I love these points! I had definitely noticed John-as-woman, though I hadn't articulated it as clearly in my head as you do here. But I hadn't really thought about the implications of John not returning to Earth. Very nice point there, and I totally agree.
Also your icon is giving me so many giggles right now. :D
"The Hero. Flawed, brilliant, well-meaning, oozing with integrity. Also tall and sexually self aware."
I read that and immediately thought, "that's my type too". Well, not in the same sense that Lum means it, and not so much the tall bit, but I realized that if John were anyone but a cis white guy, he'd probably be one of my favorite characters ever. Weird.
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Date: 2014-10-24 09:35 pm (UTC)Also your icon is giving me so many giggles right now. :D
ETA: I am digging up people's posts about Farscape and I noticed that in her recentish Farscape post,
"The Hero. Flawed, brilliant, well-meaning, oozing with integrity. Also tall and sexually self aware."
I read that and immediately thought, "that's my type too". Well, not in the same sense that Lum means it, and not so much the tall bit, but I realized that if John were anyone but a cis white guy, he'd probably be one of my favorite characters ever. Weird.