Fannish Friday 5 - Characters you Love to Hate or Hate to Love

[arenee1999]

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5 characters you think were created to be disliked but you really like anyway.


In no particular order...


1) Ba'al - Stargate SG-1




2) Lindsey McDonald - Angel




3) Travis - Blake's 7




4) Ethan Rayne - BtVS




5) Kronos - Highlander




And an Honorable Mention...

Derek Lloyd - Relic Hunter

Comments

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I'd agree on Ba'al and Travis. :¬D
Nice pictures BTW.

[babel.livejournal.com]

Travis looks so uncharacteristically high-spirited in that picture!

[emmz13.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with 1, 2, 4 :)

[arenee1999]

He does seem a bit 'happy' there. The cap is from 'Deliverance' but I don't remember why he's sort of smiling.

[arenee1999]

It's really hard not to like those two. ;D

[babel.livejournal.com]

I recently watched that scene a few times for an upcoming fic, and I think he's smiling because he's like WOW Servalan is such a crazy bitch and I just have to smile to keep from putting my fist through a wall.

But, you know. That's still pretty cheerful for him.

[arenee1999]

It's so hard not to like the bad guys when they're so sexy. ;)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh yes for 1 and 3. I don't really know the others.

[arenee1999]

The combination intelligence, snark, sexy in bad guys just seems to make them irresistible. :)

[jadey36]

Travis was the reason I used to watch Blake's 7.

[arenee1999]

Avon's the reason I watch it, but Travis is so interesting.

I probably should have put Gisborne on the list, but I don't know if he was actually created to be disliked or not. It's hard to tell because there are quite a few moments that are designed to make you sympathetic toward him.

[jadey36]

Was obviously being a bit brain dead when I replied. Meant to say Avon, although, yes, Travis is interesting.

I did wonder why you hadn't put Gisborne on the list but I think you're right in saying he's a bit hard to pin down. I do wonder if the writers started off with the intention of having him the out and out baddie (or at least second to the Sheriff, except that the Sheriff got away with it because he was also hilarious at times), and then realised that he'd be more interesting, and indeed the story would be more interesting, if they added layers.