I'm not sure yet about life, about love

[grimorie]

I found this interesting post on genius wranglers by thelana and it made me realize, it is kind of a popular trope today, innit?

Even Crews and Reese fell into it (although I don't think Crews was a genius, just a guy with a different perspective and social skills) and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But it does make the dynamic in Fringe even more

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[grimorie]

Glad I could help! I've been looking for the post too and I just happen to stumble into it.

[whochick]

That's one of my favourite Andy Lange songs, wouldn't ya just know?

[grimorie]

Hee. It is? I didn't even know about Andy Lange before this but now I find myself very interested with his work.

[redbrunja]

Man, I hate the genius wrangler trope so much - especially when it's a female wrangler, because that feeds into some of the more persistent sexism in our culture.

[grimorie]

I didn't even realize how pervasive it is until I read the post.

[redbrunja]

Yeah, it's a sub-trope of my least favorite ever romantic dynamic ever: maternal woman and childish man.