30 Days of TV - Day Fourteen
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caz963I might have been looking forward to this one. Just a bit. Because... today on the 30 Days of TV meme - my favourite male character.
I don't have to post anything else, do I? You all know where I'm going to go. And that I can't name just one -
A little while ago, I pointed out that I may be in a bit of a rut when it comes to my fangirling choices. I go for the smart, funny guys with nice eyes and a winning smile, who - while they may not merit that stupid label "conventionally handsome" - are nonetheless gorgeous and incredibly sexy. Being brilliant, clueless about women and somewhat fucked-up seem to go hand-in-hand with the pretty - and having a nice arse doesn't hurt either!
But back to the characters.
Exhibit A.
Joshua Lyman. Lost his sister in a fire when he was a kid, and his father on the night of what should have been his (as Toby would have called it) 'day of jubilee'. As a result, he has a fear of abandonment, which results in the fact that he "doesn't leave people" and has a desperate need to fix everything he can - and things he can't. Despite the mouth full of wiseass and a sometimes world-weary cynicism, he's both an idealist and a pragmatist - a very fine line to tread, but he manages it with aplomb nonetheless. Took him best part of a decade to realise and admit that the love of his life was under his nose :-)
Exhibit B.
The Tenth Doctor. I know - strictly speaking - the character is "The Doctor" (as in all of them!) but given that each of them has their own individual traits and characteristics, I feel justified in picking just the one. Ten quickly became my Doctor for many reasons - not just the obvious one (see above!). I love his boundless energy, his amazing zest for life, his inquisitiveness, his intellect, his humour... and the tormented soul that he hides underneath it all. He can be a ruthless bastard, but will always give his enemies a choice, usually "stop it - or I'll have to stop you". Stupid enemies usually thought he was making empty threats - until he (metaphorically) kicked the crap out of them.
Tragically, he had to give up travelling with his soul-mate and best friend in order to save her life - and became even more fucked-up as a result.
Tomorrow - my favourite female character.
I don't have to post anything else, do I? You all know where I'm going to go. And that I can't name just one -
A little while ago, I pointed out that I may be in a bit of a rut when it comes to my fangirling choices. I go for the smart, funny guys with nice eyes and a winning smile, who - while they may not merit that stupid label "conventionally handsome" - are nonetheless gorgeous and incredibly sexy. Being brilliant, clueless about women and somewhat fucked-up seem to go hand-in-hand with the pretty - and having a nice arse doesn't hurt either!
But back to the characters.
Exhibit A.
Joshua Lyman. Lost his sister in a fire when he was a kid, and his father on the night of what should have been his (as Toby would have called it) 'day of jubilee'. As a result, he has a fear of abandonment, which results in the fact that he "doesn't leave people" and has a desperate need to fix everything he can - and things he can't. Despite the mouth full of wiseass and a sometimes world-weary cynicism, he's both an idealist and a pragmatist - a very fine line to tread, but he manages it with aplomb nonetheless. Took him best part of a decade to realise and admit that the love of his life was under his nose :-)
Exhibit B.
The Tenth Doctor. I know - strictly speaking - the character is "The Doctor" (as in all of them!) but given that each of them has their own individual traits and characteristics, I feel justified in picking just the one. Ten quickly became my Doctor for many reasons - not just the obvious one (see above!). I love his boundless energy, his amazing zest for life, his inquisitiveness, his intellect, his humour... and the tormented soul that he hides underneath it all. He can be a ruthless bastard, but will always give his enemies a choice, usually "stop it - or I'll have to stop you". Stupid enemies usually thought he was making empty threats - until he (metaphorically) kicked the crap out of them.
Tragically, he had to give up travelling with his soul-mate and best friend in order to save her life - and became even more fucked-up as a result.
Tomorrow - my favourite female character.
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Date: 2010-05-18 05:15 pm (UTC)It was Casanova that did it for me with David (I hadn't seen Blackpool at that point) - and even then it wasn't his looks especially, it was that whole "cheeky-chappie" thing he had going on. I loved the way the character was written; he could so easily have been a real sleaze-bag who used women, but he wasn't - what came across was a man who geniunely liked women. Yes, he liked having sex with them, but he liked them for who they were as well - and that's a very rare thing which completely sold it for me. And of course, he was ultimately unlucky in love and damaged and flawed and all of that as well. But it was his wit, his sense of humour and that grin and his amazing zest for life that really hooked me.
And then I noticed the legs that go all the way up to 'there'.
In the boots.
Guh.
Like you though, I think it took Ten to make me fall completely head-over-heels.