[ SECRET POST #2627 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2627 ⌋

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

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[Malcolm In The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Home Improvement, Rescue Me, Prison Break]


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[Michelle Kwan]


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04.
[Bear Nuts by Alison Acton]


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[Supernatural]


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[OP note: pic credit to Ksenia Nurtdinova]


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[Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman]


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[Karen Gillian/Doctor Who]


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09.
[Mary Poppins (1964 movie)]


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10.
[El Goonish Shive]


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11.
[Noragami]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[neonlovechicken]

More than smart I felt she was the head of the family, quite indisputably so. Yes, I'm aware of the 'strong women' problem, I seriously hate most of the modern heroines. But I feel she was another kind of thing, because she was also, like you noticed, a terrible parent for most things. Like Hal was, to be fair! They were both terrible, and their sons were terrible because of them, I think this was the point of the sitcom! Of course presented in a funny way so that it wouldn't become a issue, because well, out of comedy channel this would be an abusive family!

The traits I loved and IMO made her more than the 'strong woman' were the cleverness, the ruthlessness, the controlling behavior and also the random unusual acts of kindness toward the family. She was like another version of a Walter White without the drug empire, impossibly frustrated, terribly better than her own actual situation (imposed by family obligations) and at the same time a good, functioning person (not always).

I'm more for adoring flawed characters, because that's the kind of writing that I feel represents me as a woman, and IMO Lois wasn't a cliched female character. :)