Talk:Women attacking their lovers

What's the context for this entry? I mean, "check out these powerful women attacking their lovers" -- is that supposed to sound glib and/or spiteful, or what? Should we be rooting for them, or bemoaning the bitch goddess cliché? If that's a relevent distinction, it would make sense to precise it on the page.

There's a world of difference in the narrative function and agency involved for the women who are attacking their lovers in the examples from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and X-Men 3 as listed.

And they're smegging huge spoilers, too, for their respective series.

--Ide Cyan 07:04, 9 December 2006 (PST)

Does it sound glib and/or spiteful to you? Feel free to recaption it.

As for my intent, it's just observation. I was just watching Alias & it suddenly occurred to me that this particular plot had happened several times. I thought it was interesting that this particular plot device had recurred in all these strong-woman tv shows. So it's simply an observation, that invites others' speculation, additional observations, etc.

Like you could add a section that lists possible intended audience responses, or possible related cliche's & themes, since that's what you started thinking about. You could also write about the ways the plot device is used very differently in the different shows. You or me or someone else could list other shows with powerful female protagonists (PFPs) that didn't ever do this - counterexamples, or other shows with PFPs that did have this theme. One could look at the writers for those particular shows & speculate on gender issues relating to authorship, if any are apparent.

Feel free to also talk about how this plot device has been used in so many different ways that it is not a meaningful observation! Although, I might argue with that eventually ...

--LQ 08:37, 9 December 2006 (PST)