A Little Shout Out to Isaiah Mustafa

Some actors deserve a shout out every now and then.

Isaiah Mustafa is one of them.

You may not recognize the name Isaiah Mustafa, but you might recognize him. He starred in a number of Old Spice commercials. Let me jog your memory.

Isaiah’s character, Luke Garroway, isn’t the sexiest guy. That isn’t to say he’s not good looking.

PLEASE, let’s just be clear. He’s good looking.

But we don’t have many reasons to see Luke in intimate situations like with do with many of the other characters. 

Especially since they killed off the love of his life, Jocelyn.
Talk about awkward, especially because she’s still alive in the books.
Someone was hating on Luke THAT day.

Luke is the dad figure in the show.
Not only does he serve as Clary’s father, he was also a father to Simon during his formative years.
Simon uses that connection to help stop Luke from losing himself after Jocelyn dies.

Luke also helps Simon deal with being a vampire. Something Simon never wanted, especially because it has put such a strain on his relationship with his mom. Luke is all Simon has left of his “real life”.

But wait – there’s MORE!
Luke is “dad-like” to several of the pack members, most especially Maia. He helped her through a rough time in her life.

But actually, I didn’t write this to talk about Isaiah’s character.

I really wanted to talk about Isaiah.

Isaiah is the king of memes!

While he normally posts some during the Live Tweets, during the break he kicked it up a notch.
Every Monday evening, starting around 8 pm, Isaiah has been posting memes on his Twitter wall.
It’s called Meme Monday and he tags #ShadowhuntersChat.

It helps keep us all engaged while we wait (impatiently) for June 5^th.
They’re always images from the show and they tell a story.
And yeah, they’re pretty silly, but they’re also pretty cute.

The latest story, from May 15^th, uses images from the cast’s Bello magazine feature and ties them to a story. 

This week, we’re on the case of who glued Magnus’ hands to a table.

Spoiler. It was Luke.

I also had the pleasure of watching most of a live stream with Isaiah during his Takeover Day.

It was one of the BEST live videos I’ve seen yet. I full 46 minutes of Isaiah.

I can’t say I caught the WHOLE thing – I was working. I think it had been a long day and someone had a puppy. I got distracted.

But seriously. THIS VIDEO.
He even offered a little challenge with a prize. 

I was SO CLOSE.
SO CLOSE ISAIAH.
I think I was like.. the SECOND person to answer.. but, honestly, it’s hard to keep track of the chat.
But close. I was super close.

I love that Isaiah plays to his fans. That he tries to keep us engaged. 

He acknowledges fan art that gets sent to him.
He gives us challenges.
Long story short, Isaiah loves his fans and we love him!