I'm not arguing that the show shouldn't have abandoned her; she is obviously not the plot of the episode.
I'm saying, because the show abandoned her this is what I imagine the results of their con.
I know that the ends justify the means for the Leverage team; that's the Watsonian explanation. But again, for me, on the Doylesian front, there is a difference between the writers having the team use sexual assault and the writers having the team use a beloved pet. And the reason is that nobody is trying to use my love for my pets to keep me in line, but people are always trying to use my fear of sexual assault to keep me in line: don't walk alone at night, don't get a cheap apartment because there's nobody there to check on you, don't take courses after a certain hour, don't go to bars alone. This plays into rape culture, into rape-is-funny, and into threatening-rape-is-a-fine-way-to-keep-women-in-line.
Again, I know there are Watsonian explanations. I know the team is filled with jerks. I am not looking for Watsonian explanations; I am thinking about the Doylesian consequences and the writer's meeting.
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Date: 2009-08-28 07:42 pm (UTC)I'm saying, because the show abandoned her this is what I imagine the results of their con.
I know that the ends justify the means for the Leverage team; that's the Watsonian explanation. But again, for me, on the Doylesian front, there is a difference between the writers having the team use sexual assault and the writers having the team use a beloved pet. And the reason is that nobody is trying to use my love for my pets to keep me in line, but people are always trying to use my fear of sexual assault to keep me in line: don't walk alone at night, don't get a cheap apartment because there's nobody there to check on you, don't take courses after a certain hour, don't go to bars alone. This plays into rape culture, into rape-is-funny, and into threatening-rape-is-a-fine-way-to-keep-women-in-line.
Again, I know there are Watsonian explanations. I know the team is filled with jerks. I am not looking for Watsonian explanations; I am thinking about the Doylesian consequences and the writer's meeting.