Your gender: Female Your age: 24 Your views on: Elle: I hated Elle. I know a lot of people liked her, so I'm not trying to step on toes; but when the show originally aired, I had just starting college and I wanted to go into profiling. I remember everyone telling me that I should watch the show and I just couldn't. She was not at all believable or realistic as a character, which normally doesn't bother me in TV shows, but it stuck out like a sore thumb from the rest of the show's believable universe. I couldn't be bothered to watch it until I heard she left. JJ: I hate that JJ's gone. She had this intense maternal strength, and I was really looking forward to what else lay into her character. I think her removal leaves a hole for the ensemble of the cast; without her it's like there's no voice of humanity to keep the analytical agents in check. Garcia: Garcia is like the original GaGa. With computers. I love how she is as a role model and inspiration to be yourself. And, as a role model she offers an important standard of wit that usually gets over-looked in female characters (not to mention comfort in one's sexuality without that ugly term "slut" attached to it). Plus, she's sparkly, and that's what I want in my life. Prentiss: Prentiss is, in my opinion, one of the greatest female characters in television. She's a strong, assertive, intelligent female; and her character exists as one of the boys in the Boys' Club. I think she's a crucial representative of females in the real world because of how assertive she can be; most shows tend to use females as "the emotion" or "the love interest" and I love that Prentiss does not exist to fill those purposes. And, I love even more that it's not a thing that she exists to be more than emotional/the hook-up (if that makes sense). I am so very interested to see what her background is, I just hate that it's being used to toy with us about whether or not she'll remain on the show. Seaver: I am absolutely rooting for Seaver. I really, really want her character to succeed. I get the impression that all the hate surrounding her character comes from a feeling of she's there to replace JJ, and I understand why people feel that way. But, at the same time, I feel like she can be an entirely new dynamic. That is to say, not a replacement, but an addition to what's left behind. I think her story shows promise, although, I do agree it can be easy to mess up, so...yeah, I'm rooting for her. Haley Hotchner: I go back and forth about Haley. I liked her, but I don't like that she was never really written to be a character (at least, that's what it felt like to me), but rather to exist as a plot point the writers could keep in their back pockets and pull out whenever they needed something "outside the office".
TL;DR: I'm pretty sure the heads of CM hate women, which hurts my fandom-love because they give us the best girls and then take them away.
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I HAVE OPINIONS, OKAY.
Date: Mar. 3rd, 2011 03:59 am (UTC)Your age: 24
Your views on:
Elle: I hated Elle. I know a lot of people liked her, so I'm not trying to step on toes; but when the show originally aired, I had just starting college and I wanted to go into profiling. I remember everyone telling me that I should watch the show and I just couldn't. She was not at all believable or realistic as a character, which normally doesn't bother me in TV shows, but it stuck out like a sore thumb from the rest of the show's believable universe. I couldn't be bothered to watch it until I heard she left.
JJ: I hate that JJ's gone. She had this intense maternal strength, and I was really looking forward to what else lay into her character. I think her removal leaves a hole for the ensemble of the cast; without her it's like there's no voice of humanity to keep the analytical agents in check.
Garcia: Garcia is like the original GaGa. With computers. I love how she is as a role model and inspiration to be yourself. And, as a role model she offers an important standard of wit that usually gets over-looked in female characters (not to mention comfort in one's sexuality without that ugly term "slut" attached to it). Plus, she's sparkly, and that's what I want in my life.
Prentiss: Prentiss is, in my opinion, one of the greatest female characters in television. She's a strong, assertive, intelligent female; and her character exists as one of the boys in the Boys' Club. I think she's a crucial representative of females in the real world because of how assertive she can be; most shows tend to use females as "the emotion" or "the love interest" and I love that Prentiss does not exist to fill those purposes. And, I love even more that it's not a thing that she exists to be more than emotional/the hook-up (if that makes sense). I am so very interested to see what her background is, I just hate that it's being used to toy with us about whether or not she'll remain on the show.
Seaver: I am absolutely rooting for Seaver. I really, really want her character to succeed. I get the impression that all the hate surrounding her character comes from a feeling of she's there to replace JJ, and I understand why people feel that way. But, at the same time, I feel like she can be an entirely new dynamic. That is to say, not a replacement, but an addition to what's left behind. I think her story shows promise, although, I do agree it can be easy to mess up, so...yeah, I'm rooting for her.
Haley Hotchner: I go back and forth about Haley. I liked her, but I don't like that she was never really written to be a character (at least, that's what it felt like to me), but rather to exist as a plot point the writers could keep in their back pockets and pull out whenever they needed something "outside the office".
TL;DR: I'm pretty sure the heads of CM hate women, which hurts my fandom-love because they give us the best girls and then take them away.