Dean Winchester Dismantled His Own Machismo
Supernatural’s Dean Winchester dismantled his own machismo, and that’s why we love him.
"one tiny thing that just struck me:
How far the show went out of its way to make it clear that Holmes wasn’t sexually pressuring Irene. He offered her his “bet,” and I can imagine a zillion other shows that just would have left it there as a sexy “edgy” flirtation, but no - Holmes stopped himself in the middle of the flirt to make it clear that he was not conditioning his silence about her thefts on her going on a date with him.
Similarly, when he came to see her after she refused to go out with him again, obviously someone somewhere was afraid he’d look like a stalker, and so he began his speech by making it very clear that he understood it was her right to refuse him - I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a show actually spell that out in words before, because we’re all supposed to understand that the romantic couple is meant to be and therefore all’s fair, etc etc."
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giandujakiss [x]
in a media landscape where men pressuring women and violating their boundaries is portrayed as natural in many ~innocent and romantic~ relationships and pretty much obligatory in ~edgy dangerous~ dynamics, I still love this to ABSOLUTE PIECES
(via mswyrr)
Okay can we talk about how Elementary totally fucking subverted the idea of fridging a woman for Sherlock’s manpain
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
BECAUSE OH MY GOD
like the one major thing I was pressed with the show about was fridging Irene and then it turns out she’s not dead and I’m like omg yay show!!! IRENE!!!
and then
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Irene, Moriarty and Why They’re Both Important.
irresistible-revolution:
So I finally feel somewhat ready to collect my thoughts about Irene/Moriarty. So many people have written so many smart things. One thing I have noticed tho is people saying they’re so happy about the Moriarty reveal because they ‘hated’ Irene before, cos she was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, cos she was a ‘Mary Sue’, cos she was too girly and pretty and Sherlock was in love with her, and i want to kindly object. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is an annoying trope and i’m so glad Elementary subverted it, but it’s important when we critique these sexist tropes that we don’t end up hating/critiquing women who embody these tropes, thus losing sight of the larger (white male) power structure controlling their narratives. There’s nothing wrong with a woman being girly, spunky, bouncy, flirtatious, quirky, soft, sweet, vulnerable etc. What’s problematic is when these traits are presented through a white male gaze, and become a composite of ‘ideal womanhood’ at the expense of other women, and are centered around serving the white male character’s needs.
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warpfactornope:
also p.s. the scene with the gentlemen and the cupid is not progressive, it’s not lgbtq friendly (emphasis on the fucking t)
cupids inhibit agency
that they were the “”surprise”” twist to castiel’s and dean’s heterosexism and then we never hear of them again?
they were nothing more than an obstacle to inhibit their attempts to finish the angel trial, the punchline to their frustration, the comic relief when haha that’s why they were having so much trouble finding the bow!
it’s okay to be you if you a) exist unchallengingly in the cishet gaze constructed by the writers and the protagonists themselves and b) allow the cishet heroes continue on their save the world schtick uninterrupted.
but yeaaahhhhhhh representation am i right
warpfactornope:
do u kno who else wanted and deserved love?
- linda tran
- bela
- gordon
- anna
but they’re dead and buried under six feet of racism and sexism while crowley gets to live — crowley, the maker of rape jokes, crowley, the one who murdered and possessed thousands of innocents, crowley, the torturer (look at what he did to meg), crowley, the one who has had chance after chance after chance only to get the the chance denied to so many other people — the chance to live.
robbieyoukilledmyunicorn:
can we talk about three times now women have been killed off to make way for a white man who was the real big bad all along
can we talk about how that doesn’t happen to men
demonofdiscord:
mahakavi:
let’s recap the finale shall we
- abaddon’s vessel dead
- naomi dead (and called a bitch by metatron)
- jody mills tortured…possibly dead?
- linda tran death confirmed
- a transmisogynistic “joke”
- a gay couple being played for laughs
- castiel forced to become human
yeah no the brotherly feels and the last scene with the angels falling isn’t enough to save this shitty episode sorry
:) :) :)
- Metatron claiming god was ‘sexist but fair’
- Meg forgotten to be mentioned
- Crowley still alive
I have to say that I’m really surprised that no one mentioned Meg. I thought for sure somone would say something gross about her death to Cas to ~get under his skin or something.
On Queerbaiting and Misha’s Comments at NJCon
t-eyla:
“I did a convention in Seattle. I don’t know what it was I said or what transpired, I don’t know what it was. But people got upset and I feel like it was really unfair, what was said.
First of all, I think the term “queerbaiting” is not accurate. It pissed me off, because I feel like a real champion of that community with all those letters [LGBTQA] - you know, I’ve officiated gay weddings. Also, I don’t understand what the term means.”
— Misha Collins at NJCon 2013
The whole quote is here on youTube.
Let me state first of all that I respect Misha a lot for this comment. I’ve rarely seen celebrities respect slash fandom to a degree where they will engage in a serious discussion about the issues slash fans bring up at cons, often in a less-than-rational fashion. So hey, go Misha. Thanks for engaging. Here’s my answer. It’s long, but keep reading. It’ll all come together in the end.
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