Am very, very confuzzled about the Firefly attack.
Because, although Whedon has some issues with female portrayal (the treatment of Cordy in Angel does come to mind for me), I always found Zoe to be the strongest female character in any of his shows.
What always excited me about her was her partnership with Mal, not that of a romantic tensiony thing, but an equal partnership of respect and friendship.
It's such a rare thing in television for that type of relationship, writers almost invariably fall into creating romantic tension between the leading male and female characters, it's tiresome.
I found that even Joss was making fun of that common trope with the episode 'War Stories' where Wash insisted that there 'must' be some type of sexual tension between Mal and Zoe, with the forced kiss at the end. Classic.
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Date: 2008-03-28 01:59 am (UTC)Because, although Whedon has some issues with female portrayal (the treatment of Cordy in Angel does come to mind for me), I always found Zoe to be the strongest female character in any of his shows.
What always excited me about her was her partnership with Mal, not that of a romantic tensiony thing, but an equal partnership of respect and friendship.
It's such a rare thing in television for that type of relationship, writers almost invariably fall into creating romantic tension between the leading male and female characters, it's tiresome.
I found that even Joss was making fun of that common trope with the episode 'War Stories' where Wash insisted that there 'must' be some type of sexual tension between Mal and Zoe, with the forced kiss at the end. Classic.
I love Zoe. :)