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Oct. 30th, 2007 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skygiantsThe thing that surprised me most this Heroes episode, oddly enough, was how GLEEFUL I was when Hiro actually got to kiss the girl.
I mean. Yaeko was damseled, and didn't even get to use her sword, and on top of that Monica was given dumb decisions and Niki got Jessicaed again, and all that should and did fill me with feministy irritation . . . and all the same, when Hiro decided to actually lean in for that kiss, I felt the urge to rewind and watch it over and then get up and do a dance.
I do not think this is because I am suddenly invested in Hiro/Yaeko. I mean, Yaeko is sweet, but I still want Hiro to come back to the future pronto. Instead, it's the fact that for once, this whole season, Hiro is making a decision for himself instead of doing everything for Kensei - and moreover, he's hot while he's doing it. This is not just an aesthetic thing that makes me happy . . . although, I won't lie, it's that too. That shot, that moment, moved Hiro out of the space he's inhabited so far as a relatively asexual, perpetually idealistic innocent, and showed him as a much more adult character than we've seen so far, without putting him in the dark space of 5YG future Hiro.
So, in a reversal of all my usual viewing patterns, a kiss made the episode for me, and I am surprised. But pleased!
I mean. Yaeko was damseled, and didn't even get to use her sword, and on top of that Monica was given dumb decisions and Niki got Jessicaed again, and all that should and did fill me with feministy irritation . . . and all the same, when Hiro decided to actually lean in for that kiss, I felt the urge to rewind and watch it over and then get up and do a dance.
I do not think this is because I am suddenly invested in Hiro/Yaeko. I mean, Yaeko is sweet, but I still want Hiro to come back to the future pronto. Instead, it's the fact that for once, this whole season, Hiro is making a decision for himself instead of doing everything for Kensei - and moreover, he's hot while he's doing it. This is not just an aesthetic thing that makes me happy . . . although, I won't lie, it's that too. That shot, that moment, moved Hiro out of the space he's inhabited so far as a relatively asexual, perpetually idealistic innocent, and showed him as a much more adult character than we've seen so far, without putting him in the dark space of 5YG future Hiro.
So, in a reversal of all my usual viewing patterns, a kiss made the episode for me, and I am surprised. But pleased!
