mariequitecontrarie asked:
I’m still waiting for my first Librarians DVD to arrive. Tell me what you love best about it!
Oh wow I love this question! I get to metaphorically roll around in the thing that I love hehe *cackles with glee* but I do promise I will try and keep it brief. Alright! *rubs hands together*
The Librarians
I’ve said before that when I watch it, there’s this palpable feeling of warmth. It is comforting to watch, like being wrapped in a nice cosy blanket buuuuuut that’s how it feels! So what do I love best?
Oh man this is so hard to put into words actually, there’s just so much joy. I mean I honestly do love everything about it! The setting, the concept, the plots. Sure it’s not 100% perfect but nothing in life is and even when I go “hmm?” it’s not in a bad way. It’s in like a “that’s good but this might have been better” kind of thing. I’ve watched dozens of shows and pretty much without fail there is at least one episode I blacklist, and never ever rewatch. With this I’ll happily watch every single episode and I’m still super bummed that there isn’t going to be anymore.
Sorry I’m still waxing lyrical and not being specific.
I guess what it boils down to in the end is the characters and their interactions. I’m going to try not to do spoilers, I hope this isn’t too spoilery
- I love how Jenkins at the beginning was closed-off, pretending not to care, but gradually he came to accept them as colleagues and then they became family.
- I love how enthusiastic they all are about their chosen interest. Flynn’s expression when he goes “I do not know and isn’t that fantastic!” because he just loves learning
- I love how accepting they are of each other. They bicker and they want to help each other become the best versions of themselves but ultimately they care for each other how they are. I really want to get specific here but #NoSpoilers but it does apply in a way to all the characters.
- I love how everything about them just feels natural. Like they aren’t just reacting to the plot/events, they are bantering with each other.
- I love how unique their voices are, like how Flynn repeats words or says the same thing three different ways when he gets flustered.
- I adore how excited Cassandra gets about science. She jumps on the spot and it’s so cute. I mean I just love all of the characters enthusiasm. It makes me happy to watch.
- I love how the characters evolve (I mentioned Jenkins before) but they all have a journey and it’s subtle and there’s some backsliding but it’s there. They just feel like real people.
- The dialogue is amazing, the banter and just ugh everything! There’s a lot of quotable/amusing lines – it’s brilliant! 🙂
- I love that I don’t have a favourite character! I mean sure, I ship Eve and Flynn, but I love all the characters equally. There isn’t anyone I dislike.
Ultimately though, it just comes back to what I was saying at the beginning. What I love most about The Librarians is undefinable in a sense because it’s a gestalt – the show just simply makes me happy. It comforts me when I’m sad, when I watch it I feel like I’m coming home. There is just so much joy somehow wrapped up in a TV show.
The only other show I watch that generates the same sort of warm fuzzy feelings is Leverage, which is actually by the same showrunners/creators. I’m trying to explain this because this warmth/comfort is different from just general love for a show. I mean you know how much I love Stargate right? Well that doesn’t have the same feeling. I enjoy watching it, I love so much about it, but there’s not that warm fuzzy comfy blanket feeling. I’m explaining this really badly, it’s hard to put into words.
aaaaaand that wasn’t brief at all /facepalm