Strong Women and Bad Men

[orichalcum]

So, first of all, I found this episode rather boring and badly written and most of the characters still don't feel right, _especially_, in this episode, Tyrol and Athena.

But that's not my big complaint. My big complaint is the whole Kara-Leoben thing. And yes, she's kinda messed up right now.

But Helo is totally right. Leoben is the guy who _locked her up for months_ and sexually harassed if not raped her and mentally abused her and is all messed up. You don't let a guy like that touch you.

Rapists don't get second chances with their victims.

And this is why, perhaps unfairly, I'm blaming this a bit on Espenson, because it reminded me so much of one of the Buffy arc plots I hated so much. Spike tried to rape Buffy. Plain and simple. Her then proceeding to reconcile with him? Not sexy. Icky.

Buffy and Kara Thrace are two of the strongest female characters ever on television. Please, please don't weaken them by having them go all soft and romantic in response to their abusers. It's not a good message.

Comments

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

Another friend of mine was appalled that, the fleet being as strapped for manpower as it is, the fate of the human race at stake, people had a party for Lee when he left to answer his true calling or whatever.

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Dude, he's practically a deserter.