I saw this week with Tracy we had a return of one of Heroes favourite little plotlines - the woman who finds that she can't control her powers and thus puts herself and those around her in deadly danger. It made me further reflect on how the show seems to hold the unspoken view that women shouldn't really be given the heavy duty powers. They only cry and break them. Maybe this is why a lot of the female Heroes have powers that are kind of passive in nature - Angela, Claire, Emma (although that looks like that may change), Becky, Daphne, Candace, Lydia, Charlie, Eden & Molly, all have powers that are purely defensive or work by manipulating and deceiving a foe.( Read more... )
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