Yeah, it is just as stereotypical and annoying if their roles are flipped. But right now, I'm really annoyed about Maya's power first because it feels like a retread of the Niki/Jessica storyline (I can't control my power! And it ends up destroying everything!) and second because show, could we please have ONE WOMAN who can actively control her powers?
Claire regenerates automatically, Niki may have reintegrated enough to use her superstrength now, but for all of S1 we saw her out of control, and now Maya. As opposed to a greater variety with the male heroes: DL can choose when to morph, Nathan can choose when to fly outside of that first time, Hiro can choose when to stop time, Micah can choose to mess with machines, Sylar can choose to do pretty much everything, Peter seems to now be able to do pretty much anything, Matt can choose to read minds, Bob can choose to memory wipe or suppress powers, Linderman can choose to heal things, etc. etc. The one uncontrollable guy with powers was Ted, and even he had it under wraps enough to jump start cars after a few eps.
We had Eden and Hana with controllable powers, but Eden's dead and Hana is -- electronic or morphed or something and in any case, they get almost no screen time. Molly can choose to find people, but again, she gets very little to actually do.
Also, while many of the major male characters had to fight to control their powers at one point or the other (Peter, Matt, Nathan), they all get it under control within a few episodes and are using their powers actively now.
Maya's power may not look so bad individually, but given the show's propensity to a) not have many female characters period, b) kill off a lot of female characters, and c) give female characters passive roles and powers, it's part of a trend.
Claire regenerates automatically, Niki may have reintegrated enough to use her superstrength now, but for all of S1 we saw her out of control, and now Maya. As opposed to a greater variety with the male heroes: DL can choose when to morph, Nathan can choose when to fly outside of that first time, Hiro can choose when to stop time, Micah can choose to mess with machines, Sylar can choose to do pretty much everything, Peter seems to now be able to do pretty much anything, Matt can choose to read minds, Bob can choose to memory wipe or suppress powers, Linderman can choose to heal things, etc. etc. The one uncontrollable guy with powers was Ted, and even he had it under wraps enough to jump start cars after a few eps.
We had Eden and Hana with controllable powers, but Eden's dead and Hana is -- electronic or morphed or something and in any case, they get almost no screen time. Molly can choose to find people, but again, she gets very little to actually do.
Also, while many of the major male characters had to fight to control their powers at one point or the other (Peter, Matt, Nathan), they all get it under control within a few episodes and are using their powers actively now.
Maya's power may not look so bad individually, but given the show's propensity to a) not have many female characters period, b) kill off a lot of female characters, and c) give female characters passive roles and powers, it's part of a trend.
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