on protagonists, performances, and Peter

[mystery_sock]

Thinking thinky thoughts. Having an inadvertent longish weekend (I had to go home from work early on Friday because I felt like poo) and spending it reading mass-market horror and watching scads and scads of TV, naturally my thoughts turn to Heroes. (Well, my thoughts turn to Heroes every 52 seconds on average, I figure.) I haven't been including

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Peter

[eronela]

Peter is definitely my favorite character, from the very first episode. Right from the beginning you could see the love he had for Nathan, even when Nathan was being an ass to him. The way you've written about Peter has made me love him more. You really seem to have gotten inside the character's head. I love reading scenes that happened pre-series showing how Peter became what he is today. Thanks!

Re: Peter

[mystery_sock]

All my pre-series fic is my way of constructing what might have led to the Pete that we see on the show - and why I have seen so much depth to his character. He intrigues the hell out of me - and yeah, the fact that he's a sexy beast tugs my mind in lots of directions. :)

[mystery_sock]

I came to Heroes as an Adrian Pasdar fan; I'd never heard of anybody else on the cast (or more properly didn't remember Ali Larter from her role in FINAL DESTINATION, because she looked like such a child in that movie!.. and didn't remember Jack Coleman from Dynasty, even though I adored his character, or Milo's from Gilmore Girls, ditto). It took about two commercial breaks before I was completely obsessed with Milo, and I felt like a real chump because he's so obviously designed to attract fangirl ovaries like a magnet grabs iron filings. I hate being told what to feel, but there was nothing I could do about him. It's like he was generated in a lab to appeal to me, and lots and lots of other females. (Oddly enough none of the gay dudes I know are all that into him, or Adrian, for that matter. Except for Milo's hair; many a queer guy wants that. They want to be him, not fuck him. Well, not any more than they want to fuck any other random cute young dude. Not sexist; fact.)

Did you ever read an interview where Milo (who's a huge Star

[shimmeree]

I've always been the kind of girl who went for the bad guy, but Peter owns me like no other character has. There's a lot of reasons why, but I think a lot of it definitely has to do with Milo.

[mystery_sock]

Milo does have something special - but it's never completely clicked in any of his other roles like it did with Peter. Jess Mariano, while tasty and sympathetic, is much more a woobie to me; I want to do the whole blanket/soup thing with him. With Peter, it's ... well, it's the kind of inspiration that gets 120,000 words out of me. :) It's the role of Peter that's amazing; his character, his perspective, his world, his loves, and his struggles. And as much as I love Noah Bennet, and have him higher on the "favorites" chain than Peter, I don't dream about Noah. I don't write about him. I'm content to watch him on the show. With Peter (and Nathan), I need much, much more than I can get in 22 episodes a year.

The whole "favorites" thing for me is deceptive. While I consider my favorites, in order, Nathan, Sylar, Noah, and then Peter, I love Peter best of all by a huge margin. My love of Peter goes beyond a favorite character on a TV show; Peter is my muse. It is a rare and precious occurrence to be inspired in that way.

[even_dusk_fades]

I'm kind of torn, myself. I love Peter, but I've always been more of a Nathan girl and a Sylar girl. Peter is... I guess too sweet. I feel like I would damage him beyond repair.

[mystery_sock]

I'd damage anyone who wasn't already a sociopath, so... :)

[even_dusk_fades]

Hee! Exactly! So Peter, while sweet and amazing, would not work for me. How sad is it that I've given it enough thought to know which fictional character I could/could not date? ;)

[kimmi_watch]

Peter had me since the first episode too. I watched Gilmore Girls and I count that as one of my favourite shows but it wasn't really until watching that series back that I even started to like Jess. I hated him when I first watched it, I was young and stubbornly clinging to Dean/Rory and didn't want anything to do with Jess. But when I watched it back I realised he was my favourite character and still is because unlike a lot of people on that show he actually grew and matured. When I first saw the ad for Heroes I remember saying 'oh look, it's Jess' and then sort of dismissing it. Then I watched the first ep and Peter hooked me... Milo hooked me

[mystery_sock]

I think it's a testament to Milo's ability (and professionalism) that he actually does those questionable lines (because, yeah, it infuriates me at times, too) and I still love him anyway, even if I want to slap him on a regular basis. Angela set a bad precedent for me... :)

[kimmi_watch]

Angela set a bad precedent for me...:)
Oh, you have no idea how much I laughed at that. LOL. :p