Maybe the actor is playing Ryan as so uncomfortable in the O.C. that he's not acting the way he usually does, which would make it seem more likely that women just constantly fling themselves at him. He just doesn't seem to have that sort of automatic chemistry, like the kind JM put in Spike, or MR in Lex.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Madrigal Costello - Nov 14, 2003 11:48:48 am PST #2071 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2003 11:50:05 am PST #2072 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
probably not all that hard to skip the pesky intermediate steps between "hi" and "got a cigarette?" when you look like Ryan.
I would consider "Hi" to be a complete waste of time.
He just doesn't seem to have that sort of automatic chemistry, like the kind JM put in Spike, or MR in Lex.
Uhuh. Sure.
In opposite land!
Okay, not as finessed and masterful as those two, but DAMN.
Kat - Nov 14, 2003 11:51:08 am PST #2073 of 10000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think he's good with the sex, and the getting of it. And not so great with the dating aspect.
There are plenty of people who are good at being able to get sex and bad at being able to negotiate dating. God knows I was one in high school and college.
So not that shocking to me.
weird xpost.
Madrigal Costello - Nov 14, 2003 11:56:45 am PST #2074 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Okay. To me Ryan is just not that attractive. Very nice body, but huge nose and teeny squinty eyes like Josh Hartnett. And he's all sort of uni-colored, like a butterscotch blob of boy. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a freak. I mean, I don't even consider Clay Aiken to be handsome either.
meara - Nov 14, 2003 12:05:37 pm PST #2075 of 10000
Okay. To me Ryan is just not that attractive. Very nice body, but huge nose and teeny squinty eyes like Josh Hartnett.
Wait, so now you're not only insulting Ryan, you're insulting my boycrush Josh Hartnett?? I don't think I can know you any more, Madrigal.
tina f. - Nov 14, 2003 12:07:11 pm PST #2076 of 10000
To me Ryan is just not that attractive. Very nice body, but huge nose and teeny squinty eyes like Josh Hartnett. And he's all sort of uni-colored, like a butterscotch blob of boy. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a freak.
No! You're not. I didn't/don't (still undecided-ish) find him attractive either. And yet I looooove him. It's crazy. The ferris wheel scene from last week's ep really went a long way toward giving me the Ryan love. But he is in no way someone I would naturally find attractive. Whereas skinny tall curly dark haired boys are the only kind I have ever found attractive. (Yes. I love the Seth though I realize he can never be mine.)
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2003 12:07:32 pm PST #2077 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Very nice body, but huge nose and teeny squinty eyes like Josh Hartnett.
Wow. I'm with you on the body and the schnozz (but as a devotee of Peter Wingfield, that's nothing), but the only person on the cast with bigger eyes is Mischa. Or maybe it's a proportion thing, and the rest of him is so teeny it throws me off.
Madrigal Costello - Nov 14, 2003 12:08:41 pm PST #2078 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Have you seen his Lent movie, "40 Days and 40 Nights"? It not only made him unattractive, but made all kinds of sex and nudity seem icky for two weeks. (FYI: this is a very bad movie to see on a date if you have any hopes of even holding hands.) And at least Hartnett doesn't have the Ryan-schnozz.
Jessica - Nov 14, 2003 12:09:26 pm PST #2079 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ben McKenzie is heart-stoppingly sexy. That is all.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2003 12:10:02 pm PST #2080 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm saying this realising that it will probably make meara no longer interested in grabbing my ass, but Josh Hartnett really needs to open his eyes. He drives me nuts with the squinting and the glayvin.
He could be a pretty boy! Perhaps not a good actor, but Keanu started somewhere.