I gotta say, I've pretty much swung the other way, so maybe I have no right to be disappointed by guys who can't relate to female heroes. Because I'm at the point where I can only very rarely get into a show with no strong females in it. That's why AtS doesn't appeal to me too much. Especially once Lilah died.
It didn't used to be that way. Like most girls, I grew up reading about boys and girls as protagonists, and I was fine with either of them. But now, I'm getting more and more particular and I'm just tired of watching men save the day.
It's like Angel's character is the classic "dark hero seeking redemption". And, wow, boring to me. Been done.
Xena, though, is basically the same character. Dark hero seeking redemption. But she fascinates me because she's a woman. And it's different. And I'm finally seeing a woman in a stereotypically male archetype.
So, yeah, I'm at a point where I very rarely watch/read anything which doesn't have a strong female character in it. It just doesn't hold my interest.
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I gotta say, I've pretty much swung the other way, so maybe I have no right to be disappointed by guys who can't relate to female heroes. Because I'm at the point where I can only very rarely get into a show with no strong females in it. That's why AtS doesn't appeal to me too much. Especially once Lilah died.
It didn't used to be that way. Like most girls, I grew up reading about boys and girls as protagonists, and I was fine with either of them. But now, I'm getting more and more particular and I'm just tired of watching men save the day.
It's like Angel's character is the classic "dark hero seeking redemption". And, wow, boring to me. Been done.
Xena, though, is basically the same character. Dark hero seeking redemption. But she fascinates me because she's a woman. And it's different. And I'm finally seeing a woman in a stereotypically male archetype.
So, yeah, I'm at a point where I very rarely watch/read anything which doesn't have a strong female character in it. It just doesn't hold my interest.