1) the character as written sounds DREADFUL, and many viewers are disbelieving that anyone could find them attractive or feel any sympathy for them at all;
2) BUT the actor brings a sweetness to thir portrayal that makes you love them despite their outrageous behaviour AND
3) a depth of characterisation that indicates personal angst and pain and history and longing and irony that makes you understand what might cause their behaviour (and to which I usually strongly relate)
4) AND this brilliant characterisation means that the character gradually shapes the show around themselves because the writers enjoy exploring them and giving them growth and stuff
5) PLUS, there's always someone else with whom they have magnificent chemistry and those scenes are the best. It's usually arguments with a bit of flirting thrown in.
Oooh... Fascinating...
(Wesley from AtS would completely fit in with this definition. You have no idea.)
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Date: 2010-05-06 11:38 pm (UTC)2) BUT the actor brings a sweetness to thir portrayal that makes you love them despite their outrageous behaviour AND
3) a depth of characterisation that indicates personal angst and pain and history and longing and irony that makes you understand what might cause their behaviour (and to which I usually strongly relate)
4) AND this brilliant characterisation means that the character gradually shapes the show around themselves because the writers enjoy exploring them and giving them growth and stuff
5) PLUS, there's always someone else with whom they have magnificent chemistry and those scenes are the best. It's usually arguments with a bit of flirting thrown in.
Oooh... Fascinating...
(Wesley from AtS would completely fit in with this definition. You have no idea.)