Thanks for letting me know about the double post and posting again here--DW was doing something weird on Friday!
and all the other characters on the TV show/in the film start pressuring them to forgive their ex or family member, to stop being so bitter, to show forgiveness, for the sake of 'healing' and 'closure' etc etc.
THAT SUCKS. (This is why I love when Tara's dad and brother visit her on BtVS and instead of doing that, the rest of the Scoobies all tell them to get the hell out. Love it!)
Genius Male Character A (or Self-Sacrificing Revolutionary for the Cause Male Character A) mistreats or neglects his family or puts them in danger, but this is to be excused because his (police/political/military/crusading journalist) job is so important, or his cause is so important that the lives of his family are acceptable collateral damage, and they should live in orbit around him, devoting their lives to helping him fulfill his important goals that no one but him will be able to achieve. By the end of the show/film, his family members will come to understand this.
So, like, 90% of action movies! I really hate this too, though not for any personal reasons, just because feminist anger.
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and all the other characters on the TV show/in the film start pressuring them to forgive their ex or family member, to stop being so bitter, to show forgiveness, for the sake of 'healing' and 'closure' etc etc.
THAT SUCKS. (This is why I love when Tara's dad and brother visit her on BtVS and instead of doing that, the rest of the Scoobies all tell them to get the hell out. Love it!)
Genius Male Character A (or Self-Sacrificing Revolutionary for the Cause Male Character A) mistreats or neglects his family or puts them in danger, but this is to be excused because his (police/political/military/crusading journalist) job is so important, or his cause is so important that the lives of his family are acceptable collateral damage, and they should live in orbit around him, devoting their lives to helping him fulfill his important goals that no one but him will be able to achieve. By the end of the show/film, his family members will come to understand this.
So, like, 90% of action movies! I really hate this too, though not for any personal reasons, just because feminist anger.