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30 days of your favorite tv show meme, day 3
3) Favorite regular character
No S3 spoilers in this one except a couple of minor details.
Finch, of course. I have a type, and he is it: bookish, smart, often shy or socially awkward, repressed but with deep emotions under the surface, tending to take on the weight of the world, burdened with regrets. (See also: Rupert Giles, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Thomas Nightingale in all respects except the shyness, both Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in different ways.) It's not my only type, but it's the one I will most reliably fall head over heels for.
Finch's suits and glasses help, too. I first watched POI because I happened out of idle curiosity to watch Astolat's vid "Big Spender" and decided that Finch, whose name I didn't even know, was incredibly attractive in a completely idiosyncratic way, half geek chic and half hand tailoring and eccentric waistcoats. I love that Finch can rhapsodize over the proper stitching and placement of buttonholes. I love that his idea of a good time is helping Reese get fitted for some new suits (and helping him put them on!). I love that he is fussy and somewhat "feminine" and serenely unconcerned about it, and that his masculinity is complex enough to coexist with that.
I love the way he speaks, softly and with precision. I love that he's interested in beauty and elegance and that the show doesn't mock him for that. That he hates guns but loves a man who uses them, and that he's got the courage of his convictions even when there's a price to pay.
He's got lots of flaws--control freak is an understatement--but I love him with all my little fannish heart.
No S3 spoilers in this one except a couple of minor details.
Finch, of course. I have a type, and he is it: bookish, smart, often shy or socially awkward, repressed but with deep emotions under the surface, tending to take on the weight of the world, burdened with regrets. (See also: Rupert Giles, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Thomas Nightingale in all respects except the shyness, both Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in different ways.) It's not my only type, but it's the one I will most reliably fall head over heels for.
Finch's suits and glasses help, too. I first watched POI because I happened out of idle curiosity to watch Astolat's vid "Big Spender" and decided that Finch, whose name I didn't even know, was incredibly attractive in a completely idiosyncratic way, half geek chic and half hand tailoring and eccentric waistcoats. I love that Finch can rhapsodize over the proper stitching and placement of buttonholes. I love that his idea of a good time is helping Reese get fitted for some new suits (and helping him put them on!). I love that he is fussy and somewhat "feminine" and serenely unconcerned about it, and that his masculinity is complex enough to coexist with that.
I love the way he speaks, softly and with precision. I love that he's interested in beauty and elegance and that the show doesn't mock him for that. That he hates guns but loves a man who uses them, and that he's got the courage of his convictions even when there's a price to pay.
He's got lots of flaws--control freak is an understatement--but I love him with all my little fannish heart.
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We started watching because Michael Emerson was in it (he was so good in Lost as a completely different character) and because the premise sounded interesting. He's perfect as Finch, and really very lovable (something he so wasn't in Lost, though he was fascinating there too).
I really must make some icons.
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