Having a real life sucks
Oct. 16th, 2008 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loony_moonyI missed half of tonight's "Supernatural" episode. WHY CAN'T I LIVE IN FANDOM ALL THE TIME.
So instead, I've decided to make my most recent list of 10 Favourite TV Characters Of All Time:
1. Lord John Marbury (The West Wing) (Played by Roger Reese)
An insane, alcoholic, 100% blue blooded Brit with untold amounts of brilliance in foreign diplomacy and priceless knowledge? Bring it on, Aaron Sorkin. Lord Marbury was a character that never failed bringing out the gleeful little geeky fangirl in me. He tormented Leo McGarry, flirted with Donna and delighted Jed Bartlet. He was essentially a cliché of the Crazy British Dude, but oh, with such a heart and soul. And he's totally drunk all the time. Awesome.
2. Dean Winchester (Supernatural) (Played by Jensen Ackles)
Well, DUH. I'd put Sam on this list too, but I only have ten slots and at the end of the day, Dean's Man Pain still slightly gets me more than Sam's (no offense to all the Samgirls reading this).
Kripke said this thing about him a while back that I really loved (and I'm paraphrasing, of course): In the beginning it looks like Dean is the dashing leading man. He's adventurous, flirty, cocky, loyal, ruthless. But as the series unfolds, you realize just how flawed a person has to be in order to jump the gun like he does. Dean's insane streak of familial loyalty is only matched by his low self-esteem (and consequent hypermasculinity). Nevertheless, he's a guy who enjoys life, and finds comfort in his job, however thankless and dangerous it may be. Oh, and did I mention he's really pretty? :D
3. Janitor (Scrubs) (Played by Neil Flynn)
Probably the most phenomenally insane janitor in TV history, or outside horror movies. Tall, ruthless, legendary grudge-holder with a penchant for torturing young residents and attending physicians. In his hallucinations, he's a mermaid granting the wishes of imaginary fishermen. *squees* He is beyond hilarious, and he is pretty much entirely the creation of Neil Flynn, to the point where the scripts of the show said "or whatever Neil thinks of". Which is pretty damn ballsy, considering "Scrubs" is a tightly woven comedy, especially when it comes to the crazier moments in it (in one word? the fantasies)
4. Josh Lyman (The West Wing) (Played by Brad Whitford)
"The West Wing" lost relevance when Jed Bartlet left the Oval Office, and/or when Dubya came into office, but I've never thought he was the actual heart of the show. I always thought it was Josh. He was the real liaison between the President and the senior staff. A rare man with all the cockiness of a brilliant Ivy League lawyer, and all the heart to match. Leo McGarry knew exactly who he was asking to be his deputy when he played the "I'm an old friend of your dad" card. Josh Lyman is (apart from Jon Stewart *draws hearts*) like the ideal Jewish man, and if he had time to breathe, I'd climb him like a pole.
5. Karen Walker (Will and Grace) (Played by Megan Mullally)
Ah, Anastasia Beaverhausen. She of the thousand martinis and neverending Barney's shopping bags. She who hides Stoli in the office fridge, consistently and mercilessly mocks Grace Adler's wardrobe and wants to see how synthetic fabric feels like when she drinks tequila. The brightest bird in a cage aux folles. She has awesomeness in spades, (sometimes) a heart, great boobs and totally lacks shame. Love. Her.
6. Gregory House (House M.D.) (Played by Hugh Laurie)
Housey! How I miss you and your curmudgeon ways (seriously, they should put his face under the word in lieu of a definition in the dictionary). Fearless, shameless, one-of-a-kind doctor and a wholly pathetic human being who is nevetheless loved and hated by all who know him. Did I also mention that he has amazing taste in music, watches "Black Adder" *koff* and has A+++ snark? Just my kind of man. Even with the bum leg, depression and subsequent addiction to Vicodin.
7. Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights) (Played by Kyle Chandler)
I'm putting a pic of both Taylors, because it was a really close call for me between them. They're both amazing, charismatic, good at what they do and HAWT. I ended up choosing Eric Taylor for the following two reasons:
1. Have you ever had a teacher so good at what he/she teaches, and so good at imparting it, you'd study anything with them? I had, and I can tell you that if I went to Dillon high school and was a guy, I'd follow Coach Taylor to the ends of the earth. Even if he taught micro biology or obscure Russian poetry, I'd study it with him, because I'd know he'd be good at it and I'd gain from having someone like that teaching me ANYTHING.
2. His pep talks. FNL is a fantastically written TV show (especially the first season), and the way it's built is masterful work, but Coach Taylor's pep talks? They're a notch above the rest. They are truly phenomenal dramatic writing.
And that's why. :)
8. Dwight Schrute (The Office) (Played by Rainn Wilson)
Sure, everyone has a crush on Jim Halpert, but an hour of him making faces without Dwight's shenanigans? It's like a margarita with no salt on the rim. You need the extra zing for the taste. Dwight Schrute is without doubt the most unashamed geek TV has ever seen. He gleefully drowns himself in Sci-Fi and fantasy. He re-enacts battle scenes from famous movies. He probably loves Harry Potter too (or is one of those fans that hate Harry Potter as a principle). He is a cross between an Amish, a redneck and an A/V geek, and Pete knows how he does that. In conclusion? <333333
9. Lorelei Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) (Played by Lauren Graham)
Probably the single most loved TV mom since Clair Huxtable. Lorelei Gilmore is one huge pile of crazy-awesome in a distinctly feminine way. Not a lot of the great female characters in TV can boast that. A lot of them could be interpreted by men, imho, but not Lorelei Gilmore. She mocks Joan Rivers, she sees herself in Grey Gardens, and she refuses to be molded by her highly manipulative mother (also an awesome character) as another American debutante with a rich husband and no self-realization. She confronts the life of a single mother while at the same time acting as a pillar of her community and a devoted friend. She is strong, fallible and a very intelligent woman who is afraid of love and craves it at the same time. Multi-layered? Hells yeah.
10. Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) (Played by Stephen Colbert)
*happy sigh* He gave us the Wørd, fake gay fake newscasters and a guy so singularly megalomaniac and egocentric, he tried to run for presidency. Gotta adore that kind of cojones. Also ball-busting Dubya in front of his face and the entire foreign press without anyone being able to stop him is one of the press' greatest and saddest moments in a long time, probably ever (why saddest? he's fake. it takes a fake newscaster to humiliate one of the stupidest men in history just by mentioning how stupid he is? shame on you, press). Keep on the good work, Colbert. You make me think and bust a gut at the same time. I'll have your fake babies if you want.
Bwee! Love!
So instead, I've decided to make my most recent list of 10 Favourite TV Characters Of All Time:
1. Lord John Marbury (The West Wing) (Played by Roger Reese)
An insane, alcoholic, 100% blue blooded Brit with untold amounts of brilliance in foreign diplomacy and priceless knowledge? Bring it on, Aaron Sorkin. Lord Marbury was a character that never failed bringing out the gleeful little geeky fangirl in me. He tormented Leo McGarry, flirted with Donna and delighted Jed Bartlet. He was essentially a cliché of the Crazy British Dude, but oh, with such a heart and soul. And he's totally drunk all the time. Awesome.
2. Dean Winchester (Supernatural) (Played by Jensen Ackles)
Well, DUH. I'd put Sam on this list too, but I only have ten slots and at the end of the day, Dean's Man Pain still slightly gets me more than Sam's (no offense to all the Samgirls reading this).
Kripke said this thing about him a while back that I really loved (and I'm paraphrasing, of course): In the beginning it looks like Dean is the dashing leading man. He's adventurous, flirty, cocky, loyal, ruthless. But as the series unfolds, you realize just how flawed a person has to be in order to jump the gun like he does. Dean's insane streak of familial loyalty is only matched by his low self-esteem (and consequent hypermasculinity). Nevertheless, he's a guy who enjoys life, and finds comfort in his job, however thankless and dangerous it may be. Oh, and did I mention he's really pretty? :D
3. Janitor (Scrubs) (Played by Neil Flynn)
Probably the most phenomenally insane janitor in TV history, or outside horror movies. Tall, ruthless, legendary grudge-holder with a penchant for torturing young residents and attending physicians. In his hallucinations, he's a mermaid granting the wishes of imaginary fishermen. *squees* He is beyond hilarious, and he is pretty much entirely the creation of Neil Flynn, to the point where the scripts of the show said "or whatever Neil thinks of". Which is pretty damn ballsy, considering "Scrubs" is a tightly woven comedy, especially when it comes to the crazier moments in it (in one word? the fantasies)
4. Josh Lyman (The West Wing) (Played by Brad Whitford)
"The West Wing" lost relevance when Jed Bartlet left the Oval Office, and/or when Dubya came into office, but I've never thought he was the actual heart of the show. I always thought it was Josh. He was the real liaison between the President and the senior staff. A rare man with all the cockiness of a brilliant Ivy League lawyer, and all the heart to match. Leo McGarry knew exactly who he was asking to be his deputy when he played the "I'm an old friend of your dad" card. Josh Lyman is (apart from Jon Stewart *draws hearts*) like the ideal Jewish man, and if he had time to breathe, I'd climb him like a pole.
5. Karen Walker (Will and Grace) (Played by Megan Mullally)
Ah, Anastasia Beaverhausen. She of the thousand martinis and neverending Barney's shopping bags. She who hides Stoli in the office fridge, consistently and mercilessly mocks Grace Adler's wardrobe and wants to see how synthetic fabric feels like when she drinks tequila. The brightest bird in a cage aux folles. She has awesomeness in spades, (sometimes) a heart, great boobs and totally lacks shame. Love. Her.
6. Gregory House (House M.D.) (Played by Hugh Laurie)
Housey! How I miss you and your curmudgeon ways (seriously, they should put his face under the word in lieu of a definition in the dictionary). Fearless, shameless, one-of-a-kind doctor and a wholly pathetic human being who is nevetheless loved and hated by all who know him. Did I also mention that he has amazing taste in music, watches "Black Adder" *koff* and has A+++ snark? Just my kind of man. Even with the bum leg, depression and subsequent addiction to Vicodin.
7. Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights) (Played by Kyle Chandler)
I'm putting a pic of both Taylors, because it was a really close call for me between them. They're both amazing, charismatic, good at what they do and HAWT. I ended up choosing Eric Taylor for the following two reasons:
1. Have you ever had a teacher so good at what he/she teaches, and so good at imparting it, you'd study anything with them? I had, and I can tell you that if I went to Dillon high school and was a guy, I'd follow Coach Taylor to the ends of the earth. Even if he taught micro biology or obscure Russian poetry, I'd study it with him, because I'd know he'd be good at it and I'd gain from having someone like that teaching me ANYTHING.
2. His pep talks. FNL is a fantastically written TV show (especially the first season), and the way it's built is masterful work, but Coach Taylor's pep talks? They're a notch above the rest. They are truly phenomenal dramatic writing.
And that's why. :)
8. Dwight Schrute (The Office) (Played by Rainn Wilson)
Sure, everyone has a crush on Jim Halpert, but an hour of him making faces without Dwight's shenanigans? It's like a margarita with no salt on the rim. You need the extra zing for the taste. Dwight Schrute is without doubt the most unashamed geek TV has ever seen. He gleefully drowns himself in Sci-Fi and fantasy. He re-enacts battle scenes from famous movies. He probably loves Harry Potter too (or is one of those fans that hate Harry Potter as a principle). He is a cross between an Amish, a redneck and an A/V geek, and Pete knows how he does that. In conclusion? <333333
9. Lorelei Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) (Played by Lauren Graham)
Probably the single most loved TV mom since Clair Huxtable. Lorelei Gilmore is one huge pile of crazy-awesome in a distinctly feminine way. Not a lot of the great female characters in TV can boast that. A lot of them could be interpreted by men, imho, but not Lorelei Gilmore. She mocks Joan Rivers, she sees herself in Grey Gardens, and she refuses to be molded by her highly manipulative mother (also an awesome character) as another American debutante with a rich husband and no self-realization. She confronts the life of a single mother while at the same time acting as a pillar of her community and a devoted friend. She is strong, fallible and a very intelligent woman who is afraid of love and craves it at the same time. Multi-layered? Hells yeah.
10. Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) (Played by Stephen Colbert)
*happy sigh* He gave us the Wørd, fake gay fake newscasters and a guy so singularly megalomaniac and egocentric, he tried to run for presidency. Gotta adore that kind of cojones. Also ball-busting Dubya in front of his face and the entire foreign press without anyone being able to stop him is one of the press' greatest and saddest moments in a long time, probably ever (why saddest? he's fake. it takes a fake newscaster to humiliate one of the stupidest men in history just by mentioning how stupid he is? shame on you, press). Keep on the good work, Colbert. You make me think and bust a gut at the same time. I'll have your fake babies if you want.
Bwee! Love!
