[ SECRET POST #3549 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3549 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Fire Emblem Fates]


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[Stellan Skarsgård in River]


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[Labyrinth]


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[Mr. Clarke from Stranger Things]


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[Criminal Minds]


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[Star Trek]
















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Comments

[skeletal_history]

You're right--TV doesn't. That's why I fell in fangirl love SO HARD for Dr. Lee Rosen in Alphas -- he was maternal to his super-powered underlings, not paternal, and was a normal human and thus much weaker and more vulnerable than they, and yet he was very much their leader whom they respected. I had never seen a lead male character like him before.

He even had all the negative traits associated with mothers -- he was nosy, meddling in their business, guilt-tripping them into doing what he thought was best for them... Just a fascinating character, and played by the wonderful David Straithairn, who didn't miss one shade of nuance in his portrayal.

Though he's not warm and nurturing, Will Graham of Hannibal is another lead male character who is utterly unique in the landscape of American television -- emotionally vulnerable to the point of being likened to a fragile teacup, ffs, and for much of the series, mentally and physically unhealthy and under the thrall of an extremely powerful man. A huge portion of why I love him so much involves how much the character departs from the typical Strong Male Hero mould.

[(Anonymous)]

Men, by virtue of being men, are not maternal. They are paternal. There is no set way to be fatherly and anything else is motherly. That's insulting to men and women.

[skeletal_history]

I'm talking stereotypes; I thought that would be obvious.

[(Anonymous)]

It is obvious.