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"The record is spinning again. We're just not on the song we wanna be on. "

(... and Eloise. The rat, that is.)

Some characters are immediately lovable. They have a dreamy air of mystery to them, or a likeable curiousity, or some marked quirk that comes off as endearing instead of irritating. Daniel Faraday somehow combines all of those elements, and came out of nowhere to be one of the coolest (and bat-shit craziest) characters on Lost (and that, folks, is saying a lot.)

There's something about his uneven eyebrows curled down in a permafrown, or his dirty shirt and tie, or his vaguely mullety haircut that somehow remians un-douchey looking, or his seemingly rambled-on explanations that none-the-less make perfect sense (in theory), or his penchant for saving the day (or at least the deadly problem of the hour.) There's something about his not-so-creepy-yet-still-somewhat-Charles-Mansony brood, and his scrambled omelet brain, and his awful luck with the ladies, and his utterly tragic squished-up-crying face that makes me want to mother him but also make out with him, and his constant state of beardness, and the fact that Desmond is his constant.

There's not too much to dislike about Daniel, other than his rather bad gun-toting timing.

Dan (and his rucksack full of crazy theories and solutions and probably some pot) really helped to shape season 4 and 5. Think about it; so many major themes stem off of a Dan-comment or proposal. While Lost will (and must) always have a great sense of mystery, Dan allows for the occasional respite of scientific (or pseudo-scientific) explanation. He can let the poor, slack-jawed audience know what the frick is happening, even if no one can quite understand WHY is it. The Island has delayed time, or is skipping through time, or Desmond's mind needs a constant or... wait, why? Oh well, Dan is telling us something and it sounds somehow plausible, but maybe that's only in contrast to the crypticness that is Locke and Smokey and the whispering voices. Yeah.

Oh Dan. For a noodleboy, you are a fantastic comfort to have on a crazy magical Island with monsters and polar bears and flaming arrows. You are our constant.

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