Dear Fates (or my subconscious, whoever),

[minxy]

That was rude. Seriously. To run out of gas on the way to work, which I was going to out of a misguided sense of DUTY rather than going to the funeral of a patient who's death touched me deeply. Right. So then I'm 2 hours late for said JOB, only to find that nobody really noticed I was missing. I'm not too bitter, though, considering I really could have filled up last night but felt lousy after going to the funeral home, and normally I would have another 20-30 miles before I was even close to running out... but I guess that gridlock traffic last Friday took it's toll on my gas mileage for that tank.

The reason I'm not defying the stars at the moment? The woman who stopped, with her beat up truck and stories of her mobile home and how they are squatting in a local park and her somewhat incomplete set of teeth? She wore a purple velvet dress under an old work shirt quilted to be a jacket, and she not only drove me the mile or so to the gas station, she lent me her gas cans and then drove me back to my car, all the while regaling me with tales of what has broken lately on her truck (the passenger seat belt buckle being one thing... we looped my belt through hers to avoid a ticket), and how she saw me on her way going the other directions and figured she might as well change her plans, turn her truck around, help me out and get gas herself.

You could tell me that my friend being buried today came back in velvet to help me out and I would believe you, because he had that kind of sense of humor.

So in conclusion, dear Fates, you are forgiven by reason of purple velvet.

And, because I need the distraction, the rather unusual interactive MEME (ganked from greensilver)

So, here's how it works. Name a character from one of the fandoms listed below. I will produce no fewer than 100 words on why I love that character.

BUT! There's a price. You must produce no fewer than 100 words on why you love another character in the same fandom. It doesn't need to be someone I'm all that familiar with, or even know at all. It just has to be love. Obvious choices are fine, and if someone else has either posted on that character or asked me to, go again and love on them anyway.

Fandoms for the picking:

Stargate SG-1
Firefly
QAF (American version), but only the major characters because I'm only partway through S1.
Star Trek: TNG
Alias

Novels:

Harry Potter (Rowling)
Pride & Prejudice (Austen)
Tuesday Next (Fforde)
LOTR (Tolkien)
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Comments

[switch842.livejournal.com]

Why do you love Jacob from SG?

I love Emmett from QAF because he's not afraid to be himself. He's there as he is and you have to love him for that. And he's also a fiercely loyal friend. Like when something happens with Ted that you haven't seen yet and he needs Brian's help. (It's great, you'll love it). So, that's why I love Emmett.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I love Jacob because he wore a wedding ring in the hospital, even though his wife had been gone for nearly 20 years and he was estranged from his family. He had this shell about him that has quietly dissipated after he joined the Tok'ra to allow who the man really is to come through: someone who trusts his daughter and his friends enough to believe unbelievable things and take amazing risks, who loves even when there isn't any hope, who becomes a diplomat and speaks for relationships, friendships and connections after having lived so long without, and who, ultimately, choses not to isolate himself again, not to survive his second partner. And knowing what a sense of humor he had, how he loved his kids, to see him so committed to Selmak that he wouldn't leave her, and to know that Selmak respected him enough to let him make that call, and let him be himself all those years... that is why I love Jacob.

Plus, as delph will tell you, he wears hats well.

And, Emmett is wonderful. I'd be surprised if there is another scene that can compete with dueling dildos for my affections.