25 Day “Would You Rather?” Challenge.

Day Seven: Be blind or deaf?

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I believe I’ll get out Ted Mosby’s legal pad and weigh the pros and cons for this one.

Deafness:

Pros:

- Barking dogs are no longer an issue.
- Sleeping around an obnoxious roommate just became a lot easier.
- No more enduring “Friday” by Rebecca Black.

Cons:

- Similar to texting, humor and sarcasm, the finer things in life, will be lost in translation.
- Won’t be able to hear Joaquin Phoenix’s beautiful voice.
- Wouldn’t know when to fake sleep anymore without audible approaching footsteps up the stairs.

Blindness:

Pros:

- Won’t have to look at the people you can’t stand.
- No being forced to “look death in the face” when you snuff it.
- Can no longer enable your Facebook addiction.

Cons:

- Won’t be able to look at hilarious cat memes.
- Indefinite deprivation of Joaquin Phoenix’s handsome face.
- No watching The Artist.

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So. It comes down to:
Would I rather hear or see Joaquin Phoenix?

Oh goodness.
Um.
I…
can’t even…
HOLY HELEN KELLER, I DON’T KNOW.

FINE. He’ll paint pictures as lovely as his face with that gorgeous speech of his.

Ivy Walker me.

This would be the first scene in which Lucius displays his “Hand Holding Like It’s Nobody’s Business: He Tends To Not Let Go” move.

But seriously. He. Never. Lets. Go.

Rewatch the scenes in which they lock fingers, you’ll see.

All joking aside, I find this very sweet….but equally hilarious.

The other day, a friend of mine and I were talking Fandom, as usual, and a topic of discussion came up: What character would you choose out of any book, TV show or movie in the entire dominion of fandom to pursue romantically?

This was quite a question. Up there in difficulty with “To be, or not to be?” and “Whose line is it anyway?”.

She picked Adam Black from The Immortal Highlander, an excellent choice, I must say. I also determined a character from a book.

After much deliberation and tough eliminations including Edmund from The Chronicles of Narnia, Legolas from The Lord of the Rings, Declan from Leap Year, and Lucius from The Village, I decided on the one and only Prince Greening Grandemalion from Graceling. Yes, Po, I choose you.

He’s not too sickeningly kind, like Peeta from The Hunger Games, nor overly affectionate like Edward from Twilight, or too overbearingly protective like almost any other male portrayal in romantic stories. Po is sarcastic, brave, and comfortable with a strong female partner, like Katsa. Every good thing about Po is done to the perfect amount.

Also, let’s face it, he’s gorgeous.

“But, he’s only ever been written about. You’ve never actually seen him.”

Wrong!
(‘Nother Sherlock reference)

I see him in my mind’s eye every day, and let me tell you, he’s quite the specimen.

Guess who’s got two thumbs and just now placed an Ebay bid on a copy of The Village.

THIS KID.

Guess who’s got two thumbs and is one of the very best parts of this movie.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX.

No surprise there. Who did you think I would give that honor? Jesse Eisenberg? 

“The Social Network guy? He isn’t in The Village…” 

Wrong!
(Sherlock shout out.) 

He actually is! Very minor part of course, but you gotta start somewhere. And he started in a Joaquin HottinFreaking Phoenix film. So it’s probably pretty accurate to say he made his start in HEAVEN. 

If anyone in the domain of Ebay DARES to outbid me, I swear to Lucius Hunt, I will…I’ll…well…I’ll be very very very very cross. Fear me.