I still love The Hunger Games as a series but I basically ignore the epilogue. I'm actually fine with Katniss marrying Peeta because I don't see that as OOC for her but the kids thing...she DIDN'T want them. She looked at the way the world worked and DID NOT WANT to bring children into it...until the last page where she suddenly had a change of heart. It just...I just have to pretend that never happened so I can continue loving the series because otherwise, that moment would ruin it for me. Even more-so than another moment in that last book that also made me rage.
Ugh, stupid Bones...I stopped watching before Brennan became pregnant and I'm SO glad because it just made no sense with the character we were first introduced to. Yes, she debated about having a child before but it was more of a 'how can I deny the world the brilliant person an offspring of mine would clearly be?' than an 'I really want babies, OMG!' kind of thing. And I could believe that from Brennan, even though I still thought the whole thing was ridiculous. I mean...I kinda understand that they didn't have a lot of choices given the actresses real-life pregnancy, but why not say that Brennan was a surrogate for a friend who couldn't get pregnant? That way Emily's pregnancy could've been worked in without giving kids to a woman who really never wanted them.
I was SO happy when Grey's did the storyline with Arizona not wanting kids...and then they backed out of it to give Callie/Arizona a happy ending. At least they have kept Cristina happily baby-free, though this current storyline where her husband treats her like shit because she had an abortion MAKES ME WANT TO PUNCH THINGS.
I just...I still can't get over society's belief that every single woman in the history of the world wants kids. Not true and it needs to be reflected more in the media as a perfectly valid and acceptable choice that doesn't mean there is something physically or mentally wrong with the woman in question.
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Ugh, stupid Bones...I stopped watching before Brennan became pregnant and I'm SO glad because it just made no sense with the character we were first introduced to. Yes, she debated about having a child before but it was more of a 'how can I deny the world the brilliant person an offspring of mine would clearly be?' than an 'I really want babies, OMG!' kind of thing. And I could believe that from Brennan, even though I still thought the whole thing was ridiculous. I mean...I kinda understand that they didn't have a lot of choices given the actresses real-life pregnancy, but why not say that Brennan was a surrogate for a friend who couldn't get pregnant? That way Emily's pregnancy could've been worked in without giving kids to a woman who really never wanted them.
I was SO happy when Grey's did the storyline with Arizona not wanting kids...and then they backed out of it to give Callie/Arizona a happy ending. At least they have kept Cristina happily baby-free, though this current storyline where her husband treats her like shit because she had an abortion MAKES ME WANT TO PUNCH THINGS.
I just...I still can't get over society's belief that every single woman in the history of the world wants kids. Not true and it needs to be reflected more in the media as a perfectly valid and acceptable choice that doesn't mean there is something physically or mentally wrong with the woman in question.