While I obviously think it's a great show, I think it probably comes down to one's personal kinks. I adored Michael C Hall to begin with (from Six Feet Under) and the premise, so it would have had to be pretty bad to put me off it (The Following managed it, though, sigh). I think the counterbalances to Dexter are probably his sister Deb, and later Rita, his love interest, who both adore him while not knowing who he is. The ghost of his father is probably similar to Hannibal's psych in the sense of knowing who he was (but trying to channel him down the right path).
The XF was such an odd show - I was in the slash fandom without ever really enjoying the show as a show! But for pouty dark-haired whump it was pretty popular, lol. (I'm was more a Skinner girl, myself, but that's always the way *g*)
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Date: 2013-06-24 02:03 am (UTC)The XF was such an odd show - I was in the slash fandom without ever really enjoying the show as a show! But for pouty dark-haired whump it was pretty popular, lol. (I'm was more a Skinner girl, myself, but that's always the way *g*)