I have niggling issues with LotF on a number of counts, but one of the more disturbing ones is something that I've only put my finger on recently. ( Read more... )
Surprisingly, I'm finding Tenel Ka to be the strongest female in this series. She's refused to back down to Cadeus, even though she was in love with Jacen. And, her reward for being awesome is probably to be killed off.
Also: While I'm not trying to justify it at all, it could always be worse. By standards today, Leia is pretty typical. But 30 years ago, there hadn't been too many sci-fi or adventure characters who got to contribute so much to the storyline.
Maybe that's why all the LOTF nonsense at the moment is upsetting. SW is a franchise which helped women characters to be seen as legitimate badasses. But decades later, its own in-universe feminist legacy is a bit of a disappointment.
You know, I was just reading that after being linked via someone else's LJ. And yeah, worse. I... don't know, maybe my tolerance is low at the moment, but I can't even laugh at something like that. The badness really does burn the brain. *shudders*
Oy, that's got to be disturbing. :p I read the post and was glad I'd never heard of the series before, and only hoped I'd never hear of it again. Sometimes ignorance is preferable. o.O
I agree about Tenel Ka. Off the top of my head, she's the only female character I can think of who isn't suddenly invisible or being killed off or warped. It does make me wonder whether she'll make it through the series intact.
Maybe that's why all the LOTF nonsense at the moment is upsetting. SW is a franchise which helped women characters to be seen as legitimate badasses. But decades later, its own in-universe feminist legacy is a bit of a disappointment.
I think that's what gets me so much, that I expect better from Star Wars. The PT may have lowered the standards, but Leia still stands out there because she was a hero in her own right rather than being sidelined as the passive love interest. That now we've got female characters not only being marginalised but killed off left right and centre... It's like a giant step backward.
Surprisingly, I'm finding Tenel Ka to be the strongest female in this series. She's refused to back down to Cadeus, even though she was in love with Jacen. And, her reward for being awesome is probably to be killed off.
Also: While I'm not trying to justify it at all, it could always be worse. By standards today, Leia is pretty typical. But 30 years ago, there hadn't been too many sci-fi or adventure characters who got to contribute so much to the storyline.
Maybe that's why all the LOTF nonsense at the moment is upsetting. SW is a franchise which helped women characters to be seen as legitimate badasses. But decades later, its own in-universe feminist legacy is a bit of a disappointment.
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Maybe that's why all the LOTF nonsense at the moment is upsetting. SW is a franchise which helped women characters to be seen as legitimate badasses. But decades later, its own in-universe feminist legacy is a bit of a disappointment.
I think that's what gets me so much, that I expect better from Star Wars. The PT may have lowered the standards, but Leia still stands out there because she was a hero in her own right rather than being sidelined as the passive love interest. That now we've got female characters not only being marginalised but killed off left right and centre... It's like a giant step backward.
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