Good question -- here's my take and I apologize in advance for my bluntness, let's just blame it on PMS shall we *grins*
I have no idea what his life's like or if he has anymore issues then any of us. I'm sure Hollywood isn't all glamour and money doesn't buy everything, so there are more than likely a few mundane problems lurking in his closet. Something not dignified or interesting and certainly wouldn't make for good fiction (unless you've recently read helena_s_renn VigBean piece, which makes the mundane amazing).
Personally I think he looks like I did when I was single and 23 having the time of my life, not enough sleep and the drama of who's dating who and what so and so said about you know who and did I get caught snogging my girlfriends boyfriend in the alley... The difference is I was 23 and he's 30 now. Maybe it's just time for him to grow up -- not my call. Maybe he's remarkably mature, I couldn't begin to pretend to know. I'm just glad that there are photos out there that inspire me to write fiction because it would be extremely presumptuous of me to think what I write was anything but. I'm grateful for the fact he and some of the others are my muses but I don't for a minute ever believe the crap that I write or believe my own bullshit.
So does he need a hug or a smack upside the head? No idea, I'll leave that to his friends, family and lovers -- who ever they might be. Everything else is purely my imagination.
My two bits -- thanks for asking, it's well worth pondering.
I forgot to add that I doubt I'd give him a hug, I need to know someone to do that. And I certainly don't want him for myself. If you had a choice of sitting back and anonmously watching him with a male lover -- I'm in *giggles*.
Actually, I wouldn't mind sitting in on this as well if there is a spare seat. Perhaps I should have chosen a poll answer as "I don't want to hug him i want to watch him hug hot men".
I don't think you were being too blunt; no need to blame PMS (though that is always a good excuse :) ) You have some good points which makes sense to me.
Regarding the fiction you are right of course: It IS fiction, hence the long disclaimers... We pick the little bits from the RL person (hair color, holiday location, name of dog etc) and run with it - bending the info to how it suits our purpose in telling a story. This does not make it true and people's opinions or impressions of the RL persons shouldn't be based on their fictitious twins! This does seem to happen though - see other discussions in this thread (also all my knowledge of Viggo pretty much comes from fiction - which in reality means I have No knowledge of the real guy even though I feel I do!). Sometimes we project the 'qualities' of the character onto the RL person (and this might go some way to explaining why people tend to see Orli as a bit fragile and needing cuddles and protection - because his characters are often written this way but I don't really think his RL persona gives off this wipe... Of course I don't know if that is the case. Just speculating that it might have something to do with the hugging urge! Man, I'm waffling - hope some of this makes sense.
And regarding the Hug. I was just saying the other day (different post) that I wouldn't actually want to hug Orli in the GN show. I don't hug under such circumstances and don't want to 'win' a hug - I want to be hugged because the other person wants to do so. And, Orlando is after all a stranger I have never met - I don't hug on first meetings hehe. I'm a bit strange but at least it seems I'm not alone :) *points at you*
I have no idea what his life's like or if he has anymore issues then any of us. I'm sure Hollywood isn't all glamour and money doesn't buy everything, so there are more than likely a few mundane problems lurking in his closet. Something not dignified or interesting and certainly wouldn't make for good fiction (unless you've recently read helena_s_renn VigBean piece, which makes the mundane amazing).
Personally I think he looks like I did when I was single and 23 having the time of my life, not enough sleep and the drama of who's dating who and what so and so said about you know who and did I get caught snogging my girlfriends boyfriend in the alley... The difference is I was 23 and he's 30 now. Maybe it's just time for him to grow up -- not my call. Maybe he's remarkably mature, I couldn't begin to pretend to know. I'm just glad that there are photos out there that inspire me to write fiction because it would be extremely presumptuous of me to think what I write was anything but. I'm grateful for the fact he and some of the others are my muses but I don't for a minute ever believe the crap that I write or believe my own bullshit.
So does he need a hug or a smack upside the head? No idea, I'll leave that to his friends, family and lovers -- who ever they might be. Everything else is purely my imagination.
My two bits -- thanks for asking, it's well worth pondering.
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Regarding the fiction you are right of course: It IS fiction, hence the long disclaimers... We pick the little bits from the RL person (hair color, holiday location, name of dog etc) and run with it - bending the info to how it suits our purpose in telling a story. This does not make it true and people's opinions or impressions of the RL persons shouldn't be based on their fictitious twins! This does seem to happen though - see other discussions in this thread (also all my knowledge of Viggo pretty much comes from fiction - which in reality means I have No knowledge of the real guy even though I feel I do!). Sometimes we project the 'qualities' of the character onto the RL person (and this might go some way to explaining why people tend to see Orli as a bit fragile and needing cuddles and protection - because his characters are often written this way but I don't really think his RL persona gives off this wipe... Of course I don't know if that is the case. Just speculating that it might have something to do with the hugging urge! Man, I'm waffling - hope some of this makes sense.
And regarding the Hug. I was just saying the other day (different post) that I wouldn't actually want to hug Orli in the GN show. I don't hug under such circumstances and don't want to 'win' a hug - I want to be hugged because the other person wants to do so. And, Orlando is after all a stranger I have never met - I don't hug on first meetings hehe. I'm a bit strange but at least it seems I'm not alone :) *points at you*
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