Hey Gloria-
I'm not sure how much that nemesis description will play into anything outside of the work environment, but my atennas go up when they use the word with Callie and then mention that she is Cristina's roommate as if it should matter.
It should only matter IF Cristina actually becomes close to Callie and she is not. It should only matter if Cristina comes home to HER apartment and finds the woman who is freaking annoying her at work, sitting on her living room couch. So I have no idea why they had to mention Callie's relationship with Hahn in the same freaking sentence with Cristina's name.
Hahn looks like she's old enough to be Cristina's mother if not much older sister. She to me is in the same damn position as Bailey or even Burke was or Marlowe in terms of the power these people have over Cristina. They are older than her and supposedly wiser and they are ALL definitely over her at work and in Marlowe's case it was at the university she attended. To me, I am not buying any bullshit that Shonda sells in terms of making Cristina the BAD guy, the predator in relation to these older figures in her life. At the end of the day I DO NOT LIKE the nemesis description because to me Shonda sees Cristina entirely different than I do.
Should Cristina be taught lessons on humility and compassion and not using sex to get what she wants? Hell yes. Should be tested to try and make it in the profession this time without having any significant other/superior to go running to whine to? Yes. But make no freaking mistake for me, Cristina next to all those characters I have listed is NOT their fucking equal so it is not ok to present her as some manipuliative bitch all around in any scenario with these mentors who are in control and have the final decisions in all matters at SGH.
Sometimes, I just don't see Shonda as seeing Cristina needing to be taught lessons to improve apon herself. I see Shonda seeing Cristina as some manipulative slut that needs to be punished until the next fiasco, and on and on ultimately showing no growth. This is where I see the hate for the character instead of the vibe that Bailey use to give in her dealings with Cristina in season one and especially two which showed caring for Cristina. She showed toughness of course but she also showed that she cared about Cristina and I have NOT seen that from ANYONE of the elder more mature characters toward Cristina in ages. I've seen that given to Izzie, George, Meredith even Alex recently but I have not see it for Cristina.
She is not the evil, manipulative, slut incarnate to me and she NEVER will be.
No, Shonda spouts bullshit like putting "you don't take care of Cristina" in Meredith's mouth and that's that. Cristina does not need taken care of, everyone needs to be cared for, not spoon fed, but cared for and I don't see that for Cristina. If she does not want to be cared for or shown love then that shit needs to be explored because it is NOT normal not to want it and to want it from more than one freaking person.
It is not a good idea at all to refer to Hahn as Cristina's nemesis as if Hahn is even on Cristina's level, she's fucking mentor/elder IMO. She should not be viewed as someone who would be seen as nemesis or enemy of Cristina. Now if we're talking about nemesis as in she is going to be some kind of force that is going to lead Cristina eventually to some kind of redemption, rebirth etc. then ok, because a nemesis can do that as well. But if this shit is going to be some catty bullshit where Cristina is shown at her level I'm not buying it. Hahn has ALL the power, ALL of it.
Posted 4/7/2008 10:08:54 PM
#
