Joe Flanigan - father of the motherfucking year.

[mrsronweasley]

So, okay. Because I - clearly - have no shame at all, I decided that instead of doing a bazillion things I have to do before Sam got here, I would, instead, wait for him while watching yet another UNAIRED PILOT starring Joe "It's a Damn Good Thing I'm This Pretty" Flanigan called "Gramercy Park 111". Let me tell you about it, while I hide behind my hand, shamefaced.

It's about a big rich house in New York City and all its inhabitants. It's got quite the cast of people you've seen ALL OVER THE PLACE (including Urkel, guys - that's right), and it's filled with your usual trite caricature-like characters.

Enter Jack. Jack is married to (fuck I forget her name) and they're both lawyers. He is desperately in love with their newborn baby son, forgetting all about his work in favor of acting like a father, while his wife, who never actually wanted a kid in the first place, really wants to get back to work. She couldn't give two craps about their baby, basically.

There is another family with a baby, and both have just hired new nannies - Maddie (hired by JF and wife) and Bryn (one of the "Sweet Valley High" twins and YOU THINK I'M KIDDING). Maddie is nice. The other one has Evil on her mind. In any case, so, we see all these people playing with babies, right?

And only one person in the entire cast seems to know how to actually handle a baby. Guess who.

You guessed it. Here's the evidence:

(The quality was shit, so the caps kind of suck. I apologize.)

This is Evil Nanny picking up baby, so his head lolls back:



This is Uncaring Wife and Mother finally voluntarily picking up her child. Same problem.



Here, she struggles to hold him right:



Enter the Flan:



He's happy to see his wife attempting being a mother:



Less than thrilled, she quickly hands the baby over to him. Observe the technique:

Step 1: HOLD THEIR NECK:



Step 2: Grab the bottom/legs at the same time:



Step 3: Awwww. Feel free to love them along the way. (Whose ovaries just exploded? Fess up, people.)



Step 4: Hold them snuggly and comfortably. The bottom patting is optional, but is so cute, you may want to give it a try. (He seriously stood there for a whole minute, just smiling a bit and patting the baby's bottom very gently. I nearly died.)



Yep. Only one who actually knew what to do with a baby. Gotta love it.

And he's pretty, too!



Especially when he broods...



In conclusion? Oh, Joe Flanigan. It is SUCH a good thing you're pretty. And, apparently, totally domesticated. Seriously, when he kissed the baby, I just about died. It's pathetic. What is WRONG with me?


Send help. NOWPLZ.

Comments

[strangecobwebs.livejournal.com]

I love him SO much.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

THIS MUCH. Seriously. I was half-weeping with laughter/half-squealing from cuteness. So. Damn. Cute.

[frog4.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Gods.

Okay, the amount of SGA AU babyfic I have been reading lately? And now this? Ovaries. Aching. Here. Seriously. WTF is wrong with me?

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

I've been asking myself the same question for weeks now. OMG. I just. *flails* HOW ADORABLE IS HE? GAH.

BTW, if you wanted to, like, share links and stuff? We could do a swap. ;)

[frog4.livejournal.com]

TOO DAMNED ADORABLE. That's how adorable he is. Jebus.

Um, links. Um. Titles? Maybe? I think somebody linked to one in your journal earlier? And then there's the A Farm in Iowa series, the author of which escapes me at this point, but I can try and find it later, if you like? And of course, astolat's A Beautiful Lifetime Event, which, um, I may or may not reread on a fairly regular basis, and rageprufrock's He's Having Her Baby! and He's Having His Baby! which are both lovely, lovely pieces of crack.

Sorry, I'm without a personal computer at the moment, so my bookmarking capabilities are sort of limited. Do you know of any other good ones?

[lallybroch.livejournal.com]

I once saved a bunch of images from that show as "Joe loves the baby" and "Joe kisses the baby". JOE LOVES THE BABY. SOMEBODY WRITE ME SOME JOHN SHEPPARD LOVES THE BABY FIC IMMEDIATELY.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

HE LOVES THE BABY SO MUCH. I can't HANDLE IT. OH MY GOD, I WANT BABY FIC NOW NOW NOW, and when did I turn into somebody who ACTIVELY wants baby!fic? When? How? WHY?

*cries and cries*

[lallybroch.livejournal.com]

I've never written about an actual *baby*, but I did do some kidfic. WHAT. DON'T JUDGE ME. *g*

[etben.livejournal.com]

OH GOD MY OVARIES.

and I don't even have the baby rabies, as a general rule - flatmate A does! she's all "ohhhh, sweet vulnerable things I WANT ONE NOW TO SNUGGLE AND LOVE", but I'm usually more "eh, babies" about the whole thing.

and yet. AND THE FUCK YET.

*flails*

This icon has never been more appropriate.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Dude. You cannot WITHSTAND this kind of cute. It's just. HE LOVES HIS SON. And he holds him properly, and EVERYTHING! And the sweet looks and the patting of the baby butt and the EVERYTHING! I flailed. A lot. Just. Sadly, this pilot didn't have nearly enough of JF in it, but the bits it did? Oh, man.

I AM DOOMED. DOOMED.

[etben.livejournal.com]

...okay, I'm almost certainly going to regret this one, but. Um. If one were to wish to see such a marvel, where would such a one go?

*is not ashamed (much)*

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

Aw, honey. You fell hard, didn't you? ::is proud::

When it comes to the Flan, I can never decide: tux, or BDU? On the one hand, thigh holster; on the other, crisp white starched shirt against tan skin and smouldering eyes with a bit of charcoal stubble...

Okay, yeah. That one. ;)

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

I...I really did. *is almost ashamed*

Seriously, it's very very difficult to decide. THIGH HOLSTER. But...the crisp white shirt against the tanned skin and dark stubble... Man. It's like a win-win, except we lose, ALWAYS. *sigh* Oh, Joe. How are you so pretty?

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that a while ago, and argh. I've had my kids. I don't want any more. I don't even like children. And yet... the fact that his character loves his baby... *underwear melts*

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

I don't want kids! I don't! Why is this happening?! *melts all over the place*

[c-regalis.livejournal.com]

YOU TRICKED ME WITH THE CALLUM ICON. And there's only this... guy in here. *sniff*

Hi, Liz! *clings*

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

JOE FLANIGAN'S NAME WAS IN THE SUBJECT.

Heh.

Hi, C, hiiiiiii! ♥ *clings*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_divya_/]

AHHAHA. ::pets C:: Poor innocent girl. You haven't seen this guy scowl yet. Nor have you seen him bash a car with a baseball bat. Or be menacing on a boat. Or... yeah, I'm a little gone over him, too. Don't judge. It's not our fault. ::sniff::

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Look, I have the maternal instincts of a blowfly, okay? And yet, his BIG HAND on the BABY'S HEAD is enough to make me spontaneously ovulate.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

God. I KNOW. Just. He is way, WAY too pretty and adorable.

Well, the man does have a passel of kids himself

[merrilily.livejournal.com]

And somewhere, somewhere on the interweb, there have to be pics of him with new wee!Fergus. I looked hard through DH's blog, but they're not surfacing. Anyone? Anyone?

[helleboredoll.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would comment thoughtfully, but I'm too busy trying to clean my SPLODED OVARIES off the back wall of the office before I can leave to go home.

*swipes chunks off wall with fastfood napkin, tucks them back into hole in her back-- just in case Joe ever wants to make me his babies' mummy*

btw, where are you getting these unaired pilots, hmmmmmm?

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Dude. FOR REALZ. I can't even. God.

Aaaand...I'll email you when I get home. *g*

MWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ♥

[queenriley.livejournal.com]

I HAVE kids and I WANT kids and I LOVE babies... and yet I don't think my ovaries twinged even a little.

I mean, hot man with baby! Usually that's enough to make my uterus just ache to house a child, but right now? More of a hissing-while-backing-away-slowly kind of thing.

Thanks for sharing anyway. I can always appreciate pictures of a hot man with a baby, especially when they don't make me want to spawn again. No more me-spawn.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Awwww, not one for the Flan? *g* That's funny. You're an anomoly! FREAK. Just kidding. You should see the scene, though - it's seriously so cute, it's nauseating. Caps don't do it justice at all.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. :D