Random things (ATA Girl, Leverage, SG-1)
1. I finally got around to listening to the second series of Big Finish's ATA Girl. It was all right? But I'm a little bit over the constant framing of Women's Stories as All About Rape and Sexual Assault (seriously, can I please please please have some media about women that isn't centered on Women as Abuse Victims In a System That hates them, and the Family/Society that Keep Them Down. Please). In addition, the series had far too many male characters. Men already have a massive glut of stories about their time during WW2. Can we fucking stop talking about them. Please.
I'm also very over people talking enthusiastically about how they were able to show vulnerability in x female character, which is totally new and different and AWESOME. The interviews with ATA Girl, had every.single.woman state that as though it's a fucking selling point. NO IT ISN'T. Women are CONSTANTLY VULNERABLE in media, ffs.
2. Aside from that, my mother and I are re-watching Leverage together, and I had some thoughts (I know, a decade late) about Sophie and her acting and, just, character arc stuff from season one. Mostly, knowing that SOPHIE IS CONNING THEM to do the David Job, when it pops up, I think a lot of her Bad Acting Choices and enthusiasm are deliberate as fuck to manipulate the team with certain empathy/sympathy pulls. It sort of doesn't work with Parker, as she's not wired quite the same way. This isn't to say Sophie isn't a bad actor at this point, but I have to wonder if part of that is simply cover for her current identity as Sophie Deveraux.
3. Netflix is streaming Stargate: SG-1 again, so I've been randomly re-watching stuff. I hit up some s5 and 4, then went back to 3, and then to 1, and now I'm near the end of 2. I have skipped any episode I don't have interest in (which is... a lot). And Daniel's floppy hair is distracting (as are Janet's hair changes!) I've been enjoying it, though. And I'd forgotten how FROWNY FACE Teal'c is for most of season 1, and some of 2. I wonder if they asked him to soften for the later seasons, or if he just softened on his own.
(this got longer than I'd thought)
One thing I was remembering as I watched 4/5, though, was the complaint I've seen a few times of how (paraphrasing) "Sam Carter is ruined as a character once she falls in love with her CO, as she does nothing but moon over him and lose her cool, competent edge by having woman feelings." - it's been long enough, I was eager to see if this is actually a valid read. If there was a lot of Sam throwing longing/leering looks at Jack once the whole ZT thing happened, and emotional vulnerability that could be traced directly to him.
...and, uh. No. She really doesn't. Now, arguably, I did skip Beneath the Surface (where there's definitely something going on), but that's not technically Sam anyway. Sam actually maintains the same professional relationship she had prior to the revelation - she very firmly left it in The Room.
(sidenote; MARTOUF AND HIS PRETTY PRETTY EYES, NO. Also, re-watching Line of Duty, Jolinar was in a dude. SG could have been better about Martouf's "Jolinar has always been in women's bodies!" line, really.)
Er, back to Sam and Jack, and professionalism. Jack himself is mostly professional, though it's Jack, so he's less... rigid? in interpersonal relationships? Jack is actually the one who has the occasional longing/leering moment (that kiss in the time loop episode, for instance, not to mention the leer after the fact)
So the complaint is baseless tosh.
Honestly, I maintain that team orgies were excellent stress relief activities. I mean, I would also argue that the four of them are way too co-dependent at times, and they all go to extremes to save each other often.
I did realize as I watched Thor's Hammer that I sort of want the AU where Kendra/Gairwyn is a thing (Priestess/Knight vibes all over the place, it was kinda hot).
Also, I might ship Laira/Jack a bit, because they were clearly flirting and attracted in One Hundred Days, and I sort of get Laira's turmoil and choices (even if I wonder if the 100 days mourning is related to the way their people are decimated every couple of centuries by the fire storms, so it's just a cultural norm that you pack away your pain and Get On With It...) - er, all babbling which is to say, I liked seeing Jack enjoy their flirtation.
Though, really, the biggest ship that 100 D proves is Teal'c/Jack. That is fucking love to tether one's self over an active stargate, where if you fall, you disintegrate. Cross-posted from Dreamwidth. (comment wherever)
I'm also very over people talking enthusiastically about how they were able to show vulnerability in x female character, which is totally new and different and AWESOME. The interviews with ATA Girl, had every.single.woman state that as though it's a fucking selling point. NO IT ISN'T. Women are CONSTANTLY VULNERABLE in media, ffs.
2. Aside from that, my mother and I are re-watching Leverage together, and I had some thoughts (I know, a decade late) about Sophie and her acting and, just, character arc stuff from season one. Mostly, knowing that SOPHIE IS CONNING THEM to do the David Job, when it pops up, I think a lot of her Bad Acting Choices and enthusiasm are deliberate as fuck to manipulate the team with certain empathy/sympathy pulls. It sort of doesn't work with Parker, as she's not wired quite the same way. This isn't to say Sophie isn't a bad actor at this point, but I have to wonder if part of that is simply cover for her current identity as Sophie Deveraux.
3. Netflix is streaming Stargate: SG-1 again, so I've been randomly re-watching stuff. I hit up some s5 and 4, then went back to 3, and then to 1, and now I'm near the end of 2. I have skipped any episode I don't have interest in (which is... a lot). And Daniel's floppy hair is distracting (as are Janet's hair changes!) I've been enjoying it, though. And I'd forgotten how FROWNY FACE Teal'c is for most of season 1, and some of 2. I wonder if they asked him to soften for the later seasons, or if he just softened on his own.
(this got longer than I'd thought)
One thing I was remembering as I watched 4/5, though, was the complaint I've seen a few times of how (paraphrasing) "Sam Carter is ruined as a character once she falls in love with her CO, as she does nothing but moon over him and lose her cool, competent edge by having woman feelings." - it's been long enough, I was eager to see if this is actually a valid read. If there was a lot of Sam throwing longing/leering looks at Jack once the whole ZT thing happened, and emotional vulnerability that could be traced directly to him.
...and, uh. No. She really doesn't. Now, arguably, I did skip Beneath the Surface (where there's definitely something going on), but that's not technically Sam anyway. Sam actually maintains the same professional relationship she had prior to the revelation - she very firmly left it in The Room.
(sidenote; MARTOUF AND HIS PRETTY PRETTY EYES, NO. Also, re-watching Line of Duty, Jolinar was in a dude. SG could have been better about Martouf's "Jolinar has always been in women's bodies!" line, really.)
Er, back to Sam and Jack, and professionalism. Jack himself is mostly professional, though it's Jack, so he's less... rigid? in interpersonal relationships? Jack is actually the one who has the occasional longing/leering moment (that kiss in the time loop episode, for instance, not to mention the leer after the fact)
So the complaint is baseless tosh.
Honestly, I maintain that team orgies were excellent stress relief activities. I mean, I would also argue that the four of them are way too co-dependent at times, and they all go to extremes to save each other often.
I did realize as I watched Thor's Hammer that I sort of want the AU where Kendra/Gairwyn is a thing (Priestess/Knight vibes all over the place, it was kinda hot).
Also, I might ship Laira/Jack a bit, because they were clearly flirting and attracted in One Hundred Days, and I sort of get Laira's turmoil and choices (even if I wonder if the 100 days mourning is related to the way their people are decimated every couple of centuries by the fire storms, so it's just a cultural norm that you pack away your pain and Get On With It...) - er, all babbling which is to say, I liked seeing Jack enjoy their flirtation.
Though, really, the biggest ship that 100 D proves is Teal'c/Jack. That is fucking love to tether one's self over an active stargate, where if you fall, you disintegrate. Cross-posted from Dreamwidth. (comment wherever)