When I started watching CM I was mostly a Gideon girl and that sort of eclipsed every other character unless they were in interaction with Gideon. I think in a lot of ways I really only starting noticing some of the characters after he was gone and by now Hotch and Rossi have definitely risen to my favorites since then (and by that actually make me see the old episodes in a very different light).
And I totally agree about Hotch. The way I see it, it feels like Hotch has slowly but surely taken over Reid's place as the resident angst monkey. I guess because to me it feels like a lot of the times when Reid now has angst stories, often there's closure. Like a smiling Morgan sitting by his bedside when he wakes up. Or him facing all this potentially horrifying past stuff that his father could have been a child molestor but there's closure in a way and the solution turns out to be still relatively benevolent (not only is his father not a child molestor, apparently he did love Reid's mom and tried to protect her). Compared to that it often feels like there are no happy ends to Hotch's stories. But of course we get to see more of Reid hanging out with the team and getting to be funny.
But the result is still that Hotch comes across as more angsty and messed up to me and since I love angst that so very much puts him on the top of my pile. And in that line of view Rossi is just the perfect foil and interaction partner in a lot of way.
Omnivore and Zoe's Reprise being the perfect examples.
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And I totally agree about Hotch. The way I see it, it feels like Hotch has slowly but surely taken over Reid's place as the resident angst monkey. I guess because to me it feels like a lot of the times when Reid now has angst stories, often there's closure. Like a smiling Morgan sitting by his bedside when he wakes up. Or him facing all this potentially horrifying past stuff that his father could have been a child molestor but there's closure in a way and the solution turns out to be still relatively benevolent (not only is his father not a child molestor, apparently he did love Reid's mom and tried to protect her). Compared to that it often feels like there are no happy ends to Hotch's stories. But of course we get to see more of Reid hanging out with the team and getting to be funny.
But the result is still that Hotch comes across as more angsty and messed up to me and since I love angst that so very much puts him on the top of my pile. And in that line of view Rossi is just the perfect foil and interaction partner in a lot of way.
Omnivore and Zoe's Reprise being the perfect examples.