Wentworth Miller - Captain Canary {LeonardღSara} #4: Because he showed her his "sentimental side." - Page 9

**eternalfate** · 09-15-2018, 04:11 PM

^ Over 2,000.

**stlavin95** · 09-15-2018, 08:03 PM

crash landing · 09-17-2018, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by eternalfate (View Post)

^ Over 2,000.

Wow

indeed

**stlavin95** · 09-17-2018, 07:42 PM

That's impressive

**eternalfate** · 09-18-2018, 03:41 PM

Yup, very impressive for a pairing who never really hit it as far as they could've.

**stlavin95** · 09-18-2018, 06:41 PM

Definitely

**eternalfate** · 09-21-2018, 05:37 PM

They would have been way over 5k if given a real chance!

**stlavin95** · 09-22-2018, 01:50 AM

Yeah, definitely

crash landing · 09-22-2018, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by eternalfate (View Post)

They would have been way over 5k if given a real chance!

That's the thing

we were lucky though with what we got

**eternalfate** · 09-22-2018, 05:28 PM

Wow... so we have to thank Caity/Wentworth YET AGAIN!! For the Leo/Sara interaction.

So we can just officially just call them the Captain Canary writing staff team right?

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I’m curious about your portrayal of Leo, or Citizen Cold from Earth-X in the Arrowverse. You’ve expressed disdain for being called “sweet” or having the idea of “gay best friend” applied to you. And I don’t believe that you are your characters, nor either are they you, though a part of you may be in each of them and vice versa. But Leo is, among other things… sweet. And I’m thinking of one scene in particular in Legends of Tomorrow where he has an arguably “gay best friend” interaction with White Canary... he gives her romantic advice and even goes so far as to say that he’s “Gay, not blind.” So I’m curious how much of Leo’s personality may have been imposed on you from the outside, from writers and directors who wanted to see the character a particular way and make the fangirls squee and tune in next week, and how much of him came from you and how you wanted to portray him.

Love this line of inquiry. My thoughts (in no particular order)...
1. The only person who gets to call Leo "sweet" is his sweetie. Everyone else risks frostbite.

2. How about we look for alternatives to the word? That don't come with a side of corn syrup? "Considerate." "Thoughtful." "Gentle." "Supportive." "Sensitive." "Kind."
I can be all those things. So can Leo.

3. Leo is a guest star. He's there to service the main characters/series regulars. Left-of-center is his place - and his approach - in the story. AND I have issues with Hollywood not centering queer characters and THEIR stories. AND it's not THE LEO SHOW. Both/and.
Queer characters garnishing straight ones - always the side dish, never the main - is not okay. AND, in the meantime, while shift happens (and I believe it is), we do what we can with what we have. Remember, in the crossover, when Leo says to White Canary, "Give it time... I'll get through that crusty exterior?" Originally he said that to Green Arrow. I read it, thought, "No offense to Stephen (whom I respect)... why would Leo give a ***** about Arrow? Why would he choose to puzzle that puzzle? Their relationship goes nowhere... Also, Canary is standing right there." She and Snart had history. And like Leo, she's queer. Redirecting Leo's attention toward Canary felt like a natural shift. Hence the added line ("I was talking to you").
That moment was then chosen by the CW as a button for one of the crossover teaser-trailers. Which was validating. Like the agreement Caity and I made to really claim our time onscreen together, make it (more) about us (and Snart), resonated beyond me and Caity.

Source: WM Facebook Mailbox 9/20