Invisible Man Photo Essay Part 2: A Completely Shallow Look At Darien Fawkes

[sisabet]

Continuing in the same vein as Post 1 -- here be I-Man photos and thoughts.

Part 1 is here.


Now it is time to talk about Darien Fawkes as he is the title character - The Invisible Man. And there is so much we could cover: Why is he invisible? What is Quicksilver Madness? Why would the government pick a convicted felon to make a super-powered agent? Why is he wearing those pants?

For now though - let us focus on the shallow. Never fear, eventually I'll get around to the deep and abiding pain. I will always get around to the deep and abiding pain. It is my nature. As is a healthy appreciation for da pretty.


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First of all - he really really likes to put flashlights in his mouth.






I mean - sure - he says he is a professional thief. Whatever. I am just saying - not judging or drawing any conclusions other than: Dude loves having a maglite in his mouth. I didn't even have to look for these clips - they are everywhere.






Also - Not afraid of color. I mean - check it out: Red Pants. And he actually pulls them off.








Moving right along: Darien has never met a mirror where he didn't stop to check himself out.







Speaking of this character trait - I am about to share with you the first moment I had of brain explosion while sitting in tzikeh's living room. This is by far not the only moment of brain explosion I have had in tzikeh's home - merely the first:

Darien stops to check himself out post-shower. So, far - there is nothing unusual here.






And then. And then - he, he - he busts into a... he raps. And he has obviously been working on this - this was NO freestyle!



My name is Darien Fawkes, they call me furious D and I'm the coolest secret agent that you never did see.
The man turn me invisible, now I be mis'rable, you mess with my hair and I'm bound to get physical.
Now I was locked down, and looking at life, four walls and a guy named butch for a wife.
When my brother undercover said that we could help each other if his mother of a brother would go under the knife.
Hole in my head, a gland in my brain, a needle in my vein, 'fore I go insane.
That's the curse of quicksilver, the stuff that bends light.
I get closer to madness the more I step outta sight.


Actually - this explains his story better than I ever could. But let me try.


Darien was never what you would call a high achiever






He was headed to prison for life on a third strike felony offense in California when his genius brother, Kevin, intervened:




Kevin: Why the hell didn't you call me?

Darien: Yeah and said what, 'Hey bro, what's happening man, I haven't talked to you in a couple of years could you come down and bust me out?'

Kevin: Beats hearing it over America Online

Darien: I'm on the web?

Kevin: Darien.

Darien: Wait a minute, I mean come on, you've been hogging the press since we were twelve. Don't I get a shot?

Kevin: No.

Darien: [fake hurt] No, what I -- I'm, I'm not good enough?

Kevin: You're not guilty enough.

Darien: Okay, Kev -- If I did do the crime, do you think I can do the time?

Kevin: Not where they're sending you.




So Long Story Short - Kevin (working for a top-secret Classified Project) puts this Invisible Making Gland in Darien's head (more on the pseudo-science involved in the next Darien Section -- Sex and The Invisible Man) and things end badly.






Very Very Badly





Man. This is really sad.






Oh look - first guy Darien kills.







So, even without me going into all of Darien's issues and problems - you can see that the boy has reason to sometimes be depressed. How can you tell when Darien is depressed? His hair looks like this:







Depressed!Darien Hair frightens the Eberts.






You know what I forgot to include? Darien in shorts. He wears shorts all of the time. When was the last time one of your leading men wore shorts? Huh? Obviously, I need to go home and screencap him in shorts cause that really just sums up who he is a person. That and his ACLU t-shirt. I wonder if I have him in the shorts and the t-shirt?


Next Up: The Hobbesian Interlude!

Comments

[thefakeheadline.livejournal.com]

*hearts Darien SO VERY MUCH*

The clothes are especially fun because Vincent Ventresca basically had to bring in his own clothes to wear on the show because their budget was the suck. So he really did walk around all the time in orange pants and a gas station attendant's jacket.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if he wrote the rap himself, too. Hee.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

See and this worked out to create this incredible consistency in the character. Darien feels real cause he repeats clothes, he isn't dressed in Armani and he wears a faux leather jacket practically every day that over the course of a year begins to fall apart. And he wears silly T-shirts and shorts and has never ever never owned a pair of black socks.

Bobby - in a different way - is normally fashionly consistent as well. I have a theory that everything he owns is just a few years out of date because he really hasn't shopped for clothes since his divorce. He should probably then just stick to the wifebeater. Or the Tux.