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

[molly_may]

Giles!

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I'm being boring and giving everyone Wesley.

[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.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Starbuck!

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Oz!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Kaylee!

[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

Mal!

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

1. In Innocence:
Buffy: You must be so disappointed in me.

Giles: No. No, no, I'm not.

Buffy: But this is all my fault.

Giles: No. I don't believe it is. Do you want me to wag my finger at
you and tell you that you acted rashly? You did. A-and I can. I know
that you loved him. And... he... has proven more than once that he loved
you. You couldn't have known what would happen. The coming months a-are
gonna, are gonna be hard... I, I suspect on all of us, but... if it's
guilt you're looking for, Buffy, I'm, I'm not your man. All you will get
from me is, is my support. And my respect.

2. In Band Candy when he's under the spell: Because I'm shallow and he's so sexy. It's also really fun to see not in the his traditional role.

3. When he returns in "Two to Go":

WILLOW: And there's no one in the world with the power to stop me now.

Suddenly a huge blast of green magic energy hits Willow from the side. She goes flying a huge distance across the room, lands on the floor and slides some more.

She comes to a stop and lifts her head. Her nose is bleeding. She looks surprised, looks up in the direction the magic came from.

Reveal Giles standing in the doorway, wearing a long black coat and no glasses.

GILES: I'd like to test that theory.

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

That's not boring - I love Wesley! I love his whole season 3 and 4 arc, but I'll pick some moments:

1. In Loyalty when he confronts Holtz:
Holtz: "You don't believe me."

Wes: "Hmm. Not sure really. Could be the low scary voice that's giving me trouble."

Holtz: "It's time to make a decision, Mr. Wyndham-Pryce. My army is strong and will only increase in number. Fight against us - and this war will become a bloodbath."

Wes: "This isn't war. It's revenge."

2. Also in Loyalty, the whole discussion with the Hamburger and then this moment:

Wes: "Life. Life is funny. Listening to stupid people talking to hamburgers is funny. Worrying about things that will never... - It's all so incredibly funny and - and beautiful."

3. My heart breaks for Wes in A Hole in the World and Shells. From Shells:

ANGEL
You're about as low as it gets, Knox, but you're a part of humanity.
That isn't always pretty, but it's a hell of a lot better than what
came before. And if it comes down to a choice between you and him,
then yes, I would fight for his life, just like any other human's.
Because that's what people do. That's what makes us—

A gunshot echoes in the room. Knox looks down at his chest to see
he's bleeding from a gunshot wound to the heart. He collapses. Wes is
holding the smoking gun.

ANGEL
(turns to Wes, shakes his head)
Were you even listening?

And I love the exchange with Illyria at the end:

ILLYRIA
We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief?

WESLEY
There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find
something worthy... that your life will lead you to some joy... that
after everything... you can still be surprised.
ILLYRIA
Is that enough?
(looks at Wes)
Is that enough to live on?

I also really love dorky, and clumsy Wesley, so special mentions to:

- The famous dancing scene
- In Spin the Bottle: Aah! All right. Nobody scream. Or touch my arms.

I totally cheated and did way more than 3 scenes. hee

[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

Logan Echolls1

[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

That 1 was supposed to be an exclamation point. *slinks away*

[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.

[kittyzams.livejournal.com]

Xander!

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

I adore Starbuck, I have such a crush on her!

1. In the miniseries when she's smoking a cigar, playing cards, being belligerent to Tigh, gets into an argument with him and punches him in the face. Oh yeah, that's my girl.

2. In "Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1" when she disobeys Adama and follows her faith by going on the mission for the Arrow of Apollo:

Apollo: What are you doing, Kara?
The raider jumps away
Apollo: Galactica/Apollo, she just jumped away. Repeat, Starbuck and the raider just jumped away.

I also love how she's heroically lit when she returns in "Home Part 1", and this:

Starbuck enters the loading bay and is embraced by Apollo. He kisses her.

Starbuck: Good to see you too, Captain.

(Notice how I cheated and made about 3 moments into one item? hee)

3. In "Valley of Darkness", the entire scene when she and Helo are in her apartment listening to the music, especially this:

Starbuck: After they attacked, I never... I never pined over any of my old crap. Never missed it. Stupid view of the parking lot. Broken toilet in the bathroom. You know, everyone I know... is fighting to get back what they had. And I'm fighting 'cause I don't know how to do anything else.

Oh, I'm cheating and adding another moment. In "Home Part 1", I love her and Apollo's interaction:

Apollo: Hmm. It must have been hard, being back o­n caprica. Being home. Probably saw some tough things back there. Anyway, tomorrow this whole thing is gonna end, o­ne way or another. We find the tomb or we don't. We find a way to earth or we don't. I just want you to know, kara, that I'm your friend. I love you. If there's anything you wanna talk about, anything you wanna get off your chest, then I'm here for you. Anyway... whenever you wanna talk, just let me know.

Starbuck: What was that middle part again?

Apollo:Hmm? What do you mean?

Starbuck: Did you say you love me?

Apollo:[Laughs] Well, um--

Starbuck: Lee Adama loves me.

Apollo:No, all I meant was--

Starbuck: no, seriously, very sweet. You love me.

Apollo:[Laughs nervously]

Starbuck: No, you love me. You can't take it back. There's no take-backs.

Apollo:You're dreaming it, Kara.

Starbuck: You love me.

Apollo:You're dreaming it.

Starbuck: You love me.

Apollo:Dreamer.

Starbuck: Mm-hmm. Okay.

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

I adore Oz so much! And the funny thing is that the only icon I have with Oz in it, is the exact same one that you used!!

1. When Oz wins over Willow in "Innocence", he wins me over too:
Oz: Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking
about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you.
And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame.
Willow kissage.

Oz: Oh, I'm not gonna kiss you.

Willow: What? But freeze frame!

Oz: Well, to the casual observer, it would appear that you're trying to
make your friend Xander jealous or even the score or something. And
that's on the empty side. See, in my fantasy when I'm kissing *you*, you're kissing *me*. It's okay. I can wait.

2. When Oz gives Willow another chance in "Amends":
Oz: This is what I do know: I miss you. Like, every
second. Almost like I lost an arm, or worse, a torso. So, I think I'd be
willing to... give it a shot.

And I love his reaction to the sex proposition, with the standing and sitting and then:

Oz: No, I have, but this is different. I mean, you look great.
You know, and, and you got the Barry working for you, and, and it's
all... good. But when it happens... I want it to be because we both need
it to for the same reason. You don't have to prove anything to me.

Willow: I just wanted you to know.

Oz: I know. I get the message.

3. I love Oz's sense of humour, so I love moments like this one in "The Zeppo":

Xander: But you need a thing, one thing nobody else has. What do I have?

Oz: An exciting new obsession. Which I feel makes you very special.

And this one in "Living Conditions":

Buffy: You're right. Ooh! She's even affecting my work, now. She's the Titanic. She's a crawling black cancer. (She brings her foot up, around and down onto a bench, breaking it in two.) She's... other really bad things.

Oz: On the plus side you've killed the bench, which was looking shifty.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Aww, excellent! I have to admit, I'd completely forgotten Wes-shooting-Knox, even though that's my favorite ep, and one of the "holy shit!" moments I had while watching through the series.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

All of those are great! I particularly love that "Living Conditions" moment, because it's one of the very few interactions Oz and Buffy have together, and it so well illustrates the way they interact very differently with the world around them. Plus I adore the idea of a shifty bench. :D

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Well, Logan was my first choice ::ahem:: but ok, what about Buffy?

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Starbuck: No, you love me. You can't take it back. There's no take-backs. Hee! Excellent!

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

As well as being a really shocking moment, it always cracks me up. It's a weirdly funny intense moment.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Angel's reaction is just awesome. There is definitely an element of dark comedy in the way it plays.

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

I love that line! I was quoting it to my friend just yesterday. hee

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

I just realized that it's probably technically more of an Angel moment. But I like to think it speaks to Angel & Wes's dynamic. And you're right, it's good dark comedy.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Hey, Angel was the straight man, Angel gave the reaction shot, but Wes pulled the trigger --.