7 TV Hunks Who Ruined Us For Real Life Dating
4. Luke Danes, Gilmore Girls
Want to talk steadfast, always-there, perennially supported and yet too often ignored love interests? Luke Danes wins by a mile.
Luke was literally the most important man in Lorelai and Rory’s life for years before he even got a chance to actually BE the most important man in their lives. Coffee, support, massive amounts of food, a shoulder to lean on, — Luke was always there for the Lorelais, for much longer than either of them actually realized. He was steadfast through all the years of Lorelai dating Max, and then Christopher, and then not Christopher, and then Alex, and Jason, and Christopher again.
And also, his blueberry pancakes always looked to die for. Gotta love a man who can cook!
5. Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
You know our idea of perfect “boyfriends” is a bit skewed when we include a 240 something old vampire. It was a long bloody battle between Angel and Booth (because as much as we love David Boreanaz, he doesn’t get to appear on this list twice. There are rules to this kind of thing), and, of course, in long bloody battles, Angel always has the upper hand.
Tall, dark, and broody, for a guy with so much, ahem, experience, Angel was really focused on Buffy. In fact, he was all Buffy, all the time. This was either creepy or sweet, depending how you wanted to look at it. From where I saw it, it was good. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to be better for her. He never felt like he deserved even a tiny bit of her goodness and strength, and yet, he never stopped trying to earn it. Even when he thought it was a lost battle, even when she was with someone else. Simply put, Buffy is Angel’s lobster. There’s just no one else for him. And there never will be.
6. Richard Castle, Castle
Bases the main character of a mystery series on you? Check. Follows you around like a lost puppy for years? Check. Gets you coffee every single morning? Check. Never wants you to be less than you are, especially because, he actually fell in love with Kate Beckett the bad-ass cop? Check.
Meet Richard Castle, mystery writer extraordinaire, and the man most likely to hang a “Kate Beckett’s husband” sign on the wall outside his loft in years to come.
If there’s one thing that’s been consistent about his character, is that he is really, really proud of Kate Beckett. Immensely proud. In awe, really. With him, it’s not about the loyalty, it’s not about what he says, and it’s not even about what he does, no. It’s all about that look. The one that says you are the greatest thing he’s ever laid eyes on. The Richard Castle look.
7. Marty Deeks, NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles has long been one of those procedurals I usually can’t stand. There’s no magic there — no chemistry, no real spark. Just case after boring case and two smiling muscly male leads. With Marty Deeks, however, they broke the mold.
First, because, even though he’s actually incredibly handsome, the first word that comes to mind when you think of Marty Deeks is funny. The second one? Kensi. Because if there’s one important thing in Marty Deeks’s life, it’s his partner, Kensi Blye.
Procedurals tend to play the will-they/won’t-they game for a long time — typically much longer than the viewers actually want. Not so in this case. In this show, the girl gets the boy, or …vice versa? But even before that, the boy was all about the girl. About her happiness, about her comfort, about her well-being. Marty Deeks and Kensi Blye are, simply put, the definition of the word partners. And isn’t that what we all want?
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Agree? Disagree? Have some more guys for my ever-expanding list? Share with us in the comments! We’re always ready to fall in love with one more guy.
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz
Lawyer. Writer. Columnist. Geek. Falls in madly in love with fictional characters. Hates the color yellow, misogyny, and people who are late. Can always be found with a book. Watches an absurd amount of TV every week, often, while eating coffee ice cream. She has no regrets. You can check out her blog here: Absurday. Lissete is a senior writer for Tell-Tale TV. Follow @lizziethat
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“Cue me melting into a poodle of goo at the floor.” I realize this a typo, but let’s run with it! Gooey melting poodles? Only Oliver Queen has that power. #winkwink
You have NO idea how much the typo has been bothering me, but, yes, Oliver Queen makes us MELT.
(Oliver Queen in general makes us melt. Oliver Queen looking at Felicity Smoak, that’s like in another level…)
Yes! The biggest man whore on the planet did not have sex for a year. Once he decided Felicity was his lobster, that was it. ONE WHOLE YEAR? Talk about unwavering devotion. That’s love, b*tch.
Poodles of goo may become a new catchphrase! Thanks for pointing this out. It’s been fixed. 🙂
“at the send of Season 2” also. Sorry, I notice things! LOLOL I absolutely love this entire article. Olicity is my thing.
Ah! Thank you!
Ha! Sort of like Oliver forgetting about poor electrocuted Roy in 3×17 turned into some hilarious memes and fan art. To quote Marc Guggenheim, “We f*cked up.” Sometimes mistakes are for the better. #poodlesofgoo
I swear that’s going to be my new catchphrase! I’ve already been using it on twitter, to the total consternation of everyone who knows me. (And I sort of love you for noticing all the little things!)
And, as my next article proves, I can wax poetic about Oliver Queen for a long. long time. 😉
100% agree on Killian Jones! My absolute fave.
He doesn’t get enough credit! He really doesn’t. Not for being unfairly handsome, not for being a true partner for Emma, not for all he’s given up. I’m team Killian all the way!
Same here!
Totally agree about Killian too, I totally love him.
I love Oliver and Deeks too
Amazing article!!!! Congratulations, I could not agree more!!! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Killian Jones is the one!!!! The man!!!
Adn that gif is to die for, isn’t it?
Oliver Queen is a nightmarish “boyfriend.” He decided not to give their relationship a chance, without Felicity getting any kind of say. He told her she was a distraction from his much more important night job. Then he kept telling her he loved her while also telling her he’d never date her. He had hissy fits when she tried to date someone else. He worked with one of the most evil people ever to be on the show, and completely dismissed her objections. He joined a terrorist group and made her think he was evil, then walked away from her and everyone else to marry another woman while she thought they were dying. If having someone refuse to be with you while whining about you trying to be with someone else, keeping incredibly important information from you and making unilateral decisions about your life is being a good boyfriend, I will plan to remain single forever. Oliver Queen is pretty much a sociopath at this point…he’s Amanda Waller in leather with his ends justify the means creepy BS.
Perfect, Oliver Queen is not, I’ll give you that. He’s got an exaggerated sense of his own importance in the world, and his first instinct is always to push people away for their own protection, even if it means he has to lie and hurt them.
But he’s human. Those thing I mentioned before doesn’t mean Oliver stopped loving Felicity, or that he stopped feeling hurt when she moved on with Ray. He was still feeling those things, he couldn’t help himself. He only thinks he’s a robot, he isn’t really one. Which is the beauty of Oliver Queen, for me. Perfect characters are boring. We don’t want our characters to be perfect. We want them to grow. We want them to learn. We want to SEE them becoming better.
Oliver is on a journey, and while on that journey, Oliver will sometimes (most times) make the wrong decision. But that’s okay, that’s why he’s on a journey. We can love the journey and still criticize his choices.
Jaime Fraser from Outlander should absolutely be on this list too! Right after Killian
I have a feeling you’re right, but I haven’t SEEN Outlander yet. I was waiting for the season to end so I could binge-watch, and I just haven’t gotten around to it, but you’ve just given me more reasons to go watch. I’d love to have another guy to add to the list!
Why do Olicity fans act as though Oliver hadn’t proven he could be in a one-woman, committed relationship with Sara? He wanted to move in with her but he got dumped and rebounded.
To me, Sara herself was a rebound from Laurel. Both times that Oliver initiated something with Sara, it was in response to something that happened with Laurel. And really, Oliver should know better. So should Sara, for that matter.
But you make a fair point, he was in a comitted relationship with Sara. I just don’t think he was really commited to her. In body, yes, in soul, no, not really. He never stopped “looking” at Felicity, and by that I don’t meen ogling her, but it wasn’t like in Season 3 when Oliver was clearly over any other woman. No, with Sara he was comfortable, content even, but he wasn’t done. Not by a longshot.
And I think much of it has to do with the baggage of that relationship. I wish I could have rooted for them, because I love Sara. Sara is like, the reason I’ll watch Legends. I’m a BIG Caity Lotz fan. I just don’t think Sara/Oliver was a love story for the ages or anything like that.
No one said Felicity was the one who made Oliver want to be a one woman man. But he was in love with Felicity when he was with Sara. It’s clear that being with each other was what was easy for both Oliver AND Sara. I don’t undermine what they had. Oliver was devastated when Sara died, he has referred to her as the woman he loved. So there’s no question of Oliver not being faithful during his relationship with Sara
Yep. People forget that. Remember 2×06, people! Stephen even said that episode is when Oliver’s feelings for Felicity became real. Oliver navigated to Sara because they were alike. Same way Felicity navigated to Ray because it seemed safe. Think red pill/blue pill. And she had finally, finally gotten tired of waiting for Oliver. I get it. I didn’t like any of it at the time, but are slow burns ever fluffy?
No! This is the EXACT reason why people write fanfiction. Because shows hardly ever deliver the teeth-rooting fluff!! (And boy, was Season 3 hard to watch!)
Great point on the Felicity navigating to Ray because they were alike thing. Thankfully, but now, they’ve both learned their lesson. There’s a reason why they say opposites attract!
Have to agree with Castle, Luke and Oliver! I would take anyone and be a very happy camper.
Me too! I’m just asking for ONE!
Great list!!!!Absolutely agree with #1…Killian is The Best!He is caring,supportive,understanding…A Great Kisser and a Devilishly handsome pirate!!!
And I love the gif you used
Killian is so perfect when it comes to his treatment of Emma, that sometimes I want to call HIM Prince Charming.
The two I completely agree with are Seth and Castle, but I’m gonna give Sandy Cohen an honorable mention because he is such a great father and husband…oh and those eyebrows! ;p
You left out one very important hunk…Gabriel Macht! Gabriel, as the suave, charismatic Harvey Specter on Suits is a dream! And Gabriel (as Gabriel) is even better!
I’m going to give you that one. Only reason why I didn’t add Gabriel Macht is… well, when I wrote this his relationship with Donna was…let’s say complicated! But he IS a dream, and one of my faves.
Shemar Moore Criminal Minds!
You should have chosen Booth over Angel. Even better, give Boreanaz two spots on this list. He has more than earned it.
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