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labellementeuseSo, Lost this week? Very Good. EXCEPT...
*sigh* Man, I am getting so sick of the way
a) Jack keeps treating Kate
b) the show keeps treating Kate.
Jack is constantly trying to sideline Kate, protect her, keep her out of the big manly man crap (this despite the fact that I'm pretty sure he hadn't held a gun before the island and she had. I mean, she is tougher than him, has better aim, is probably nearly as strong as him.) It's not like this is the first episode where he's been all "omg kate you must stay behind, even though we're taking people who are CLEARLY NOT AS QUALIFIED and in fact UNWELL." He didn't even try to justify her staying behind, or make it palatable for her the way an actual good leader would have. However, I could cope with this as a character flaw of Jack if the show didn't keep validating his decisions. He tells her to stay behind, so she goes running off after him (although she's more responsible than, say, Sawyer would be, making sure there are people at the hatch to push the button, etc) and gets captured, victimised, and used. Which wouldn't have happened if he'd just taken her with him. But also it was a conscious choice on the part of the show to choose Kate to be the victim, to be presented as incompetent, as opposed to Jack for being a crappy leader. They could have done it just as easily with Jin or even Sayid but oh noes, that would have meant making the cool male characters look all incompetent and victim-y. Oh, but here's Kate, she's a woman, let's use her!
*fumes* If it was just once. But it's not; the show just keeps on doing this and it pisses me the hell off. Remember back when Kate was a strong character and a kickass gal?
*sigh* Man, I am getting so sick of the way
a) Jack keeps treating Kate
b) the show keeps treating Kate.
Jack is constantly trying to sideline Kate, protect her, keep her out of the big manly man crap (this despite the fact that I'm pretty sure he hadn't held a gun before the island and she had. I mean, she is tougher than him, has better aim, is probably nearly as strong as him.) It's not like this is the first episode where he's been all "omg kate you must stay behind, even though we're taking people who are CLEARLY NOT AS QUALIFIED and in fact UNWELL." He didn't even try to justify her staying behind, or make it palatable for her the way an actual good leader would have. However, I could cope with this as a character flaw of Jack if the show didn't keep validating his decisions. He tells her to stay behind, so she goes running off after him (although she's more responsible than, say, Sawyer would be, making sure there are people at the hatch to push the button, etc) and gets captured, victimised, and used. Which wouldn't have happened if he'd just taken her with him. But also it was a conscious choice on the part of the show to choose Kate to be the victim, to be presented as incompetent, as opposed to Jack for being a crappy leader. They could have done it just as easily with Jin or even Sayid but oh noes, that would have meant making the cool male characters look all incompetent and victim-y. Oh, but here's Kate, she's a woman, let's use her!
*fumes* If it was just once. But it's not; the show just keeps on doing this and it pisses me the hell off. Remember back when Kate was a strong character and a kickass gal?
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Date: 2006-04-30 03:34 am (UTC)