Sy-Fy, y do you fayl so?

[cat_77]

Spoilers for potential SGU stuff.



So I heard about the casting call for a thin attractive woman to play a quadriplegic who gets the chance to walk again. Thought, okay, whatever, been done before (even on Sister Kate in a dream sequence and yes, I did just date myself).

Then they add that she will experience intimacy for the first time. I rolled my eyes and figured the idiots in charge probably figured someone who’s disabled couldn’t possibly, you know, find other ways to get some. Added it to the pile of “they didn’t think” and moved on, hoping it would be a tiny bit of a larger episode.

Now there’s a new twist – the quadriplegic does this all with the dumbest plot device that ever did dumb bodyswap machine. Who does she swap with? The token dyke. Who does she screw? A man.

There are so many things that are wrong with this, beginning with consent issues and ending with the fact you know they will play it that the token dyke has now felt the love of a man and occasionally questions herself and her love for chicks over the love for dudes. Or, you know, the need for a strapping man instead of a strap on.

If I wasn’t at work, I’d find and link to the video of “I Spent My Last $10.00 on Birth Control and Beer” by Two Nice Girls...

Edit: This is supposedly the link - we can't access You Tube here to verify it though.


Edit: Here is afterellen.com's take on the situation, the recent apology, and whether the fail is still there and, if so, for which of the many different situations that have been raised.

In other news, sorry I fell behind on feedback and feedback responses. Long story short: Something came up in RL. I’ll try to catch up shortly.

Comments

[elkebaby.livejournal.com]

wow...everytime I think it can't get worse, they lower the bar on quality with this show.

And doesn't the "token dyke" supposedly get to go back to her girlfriend for an episode? I bet both she & her girlfriend will be thrilled that someone else used her body to sleep with a man. (And if they wanna get rid of her, will they make her pregnant & have her trying desperatly to get home...or maybe she'll hook up with the babbydaddy.)

Gah! SG1 and SGA could be convoluted at times, but I don't remember them being quite so un-pc...but maybe that's rose-tinted glasses.

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

I love the actress, and love that they are finally going to have an openly gay character. Unfortunately, these writers just seem to not know how to handle anything with the barest hint of sensitivity. I had a feeling they were going to blow it, and this kinda serves as evidence. Then again, considering what they've done to straight relationships in the past, should we have expected more when they finally got around to the gays?