i am mentally divergent

Dowager Empresses Of All Fatassia

  • 2nd January
    2012
  • 02
folkbloodbaths: I watched this show (The Middleman) last week, and to be honest, when I first saw Wendy Watson I thought “Oh, here we go.” The show is going to want me to think she’s ugly (as if anyone could think Natalie Morales is ugly?) because she has glasses and her hair is neither poker straight nor perfectly curled and doesn’t wear frilly dresses all the time. There’s going to be a scene where she puts in contacts and lets down her hair, at the urging of her beautiful roommate, and ta-dah, makeover, now she’s beautiful. Finally, she’ll get a boyfriend, maybe for the first time. And then they didn’t do that! Wendy had a boyfriend! She had other boyfriends in the past and has a new boyfriend during the show! She gets a makeover from her gorgeous roommate… because she’s going undercover, not because she needs it! She doesn’t magically become more or less pretty when she puts on/takes off her glasses and wears a ponytail/wears her hair down! And even more than that, her appearance didn’t matter! Yes, she’s pretty, but she isn’t characterized by her prettiness (even her roommate, the more stereotypically “Hollywood pretty” girl isn’t characterized by her appearance). Wendy is characterized by how smart and brave and witty and good at her job she is, in both her professional and her personal life.  There were a lot of things I liked about The Middleman, but I enjoyed this.

folkbloodbaths:

I watched this show (The Middleman) last week, and to be honest, when I first saw Wendy Watson I thought “Oh, here we go.” The show is going to want me to think she’s ugly (as if anyone could think Natalie Morales is ugly?) because she has glasses and her hair is neither poker straight nor perfectly curled and doesn’t wear frilly dresses all the time. There’s going to be a scene where she puts in contacts and lets down her hair, at the urging of her beautiful roommate, and ta-dah, makeover, now she’s beautiful. Finally, she’ll get a boyfriend, maybe for the first time.

And then they didn’t do that! Wendy had a boyfriend! She had other boyfriends in the past and has a new boyfriend during the show! She gets a makeover from her gorgeous roommate… because she’s going undercover, not because she needs it! She doesn’t magically become more or less pretty when she puts on/takes off her glasses and wears a ponytail/wears her hair down! And even more than that, her appearance didn’t matter! Yes, she’s pretty, but she isn’t characterized by her prettiness (even her roommate, the more stereotypically “Hollywood pretty” girl isn’t characterized by her appearance). Wendy is characterized by how smart and brave and witty and good at her job she is, in both her professional and her personal life. 

There were a lot of things I liked about The Middleman, but I enjoyed this.

(via goshyesthemiddleman)

  • 13th March
    2011
  • 13
lizznotliz: Wendy: And now you’re leaving me behind?The Middleman: This is re-gosh-darn-diculous. You weren’t exactly dying to go into that mob hang out, am I right?Wendy: Yeah, but I had a choice in that. So rule number one: Never, ever give me the ‘Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do’ speech before you strap on your six-gun and leave me back at the ranch making tea with Ida, the prune-faced android. Dear Tumblr, Y’all seem to like your Strong Female Characters. I mean, this place is like a giant lovefest for Juliet Burke, Dana Scully, Sam Carter, etc etc etc. Keeping this in mind, I thought I should introduce you to someone. That chick up there? That’s Wendy Watson. Wendy Watson is frakking awesome. She can keep her head while fighting giant mutated body-part monsters, vampire puppets, trout zombies, and evil alternate versions of herself and her friends. She is a loyal and supportive friend, she can fly any crate with wings and an engine, and she has never given up hope of finding out what happened to her father who disappeared under mysterious and as-of-yet unexplained circumstances when she was fourteen. She is Sensei Ping’s best apprentice and the relationship she has with the Middleman is just plain great. (Speaking of great relationships on this show, Wendy and her roommate Lacey make sure this show passes the Bechdel Test.) Go. Watch The Middleman. Discover Wendy Watson’s awesomeness for yourself. You won’t regret it. ETA: 3000th post! Woohoo!

lizznotliz:

Wendy: And now you’re leaving me behind?
The Middleman: This is re-gosh-darn-diculous. You weren’t exactly dying to go into that mob hang out, am I right?
Wendy: Yeah, but I had a choice in that. So rule number one: Never, ever give me the ‘Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do’ speech before you strap on your six-gun and leave me back at the ranch making tea with Ida, the prune-faced android.

Dear Tumblr,

Y’all seem to like your Strong Female Characters. I mean, this place is like a giant lovefest for Juliet Burke, Dana Scully, Sam Carter, etc etc etc. Keeping this in mind, I thought I should introduce you to someone. That chick up there? That’s Wendy Watson.

Wendy Watson is frakking awesome. She can keep her head while fighting giant mutated body-part monsters, vampire puppets, trout zombies, and evil alternate versions of herself and her friends. She is a loyal and supportive friend, she can fly any crate with wings and an engine, and she has never given up hope of finding out what happened to her father who disappeared under mysterious and as-of-yet unexplained circumstances when she was fourteen. She is Sensei Ping’s best apprentice and the relationship she has with the Middleman is just plain great. (Speaking of great relationships on this show, Wendy and her roommate Lacey make sure this show passes the Bechdel Test.)

Go. Watch The Middleman. Discover Wendy Watson’s awesomeness for yourself. You won’t regret it.

ETA: 3000th post! Woohoo!

(via bananaleaves)

  • 18th February
    2011
  • 18
  • 7th February
    2011
  • 07
  • The Middleman: The way the story's unfolding... rural setting... civilian unexpectedly turns into a ravenous flesh-eater... My guess is we are dealing with the seminal stage of a zombie outbreak.
  • Wendy Watson: Entree-ripping, brain chewing zombies?
  • The Middleman: The very same.
  • Wendy Watson: Cool!
  • The Middleman: Dubby, there is nothing "cool" about zombies.
  • 21st January
    2011
  • 21
fuckyeahtvpicspam: WENDY: Hey, boss. If you’re hearing this, it means the nanobots are outside the hatch and I didn’t have enough time to get out of Ida before the cascade overload spreads technology-eating robots from space all over the world. I just want you to know I’m kind of okay. You taught me that there are things in life worth dying for. And, I’m so glad I got attacked by that tentacled ass monster back at the lab and that you framed me so that I’d have to be your sidekick, because I am so proud to be a Middleman. I’m proud to know you. And, I want you to know that since my dad disappeared, you’re the closest thing I’ve had to a father.THE MIDDLEMAN: Well, I’m honored, Dubby. I hope I taught you one more thing.WENDY: What?THE MIDDLEMAN: Never give up. The Middleman 1.11 - “The Clotharian Contamination Protocol” (via antiqueskies)

fuckyeahtvpicspam:

WENDY: Hey, boss. If you’re hearing this, it means the nanobots are outside the hatch and I didn’t have enough time to get out of Ida before the cascade overload spreads technology-eating robots from space all over the world. I just want you to know I’m kind of okay. You taught me that there are things in life worth dying for. And, I’m so glad I got attacked by that tentacled ass monster back at the lab and that you framed me so that I’d have to be your sidekick, because I am so proud to be a Middleman. I’m proud to know you. And, I want you to know that since my dad disappeared, you’re the closest thing I’ve had to a father.
THE MIDDLEMAN: Well, I’m honored, Dubby. I hope I taught you one more thing.
WENDY: What?
THE MIDDLEMAN: Never give up.

The Middleman 1.11 - “The Clotharian Contamination Protocol”

(via antiqueskies)

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  • 4th November
    2010
  • 04