tall, dark and miserable

[darkkitten1]

cathexys and I had a great conversation the other day wherein she came up with some neat ideas connecting her liking for fics that include body-switching, time travel, gender-switching, and AU's, among others. I'll let her post it, as it is hers, but I thought it was quite cool. isiscolo, you might be interested when she does, as you share some of these

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[luthien]

Interesting what patterns surface when we really take a good look at our reading preferences.

Snape - may or may not be tall, but I think Harry or Sirius or someone with an axe to grind would have made note of how short Snape was if he really was short, so he must be at least average height or above.

Horatio - Hmmn, well, while the character in the book is unquestionably tall, dark and miserable, I am afraid that the same does not go for Horatio as played by Ioan Scabblehand. Having met him, I can tell you that tall he is not. He's shorter than I am, though, admittedly, I'm one of the taller women anyone is ever likely to meet. I'm an inch or two below six feet; Ioan is less than that. Very easy on the eyes, though.

Avon - makes up in miserableness what he lacks in height. (Ooh, Avon. I think it might be time to watch B7 again.)

Faramir - well, if they had to get an actor without dark hair to play him, at least they got David Wenham. Faramir was probably the beginning of my own predilection for tall, dark and troubled, a list which includes Ares somewhere near the top: tall, dark, resentful. The ultimate ambiguous bad guy in black leather. ;-)

[darkkitten1]

I agree, IMO he isn't short, or as you say that fact would have been thrown in his face at some point. He's just not quite as tall as Sirius. *snarls at JKR for OotP, as prior to OotP I envisioned them the same height* Millefiori's post to snapesupport linking back here also has a discussion that addresses the issue of Snape's height.

Ioan's not tall? *blinks* Wow. He looks tall onscreen to me. I mean, not towering, but tall enough. OTOH, I'm 5'2", so my definition of tall is fairly generous. *g* Neat that you met him!

After seeing ROTK, D and I just got the extended versions of both FOTR and TTT, and we're about to reread the books. So I've been thinking Faramir thoughts of late. Mmm, nice. :)

*grins at Ares* Don't know him (what fandom?), but my, he looks rather familiar, does he not? Hee!

[luthien]

It was great to see Ioan in the flesh, but I was pretty astounded at how, er, small he was, yes. *g*

Faramir was always one of my favourite characters in the Lord of the Rings. I was so disappointed when they mucked him up in TTT movie - though I forgave them somewhat when I saw the extended edition, which went quite a way to explaining the changes.

Ares, as played by the late Kevin Smith, was the main recurring villain on 'Xena: Warrior Princess'. Kev was a major reason why straight women watched the show, and I think he'll always figure near the top of my list of fannish crushes.

[darkkitten1]

The late Kevin Smith? Aaagh, upsetting! OK, Xena, that rings a bell now.

Will have more comments on Faramir shortly, as we're watching extended TTT today. *wants Faramir icon*

[luthien]

It was very, very upsetting, because Ares was part of the very first pairing I ever wrote, and Kev became my favourite actor, ever. I'm usually much more about characters than I am about actors, but Kev got under my skin more than any other actor has done. It is two years next month since he died, aged 38, because of a freak accident on a film set in China. I still can't work on my unfinished Xenaverse WIP because I still start to cry when I open the draft and try to read it.

The Xenaverse was a great fandom to write in. The show itself was of variable quality and went downhill in a major way in the last three seasons, but it had so many interesting characters and such a broad and colourful setting - and the canon had so many useful plotholes in it *g* - that it was a perfect breeding ground for fanfic.

I'll be interested to know your reactions to the extended TTT, especially the Faramir bits.