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wiseheartI've been re-watching Primeval to get my facts and the mood right for my so far untitled crossover fic (the same that's posted to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
otherworlds_lib), and I've also been reading a great deal of Primeval fanfic on AO3. Most of it is hardly worth reading, to be honest, but there are a few excellent stories, so the time isn't entirely wasted.
What has baffled me beyond comprehension is the random pairing going on, with emphasis on the character of Connor Temple. I know that my tastes are peculiar sometimes, but I honestly can't understand why would anyone be interested in Connor Temple. Hell, I can't even buy the canon announcement that Abby would be in love with him, not even after having spent a year in the Cretaceous alone with the guy, but anyone else? He's one of the most annoying characters ever, in the same line as Wesley Crusher, Gwen Cooper, Lukas Wolenczak, to name only a few of them. The annoying know-it-alls who do what they weren't supposed to do and always get away with it.
The other part is that - at least in my eyes - he isn't even good-looking... to put it mildly. He has a face like a pancake, always appears to be unwashed (I'm re-watching Series One right now, and his greasy hair ruins my appetite, so the exercise might be useful for my diet yet), has an ego like a small moon and seems totally in love with himself. Who in their right minds would want to compete with that?
Not to mention that Primeval does have a few attractive guys on the paylist: Stephen Hart, Captain Becker, Matt Anderson - they are all good-looking, in very different ways. Connor? He isn't. And yet a lot of fanfic portrays him as the object of desire for just about anyone: male, female, animal, mineral and tentacled monster. The mind boggles.
All right, I admit the whole issue isn't really important, but I needed to blow off some steam before I'd have to return to work tomorrow. More about that unpleasant topic later - if I manage to rant about it without getting a brain aneourysm.
otherworlds_lib), and I've also been reading a great deal of Primeval fanfic on AO3. Most of it is hardly worth reading, to be honest, but there are a few excellent stories, so the time isn't entirely wasted.What has baffled me beyond comprehension is the random pairing going on, with emphasis on the character of Connor Temple. I know that my tastes are peculiar sometimes, but I honestly can't understand why would anyone be interested in Connor Temple. Hell, I can't even buy the canon announcement that Abby would be in love with him, not even after having spent a year in the Cretaceous alone with the guy, but anyone else? He's one of the most annoying characters ever, in the same line as Wesley Crusher, Gwen Cooper, Lukas Wolenczak, to name only a few of them. The annoying know-it-alls who do what they weren't supposed to do and always get away with it.
The other part is that - at least in my eyes - he isn't even good-looking... to put it mildly. He has a face like a pancake, always appears to be unwashed (I'm re-watching Series One right now, and his greasy hair ruins my appetite, so the exercise might be useful for my diet yet), has an ego like a small moon and seems totally in love with himself. Who in their right minds would want to compete with that?
Not to mention that Primeval does have a few attractive guys on the paylist: Stephen Hart, Captain Becker, Matt Anderson - they are all good-looking, in very different ways. Connor? He isn't. And yet a lot of fanfic portrays him as the object of desire for just about anyone: male, female, animal, mineral and tentacled monster. The mind boggles.
All right, I admit the whole issue isn't really important, but I needed to blow off some steam before I'd have to return to work tomorrow. More about that unpleasant topic later - if I manage to rant about it without getting a brain aneourysm.
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