alelfsama:

rhube:

thepoliticalnotebook:

@vox takes on the trope of the hypercompetent female sidekick. You know her – the one who’s the smartest, toughest and most capable yet ends up being rescued by the less talented, but extremely straight, white, cisgender and male hero. 

This intersects well with discussions about the pay gap and obstacles women face in their careers. For those of us who aren’t straight white cisgender men – the persistence of being typecast as not-the-hero (or the boss, or the leader, or the expert commenter) despite qualifications, talents and capabilities is a lived reality. 

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Truth.

my problems with this are gamora, hermione and leia. Star lord and thrax were captured at the same time she was so it shouldn’t be counted. Hermione was often a deus ex machina whenever harry and ron got in trouble like with the time turner or the diner. And leia willingly went with vader in the beginning because she already sent the plans to someone she could trust and this was the best way to limit casualties. The second time she got captured was in cloud city and luke, han and chewey were captured at the same time because they captured the party, not specifically her. The last time she got captured was by the ewoks and again, they kidnapped the party so it wasn’t just her and they are hardly villains.