Another Joe Cameo (Please ignore accidental rhyming)

[kriadydragon]

The current challenge over yonder at matterofthemind got me thinking about Joe's guest spot in the show Birds of Prey. I wasn't a fan of that show. For one thing, I'm shallow - girl hero: mmmm, no. Me like boys :D Yes, very, very shallow. Plus it just never really hooked me. But I would watch it on and off if it happened to be on and there was nothing else to watch.

But what completely turned me off it was yet another show with the hot guy as a bad guy. Especially a bad guy I ended up feeling sorry for. Now, mind you, because my viewing was off and on I can't quite remember the details of Joe's character. If I recall correctly, he had the ability to take other people's powers, but being around people with powers caused him a lot of pain. Was this the main reason he went around killing people with powers? I can't quite remember. Because if that was the case, then he was a rather weak bad guy - not in the physical sense, but in the emotional sense. He wasn't killing because he was prejudice or looking to take over the world or anything. He was killing because he was in horrible pain and couldn't take it.

Again, though, that is if the pain was his reason for killing and there wasn't something more to it. If it was all about the pain, then it was kind of hard not to feel bad for him, and I do remember feeling kind of bad for him. Yes, he was killing, which pretty much sealed his fate. Still, I was kind of hoping a way could be found to help him.

I'll also admit that my sympathies may have been tainted by his hotness ;). After he was killed, I pretty much stopped watching.

It also had Morgan (who's real name currently elludes me) from Criminal Minds who, I think, also died despite being a good guy. Seriously, I swear this show had something against hot guys :P