Fannish Friday 5
27 May 2011 16:14![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shistavanenjediFive unfortunate uses of pregnancy as a plot device.
1. Connor and Cordelia in Angel. Up until then, I really loved Angel, but the result turned Cordelia into an evil cow and eventually made her go into a coma that killed her. However, I wonder if in fact it was really her because at the end of the previous series she had been asscended by the Powers That Be. (granted she was a cow in Buffy, but you could put up with that. Angel was meant to turn her around...) I think it was the down turn of the series.
2. Well, though the books/films are complete trash anyway, I suppose it's expected that it would get worse, but I would have to list Bella's pregancy from Breaking Dawn. The word disgusting doesn't even begin to describe it.
3. Mara Jade Skywalker having Ben in Star Wars. I don't mind the fact that Luke has a kid, eventually, nor do I mind the fact that it was with Mara. But it turned a previously loved character (Mara) into an uber sue because she wasn't Mara anymore - just a little wifey with a baby...Leia's pregancies didn't do that to her so why should it happen to Mara?
4. Tenal Ka (from Star Wars, again) because her pregancy of Jacen Solo's baby allegedly contributed to him going over to the dark side. What? I find that story weak. I can understand it if a Jedi lost his wife/child but that didn't happen and it was a stupid storyline. I wish Legacy of the Force had never been written. Having said that, I don't mind Tenal Ka and Jacen having a baby, I just think it was a stupid storyline.
I can't really think of anymore, for now anyway.
1. Connor and Cordelia in Angel. Up until then, I really loved Angel, but the result turned Cordelia into an evil cow and eventually made her go into a coma that killed her. However, I wonder if in fact it was really her because at the end of the previous series she had been asscended by the Powers That Be. (granted she was a cow in Buffy, but you could put up with that. Angel was meant to turn her around...) I think it was the down turn of the series.
2. Well, though the books/films are complete trash anyway, I suppose it's expected that it would get worse, but I would have to list Bella's pregancy from Breaking Dawn. The word disgusting doesn't even begin to describe it.
3. Mara Jade Skywalker having Ben in Star Wars. I don't mind the fact that Luke has a kid, eventually, nor do I mind the fact that it was with Mara. But it turned a previously loved character (Mara) into an uber sue because she wasn't Mara anymore - just a little wifey with a baby...Leia's pregancies didn't do that to her so why should it happen to Mara?
4. Tenal Ka (from Star Wars, again) because her pregancy of Jacen Solo's baby allegedly contributed to him going over to the dark side. What? I find that story weak. I can understand it if a Jedi lost his wife/child but that didn't happen and it was a stupid storyline. I wish Legacy of the Force had never been written. Having said that, I don't mind Tenal Ka and Jacen having a baby, I just think it was a stupid storyline.
I can't really think of anymore, for now anyway.
