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meganbmooreReally, what's he been up to since Angel ended? This guy should have a starring role already. While chatting with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lesbiassparrow earlier, we realized he hasn't really done much since Angel, and we consider this a crime. As such, I am willingly sacrificing my sleep to spread the love.
Gunn was the sole regular minority character in Angel(depending on how strict in defining "minority" you want to be as far as Willow being both Jewish and homosexual, but white, some would say the entire Buffyverse. Whedon and minority representation is something I refuse to get into, as both sides are rather rabid. And I don't count non-humans here as minority representatives), showing up near the end of season 1 of Angel and becoming a regular from season 2 onward. Introduced as the buttkicking (and smart) leader of a street gang of vampire hunters, he joined the Angel team at the beginning of season 2. Aside from Cordy, he was the only one who really got, on a regular basis, the monster just beneath Angel's skin. I love him almost as much as I love Cordy, and some of you know how all encompassing my love for Cordy is. Sadly, he was also a rather underused character. I remain sorrowful that they did not keep Gwen so she and Gunn could become a buttkicking, electrifying, monster killing, occassionally thieving OTP.
But that's ok, nothing could detract from his awesomeness. He is so awesome that Supernatural TPTB felt compelled to create a character who was essentially Gunn gone horribly wrong as a sort of twisted homage, I supect.
In his first appearance, Gunn's sister, Alona, was abducted by vampires. After finding her and fighting the vampires to save her, he learns she's been turned and is forced to kill her. In Supernatural, the Hunter Gordon also had his sister abducted by vampires, and when he finally found her months later-becoming a hunter in the process-he found that she'd been turned and killed her. For both the event was a catalyst in their lives, but in different ways. For Gunn it helped turn him from a street kid who killed monsters into a hero, but it set Gordon off on a very dark, twisted path where he became almost as bad-and sometimes worse-than the things he hunted. The main difference, I suspect, is that Gunn had Angel when it happened to keep him from going off the deep end, while Gordon had no one.
Gunn MV:
And, of course, a picspam:
A little closer:
"Get that out of my face or I'll shove it where the sun don't shine."
From season 5, I believe. I confess, I don't recall exactly what was happening here:
With a gang member, from his first appearance:
Prepared to take Angel down.
Last scene of Angel. It's only the apocalypse headed their way, that's all...
Wondering why he doesn't get to sit next to the cute girl:
Doing his very best to feign interest in the opera for his girl(I never cared much for Gunn/Fred as it seemed to happen mostly because we expected Wes/Fred, but I did like Gunn at the opera):
I shall now go pass out.
lesbiassparrow earlier, we realized he hasn't really done much since Angel, and we consider this a crime. As such, I am willingly sacrificing my sleep to spread the love.Gunn was the sole regular minority character in Angel(depending on how strict in defining "minority" you want to be as far as Willow being both Jewish and homosexual, but white, some would say the entire Buffyverse. Whedon and minority representation is something I refuse to get into, as both sides are rather rabid. And I don't count non-humans here as minority representatives), showing up near the end of season 1 of Angel and becoming a regular from season 2 onward. Introduced as the buttkicking (and smart) leader of a street gang of vampire hunters, he joined the Angel team at the beginning of season 2. Aside from Cordy, he was the only one who really got, on a regular basis, the monster just beneath Angel's skin. I love him almost as much as I love Cordy, and some of you know how all encompassing my love for Cordy is. Sadly, he was also a rather underused character. I remain sorrowful that they did not keep Gwen so she and Gunn could become a buttkicking, electrifying, monster killing, occassionally thieving OTP.
But that's ok, nothing could detract from his awesomeness. He is so awesome that Supernatural TPTB felt compelled to create a character who was essentially Gunn gone horribly wrong as a sort of twisted homage, I supect.
In his first appearance, Gunn's sister, Alona, was abducted by vampires. After finding her and fighting the vampires to save her, he learns she's been turned and is forced to kill her. In Supernatural, the Hunter Gordon also had his sister abducted by vampires, and when he finally found her months later-becoming a hunter in the process-he found that she'd been turned and killed her. For both the event was a catalyst in their lives, but in different ways. For Gunn it helped turn him from a street kid who killed monsters into a hero, but it set Gordon off on a very dark, twisted path where he became almost as bad-and sometimes worse-than the things he hunted. The main difference, I suspect, is that Gunn had Angel when it happened to keep him from going off the deep end, while Gordon had no one.
Gunn MV:
And, of course, a picspam:
A little closer:
"Get that out of my face or I'll shove it where the sun don't shine."
From season 5, I believe. I confess, I don't recall exactly what was happening here:
With a gang member, from his first appearance:
Prepared to take Angel down.
Last scene of Angel. It's only the apocalypse headed their way, that's all...
Wondering why he doesn't get to sit next to the cute girl:
Doing his very best to feign interest in the opera for his girl(I never cared much for Gunn/Fred as it seemed to happen mostly because we expected Wes/Fred, but I did like Gunn at the opera):
I shall now go pass out.
