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Which leads me to the point of this post: ranking the men of Lost in order of HOT-ness. I decided to use any male character who ever had a flashback, even if they're not a regular castmember- I had to get Desmond on there somewhere. Of course, that means including Bernard, but he's got a nice sort of sweetness to him, yes?
12. Bernard: As I mentioned above, Bernard is sweet. But he comes off as rather asexual; he's a great guy but not one to start my motor. Still, the triple shock involved in revealing his character was fantastic: not only was Rose's husband alive, he was white, and furthermore, they were newlyweds!
11. Locke: In the first season, Locke probably would have ranked higher on my list. Terry O'Quinn is a great actor (he was on Alias too!), and I love that Locke knows his way around a knife. But his character has gone off the deep end in a big way, and it's not the good kind of crazy.
10. Michael: Much like Locke, I would have put Michael higher before the events of the second season. But since I am one of the few people I know who actually liked Ana Lucia, I'm not going to forgive Michael for killing her. Also, the WALT! got a little tiresome after a while. The island hasn't been kind to his sanity, and it hasn't been kind to him physically either. It isn't Harold Perrineau, since I think he's a pretty good looking guy (I was strangely attracted to his drag queen Mercution in Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet, but then again I just love Mercutio), but the jungle living doesn't look as good on him as it does say, Sayid or Sawyer.
9. Hurley: I love Hurley. He's one of the most unambigiously good characters on the island. And Jorge Garcia is a damn good actor (he is also, according to Cynthia Watros on the DVD commentary, a good kisser). Let's face it though, he wasn't hired to be eye candy the way some of the rest of cast was. Still, I bet he'd be nice to hug.
8. Charlie: Let me confess something: I am a Pervy Hobbit Fancier™, so Dominic Monaghan and the other three hobbits have eternal goodwill from me. At the very beginning, Charlie was my absolute number one Lost crush. I loved the little junkie. But again, the island hasn't helped his mental health, and kidnapping Claire's baby and starting that fire was really not cool. I see more redemption on the horizon, though, so perhaps Charlie can reclaim a higher spot on this list.
6. Eko: My parish once had a visiting priest from Nigeria. Let's just say that had he been as good-looking as Eko, going to Mass would have been... awkward. As a character, Eko is great because he seems to truly be reformed from his former life of crime, And considering how he got into that life to begin with, I don't think he was ever as bad at heart as he had to be on the outside.
5. Sayid: Naveen Andrews is very very pretty. I'd rather listen to his real accent than the one he puts on for the show, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. I have to hand it to the creators of this show; they managed to make a former Republican Guard torturor an acceptable TV hero to a huge part of the American viewing audience- and they let him romance the hot blonde. Sayid's man of action attitude may get him in trouble, but then again, these characters don't have anywhere near a realistic level of curiosity about their surroundings, so at least he's doing something.
4. Boone: Numbers 2-5 on this list are pretty arbitrary. Any one of them could occupy any of these slots based on which episode I just got done watching. But Boone's story is pretty much told, since both he and Shannon are dead, so he can't really directly effect his place on this list anymore- he's just getting displace by the others. Boone was pretty much an idiot when first introduced, but he should some real personal growth and wasn't so useless by the time he kicked the buckett, But I miss his eyes.
3. Jin: Daniel Dae Kim is just too good-looking for words at times. I didn't so much like his character at first, since he seemed abusive and mysogynistic. However, further events on the island and his flashbacks have fleshed out the character very well.
2. Jack: Yeah, the ladies just love doctors. Sometimes Jack really does come off as a jackass, but at heart he really just does want to do the right thing. He's the closest thing this show has to a hero, which means he's the one up for the most criticism; but when he looks like Matthew Fox, I can't stay annoyed for long.
1. Sawyer: Sawyer's number one spot on this list is pretty much eternally assured. He's a smart as hell, devilishly handsome, and has a southern accent- how can I resist that? The complexities of Sawyer's character make him just as intriguing as his looks. Josh Holloway does a great job of making Sawyer larger than life and dangerously charismatic without going over the top. I've gotta root for the guy for whom finding reading material is a major concern after being stranded on a deserted island. I love that he'll read anything, too. Looking at him, you wouldn't peg him to read Watership Down or A Wrinkle In Time!
10. Hazel, from Watership Down by Richard Adams. I might as well get the weirdest of my literary crushes out of the way in the number ten slot. Yes, Hazel is a rabbit. And as far as fictional animals go, he’s not even particularly anthropomorphized. I don’t care. Hazel is smart, brave, kind, and a great leader.
9. Huck Finn, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Coming in at number nine is my second most disturbing literary crush. Huck Finn is at least human, but he is pretty much a child. In my defense, I read the book when I was thirteen. Huck was perfectly acceptable then. My love for Huck Finn stems from the fact that, although he is on the outskirts of his community- the son of the town drunk, lazy, wild, and uneducated, Huck is a better person than most of the folk that turn up their noses at him. His decision to follow his heart and help Jim escape, while all of his cultural knowledge is telling him that this is the sin is one of most touching moments in American Literature.
8. Zaphod Beeblebrox, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. One of three characters on this list that could be considered non-human, the two-headed, three armed president of the galaxy is reckless and dashing, goofy and insane. He’s not unintelligent, but he isn’t quite all there either. I waffled between choosing Zaphod or Arthur Dent, but ultimately had to go with the one who’s been called “the best Bang since the big one.”
7. Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Although Romeo has become synonymous with romantic lovers, he never did much for me. Far from being loyal, he actually strikes me as inconstant; if it hadn’t been for the forbidden nature of his and Juliet’s relationship, they would have been over each other within two weeks, tops. But Mercutio- there’s loyalty. He’s well aware of the stupidity of the feud but remains loyal to the Montagues nevertheless, ultimately laying down his life. The cynical bitterness of the character is also intriguing, as is his obvious intelligence and his sharp sense of humor.
6. Rhett Butler, from Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Rhett Butler is the only traditional romantic hero to appear on this list; he’s pretty much the prototypical rakehell that’s starred in every Harlequin or Mills & Boone romance since then. Scarlett was absolutely crazy not to recognize what she had; Rhett may not be perfect but he was perfect for her. Like he said, they were both “scoundrels.” His devotion to his daughter was also charming; his brokenness after the death of Bonnie Blue remains one of the most heart wrenching things I’ve ever read.
5. Inigo Montoya, from The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern abridged by William Goldman. Westley is nice, I suppose, but at his core he’s pretty dull, and why he loves Buttercup (who may be beautiful but is as dumb as a box of hair) is beyond me. Give me the tortured soul of Inigo Montoya, seeking to avenge his father by killing the six-fingered man. Inigo’s athleticism, skill, and dedication are all worthy attributes.
4. Lemony Snicket, from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Lemony Snicket started out as the pen name for author Daniel Handler, but it soon became apparent that Snicket was a character in his own right. Smart and dryly humourous, Lemony Snicket’s narration makes the Baudelaires’ woeful story bearable. And his undying devotion to the dearly departed Beatrice is very romantic, if not a little morbid.
3. Atticus Finch, from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus Finch is crushworthy because of his upstanding strong sense of morality. He is also one of the best fathers ever represented in literature. He’s a legal genius (though he loses his big case), and truly compassionate.
2. Remus Lupin, from Harry Potter by JK Rowling. I could crush on Harry or one of his schoolmates, but the time between each book means I grew up faster than they did. Their teenage angst-fests didn’t kill the emotional connection and sympathy I feel for the characters, but it does make it hard to crush on them. Meanwhile, the third book, when Harry was thirteen, coincided with my own thirteenth year, but I was instantly drawn to one of the adult characters in that book: Remus Lupin. Even before I knew he was a werewolf (yeah, I don’t catch onto plot twists so well), I loved him: he was kind and smart and an absolutely awesomely talented teacher. I knew then that teaching was what I wanted to do, and while I won’t be teaching any magic, Lupin is the sort of teacher I want to be. After the twist was revealed, I loved Lupin even more, for his strength in the face of tremendous obstacles, and although Lupin himself probably won’t like this reason, I liked him because he was a werewolf. His façade of emotional control covers a wild animal- and that’s pretty exciting.
1. Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My biggest literary crush often seems like the most incomprehensible (yes, even more incomprehensible than the rabbit and the alien). His physical description (and the illustrations inspired by it) aren’t particularly attractive. He isn’t very nice; in fact he’s condescending and arrogant. He’s addicted to cocaine and is terribly moody. His regard for women is even lower than his regard for the human species as a whole. He can certainly put on a civilized veneer and act chivalrous, but he isn’t particularly romantic; in fact you get the sense that he may have never been with a woman and may never feel the need to be. Maybe that’s the attraction; maybe it’s wrapped up in the feeling that maybe he could just be changed if the right person came along. His most attractive quality is by far his intelligence, and somehow, that’s enough for me.
