that they needed to stop being SFCs and start being strong characters that are female, and that fits Kara to a T. She fascinates me, the depth of her character. She's so complex and multilayered and GUH, amazing.
Yes. I totally agree. The main reason I love Kara so much is because she is so incredibly complex and contradictory. She is so... challenging and fascinating as a character. And Katee's performance blows up my mind.
Lee, on the other hand, tends to get a lot of fandom hatred, more than Kara anyway.
I know! There has been so much Lee!hatred --he is loathed by a lot of people (including some Kara supporters), and frankly I don't get it. I guess it's because he is not as charismatic and larger-than-life as her... Lee is so restrained, I guess sometimes it can be difficult to sympathize with him. But I tend to get very protective of him every time I see all that bashing, too.
People in fandom forgive Kara her flaws so much more easily than they forgive Lee... I don't know why, but it's true.
Agree. I tend to think it's because the inherent sexism within LJ fandom... I mean, everyone loves Kara because we are all feminists here and Kara is a strong female character and blah, blah... But Lee? Nope. He is abusive when he hits her or even when they trade punches in a boxing match because... well, "his blows hurt much more" (that's something I read somewhere, ugh).
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Date: 2010-05-01 03:38 pm (UTC)Yes. I totally agree. The main reason I love Kara so much is because she is so incredibly complex and contradictory. She is so... challenging and fascinating as a character. And Katee's performance blows up my mind.
Lee, on the other hand, tends to get a lot of fandom hatred, more than Kara anyway.
I know! There has been so much Lee!hatred --he is loathed by a lot of people (including some Kara supporters), and frankly I don't get it. I guess it's because he is not as charismatic and larger-than-life as her... Lee is so restrained, I guess sometimes it can be difficult to sympathize with him. But I tend to get very protective of him every time I see all that bashing, too.
People in fandom forgive Kara her flaws so much more easily than they forgive Lee... I don't know why, but it's true.
Agree. I tend to think it's because the inherent sexism within LJ fandom... I mean, everyone loves Kara because we are all feminists here and Kara is a strong female character and blah, blah... But Lee? Nope. He is abusive when he hits her or even when they trade punches in a boxing match because... well, "his blows hurt much more" (that's something I read somewhere, ugh).