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Farerb wrote: 8Rob wrote: Well... maybe she is not that young but not every female in the show has to be a strong independent woman. It would be boring. Well, not every guy should, but they are.

When people talk about strong female characters, they don't mean someone who can kick ass and what not. They mean someone who's responsible for their own fate. Meg was literally passive and waited for people to just tell her what to do. That is not a feminist narrative.

While I considered Emma, Regina and Snow (and even Belle) to be strong characters, but not anymore. Not when they are so dependant of the guys, and when they are not around, they fall apart and start acting irrationally (cause a woman needs a man to put some sense into her). Even in this episode, we learn that Snow's archery skills were taught by a guy in the most contrived way and not something she had to teach herself in order to survive. No one, man or woman, teaches themselves archery, it is a highly technical sport. Also, I thought the complaint most people had about the show was that the guys are fairly passive. You say that the women rely on the men, but what have the men done? David, Hook, and Robin all stand around half the time waiting for instructions. That's not exactly what I'd call a "strong independant man".