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beccaelizabeth) wrote2010-10-23 09:15 pm
beccaelizabeth) wrote2010-10-23 09:15 pm
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ST:TNG Galaxy's Child
I liked this one. Geordi had that whole thing with holodeck Leah and it was just a bit Wrong, so in this one Leah turns up and says hey, Wrong! He read about her and saw recordings and made stuff up about her and got that whole line between fantasy and reality muddled up, and Guinan telling him so didn't fix it, so he gets the rolled up newspaper of reality right on the nose. No cookies for you.
Except then he says he was only trying to be friends and tells her off for getting annoyed. Which is not so good. I mean, he's been creepy stalker dude, a little bit, and not been honest. Why should he get the happy laughs ending? He could get the ending of 'we might have been friends but I don't trust you to respect my boundaries'. That would be a better ending. And the whole bit with her being married already is a mistake I think, because that makes it look like 'we could have but another bloke got there first' rather than 'I make decision you are not quite right'. Women having agency means sometimes turning a guy down because they feel like it.
So I liked the bits where he's being told off, but not so much when he gets away with it. Even though almost all the time he's a nice guy, he's nice about engineering and his bloke friends, he's kind of a social mess about girlfriend stuff. I like it when that gets pointed out.
Except then he says he was only trying to be friends and tells her off for getting annoyed. Which is not so good. I mean, he's been creepy stalker dude, a little bit, and not been honest. Why should he get the happy laughs ending? He could get the ending of 'we might have been friends but I don't trust you to respect my boundaries'. That would be a better ending. And the whole bit with her being married already is a mistake I think, because that makes it look like 'we could have but another bloke got there first' rather than 'I make decision you are not quite right'. Women having agency means sometimes turning a guy down because they feel like it.
So I liked the bits where he's being told off, but not so much when he gets away with it. Even though almost all the time he's a nice guy, he's nice about engineering and his bloke friends, he's kind of a social mess about girlfriend stuff. I like it when that gets pointed out.