I just love them all...

[deird_lj]

You know what I’ve realised?
I just don’t understand how someone can like a show, and not like all the characters.

I mean, I’m aware that it’s possible. I know a lot of people who can’t stand various characters, and are still definitely fans of the show – so clearly this is just me being odd, but still… I have no idea how that works.

It’s certainly not the way I work.


Sure, there are characters who I like seeing on screen mainly because I hate them and want to yell at them – like Holtz, or Graza, or Maybourne (okay… maybe not Maybourne *cuddles him*) – but even then, I do like them being there, because they’re interesting, and make the show more interesting.


For instance, let’s think about the Buffyverse.
12 seasons, 254 episodes, and…

Characters I actively dislike and wish were on screen less: Sam Finn.

One person. One person who was in one episode.
(And no-one likes her.)

If we expand that out to include all my favourite tv shows, ever (like Farscape, How I Met Your Mother, SG-1, House, Frasier, Red Dwarf, Tru Calling, Xena, Dawson’s Creek, Firefly, Lois & Clark, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Dollhouse, NCIS, and, why not, Harry Potter)…

Characters I actively dislike and wish were on screen less: Sam Finn, Maldis, the weird spider-lady alien, and very occasionally Zhaan, Stark, and Foreman.

…there just aren’t that many of them.


That’s one of the reasons why I always end up staring incomprehensibly at people who suggest ways to improve the show by changing bits.

They’ll say, “Oh, the show would have been better without the Potentials”, and I can't understand it, because then we wouldn’t get to see Vi, and Kennedy, and Rona, and other great people like that.

Or they’ll suggest that season 4 would have worked better without Adam, and I can’t understand it, because then we wouldn’t get Adam, and that would suck.

Or they say that House should have stuck with the original team, and I just end up flailing around going “But… Kutner! Team competitions! Not-really-a-doctor Guy!”

Or they’ll suggest that the show should focus more on Echo and Alpha, and I’ll just think “But what about Topher?”

And really, I can’t imagine most of my shows being better without any one of the characters – because I really do love them all.

Comments

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

This is actually a major thing with me - I used to really hate lots of the characters on Buffy. And that was such a sucky and frustrating way to look at things. Fandom has made me fall in love with pretty much everyone - or if I don't love them, I appreciate where they're coming from and why they sometimes act dumb (aka RILEY). Or at least I can make fun of people's stupidity, right? :P

And I SO don't get the people who are all like "DOLLHOUSE JUST SHOULD HAVE ECHO LOL". That show is the best for its ensemble - Adelle, Claire, Topher, Mellie, Sierra, Victor, Boyd, Paul - and Echo and Alpha.

[next_to_normal]

Dear God... Dollhouse with only Echo? *shudders* She's one of my least favorite characters, so that would definitely be torture.

[deird1]

Ohhh... but I love Echo... *cuddles*

(...which, given the title of this post, really should come as no surprise.)

[next_to_normal]

Heh, Dollhouse is actually one show where I don't particularly like many of the characters. But then again, it's also something I only watched out of vague curiosity, so I don't get terribly worked up about liking or disliking anyone.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I dunno. I wouldn't say she's my least favorite character, because that makes it sound like I don't like her, when I do, but I definitely think that the rest of the cast is a lot better. XD