what drives me crazy about the Beauty and the Geek scenario is when the gender roles are switched... because the nerdy girl always becomes whatever the creators think is gorgeous for the romantic climax scene. In other words, they take an adorably nerdy girl, and say "look, she's actually the model-quality media female object underneath, isn't it heartwarming?". Aside from that this rarely (if ever) happens with male geek characters, it's completely idiotic. You touched on this with Helen... who is hands down one of the most beautiful women in comics, regardless of what she's wearing, as far as i'm concerned.
all this aside, it's been far too long since i read FBoW.
As another feminist of about Liz's age, the Liz/Anthony thing has been hitting my buttons as well. I can even remember being mildly happy about their breakup way back when, hoping that Lynn would eschew the annoying "childhood sweethearts" cliche. And the demonization of Therese was just insulting.
If nothing else, it's been interesting to see how much of a reaction this plotline has gotten from comics readers.
I am not in support of ANYONE other than Anthony for Liz's boyfriend. He's still ahead of the guy who cheated on her (I suck at keeping track of the extended cast) and the guy who she's currently going to court to press charges against. And *considers* Edgar, but only because of the species difference
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I like Paul a lot, and there is absolutely no un-fabricated reason why he and Liz shouldn't end up together. Anthony is unforgivable, and Lynn must know from reader response by now.
Danni in Archie was a total geek in spirit, but she was also a bouncy, beaming brunette. She was no Big Ethel.
Ah, but it wouldn't really be a "gotcha". Per my long comment below, there's more than one way for all the Liz/Anthony foreshadowing to sort itself out -- and a Liz/Paul marriage was arguably foreshadowed practically from the moment the character was introduced.
As much as I agree with parts of Our Hostess's essay, I also trust Johnston's writing enough to suspect that we haven't seen all the shoes drop yet.
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all this aside, it's been far too long since i read FBoW.
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If nothing else, it's been interesting to see how much of a reaction this plotline has gotten from comics readers.
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Danni in Archie was a total geek in spirit, but she was also a bouncy, beaming brunette. She was no Big Ethel.
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As much as I agree with parts of Our Hostess's essay, I also trust Johnston's writing enough to suspect that we haven't seen all the shoes drop yet.
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At any rate, this was one of the greatest rants
in the history of the foobiverse...err...universe.
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