[HPFGU-OTChatter] Viggo! and, why is Sirius so darn hot?

[Catherine Keegan]

At 08:08 PM 1/2/02 +0000 Adana wrote regarding Viggo:
>Oh, yeah....(wipes drool off the keyboard) he was awesome!  I agree, it's
>been a while since I crushed on anyone (OK, Colin Firth in Pride &
>Prejudice; but that was it, I swear!) but this did it.  I don't even like
>the straggly-haired bearded type; I like clean-cut guys; but this did it.  I
>am so blown away.  And I'm married.  (Sigh)

I think I'm in the minority.  None of the actors in LotR did it for 
me.  I'm just not into pretty boys.  I still think my husband is the best 
looking guy around.  No.  Honest!  I have a thing for scary blondes though 
and there just aren't enough of them on the screen.  The kid who plays 
Spike in Buffy is probably the closest thing out there to scary 
blondes.  sigh.  I stand by the kid thing since I'm 41 and all of the 
actors are starting to look like kids to me.  I'm looking forward to seeing 
who they cast as Lucius Malfoy... ;-)

>Here's a vaguely HP-related question:  We all (OK, most of us) think that
>Sirius is sexy.

I think Lupin is far more interesting.  I'll wait and see how Sirius 
develops in the next few books but he seems more WYSIWYG.  (I bet Moody was 
compelling in his youth...)

>Is it that we are, against all reason, attracted to the dangerous,
>unpredictable type?

Been there, done that and am still married to him (20 years in 
2003).  Don't forget to add in intelligence and a sense of humor.  Oh, and 
lots of patience.  I lucked out in the spouse department.  There's a 
waiting list for him should we ever split.  He cooks, too.

What is it about this series male characters that seems to inspire so much 
lust?  I've been involved in various shows' fandoms and did the Trek thing 
back in the 70's, but I've never seen quite such an estrogen 
outburst.  Testosterone, too!  Maybe it's because the web has enabled 
fanfic to be so much easier to find.  Dunno. Anyone have any ideas?

Catherine in California who's beginning to think she needs some kind of 
cooler name since the lists seem to have at least four of us.