The munchies of weird

How to tell you have the munchies of weird :

You're mildly hungry, so start rummaging around the kitchen. Only you don't want anything sweet, and you don't want fruit, so you start rummaging in the fridge. But not for normal stuff, oh no...

Count :

Two tiny slices of manchego cheese. Because you weren't in the mood for the cheddar.
Five capers. Because there were no sundried tomatoes.
Several seeds of Sambal Olek. (distilled chillies, bright red to warn you)
Tiny bit of bread with marmite scrapings on it.
One olive.
Three Rice Krispies.

On second thoughts, I should've just had a bowl of Rice Krispies, but that would've required commitment. It's days like these that you need the whole antipasto section of the deli in front of you so you can graze.

characters we love with a squee

It's funny the ones we take to our hearts, absolutely, we're not sure why, but... we love them with a squee in two instants. They're not necessarily the ones we fancy, or the good ones, or just the plain evil ones. They're just the ones we adore with all our hearts and we get really, really mad when some stupid writer messes them up because they don't love them or obsess over them enough to treat them well.

:glares: Bill Willingham, I'm looking at you...

Sometimes it's obvious how much a writer loves them. Sometimes they will do terrible things to them in the name of keeping the action going, but it's still obvious they still love them to pieces. And they have too much fun writing them.

Someone pass me Mark Waid and see how much he can squee over the Flash in general, Wally West in particular. You get the feeling that they had to tie him up and feed him strong drugs to make him let go.

Sometimes the all-consuming love means a slight bit of Mary-Sue.

Joss Whedon, meet Fred.

So, just wondering, who are your loves?

Mine :

Molly from Books of Magic
Cordelia, BtVS-Angel, pre the demoning. You wonder why everyone went 'squee! She's back!' when she did the ghost return?
Wesley, BtVS-Angel
Nearly every single one of the Batman supporting cast. Not all the villains, but every single one of the cops and all the family. Except Jean-Paul.
The Green Arrow boys. And girls.
Jenny Sparks. Stormwatch, Authority
Vic Mackey and Claudette Wyms, The Shield
Will Scarlett, Guy of Gisburne and Robert de Reinault, Robin of Sherwood
The Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
The whole main cast of Farscape

And shush. Bias trend? What bias trend?

ETA: Yes, I've missed loads of characters, like Sharpe, 006, Indiana Jones, the whole cast of Firefly, Hamish Macbeth, etc, etc.... And why yes, we're still seeing a trend.

comics casting.

Yeah, yeah, we all know the fantasy casting occasionally gets trotted out, but...

I was flicking through Brian Bolland's work. Now go to his Wonder Woman covers, all of them things of beauty, but the last page, second to last drawing, where there's a fanboy sitting her knees. I automatically went 'If you want to draw Aeryn Sun properly, make her raise her eyebrow more.' And lo did it hit me. Perhaps because I've been watching to much Farscape, but c'mon. Claudia Black for the role of Diana, Princess of Themyscira. the line starts here.

You know you want to. Warrior through and through, tries not to be hot-headed about stuff, etc, etc. And dammit, she looks more Greek than Lynda Carter ever did....