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Greetings, Kittens!

Let's kick of today's installment with a little background. There are many things that can land someone here as Crush of the Week material. Some are actor crushes, built through interviews and convention appearances and a consistant demonstration of being a great person who stands for something. Others capture my affections for the characters they play, the stories they tell and the worlds they make me believe in. Of course it is a fine day when someone is both, but there is a third category, those who are the best of the best in my affections and they are the Fantasy Cast. Every writer has them, those people that embody a character physically, emotionally or spiritually that you'd either want to see play your character on screen, or that got you through writing by being featured in the movie in your head.

I'm guilty of Hollywood casting at times in that the character I describe on the page and the character I see in my head when I picture the scene aren't the same. Most of the time this is because the written character's description is important but I have no visual equivalent and, yet, I can easily see certain actors or models together in my head and can't shake it loose, so I go with it. This happened with Ghost of Christmas Past. It plays out in my head with entirely different people of different body types than Quintus and Sky, so I can't share them with you to avoid confusion. But the one person I can give you is the physical inspiration for Torrin St. James.

Who is it that captures the six-and-a-half foot, doe-eyed, broad shouldered, wounded puppy of "baby sasquatch" proportions? Yes, Kittens, that's right; this Friday's Crush of the Week is Jared Padalecki.

Jared first came to the attention of many as Dean Forester on The Gilmore Girls, a great show that still garners praise in the industry nearly four years after ending it's seven year run. But despite the popularity of The Gilmore Girls, there is no doubt that Jared hit the big time of male hottie-hood as Sam Winchester on the WB's and now the CW's Supernatural.

The show follows two brothers on the road fighting evil and malice in its many incarnations. On its sixth season, the boys have been to hell and back--literally--but our dark knights keep moving forward, carrying the scars and bruises that a life on the road, on the run and in the cross-hairs of evil leave behind.

It's Sam's dedication to the truth and his willingness to take each situation on its own merit that allows Supernatural to be more than just a "shoot-em-up" killing spree. Instead the show is a series of explorations as well as hunts, revealing that even the monsters aren't always what they seem, and sometimes it's the humans that are the worst monsters of all.

That Sam's influence has made his older brother Dean a better person and a better hunter is a clear premise of the show's first main story arc. Now as the story turns and our Sammy has been down a darker road, it's Dean's turn to be the moral compass and remain a light in the darkness that is destiny's payback.

I don't know if Jared's character Sam will ever find his happy ending, but as Torrin he got something better--a new beginning.

Onto pictures. Enjoy.

Relaxed GQ Casual Suave

Broody Sam Winchester Hot

Extra Broody Emo-liciousness

Pre-Make-up Sex Broody

Dirty...Sexy...Lovely

Thugs Need Love Too

Just Enough Room For Two

Mmm, now doesn't that just bring sweet dreams for all?

And there we are, the intellectual, emotionally vulnerable, loveliness that is Sam, the versatility that is Jared, and the personal happy sigh of seeing another of my characters as Crush of the Week. :)

Crush Ramble Done

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