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toosmallortootall:
I think perhaps my favourite thing about Leverage is that it gave us Parker. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another character like her on television, well, ever.
She’s incredibly, wildly competent and brilliant at what she does, has been through some shit that’s mostly played off for laughs, but not in order to invalidate that shit but rather that’s just how she sees her life (mood!!). While she’s the epitome of conventionally attractive she is absolutely and entirely uncomfortable with any kind of attention (and stabs dudes with forks when they upset her!), she actively behaves in a manner counter to everything we’ve been taught about conventional femininity, and she’s got a charisma score in the negatives (and that’s a good thing! she’s got the biggest heart but is still the most awkward person I’ve ever seen! It’s so rare for a female character to be allotted leeway to just be wildly terrible at emotional/interpersonal interactions, excepting the few like ‘cold blooded evil women TM’ that we get tossed every now and then, ugh. Like! Parker is the opposite of them! She’s so ‘warmblooded’ but she’s also so awkward!).
I’m really not sure how to convey and explain how much I love her as a character unless you’ve seen her in action because she’s just! Such an anomaly in media and I really appreciate her and wish more writers and directors were aware that she’s an option as a character archetype for women.
toosmallortootall:
I think perhaps my favourite thing about Leverage is that it gave us Parker. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another character like her on television, well, ever.
She’s incredibly, wildly competent and brilliant at what she does, has been through some shit that’s mostly played off for laughs, but not in order to invalidate that shit but rather that’s just how she sees her life (mood!!). While she’s the epitome of conventionally attractive she is absolutely and entirely uncomfortable with any kind of attention (and stabs dudes with forks when they upset her!), she actively behaves in a manner counter to everything we’ve been taught about conventional femininity, and she’s got a charisma score in the negatives (and that’s a good thing! she’s got the biggest heart but is still the most awkward person I’ve ever seen! It’s so rare for a female character to be allotted leeway to just be wildly terrible at emotional/interpersonal interactions, excepting the few like ‘cold blooded evil women TM’ that we get tossed every now and then, ugh. Like! Parker is the opposite of them! She’s so ‘warmblooded’ but she’s also so awkward!).
I’m really not sure how to convey and explain how much I love her as a character unless you’ve seen her in action because she’s just! Such an anomaly in media and I really appreciate her and wish more writers and directors were aware that she’s an option as a character archetype for women.
