Heroes: Chicks Read Comics, Dumbass
By Lisa Fary
I thought we’d cleared up this business about chicks reading comics. Which means that the idiotic “Your vagina’s in my comic shop!” moment came from guys who really just have no clue about chicks, or possibly how to even find a vagina (hint: sometimes they’re in comic shops buying their own comics. My vagina buys Dresden Files and Love and Rockets comics).
Which in turn may explain the chicks on the show. . .
And before you fanboys come on here and leave comments like, “Hot girls don’t read comics!” or “I’ve never seen a hot girl like Claire in my local shop!”, or “”Claire isn’t even hot!” I just want to say one thing pre-emptively:
Suck it.
Because CHICKS READ COMICS.
And really, are you a dead ringer for Tahmoh Penikett on your end of the keyboard? Maybe Nathan Fillion? Or that guy from Life on Mars (I don’t know who he is, but he is hot)?
Probably not. And you know what? I don’t hold that against you. I don’t expect you to live up to an unrealistic ideal.
Anyway. Back to the show.
I’m amazed by how much that didn’t suck.
I was fully expecting a Jeph Loeb extravaganza of stupidity and Red Hulk references, but aside from the “Your vagina’s in my comic shop!” moment (maybe it was that kid’s first day? Does anyone else think he looked like Dr. Egon Spengler’s son?) and the moment where Sylar saved The Kid, this ep was pretty good.
Noah Bennet got back to the core of what his character has always been about: his family. Claire exerted her independence. Peter, Mohinder, and Parkman did something smart and sneaky. Nathan is what he always has been: an empty suit. And Hiro and Ando are growing, sort of.
Hiro was a whiny, petulant bitch in India, but I suppose that when your presumed sidekick starts being more heroic than you, that calls some things into question. I guess. If you’re a dude. I really don’t get male bonding. Do Hiro and Ando beat each other up, now?
Speaking of male bonding, Sylar and The Kid. Even though The Kid showed himself to be useful, leaving him behind for the Feds was an awesome bad guy move on Sylar’s part. And then he ruined it by going back. Sure, he said it was for a Dell laptop (Really? A Dell? No wonder Nathan’s operation was in trouble. If he were smart, he’d insist on Macs), but we know it was really for companionship and that male bonding stuff I don’t get. The Yoda thing, however, I do get. And I kind of like the idea of Sylar being a twisted Yoda for The Kid.
Favorite line: You need to stop trying to be my friend or I’m going to have to kill you. Admit it. You’ve wanted to say that to your co-workers.
No? Is it just me?
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Lisa Fary’s early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl. She thinks diagramming sentences is a fun alternative to Sudoku.
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"And really, are you a dead ringer for Tahmoh Penikett on your end of the keyboard? Maybe Nathan Fillion? Or that guy from Life on Mars (I don’t know who he is, but he is hot)?
Probably not. And you know what? I don’t hold that against you. I don’t expect you to live up to an unrealistic ideal."
AMEN! If I had a hot actress buying my comics for me, yeah, I'd probably have Jessica Alba do it. As she's not available, the fanboys will have to put up with my normal-looking ass!
Loved your post and yes about that favorite line. Another favorite conversation for me was the one about whether or not Sylar was a serial killer! Also, I read comics and I'm a woman.
Here's another chick who reads comics. Right here. Hi. I don't know about "hot", but I have been accused of cuteness in the past.
Anyway, it's good to see the good guys being proactive again. I was pretty tickled that the slash-your-own-hand-open trick worked better for Claire than it usually did for the immortals on Highlander. At least it got the recipient to run away in a productive manner. Plus, she's continuing that whole standing-up-to-her-dad(s) thing she started last week. The only thing that continues to disappoint is the Hiro/Ando jealousy storyline. They're two grown (at least biologically) men. Why can't they acknowledge that they have complementary skills and be on their merry way? But even that situation looks like it might be resolving itself.
P.S. Yeah, Dresden Files! I'm trying to be good and wait for the trades, but May seems so far away right now. ::pout::
Here's another chick who reads comics. Right here. Hi. I don't know about "hot", but I have been accused of cuteness in the past.
Anyway, it's good to see the good guys being proactive again. I was pretty tickled that the slash-your-own-hand-open trick worked better for Claire than it usually did for the immortals on Highlander. At least it got the recipient to run away in a productive manner. Plus, she's continuing that whole standing-up-to-her-dad(s) thing she started last week. The only thing that continues to disappoint is the Hiro/Ando jealousy storyline. They're two grown (at least biologically) men. Why can't they acknowledge that they have complementary skills and be on their merry way? But even that situation looks like it might be resolving itself.
P.S. Yeah, Dresden Files! I'm trying to be good and wait for the trades, but May seems so far away right now. ::pout::
Can I just say that I manage a comic book shop, and people are always amazed to see me behind the counter. After about a year, people are getting used to it, but I still get new guys saying things like "does your husband own this place?" and "you don't actually read this stuff do you?" So that scene totally drove me nuts.