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[snowystingray]

Stolen from crumpeteer: List ten fictional characters you would have sex with are attracted to in a family-friendly fashion (in no particular order) and tag 5 people to do the same. You don't have to include pictures but it'd be nice because looking at hot people is fun. For the purpose of eye candy, I'll only include people that I can share pictures of.

He comes first because now that I'm finally back at home I have reunited with all my TiVoed episodes of Psych: Head Detective Carlton Lassiter. Lassiter is Cooler Than You. He's extremely dedicated, with a one track mind bent on getting the job done. Reliable, dependable, and responsible, Lassiter is the sort of guy who would help you through any trouble. His never-ending supply of goofy faces keep things from getting too bogged down, though. He knows how to have a joke! Well, technically, he knows how to be the butt of other people's jokes, but it's all the same, right? At the end of the day, his workaholism strikes the perfect balance between endearing and impressive. My number one TV boyfriend for all occasions, Dr. James Wilson! I love him. I love him. I love him!!!! (I feel the need to say this even more after "Merry Little Christmas") I decided to deviate from the predictable in regards to my pick from Lost. I've traditionally clung to Sayid, and more recently I've added some Desmond to the mix. My other Lost-related crush is a real person (Damon Lindelof -- hearts times a thousand!). Today I bring you a new (for me) and possibly controversial choice: Dr. Jack Shephard. (And you were afraid it was going to be Ben!) Oh, Jack... what can I say about you that hasn't already been said? You're pushy and obstinate, hypocritical and predictable, and yet somewhere along the line I fell in love with you. That for me has been season three's biggest shocker. With the ongoing Locke vs. Jack drama of season two, there was really no chance for Jack; Locke has and always will be The Man. Jack always seemed uncomfortable in his leadership position, but this season he has seemed even more vulnerable and out of place. Which, uh, is somehow a recipe for attraction? I don't get it, either. Really, though, is it so impossible to like Jack? Sure, he can be a little boring, but at heart he's a nice guy. I think it might also be the recent Kate/Sawyer developments that have put me on Jack's side. Sawyer is fine to flirt with, buuut he's also kind of a jerk. The doomed nature of Jack/Kate has sucked me in, forcing me to join Team Jack at the time of its impending death. Okay, our next item, Lex Luthor, is a far less complicated choice. He's hot. No matter how much his character bounces around from one extreme to the other, Commodore James Norrington will always be one of my favourites. Even in the first movie, when he was a boring old boob, I still thought he was the best. What can I say? I love a guy in uniform. Like I mentioned for Jack earlier, I am also seriously digging the doomed love angle. Not only is his relationship with Elizabeth doomed, but he knows it's doomed and yet he can't help but love her. Aw, shucks -- how sweet! Yep, the angst of the second movie is just as hot as the emotional repression of the first movie. Yet another notoriously boring guy who I happen to love: Ashley Wilkes. Of course, if you define "boring" as thoughtful, mannered, and genteel, then yes, I suppose I do like my men boring. You also have to consider that if Scarlett, pretty much the skankiest flirt in the land, was madly in love with him, he can't have been all that boring, right? No, I didn't think so. You always hear people say that while Hugh Laurie has always been brilliant, he's never been hot until House, MD. Well, let me take this opportunity to disagree. He brought to life Bertram Wilberforce Wooster, one of my huge literary crushes. Not only is Bertie adorable, but he has an excellent way with words and never fails to make me laugh (he is the narrator of his stories, after all). He's an excellent friend, almost to a fault. Having been engaged to at least 50% of the female population at one time or another, he's clearly quite an eligible bachelor. Oh, and I did I mention -- he's totally loaded! He's a multitalented young man who appreciates all of the fine things in life. Cheers! William Bush certainly comes from the opposite end of the social spectrum from Bertie, but I love him just the same. Please forgive me for repeating myself, but naval uniforms = yum! Okay, so Bush might not be the strategizing genius that Hornblower is, but you've got to give credit where credit's due. He's an extremely brave and capable officer, and I think it's safe to say that at least part of Hornblower's success comes from Bush's blind faith in him. Sure, he's war-hardened, but he's also caring and squishy and adorable. And... uh... more gratuitous uniform. Despite juggling a multitude of fandoms, I actually had some difficulty in coming up with ten people to include on this list. That's not to say that my last guy isn't up to the same standards as everybody else; he's just a bite more obscure, but hopefully that will inspire some of you to become acquainted with Rupert of Hentzau. Okay, I'll confess that I've never actually read The Prisoner of Zenda, but I have seen the movie! It's one of my all time favourites, and while Ronald Colman is wonderful as always it is Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s Rupert of Hentzau who steals the show. He's an opportunist when it comes to both politics and women, taking what he can get without much regard for how the consequences affect other people. Maybe not the best material for a long term relationship, but since when has that stopped anybody from being hot? He's even hot in different incarnations! He's played by Ramon Novarro in the silent version, and he's definitely the best part about the movie.

Unfortunately, the movie is not out on DVD... Actually, though, I just looked it up on Amazon to check and apparently it is coming out next March, but as part of a set with the 1952 shot-for-shot remake, which is the worst movie ever uuuuurrrrgh. Most upsetting; I feel like I've been waiting half my life for this DVD, and now it's going to be spoiled, what with any room for extra features sucked up by that craptastic film that I'd rather not think about. Ahem. Anyway. In that case, I guess you can wait until March for the DVD to come out, or hope to catch it on TCM some time. It's a really terrific movie, and Hentzau makes for some great eye candy.

Whew! I'm too embarrassed to reveal just how much time I spent on this, but it was a nice way to occupy a couple of days out of this week of just sitting at home with nothing to do while I wait for everybody else to finish with finals. Of course, now that I think about it... Looking at hot guys instead of taking finals? I don't think I can really complain.

Comments

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

WHAT, Bush over Archie?!

And Ashley over Rhett?!

Man oh man, do we have different taste in men, :) Although, I do agree with you on Commodore Norrington, :D

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

My excuse is that I've been much more into the Hornblower books than the movies lately. Sure, Archie is lovely, but I can't help but think, "He's not even reeeeal!" (whereas of course Bush is completely a real person, obviously). Uh, yeah, I might not have the soundest logic on that one... Oh well, it makes sense to me. movie!Bush is pretty cool, but book!Bush is backed by canon and he earns my love and adoration (I will tastefully refrain from making any remarks about book!Archie, in case he starts to feel inadequate).

Oh, Rhett. What can I say about Rhett, other than the fact that I think he's the biggest joke of a romantic lead ever and I hate his guts and I think that Scarlett is a hundred times better off without him and all of the problems of the movie might have been solved if Rhett and Ashley had just swapped wives and been done with it? Hmm... yeah, I guess I don't have much else to say.

I'm glad that we have different tastes, because then there is so much more to talk about!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Is Archie even in the books a lot? I've been trudging through 'Mr. Midshipman' for a while now (I have lots to read, as an English major - go figure!), and he was only in one scene when they bowed to each other.

And yeah, I was definitely a fan of Rhett/Melanie. She, at least, understood the pwn-ness that was Rhett.

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

Errr... yeah, I'm afraid that's the only appearance for Mr. Kennedy in the entire series. I watched the first four movies before starting on the books, and at first I was extremely disappointed at the lack of Archie. Then I read Lieutenant Hornblower and fell head over heels for Mr. Bush. By the time I watched the last four movies, my sadness over Archie's death was pretty much balanced out by my excitement over the start of the Hornblower/Bush adventures. If only they had made more movies...! Anyway, it's been ages since I've read Mr. Midshipman Hornblower so I can't really say much about it, but Lieutenant Hornblower is one of the most brilliant books I've ever read. If you're having trouble getting through the series now, I will say that it is COMPLETELY worth getting through to the next book.

Wow, I am extremely lame, but I just spent a good twenty minutes searching through my journal for a post I made ages ago with a short review of the book. Well, after all that effort, I guess I have to include it! The book is so good, I named it as my top book of 2004 (http://snowystingray.livejournal.com/2005/03/29/).

Ooh, heh, it's nice to hear that I'm not the only one with weird ships when it comes to GWTW. I like Ashley/Scarlett, Rhett/Melanie, Scarlett/Melanie... pretty much anything other than canon. Actually, my problems with the relationships in GWTW remind me of my gripes about Little Women, but in the opposite way. Just like every other girl ever I was dying for Jo and Laurie to end up together, and when Jo says that they'd never fit because they're "too alike" and would "always fight"... just... ugghhhh what?! So then you choose somebody who is completely unsuited to you? What? But GWTW seems to be on the far end of the spectrum that really illustrates that point. Both Ashley/Melanie and Rhett/Scarlett are in relationships with people who are so like them that there is no room for growth or for give and take. I think Jo and Laurie would have worked out because they are alike enough to where they get each other, but not to where each simply enhances the other's flaws. But, uh, yeah, Jo's worst case scenario is totally what happens in GWTW.

Man, it seems like every time I talk about GWTW I make it sound like I hate it, when it's actually one of my favourite movies of all time. Yeah, it makes me grumble, but I still love it. Hm... I think I may have just gained some insight into Scarlett and Rhett's marriage, haha!

[queeniefox.livejournal.com]

I won't go as far to say I think he's fanciable but so far in Season Three I have really liked Jack. Maybe because I hate the Others so much, I don't know.

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of it is that Jack has held out against them much better than most people probably expected. Up until now, the Others have just been this lurking, elusive evil that was seemingly impossible to beat back. So far Jack has done a surprisingly good job of upsetting their carefully laid plans and turning their weaknesses against them. In an almost hopeless situation he managed to gain the upper hand, and even then he proved himself to be still cooler than we thought he was by using that advantage to help Sawyer and Kate instead of himself. While it may have taken a while to force some actual heroics out of the woodwork, I think it was worth the wait.