Of The Day's Annoyances

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Pet Peeve #409

 

Feminists who demand that every single female character be a feminist super badass who doesn’t take shit from nobody. Don’t get me wrong, those are very cool, and we do need more strong female characters, but if you make every character the same, then they’re still one-dimensional (as karjackpoints out), and it severely limits your stories when every single moral is "Women rule!"  What we really need is diversity in female characters.  I want some that are flawed, some that are strong, some that are not so strong, some that are cool, some that aren’t, and most preferably having some combination of the above.  I want full female characters. Just like what’s done with, you know, male characters.

 

Pet Peeve #785

 

Dear Parents Who Are Taking Their Six-Year-Olds To The Dark Knight,

 

Look, I’m sure that little Jaden loves Batman.  I’ll bet he’s got a Batman lunchbox and a Batman backpack and a Batman T-shirt and watches the Batman cartoons and spends all his free time with his Batman action figure fighting battles against the Joker.* But—this is important—this does not mean you need to take him to see The Dark Knight when he’s six.  Unlike that lunchbox, this movie is not geared for six-year-olds.  This movie is bloody messed up, and there is death and blood and some seriously scary-looking shit in there, and for a small, literal-minded child, it’s going to inspire some psychological trauma and a hefty dose of pure terror.  Hell, we grown-ups were freaked. And when I was that age, I was scared of the Batman cartoon.** I am willing to present you with a thumbprinted and sealed document signed by four witnesses in their own blood guaranteeing that if the Joker doesn’t scare the piss out of little Jaden, Two-Face sure as balls will.

 

My recommendation: tell him he can see it when he’s older.  And if you want to see it?  Get a sitter.

Pet Peeve # 1027 

 
That all the available jobs are on the other side of the universe.  Maybe I should make them pay me in gas.

This has been your list of the day’s annoyances.  Now back to my much more important story revamp.

 

 

*Also against Megatron or the Hulk or Barbie or Spidoman or the Bratz or old-ass Indiana Jones or whoever else Kids These Days are getting as toys.

 

**“The Laughing Fish.” Ironically one of my favorite episodes now, but when you’re small, insane laughter followed by rictus grin followed by the closest cartoons can come to death?  THIS WILL KEEP YOU UP. 

Comments

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Yes Penny was one-dimensional. So was EVERYONE ELSE except for Dr. Horrible and he maybe got 2.03.

Cuz it's less than an hour long and they spend a fair amount of it singing and some being witty ('and get jobs and get rocket packs and fly to the moon and become florists') and there ain't a lot of room left for deep character development.

Personally I hoped that she'd be the deep-cover Observer for the Evil Leage of Evil.

And a real horse? bwaaaaahah!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*grin* What makes you think I was talking about Dr. Horrible?

Okay, yeah, I was, in a roundabout way ... I just don't react as much to Joss Whedon's stories as everyone else does--either as a feminist or as a storyteller, but I think it's a matter of taste.

I'm reacting much more strongly to the--well, the reaction, because I hear this kinda stuff all the time, and I get sick of it. "If not every female character is strong and independent all the time it is BAD FEMINISM" is definitely my pet peeve, and it's coming out in force now. *grumble*

But as to Horrible--you are so right. Maybe some stories don't have strong female leads. That's okay. JUST LET THEM TELL THE STORY.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Why do you hate womyn? Why!?!?!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Clearly because I'm either a dupe of The Patriarchy or because I just plain hate my sex. Take your pick.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you're a self hating dupe of the patriachy! Don't sell yourself short!