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Got this meme from modernelegance, who is a true artist with gifs. I am not a true artist with gifs -- in truth, I can barely get them to work. But with her encouragement, I'm going to give it another try. Meme (with gifs) under the cut!

( Here goes nothing . . . )

Well, Tony Shalhoub, look at you!



I've always wanted to see this play. Now I REALLY want to see it!!

Thanks to Nibs at Wickfield for this meme. I'm sure many of you have done it before, but if it's new to you and you'd like to try it, consider yourself tagged! Apologies for any unorthodox spacing; LJ is really acting up for me these days.

"List twelve characters from any fandom/literary source, and then answer the following questions." Make SURE that you list the characters BEFORE reading the questions!!!

1. Sydney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities)
2. Anne Shirley (the Anne of Green Gables series)
3. Lord Peter Wimsey (the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries)
4. Arthur Clennam (Little Dorrit)
5. Sara Crewe (A Little Princess)
6. Miss Betsey Trotwood (David Copperfield)
7. Harriet Vane (the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries)
8. Lily Bart (The House of Mirth)
9. Father Tim Kavanaugh (the Mitford series)
10. Adrian Monk (Monk)
11. Radar (M*A*S*H)
12. Archie Goodwin (the Nero Wolfe mysteries)

( In which the above named have some strange adventures . . . )

So it seems there's a full-on hate toward Natalie Morales going on at the USA White Collar boards. For the life of me, I cannot figure this out. From her very first appearance she suddenly started generating this overwhelming negativity, which has flabbergasted me completely. Not only have her acting and the character she's playing been criticized to death, but I went in there tonight and found her being referred to as "Agent Bug-Eyes." (!)

If she were a terrible actress hired strictly for her looks and dragging the show down, okay, I would get it. Been there, seen that, been driven up the wall by it. But this woman is a fully competent actress (can I get a witness, Middleman fans?) in a relatively small part. People have different tastes, it's true, but even if she were as bad as they say -- and that would take some doing; I doubt that even Tommy Wiseau could be as bad as that -- she still couldn't ruin the entire show. I think a few people are still mad that she replaced the actress from the pilot, whose name escapes me at the moment -- Marsha Something? -- but it's common knowledge that that actress had other commitments and left of her own accord. Same thing happened on Psych and lots of other shows. It's hardly Morales's fault.

The obvious explanation suggests itself to my mind -- the green-eyed monster, anyone? -- but I hesitate to believe it's something that silly and childish. Then again, "Agent Bug-Eyes" doesn't exactly scream maturity. Another possibility could be racism, I guess, but everyone seemed fine with Marsha Something, who's African-American, so that doesn't seem to make sense either.

I suppose I rattle on too much about a silly message board, and it's probably yet another sign that I need to get a life. But it's kind of sad, you know? There used to be such a great group of people on that board way back when, and we used to have such fun discussions. I don't know what happened to them all. I got away from posting there for a while, and now that I'm back, it's all "Monk + Natalie 4eva!!! DIE ALBRIGHT DIE!!!!!!!" on the one forum, and "Agent Bug-Eyes" on the other. At least the Psych forum seems to contain a few sane fans -- for now . . .

I am really, really, really, REALLY tired of Monk/Natalie shippers.

That is all.

(I just had to say it, and I didn't dare say it on the USA message boards. People there would probably start sending me the creepy little voodoo dolls from tonight's episode.)