Haven flail

Nov. 2nd, 2013 12:55 pm
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I've (mostly) stopped trying to analyze "why" Haven is such a happy place for me, especially when the criteria I can think of apply to other shows that haven't hooked me at all. I'm just going with it. Feeling fannishly squeeful about something again is nice.

(It's also a little lonely because I'm not involved in fandom at all, so there's no one to squee with, but right now my sense of ... feeling like I'm allowed to like what I like, I guess? ... is extremely fragile, and if I get sideswiped by "This is problematic because XYZ" or "[element I like] is so stupid", it'll just send me into a tailspin. Which I really don't need.)

But I do have to rant very briefly.

Spoilers through last night's ep (S04E08 "Crush")...

arc spoilers ho )

Haven

Oct. 14th, 2013 02:30 pm
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So I've been watching Haven -- started at the beginning (Netflix is my friend) and am about 2/3 of the way through Season Three.

Part of what I like about it is the whole "People [especially law enforcement] dealing with supernaturally weird shit" concept; see also X-Files, Buffy, Supernatural, Warehouse 13, Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, The Dead Zone, and so on. (and speaking of Buffy and Haven, when I'm caught up on Haven I sorta want to rewatch WTTH/TH because Jesse...)

Partly, though, I ... seem to have a gigantic crush on Nathan Wuornos. *sheepish look* And I don't entirely know why.

(because there is always a why to what pings your interest... right)

Some of that is physical; "tall thin leggy" seems to be a major type for me. Some of it is something about his face, and I have to say that he has a lot of similarities to Christopher Gorham (Auggie in Covert Affairs, among others), except more so, which makes no sense but whatever.

Some of it is the whole "stoic-faced marshmallow" character trope; I'm pretty sure the baby thing is what took me from "Hey he sort of looks like Auggie" to "!!! WANT".

Some of that is in how I read him: disabled (in ways that can sometimes be an advantage, sure, but it's not a happy-omg-yay superpower) and romantic demisexual

And some of that, possibly a lot of it, is a whole lot of resonance with the touch issue.

Because I sometimes feel ... I'm not sure how to put it. Isolated? Touch starved? I like physical contact, at least with the right people, but I can't initiate anything and very rarely get anything. The chair provides a barrier between me and the world; my literal inability to reach out or lean forward or get into a different position is basically the rest of the barrier. I can be hugged, awkwardly, but I can't hug back; I can't really hold hands; I can't snuggle, or cuddle, or lean against people, or anything like that. This isn't, I might add, about sexual contact; it's just about contact. I have a strong desire for touch that can't really ever be fulfilled.

...so throw a show at me with a character that a) is seriously attractive to me on a physical level, and b) also can't really fulfill desire for physical contact?

Yeah.

More babble, including an explanation for those who haven't watched Haven; character spoilers through S3 )

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