--- Sally Manton smanton@hotmail.com wrote:
Now let us be reasonable ... he took away said reason at her RATHER LOUD request (as far as she was concerned, doing so was *his* reason for living IMO).
And now it's become her reason for dying. Well done Avon.
Yes, the plot has decidedly sexist overtones, but I do think what's been done *with* it tends to skew them. Meegat may be totally subservient, but she is also the most in control of her part in the situation - she is totally unembarrassed, almost assured,
That's your interpretation, not necessarily Terry Nation's. It seems to me that you are reinterpreting a disturbing scenario to make it more comfortable for yourself. You are saying that she is in control and almost assured,yet subservient! Nope sorry, you've lost me there.
as distinct from My Darling whose
macho sexist role is rather undercut by his own kerflummoxed reactions (a lovely mixture of flattered, embarrassed, and - every time she throws herself at his feet - mildly appalled :-)). And Vila's teasing is aimed straight at *him* (even if somewhat unkind to Meegat, who barely notices Vila's existence anyway). I do love Avon's "let's not start that again" and his answer to Vila's "you're enjoying this, aren't you?" "*Probably*." (he really *isn't* sure ...)
This again is your interpretation, but however you interpret it, the fact remains that Avon goes along with it. There does seem to be an attempt on behalf of the dialogue to undercut the blatant misogynogy, perhaps the work of the script editor, but unfortunatly all that is achieved is to justify the earlier bits.
The biggest problem *is* the fact that they appear to leave her there alone (a case of Bad Writer Syndrome, of course - I get the feeling the writer meant Meegat to have gone with the brood-rocket, but screwed it up by showing said rocket leaving).
And how exactly did you figure that, considering that he didn't write in any suggestion at all that she was supposed to go up with it? Even the fact that it's a "brood rocket" suggests that it's the brood that's supposed to go, not the rest of the population.
But none of the rest -
not even Jenna or Cally, nor the anything-but-piggish Gan, nor Fearless Leader (of the infamous Bleeding Heart, remember?) - appear to have had any problems with Meegat being left.
Exactly.
The obvious if inadequate
inference is that she *chose* not to leave her home.
Again, I don't follow. It would be equally fair to infer (and make a bit more sense, given that nobody seems to have any problems with it) that she was left behind without a second thought.
Alternately <g> she *was* on the Liberator being ferried to safety, but Avon's put her in one of the spare cabins during the flight and is keeping her and her penchant for throwing herself at his feet away from Blake's eyes (somehow, I don't think Avon could *stand* to have Blake see it ...).
Since there is no evidence for that, it sounds again more like you're trying to make the story sound less disturbing for yourself. "Don't worry, Little Red Riding Hood didn't die, the woodcutter saved her." Face it, Avon didn't save her, he left her on the planet to die.
Wendy
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