methrowrock | pawnee, indiana (Reply)

So I started on a new show: Parks & Recreation, and it is HILARIOUS. The first season was average. Maybe it was because there were only six episodes, and it was a show where the characters, their quirks and their interactions slowly grew on you. By the second season, I was hooked. I cracked my ribs laughing at the scenes where Ron Swanson, with his furrowed brows and the Mustache, always stole. I loved the eternal optimism and determination that Leslie Knope possesses, despite the crazy townies and slacker-colleagues. Tom Haverford's has such a grating, but weirdly endearing, personality. It feels like self satire whenever I see April Ludgate's deadpan stares to the camera. Andy is a big fluffy teddybear. Ben Wyatt-Leslie Knope is my new otp. Oh, I could go on naming the rest of the characters. But the character who really made me love this show was... RON SWANSON. With his hefty built, crisp and mocking one-liners, hatred for intimacy and affection, he is a perfect contrasting foil to Leslie's genuine passion and boundless enthusiasm. And you gotta love that he really doesn't give two shits about anything, other than bureaucracy, breakfast food, and his two ex-wives, both named Tammy, whom he detests with vitriolic venom.