I'm also disturbed by the concept, but because Tim Minear is involved, I can get behind it. Minear did wondrous things with developing a woman with seemingly no personality on "The Inside" to a character who has become one of my favorite characters in fiction. But she did have agency despite having no real sense of an identity, unlike Echo.
What really disturbs me about the description was that she's described as 'childlike.' I'm just really annoyed by all these female characters who are supposed to be appealing for their innocence because I think that our culture places way too much importance on women staying childlike (and thus more controlable/desirable, and that just leads to creepy places).
I'm very fond of River, but I don't think I would be very happy with her as a protagonist because she's portrayed as childish, and I kind of like my women to have a sense of agency, as you said. And this character seems very Riverish to me, so you know Joss will Mary Sue her up and I kind of fear that. I'm just hoping that this show will end up having more than just one protagonist and will add some more female characters.
Also, outside of the feminist issues, I'm wondering how we're supposed to get attached to a character who is going to have a new personality every week?
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Date: 2007-11-01 09:57 pm (UTC)What really disturbs me about the description was that she's described as 'childlike.' I'm just really annoyed by all these female characters who are supposed to be appealing for their innocence because I think that our culture places way too much importance on women staying childlike (and thus more controlable/desirable, and that just leads to creepy places).
I'm very fond of River, but I don't think I would be very happy with her as a protagonist because she's portrayed as childish, and I kind of like my women to have a sense of agency, as you said. And this character seems very Riverish to me, so you know Joss will Mary Sue her up and I kind of fear that. I'm just hoping that this show will end up having more than just one protagonist and will add some more female characters.
Also, outside of the feminist issues, I'm wondering how we're supposed to get attached to a character who is going to have a new personality every week?