Favourite character from Warehouse 13!

[alwaystheocean]

So jelazakazone wanted me to talk about my favourite character from Warehouse 13, which I think SUCKS because I CAN'T CHOOSE. Like I feel like obv it's Myka, but then HG, but CLAUDIA, but PETE, but MRS F, but ARTIE, AND STEEEEVE. So I'm just gonna cheat and write a bit about what I love about a bunch of them. (ETA: Having written I would say my fave is apparently a tie between Myka, Claudia and HG. Surprise.)

Myka

I love that she's grown-up Hermione Granger. I love that she's so unashamed of being a textbook with arms, that it's just accepted that if the plot needs general knowledge or something translated quickly Myka will know and that feels minimally like a cheat. She's probably the one I ID with most. I love that the show is so good at showcasing different ways to be a nerd and that she's the bookworm. I love that she's socially awkward, and not good at feelings. I LOVE how stubborn she is, and how important being in control of herself and a situation is to her. I love her relationship with Pete, and all the ways it messes with gender norms.

Pete

This leads me on to Pete. I LOVE that this show has three male characters who defy typical male stereotypes in such great ways. I LOVE that Pete is the one in touch with his emotions, I love him the way I love John Crichton. I love that he's a DORK. I love HIS way of being a nerd. I love the way he and Myka bicker. I LOVE that their relationship is platonic. I love his sense of humour, did I mention I love that he's a dork!?

Claudia

Ugh, OMG, my heart, I don't know where to start. I have LOVED watching her grow, she's had SUCH a great character arc the past 4 years. I love how much her relationship with Vanessa shows this, as I feel like everyone else has known her longer and is kind of used to viewing her as the baby, whereas Vanessa sees who she is now. I am too lazy to LJ cut but seriously, her S4.2 arc was so great and I am so excited for S5. I love her sense of humour, and her outfits, and her mix of confidence and utter lack of self-esteem. Allison Scagliotti's FACE *heart-eyes*

Artie

I love how grumpy he is, I love his relationship to Claudia. I love what a HYPOCRITE he is, and quite how Jewish he is. I also loved his arc in 4.2, this show seriously has a genius for talking about feelings.

Mrs F

I love her clothes, I love that she takes no nonsense. I love how bad-ass and in charge she is.

Steve

STEEEEVE! I feel like I bonded with Steve a bit late, but I'm so glad I have. He's just such a sweetheart. I love his relationship with Claudia.

HG

God. I don't really know where to start. JAIME MURRAY. OK, that's a good place to start. I just...I mean, I could go on at length about Bering and Wells and what the actresses have done there but that feels like a disservice to HG as a character in her own right. I LOVE that this show went and made HG a queer, crazy, HOT, time-travelling, genius WOMAN, and did SUCH A GOOD JOB with it. Seriously, I feel like real ('real') HG Wells has been ruined for me. Like...seriously, genius with feelings, this show. I love her story from intro to where we are. I'm holding my breath for more in S5, and I think that's really going to affect how I remember the show, her last appearance is NOT how I want her story to end. It's a great and logical next step but NOT a good end. I feel like... ugh, IDK, I just love all the things she got to be in her own time that were contrary to what was expected of women, I love how much she loves the Warehouse, I love how understandably messed up she is and how that's dealt with, I love her getting to grips with the modern world.

To conclude, yup, I would say HG, Myka or Claudia is my favourite and now I simultaneously want S5 right now and want S5 NEVER because HOW CAN WE HAVE SO LITTLE LEFT. WHY. :(

Comments

[sophia_gratia]

Yes! I was just have a conversation with a friend who's a big Warehouse fan and has just started Farscape for the first time about how Crichton is 'such a Pete.' DUDES WHO ARE DUDELY BUT ALSO DEFY DUDENESS: THE BEST.

[tellitslant]

JAIME MURRAY IS ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO START.

Also, this: I just love all the things she got to be in her own time that were contrary to what was expected of women. YES.

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT HER.

Also about MYKA, and Myka-and-Pete as a hetero brotp, ugh I LOVE THEM ALL TOO.

[cosmic_llin]

<3

[shinga.livejournal.com]

YEssss

And I ship HG/Myka so hard that I'm actually genuinely upset they won't admit it in canon. I MEAN IT'S RIGHT THERE. xD