This is a tangential comment, going off of the bit about mothers/mother figures:
"either neglectful or monstrous"
I offer up another option: if she's neither, then she's dead/missing
Take our mutual fandom, AtLA:
Kya - dead Ursa - banished, missing, possibly dead Hama - monstrous Mai's mom - neglectful Poppy Bei Fong - arguably both monstrous and neglectful, though it's following her husband's example...and I think that makes it even worse. All other moms - missing or unnamed and ignored.
In what is otherwise a great series full of strong female characters, the lack of mother figures who are powerful women in their own right was painful. Isn't there anyone I can look up to as a mom and a woman?
Guess I'm probably in the wrong genre. Maybe I should look outside of YA.
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Date: 2011-07-18 11:58 pm (UTC)"either neglectful or monstrous"
I offer up another option: if she's neither, then she's dead/missing
Take our mutual fandom, AtLA:
Kya - dead
Ursa - banished, missing, possibly dead
Hama - monstrous
Mai's mom - neglectful
Poppy Bei Fong - arguably both monstrous and neglectful, though it's following her husband's example...and I think that makes it even worse.
All other moms - missing or unnamed and ignored.
In what is otherwise a great series full of strong female characters, the lack of mother figures who are powerful women in their own right was painful. Isn't there anyone I can look up to as a mom and a woman?
Guess I'm probably in the wrong genre. Maybe I should look outside of YA.