www.richardarmitagenet.com has their latest poll up asking fans which is their least favorite of RA’s characters. Hydra spy and saboteur Heinz Kruger from
Captain America is leading the pack with Paul Andrews of BTS coming in second. These results don’t really surprise me.
But what did rather astonish me were the 5.8 percent who voted for Claude Monet.
Really? Claude with his lovely smiles and infectious laughter, his incandescent blue eyes and his joie de vivre? Claude, who created all those magnificent Impressionist paintings? Look, I know the wig was dodgy and you might not be into the hircine look he acquired later in the series, but–least favorite character? His attire was sometimes questionable and RA lacked the musculature developed for other roles, but–heavens, let’s not be completely shallow (it’s OK if we are a little shallow).
Granted, I have an art background and the Impressionist school is my favorite, so I might be a wee bit prejudiced, but–really? Monet?
I just don’t get it.