RIP

I TEND TO ADMIRE UNIQUE, SUPPORTING CHARACTERS IN TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIES.  I ALSO HAVE AN ODD WAY OF KNOWING WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY DIE ON SCREEN BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN MY FAVORITE CHARACTER.  COINCIDENCE?  UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I CAN'T RESIST GROWING EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS WITH CERTAIN ON SCREEN HEROES AND VILLAINS, AND WHEN THEY DIE IT FUCKS UP MY DAY TO SAY THE LEAST.  

QUITE RECENTLY, GAME OF THRONES' KING JOFFREY FILLED SOMEONE'S EARS TO THE BRIM WITH HIS WHINEY, TEENAGE WAILING BECAUSE HE FINALLY SAID HIS LAST WORDS...OR LACK THERE OF.  EVERYBODY KNEW HE HAD IT COMING, BUT IT'S STILL UPSETTING TO SEE HIM GO.  EVEN THE NASTIEST CHARACTERS CAN BRING SUBSTANCE AND PASSION TO A PLOT, AND HE WAS AS BRUTAL AS THEY COME.  REST IN PEACE, JOFFREY.  YOUR IRRATIONAL, YET SUSPENSEFUL AND UNPREDICTABLE VIOLENCE WILL BE MISSED.  

ONE OF HIS ASSHOLE MOVES WAS TURNING A GIFT FROM HIS UNCLE INTO A CRIME SCENE.  WHO WOULD EVEN THINK TO TURN PRETTY PROSTITUTES INTO TARGET PRACTICE?  ONE OF MY FAVORITES WAS LOST THAT NIGHT ON JOFFREY'S BEHALF.  ROS WAS THE WITTY HEAD OF LITTLE FINGER'S WORKING LADIES.  THE SHOW REALLY CONTRIBUTED SOME TIME INTO BUILDING HER PERSONALITY UP A BIT FOR HIM TO JUST DISCARD HER THE WAY HE DID.  HER DEATH DELIVERED A DARK CLOUD TO MY DAY JUST AS DROGO'S DEATH DID.  

I MUST ADMIT, THE MOST INTENSE LOSS OF A CHARACTER I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED WAS WHEN ADIBISI WAS SHANKED ON HBO'S OZ.  THAT WAS A ROUGH DAY FOR ME.  OZ IMPRISONED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS, THEREFORE HAVING THE FREEDOM AND ABILITY TO KILL OFF MAIN CHARACTERS AS WELL AS CHARACTERS WHO WERE JUST INTRODUCED EARLIER IN THE EPISODE.  THERE WAS A LOT OF DEATH AND BLED SHED ON THE SHOW, AND IT WAS OFTEN SPONTANEOUSLY BUT ALSO STRATEGICALLY PLACED THROUGHOUT THE SIX SEASONS.  ADIBISI WAS THE MOST PSYCHOTIC AND BAD ASS CHARACTER ON THE SHOW AND IT WAS NOT OKAY HOW HE WENT OUT!  MY APOLOGIES TO ANYONE I WAS RUDE TO DURING THE WEEK I WATCHED THAT EPISODE IN SEASON FOUR.  

JUST A WHILE BACK THERE WAS MADISON ON AMERICAN HORROR STORY COVEN.  THANK GOODNESS THE WITCHES FIGURED OUT HOW TO BRING THAT BITCH BACK TO LIFE WITH A SPELL BECAUSE SHE WAS RELEVANTLY CRUCIAL TO THE SHOW.  HER DEATH WAS JUST ABOUT AS HEART WRENCHING AS IT WAS TO WATCH LITTLE ADELAIDE GET SQUASHED BY A CAR IN THE FIRST SEASON.  

AS SOON AS I PRESSED PLAY ON MY REMOTE CONTROL AND STARTED THE VERY FIRST EPISODE OF SPARTICUS, I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND HIS WIFE, SURA.  AND THEN A COUPLE MINUTES LATER SURA GOT KIDNAPPED AND I ASSUMED HER DEAD.  THE THOUGHT OF HER AL IVE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE ONLY TO ACTUALLY WATCH HER DIE ON SCREEN.  WHAT THE FUCK...WHY DID SHE HAVE TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL...

WITH THE FINAL SEASON OF TRUE BLOOD COMING UP, I'M AFRAID TO REVEAL MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS.  EVEN THOUGH THE SERIES FINALE IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO ALL THE CHARACTERS DYING, I WOULD STILL PREFER TO SEE MY FAVORITES EAT RATHER THAN BE EATEN!  

SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK

SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK, AND I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE 1991 STEPHEN KING FILM.  I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT CHARACTER IN YOUR FAVORITE SHOW WHOSE SCREEN TIME SLOWLY STARTS TO DISINTEGRATE.  THE WRITERS DIDN'T EXACTLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CLOSURE OF NEVER SEEING THAT CHARACTER AGAIN, YET YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO WONDER IF THE ACTOR HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO ILLNESS, PREGNANCY, OR SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY FOUND A BETTER SHOW TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TALENTS TO.  AND THEN ONE DAY, THAT CHARACTER COMES BACK OUT OF THE BLUE.  

MOST RECENTLY MY HEART WAS TICKLED BY THE FOURTH SEASON FINALE OF SHAMELESS.  THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FIONA'S SOULMATE, THE GUY NAMED STEVE WHO WAS BORN JIMMY AND NOW GOES BY JACK, TO SLIDE HIMSELF BACK INTO THE SHAMELESS GALLAGHER SHACK.  THE MOMENT I LOST HOPE WHILE THE ENDING CREDITS BEGAN TO SURFACE, STEVE DID IT AGAIN.  HE SHOWED UP REASSURING THE VIEWERS THAT TRUE LOVE DOES EXIST IN STRANGE SITUATIONS.  HIS SNEAKY APPEARANCE THAT WAS FORESHADOWED IN NUMEROUS EPISODES REMINDED THE AUDIENCE THAT WHEN YOU FIND THE ONE PERSON WHO YOUR SOUL CONNECTS WITH, YOU'LL NEVER STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM.  

ALTHOUGH FICTIONAL LOVE STORIES TEND TO EASILY ANNOY ME, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE JUST WRITTEN AND BUILT UP SO WELL THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT TO FEEL THE ON-SCREEN CONNECTION.  ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO SEEING TWO PEOPLE LOOK AT EACH OTHER ON THAT INTENSE, EUPHORIC LEVEL.  SOMETIMES TWO PEOPLE JUST FIT TOGETHER LIKE PUZZLE PIECES.  

IF YOU'RE NOT A SHAMELESS FAN, THEN I'M SURE YOU'VE CONNECTED WITH A CHARACTER ON ANOTHER SHOW.  MAYBE THAT INFAMOUS MR. BIG STOLE YOUR HEART WHILE CHASING CARRIE BRADSHAW IN SEX AND THE CITY.  ALTHOUGH I'VE ALWAYS WISHED AIDAN WOULD BE THE ONE TO COME BACK AND STEAL HER HEART, MY EYES STILL SWELL WITH TEARS WHEN THINKING OF THAT SECOND TO LAST EPISODE  OF THE SERIES WHEN THE GIRLS TELL MR. BIG TO "GO GET OUR GIRL" RIGHT BEFORE HE RESCUES HER IN PARIS.  

I ALSO LABEL STEVE AS A COME BACK CHARACTER ON SEX AND THE CITY.  OUT OF ALL MIRANDA'S BOYFRIENDS, STEVE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO FIT HER LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE.  I MEAN COME ON, IF YOU DID NOT SHED A TEAR WHEN THOSE TWO REUNITED ON THE BRIDGE, THEN CLEARLY YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL ISSUES! 

TRUE BLOOD HOLDS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M EXPLAINING HERE.  ALTHOUGH BILL'S SCREEN TIME HAS NOT SHRIVELED UP, IT'S STILL AWKWARD TO SEE SOOKIE WITH OTHER MEN.  I'M HONESTLY NOT EVEN A FAN OF BILL, BUT HIS CHARACTER LACKS SPARK AND SUBSTANCE WITHOUT HER BY HIS SIDE.  I WONDER IF BILL WILL "COME BACK" TO SOOKIE IN THIS UPCOMING AND FINAL SEASON...