meganbmoore | (no subject)

Hey lookit, yet another "female characters we don't like because we have, like, standards*, that say only certain things are allowed to count as good" post. (Where, inevitably, commenters rally to outdo each other with "better" suggestions and further the belief that to like one female character you must bash another.) Why don't we get "The 10 worst/most disappointing/most annoying men in *genre* *medium*" lists? ~~Who wants to nominate them.~~

Also, fandom, please get over "For every Kara Thrace..." No, I'm not saying stop liking her. I'm saying stop comparing every fictional woman ever to her and implying that they should be judged by how like/not like her they are.

Oh, and LJ, please take ONTD off the front page. I don't care about Lady GaGa chipping a nail or how early Twilight fans showed up in line for Eclipse.

*crankypants*

*Yes, standards are good. Double standards and using "standards" as an excuse for being judgmental or dismissive because something isn't tailor made for you are not good.

*is also judgmental*

ETA: WARNING! Reading comments runs the risk of stumbling across things like this: I wanted to shoot Diana Fowley and Dualla. At least one of them had the sense to do so herself lol (Page 11. I assumed it would be people who had been linked going "WTF?" by then!)

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I'm sure it's entirely a coincidence that almost half of them are women of color, since there are oh so many black women in sci-fi.

ETA: I do enjoy that the first comment on that post was 'wtf, Martha was awesome.'

Edited 2010-07-03 00:19 (UTC)

When i saw it last night, I half wondered ifthey threw Lochley or the woman from the older show in to avoid a 50% POC outcome. Otherwise we would have probably had Allison Blake or Teyla.

I did appreciate the first comment, even though those soon became "x is better than y."

I'm sort of shocked Sam Carter isn't there, after all the crap that got thrown at her.

Yeah. It is ONTD, after all. They have a reputation to uphold!

The general absence of Stargate ladies in general is surprising.

Maybe the OP never watched those shows.

Ugh.

I...I can't read. I'm not brave enough.