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The Wrong About Companions Bingo Card
Jan. 19th, 2013 01:26 pmLook, I just reached a tipping point, okay?
All of these are things I've seen actual people say about actual companions. Sometimes in what are ostensibly feminist critiques. Left out due to lack of space: victim, actress is responsible for sexism, a few others.
"Agency" is included because in the last couple of years I've seen it being chucked around with abandon, regardless of situation, context, or, indeed, whether or not a character has any agency. This is a problem across fandoms, not just Doctor Who, but the result is that it's become as meaningless to me as labeling a character a Mary Sue or a Strong Female Character. ("Fridged" is going the same way, especially after complaints that Sophie was fridged in "Closing Time" because she ... went on a holiday ... and came back alive and happy at the end.)
All of these are things I've seen actual people say about actual companions. Sometimes in what are ostensibly feminist critiques. Left out due to lack of space: victim, actress is responsible for sexism, a few others.
"Agency" is included because in the last couple of years I've seen it being chucked around with abandon, regardless of situation, context, or, indeed, whether or not a character has any agency. This is a problem across fandoms, not just Doctor Who, but the result is that it's become as meaningless to me as labeling a character a Mary Sue or a Strong Female Character. ("Fridged" is going the same way, especially after complaints that Sophie was fridged in "Closing Time" because she ... went on a holiday ... and came back alive and happy at the end.)
