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deelaundrySo... 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.
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.
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Date: 2012-03-22 03:05 am (UTC)Sam Beckett - I am so happy to hear that I'm not the only one still furious over the end. I remember actually yelling at the television so loudly that my neighbors came to see if there was something wrong. And I scared my cat so bad she hid under the kitchen table for an hour. LOL. It still rankles me after all these years, it was such a big old FU to the fans. grrrrrrrr
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Date: 2012-03-22 06:29 pm (UTC)Sam Beckett's end was a huge FU to the fans, you are absolutely right. And after I sat through the stupid Elvis and Marilyn Monroe episodes to get to the finale, to see Sam get what he deserved after helping so many people; he wanted such a simple thing - not a million dollars, not a Nobel prize, he just wanted to go home. And the producers said HA, HA, NO.
DEVASTATING