I know it's humour, really. But fandom has sensitised me for this misogyny thing, and I get a little annoyed by it - especially because it's so prelevant in fandom, bashing female characters, especially if they aren't of the perfect body type... There are some things I just do not find funny, like making jokes of gender, race, weight...
As for what made me lose respect for her, well, I must admit I got very angry with her for throwing the phone at him. I thought that was violence, and violence to me in a marriage is clearly out of bounds.
If my memory serves right, that was when she was on the phone with the police, worried sick because Matt had disappeared without a trace? Then she saw Matt wake up on the couch, and it really looked like Matt had simply been drinking way, way too much
You really blame Janice for an angry gesture in this moment? What should she have done? "Aww, poor wooby, let me run you the bath water and make you some coffee like the good little wife I am, not going to question your life style, dear husband"? I'd find that bewildering.
And she did cheat on him
And she was sorry about it, admitted it and promised to stop. By which I do not mean to excuse her actions in that regard, but it's weird how people keep bringing this one up when it comes to Janice. While Nathan gets off the hook completely, even though he cheated on his disabled wife, lied about it to her face and never even acknowledged that he did something wrong... I hope you also hate Nathan, else it's just a weird double standard.
and she in general was very selfish, I thought, and not very understanding of the fact that her husband was going through something that required some understanding.
I really don't think she was any less understanding of Matt than Matt was of her. Remember, their marriage problems started before Matt's power manifested. Even before that, there was a lot of tension, probably mostly due to Matt's frustrating job situation. He failed his exams several times and was too stubborn to just tell someone he had dislexia. Meanwhile, Janice was a successful lawyer.
Their problems are not all about Matt's powers and her reactions to them, really. If you think her role in the series should have been to inconditionally do what he says and comfort him and make his plight as easy for him as possible, you have a very strange, or simply old-fashioned idea about what a wife is supposed to be.
Sorry, I know, it's your funny macro post, and not the right place for serious business, but it's just something that's been bothering me for ages, and your comment there really made me boggle in places.
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Date: 2008-04-23 08:03 pm (UTC)As for what made me lose respect for her, well, I must admit I got very angry with her for throwing the phone at him. I thought that was violence, and violence to me in a marriage is clearly out of bounds.
If my memory serves right, that was when she was on the phone with the police, worried sick because Matt had disappeared without a trace? Then she saw Matt wake up on the couch, and it really looked like Matt had simply been drinking way, way too much
You really blame Janice for an angry gesture in this moment? What should she have done? "Aww, poor wooby, let me run you the bath water and make you some coffee like the good little wife I am, not going to question your life style, dear husband"? I'd find that bewildering.
And she did cheat on him
And she was sorry about it, admitted it and promised to stop. By which I do not mean to excuse her actions in that regard, but it's weird how people keep bringing this one up when it comes to Janice. While Nathan gets off the hook completely, even though he cheated on his disabled wife, lied about it to her face and never even acknowledged that he did something wrong... I hope you also hate Nathan, else it's just a weird double standard.
and she in general was very selfish, I thought, and not very understanding of the fact that her husband was going through something that required some understanding.
I really don't think she was any less understanding of Matt than Matt was of her.
Remember, their marriage problems started before Matt's power manifested. Even before that, there was a lot of tension, probably mostly due to Matt's frustrating job situation. He failed his exams several times and was too stubborn to just tell someone he had dislexia. Meanwhile, Janice was a successful lawyer.
Their problems are not all about Matt's powers and her reactions to them, really. If you think her role in the series should have been to inconditionally do what he says and comfort him and make his plight as easy for him as possible, you have a very strange, or simply old-fashioned idea about what a wife is supposed to be.
Sorry, I know, it's your funny macro post, and not the right place for serious business, but it's just something that's been bothering me for ages, and your comment there really made me boggle in places.