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freckles_and_doubt) wrote2012-07-15 04:36 pm
freckles_and_doubt) wrote2012-07-15 04:36 pm
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o captain my captain
Various wamblings in the comments of my last post have vouchsafed me an Insight, or possibly a Revelation, or at very least a Brainstorm. Which is to say, gawsh, but there are an awful lot of really rather attractive men prancing around contemporary popular culture under the sobriquet of Captain. Is this officially a Thing now? have we all succumbed to the appeal of militarism, or authority, or uniforms? Also, boots. Captains wear good boots. And, judging by the evidence, a lot of them wear good coats.
I have naturally been led to this insight because of the recent ComicCon Firefly reunion panel, which has caused loyal Browncoats the world over to shed a tear and retreat into a Firefly rewatch in sheer denial. And Firefly, of course, features Captain Malcolm Reynolds, whose appeal I find I am totally unable to sum up in a sentence. Possibly because his particular balance of debonair, wounded, embittered, heroic, decent, capable, loyal, quixotic, authoritative and accident-prone is so delicate. Also, spaceship. It trumps fast cars.
Bonus Captain Hammer, although he doesn't really fit into the Desirable Men category. Captain Hammer is a tool. Also, he doesn't have a coat. Hmmm. Maybe I'm onto something here.
Captain Jack Sparrow, of course, needs no justification, and besides, will make![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
schedule5 happy. The only possible thing which might mitigate the Johnny Depp effect - debonair, capable, accident-prone with a side order of confident eccentricity - is Captain Jack's personal hygiene.
Ah, Captain Jack. The other Captain Jack. Pity the American Torchwood was such a dud. Captain Jack Harkness hits some of the authoritarian/capable/military buttons, although I find him overly smooth, but mostly he's fun because he's such a slut.
And, finally, the ultimate clean-cut all-American boy, Captain as superhero, very heavy on the decent/capable/loyal/quixotic/heroic/authoritarian front and only slightly wounded. Captain America, in the recent Avengers iteration. Awwww.
I am open to further submissions in the Captain category in the comments. Likewise, further theories as to the appeal. Counter-argument: three of the above Captains fall in some way under Joss Whedon's ambit, so perhaps it's a personal fetish. It still seems odd.
I have naturally been led to this insight because of the recent ComicCon Firefly reunion panel, which has caused loyal Browncoats the world over to shed a tear and retreat into a Firefly rewatch in sheer denial. And Firefly, of course, features Captain Malcolm Reynolds, whose appeal I find I am totally unable to sum up in a sentence. Possibly because his particular balance of debonair, wounded, embittered, heroic, decent, capable, loyal, quixotic, authoritative and accident-prone is so delicate. Also, spaceship. It trumps fast cars.
Bonus Captain Hammer, although he doesn't really fit into the Desirable Men category. Captain Hammer is a tool. Also, he doesn't have a coat. Hmmm. Maybe I'm onto something here.
Captain Jack Sparrow, of course, needs no justification, and besides, will make
schedule5 happy. The only possible thing which might mitigate the Johnny Depp effect - debonair, capable, accident-prone with a side order of confident eccentricity - is Captain Jack's personal hygiene.Ah, Captain Jack. The other Captain Jack. Pity the American Torchwood was such a dud. Captain Jack Harkness hits some of the authoritarian/capable/military buttons, although I find him overly smooth, but mostly he's fun because he's such a slut.
And, finally, the ultimate clean-cut all-American boy, Captain as superhero, very heavy on the decent/capable/loyal/quixotic/heroic/authoritarian front and only slightly wounded. Captain America, in the recent Avengers iteration. Awwww.
I am open to further submissions in the Captain category in the comments. Likewise, further theories as to the appeal. Counter-argument: three of the above Captains fall in some way under Joss Whedon's ambit, so perhaps it's a personal fetish. It still seems odd.