completely predictable complaint
I'm watching Sanctuary 4x06, "Homecoming." Those who know me and watched the episode may be able to predict what I'm about to say next: So, now we have canonical heterosexual romance for the Big Guy. That makes, oh, let's see here . . . every single fucking character.
Not that I wasn't pleased that "Monsoon" established Helen as bisexual, finally. I thought it was fairly well handled and I wish Helen's new girlfriend had stuck around, because she was cool.
But I do feel like it's also the same old "it's okay for women to be bisexual on TV and in the movies, especially if they're hot" trope, to which the corollary is almost inevitably "but all the men are straight." (Or if they're not straight, they'll be killed off, THANK YOU SO MUCH WAREHOUSE 13.)
There've been hints of some kind of John/James thing, true. But hints don't cut it.
Also, the fact that Helen's relationship with a woman was just a fling, and we're probably never going to see that character again, does make it stink a little of sweeps week lesbian kiss.
ETA: I just read someone else's review of the episode, so as to see what I was in for, and apparently it's mostly about Will's backstory. Which I don't care about. Maybe I won't watch the rest, or at least not now.
I think I may be over Sanctuary. The last episode I felt really gripped by was the season premiere; not even Tesla's presence in the last episode did much for me.
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Not that I wasn't pleased that "Monsoon" established Helen as bisexual, finally. I thought it was fairly well handled and I wish Helen's new girlfriend had stuck around, because she was cool.
But I do feel like it's also the same old "it's okay for women to be bisexual on TV and in the movies, especially if they're hot" trope, to which the corollary is almost inevitably "but all the men are straight." (Or if they're not straight, they'll be killed off, THANK YOU SO MUCH WAREHOUSE 13.)
There've been hints of some kind of John/James thing, true. But hints don't cut it.
Also, the fact that Helen's relationship with a woman was just a fling, and we're probably never going to see that character again, does make it stink a little of sweeps week lesbian kiss.
ETA: I just read someone else's review of the episode, so as to see what I was in for, and apparently it's mostly about Will's backstory. Which I don't care about. Maybe I won't watch the rest, or at least not now.
I think I may be over Sanctuary. The last episode I felt really gripped by was the season premiere; not even Tesla's presence in the last episode did much for me.
Crossposted at Dreamwidth (
comments); you can comment here or there.