As far as forgiving Kara for more than I forgive Lee, I do because I love her totally. But also, Lee's fear of rejection/abusive past was a very late in the game development. His issues with his father don't logically have any ties to his love life unless you buy into Black Market, which was really just kind of a mess to me. Maybe if they'd hit his issues with fear of rejection earlier. If they'd delved more into his childhood earlier, I would have felt that Lee was just as fucked up as Kara was. But since he was so non-dysfunctional ... I guess I expected more from him. I also have a lot of issues with the way the Dee/Lee relationship started and evolved where it never really felt like there was a real bond between them, so much as him settling for a crutch. (Sam was a crutch for Kara too, but somehow it felt more developed. You got to see two moments for them that were pretty happy and about each other, rather than about other people. I always felt like Kara was standing right in the middle of Lee/Dee. Though again, might be my bias talking.
Anyway, since this is the world's longest post and I could keep going, I'll just say since the finale, I love Lee a lot more. Because I love fandom Lee and I didn't always love canon Lee. Because also I feel horribly protective about him since that terrible terrible ending he got. **shrugs**
One thing that bums me out about Shipper Nation is that I feel like there is so much less love for Kara or at least discussion of that love for her than there is for Lee. I know this is an inverse I guess to fandom as a whole. But I wish more folks HERE loved her and loved to talk about her more.
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Re: Epic Response, Part 2
Date: 2010-05-01 11:37 pm (UTC)As far as forgiving Kara for more than I forgive Lee, I do because I love her totally. But also, Lee's fear of rejection/abusive past was a very late in the game development. His issues with his father don't logically have any ties to his love life unless you buy into Black Market, which was really just kind of a mess to me. Maybe if they'd hit his issues with fear of rejection earlier. If they'd delved more into his childhood earlier, I would have felt that Lee was just as fucked up as Kara was. But since he was so non-dysfunctional ... I guess I expected more from him. I also have a lot of issues with the way the Dee/Lee relationship started and evolved where it never really felt like there was a real bond between them, so much as him settling for a crutch. (Sam was a crutch for Kara too, but somehow it felt more developed. You got to see two moments for them that were pretty happy and about each other, rather than about other people. I always felt like Kara was standing right in the middle of Lee/Dee. Though again, might be my bias talking.
Anyway, since this is the world's longest post and I could keep going, I'll just say since the finale, I love Lee a lot more. Because I love fandom Lee and I didn't always love canon Lee. Because also I feel horribly protective about him since that terrible terrible ending he got. **shrugs**
One thing that bums me out about Shipper Nation is that I feel like there is so much less love for Kara or at least discussion of that love for her than there is for Lee. I know this is an inverse I guess to fandom as a whole. But I wish more folks HERE loved her and loved to talk about her more.