may be fuzzy and that was all fanfic *g*). Which kind of baffles me given he looked like he was having dental surgery, but The Show Said It Happened, so.