TV - My "Big Three" People Categories

Just last month, the three CW superhero shows concluded their respective seasonal runs. (And Supergirl concluded the month before that - but it wasn't CW at the time.) All four shows full of fun characters, stupid characters, evil characters, etc... got me thinking about my favorite character.

But it's not so easy to narrow it down to just one favorite. For an example, on Prinson Break, the character called "T-Bag" is the worst person ever, but I admire the ability of the actor Robert Knepper to deftly portray such a scumbag. On the opposite side (some might say the reverse) of the spectrum is Kara Danvers, aka Supergirl. Her actor, Melissa Benoist, is just as good at being super sweet and adorable.

So, favorite person (in-universe, I don't follow celebrities' personal lives), favorite character and favorite actor. Heaver spoilers to follow, probably. So be careful.

As mentioned previously, Kara is the best person out of the four shows. She carries on despite setbacks and an awful boss, all while being what the internet calls a "cinnamon roll too good for this world." Plus, there is a good bit of character development, what with being the hero of National City and one of a handful of survivors of Krypton and all.

However, in terms of character development, I'm going with Mick Rory, aka Heatwave (and earlier/later, Chronos.) Starting off, Heatwave was just a pyromaniac that the Flash had to fight. Over the course of Legends of Tomorrow, however, his character shows more emotions than just fiery rage. Motivations are revealed and relationships established. (I don't know how comics fans feel, but I found the Chronos-is-Mick plot point quite interesting.) Considering the ending of LoT's first season, it'll be interesting to see how they work with his character.

For favorite actor, it was a toss-up between Stephen Amell as various "versions" of Oliver Queen during Arrow, and Tom Cavanagh, as several iterations of Dr. Harrison Wells. Stephen manages to draw distinct characters in pre-island and post-island Oliver. Nonetheless, I admire Cavanagh's abilities a little more. (Probably because Reverse-Flash is kinda cool.) He plays Eobard-as-Wells, the original Earth-1 Wells, prickly Earth-2 Wells, and E2 Wells pretending to be Eobard-as-Wells. (And a shapeshifting meta, but that's not as important.) That's a lot of similar, but very different, guys to be in one show!

Just a bit of rambling as I look forward to the next season of shows, particularly Flash and Supergirl.