IT'S REX MANNING DAY!!

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So. Today is what day? SOUTHLAND DAY!! And how do we celebrate Southland day?

1) chicklet_girl wrote wee!Cooper in 'Army Men. You want to read it. Prepare to have your heart broken.

b) Apparently Eminem's Relapse is due to drop any goddamn day. I know one of you has it. Share with the class. Sharing is caring. And maybe worth a drabble of your chosing.

c. A small hint at my 'Why I Love John Cooper' manifesto as told to antheia

I dunno. There's this *thing* about him: he's just so resolutely strong and manly, without being an asshole – okay, he kind of is, but you know why he is the way he is, and it makes *sense*. He's honest without being placating, and he's not pretty, or even attractive to be honest, but the way he carries himself is like... it's *perfect*. He's confident without being arrogant. He's kind of broken, but not irreparably so. He's smart, but he's clearly earned his smarts, and he's so very real. You feel like he could protect you if shit went wrong, but at the end of the day you could look after him and it would all be okay. And who doesn't want that?

4. I find myself pretty much unable to do the Star Trek fandom thing. I love the new movie. Love the acting. Love the actors. But no, not quite fannish. I thought perhaps this was because what I *really* wanted to do was write Zack Quinto/Chris Pine RPS (which is called 'Pinto,' which as sparky77 pointed out is a car and not a pairing) but it would seem that all I REALLY want to do is stare at Chris Pine all day. BRING ME YOUR CHRIS PINE PHOTOS. I COMPEL YOU! (For [redacted reasons], I need the diversion). ETA: HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE BRAD PITT, serialkarma! That's sacriledge.

f) Once upon a time there was a fantabulous show called Kitchen Confidential, which FOX killed (shocking. I'm still mad about Fastlane bitches!). It had a young man named Owain Yeoman in it. Using his proper Welsh accent. Owain went on to be in what? GENERATION KILL! Yeah, that's right, it's always about GK or Southland at this point. Anyroad. Owain has now got a role on The Mentalist (which I don't watch, because I consider it a Psych rip-off). HOWEVER. Owain has evolved and apparently now looks like this . Uhhhhhhhhhhh. I'd hit that. Thanks to maurheti and alethialia for the link

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[hypertwink.livejournal.com]

1) Southland. Michael Cudlitz. Not my type. John Cooper. Totally my type. He is so strong and masculine, My reaction to him reminds me how I reacted when I first laid eyes on Ty Olsson, Plow Guy on Men in Trees. Yum.

2) Star Trek. I don't like Zachary Quinto. I liked him as Sasan, Tori Spelling's gay best friend but Heroes totally turned me off him. Forever. I'm watching the movie for John Cho, Karl Urban, Eric Bana (despite the unfortunate facial tattoos), Simon Pegg and especially Chris Pine. He can wear undies and do some weird undulating sex dance with me anytime. Oh did you know, he played gay in some movie with Tom Everett Scott (OMG, everything goes back to Southland!)?

3) The Mentalist. It's better than just a Psych rip-off, IMO. For one thing, there's Owain, there's Simon Baker and there's the kick awesome. no-nonsense Kimball Cho played by Tim Kang and his awesome biceps.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the mouth. Mmmm.

Anyway....

(Your mini-treatise on Cooper is TRUFAX.)

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

*peers*

Is that...Nate?

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Damn, SHOULDERS.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

CHO! Love him.

[zoniduck.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, how awesome was John Cooper in tonight's episode???

SO does not look like Brad Pitt.

[nicolasechs.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, THANK YOU for the link to that footage of shirtless Owain. Even if it makes me sad about Kitchen Confidential's cancellation all over again. I mean, Bradley Cooper and Xander and Harold in one show! *mourns*

And I am SO with you on the Chris Pine crush. His prettiness totally blindsided me out of nowhere. And looking at his IMDB page, I've actually seen one of his previous terrible movies. *koffPrincessDiaries2koff* He's almost unrecognizable as a brunet and with that blow-out. I like the short, buzzed cut much more. Like so.

[littlemousling]

I think the difference between Cooper's assholeishness and, say, Dewey's, is that Cooper is an asshole for a reason, and he can turn it off when the situation calls for it (with the transwomen, for instance). His assholeishness towards Sherman is so that the kid doesn't do something stupid and get shot; towards the tattooed bigot is to give him a little lesson about homophobia; to the woman who asks about the downed tree is to keep her from stopping traffic. In some ways, he's more defensible as an asshole than a lot of main-character assholes, probably including Rodney and definitely including House.

[redheadaholic.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is. When I see pictures of the RL Nate all conservatively professionally dressed in his suits and ties, I think of this picture (and those arms! and shoulders! and chest!) and it makes me happy.

[ceares.livejournal.com]

Oh, I felt exactly that way about the Mentalist --no interest at all, until I accidentally started watching it after NCIS and it's pretty damn good.

Certainly a few Psych similarities but with an underlying gravitas that Psych lacks. This does not keep it from being amusing or the characters from being adorable though.(personally I'm crazy in love with Kimball Cho(Tim Kang)