Yup, went right over my head. It's probably foreshadowing their becoming friends to offset the antagonism between their fathers. (I want her to be friends with Christie, but who knows.)
The potential triangle that worries me is Amanda/Nolan/Kenya, because we all know how those triangles always turn out.
The comparisons seem to be largely based on the very similar hair and superhuman fighting skills, but their personalities are nothing alike and their relationships with their older scruffy roguish white dude guardian are certainly going to be very different. (Given that Irisa calling Nolan her father were practically the first words of the series that were uttered, I think we're safe from anything being sprung on us there.) Irisa's design, though, seems to be an offshoot of Jool's in Farscape (the sneak peak of her with other Irathians looks even more Jool-like) which is by the same creators. (Actually, I derived considerable enjoyment from playing "spot the Farscape makeup" while watching.)
I suspect Irisa/Deputy is the "will they/won't they of the show, at least the first season or so, unless they kill him off.
I have a feeling that criticism of Irisa is going to ping me the same way bashing of Jason Neville does, in that things I recognize as being a result of abuse (even if Irisa has been removed from the abuse for years) are things fandom dubs annoying traits or proof they're weak/poorly developed characters.
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Date: 2013-04-25 10:46 pm (UTC)The potential triangle that worries me is Amanda/Nolan/Kenya, because we all know how those triangles always turn out.
The comparisons seem to be largely based on the very similar hair and superhuman fighting skills, but their personalities are nothing alike and their relationships with their older scruffy roguish white dude guardian are certainly going to be very different. (Given that Irisa calling Nolan her father were practically the first words of the series that were uttered, I think we're safe from anything being sprung on us there.) Irisa's design, though, seems to be an offshoot of Jool's in Farscape (the sneak peak of her with other Irathians looks even more Jool-like) which is by the same creators. (Actually, I derived considerable enjoyment from playing "spot the Farscape makeup" while watching.)
I suspect Irisa/Deputy is the "will they/won't they of the show, at least the first season or so, unless they kill him off.
I have a feeling that criticism of Irisa is going to ping me the same way bashing of Jason Neville does, in that things I recognize as being a result of abuse (even if Irisa has been removed from the abuse for years) are things fandom dubs annoying traits or proof they're weak/poorly developed characters.