There Is A Turbulent, Moon-Ridden Girl – But She Is Not Kind

[redbrunja]

This rant is kind of all over the place: bear with me.

So lately I've noticed that I am less and less into fanon couples*. By which I mean, the less canon interaction a pair has (especially if there is a canon love interest) the less invested I am in them. Which might be partially due to exhaustion - I am damn sick of getting super-invested in something I know won't happen and then watching it, you know, not happen.

In the same vein, there was a quote from the writers(?) of NCIS: LA about how season two really explored Kensi and Deek's relationship and it made me ridiculously happy. I'm not sure if in the back of my mind I thought all the conversations about their relationship partnership and that 'thing' they have were accidental or what, but hearing that there was deliberate thought put into their relationship (romantic or not) made me super-happy. As did this cute little article where the comparison is made to Bones and Daniella Ruah (Kensi) says that the comparison is flattering but that she wants to make sure that the relationship between Kensi and Deeks stays unique and its own thing. To which I snorted mentally and went, 'in that case, how about you just have lots and lots of sex while using birth control like rational human beings?!?!?!'

Which brings us to Bones. My mom watched the finale last night and I finally got to bitch about that pregnancy storyline to her (seriously, I have been holding that in for months). She was much forgiving of that plot twist, given that she still has a lot of fondness for Booth and Brennan and likes the idea of them having a kid. But even she was like, 'really? is that the ONLY plot twist writers know how to do with a female character who's been on for a couple of seasons?'

Honestly, at this point I think pregnancy in a show might be a straight-up dealbreaker for me. Because I hate it. I hate how it limits the storylines of these female characters I love and I hate how none of these women get abortions, ever. And you know what? The actress getting knocked up is no fucking excuse for writing a baby into a show. PLENTY of pregnant actresses have avoided getting their characters in the family way as well and it's not like the costuming department and the camera isn't going to be working around the baby bump for episode after episodes even if they do write the baby into the show.

Basically, I hate fictional babies and I want them to stop showing up in shows I watch (or have watched and am still kind of invested in). Because god knows, I really like IPS but have no desire whatsoever to get caught up on the last three episodes I haven't watched. Chances of me watching Bones next season? Less than zero. Do I care about the upcoming half of DW's season? Eh.

*This is in no way a statement about which is better - this is my own personal preference at this point in time.

Comments

[whisperingwasp.livejournal.com]

I've only watched a few episodes of Gilmore Girls but now that I think about it, Lane had the business sense to go as far as she wanted in the music world. It also makes me sad that she didn't pull a Lorelai and become a mother and a working girl because it would have been a nice parallel between the two characters, if the writers absolutely had to use the pregnancy storyline at all. I respect women who want to stay at home and raise their children because my mother is a house wife but she had spent most of her life fighting for some independence. Why would the writers ruin that with pregnancy?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I don't know! It's especially tragic for Lanie because her entire arc on the show was about her struggling to be an independent young woman and for her to end up as a wife and mother (when last we heard of her sex life she didn't even enjoy it) is just.. so damn bad.

[whisperingwasp.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I think it shows either a lack of awareness of the feminist/anti feminist themes that come from story lines like that or just bad planning altogether.

By the way, happy belated birthday!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

To be honest in this case I think it was a narrative stumble - the rest of the show was pretty feminist and I loved the ending Rory got.

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

[whisperingwasp.livejournal.com]

You're probably right. Narrative stumbles happen even with the best of writers.

No problem.