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I’m still missing you, R.I.P. Doyle/Glenn Quinn! :’(

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Posting this again for Mishamiga, it’s my favourite gif I made of Doyle! But yep, I promise to make more :)

My luck with characters I like surviving the story that they’re in knows no bounds. In all seriousness, I can still remember the weeks after I saw the episode “Hero” during my freshmen year of High School. Even my friends  who didn’t know about the tv show knew who Doyle was because of me. I’d never experienced a depression nearly as severe as this one over a fictional character dying. It just took me by surprise and it actually made me cry (VERY few things have managed that…in the realm of of TV Show Characters, only Arthur, the 10th Doctor, and Doyle can claim that right). I nearly quit the show there and then. But I had a feeling Doyle might come back, even if it was only for a snippet, and I knew I couldn’t give up on that. I like to pretend that the phantom Dennis was really Doyle. It helps me cope a bit better. Anyway, none of this depression would have happened if Doyle hadn’t been a favorite character of mine. Doyle managed to balance being a little pathetic coward and an intense courageous hero perfectly. He might have acted like a loser who was a full-fledged alcoholic and gambler, but there was definitely that spark that showed that there was more to Doyle then what met the eye. Doyle used to be a teacher, he was on a quest for redemption that was similar to Angel’s, and he would definitely come through when it really counted. Especially in that last episode. Doyle wasn’t what you would call the quintessential hero. He wasn’t an Angel: running around as a handsome vigilante and then brooding in his dark office about his past when he wasn’t out saving people. Doyle was an ordinary guy who had made some mistakes, but was willing to do what he could to help the helpless-even if it meant giving his own life. Doyle’s an everyday hero and that’s something I could stand behind. R.I.P Doyle and R.I.P Glenn Quinn

I really do think that Glenn Quinn got to wear what he wanted on each show since Roseanne. I swear that’s the same jacket and ring.

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Happy Birthday, Glenn! Just a little collage showing how much you are missed.