Removable characters...

[fajrdrako]

From the Fannish 5:: If you could erase five characters from any fandom, who would you choose?

1. From Highlander: Richie
   
2. From Smallville: Lana Lang. And I loved her so much in the comic!
   
3. From Doctor Who: The Master. Not a Master fan, me.
   
4. From Torchwood: Abaddon
   
5. From X-Men: Rogue. In the movies, she's an embarrassment and a shame to the

Comments

[janne_d]

I hardly remember Endgame

Lucky you! Man, that film sucked (and I hear The Source was even worse) - the only good bits were (a) the very few scenes with Methos and Duncan, (b) the early scenes with Duncan and Connor (I will protest to the end that the later scenes completely assassinated Connor's character to the point of him being someone else entirely) and (c) the fight in the loft between Duncan and the character played by Donnie Yen.

What did he want, for her every moment to be focussed on him?

Um, yeah, I think that was exactly what he wanted! What tipped me over into thinking he was a jerk was when (and this may be just my impression since I haven't watched S5 recently) he gets unhappy that Buffy isn't letting him support her in the way he thinks he should, i.e. she isn't crying on his manly shoulder and falling apart so he can feel good about how comforting he is...

Contrast with Miles Vorkosigan, who looks at Ekaterin holding herself together and thinks that the best thing he can do for her is let her get on with it - what was it, if she needs to be a stone, then let her be a stone?

So yeah - Riley = big, fat jerk.

[fajrdrako]

I heard such terrible things about The Source that I haven't had the nerve to look at it.

Truth is, I didn't mind the assassination of Connor MacLeod's character because I'd never much liked Connor - "someone else entirely" was fine with me. Endgame was the only one of the movies I really liked, though I had no problem with the first one, when it was a one-off. I just think of it as a different universe.

What tipped me over into thinking he was a jerk was when (and this may be just my impression since I haven't watched S5 recently) he gets unhappy that Buffy isn't letting him support her in the way he thinks he should

So true. There were a lot of problems with Riley, really all starting from his total blandness, but it just got worse and worse. And he went from being something like "the ideal boyfriend, if you like 'em dull and without personality" to being all macho and selfish. Sigh. Too bad that happens often enough in Real Life.

Miles looks good by any measure, but you are so right - ! What a contrast.