It is really hard for me to explain just what it is, because it is everything. I love that she cries. I love that she doesn't cry all the time and that when she does cry it just is ripped right out of her and it looks like it hurts.
I love that she is not stingy with her smiles or laughs. She is more likely to laugh when stressed than yell, but then she can be grumpy and mean and prickly. I love that she is *not* glamorous but is beautiful. I love that her body looks strong and capable and imperfect and natural.
I love that she identifies herself first and foremost as a pilot and that she loves to fly. I love the expression on her face when she flies - it is as if she can do no wrong and she knows it. She is doing the very thing that she exists to do. That is wonderful.
I love that she is often tactless and awkward with other people and gets uncomfortable and has no idea how to approach certain relationships, but that she still tries to do it. I love that she reacts to that discomfort with anger.
I love that she has sex. I love that she doesn't deny or ignore her physical attractions (unless they are with her dead fiancee's brother and dude - that is understandable).
Mostly, I love the fact that I intensely identify with her as a woman character. I feel like she is real - I don't think she is Super!Girled up and I don't think she is a male character being played by a female actress. She is the closest thing to a real live young woman, in my view of being a young woman, I have ever seen on TV. I intensely believe in her reactions, motivations and it never rings false.
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Date: 2005-08-15 06:59 pm (UTC)I love that she is not stingy with her smiles or laughs. She is more likely to laugh when stressed than yell, but then she can be grumpy and mean and prickly. I love that she is *not* glamorous but is beautiful. I love that her body looks strong and capable and imperfect and natural.
I love that she identifies herself first and foremost as a pilot and that she loves to fly. I love the expression on her face when she flies - it is as if she can do no wrong and she knows it. She is doing the very thing that she exists to do. That is wonderful.
I love that she is often tactless and awkward with other people and gets uncomfortable and has no idea how to approach certain relationships, but that she still tries to do it. I love that she reacts to that discomfort with anger.
I love that she has sex. I love that she doesn't deny or ignore her physical attractions (unless they are with her dead fiancee's brother and dude - that is understandable).
Mostly, I love the fact that I intensely identify with her as a woman character. I feel like she is real - I don't think she is Super!Girled up and I don't think she is a male character being played by a female actress. She is the closest thing to a real live young woman, in my view of being a young woman, I have ever seen on TV. I intensely believe in her reactions, motivations and it never rings false.
So, I am willing to admit some bias.