I checked out the "Think Kostan" thread, but that seems to be for pictures. I want to use words. I thought about putting this on the JM support thread, but he told me, "why not just open a new topic?" He's so brillant! It all started when I was reading Lilly's thread about the mural in Josef's office (but I didn't think this was quite on-topic for there). I stopped looking at him for a moment and realized what a truly magnificant office he had.
I know I'm slow, but you can't blame me. Even a great office like that is going to get eclipsed when he's in it.A magnificant office, for a magnificant man. It's the only word that fits. When you look up the word in the dictionary surely Josef's picture is next to it?
There's been some teasing of Josef in the show and fic for his taking so long to re-build, and going couch shopping, etc. (I'm guilty too), but it really hit me what he meant when he said Think Kostan. Look at his former office -- how to you follow that? It was unique, amazing, it was Josef. The loss of that office was truly a sad event. Any new design would have to be as good or better and that's a tough act to follow. I can just imagine the trite, predictable, unacceptable ideas the designers were giving him. I say, into the tar pits with them if they can't come up with a good design! This is Josef Kostan we're talking about!
Then we've got the wonderful threads dedicated to his clothing (particularly the maroon), and just recently we've been discussing his watches and other accessories. Let's face it, everything about the man is impeccable and spectacular. But I'd like to interrupt this worship just a moment and return to RL. I'm so impressed with the prop and wardrobe dept. of ML (and whoever else had a hand in it). They really did pay a lot of attention to detail in every aspect of Josef's environment, from office to clothing. (Mick too, but then Mick was the main character so it's expected). They were true to his character in everything even down to a watch. Those things helped to show us who Josef Kostan is, even though he didn't get a huge amount of screen time.
Hmm... do you think maybe they had a Josef Muse in their heads, saying things like: "That watch doesn't go with that suit -- change it immediately!" and "I wouldn't wear that, get rid of it!"
In fact, I didn't start to realize Josef was totally in charge and the center of my HB series of fanfic until about #12! 
