tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post4739120013899893557..comments2024-03-24T03:19:39.745-04:00Comments on Just About Write: Pawnee: First In Friendship (A Goodbye to 'Parks and Recreation')Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-29682478411269489432015-02-24T17:00:05.424-05:002015-02-24T17:00:05.424-05:00Ben Wyatt: I love this man. I love that he wears...Ben Wyatt: I love this man. I love that he wears a Letters to Cleo t-shirt, that he is nationally ranked in Settlers of Catan, that he gets excited by accounting spreadsheets, that he writes Star Trek fan fiction, that he is both deeply kind and hard-nosed enough to run a congressional campaign. I mentioned this on Jaime's recap but my husband is a wonderful combination of the humour, nerdiness and soft heart of Ben Wyatt with the anti-social, principled, grumpy nature of Ron Swanson. And to be married to him does make me feel lucky. So I will always love Ben and love how his relationship with Leslie was portrayed.<br /><br />April Ludgate: she will always love animals more than people, she doesn't want to try hard for things or open up at first because she doesn't want to be hurt and disappointed, she is immensely loyal and she really scares people at the same time, she was so defensive with Andy at first but then just jumped at marriage to him, she loves watching her husband entertain children.<br /><br />Andy Dwyer: Once he was humbled and alone after the first season he started doing things for people (which shocked the heck out of Ann), he writes the most amazing random songs, he gets along with children because he still is one, he has a wonderful imagination, he doesn't get embarrassed by screwing up, he loves his wife more than anything in the world, he is easily pleased by the fun and beautiful and daily things that happen in his world.<br /><br />Tom Haverford: he was so beautifully vulnerable in his relationship with his fake wife and worked so hard on covering it up, he loved cashmere and soft blankets, every woman wanted to live in his apartment as soon as they saw it, he made a horrible perfume and he had to learn to be authentically himself, his Roomba that also played music was awesome <br /><br />Ann Perkins: she tended to mold herself around whoever she was dating until she realized it, she was our most "normal" person so we could see things through her eyes often at the beginning, she learned to listen to her gut and made a hard move when it felt right, her friendship with Ben was a beautiful thing to see, her relationship with Leslie made me miss my best friend every week.<br /><br />Chris Traeger: he dances like a crazy person (this made me love Rob Lowe more than anything), he says what he thinks all the time, I want to try the turkey burger he made, he made an amazing bachelor party for all of his guys, he always puts a great deal of energy into making each thing that he does the best he can. This is why the Chris/Ben relationship and the Leslie/Ann relationship were such interesting parallels.<br /><br />Donna Meagle: she was always so settled in herself as a person, you never knew what random places she had been to or owned property in, she loved to treat herself with Tom (I loved their friendship), she could fix anything in the office and everyone knew it, she sees through fake people immediate and appreciate authentic people even when they are really different from her<br /><br />Garry Gergich- he knew exactly what everyone thought of him but it never got him down, his family was his proudest achievement and he didn't need any validation beyond that, he enjoyed the anniversary activities that Ben had prepared for Leslie and they talked about Enchanted together, people were puzzled by how much his wife was into him.<br /><br />Thank you for your love letters to fictional characters. What a wonderful way to salute this series. It is truly remarkable and I will be forever grateful for it.Beccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-67427733529496748522015-02-24T16:59:23.643-05:002015-02-24T16:59:23.643-05:00Beautiful writing in honour of a beautiful show. ...Beautiful writing in honour of a beautiful show. It took me awhile to warm up to this show. Just like with the Office, at first I found most of the characters to be mildly irritating. But, just like with the Office, it was also like this amazing kind of alchemy. Something happened where I fell in love with all of them and it became a show that rejoiced in small wonderful things humans can do. Perhaps none of these people would be impressive or noteworthy or likeable at first glance but they are wonderful and amazing in their own unique ways. Each person felt so fleshed out and so real. They each struggled and grew and were portrayed and filmed in a way that exuded compassion. We love them all and you can tell that the cast, writers and crew all love them too.<br /><br />Your letters to each were so wonderful that I would just be restating things over and over. So I will just mention some tiny details about each that I will love forever.<br /><br />Leslie Knope: she loves breakfast food and sugar and breakfast food is certainly the most gorgeous thing in the world and I miss that about living in North America. She buys wonderful gifts and simultaneously enjoys seeing people happy and winning at gift giving. She freaks out whenever she meets someone she really admires.<br /><br />Ron Swanson: he is so dry and so capable and so deeply attached to his principles. He doesn't take the easy way out and he cried while reciting Robert Burns on the coast of Scotland (my adopted home). I want to learn all kinds of things from him. I love that he had a secret persona as a jazz sax player and he capitalized on his sexy voice. And I love his little smile with its dimples. I love that he loves wood.Beccanoreply@blogger.com