I am 10,000% over Callan the woobie. Because the thing is, Callan doesn't act like the socially maladjusted, emotionally incompetent wreck you would assume that someone who was
( spoilery background details ) would be. Heck, he doesn't even particularly act like someone with an inability to form close ties to people, considering his relationships with Hetty and Sam.
Look, I would be down with mad, bad, and dangerous to know G if they actually wanted to
go there. I dig crazy characters (does anyone remember the Profitt Arc from Wiseguy? I do, with total fondness. The only times I really liked John Sheppard was when he got all blank-eyed and deep-voiced and psycho vengeful. [Okay, blank
er-eyed.])
But they aren't giving G. this terrible backstory in order to play the effects out on him, they're giving him a terrible backstory in order to make you want to pet him and hug him and call him George. And I don't
need all of that, I don't need a bad ass to be psychologically ~complicated~ and ~dark~. I love Sam, and his backstory to date has been pretty damn straightforward. Just keep the two of them squabbly and flirty, and I will be totally happy.
P.S.
Seriously hot porno Sam/G commentfic. Has some POV issues, spelling issues, but otherwise awesome.
P.P.S. While I'm pointing to commentfic of awesome:
White Collar: June/Neal The world needs more of this.