[ SECRET POST #3021 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3021 ⌋

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Comments

Re: female characters

[tabaqui]

I don't know if i can characterize type so well, but - Bones in season one and two (and her friendship with Angela) and, actually, Angela in season one and two, as well. Intelligent, secure in their knowledge and proficiency, not apologetic about their foibles or quirks or pasts, up front about their sexuality, not 'rivals', not looking for their OTL at all times. Angela in particular was feminine and into some 'girly' things and was never mocked for it or told she couldn't do her job because of it (or called slutty or made less of because of her sexual past/present). Bones didn't care that she looked a little funny in huge safety goggles, bun, coveralls and wellies - it was necessary for the job and who wants to be covered in ick?

Brenda Leigh Johnson (from The Closer) and Sharon Ryder (from The Closer and Major Crimes). Professional, intelligent, loyal, hard working but *not* humorless, sexless robots. In particular, Deputy Chief Johnson wore flowered dresses, flowy skirts, pink and heels, and always had her enormous bag on her arm (she did go practical when necessary) - and nobody gave her shite for dressing 'girly'. Sharon Ryder wore more businesslike attire, darker colors and was less flamboyant but she wasn't denigrated for being 'mannish' or anything like that. They had their own styles and they earned the respect and loyalty of the men and women around them by being smart, capable and professional, and were never treated like damsels.

Ripley. Just....Ripley.

Re: female characters

[anonymouslyyours]

I've always loved the impression I got from Deputy Chief Johnson that dressing that way and leaning into her southern drawl was her using her femininity to telegraph strength. ~Yeah, not only do I run with the boys but I do it on my own terms and not by their rules~ I could be reading into it but it has always felt like it is a nice rebuttal to the "one of the guys" method of establish a Strong Female Character(tm).

Re: female characters

[tabaqui]

YES, exactly. She *was* a Southern woman, she had her 'little ways'. She didn't talk about sex or personal stuff, she was always super-polite (to the point of being utterly cutting and snarky) and it *worked*.

She put people off their guard and off balance and she showed them a fluttery, flowery, pink-trench-coated outside and an inside like a steel trap.

And she didn't do it with a sneer toward her femininity, like 'ha, you fell for the fake helpless crap!' She *liked* dressing up and looking nice and didn't mind when someone took notice in a respectful way. It was a part of her identity and she wasn't ashamed of it, but she wasn't above using it, either.

Re: female characters

[anonymouslyyours]

Yes! It was presented as just another tool in her arsenal. Overall she was a women who was strong in additon to and BECAUSE she was feminine and not someone who was strong in spite of her femininity because she adopted masculine ideals.

We do need more of that and depictions of women who are fierce, non-judgemental, supportive friends.

Re: female characters

[tabaqui]

Yes. I really do get tired of women being 'rivals'. It's not only 90 percent male-driven wish fulfillment, it's frigging boring.