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Tom Quinn!

Sep. 5th, 2006 at 6:11 PM

Today has been a novel experience of working while doped on prescribed cold medication. I was completely floozy from 7AM till, while now.

So, I have thought about this, like very, very, very seriously, and I have come to the conclusion that Tom Quinn is a really bad spy, like the WORST SPY EVER! But you know what? I still love him to bits.

+ He got ATTACHED when he SHOULDN’T have!
+ He is a thing of AWESOMENESS when he tries!
+ He has MORALS! And while I know it is right to choose one over the many (save more lives, etc.,), I am one of those people who TRULY WANT to BELIEVE in a ideologist, because I’m not one myself.
+ He gets hurts ALL the time! This makes me particularly happy, h/c!
+ He sucks at relationships! Even if he tries and tries and tries some more.
+ I still believe that he chose to leave MI-5, not just got kicked out, but actively sought a chance to leave, and not in a body bag, or when he’s so fucked up in the head that they wouldn’t have been a point.
+ It is the combination of strength and vulnerability. I am a sucker for certain type of man in fiction. Tom Quinn hits all the buttons.
+ He’s BRITISH!
+ He’s NOT the American-movie star attractive, he just appeals to me.

It has been a very long time since I have had a girly-crush on a 3d fictional character. I never found Angel attractive (it is the truth), and John was so obviously MEANT to be with Aeryn that it never even entered my head to think of him without the latter. The last male fictional character I found hot was Aragorn… he was cool.

The funny thing is I feel nothing for the actual actors themselves. No sexual attraction at all, probably why I’m not too fussed if I don’t or do watch films/television series they star in. It is the characters they PORTRAY that appeals to me, and Tom Quinn hits every button that a fictional male character need to hit to appeal to me.

This is rather strange.

Now I need to go and buy Season 1.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 11:50 am (UTC)

Re: More Tom, because you are like the only one who's listening.

I found the cross-over stash. Though I'm still going through the stunned phase of; but there need to be more fics! I enjoyed most of your fics, though I admit to liking Groundbait the best, as it focuses the most on Tom and is one of the longest fic you've written for Tom.

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tigertrapped.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 11:51 am (UTC)

Re: More Tom, because you are like the only one who's listening.

There's not nearly enough Tom fic out there. Have you raided the vaults at

spooky_doings? If so then you've probably found the best of them. It's a scandal, isn't it?

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 11:58 am (UTC)

Re: More Tom, because you are like the only one who's listening.

I have indeed raided

spooky_doings' vaults, and it is absolutely horrifying that there is such a lack of Spooks fanfiction. I'm not even talking about the quality, the quantity in comparison to some of the other rare-fandoms out there is just criminal. And I admit right now that I am more of Tom-fan than any other of the characters, though I promised myself that I'll give Adam a chance once I get season 3 in my hands. I'm just surprised that there haven't been more fics out there about re-introducing Tom back into the MI-5 folds (I 'Groundbait' is the only one I have encountered that have attempted to write Tom back into the story).

Overall, there just needs to be more Tom.

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tigertrapped.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 12:21 pm (UTC)

Re: More Tom, because you are like the only one who's listening.

It's an odd thing but lots of Tom fans seem to prefer the "he's earned his peace - let him go" scenario. I think that's why there are no Bring Back the Boy fics. I feel, too, that this fandom has a fierce respect for canon which tends to dissuade those with smaller egos than mine from attempting dodgy epics which mess with the tradition. That said, given the scripts they've had in series 3 and 4, canon clearly isn't an over-weening consideration for the show's writers, so why we should bother respecting it...

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 12:32 pm (UTC)

Re: More Tom, because you are like the only one who's listening.

"he's earned his peace - let him go" scenario. I do like it, but at the same time I'm also one of those people who can't believe that Tom can just let it go. He'll always have issues with his conscience, but at the same time by not doing something when he has the power to help must hurt more (?). It is a hard call to make because I do think he has earned to right to rest and will not return to MI-5 unless some unforseen circumstances occurs (FANFICTION). It is one of those tough decisions because I do believe that once you leave the Grid you can't return to it (though others may look upon you).

I'm all for fanfiction for the simple reason that Tom leaving was not due to a great inspiration in script writing so much as the actor was moving onto some other projects. Furtheremore, it is fanfiction, um, that's why I read it in the first place ^^;;

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tigertrapped.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 5th, 2006 03:15 pm (UTC)

Because you can never have enough of a good thing

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