Whoever didn’t see this one coming doesn’t know me very well. But it would have been way too much of an expectation for me to start off my Favorites with this wonderful, sexy man.

Jensen Ackles. I was smitten from the moment he arrived on screen as Ben in Dark Angel. Lo and behold, he returned to play Ben’s twin… Alec. Hilarity ensued and I mourned the loss of more Jensen when Dark Angel was suddenly canceled. Sadness! And then came the arrival of Supernatural. Ah, Dean Winchester. The writers for this show are fantastic and the characters are a crack up quite often. But what gets me every time are Jensen’s eyes and his voice. I am a very auditory person but the low tones of his voice are just… yum. Shivers.

I had the pleasure of sitting in on the Supernatural panel at San Diego Comic Con 2010 and had a moment of OMG I’m in the same room as him! which amused me to no end. Then he spoke. I squee’d in fangirlish joy, to which my friend Mark laughed, and got goosebumps. It sounds so pathetic to be such a fan but, like I said, I am an auditory person. It is why I have a thing for accents. I also have a thing for eyes. Jensen? Both of those boxes got a checkmark of approval from me.

And he just seems fun. Watching outtakes, seeing random bits and pieces of him on the internet… he comes off as being a great guy to be around. I may have the hots for him, and he may be a married man now, but I would settled immediately for ‘friend’ status if given the chance. I get the feeling that he would be an amazing friend and incredibly fun to just chill with. And there you have it, my fangirl moment of the week. To be quite honest, Jensen Ackles has been the only actor I have ever swooned over. I’m not the type of girl to do that over just anyone. That should say a lot about just how much I adore this man.

A new thing I have decided to do: Friday Favorites. Twitter does it, so why not me? My favorites are a little different. Every week I am going to focus on things that I have an obsession with in some way. Maybe someone will learn something new about me. Maybe I will just highly enjoy fangirling every week.

We’re going to start with Nightwing of the Batman (DC Comics) fame. Richard “Dick” Grayson was the first Robin. He is the Robin everyone knows about. When Dick tried to break away from being Batman’s shadow, he took on the Nightwing moniker. It was the 80′s and he was given some very bad fashion by the comic creators. But it fit in with the 80′s. Then he got his revamp. That is when I fell in love. I wasn’t too old yet but damn if he wasn’t high on my list of favorite males. Nevermind that he wasn’t real at all. Not even an actor to swoon over.

When he was introduced in the animated series… es… I only fell more in love. Being able to see him in motion was a dream. I don’t care that it was someone else’s vision; he was every bit as kick-ass as I had always seen him in my head. I could care less about his civilian persona or how much of a man-whore he is within the DC universe (because you know he is!)… I love Nightwing. Mmm. Yum.

Back when I was writing fanfiction, back before fanfiction.net even existed–man I’m old, my first DC comic focus was within the Batman fandom. Nightwing was the focus. Forget the Batman. I wanted more Nightwing and if I could only get it by writing it? So be it.

Fast forward to about a decade and a half later and I was collecting the comic books finally, pouring over them with a voracity that I had only displayed with books previously. I wanted to see more of this gorgeous, costumed man. I won’t even go into how much money was spent by both myself and Rick in getting me everything that was available. Needless to say, it was a lot. But so very, very worth it. Everyone has their favorite comic book characters. Nightwing was one of two of my favorite DC characters. Plain and simple.

At Comic Con this year, I ran into a decent Nightwing cosplayer… while wearing my Nightwing shirt. I asked him if I could have my picture taken with him and he looked at me in surprise. He then grinned after seeing my shirt, complimented it, and posed with me. Made the Top 5 Moments of my SDCC2010 experience. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am just that much of a geek.