Why we love SAWYER
I have to admit it. I’m a total Sawyer fangirl. Is it the eyes? The hair? That slow, sexy drawl? His generally rugged good looks? Or is it that whole bad boy persona of his?
I think it’s a little bit of everything, and I know I’m not alone. I don’t know if there are more Sawyer fans in the LOST community or if we’re just more vocal than the fans of the other male survivors of Flight 815, but the forums and fan art galleries all seem to have more Sawyer love than love for anyone else.
Sawyer has a lot of great one-liners. Zingers. His special brand of sarcasm is something many guys envy and many gals drool over.
“Guess what? I JUST SHOT A BEAR!”
“What? You got union trouble down at the sand factory, Norma Rae?”
“You versus Sun, hot oil death match? My money’s on you, Sheena.”
He has a nickname for everyone. Freckles. Chewie. Doc. Grape Ape. Captain Falafel. Hot Lips. Tattoo. Mamacita. Shaft. Jabba. Moonbeam. Mr. Clean. Sticks. Tokyo Rose. Gazoo. I could go on…
We Sawyer fans all know we probably shouldn’t like him so much. He’s not a nice guy. He let Sayid torture him instead of admitting he didn’t have Shannon’s inhalers. He conspired with Charlie to stage an attack on Sun in order to steal all the guns and stockpile supplies. Off the island, he turned into the very con man he hated. He killed a man after being duped into thinking this man was the real Sawyer.
But there’s just something so… irresistable about Sawyer. Maybe it’s the dorky glasses he wears to prevent the blinding headaches he gets from reading. Maybe it’s finally admitting to Jack that he’s the closest thing he’s got to a real friend on the island. I don’t know. It’s a Sawyer thing.
Are there any other Sawyer fangirls out there? What’s your favorite thing about Sawyer? If you’re not a Sawyer fan, don’t worry. We’ll be covering character love for the other survivors, too!
