Aurghaurgh.

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Three hours to sew a tie for the plushie. Oy vey. It wouldn't have taken so long, but I kept having trouble with it. At least it looks purty; nice soft sapphire blue satin. And I tied a real tie-knot, or tried to; I'm not sure the material liked it very well. I used the one I thought would work the best.

One of my email hosts has continued to crash today, too. Grrr. It's down again now. Normally I prefer Hotmail over Yahoo (I use both), but Hotmail is driving me mad at the moment.

But I managed to get the day's ficlet and the blog post up. The other day I even updated The Denying Detective.

I'm not entirely satisfied with this icon; I'd rather have separate ones of Andy and Amory, but then I'd have to remove two icons I already have, and I had enough trouble removing one. Oh Livejournal, if we could only have a few more than 15 without paying....

I think that another part of the reason why I always gravitated to Amory (and am doing so again now) is because ... well, it sounds rather terrible to say it, or at least shallow, but ... gosh, I love when Wesley Lau's hair is falling loose. I always wanted to see Andy like that. It looks too cute, and the hair looks so soft.... And poor Amory, feeling so helpless.... I like seeing characters helpless (even though it twists my heart), as long as they're able to get help. Friendship and family hurt/comfort squee for the win!

I think Wesley, with both of his Perry characters, has managed to end up second on my list of Perry favorites, in front of Raymond Burr instead of after him.... I guess it was only a matter of time, really; while I like Perry (and Raymond) a great deal, I don't crush on them. I've crushed on Wesley for months. And I crushed on Hamilton/William Talman for months before that, years really, without even realizing it until last October.

I wish I could remember more of my thoughts on Wesley from years ago. I know I liked Hamilton the first time I ever saw him, but I honestly am having trouble bringing up memories of Wesley or Andy. I know I liked The Hateful Hero episode years ago, which is Andy's finest moments. I think I liked Andy fine, but beyond that, my mind is a blank.

And now I really must run; I shouldn't have lingered to write this.

Comments

[tarlonniel.livejournal.com]

Hee, you'll get no flack from me for crushing on Lau. When I first started watching Perry Mason, I barely noticed Hamilton; I was all about the handsome blonds (Paul may not technically count as blond, but close enough). I'd still place Andy at #2 on my favorite character list, tied with Tragg.

And he really does look nice with his hair falling loose like that... ::forces herself to stop staring at the icon::

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL. Yes, so many good-looking men on the series!

How did you start noticing Hamilton, out of curiosity?

Puurrr. Another time it falls loose like that is in Young Lovers, one of his Gunsmoke appearances. I took a bunch of pictures when I had that disc out. I'll have to get some of them up.

[tarlonniel.livejournal.com]

As I recall, it started with the interrogation scene in "Nervous Neighbor." I was very much impressed by Hamilton's skill and concern for the defendant; after that I started to pay more attention to him, though it wasn't until I came back to the series years later that he actually moved into my #1 favorite character spot.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That is definitely an awesome scene, perfect for acquiring new Hamilton fans.

I'm pretty sure that while I liked him from the beginning, and had a casual interest in the series, it was one of those friendly lunches with Perry that started my more intense fascination. I just can't recall which lunch it was, other than that it was an early scene. Except I thought they were alone, and I'm not even sure there was such a lunch scene early on. The lunch in The Crimson Kiss wasn't really friendly, and Tragg was there too. Hmmm.

[tarlonniel.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it was the epilogue from "Purple Woman" that moved me from just paying more attention to Hamilton to actually really liking him. When I finally started rewatching the series there were only a very few scenes which I still recalled from my earlier viewings - that and the interrogation were two of them. They really stuck with me.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That scene is definitely amazing! It was one that stuck with me, too. Although I didn't recall it in detail or where it was located, so when I stumbled over The Purple Woman again last year, I squeed.