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nilchanceI have issues. And I have neeeeeeds.
I was actually pumped to hear the S3 spoilers about the boys meeting up with two new female characters, because, hi! Femslash for the show! More het! There is no downside here. I was even, more the fool me, kinda hoping that the female hunter character might have visible strength. I'm not asking for a weightlifter here, but maybe the physique of a runner or a swimmer. I was even thinking that maybe Kripke and co might take the opportunity to incorporate more people of color into the show. (And yeah, I know that SPN is actually more diverse than most of TV.)
Yeah, um, not so much. And I understand, it's TV, they're playing to Peoria, whatever. We're in a country where America Ferrera and Sara Ramirez are considered fat. It's a TV culture where the average-looking guy is always special and gets the hot girl, and the reverse (like Ugly Betty) is revolutionary. That's how we roll.
But y'know what? I'm still cranky. I want to see more characters like Lenore or Ellen. I want to see a female hunter who looks like she could fuck your shit up and then go eat some pie. I want to see Sarah Connor doing pullups on her bed. I want belly-padding and wide hips and full cheeks and big butts, more cushion for the pushin', women built for comfort and not for speed.
I want OFC fic! Smut with Dean with curved women whose bellies and thighs are soft enough to cushion his head, who get doublechins when they giggle and who don't fuck around with salad. A big, bold Earth Mama who wears bright colors and probably has to stand on an applebox to make out with either of them, but who won't take any shit. A Rubenesque lush lady who wears red lipstick and high heels and has awesome cleavage, and who struts over and buys Sam tequila. Mmmmm.
I was actually pumped to hear the S3 spoilers about the boys meeting up with two new female characters, because, hi! Femslash for the show! More het! There is no downside here. I was even, more the fool me, kinda hoping that the female hunter character might have visible strength. I'm not asking for a weightlifter here, but maybe the physique of a runner or a swimmer. I was even thinking that maybe Kripke and co might take the opportunity to incorporate more people of color into the show. (And yeah, I know that SPN is actually more diverse than most of TV.)
Yeah, um, not so much. And I understand, it's TV, they're playing to Peoria, whatever. We're in a country where America Ferrera and Sara Ramirez are considered fat. It's a TV culture where the average-looking guy is always special and gets the hot girl, and the reverse (like Ugly Betty) is revolutionary. That's how we roll.
But y'know what? I'm still cranky. I want to see more characters like Lenore or Ellen. I want to see a female hunter who looks like she could fuck your shit up and then go eat some pie. I want to see Sarah Connor doing pullups on her bed. I want belly-padding and wide hips and full cheeks and big butts, more cushion for the pushin', women built for comfort and not for speed.
I want OFC fic! Smut with Dean with curved women whose bellies and thighs are soft enough to cushion his head, who get doublechins when they giggle and who don't fuck around with salad. A big, bold Earth Mama who wears bright colors and probably has to stand on an applebox to make out with either of them, but who won't take any shit. A Rubenesque lush lady who wears red lipstick and high heels and has awesome cleavage, and who struts over and buys Sam tequila. Mmmmm.
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Re: women's strengths: Eowyn vs Arwen
Date: 2007-11-19 09:29 pm (UTC)My thoughts on Ruby and Bela are kind of... complicated. Okay.
Ruby: I LOVE that she's a demon. I love that Sam is courting her. I love the context that Sam is gambling his soul away as surely as Dean did, with a much more slippery slope. I love that Ruby seems to think she's going to be Sam's right hand demon when the revolution comes, and that she's evidence of Azazel not holding the patent for demonic plans. I love that the show is hinting at Sam as Antichrist, and that it's Dean who's going to make Sam fall. (Or descend, which is another awesome concept.) I like that Katie is making Ruby follow the demonic playbook, playing off Meg and YED's dark smarmy grittiness. That she's funny and cocky and oddly charming, but inhuman. So inhuman. But I don't know that I love Katie's performance otherwise. I love Supernatural's demons, and so I love Ruby, but she isn't bringing anything particularly new to the role. And that's okay, because of all the awesomeness that Ruby's character is creating with Sam's. (Okay, I have to say it: I don't find her hot. This is where being a lesbian screws with my critical view of the show.)
Bella: The anti-Ruby. I find the actress really, really, REALLY attractive. I find the concept of Bella interesting... once or twice. Not so prominent in the series. It's an American, working class, gritty show, and she throws me. I don't love that the writers are sacrificing Dean and Sam's character for Bella. I find it interesting that a woman shooting Sam doesn't immediately equal death, but I don't quite buy that Dean gave her his cell. I don't see where she fits. Although if my fanon is good and Bella is actually communing with Papa Winchester, that gives the boys a good reason to stick around. (And, well, I'd pay tickets to see John and Bella: The Traveling Comedy Tour. With John being as gruff and tactless as ever, calling her sweetheart a lot, and Bella being bitchy, and John refusing to let her work until she lets him contact his sons.)