But going by this chart, it's almost impossible for a female character not to be a stereotype.
Pretty much this.
How many World-Weary Law Enforcement Dudes alone get credit for being soooo nuanced because they have one quirk or a dead younger sibling or war angst that gets mentioned once or twice a season in passing, with maybe one episode that one time focusing on it?
Also this.
I think any character has to at least roughly fit into a box or trope, I mean that's kind of what our brains do. Most of the nuance comes from giving time and focus to characters. If one character has twice the screen time as another, and we always see things from his PoV, of course he's going to be the one who is more nuanced. If he wasn't, there's something wrong.
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Date: 2010-10-14 11:13 pm (UTC)Pretty much this.
How many World-Weary Law Enforcement Dudes alone get credit for being soooo nuanced because they have one quirk or a dead younger sibling or war angst that gets mentioned once or twice a season in passing, with maybe one episode that one time focusing on it?
Also this.
I think any character has to at least roughly fit into a box or trope, I mean that's kind of what our brains do. Most of the nuance comes from giving time and focus to characters. If one character has twice the screen time as another, and we always see things from his PoV, of course he's going to be the one who is more nuanced. If he wasn't, there's something wrong.