the thing with Gwen is I'm increasingly seeing her as someone more invested in doing the nice thing than doing the right thing. Or at least in being seen as someone who is a nice person.
I mean, the thing with Suzie... in what senses was that the right thing? Who's needs did that serve? Gwen's need to feel better about herself was pretty high on the list.
And she keeps equating her own norms and values with 'being human'. Like there's only one right way to do that.
Also, she is not kick arse. I know not every character can be, but with her combined her traits of whiny guilty empathy and freezing in crisis situations she ends up being a character I don't really want to spend much time with.
Looked at from the shiny side she does try to be all nice and empathising and understanding and stuff, she just seems terribly naive about it and a tad bit practice/preach divided.
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Date: 2007-02-10 10:23 am (UTC)I mean, the thing with Suzie... in what senses was that the right thing? Who's needs did that serve? Gwen's need to feel better about herself was pretty high on the list.
And she keeps equating her own norms and values with 'being human'. Like there's only one right way to do that.
Also, she is not kick arse. I know not every character can be, but with her combined her traits of whiny guilty empathy and freezing in crisis situations she ends up being a character I don't really want to spend much time with.
Looked at from the shiny side she does try to be all nice and empathising and understanding and stuff, she just seems terribly naive about it and a tad bit practice/preach divided.