Character Meme

[cordelianne]

I got this from karabair, crazydiamondsue, entrenous88 and molly_may, and have to do it because I cannot resist something that lets me talk about my love for the characters on my shows:

Name a character from one of my fandoms, and I will tell you my top 3 moments or scenes of them.

I'll do any of my fandoms or shows that I watch: BtVS, AtS, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, Everwood, Scrubs, 24, etc etc (ie. any show you know I watch).

Comments

[savoytruffle.livejournal.com]

oh, i have to know what your top 3 jack (24) moments are.

also, if you're up for it, your top 3 lorelei moments would be cool.

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

Oh that Jack! Disclaimer: I actually haven't seen season 1 (I know, bad fan) and I have a fuzzy memory for most of season 2 & 3.

1. In season two, Jack is tortured and briefly killed. And the next hour after he's revived, he's up and managing to escape. He then continues on in his world-saving mission. Gotta love that even death can't stop Jack!

2. I thought they would all be over-the-top cracktastic ones, but my heart always breaks for Jack at the end of season 4 when he has to fake his own death:

Palmer: I’m glad. This is probably the last time we’ll ever speak. Jack, you do understand when you hang up, for all intents and purposes, Jack Bauer’s dead.

Jack: I understand that, sir. Mr. President, it’s been an honor.

Palmer: Same for me, my friend.

Jack hangs up the call. As the sun rises, Jack puts on a pair of sunglasses and walks along the railroad tracks.

3. This season has the quintessential Jack moment during "2pm-3pm":
He's gone undercover and is posing as a terrorist at the mall when they're trying to release the Sentox. He manages to thwart terrorists, disobey direct Presidential orders and - as an added bonus - he's adorable when saving a little girl!

There's a lot of cracktastic moments this season that I love: he shoots down a helicopter, every time Jack goes rogue (which is like every 5 minutes every season), he once again narrowly escapes death by bomb and - miraculously - electrocution and fire, when Jack emerged from the flames and smoke CARRYING Henderson, and when he hijacks a plane.

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

Lorelei!! I love Lorelei!

1. The episode "Dear Emily and Richard" in season 3, that has all the flashbacks to when Lorelei was first pregnant with Rory and left home. It does a wonderful job of exploring the complexities in her relationship with her mom (and her dad). I love that she brings her mom the dvd player and a bunch of dvds at the end.

2. This is a really dorky one: In "Always a Godmother, Never a God" (really early this season), Lorelei is going through her videotapes.

LORELEI: Oh, no, no, whoa, there, mister. Ha. Those are the keepers. These are the ones I'm tossing.

LUKE: There's two videotapes in there.

I can relate to her ridiculous amount of videotapes which is why I love that. It's also so incredibly sad at the end with she's watching the Rosie O'Donnell movie without Rory and says:

It's not the same.

3. In season 4, "The Loreleis' First Day at Yale", after helping Rory move in, she comes back when Rory needs her, and helps Rory meet people by throwing an impromtu party with lots and lots of food. It results in Rory meeting a bunch of people and ends with:

Lorelei walks into the empty house. She stands in the living room and looks around.

She's such a consistently fun and entertaining character that it was hard to pick three. I went for ones that summed up various things I liked about her: her complex attitude towards and relationship with her parents, her quirkiness and love of pop culture, and being an overall amazing mom to Rory.