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Day 14 - Favorite male character
Apparently when I do icons I can't post memes. So you get spammed with GIPs instead. Oh well. You get both today.
I have a favorite male character type. I like the cowboy archetype. I like men who take action, who do rather than wait. I like dangerous men. I don't mean bad guys, but guys who can be, if pushed, dangerous. But as much as I love my characters with edge, they also need a moral center. I could never watch "The Shield" or "The Sopranos" because those characters lacked a soul. They had no moral center and I always wanted them to be served real justice for the misery their self-serving ways caused. I can't even watch "Rescue Me" no matter how good the show or how much I love Denis Leary because the character lacks, well, strength of character. I can't enjoy a show where the only feeling the character elicits from me is pity.
So it's easy to pick my favorite male characters. Jack Bauer, John McClain, Eliot Spencer, Aaron Hotchner, Dean Winchester, Michael Westen. Mickey Kostmeyer (remember him?), Rick Simon, the whole A-Team … I've got a type.
I also have a favorite male character: Stingray. I've geeked out over the show and the character before: Stingray tag. I've even crowned him my favorite character. Don't you love it when you can quote past posts to answer current questions!
I can't say that this is my favorite show of all time, but the character of Ray is, far and away, my favorite character ever to exist. If I could bring one character to life from any media, ever, it would (without a second thought) be Stingray. He is everything I passionately love in a character. He is dark, mysterious and dangerous. He lives and works in a world of moral ambiguity, where being the good guy doesn't guarantee anything. He knows that evil exists, having not only seen it, but actually been part of it. Yet, even though he is more than capable of evil himself, he chooses to work for good. Ray stands out from other anti-heroes, though, in that he's not broody and angsty as some sort of self-flagellating penance over the mere capability of doing evil. The character, despite the darkness, manages to have many light moments. He even has a sense of humor that is allowed to come out. He is actually permitted to be happy at times.
Love. Love. Love the character.
Apparently when I do icons I can't post memes. So you get spammed with GIPs instead. Oh well. You get both today.
I have a favorite male character type. I like the cowboy archetype. I like men who take action, who do rather than wait. I like dangerous men. I don't mean bad guys, but guys who can be, if pushed, dangerous. But as much as I love my characters with edge, they also need a moral center. I could never watch "The Shield" or "The Sopranos" because those characters lacked a soul. They had no moral center and I always wanted them to be served real justice for the misery their self-serving ways caused. I can't even watch "Rescue Me" no matter how good the show or how much I love Denis Leary because the character lacks, well, strength of character. I can't enjoy a show where the only feeling the character elicits from me is pity.
So it's easy to pick my favorite male characters. Jack Bauer, John McClain, Eliot Spencer, Aaron Hotchner, Dean Winchester, Michael Westen. Mickey Kostmeyer (remember him?), Rick Simon, the whole A-Team … I've got a type.
I also have a favorite male character: Stingray. I've geeked out over the show and the character before: Stingray tag. I've even crowned him my favorite character. Don't you love it when you can quote past posts to answer current questions!
I can't say that this is my favorite show of all time, but the character of Ray is, far and away, my favorite character ever to exist. If I could bring one character to life from any media, ever, it would (without a second thought) be Stingray. He is everything I passionately love in a character. He is dark, mysterious and dangerous. He lives and works in a world of moral ambiguity, where being the good guy doesn't guarantee anything. He knows that evil exists, having not only seen it, but actually been part of it. Yet, even though he is more than capable of evil himself, he chooses to work for good. Ray stands out from other anti-heroes, though, in that he's not broody and angsty as some sort of self-flagellating penance over the mere capability of doing evil. The character, despite the darkness, manages to have many light moments. He even has a sense of humor that is allowed to come out. He is actually permitted to be happy at times.
Love. Love. Love the character.
