# Question for male/lesbian "Criminal Minds" fans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339 "2011-05-09T22:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/1 "2011-05-09T22:01:36Z")
Do you consider Prentiss vs. JJ a “Betty v Veronica” debate? I’d take Prentiss myself. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/2 "2011-05-09T22:19:53Z")
Sadly both are now off the show, though JJ makes cameos now and again, and maybe they’ll bring Prentiss in from undercover dead mode eventually. Criminal Minds seems to take itself pretty darn seriously (as opposed to the NCIS franchise), so I don’t think there was any intention to create such a debate. Prentiss, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/3 "2011-05-09T22:42:57Z")
I agree they aren’t _trying_ to foster the debate, but when you put a blonde and brunette on a show together, it’s inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/4 "2011-05-09T22:45:10Z")
Garcia. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/5 "2011-05-09T23:13:44Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Do you consider Prentiss vs. JJ a “Betty v Veronica” debate? I’d take Prentiss myself. I’m hardly a _Criminal Minds_ fan – it’s too unrelenting in its darkness – but I’ve watched the occasional episodes. The young woman who plays JJ is conventionally beautiful, but nothing special; it’s almost cookie-cutter, in fact. But Paget Brewster, who plays Prentiss, is heart-thumpingly lovely. I love her nose in particular. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/6 "2011-05-09T23:19:17Z")
Oh man I forgot about her at first, but 2nd season casualty Lola Glaudini (the original “Veronica”) has both Paget & A.J. beat. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/7 "2011-05-09T23:21:10Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Oh man I forgot about her at first, but 2nd season casualty Lola Glaudini (the original “Veronica”) has both Paget & A.J. beat. Fool of a Took! You’re supposed to provide a [cite](http://www.wikifeet.com/pictures/Lola-Glaudini-Feet-173561.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/8 "2011-05-09T23:28:45Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Fool of a Took! You’re supposed to provide a [cite](http://www.wikifeet.com/pictures/Lola-Glaudini-Feet-173561.jpg)! God bless my company firewall for not blocking that site. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/9 "2011-05-09T23:32:19Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > God bless my company firewall for not blocking that site. 🙂 How many times must I chastise you for misspelling _Athena_? Also,[here’s a cite for Paget Brewster’s absurd hotness.](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FweWIeIaV1w/TXCkzfkSW1I/AAAAAAAAELY/mM1JUNFBEO4/s1600/paget-brewster-6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/10 "2011-05-10T00:07:54Z")
JJ. They are both exceptionally attractive in the way only Hollywood can deliver. But asked to choose between them it has to be JJ. Yes, **Skald** , AJ Cook fits the Hollywood standard of beauty. But it is a standard for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/11 "2011-05-10T06:49:24Z")
I think JJ is HOT, but I’m a brunette-lover so Prentiss takes it. My best memory of Paget Brewster was in an old episode of HUFF that showed her in the bedroom putting on her lingerie. Uhmmm, yummy. There’s been talks of both Cook and Brewster returning as regular characters. [Link](http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/a-j-cook-in-talks-to-return-to-criminal-minds-as-regular-paget-brewster-may-be-back-too-while-ed-bernero-is-leaving/) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/12 "2011-05-10T06:56:59Z")
> [@JpnDude](#): > > I think JJ is HOT, but I’m a brunette-lover so Prentiss takes it. > > My best memory of Paget Brewster was in an old episode of HUFF that showed her in the bedroom putting on her lingerie. Uhmmm, yummy. > > There’s been talks of both Cook and Brewster returning as regular characters. [Link](http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/a-j-cook-in-talks-to-return-to-criminal-minds-as-regular-paget-brewster-may-be-back-too-while-ed-bernero-is-leaving/) Great the ladies might coming back, but we might lose Morgan and Hotch. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/13 "2011-05-10T08:02:49Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Garcia. Word. And I normally don’t like chubby chicks. Her personality is ridiculously appealing though. If it was just looks, then yeah, Elle was teh hott. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/14 "2011-05-10T15:43:36Z")
> [@Bartman](#): > > JJ. They are both exceptionally attractive in the way only Hollywood can deliver. But asked to choose between them it has to be JJ. Yes, **Skald** , AJ Cook fits the Hollywood standard of beauty. But it is a standard for a reason. This is where I shrug and say something about taste in Latin. AJ Cook woman just strikes me as bland, lookswise. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/15 "2011-05-10T17:22:20Z")
No, I’ve never considered it. In the context of Betty v. Veronica, I think I’d take Prentiss. JJ seems like a tight-ass, and not in the happy spanky way… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/16 "2011-05-10T17:23:24Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Garcia. Agreed, completely. My wife calls her “Your Giiiiirlfriiiiieeend” Joe ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/17 "2011-05-10T17:58:39Z")
Prentiss. The actress who plays JJ is lovely, but Paget Brewster is just…damn. There’s something about her. It’s hard to explain. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-male-lesbian-criminal-minds-fans/581339/18 "2011-05-10T18:12:05Z")
> [@Troubles](#): > > Prentiss. The actress who plays JJ is lovely, but Paget Brewster is just…damn. There’s something about her. It’s hard to explain. Actually, it’s not THAT hard to explain! The explaination:she’s a HOTTIE!