Claire's boyfriend IS Wee!MalReynolds, no? Uncanny!

I think everyone was too busy hating him to notice the resemblence.

Really? Huh. I'm not loving on him, but I'm not hating on him either. I sort of want to slap Claire, but that 's because Noah Bennet is just being SO BadAss and Spydaddyish here, all to protect her, and really, come the fuck ON, Claire! Throw the guy a bone! (Except, really I'm not VERY cross with her, because she's a cracking wee actress, and she convinces me.)

Other thoughts, upon watching 2/3 of the season:

Oh, Hiro, how are you so awesome? (Note to self - GO TO JAPAN ALREADY, YOU DUMB BITCH! IT'S JUST ROUND THE CORNER, PRACTICALLY!....really I do like the sound of Japanese SO much more than the sound of Thai. I think that I stand a much better chance of learning Japanese, what with it not being a tonal language. Hmm. Maybe podcasts...)

Oh, Mohinder, you are so pretty. And so dumb. Which, okay, not unheard of for an academic, but, seriously - DUMB DUMB DUMB! You're pretty much a bimbo - in fact if you were played by a chick I'd be getting pissed off, because I think your superpower is managing not to get yourself killed despite being really really dumb. Since you are, instead, an unspeakably hot Indian boy with a lovely accent who is married to Matt! ....yeah, I'm good. You're just lucky that your husband is made of awesome.

Oh, Sylar, you are so creepy. Creepy creepy creepy. Also, the PlagueTwins make Simon/River look positively unfriendly. (Honest to God, for a moment there I thought that BoyTwin's bride WAS GirlTwin! And I was all....really, canon? Really? You're going there?)

Oh FanonDraco David Anders, you are also very pretty! Pretend to be English some more! It's cute! Could you maybe make out with a hot boy for me? Please? If I ask VERY nicely? It would make me very happy! Maybe Hiro? Or - oh, dear God, Mohinder? Gah! head explodes

.... (That said, 'Adam', I very much do not trust you.)

Bwahahaha! Is there a clause in PeterActorDude's contract that says he HAS to be nekkid at least once per episode? I mean, I'm all for it, on general principles, but it DOES make me giggle.

Veronica Mars! You...are not very nice, eh? (note to self: get around to watching Season 3 of VM, even if it is crap. 'Cuz - Veronica! Logan! Weevil! Wallace! Veronica's Dad!)

Oh, Nathan. Nathan Nathan Nathan. Come here and let me do filthy things to you make it all better.

DL! DL! Aw, you're a hero! On the telly! Saving people! That's....just so doomed. Sigh.

Oh, Claire. You are very pretty, and I like your wee family. Even though it contains Mr Muggles. I don't trust your boyfriend, though. He makes you be dumb.

Oh, Mr Bennet! YOU ARE SO BADASS!

Oh, Haitian, if only you had a name of your own! Henceforth you shall be known as HotGuyWithNoName(UnlessYouHadOneThatFayForgot).

Mama Petrelli - what exactly is your superpower? Other than looking really quite surprisingly like Nathan?

Mrs Nathan...when did you get out of your wheelchair? Oh, bugger, I really DID miss some of the episodes at the end of Season 1, didn't I? Bugger bugger bugger.

Lt. Uhura, surely you have a superpower? Other than being an impressively hot old lady? Like, I don't know, juggling geese or something?

Oh, Micah'sCousinWhoseNameIsNotJoan, you are impressively athletic and really quite charming. I hope you get more of a plotline soon.

Bob, I do not trust you even a little bit. Also, you remind me of the late Philip Larkin.

I'm not loving on him, but I'm not hating on him either.

I'm not sure there was any feeling quite so unanimous about Heroes season 2 than "God, we hate that little fucker."

I'm not sure there was any feeling quite so unanimous about Heroes season 2 than "God, we hate that little fucker."

Well, there was hating Maya. But even there, it's no better than a tie.

Wow!

See, this is an interesting experience, watching the show without knowing anything about fannish reaction. I wonder why that was? The hating, I mean? 'Cause he's not pinging me as especially annoying, just - you know, high school boy. eta and I don't mind Maya either. I'm not all 'yay, their plotline again!', but I don't want to throw things at the screen.

...really, I could quite happily watch Molly's Two Dads, with guest appearances from other people from time to time. There should be lots more Matt and Mohinder. And Mohinder should have to have that Peter guy's nekkidness clause written into his contract while he's distracted by something shiny. Yes.

...meanwhile, I am downloading podcasts to help me learn Japanese. Yes.

because I think your superpower is managing not to get yourself killed despite being really really dumb.

I think you've pretty much nailed it.

I'm not sure there was any feeling quite so unanimous about Heroes season 2 than "God, we hate that little fucker."

I'd say the wunder!twins take the prize for unanimous hatred, but the little fucker was a close second.

Bob, I do not trust you even a little bit. Also, you remind me of the late Philip Larkin.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!

I'm trying to imagine Stephen Tobolowsky reciting "They fuck you up, your mum and dad..." Hilarious.

Fuckin' Yankton! t /Deadwood Ref

See, this is an interesting experience, watching the show without knowing anything about fannish reaction. I wonder why that was? The hating, I mean?

I don't know, I didn't much hate him, either. Mostly, I just wasn't in to him, at least not until the end of the season. Came around a bit then, least a little bit.

Sometimes, I think fandom feeds on its own negativity and squelches joy from things.

I'm trying to imagine Stephen Tobolowsky reciting "They fuck you up, your mum and dad..." Hilarious.

"They fill you with the powers you add, and add some testing, just for you ..."

Sometimes, I think fandom feeds on its own negativity and squelches joy from things.

I was genuinely startled, upon rewatching Smallville, by how very much I didn't hate Kristin Kreuk. I mean, I hadn't particularly hated her in the first place, but I guess I'd accepted the 'and she can't act for toffee' thing, because - hey, Smallville. But actually, she's really not bad at all, imho. Certainly no worse than Tom Welling, or indeed Allison Mack. Which made me very uncomfortable with fandom.

I don't recall hating the character so much as I hated his storyline. "Smug teenage asshole engages in creepy pushy stalkerlike behavior and then gets the girl by revealing that he's only an asshole because of his Secret Deep Pain Which They Can Bond Over" is right up there on my list of Least Favorite TV Tropes EVAR.

(Oh hi, Jess from Gilmore Girls! I hate you so much!)

"Smug teenage asshole engages in creepy pushy stalkerlike behavior and then gets the girl by revealing that he's only an asshole because of his Secret Deep Pain Which They Can Bond Over"

This. So much. It really chapped my hide that they portrayed his pushy stalker acts as romantic. (I pretty much wanted to throttle him when he snidely kept referring to Claire's secret IN THE CLASS; what a jackhole.) I kept waiting for him to be revealed as Up To No Good, then was very annoyed when he wasn't. Also, the association with him robbed Claire most of her Awesome Points, and since she was my favourite character on the show before this, I found him doubly irritating.

Not that he was the only problem with the S2 by any means, but he was a big one.