OW GODDAMN IT.
Oct. 8th, 2008 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosI'm really bothered by the implication that it's sexist that the writers had Mary giving up hunting to marry John. It's much the same way I feel when people imply you lose feminist cred for deciding to become a housewife. And it bothers me that it's okay when Sam abandons hunting for a normal life but sexist when Mary does it.
It's not like Mary giving up hunting to marry John and have the boys makes her any less kickass. Hell, with only a few minutes of screentime over the last three seasons, it's been fanon and canon since the start that Mary is kickass. I mean, she hung on as a shade in her own house, for Pete's sake. For all that her death is the thing that started this whole story, the fact is that she's never really been written as weak, not even by writers who have a touch-and-go history with their female characters, unless you consider a female character having a family as weak.
I have no problem calling something on any sexist tones, but I don't really have a problem with Mary making a decision to step away from hunting for a quiet life with John. In fact, I'm really uncomfortable with the idea that she doesn't get to make her own choices about her life unless it's "saving people, hunting things ... the family business."
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Points at random:
-- It's really nice to see that sometime in the next few years Daphne stops engaging in her two favorite pastimes, chewing scenery and mugging unapologetically.
-- Okay, who wants a crack theory? Because my newest crack theory is that Noah somehow manages to redeem Sylar right before someone with weird abilities de-ages him and that's the kid Sylar turned into Mr. Cleaver for. Hell, it'd certainly explain Claire being pissed that Sylar stole everything of hers. He even stole her de-aged pint-sized sarcastic father.
God, how much do I love that I finally have a fandom where I can throw out flaming piles of bullshit like that and it's actually possible they're true?
-- Where do they put Molly so she doesn't age for four years? Is there some sort of giant freezer at Super-Gitmo I should be aware of?
-- Ha! Mohinder's turning into a lizard. Or possibly a gecko. Well, at least when this whole supposedly-being-brainier-than-everybody-else thing inevitably falls through he can still sell car insurance to pay the bills.
-- Man, this show's awful. I mean, I've said it before and I've meant it but every once in a while it has to be mentioned once again. For the good of mankind and puppies and rainbows, you see. I'm sure you understand.
-- You know, on one hand, I think I love the thought of quiet stay-at-home dad Gabriel who's the president's brother and makes pancakes and is an awesome dad, and on the other hand there's got to be a scourge of Sylar fangirls out there screeching, "SEE?! SEE?! I TOLD YOU SYLAR WAS A PRINCE AMONG MEN!" while writing fanfic where Sylar manages to marry the entire cast and get sainted all at once.
-- I like Tracy. I like Tracy and Nathan together. I find this odd, since as a couple they combine two of the majorly overused plot devices this show goes to the well for time and time again -- being a Petrelli, and being played by Ali Larter. I'm pretty sure the flash forward in which Ali Larter was actually playing a Petrelli is quite possibly your official Heroes Moment of Zen.
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Also, this makes me weep for the future. And it also makes me want to find the poor prospective adoptive parents and offer to be a surrogate.
I need to call the dentist tomorrow and get an appointment to see about my teeth. This constant throbbing pain is freaking ridiculous.
It's not like Mary giving up hunting to marry John and have the boys makes her any less kickass. Hell, with only a few minutes of screentime over the last three seasons, it's been fanon and canon since the start that Mary is kickass. I mean, she hung on as a shade in her own house, for Pete's sake. For all that her death is the thing that started this whole story, the fact is that she's never really been written as weak, not even by writers who have a touch-and-go history with their female characters, unless you consider a female character having a family as weak.
I have no problem calling something on any sexist tones, but I don't really have a problem with Mary making a decision to step away from hunting for a quiet life with John. In fact, I'm really uncomfortable with the idea that she doesn't get to make her own choices about her life unless it's "saving people, hunting things ... the family business."
*
Points at random:
-- It's really nice to see that sometime in the next few years Daphne stops engaging in her two favorite pastimes, chewing scenery and mugging unapologetically.
-- Okay, who wants a crack theory? Because my newest crack theory is that Noah somehow manages to redeem Sylar right before someone with weird abilities de-ages him and that's the kid Sylar turned into Mr. Cleaver for. Hell, it'd certainly explain Claire being pissed that Sylar stole everything of hers. He even stole her de-aged pint-sized sarcastic father.
God, how much do I love that I finally have a fandom where I can throw out flaming piles of bullshit like that and it's actually possible they're true?
-- Where do they put Molly so she doesn't age for four years? Is there some sort of giant freezer at Super-Gitmo I should be aware of?
-- Ha! Mohinder's turning into a lizard. Or possibly a gecko. Well, at least when this whole supposedly-being-brainier-than-everybody-else thing inevitably falls through he can still sell car insurance to pay the bills.
-- Man, this show's awful. I mean, I've said it before and I've meant it but every once in a while it has to be mentioned once again. For the good of mankind and puppies and rainbows, you see. I'm sure you understand.
-- You know, on one hand, I think I love the thought of quiet stay-at-home dad Gabriel who's the president's brother and makes pancakes and is an awesome dad, and on the other hand there's got to be a scourge of Sylar fangirls out there screeching, "SEE?! SEE?! I TOLD YOU SYLAR WAS A PRINCE AMONG MEN!" while writing fanfic where Sylar manages to marry the entire cast and get sainted all at once.
-- I like Tracy. I like Tracy and Nathan together. I find this odd, since as a couple they combine two of the majorly overused plot devices this show goes to the well for time and time again -- being a Petrelli, and being played by Ali Larter. I'm pretty sure the flash forward in which Ali Larter was actually playing a Petrelli is quite possibly your official Heroes Moment of Zen.
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Also, this makes me weep for the future. And it also makes me want to find the poor prospective adoptive parents and offer to be a surrogate.
I need to call the dentist tomorrow and get an appointment to see about my teeth. This constant throbbing pain is freaking ridiculous.
