Date: 2013-02-18 06:55 pm (UTC)
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Yes, yes, all this; the "Nice Guy" syndrome and the abusive relationships and the taking her for granted, and the not opening up about his feelings! The back and forth of Clark/Lana/Whitney reminded me of Dawson/Joey/Pacey and other teen dramas - I find myself yelling "Just pick one! Preferably that one!"

I shall avoid what might have sounded like a feminist or at least inspirational movie, The Circuit, now!

I think at the crux Mr Bland is a "Nice Guy" who wants to possess her as part of the Life Script. He is, at least on the surface, a good prospect (eg not a rapist and he thinks he deserves a cookie for that), and so he's entitled to a beautiful woman who will marry him and obey him and bear his children. He'll change her to fit this ideal (get her to give up her job/separate her from her family etc) He gets all the benefits aside from financial stability that the wife receives.
Mr Danger however, tends to not want to change her because he needs her as she is. Being with her makes him want to be a better person. He wants to keep her safe and happy, and the Life Script is less important to him than that she is the best version of herself she can be, the woman he's in love with. He doesn't require anything beyond emotional reciprocation and support, and he'll often open up to her in a way he doesn't to anyone else. (I'm particularly thinking of Damon here, but other examples apply)

I also liked Clint/Natasha and *everyone's* interactions with Coulson - who, rumour has it, will appear in the SHIELD tv show, and so is not dead. (Or maybe, as the TV Trope has it, Dead, but He Got Better!)
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