MFU 30-Day Meme: Day 7
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carabeleDay 07 – Favorite member of UNCLE: Napoleon Solo
This one is easy peasy for me to be sure.
From the first moment I watched the show, Napoleon has been my guy. I just love his non-vainglorious self-confidence, his overall ease with people and situations, his natural ability to charm, and his unshakeable cool in tense circumstances. Introverted myself (even more so when I was younger), this kind of personality was really something I aspired to back then and still do today.
Napoleon is intelligent and very savvy, extremely competent at what he does. He can both strategize and smooze (sometimes both together). And, despite all the personal angst in which we fanfic writers tend to embroil him [chuckle], in the series there is no doubt he enjoys life and is ultimately a happy person.
With a good sense of humor, he is willing to laugh at himself. Yet as well is he also capable of trulty empathizing with the trials and tribulations of others. To top it off he is an idealist with a strong moral compass, willing to sacrifice his life for what he believes in. He has wit, heart, spirit and soul. And handsome to boot. Yeah, what's not to like? [grin]
His womanizing never bothered me because he always is honest about it and because I see it as part of his "joie de vivre" attitude toward life as a whole. There really is a kind of energetic rejoicing in the moment that exudes from him like the sheer effervescence of the best champagne.
This one is easy peasy for me to be sure.
From the first moment I watched the show, Napoleon has been my guy. I just love his non-vainglorious self-confidence, his overall ease with people and situations, his natural ability to charm, and his unshakeable cool in tense circumstances. Introverted myself (even more so when I was younger), this kind of personality was really something I aspired to back then and still do today.
Napoleon is intelligent and very savvy, extremely competent at what he does. He can both strategize and smooze (sometimes both together). And, despite all the personal angst in which we fanfic writers tend to embroil him [chuckle], in the series there is no doubt he enjoys life and is ultimately a happy person.
With a good sense of humor, he is willing to laugh at himself. Yet as well is he also capable of trulty empathizing with the trials and tribulations of others. To top it off he is an idealist with a strong moral compass, willing to sacrifice his life for what he believes in. He has wit, heart, spirit and soul. And handsome to boot. Yeah, what's not to like? [grin]
His womanizing never bothered me because he always is honest about it and because I see it as part of his "joie de vivre" attitude toward life as a whole. There really is a kind of energetic rejoicing in the moment that exudes from him like the sheer effervescence of the best champagne.
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Date: 2011-06-27 03:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-27 03:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-27 06:22 pm (UTC)He's smart. He doesn't let it shine, but he's a very smart man. He can read and speak several languages (even if Illya teases him about his accent). He keeps up with current events, political and social.
He's got a dark side. He doesn't let his dark self out to play very often, and it takes something serious for him to do so. He can be ruthless, but always underneath there's the sense that he is a good man doing what needs to be done. He's willing to be the man to do it.
He makes everything he does look effortless. He's self-confident but doesn't let his ego get in the way of asking for help if he needs it. He's a fabulous character; Robert Vaughn was marvelous in how he brought him to life.
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Date: 2011-06-27 06:57 pm (UTC)The dark side is definitely there, but he knows when it is needed and doesn't employ it recklessly.
And the effortless part: oh my God, yes!
RV truly brought to life the perfect character essence for Napoleon Solo.
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Date: 2011-06-27 07:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-27 07:51 pm (UTC)I know. [nods sagely] Don't I keep it under wraps magnificently? [goes off whistling]
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