My Guide to Charlie Fuckin' Francis
For tvrealm's "Guide to...." challenge, where we create a giant rec post dedicated to a show, character, or pairing. I obviously chose the amazing character that is Charlie Francis from Fringe. General spoilers for his character arc.
Oh my love for Charlie Francis knows no bounds.
Everyone kept telling me to "Watch Fringe," Watch Fringe," Watch Fringe." All I knew about it was that Joshua Jackson was in it (yuck-not interested), Denethor was in it (bastard made Faramir cry), it looked like the new X-Files (like anything can compare), and that there was an alternate universe (cool idea, I admit). Overall, I was pretty meh to the whole concept. But then I came across a youtube video featuring a character on Fringe I hadn't seen anything for. And this is after seeing about every other scene on Fringe plastered across my tumblr dashboard. The video was a Charlie Francis scene. HOOZAH--Now there was a BAMF I'd watch a show for (why didn't anyone tell me about him SOONER). And so I WATCHED FRINGE. And the rest is history (one that involves much anger over his death, his 4th season absence, and my refusal to watch the show until he returns).
So here it is--everything you need to know about Charlie Francis.
Note: I suck at crediting gifs. So shoot me. But just click most any still image and it'll lead to its tumblr post. Besides some icons at the bottom of the post, I made nothing on this post. I just have a mad collection of Charlie Francis stuff.
1. Charlie Francis. Has a smile
that'll melt your soul.
2. Charlie Francis. Seriously funny?
Fuck yea.
Olivia: He used me, Charlie. And he told me he loved me.
Charlie: I wasn’t gonna tell you this… but he said he loved me too.
WALTER: Think back twenty years. Imagine yourself then, imagining yourself now-twenty years into the future. In your wildest imagination could you ever think you'd be here?
LINCOLN: Going to a strip club later?
CHARLIE: Someone’s got to visit your sister.
3. Charlie Francis. Loyal Friend.
Five Most Memorable Charlie/Olivia Moments -- A picspam by remainvanishing
CHARLIE: Don't get hurt for me.
OLIVIA: Well that's really not very fair, considering you would do the same thing for me.
CHARLIE: I got here as fast as I could.
OLIVIA: I’m alright. You didn’t have to come all this way.
CHARLIE: You’re not all right.
OLIVIA: Charlie, I’m fine.
CHARLIE: My second year with Brooklyn P.D., one night we get a domestic disturbance call. Partner and I go over to his house. I’m with the guy, right? And he’s… saying it’s nothing, you know, just a little argument. My partner calls from the other room and says that we need an ambulance for the girl. And I just know the guy beat the crap out of his girlfriend, so I go for my gun, I get him on the ground, and I’m cuffing him. And I hear a gunshot from the other room. I turn around, and this, bloody girl- brutalized, brutalized girl- is… aiming a gun at me. What I didn’t know at the time was she had just killed my partner. She fires. Hits me in my chest. Anyway… I’m in I.C.U. for six days. You know, and, hospital for two weeks. Kept on telling my wife, ‘I’m fine’. I was shaken, and I was scared. Now, if you’re like me, you got a gun underneath your pillow… Peter called me. Hey. You can fool the doctors, kiddo. You can’t fool me.
OLIVIA: I don’t know what happened to me. I’m so scared. I can’t even load it. My hands won’t stop shaking. Charlie, I can’t. I can’t even load it.
CHARLIE: Hey. You’re gonna be alright. It’ll be alright.
“My first week on the job, I was on a sting operation. These Irish thugs were smuggling guns and cocaine and I had been a military prosecutor, so I hadn’t handled a gun since basic training. And suddenly I’m underground in this garage wearing a bulletproof vest and wondering how the hell I got there. So, I did what any rookie would do and I started looking for an exit. And then, Charlie walks over-this man that I didn’t know, this gruff guy. And… he said, ‘You’re gonna be fine.’ And, um, I have to face it, that he-he’s gone-that he’s not coming back.” -Olivia
Click to view**tears**tears**tears**tears**tears**tears**tears**
4. Charlie Francis. Not Dead.
Thank god for alternate universes,
and this OT3.
You think we can get the alt!alt!universe where Charlie Francis gets his own spin-off show that lasts 6 seasons and a movie? Honestly the man had chemistry with Olivia, Alt!Olivia, Lincoln... you could of given Acevedo a grapefruit and he would of had a compelling and interesting relationship with it. 6 SEASONS AND A MOVIE.
5. Charlie Francis. Got more dates
than Lincoln...in both universes.
gifspam here
6. Charlie Francis. The PIMP with shades
and spiders in his veins.
The man could pull off aviators. AVIATORS.
• 6 Reasons Why Charlie Francis is a BAMF -- Picspam by appleindecay
7. Charlie Francis.
Serious marriage material.
He was a good person in both universes. He was never hung up on unavailable women. He was good at his job. He was selfless and loyal--protecting his family and friends. He took being impregnated by bugs like a man. He always knew the right thing to say, even at the saddest moments. He never made his wife worry if she didn't have to. He treated his female cop partner as an equal, always. And he was a simple guy who knew who he was and what he wanted. If there is another alternate universe Charlie out there somewhere that ISN'T already married. He's mine. Though I refuse to treat him for his arachnid infestations. There has got to be an alt!verse without spiders.
8. Charlie Francis. Confessions.
9. Charlie Francis. Icons.
appleindecay (all 18 icons above)
burymyregret x3, falloutoftrees x2, infinite_drag
icon-reich x4, letsey-x x2
mm3butterfly x3, onsilverscreens x2, wildpages
shoqolad x3, sick_muse_icons x3
snorkjuice x5, vvvendetta
far_to_nowhere (12 icons above)
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And to round it all off...Kirk Acevedo pointing at things.
Man, I gotta watch Oz.