ARGH DOLLHOUSE

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BEING FORCED INTO SEX SLAVERY IS NOT BETTER THAN BEING SCHIZOPHRENIC
GOING BACK INTO SAID SEX SLAVERY IS NOT BETTER THAN REMEMBERING YOU KILLED A GUY (no not even if you have a vaguely remembered boyfriend in the bordello)

I just ARGH. Why can't I quit you Dollhouse? I mean Supernatural has the straighforward moral women are sexy evil demon sluts. And you know, I'm not a fan of that moral, but I can keep it in mind and wait to watch the show until I'm in a mood to put up with it.

But Dollhouse, Dollhouse says "I have a moral! That moral is that rape is.." and then I sit there going "..bad?" and sometimes yes! The answer is that rape is bad. But sometimes, the moral is that rape is sexy! Or better than being crazy! Or ok as long as you don't remember it and are happy at the end! And..just..ARGH.

And seriously. Schizophrenics are people! With feelings! Who are able to give consent, or not! Warching Batman: Arkham Ayslum over Cam's shoulder has not helped me deal with my constant burning rage at the inability of popular culture to realise that mentally ill people are people. But I went in expecting for this episode to make me angry and it was even worse.

See also Dollhouse 2x04 by coffeeandink.

Less capslockuy thoughts now I'm feeling vented:
Boyd is irritatingly muddled. He was interestingly ambiguous at the start, but I am begining to feel the writers just have him take whatever tack suits the plot. Better than Ballard though, who wasn't there, yay. I miss Saunders :(
Lol at Adele taking a moral stand. I always find those scenes so bizarre, like in her head she's on some different show where she's a halfway decent person.
Topher's growth is more interesting since he went from "I don't care" to "Wtf am I doing??" which makes some sense. I must admit I ship the creepy wrongness of Adele/Topher, but not in a romantic/sexy way. They're just..interesting to watch drag each other down to the murky bottom.
Eh, Mary Sue super Echo. Kind of interesting, kind of not.

But mostly: ARGH. A person does not become broken! No! Bad! Argh!

Comments

[dingsi]

Yeah, I... mostly I read other people's entries who pointed out the flaws and the fucked-up-ness of it all and then I stared blankly at the screen with a "The show did WHAT?!" expression. From the start I've been reluctant to watch Dollhouse because (I suppose) I didn't trust the writers to not write creepy, no-good, male-gaze-pandering, possibly triggering stuff. And, uh, this. Does not help with the mistrust.

Seriously, the show did WHAT. D:

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DO NOT TRUST THIS SHOW. Do not trust this show as far as you can throw it (and by "it" I mean the entire production cast and all the sets, and by you I mean me, because I am small and weak and not very good at throwing things and for all I know you are a champion discus thrower or something)