Post by genehunt on Mar 22, 2010 8:27:01 GMT -5
Meet DCI Gene Hunt, head of the Manchester and Salford Police Criminal Investigations Department in 1973. Gene Hunt probably doesn't like you and you probably don't like him, so...oh. No, apparently he doesn't want to talk anymore. It's beer o'clock, you see.
Gene is actually an alright guy to be friends with, if you don't mind constant vulgarity, swearing, spitting, smoking, drinking and a Mancunian accent. He's got a brand of humor that makes some people want to be sick and make others roll on the floor laughing (the thread title is a quote from him. Other memorable similes include 'more fingers in pies than a leper on a cookery course'). He's constantly on the watch for beer o'clock and believes that a good drink is the oil that keeps him running, but he doesn't do serious work while completely drunk. Once you're friends with Gene, you've got his unending loyalty. Also, he probably won't hit you as much. And if you're a woman, he may only grope you once a day or so.
Lots. Gene frequently comes off as a brutal, mindless thug. He's more intelligent than that, but the fact is that he grew up rough and he's not going to change. He picks up enemies like other people pick up dirt on their shoes, and he treats them accordingly. If he doesn't like you you're going to have to work hard to get him to regard you as anything more than a punching bag. He doesn't like people getting in the way of his job and people hurting innocents.
Gene's a bit of a ladies man. It's uncertain why, but many women find him irrestistible. Which he rather likes. He's not up for anything too serious, being a married man and all, though he's not in love with his wife. He likes birds (that's women, for all you non-Brits) but has, it has been noted, an 'unhealthy obsession with male bonding'. Eh, I'm a Sam/Gene shipper. My Gene certainly doesn't think of himself as anything but straight, but who knows, really?
FRIENDS
Gene is actually an alright guy to be friends with, if you don't mind constant vulgarity, swearing, spitting, smoking, drinking and a Mancunian accent. He's got a brand of humor that makes some people want to be sick and make others roll on the floor laughing (the thread title is a quote from him. Other memorable similes include 'more fingers in pies than a leper on a cookery course'). He's constantly on the watch for beer o'clock and believes that a good drink is the oil that keeps him running, but he doesn't do serious work while completely drunk. Once you're friends with Gene, you've got his unending loyalty. Also, he probably won't hit you as much. And if you're a woman, he may only grope you once a day or so.
ENEMIES
Lots. Gene frequently comes off as a brutal, mindless thug. He's more intelligent than that, but the fact is that he grew up rough and he's not going to change. He picks up enemies like other people pick up dirt on their shoes, and he treats them accordingly. If he doesn't like you you're going to have to work hard to get him to regard you as anything more than a punching bag. He doesn't like people getting in the way of his job and people hurting innocents.
LOVERS
Gene's a bit of a ladies man. It's uncertain why, but many women find him irrestistible. Which he rather likes. He's not up for anything too serious, being a married man and all, though he's not in love with his wife. He likes birds (that's women, for all you non-Brits) but has, it has been noted, an 'unhealthy obsession with male bonding'. Eh, I'm a Sam/Gene shipper. My Gene certainly doesn't think of himself as anything but straight, but who knows, really?