random thought about 6x1&2

[lyssie]

er, cut for spoilers to be safe (this is not earth-shattering or anything)

Smug.

If Canton Edward had been a woman, would fandom's reaction have been this mountain of squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee over her?

Somehow, I doubt it. Somehow, given the character traits he shares with River (being smug, knowing more than everyone--if only for a short time, fucking shooting things, jesus fucking christ), I'm pretty sure a woman would have been called 'flat, uninteresting, boring, another in a long line of Moffat's failed female characters'.

And I desperately want the Moff to fucking troll fandom and create a bunch of female characters similar to Canton. I'm sure fandom as a whole will miss the obvious, and never actually fucking get how sexist they're being as they decry the new crop of Mary Sues.

Comments

[ellestra.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're right. Sometimes I feel like fansom thinks any and all female characters are Mary Sues. And noone is ever happy. It's the endless complaining - too young, too old, too pretty, not pretty enough, too naive, overconfident and so on. All Mary Sues. And annoying.

I liked Canton but I generally like Mark Sheppard and his characters, especially the ambiguous ones and they played right into it at the beginning of second episode. Still I love River more. And I loved all Moffat's female characters so far and I hope he will make more. Recurring. Till fandom just collapses from massive stroke.

It also reminds me of the comparisons between Jack and River and the fandom reaction to them. The whole thing almost made me feel weird for liking both.

Although I think fandom liked Sally Sparrow but I may misremember. Too bad she won't come back.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

They liked Sally, for the most part, iirc. (especially as she was not Martha. *makes cranky noises*)

Fandom will never be happy about female characters. It's sort of a proven fact, at this point.