3 random Heroes thoughts

[meganbmoore]

1. Which is worse, hooking up with your father's nurse, who you know has a crush on you, immediately after breaking up with your unstable, drug addicted boyfriend, or hooking up with the daughter of your patient who is under extreme stress due to her father's illness and just having ended a bad relationship, who apparently has only you for any sort of emotional support? (yeah, I kinda think Peter wins the award there...)

2. I have realized that "save the cheerleader, save the world" doesn't mean "save the cheerleader so she can help save the world," but rather "save the cheerleader so that guy who eats BBBRRRRRAAAAAIIIIINNNNNSSSSSSS won't effectively become immortal." Sad now.

 3. It is also my official opinion that if you can defend Mohinder in any way, shape or form, you officially give up the right to call any female character in existence TSTL. Ever. Though at least he is pretty to look at and fun to facepalm to. (Also, Peter: almost as bad. And less cute. I think Nathan stole all the brains in the family and didn't leave any for Peter.)

Comments

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Your first two points are why I had to give up on Heroes. I just. I couldn't. So many things in that show made me froth at the mouth.

I mean, just wait until you get more of Nikki's story.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The first was just...I esd so bored by it that the "OMG NO WRONG" didn't immediately jump out at m, then I realized the sheer "taking advantage of" going on there...

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Right? That whole relationship was so DEEPLY disturbing. And it was so obvious they were setting Peter up as the quintessential "nice guy" girls can't appreciate fully until their user druggie abusive lovers strip away their dignity and the nice-boy nurse forgives them their previous inattention and BLECH. Heroes sometimes gets it right, but so often it taps into the mysogynistic and racist fantasies of the great unwashed nerd-dom.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah. He was supposed to be the nice guy, but...uhm...he was hooking up with a woman on the rebound who he knew was in an extremely emotionally vulnerable condition. I me, it was a bit morally suspect (more than a bit) on her part too, but not nearly as bad.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Oh, but that's what "nice guys" do: save women from themselves.

*gropes at coffee to get taste of remembrance out of mouth*

Oh, yeah, it was sketchy on her part as well. It was sketchy all around -- but I admit I had more distaste for Peter's part in it, not just for the obvious reasons but because he's established as the moral and emotionl center of the show, and, and, wtf?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Yes.

As she was the one in the much more emotionally vulnerable situation, I'm more willing to cut her slack...but not enough to let her off the hook.

[havocthecat]

I mean, just wait until you get more of Nikki's story.

Seriously. God. Don't even get me started.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Right? She was all set to be awesome! And then they took it away.

The people responsible for Heroes do that a lot, actually.

[havocthecat]

YES. She was all set to be completely made of win, and then-- Poof!

I'm really starting to hate Heroes. And regretting the $20 I spent on the season one DVDs. So much potential. So tragically wasted.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

So much potential. So tragically wasted.

Hiro! When he (season 2 spoilers)went back in time to Japan and he was going to see his hero and it ended up being all about some white blond dude! AND leaving the girl behind! The hell, Heroes producers?

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I've broken up with Heroes, and I'm now only watching shows that are a) really good, or b) entertainingly bad. It's going well so far!

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

YAY YOU'RE ONLINE YAY YAY

Recently I can't watch more besides news shows and unrealistic lesbian soaps. What with the move to Taiwan and the US swirling in the drain of its own apocalyptic vortex, I'm just too tense.

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I am online, sort of! And I read a Natsuo Kirino book, and you owe me one mind. The one I have now has been irreparably broken.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Oooh! Which one? Was it Grotesque? Because I take no responsibility for Grotesque, it's the one I haven't read yet and I'm personally apprehensive.