Rudy Reyes Caution: There's some serious ladyporn at the end here. Actually, strike that. Erotic material for ladies is not just visual; so all that follows is ladyporn.

I slogged through two episodes of Generation Kill, a miniseries I would have detested if I wasn't aware of its credentials and totally loved The Wire. The post-wire David Simon could make the most outlandish story involving Alien pogroms and the sociological implications of their different, clockwise and anti-clockwise corkscrew tentacle wielding races, have it in a language even more archaic than Aramaic, not have subtitles, and I, along with other rabid fans, would still watch it while staying afloat in a puddle of drool. Even if it were to be laugh track addled, I would consider it the pinnacle of poetic realism.
Which is why, despite being sorely tested and further sore from propping up my eyelids, I continued watching Generation Kill. I should have picked up the book earlier, which is far more enjoyable and provides a non-linear back and forth of narration, explanation, and lurching story-in-bullet-riddled-Humvee. Nonlinearity should be the province of visual media, but realism probably demands an anally strict adherence to the time line.
Anyways, one of the array of striking characters is Rudy Reyes, or Fruity Rudy as his battallion nicknames him. Here is the ripped, handsome actor who plays him on the miniseries.



Girls, please drool in the comments area below. The statuesque figure fits the description in the book.

Rudy Reyes has the insanely muscular body of a fantasy Hollywood action hero. Before joining the Marines, he lived in a dojo, competed nationally in kung fu and tai chi tournaments, and fought in exhibitions with the Chinese national team. He is the battalion's best martial artist, one of its strongest men, and seemingly one of the gayest. Though he is not gay in the sense of sexual orientation--Reyes, after all, is married--he is at least has a highly evolved tough guy in touch with a well-developed feminine side. With his imposing build, dark, Mexican-American features and yet skin so pale, it's almost porcelain, he is a striking figure..."It doesn't mean you are gay if you think Rudy's hot. He's just so beautiful," Person explains. "We all think he is hot"

So yeah, it isn't any artistic, Hollywood exaggeration that turns an Asian guy into a Nordic superhero. I was halfway through the book when I reached the center-fold or whatever those obligatory pictures on thick paper in the middle of a non-fiction are called. And the real Rudy Reyes looked a lot like the one on screen. Wow, good casting! Wait, no, it is the same guy!! Sure enough, Wikipedia confirms that it is indeed the same. The guy fits that above description so much that the directors had to include him. Here he his, with his medals.



And here are some more pictures.

Ladies, lads with different interests, and card-carrying NAMBLA members (holy crap! I had no idea until now that there was a real association behind the acronym, which was part of a throwaway line in the first episode) you may now sweep your pedestal clear and install this new Hollywood deity, who also happens to be a real world warrior. I'll start with a book he seems to recommend.  ¶ 2:11 AM