Good point about Hermione. And I love how she took Ron to task in GoF for not realizing boys would like her - even though (IMO) Ron just wasn't aware of HOW to tell her he liked her. But she didn't compromise anything about herself, and she's this horrible person with no friends at the beginning of the series. I love that she's figured out how to use her brains, her sarcasm, and just her... growing up throughout the series. I love love love Hermione.
And I was surrounded by outright hilarious women. My mother, for all her major faults in life, is absolutely hilarious. My sisters. Our female friends as I grew up - all wet your pants funny. So... it was weird to not have anything like that available growing up outside of my own home. We were encouraged to do funny voices, silly walks, goofy whatever, all for the sake of the joke.
It's discouraging to find that television/movies try and discourage women from being crazygonutz - we are pretty women who open a funny door, which is the very OPPOSITE of comedy: you open a door FUNNY.
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Date: 2005-08-02 11:20 am (UTC)And I was surrounded by outright hilarious women. My mother, for all her major faults in life, is absolutely hilarious. My sisters. Our female friends as I grew up - all wet your pants funny. So... it was weird to not have anything like that available growing up outside of my own home. We were encouraged to do funny voices, silly walks, goofy whatever, all for the sake of the joke.
It's discouraging to find that television/movies try and discourage women from being crazygonutz - we are pretty women who open a funny door, which is the very OPPOSITE of comedy: you open a door FUNNY.