TV Crushes
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out_thereJust watched Family Ties, and was reminded of my TV crush on Alex Keating (Micheal J Fox, for those of you who weren't quite as absorbed as I was). It was something to do with the suits, the intelligence, the arrogance, the competitiveness, the sense of humour and the fact that deep down, he really did care about his family.
Now, if I'm going through TV crushes:
1) Ernie, from Sesame Street - Good sense of humour, amusing laugh (his sniggers still crack me up, even at 21) and cared about his friends. (Hey, I was four...)
2) Alex Keating, from Family Ties - As mentioned above he had a lot of pros, plus he was cute and (could be) charming.
3) Gambit, from X-Men cartoons - The accent. Really, it all came down to the voice.
4) I grew up a bit, and full-blown TV crushes turned into mini-crushlets... Jen from Dawson's Creek (very cute, sweet and funny); CJ from West Wing (doesn't everybody have a crush on CJ? Or at least want to be her when they grow up?); Lex from Smallville (once again, doesn't everybody want Lex? In one form or another...).
They just don't have the same impact as those crushes of youth. Maybe it's just age. As you get older, you start to realise that the characters are not too original, so it's easier to get over them. That, or like maturity actually does exist, and can apply to TV (but I think that's stretching a bit, don't you?).
Now, if I'm going through TV crushes:
1) Ernie, from Sesame Street - Good sense of humour, amusing laugh (his sniggers still crack me up, even at 21) and cared about his friends. (Hey, I was four...)
2) Alex Keating, from Family Ties - As mentioned above he had a lot of pros, plus he was cute and (could be) charming.
3) Gambit, from X-Men cartoons - The accent. Really, it all came down to the voice.
4) I grew up a bit, and full-blown TV crushes turned into mini-crushlets... Jen from Dawson's Creek (very cute, sweet and funny); CJ from West Wing (doesn't everybody have a crush on CJ? Or at least want to be her when they grow up?); Lex from Smallville (once again, doesn't everybody want Lex? In one form or another...).
They just don't have the same impact as those crushes of youth. Maybe it's just age. As you get older, you start to realise that the characters are not too original, so it's easier to get over them. That, or like maturity actually does exist, and can apply to TV (but I think that's stretching a bit, don't you?).
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Date: 2002-12-07 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-07 08:09 pm (UTC)Oh man, attack of the alliteration!
Hee! Isn't that one of the biggies that attacks every new fanfic writer. We all begin by building the best blend of sounds!