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just have this nightmare about shezow spinoff in which kelly was part of superheroine ensemble - and say nightmare because obie scott wade was not part of this show , all of characters just so much more mean spirited , and never reference guy as shezow . this was very much network attempt to erase original shezow as story of boy who grow to accept feminine role , and instead make " girl power " show that weaken points of original show , not strengthen .
like , important thing for kelly's character growth is that kelly realise not suited to be superhero in line of action - this administrative facilitator work is what kelly is best at . while this kind of work may be associated with women , especially in support of men who take that whole line of action , this is not because girl , given whole line of shezow and even other super women known in universe . this is because of personality and internal strengths and weaknesses . when guy take this for granted , kelly throw in towel and make guy realise just how important kelly is - not just anyone could be shezow's facilitator .
for this nightmare show to put kelly in that spotlight is step in wrong direction . while there still could be interesting commentary on how to operate as superheroine in society full of superheroes ... well ... guy as shezow do that too . what take away here is that facilitator role , and thus commentaries on how this role that is seen as feminine is so important - instead , this push kelly into that more action-based archetype , one that value only certain kinds of femininity . not all women need to be in action-based roles to still be vital to story and to have strong characters , and to think so is misogynistic expectation .
there was also again , just this general mean spirited tone about everything . these girls gossip and pick fights , and that serve conflicts more than actual premise - like , look at these catty teenage girls , catty like every teenage girl is ! what will these girls talk about next - boys , fashion , whine about chipped nails and ruined mascara ? no attempt at subversion or light hearted humour about these stereotypes , just present as utter truth - girls all mean and vain .
and yeah , no one in this show mention guy as shezow - guy was just kelly's brother who serve to be annoyance , like revert back to episode 1 , dig in heels and stay there . was so frustrate to have to watch even 1 episode in this nightmare , but feel obligation to try anyway just to show that support franchise , while make all of problems very clear .
fortunately , as this was just nightmare , do not need to worry about this ! feel so deeply relieved when wake up and realise .
like , important thing for kelly's character growth is that kelly realise not suited to be superhero in line of action - this administrative facilitator work is what kelly is best at . while this kind of work may be associated with women , especially in support of men who take that whole line of action , this is not because girl , given whole line of shezow and even other super women known in universe . this is because of personality and internal strengths and weaknesses . when guy take this for granted , kelly throw in towel and make guy realise just how important kelly is - not just anyone could be shezow's facilitator .
for this nightmare show to put kelly in that spotlight is step in wrong direction . while there still could be interesting commentary on how to operate as superheroine in society full of superheroes ... well ... guy as shezow do that too . what take away here is that facilitator role , and thus commentaries on how this role that is seen as feminine is so important - instead , this push kelly into that more action-based archetype , one that value only certain kinds of femininity . not all women need to be in action-based roles to still be vital to story and to have strong characters , and to think so is misogynistic expectation .
there was also again , just this general mean spirited tone about everything . these girls gossip and pick fights , and that serve conflicts more than actual premise - like , look at these catty teenage girls , catty like every teenage girl is ! what will these girls talk about next - boys , fashion , whine about chipped nails and ruined mascara ? no attempt at subversion or light hearted humour about these stereotypes , just present as utter truth - girls all mean and vain .
and yeah , no one in this show mention guy as shezow - guy was just kelly's brother who serve to be annoyance , like revert back to episode 1 , dig in heels and stay there . was so frustrate to have to watch even 1 episode in this nightmare , but feel obligation to try anyway just to show that support franchise , while make all of problems very clear .
fortunately , as this was just nightmare , do not need to worry about this ! feel so deeply relieved when wake up and realise .
