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TV Show Meme! Day 15!
Jun. 30th, 2010 04:39 pmDay 15 - Favorite female character
I have a hard time with female characters on television because most of them do not reflect my experiences in any way at all. It's really tough for me to engage with them, for me to find a way into understanding their characters. I tend to end up empathizing and identifying the most with really villainous and/or underdeveloped characters -- like Anna from Alias or Faith from Buffy or Madeline from Nikita or Admiral Cain from Battlestar Galactica.
When Grey's Anatomy first premiered, it was a big shock to me, because suddenly I intensely identified with a female character who was a main character!!! Ah, Cristina Yang. How much did I love her? Let me count the ways! Well, no, I won't, but those of you who have been reading this blog for more than a month or two know that I love really strong, flawed, well-written women, and Cristina Yang is exactly that -- with the additional plus of also being of a mindset that I can appreciate and relate to. Take no crap, don't bullshit yourself or other people, and just do what you have to do.
But I quit watching Grey's Anatomy by the end of the second season, since all the other characters were on my nerves all the time and I hated a lot of the writing.
Then I did something stupid. I thought with much longing about how much I loved Cristina in the first season and a half of the show, and I... watched it again. And then I kept going and watched through the end of season five, and by the end of season five, not only did I hate Cristina, but I hated every single character on that show, and everyone involved in making it, and all of the advertisers that supported it.
So probably I'd say Cristina Yang through the middle of the second season of Grey's Anatomy.
Oh oh oh -- and Ruth from Spooks, who I freaking adored. Yay Ruth!!! She was so quietly competent, so smart, so clever, and yet in no way perfect!
( Other days )
I have a hard time with female characters on television because most of them do not reflect my experiences in any way at all. It's really tough for me to engage with them, for me to find a way into understanding their characters. I tend to end up empathizing and identifying the most with really villainous and/or underdeveloped characters -- like Anna from Alias or Faith from Buffy or Madeline from Nikita or Admiral Cain from Battlestar Galactica.
When Grey's Anatomy first premiered, it was a big shock to me, because suddenly I intensely identified with a female character who was a main character!!! Ah, Cristina Yang. How much did I love her? Let me count the ways! Well, no, I won't, but those of you who have been reading this blog for more than a month or two know that I love really strong, flawed, well-written women, and Cristina Yang is exactly that -- with the additional plus of also being of a mindset that I can appreciate and relate to. Take no crap, don't bullshit yourself or other people, and just do what you have to do.
But I quit watching Grey's Anatomy by the end of the second season, since all the other characters were on my nerves all the time and I hated a lot of the writing.
Then I did something stupid. I thought with much longing about how much I loved Cristina in the first season and a half of the show, and I... watched it again. And then I kept going and watched through the end of season five, and by the end of season five, not only did I hate Cristina, but I hated every single character on that show, and everyone involved in making it, and all of the advertisers that supported it.
So probably I'd say Cristina Yang through the middle of the second season of Grey's Anatomy.
Oh oh oh -- and Ruth from Spooks, who I freaking adored. Yay Ruth!!! She was so quietly competent, so smart, so clever, and yet in no way perfect!
( Other days )