I'm writing a paper on the female characters of Criminal Minds!

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I'm trying to get a survey going so that I can get a good idea on a direction for this paper, so can we have a discussion post on female characters? 

What I need for my paper:

• Your gender
• Your age (an age bracket is fine if you're not comfortable giving a solid number)
• Your views on Elle, JJ, Garcia, Prentiss, Seaver, and Haley Hotchner: Do you like/feel indifferent to/dislike/hate any of them? Why? 

Otherwise, let's just have a free-for-all discussion on female characters of the CM verse. :) 

(Also, my laptop monitor is dead, so I might be slow replying to people, but I really appreciate anyone who comments.)

Mods? I'm super hoping this is okay. I didn't see anything against it in the rules, and it's technically a discussion post?

Comments

[laminy.livejournal.com]

+ Gender - girl
+ Age - 21

+ Elle - actually hated. She just didn't really seem like she was a part of the team, and after the attack, maybe we were suppose to sympathize with her, but that was when she really went off. But she always seemed colder than the rest.

+ JJ - she was sweet and smart, and had an excellent place on the team. She was confident but approachable and dealt with the victims and their families well. But I honestly don't miss her that much now that she's gone, I don't think she was the glue that held the show together or anything.

+ Garcia - I did like her, originally, for almost the entire series. She was different that other women on TV, she was a role model for anyone who felt different, she flirted with Morgan and it was sweet. Now, I feel like being weird is her crutch. Like there's nothing to her character besides the fact that she's a little weird, and it's annoying. It's a try-too-hard.

+ Prentiss - dislike, particularly lately. I've never felt really strong one way or another about her, like, who cares, she's there now, but I wouldn't care if she left. I don't feel like she adds much.

+ Seaver - I don't have any reason yet to really like or dislike her, which is just a lack of her character being used. I know almost everyone absolutely despises her, so I'm rooting for her more than any other character. I want her to succeed so everyone can suck it.

+ Haley Hotchner - she did come off as selfish, like she was the villain in their marriage. I get why she wanted Aaron around, but I also think she knew what his job was when they got married. She was certainly a bit more likable when she was in hiding, but other than killing her off, I don't think the writers ever gave me a reason to like her.