I wish I could say something halfway coherent about a possible source for fannish issues (well, those of largely slash fen) with a number of spunky, at least partially "male hero"-type girl characters. I'm thinking of anything from the resentment of (movie?) Wendy Darling to Buffy to OoTP!Ginny.
I think this also relates interestingly to movie!Hermione being fitted into that mold. I mean, it seems she's not like that in canon, and yet... I think she must have potential, since she's a Gryffindor, isn't she?
My thoughts on this are presently scattered, by my instinct is that Gryffindorishness is supposed to be used as a textual shorthand for this stereotype (or achetype or what have you): indomitable, spunky, fearless, brash, good-hearted and true (and thus generally also selfish, self-righteous, overly favored, prone to temper and usually victims to some unhealthy amount of zeal). It's not "real life" heroism by any means-- it's a story convention, and it's worked in countless tales since the dawn of story, as far as I can tell.
So it's interesting to me (and slightly sad), seeing this (female-centered) rebellion against the (unrealistically, fairy-tale-style)-- female rebellion. I mean, I bet if you asked your average 13 year-old girl, she'd say movie!Hermione (and OoTP!Ginny... and Buffy) was kewl, man.
( Well, a 13 year-old girl, Reena... what's the diff, yeah? )
Yeah. The meta, man. It is thick enough to choke on, isn't it? :>
I think this also relates interestingly to movie!Hermione being fitted into that mold. I mean, it seems she's not like that in canon, and yet... I think she must have potential, since she's a Gryffindor, isn't she?
My thoughts on this are presently scattered, by my instinct is that Gryffindorishness is supposed to be used as a textual shorthand for this stereotype (or achetype or what have you): indomitable, spunky, fearless, brash, good-hearted and true (and thus generally also selfish, self-righteous, overly favored, prone to temper and usually victims to some unhealthy amount of zeal). It's not "real life" heroism by any means-- it's a story convention, and it's worked in countless tales since the dawn of story, as far as I can tell.
So it's interesting to me (and slightly sad), seeing this (female-centered) rebellion against the (unrealistically, fairy-tale-style)-- female rebellion. I mean, I bet if you asked your average 13 year-old girl, she'd say movie!Hermione (and OoTP!Ginny... and Buffy) was kewl, man.
( Well, a 13 year-old girl, Reena... what's the diff, yeah? )
Yeah. The meta, man. It is thick enough to choke on, isn't it? :>
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