[Lost rant] I think I know why I hate that they hate her

[escritoireazul]

I think I know why the Ana-Lucia hate bothers me so much. (Well, beyond the stupid name calling. COME ON PEOPLE! BEING A TRANSEXUAL IS NOT AN INSULT!)

They hate her because they say she is needlessly cruel.

Okay.

Even before tonight, and the hints that the far-side-of-the-island survivors have dealt with the Others a whole lot more than the original set, I don't think what she did was needlessly cruel. However, even if it was, when the guys are cruel, that's hot. Sayid tortures Sawyer? That's hot. Jack and Sawyer fight? That's hot.

Ana-Lucia beats up Sawyer? Ohmigawd she's such a cruel bitch!!11!!1

Now it definitely looks like they've had to deal with the Others, her actions make even more sense. THE PEOPLE ARE DYING. And not just one guy no one can even remember his name (and poor Boone, but that's not quite the same. Traumatic and horrible, but not someone outside attacking). If I was Ana-Lucia, you can damn sure bet I'd be kicking people's ass if they came near my survivors, and I'd be tough as shit about staying quiet and taking care of ourselves.

Also, I would so have left Sawyer behind.

But anyway, my point is, this hatred seems so sexist. I'm rambling and not making sense, so I'll stop now. I'm sure others have said it better.

Also, those of you who dislike her and have valid reasons? I love you still. It's the others I'm having trouble dealing with. (Hee. Others.)

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[saturniia.livejournal.com]

I "met" her for the first time tonight, before my fire drill (I was at and Adrienne Rich reading last week).

I like her.

Not in the "I'd sit down and have coffee" with her type of way, but in the "she's a good egg, I'd trust her with my life" kind of way. Since I've nicknamed the two camps the "lovers" and the "fighters", well, she's just acting proper within the parameters of her group.

Besides, her tribe is a diminishing unit of individuals. The Lovers have lost almost no one, and most came in prepackaged sets (Jin and Sun, Shannon and Boone, Michael and Walt and Vincent). Even the solos formed social connections very quickly. Kate helped Jack. Jack helped Rose. Hurley didn't help anyone, but made life a whole lot easier. Charlie thought everyone should know who he is. Sawyer was a nuisance, and Sayid did the useful technical stuff no one else knew how to do. Locke stayed mostly solo, but he hunted and gathered things, food-type things, essential to the group's survival, and he played Reversi/Othello with Walt.

Besides, the Others were harranguing the others, so it's not like the Beach and Cave clans had much to worry about.

Just for the record, though, what happened with The Apartment Down The Hatch?