I promise this will be my only post that has anything to do with Lost.
In one episode I described him as "rat-like". A few episodes later....and I had a crush on him. He's my background image on my computer for god's sake! *shame*
Ben Linus. mmm! Not only did he finally bump himself to the top of my favorite character list......he became the character I would have a crush on in Lost. I'm not sure why this happened...but it did.
I know for a fact that there are women out there who aren't completely out of their minds like me and have more appropriate responses towards Ben like "his eyes freak me out" or "he's killed a lot of people and he's a creepy manipulative bad guy" or "ew no".
I was always really fascinated by him. He's had a few WTF moments....but I never disliked him. He is a funny looking diabolical man. He is unpredictable, witty, and manipulative. What's not to like?
In the episode where it is revealed Ben likes sweet ol' Juliet...I found him even more delightfully creepy than I previously had. He pretty much kills off the man that Juliet loved, shows Juliet his dead body and says "YOU'RE MINE!....take all the time you need." At that moment....I had this fleeting feeling that I wanted Ben to shout "YOU'RE MINE!" at me all creepy and clingy like that. Then,a couple episodes after that, Ben is seen playing the song Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff. I have been trying to play that song for ages. My hands are small though. Points for him. In that same episode, Ben used "Moriarty" as his fake name. More points. THEN that whole scene with his daughter being held hostage and everything that happened (you really just have to know what I'm talking about. I can't explain. Just trust me.)....that was that. Ben was officially my favorite character.
The moment I knew I had this ridiculous crush on Ben was later though. Would you like to know what it was? Season 4. Episode 11. At 8min and 51seconds....Locke awakes to find Ben just staring at him. My reaction? This is what I wrote to hobbesjobs: "...at this point, I wouldn't mind waking up to Ben staring creepily at me. I would tell him to knock that creepy shit off and then we'd go on some crazy adventure.It would just be the start to an awesome day I think." I figured that I was just really tired...and that I seriously needed to go to bed. Nope. Not sleep deprivation's fault this time.
That's when I did a little digging on the internet to see if I was crazy. It turns out that I'm not alone. This happened to a surprising amount of Lost fans. It appears that it happened around the same time for all of us as well: during season 4. So that's nice to know.
So I was all worried that I still haven't grown up because I have a crush on a fictional character again. But maybe that's not the case. I think I've figured out what my true deal with Ben is: I want to BE like Ben. I'm jealous of Ben's ability to always have a plan. I want to be a an unpredictable scheming witty person. The only difference between Ben and diabolical me would be that I'm legitimately attractive (yeah?). I would be unstoppable!
I guess that's all I have to say about Ben without sounding like a completely idiotic fangirl. Or maybe I've already reached that point.
BONUS MOVIE REVIEW Ice Age 3: something with dinosaurs
Quite honestly, the only character I'm interested in while watching any Ice Age movie is Diego. I'm convinced he's a big gay cat. I'm just waiting for him to admit it already. The new character they introduced, "Buck" the weasel, (voiced by Simon Pegg!) was a really great character. To my delight, it appeared as though Buck and Diego were hitting it off rather well. Unfortunately, Diego goes with the green thing and the mammoths who do stuff sometimes and Buck stays with the stupid dinosaurs. Let me clarify, normally dinosaurs are awesome...but the dinosaurs in this movie are literally idiots. Every single damn dinosaur wanted to eat Diego and friends. Even plant-eating dinosaurs. It bothered me. The plot with Manny and lady mammoth having a baby was awkward. Apparently, baby mammoths sound like baby humans. On top of that baby plot, Sid takes care of T-rex babies and stuff happens to him. Too many babies. They also kept those two possum guys for some reason. Scrat's little story was pretty entertaining. I just focused on Diego and Buck for most of the movie though.
Favorite line:
Diego: "I feel...tingly"
Manny: "Don't say that while you're pressed up against me!"
Final thought: Have you noticed how we've never seen a female saber tooth tiger in the Ice Age movies? I think I know why they went extinct....
~AM
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