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Heroes is back, whee! I'm sure I will have more thoughts as the season progresses, but at the moment I am settling back into the show after not having been thinky about it all summer. For the moment I've got nothing but, "Yay! A show I like is back for another season!"
I have been thinky about the Who universe all summer, which means I do have actual thoughts about Sarah Jane and her show.
This has been rolling around in my head since I first saw School Reunion and Sarah Jane first using "no one else measures up" about the Doctor to explain her singleness. Okay, so Sarah Jane grew up in a time where, if you were a woman, getting married and having babies was just what you were supposed to do. It would've been drummed into her head from birth. And while she came of age during the beginnings of feminism and such, that's still a pretty strong message (hell, girls today get this pressure). Based on everything I've seen of her, from old skool (and I haven't seen all of them yet, so feel free to point out where I'm wrong), and Sarah Jane as we know her today she would've been absolutely miserable with that life. Hated it.
So, I gotta wonder. What better excuse could there be for rejecting it than the Doctor? It's not like anyone can argue that it's hard to find someone who can live up to a time travelling alien. And presto, a reason to remain single. One that has enough truth in it to tell yourself as the pressure grows to live the other life that's expected of you as a woman. I don't think it was a conscious decision, but I think it's not unusual at all for a woman in her age range who has opted to remain single to have that kind of back up 'excuse' for why they never got around to getting married or having children. I think especially in this case, where the Doctor represents freedom...to travel, to have adventures, and to kick ass. It's not so much that no other guy could live up to this one dude with a sonic screwdriver, as it is that no life which imposes restraint on that freedom could be half as satisfying or cool. And we see that in her adventuring now. She's having a ball. She's creating a family that fits that life. And most telling to me, when given a chance to travel with the Doctor again? She chose that life, over him as a person. Interesting, no? In conclusion, sonic lipstick.
I have been thinky about the Who universe all summer, which means I do have actual thoughts about Sarah Jane and her show.
This has been rolling around in my head since I first saw School Reunion and Sarah Jane first using "no one else measures up" about the Doctor to explain her singleness. Okay, so Sarah Jane grew up in a time where, if you were a woman, getting married and having babies was just what you were supposed to do. It would've been drummed into her head from birth. And while she came of age during the beginnings of feminism and such, that's still a pretty strong message (hell, girls today get this pressure). Based on everything I've seen of her, from old skool (and I haven't seen all of them yet, so feel free to point out where I'm wrong), and Sarah Jane as we know her today she would've been absolutely miserable with that life. Hated it.
So, I gotta wonder. What better excuse could there be for rejecting it than the Doctor? It's not like anyone can argue that it's hard to find someone who can live up to a time travelling alien. And presto, a reason to remain single. One that has enough truth in it to tell yourself as the pressure grows to live the other life that's expected of you as a woman. I don't think it was a conscious decision, but I think it's not unusual at all for a woman in her age range who has opted to remain single to have that kind of back up 'excuse' for why they never got around to getting married or having children. I think especially in this case, where the Doctor represents freedom...to travel, to have adventures, and to kick ass. It's not so much that no other guy could live up to this one dude with a sonic screwdriver, as it is that no life which imposes restraint on that freedom could be half as satisfying or cool. And we see that in her adventuring now. She's having a ball. She's creating a family that fits that life. And most telling to me, when given a chance to travel with the Doctor again? She chose that life, over him as a person. Interesting, no? In conclusion, sonic lipstick.
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