Heroes

So I was reading this comment thread about when Heroes 'jumped the shark' or whatever. Now I'm the first to admit that Heroes is not exactly the most...coherent show, shall we say. It definitely has a lot of potential, and I would love to see the characters actually acting like Heroes (to date, uh, D.L. and Nicki, maybe? Monica? And where are they? Thank the gods they brought Micah back, now he's acting like a definite Hero, love him). But okay some of characters *cough* Maya, West *cough* are really WTF and I didn't really see any point to them (except that Claire needs a better friend *cough* Zach *cough* oh and that everyone likes to see some random woman sleep with a bug man).

However I love the show. Maybe it's a guilty pleasure, maybe it's the overall eye candy of the show, maybe it's because my Obsession is a part of it and hence I have to watch it, I don't know. See, if I stopped watching it, I would go into major Zachary Quinto withdrawal symptoms and die choking on the floor of my bedroom, my body to be discovered days later when my flatmates finally wonder where that smell is coming from.

I have just recently finished watching Volume 4 and cannot wait until Volume 5. I think I'm gonna like this Samuel guy (Robert Knepper, I think the actor's name is - his voice, I love it) even though you can see they're gonna make him the Big Bad (I love that he says revenge is in the cards, not justice, Go him). And Claire kisses a girl! I mean, come on, don't tell me you're not looking forward to that. In fact I think she kisses her roommate Gretchen (Madeleine Zima, FTW) so it's even better.

S1 - I started watching because of Milo Ventimiglia and stayed because of Zachary Quinto. Plus it had the added wowness of Malcolm McDowell (what is it with me and bad guy's voices?) and Christopher Eccleston (invisible hobo, FTW, and he's my favourite Doctor by far).

S2 - Kristen Bell and Dana Davis, I wish they had remained on the show *sigh* Finally characters who are heroes and interesting!villains (as in, it's not about taking over the world/etc). Adrian Pasdar's hair was wonderful as well. Oh, and David Anders! How could I forget you, you big hunk of manliness, you?

S3, P1 - Sylar. Elle. If only Arthur Petrelli hadn't killed Adam we might have seen an epic Sylar/Elle/Adam teamup which you know with actors like them would have been absofuckinglutely brillant. Sylar and Peter are brothers! Oops, no they're not! Which is yay for me since they're my Obsession and incest doesn't really do it for me. And we get the 'confused blinking' from Peter in I Am Become Death, which was adorable, admit it.

S3, P2 - the one where minor characters are the shiz. Point in case, Exposed with Sandra 'Awesomeness on a Stick' Bennet, even Lyle - who's barely in the episode - is awesome. Micah shows up with a deeper voice and the need to be a hero, love that boy. Sylar goes on a roadtrip with Dan Byrd, oops, a boy named Luke (aka the Sylar fanboy - it isn't just me who wanted to take his place, is it?). Cristine Rose was amazing in this volume, really, truly. I felt truly sorry for Sylar's uncle, Martin Gray, he seemed to have a sad life. Poor guy, should have taken little Gabriel with him. And let us not forget Wet Peter and Wet Sylar in Into Asylum.

All in all, I'm looking forward to Season 4, Volume 5 (comes on me b-day, WOO!). Maybe I'll even give you the lowdown on each ep, yeah?

Lyle's League of Superheroes

Since I've always had a soft spot for the forgotten/small characters on Heroes I decided to give them their own place to go, which I called Lyle's League of Superheroes. These characters have gotten through the angst that seems to inhibit the more major characters on the show. Here they are in all their glory:

Lyle Bennet (played by Randall Bentley): Although he is supposedly the Bennet's biological son he is ignored for the more 'special' Claire. But what if he did somethingh about it? Like, I don't know, created a league of superheroes made up of people who were feeling like he was? And maybe he could develop a power along the way? Hmmm...

Monica Dawson (played by Dana Davis): basically the only female character (aside from Elle) I did not hate on the show. And she could kick some serious ass. So why did she suddenly disappear? Well, my opinion is that she joined Lyle's league because she got tired of waiting for things to happen. Hmmm...

Zack (played by Thomas Dekker): although we don't even know his last name (!) he also has some major plotholes in his storyline. Like where is he exactly? Well, he becomes Resurrection Man, able to resurrect people from the dead. He also joins Lyle's league because he got tired of waiting around for Claire to show up. Hmmm...

Claude Rains (?) (played by Christopher Eccleston): although we don't actually know his real name (!) he is one of the most interesting characters in the show. Plus he can become invisible - how cool is that? In my fanfics I usually refer to him as Greg or Chris. I don't know why, those names just seem to suit him. He joined the league because he got fed up with those major characters tripping around and messing everything up - Lyle's league helps clean up those messes as well as stopping some of them from happening. Hmmm...

Jackie Wilcox (played by Danielle Savre): although it appears that she is killed by Sylar, who mistook her for Claire, she in fact lives, due in part to Zack's timely rescue. She develops powers of her own, very mysterious ones at that. Zack introduces her to the league and she agrees to join. Hmmm...

Kimiko Nakamura (played Saemi Nakamura): yet another strong female character who is near forgotten - why is Hiro running his father's company when it looked like she was the more interested in that sort of thing? My explaination: she joined the league and so disappeared. Hmmm...

Micah Sanders (played by Noah Gray-Cabey): yes, I know he's in it again, as Rebel, but wouldn't it be cool if Rebel was just an arm of the league? *sigh* Yeah, I know, never going to happen. But a girl can dream, can't she?

Elle Bishop (played by Kristen Bell): Zack found Elle's burnt body on the beach and resurrected her. Now she works for the league where she has slowly gained a new belief in herself through the friendships of the people around her.

Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei (played by David Anders): although Arthur supposedly kills Adam and takes his powers this was a clever decoy, made by the league so they could capture Adam and get him on their side. Thus the reason Arthur succumbed to the bullet - power only lasted for a limited amount of time. Heh. Adam now works for the league. Hmmm...

And that's Lyle's League of Superheroes. Lyle, Monica, Zack, Claude, Jackie, Kimiko, Micah, Elle and Adam. I know, it seems small but those are only it's American members (well, except for Kimiko, who is the leader of the Japanese members of the league). And guess what? Caitlin (played by Katie Carr) is one of their Irish members!

Do you want to be a member of the league? And you don't even have to have powers to be a member! Yay!