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

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Your gender : Female
Your age : 28

Your views on :

Elle - I'm not a big Elle fan. I thought that she tried to be too badass at times and didn't mesh well with the team. With all the other team members, you got a sense that they'd be able to chill out with each other in their free time but Elle never seemed to fit into that. I know that she went on holiday with Morgan but generally, I never felt that she fit in well with the team.
Also, I really hated how she basically killed that unsub in cold blood. Her frustration was understandable but it's not an excuse.

JJ - I really liked her. She was smart, sweet and passionate. I thought that she made a great mother and team member. I really liked that eventho she wasn't a profiler, she contributed so much to the team on a professional and personal level. The team still doesn't feel the same way without her.

Garcia - I *love* Garcia. How could you not? I love her unique personality and her interactions with Morgan.
I also adore that her desk is full of cute, colourful stuff. I swear, I'd do the same with my desk if it was allowed at work ....

Prentiss - She is one badass, awesome profiler. I know that after Elle left, I didn't care much for Prentiss but as time went by and she proved to be a very valuable team member, I really warmed up to her. Again, I can't imagine the BAU without her.

Seaver - I kinda like Seaver tho I'd really wish that she'd stop looking like she is about to burst out crying. The last episode was the first one where I felt Seaver's eyes didn't look all teary. We haven't really seen much of her skills except fucking up badly in her first episode. But I'm willing to give her a chance to become a good profiler.

Haley Hotchner - I've always liked her. She seemed so sweet. Being married to Hotch must not always have been easy and I don't blame her for being frustrated at times. I cried when she died.