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Violet Crawley is Sybil's grandmother and the Dowager countess of Downton. Definitely a product of her time, she's adapted only so well to all the change of the early 1900's/1910's. She's used to getting her own way, opinionated and horribly proper. She's also dry, sarcastic and snarky. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. Sybil would adore it and be horrified, and Violet adjusting to the city and ordering people around would be amazing.

On the other hand, she would also ADORE having either Edith or Mary Crawley, her sisters. In fact, the entire cast is amazing in my mind, and BRING THEM AT ME. Or um... Her.

Edited 2012-09-01 12:57 (UTC)

Posner or Scripps! Dakin's best friend, and then his other friend who also happens to have a very log puppy dog like crush on him. But they're two very important parts of his life and both great characters.

Scripps' storyline gets truncated in the movie, if you listen to the radio play (which is amazing and even better than the movie). Seriously. It's a great story based off a great play by a great author. If you haven't seen it you should.

The one, the only...

THOR

PLEASE.

SECONDED TIMES 100. Oh, my god, the dowager countess would be amazing to have around. And it's probably only a matter of time before I cave to Mary, lbr.

NEAL SAMPAT, The Newsroom
Neal believes in Big Foot, so please bring him somewhere where Big Foot could be real.

More seriously, though, Neal is a wonderful, layered character, a young man with some fanciful ideas, a whole lot of heart, a deep commitment to the news and to truth, who is brave and passionate and smart and a little goofy and a lot nerdy. He's driven and fun and articulate, and he wants to be a journalist. With the News Night staff assembling in Darrow, they'll be needing him.

Edited 2012-09-01 14:53 (UTC)

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Both to your seconding and the eventual caving. CAVE! CAAAAAVE!

DON KEEFER, The Newsroom

Somewhere along the course of the first season, Don went from being a jackass to being one of the greatest characters on the show, and watching the show back reveals that, actually, Don has always been a better guy than we initially realized. He's a realist in a world of optimists, he's the guy who knows what he's doing and knows what has to be done in order to run a successful show, and he a guy who, deep down, believes in the idealistic misson of the News Night staffers every bit as much as they do. He's just not wearing rose-colored glasses. He's a good guy who isn't a nice guy, who's learning what it means to be good. Bring him to the city and give him a chance to figure things out for himself without having the same ratings pressure as he does in New York.

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS AHHHHHHHHHHHH GIVE HIM TO ME

Yesssss. I love how he's grown this season.

Oh man. Will someone bring me Michelle Frost from Bunheads please??

Seriously, Michelle is funny, amazing, a good dancer, crappy at relationships and says all the wrong things. She's also currently stuck in a small town called Paradise, and I think she'd like the shift to Darrow.

See also: We need to get a Lorelai Gilmore. Then they can hang out and be BRILLIANT TOGETHER (and compare notes on their mom/mother in law)

Edited 2012-09-01 14:12 (UTC)

RICK GRIMES, The Walking Dead

I'd prefer Rick from the comic, mostly because his relationship with Andrea is vastly different (and far more interesting) than it is on the TV show. It's a little bit selfish, because he's Andrea's best friend, the person she turns to without fail and she's his second in command, whether she realizes it or not. They're an army of two and even though they both have other friends, no one can quite break into their duo. Plus, he's a total BAMF who has had some of the worst things in the world happen to him, so there's lots of stuff to play with. Back in a city, Rick would be amazing, completely screwed up and confused and it would be an incredible challenge to try and bring him back to a functional member of society.

And look at how awesome he is:

There's also this:

DR. CURTIS CONNORS, The Amazing Spider-Man
Curt Connors needs a second chance. He's brilliant, and as a geneticist who's foremost in his field — and in a highly specialized, bizarre field — there's a lot he can do scientifically in the city. More than that, though, following the events of the film, it's obvious that his journey is really just beginning. There's a lot for him to come back from and deal with, and his relationship with Gwen is bound to be especially fraught and interesting. I think there's just a lot more to be done with this guy, and Darrow would be a great place to see what happens next.

ABRAHAM FORD, The Walking Dead

I'm all about the selfish requests today, but besides Andrea, Abraham is my favourite character in the comic series. When he first appears, he and Rick have an incredibly volatile relationship. They don't like each other, they don't trust each other. The first time Abraham meets Andrea, she threatens to kill him and he responds by putting her down. (She kind of deserved it.)

The thing about Abraham is that he could have been a stereotype. Former military, built like a tank, initially too aggressive for his own good, he could have easily become a villain. But then he, Rick and Carl (Rick's young son) are attacked on the road and while Rick takes care of things in his way, Abraham, this giant of a man, holds a tiny little boy while he cries and IT BREAKS MY HEART. Abraham is this complex, fascinating man. He has a problem with anger and doesn't always know how to deal with the death he sees. He's abrasive and can be sort of a dick at times, but he's loyal to the people he trusts and he is, at the heart of it, a good man.

Edited 2012-09-01 14:30 (UTC)

JACK BURRIDGE, Boy A

That was the struggle with Jack. He knew he couldn’t be himself and that’s why he couldn’t live. He knew the world wouldn’t allow it. And I think that’s a metaphor: if you suppress things you never get away with it. — ANDREW GARFIELD

Jack needs a fresh start. Like, more than your average fictional character, Jack needs a place where he can start again — not to keep pretending he's someone he's not, but to be who he is without the stigma attached that comes from remaining in the same country as the crime in which he was complicit. In Darrow, he'd be able to tell the truth and live his life on his own terms, and he'd be able to realize all the lost potential of the sweet, good man he is. Obviously, though, this wouldn't be without a struggle, and there's a lot of opportunity for exploration with him.

Edited 2012-09-01 15:13 (UTC)

I know this is totally a long shot, but still.

Bring me Chess people, man!

Anatoly Sergievsky. He's an interesting, conflicted character and there could be all kinds of character development no matter which point he's taken from. Here in Darrow, he would have a chance to finally make his own life (and actually have help dealing with Molokov).

Walter de Courcey. Molokov's counterpart, bff, rival... imagine all the shenanigans they could get into - or epic fights as they battle over who is really in charge of things.

lmfao at first I was like ANWAR?? except he's too well-dressed.

Jean - American Psycho

This is purely selfish, honestly, but one thing I find interesting about Jean is that she is the most "real", the most human, in a sea of glitzed up, self-centered cardboard cutouts. She manages to bring moments of humanity in Patrick, especially in the novel, moments where he can almost envision a world outside of his narrow, superficial yuppie lifestyle.

I feel like there's enough of her in the novel to build a really interesting, well-rounded character, and I love her. Gimme.

Paddy Conlon - Warrior

Selfish again, but not purely. I'm dying to let Tommy work out his issues with his father, but I also love Paddy, in his own right. He's done a lot of wrong in his life, he's hurt a lot of people, but he's trying to come to terms with that. He's trying to make amends. Whether or not he's earned forgiveness is up for interpretation, but he comes face to face with the reality of how much he's fucked up his own children, through the course of the film, which makes for a really complex, sympathetic character. He is, by all means, not the villain, regardless of what Tommy might want to believe.

Ughhhhhhhh baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby.

He's a smooth operator~~~

And a delight, seriously.

SECONDED SO FUCKING HARD. He's such a great character, and so incredibly realistically written.

Also the username devilyouknow is free, so obviously that should be reason enough in itself.

Edited 2012-09-01 22:35 (UTC)

The I Just Woke Up and I'm Too Lazy to Make Real Comments for All of These People Edition

CAL AND EMILY WEAVER, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Because they're amazing, fully-fleshed out, three-dimensional characters in a rom-com that isn't cut and dry and they both still have a long way to go. Plus there are a couple people in the city who'd really like to see them.

LIZ, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Hannah's BFF is the Honey Badger of Crazy, Stupid, Love. She does what she wants and she says what she wants. She really does give a shit, though, and it's that combination of bluntness, fun, and caring that makes her so interesting.

JEAN-RALPHIO SAPERSTEIN, Parks and Recreation

I want absolutely everyone from P&R, but let me just say: there is no end to the crazy shenanigans Jean-Ralphio could get up to in the city. While lots of characters who fill a similar role in shows wouldn't seem to me like they'd have any longevity, Jean-Ralphio's ridiculousness and idiocy are balanced out by a heart that's genuinely good and intentions that are the same.

EVERYONE, The O.C.

This is a gif of Seth because a gif of Seth is what I have, but I want everyone almost without exception. The O.C. is chock full of really great characters who would be fun to play. Many of them could easily have been one dimensional stock characters, but instead are rich, interesting people with a lot of layers. The city would do well to have a Summer Roberts or a Luke Ward or a Julie Cooper. Here is the place and the time to tackle less often approached characters, like Anna or Theresa or Hailey. Gimme.

Edited 2012-09-02 14:05 (UTC)

Having just finished the first season I think I need to read the comic. I am a bad comic fangirl.

Yesssssss. The comic is infinitely better than the TV series. It's much more fast-paced and things actually happen and the characters are actually likeable and... I have issues with the TV series. >.>

But then you could bring me Rick or Abraham or Glenn or Maggie or ANYONE EVER.

Well, I did love the first season of the series, and then I remembered everyone saying it was v.different from the comic and yes. Must get hands on. I am sure a friend owns it.

Haha. Oh man, i am so easily enabled.

I think I'd like the show more if I'd seen it before reading the comic, but given how amazing the comic is, I just expected more of the show.
Plus, I can't forgive them to changing Andrea. XD

ENAAAAABLING! It's so amazing so you should read it even if you don't app anyone, but oh my god, I would be so happy if you did.

I hear S2 goes a bit more off the rails, I know that J didn't like it much. But I am still intrigued. And often book/show comparisons fail. I know I often feel let down by them. I would love to see the comic. Especially after hanging out with Tony Moore. He is freaking passionate about his work.

:D

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