I was reminded, a second ago, that I was reading a transcript of an Amanda Tapping interview, and she made some comment about how "Sam is defined by her relationships" and how she thinks that's great and needs to be explored more.
Dear Ms. Tapping, please tell me you were saying that to piss people off. Love, Lyssie, who is NOT defined by her relationships and thinks that saying Sam is basically makes her a stock Romance Novel Heroine and pointless. Unless you really feel that way, in which case, you are now added to the list of actresses who are stupid as fuck.
sigh. No wonder people keep saying Sam is no longer a Strong Woman.
eta: So... Women are defined by their relationships to people and men are defined by their dick length?
Seriously. I've never heard of male characters defined by their relationship to other characters. (and, in the end, at this point, ONLY SAM)
eta2: *eyes LR and Liz* Did you two go to Vegas and get married by Elvis and not tell the rest of us?
eta3: Instead of saying the same thing to, ah, five (six?) different people: I'll accept that men and women are defined by their relationships. I just suspect I've never seen it applied anywhere until now which pushes my hot button. Not the exact wording at least.
Especially fictional men and women, because they are only what we see on the screen/read on the page.
Cable, for instance, can be defined by his relationships to women, to his father, to his mother (and her clone), to his future and--*digresses*. Sam is defined by Cassie, Jack, Daniel, Janet, Teal'c, Hammond, her dad, Mark, her mom... etc.
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